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Nintendo Switch - Wifi issues & Joycon repair
Posted on 5/15/23 at 11:46 am
Posted on 5/15/23 at 11:46 am
2 questions:
1) The Joy cons on my sons Nintendo Switch have bad stick drift and the top right bumper button does not work.
I see from their website Nintendo offers free repair service. Anyone have experience with this? How long it normally takes? Is it just free repair on the stick drift or would they also fix the broken bumper button? Would love to have fixed for free than spend $80 on new ones.
2) The wifi signal goes out often on the Switch. Either a very weak signal or he loses connection while playing and gets kicked out of a game. I have AT&T fiber and no issues on any other device. He plays very close to the routers as well so its never an issue of being out of reach of the signal. Is this a common issue and any possible solutions?
Thanks for any advice.
1) The Joy cons on my sons Nintendo Switch have bad stick drift and the top right bumper button does not work.
I see from their website Nintendo offers free repair service. Anyone have experience with this? How long it normally takes? Is it just free repair on the stick drift or would they also fix the broken bumper button? Would love to have fixed for free than spend $80 on new ones.
2) The wifi signal goes out often on the Switch. Either a very weak signal or he loses connection while playing and gets kicked out of a game. I have AT&T fiber and no issues on any other device. He plays very close to the routers as well so its never an issue of being out of reach of the signal. Is this a common issue and any possible solutions?
Thanks for any advice.
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Posted on 5/15/23 at 12:19 pm to JustForThisThread
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I see from their website Nintendo offers free repair service. Anyone have experience with this? How long it normally takes?
Yes, I've had 3-4 sets of Joy-Cons replaced/repaired via Nintendo's free service since 2015. It usually takes a week to get there, 2-3 business days on the repair, then another week back to you. They go to a place in New York State, IIRC.
Not sure if they'd fix the bumper button at the same time, but if you put it in the notes for the repair, the worst they can do is tell you so.
One Switch dock sits in the media cabinet with the router, but I have a USB hardwire adapter just to ensure that it's not a problem.
Posted on 5/17/23 at 11:51 am to JustForThisThread
The Joy-Con repair service has been legit in my experience. The inevitable wait for shipping is annoying but in the two times I've done it (once for drift and once for a broken trigger button) the whole service has gone as smoothly as possible.
Helps of course if you already have spare Joy-Cons lying around to pick up the slack.
Helps of course if you already have spare Joy-Cons lying around to pick up the slack.
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