Exxos will like this colour of Switch Lite :)

Post by **rubber_jonnie** » Thu Sep 17, 2026 3:53 pm

alexh wrote: Thu Sep 17, 2026 2:48 pm While you have it on the bench like that you could fit a hwfly/picofly modchip? They are about £8 on AliExpress.

I have one, but as per my last post this one is slowly dying, so perhaps the new one. Might see if I can get a replacement mainboard for it too, we'll see.

alexh · Post by **alexh** » Thu Sep 17, 2026 5:01 pm

Good luck. My (2) full Switch v1's (both with patchable ROM) are sitting IDLE at the moment. Boxed up. They have seen a lot of use since 2017 but both still in great condition. (uSD card slot is a bit dodgy on one)

We have a Switch 2 now and that's the only handheld that ever gets played with.

Post by **rubber_jonnie** » Thu Sep 17, 2026 8:56 pm

alexh wrote: Thu Sep 17, 2026 5:01 pm Good luck. My (2) full Switch v1's (both with patchable ROM) are sitting IDLE at the moment. Boxed up. They have seen a lot of use since 2017 but both still in great condition. (uSD card slot is a bit dodgy on one)

We have a Switch 2 now and that's the only handheld that ever gets played with.

Mine did see quite a bit of usage, but once the SD card slot started to go it made it a bit of a pain. Shame it's failed but it worked for a while and I do have another board that I can potentially rescue with parts from it, we'll see.

But those 0201 parts...

Man they make my head hurt.

Post by **rubber_jonnie** » Thu Sep 24, 2026 9:56 am

OK, so the replacement arrived yesterday:

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It's in very good condition, so all I've done is given it a quick wipe down and transfer my accounts from the old system, which is at least working well enough to do that.

It came with a small bonus too - a 64GB SD card, and yes the SD card reader works just fine and dandy, though I have dropped in my own 128GB card instead. I also fitted a screen protector.

Next up I need to have a think about whats next, as I have a supposedly good board (The one I sneezed and jolted off some parts on whilst soldering) and I may well be able to ressurrect that with the parts from the dead pink one. I have all the parts to build that into a new case, it just depends on how well I get on with transferring the parts over!!!

I think I'll take an anti-histamine before I get started!!! Perhaps wear a covid facemask too!

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