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How to remove and replace pro switch charging port

My switch pro controller's (3rd Party controller, but looks the same as the switch pro controller) charging port was not charging, when I looked inside the port and even opened the controller, I realized that the pin inside the port was broken off and the port was no longer capable of charging. I decided to get my soldering iron (not a professional one, more of a hobbyist or beginner soldering iron) and decided to fix the issue on my own. As of right now, I'm having trouble getting the port to come off. I think that there could be still some solder left from the previous one that is still holding the port, but it's so small that it's hard to see. I've gone through maybe 10 cm of wick and a good chunk of paste but the port still won't come off. I don't see any solder (from my naked eye) but the port is still very tightly on the motherboard. Unfortunately, there wasn't any video online to show the replacement process of the charging port so I am right now just trying over and over again to remove any possible solder keeping the port still on.

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Hanan, that's a USB-C port, right? And you're aware that USB-C connectors have 24 pins, aren't you? The problem here is that you can only see 12 of the pins. I pulled up a picture of the underside of the port from AliExpress. You'll see the 12 pins that are visible when they port is mounted on the board, but behind those are another 12.

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So in addition to unsoldering the 12 pins on the top side of the board, you also have to unsolder the 12 pins from the bottom side as shown in this picture.

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Hopefully that will solve the mystery of why the port won't come off.

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Hello Jerry, thanks for the response. Update, I was able to get the USB-C port out and it turned out that there was a little bit of solder holding the "legs" or "stands" of the USB-C port. It also turned out that the 12 pins got cut off from the motherboard (not sure how exactly) but from what I saw on the motherboard, there are only 12 pins. Thank you anyways for the response.

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