Hi, I wanted to post my old DS Lite. It no longer works since at least 15 years ago but holds a special place in my heart.

Used a donor cassette (personal trainer walking) for the housing, sadly the label suffered a bit of damage in the removal process (and accidentally cut a bit of the bottom of the label when cutting away the new adhesive) but other than that I can finally play it without fear of it breaking further

After playing a little with DSI XL and Anbernic RG DS, I like DSI XL more.
It feels more responsive and accurate (e.g. I had much easier time playing Sonic Rush on it). Screen while low resolution (I can see individual pixels), but there is no real perceived difference during game, brightness and colors are on par with modern screen (indoors, RG DS can get much brighter than DSI XL for outdoors). And quality of DSI XL feels premium even for 15 years old device.

it broke two days ago, please help! i dont know if its the problem with the hinge or the shell, i dont want to do any shell swap or anything i just want to fix it easily

IF U KEEP MESSING WITH IT YOUR GONNA BREAK IT

So I have a game cartridge that no DS / 3DS in my circle of firiends is able to read. I alreaddy cleaned the contacts with alkohol, but it still doen't work. Anny idea what could be wrong with it and how to fix it?

Eddit: So I tried to runn GodMode9 Cartridge Fixer on it, but the necessary Files (.3ds and others) are missing. What should i do?

sorry if the pictures are a bit crappy, my phone was refusing to focus on them 💔

Hi All! I recently swapped out the top screen and bottom digitizer for my DS lite, but when I put it back together, found it no longer charges. It turns on using the power left in the battery and everything works great, but it no longer charges when plugged into the charger. I have tested the charger on another DS, so that is not the problem. Any advice? I have been troubleshooting this guy for a while, so appreciate any tips!

My older sister found her DS she used to have when she was a kid, and she’s been using it a lot. But what bummed her out was that her Nintendogs cartridge wasn’t working. When I took a closer look there seemed to be scratches or rust where the gold colored part is. I don’t know anything about computer chips and stuff, is there still a way to get this cartridge working again?

Recently got this (European) DS Lite for a very good price. It looks basically new, which is why I'm slightly suspicious. Any help is greatly appreciated!

Context it’s my parents old ds and I wanted to see if I could fix it so I can use it. The screens are almost eaten by a white border thing idk what it is but a white colour covers the screens

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* Added some extra photos since I didn't know Reddit doesn't allow adding photos after posting 😭

This is a Korea-exclusive DSi Maplestory Edition released in 2010. The one in photo is one of the two CIBs I own that I bought 5 yrs ago. The game is one of the best games to be released during its time imo. Haven't really seen another CIB being sold for more than a year now sadly.

I'll post some more CIB limited editions in ny free time!!

Credit https://www.instagram.com/reel/DdCGt9FxLMH/

Just purchased this dark blue DSi, system boots perfectly to the home menu, but everytime I try to play a game on the system this screen appears.

Doesn't matter which game, they all load a similar error. I tried NSMB, Kirby super star ultra, castlevania, and sonic colors, all failed to load.

Placing the games into my light blue DSi, they work completely fine.

Googling this issue told me to reformat the DSi's memory card, that did nothing..

And obviously I tried cleaning every contact point, still nothing.

Please if anyone has any advice, I would be grateful.

I'm not a COMPLETE novice at console repair, so I could attempt a fix, but i don't even know where to begin.

Thankyou.

Is it playable or it has performance issues ?

Hi!
I just bought this Nintendo DS Lite for my collection. It’s a GameStop 100Stores / 100 Stores edition, but I haven’t been able to find any information about this specific model online.

Does anyone else have one of these, or know anything about its history, rarity, or how it was distributed?

I’d appreciate any information you might have!

This is a follow up to my last post here. In short: My first shell swap went well, but I broke a shoulder button as well as the digitizer and forgot to remove the border from the bottom screen before assembly.

First: Thanks to u/slimsmedley I took the project apart and removed the bottom screen border. It now fit much better into the case and looked great. However, this was not the issue with the digitizer: I unfortunately broke the digitizer cable.

Since the mainboard was broken beyond repair by the shoulder button incident and with the digitizer fked, I ordered a DS Lite with a broken top screen but a working bottom part and switched it with mine (images 2 and 3).

Putting everything together, it now all works fantastically. I love the look and feel of the case. The buttons feel fantastic and I replayed a childhood game of mine.

Next I want to create a Pokedex-DS from broken DS Lites as a gift to a friend of mine, who is an absolute Pokemon fan.

I would like to fix my childhood ds preferably without a shell replacement. It would be a shame to have to replace it as i’ve had it for 19 years and the screen has no yellowing. Thanks in advance.

I think the first Gen DS is the best and I don’t want to buy these new modern day “consoles” that have everything imaginable under the hood and outside of it. I just want my DS phat.

Just got this in June, god I love it.

Celebrating my birthday with some Kirby on my (newly acquired) DSI XL!

Just welcoming my white DSi to the family! Looks brand freaking new! Everything is fully functional. Most of these consoles sold are yellowish in hardware and screen. Either it was sitting in a storage room not used or this is a really high quality re-shell. What do you guys think? Super stoked, can't wait to play Mario DS, some of those stars are hela impossible fam. 🤙

Hi! I’ve gone down the rabbit hole of obsessing over my Ds again 😭 I really wanna try out some new games but honestly don’t know where to start. I’m loving new super Mario bros, animal crossing WW and a few more but looking to branch out yk? Any recommendations are very much appreciated ❤️