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Nintendo 2DS: Settings and Nintendo eshop wont launch

Mon, 03 Mar 2025 03:49:58 -0700

I have a 2ds since some years now and while wanting to recalibrate my joystick, i clicked on the settings and it just frooze on my homepage

Only solution is to turn it off and on again

It's the same for the eshop (even tho now it's useless) is there anything i can do?

⟐ Commented March 03, 2025 at 3:49 MST

Nintendo 2DS: 2ds black screen still has black screen with power on

Wed, 01 Jan 2025 10:26:50 -0700

Hey so I got this barely used 2DS it worked like 3 months ago and I went to use it today and the screen is just black and the power is just on, no it's not on sleep mode, yes I tried the soft brick factory setting buttons. It doesn't make any noises or anything not even sounds for when you're on the home screen

⟐ Commented January 01, 2025 at 10:26 MST

Nintendo 2DS: My 2ds won't power up

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 00:27:54 -0700

So the charging light turn on for a few seconds and then turnback off this is probably because I don't have a battery so I tried directly powering it up from the battery compartment by using wires instead of a battery but it won't work is the console dead or is there still a chance it's working

⟐ Commented October 22, 2024 at 0:27 MST

Nintendo 2DS: My 2ds won’t turn on I repetivly press the power button

Wed, 10 Apr 2024 00:57:22 -0700

I don’t know but my 2ds won’t turn on i repetivly press the power button but i charge it and try again but it won’t work help me plz

⟐ Commented April 10, 2024 at 0:57 MST

Nintendo 2DS: Why do I get an error after booting up my 2DS?

Mon, 12 Feb 2024 15:13:28 -0700

Hi, I repaired a 2DS that wouldn't turn on. Now it turns on, but after a few seconds I get an error and that I should turn of the console and restart.

I've tried finding a solution on the internet, but I couldn't find a solution that worked for me. The wifi board is a microchip soldered on to the pcb and I don't have any cartridge plugged in either.

I'm at a loss.

Nintendo 2DS: 2ds screen looks discolored

Tue, 02 Jan 2024 10:20:43 -0700

So i disassembled my 2ds to clean the d-pad contacts and change the stick but when i put it all back up together it turns off with a pop
so i check the ribbon cables and it turns on for a second before shutting down again with the screen active for a couple of seconds
i check the ribbon cables again and it works but the screen looks totally discolored
i cleaned the contacts of the ribbon cables and the ribbon cables themselves but nothing changes
any advice ?
here's some pics of its current state

Nintendo 2DS: Why does my 2ds keep crashing every 5 minuits even after factory reset

Fri, 10 Nov 2023 09:56:58 -0700

Every now and then it just crashes and shows a old pc style of text saying "an exeption occured"

any help will be great

⟐ Commented November 10, 2023 at 9:56 MST

Nintendo 2DS: Broken Solder Pads, where do I run the jumper cables?

Fri, 20 Oct 2023 12:58:45 -0700

The solder pads of the right shoulder button came off. I saw online that I can run some cables to fix it or scrape a little bit of the green covering. But I don't understand the trace and where should I connect the pads too, both the three pointing downwards and the ones on the side. Can you help me?

Nintendo 2DS: Do you know why my Nintendo TDS won’t turn on

Sun, 17 Sep 2023 17:07:49 -0700

Could you please help my Nintendo TDS will not turn on, but the blue light will flash for a second or two, and then it will turn off, and then make popping noise. Please help thank you.

Nintendo 2DS: My 2DS can take charge and the lights go on but the screens are black.

Tue, 30 May 2023 11:24:02 -0700

I tried some things like holding the power button with L + R + up + A and waiting for more than 20 mins but nothing works.

⟐ Commented May 30, 2023 at 11:24 MST

Nintendo 2DS: Power light and wifi light blinking red

Sun, 16 Apr 2023 12:30:18 -0700

My 2DS was working fine. Turn out of the blue I charged it and went to use it. Nothing happened. Now all I get is the power light and wifi light keep blinking red until unit runs out of power. I have re-seated the battery also.

