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This teardown is not a repair guide. To repair your Amazon Luna Controller, use our service manual.

  1. Amazon Luna Controller Teardown, Faceplate: step 1, image 1 of 1
    • Flip the controller over to its front and locate the seam where the front plate connects to the rest of the body.

  2. Amazon Luna Controller Teardown: step 2, image 1 of 1
    • Hold the controller firmly.

    • Insert the thin edge of an iFixit opening tool into the seam at the edge of the front plate close to the A button.

    • Work slowly and carefully around all sides to avoid snapping the clips.

  3. Amazon Luna Controller Teardown: step 3, image 1 of 2 Amazon Luna Controller Teardown: step 3, image 2 of 2
    • Once all clips are released, lift the front plate away from the controller.

  4. Amazon Luna Controller Teardown, Battery: step 4, image 1 of 1
    • Flip the controller over so that the back panel is facing up.

  5. Amazon Luna Controller Teardown: step 5, image 1 of 3 Amazon Luna Controller Teardown: step 5, image 2 of 3 Amazon Luna Controller Teardown: step 5, image 3 of 3
    • Locate the latch on the back panel.

    • Pull down gently to open the compartment and expose the battery slots.

    • Remove batteries.

  6. Amazon Luna Controller Teardown, Buttons: step 6, image 1 of 2 Amazon Luna Controller Teardown, Buttons: step 6, image 2 of 2
    • Remove the six 8 mm screws securing the controller's body using a TR9 Torx screwdriver.

  7. Amazon Luna Controller Teardown: step 7, image 1 of 2 Amazon Luna Controller Teardown: step 7, image 2 of 2
    • Gently pry along the seam that separates the two halves of the controller using an opening tool.

    • Work your way around the perimeter to carefully release the clips securing the two halves.

  8. Amazon Luna Controller Teardown: step 8, image 1 of 3 Amazon Luna Controller Teardown: step 8, image 2 of 3 Amazon Luna Controller Teardown: step 8, image 3 of 3
    • Lay the front of the controller shell downward.

    • Remove the rubber padding that keeps the buttons in place.

    • Remove the buttons from the shell housing.

  9. Amazon Luna Controller Teardown, Joystick Cover: step 9, image 1 of 2 Amazon Luna Controller Teardown, Joystick Cover: step 9, image 2 of 2
    • Gently pull the joystick thumbstick straight up to remove it from the controller.

  10. Amazon Luna Controller Teardown, Shell: step 10, image 1 of 2 Amazon Luna Controller Teardown, Shell: step 10, image 2 of 2
    • Gently grab the controller's circuitry and hold the bottom shell.

    • Pull the circuitry gently out from the shell.

  11. Amazon Luna Controller Teardown, Separate the top, observe the top of the motherboard.: step 11, image 1 of 3 Amazon Luna Controller Teardown, Separate the top, observe the top of the motherboard.: step 11, image 2 of 3 Amazon Luna Controller Teardown, Separate the top, observe the top of the motherboard.: step 11, image 3 of 3
    • Once the clips are finally unbound, the top piece will pry off, with the face and home buttons intact.

    • The plastic D-pad piece can be pulled off of a black cylindrical post along with a rubber membrane to interface between the plastic and the microswitches on the motherboard.

    • Interestingly, the Amazon Luna has a daughter board that holds the analog sticks, B button and the hall-effect sensors for the analog triggers.

    • The second board can be removed from the main board by unscrewing one small Philips screw and pulling off the thumbstick caps to allow the sticks to fall out of the holes of the motherboard.

  12. Amazon Luna Controller Teardown, Analog sticks on the daughter board: step 12, image 1 of 3 Amazon Luna Controller Teardown, Analog sticks on the daughter board: step 12, image 2 of 3 Amazon Luna Controller Teardown, Analog sticks on the daughter board: step 12, image 3 of 3
    • The side of the analog stick reads: 2124IC.

