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Broken wire-to-board battery connector on Nintendo Switch Lite

While replacing the left thumbstick, I disconnected the battery cable from the connector (circled in photo). Unfortunately, I broke one of the contacts on the connector. I’ve searched for the connector, thinking I could desolder the broken one and replace it, but I can’t find a match. An alternative, I suppose, is to hard-wire in place of the connector, but I’m not wild about that option.

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Hi, I'm wondering if you ever attempted to solder this, and if so how did it go?? Literally have the exact same problem ... and I also did it while replacing an analog stick.

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did you ever figure this out

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Contact TronicsFix on youtube, charming guy with a lot of Switch parts. I’m pretty sure he could sell you a battery connector or even replace your broken connector.

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Great suggestion! I'll contact him - thanks!

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there’s a few solutions,

  1. buy a broken motherboard and salvage the connector
  2. solder it directly, pretty jank but it should work. be careful when soldering it and check for shorts afterwards.

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Thanks @xtopnotch. I haven't given up yet on finding a replacement connector, and your suggestion for getting one from a junk board is a good one. Turns out, we have a replacement Switch Lite we can use while we ponder this a bit, to see if a parts unit comes available (or we find a suitable connector we can swap out). I appreciate your quick reply.

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I found the piece on aliexpress if you cannot find a motherboard for it. i had the exact same problem sadly. As i was repairing the joystick too. https://m.aliexpress.com/item/4001264431...

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Did this ever get fixed?!? I just did this. I have a 250+hour island on animal crossing, I cannot lose it!

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