Nintendo 2DS: My nintendo 2DS won't turn on but charges

Sun, 19 Mar 2023 13:54:19 -0700

Since a few days my Nintendo 2DS won't turn on but it charges fine, I also have a second problem and it's that when it does work (the first problem happened once before) sometimes for unknown reasons it will go in sleep mode by itself without the sleep switch being switched to the right if anyone knows how to fix both of those problems let me know

Nintendo 2DS: 2DS stopped reading game cards

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 18:55:34 -0700

i have had this 2DS since mid 2014 and it has stopped reading game cards. it powers on, and everything else works fine, I think that a game card was put in backwards, and idk what part could be broken or how to fix it. if someone could guess what is possibly wrong, that would be great.

⟐ Commented November 02, 2022 at 18:55 MST

Nintendo 2DS: How can I fix these two SD Card Errors?

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 10:45:01 -0700

Hi, I'm new to ifixit. I have a problem. Every time I put the sd card in my second-hand o2ds I get one of these two error messages: "Write-protection is enabled on the SD Card. The software on the SD Card could not be displayed"

or "Cannot display the software on the SD Card. The SD Card could not be accessed."

Also, when i take out the battery and put it in again, it shows me the luma3ds "recovery mode(?)", implying it's modded and that it has a CFW.

I've already tried putting tape on the "lock" switch of the sd card, I've cleaned the SD Card and SD Card Slot, I've formatted the 2ds, the SD Card in FAT32 and I've tried to straighten the pins in the SD Card Slot, but none of these worked. If you think one of these is REALLY the solutions, could you attach a well-recorded video, some images or a detailed explanation on how to do it? Since i think i didn't do any of these right. I've tried with 4 SD Card Adapters, 1 Original SD Card that came with the 2DS and 2 Micro-SD Cards and it still showed the two messages. Since these all work on my phone, my other 2DS, my switch, my PC, my Wii and my DSi, I really think that the problem is the slot. I can open the 2DS but I can't exchange the slot for now. Any help will be appreciated. Thank You.

⟐ Edited by author June 16, 2022 at 10:45 MST

Nintendo 2DS: Clips Came off of cable connectors on motherboard

Sun, 27 Feb 2022 11:05:24 -0700

The clips on my old 2DS came off and I do not know how I would be able to place them back on to connect these cables. Would electrical tape work maybe?

Nintendo 2DS: 2DS backlight not working, LCD working perfectly fine

Thu, 22 Jul 2021 16:49:07 -0700

If you put a flash you can barely see the contents of the screen, but the system does work! I’ve tried cleaning the board and reseating the cable, someone told me this might be a shorted backlight fuse, but I’m not sure which one to check. Does anybody know what fuse is the backlight fuse or if there is another solution? I’d like not to have to buy another motherboard.

Nintendo 2DS: Blue light flashes on and then off when I press power. Fix?

Sun, 11 Apr 2021 16:05:24 -0700

I have a Nintendo old 2DS. When I click the power button, it flashes on and then off.

Nintendo 2DS: No buttons work on sealed 2ds

Sat, 13 Mar 2021 12:11:05 -0700

Sold my sealed, never opened 2ds recently but it was returned as buttons weren't working. I got it back and sure enough the direction buttons, stick and letter buttons don't work. I opened it and reseated all cables but no joy, any ideas what could be the issue?

Nintendo 2DS: How to fix error message on 2DS camera?

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 00:33:42 -0700

Whenever I turn my 2ds on and open the camera icon it gives me an error message and makes me power it off. I have tried updating it, giving the system a hard reset, and I would try to do the unplugging wifi card but this specific motherboard doesn't even have an area for the wifi board. As far as I can tell this issue only occurs with the camera, as everything else seems to work fine.

Nintendo 2DS: Nintendo 2DS - Blue LED Lights up but no power

Wed, 09 Dec 2020 04:05:03 -0700

I have fully charged the device, and when powering on the Blue LED stays lit for 4 seconds whilst powering on but the device won’t boot.

The charging LED lights up when charging.

Battery looks fine, no swelling, and all cables etc are fine and the board has no damage.