    • The analog sticks are frictionless and use green potentiometers, not sure if these are ALPS potentiometers similar to those in the Xbox series controllers.

    • The blue circle next to this stick is the trigger's hall-effect sensor which senses the magnet installed on the side of the trigger. The other sensor is mounted similarly on the opposite side of the board near the B button.

    • The middle of the daughter board has an adhesive strip covering some of the solder joints and a few test points. Perhaps some isoprophyl alcohol can soften the adhesive to remove the black strip if necessary.

  13. Amazon Luna Controller Teardown, Remove the rumble motors: step 13, image 1 of 3 Amazon Luna Controller Teardown, Remove the rumble motors: step 13, image 2 of 3 Amazon Luna Controller Teardown, Remove the rumble motors: step 13, image 3 of 3
    • The motherboard is held tightly to the black plastic midframe by plastic clips, and rumble motor wires are soldered to the motherboard on both sides.

    • The blue circle is the plastic midframe piece holding the motherboard in place.

    • The yellow piece is a routing clip for the rumble motor wires.

    • The motors need to be moved to cleanly access the back of the motherboard, either by desoldering the motor wires, or softening the adhesive on the motors with isoprophyl alcohol.

    • Be careful not to damage the rumble wires on the routing clip or with the soldering iron.

    • Once the motor wires are removed, pry back the plastic pieces of the midframe on each end of the controller and pull up on the motherboard to remove it.

  14. Amazon Luna Controller Teardown, The motherboard: step 14, image 1 of 3 Amazon Luna Controller Teardown, The motherboard: step 14, image 2 of 3 Amazon Luna Controller Teardown, The motherboard: step 14, image 3 of 3
    • This is the otherside of the motherboard lifted out of the midframe.

    • The chip beneath the left analog stick hole reads: winbond ''25Q128JWPQ" "2127" "6104" "4C000"

    • The chip closest to the USB-C port reads: "LP5036" "T1 188" "A805 G4"

  15. Amazon Luna Controller Teardown, Additional Notes on motherboard: step 15, image 1 of 2 Amazon Luna Controller Teardown, Additional Notes on motherboard: step 15, image 2 of 2
    • The USB-C port on top reads: "LUXSHARE" "22042330"

    • There is a large component near the face buttons that reads "KO" "337" "6K" "121"

  16. Amazon Luna Controller Teardown, Some Final Notes about Reassembly: step 16, image 1 of 2 Amazon Luna Controller Teardown, Some Final Notes about Reassembly: step 16, image 2 of 2
    • Hopefully, with the large number of clips and little number of screws that need to be reinstalled, reassembly should be simple. But some notes:

    • Within the orange circle is the magnet that pivots from the spring inside the trigger, which will approach the hall effect sensor on the corner of the daughterboard.

    • Ensure you reinstall the daughterboard behind the main board with a single Philips screw.

    • The bumpers can swing up on a pivot which can make it easier to remove the motherboard. But when trying to put the controller back together, the bumpers may get stuck. Before the main pieces are combined back together, swing the bumpers up and pull down the trigger to give the bumper room to swing down into position. Release the trigger and test.

    • The bottom piece by the handles have a long sleeve surrounded by a spring where it holds a long post from the top piece. Start realignment of the controller at the bottom, ensuring that these posts fall into the sleeves, then slowly close the controller at the bottom along the headphone jack, then

    • As you close the controller, keep testing the bumpers on the top to ensure they do not get stuck from a misaligned clip.

Damian

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Кращеб показав відламані фіксатори корпуса =)
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Іван Панч - Reply Share

I broke a clip while removing the faceplate on mine, one of the ones on the bottom, any ideas on how to fix it or keep it held down?

cody w - Reply Share

After putting it together, did your B button work again? I can't get mines to function anymore. The joysticks are also moving around a lot on their on.

SophisticatedCheese - Reply Share

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