Screen calibration issue on Nintendo DS
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Hello,
on my son's Nintendo DS console, I can't calibrate the screen; there's a lag with the stylus on the touchscreen.
However, I'm following the instructions in the console's manual for recalibration, but it doesn't work.
Is there another solution, or am I doing it wrong ???
Thank you for your reply.
on my son's Nintendo DS console, I can't calibrate the screen; there's a lag with the stylus on the touchscreen.
However, I'm following the instructions in the console's manual for recalibration, but it doesn't work.
Is there another solution, or am I doing it wrong ???
Thank you for your reply.
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Oh yes, I should add that I might be the only one to have discovered this technique, which is why I can't find it anywhere
But believe me, it works
I had a crazy malfunction and it was impossible to recalibrate by touching the right spot (it was stuck in a loop)
So I thought, what if I reproduced the defect, and it worked; the console accepted the settings. Then I thought, what if I reproduced the defect while correcting it a little bit, and it worked. Now I can almost touch the right spot with a 1/2 millimeter deviation for the center point for it to accept
But I am already very satisfied with the result and that is enough for me
Good luck to you all; I hope it works for you too!
But believe me, it works
I had a crazy malfunction and it was impossible to recalibrate by touching the right spot (it was stuck in a loop)
So I thought, what if I reproduced the defect, and it worked; the console accepted the settings. Then I thought, what if I reproduced the defect while correcting it a little bit, and it worked. Now I can almost touch the right spot with a 1/2 millimeter deviation for the center point for it to accept
But I am already very satisfied with the result and that is enough for me
Good luck to you all; I hope it works for you too!
So I also use this technique, you just need to click on calibration, then you have to click next to the red square, for example 5mm next to it (to reproduce the current calibration). Sometimes it accepts, and with each recalibration we get a few millimeters closer.
It's the only solution I've found to date...
It's the only solution I've found to date...
Hello everyone, don't buy a screen for your DS because you will always have the same calibration problem. The issue comes from the software in the motherboard and not the screen, and fixing it will cost you more than buying a new one. Sorry for this bad news, see you later!
Good evening,
I have the same problem as you:
I have quite a big lag between where I place the stylus and where it gets registered.
Like you, the lag is mainly on the left side.
This is a first-generation DS (silver color but I don't see the relevance).
However, I wonder if there isn't a defect with the touch screens of the first-generation Nintendo DS, as this is the second time it has happened to me.
In fact, the first time it happened just before the end of the warranty period. They exchanged my DS (which was a silver first-generation DS) for an identical new one.
Strangely, after a similar period (a little less than a year), the touch screen of this second DS has the same symptoms in turn.
Moreover, the first time it was also the left side that was completely malfunctioning.
The calibration utility does not solve the problem (I click 150 times on the red dots and it doesn't do anything better or worse).
So I see several options:
- 1) The touch screen of the first-generation DS doesn't hold up after a year if used by children (who obviously don't pay much attention). There is clearly a defect with the touch screen on these first-generation DS.
- 2) The calibration tool of the DS is buggy
- 3) The screen is dirty and needs to be cleaned. It's just a statistical coincidence that it's exactly the same area that's malfunctioning each time.
- 4) Nintendo introduced a bug in its first-generation DS to get us to renew them every year (that's the grand conspiracy version for American cinema - hoax version)
- 5) There's a wicked pirate who created a DS virus on a linker that deliberately miscalibrates the screen to annoy people (that's for the conspiracy episode II) - oh, that pirate is so mean!
- 6) I am really stupid and can't handle a stylus after a year (that's for the help available on Nintendo's website)
Well, I'll let you guess what I vote for ;-)
I have the same problem as you:
I have quite a big lag between where I place the stylus and where it gets registered.
Like you, the lag is mainly on the left side.
This is a first-generation DS (silver color but I don't see the relevance).
However, I wonder if there isn't a defect with the touch screens of the first-generation Nintendo DS, as this is the second time it has happened to me.
In fact, the first time it happened just before the end of the warranty period. They exchanged my DS (which was a silver first-generation DS) for an identical new one.
Strangely, after a similar period (a little less than a year), the touch screen of this second DS has the same symptoms in turn.
Moreover, the first time it was also the left side that was completely malfunctioning.
The calibration utility does not solve the problem (I click 150 times on the red dots and it doesn't do anything better or worse).
So I see several options:
- 1) The touch screen of the first-generation DS doesn't hold up after a year if used by children (who obviously don't pay much attention). There is clearly a defect with the touch screen on these first-generation DS.
- 2) The calibration tool of the DS is buggy
- 3) The screen is dirty and needs to be cleaned. It's just a statistical coincidence that it's exactly the same area that's malfunctioning each time.
- 4) Nintendo introduced a bug in its first-generation DS to get us to renew them every year (that's the grand conspiracy version for American cinema - hoax version)
- 5) There's a wicked pirate who created a DS virus on a linker that deliberately miscalibrates the screen to annoy people (that's for the conspiracy episode II) - oh, that pirate is so mean!
- 6) I am really stupid and can't handle a stylus after a year (that's for the help available on Nintendo's website)
Well, I'll let you guess what I vote for ;-)
You are so foolish, Loma! Stop believing that everyone else is as well. This is not a minor calibration issue, but a shift of several centimeters sometimes. And if everything is fine for you, it's because you haven't experienced this problem. So rather than saying useless nonsense, please refrain from speaking.
Thank you in advance.
Thank you in advance.
Hello everyone
YES Yes, we don't make your case a generality! If it wasn't the touch screen for you but the motherboard, that's not the case for everyone.
Anyway, I am a repair technician and I have never ever had a console with a misaligned touch screen due to software. The touch screens wear out, or stop responding... If the calibration no longer works, you simply need to change the touch screen.
You need to buy a touch screen and change it. It's not too delicate of an operation, but you have to be patient and careful. Because I see some clients come in with fingerprints inside, or they've broken the touch screen connector or damaged the ribbon cable of the new touch screen...
If needed, see you!
YES Yes, we don't make your case a generality! If it wasn't the touch screen for you but the motherboard, that's not the case for everyone.
Anyway, I am a repair technician and I have never ever had a console with a misaligned touch screen due to software. The touch screens wear out, or stop responding... If the calibration no longer works, you simply need to change the touch screen.
You need to buy a touch screen and change it. It's not too delicate of an operation, but you have to be patient and careful. Because I see some clients come in with fingerprints inside, or they've broken the touch screen connector or damaged the ribbon cable of the new touch screen...
If needed, see you!
Do you have a misalignment of 3mm to your left, for example? Well, it's simple, just follow what nek30 said earlier.
When calibrating, you just have to reproduce the pointing error for the console to accept the adjustment.
For example, if you have a misalignment of 3mm to the left during games, when you adjust your DS, point during calibration with an error of 3mm to the left... then the console will accept the adjustment, and you do it again correcting this time by 0.5mm and the console will accept the adjustment, then you start recalibrating gently (so the console accepts) until you achieve the correct settings...
Maybe it was poorly explained above, but instead of putting -1, try the tsssssss technique.
When calibrating, you just have to reproduce the pointing error for the console to accept the adjustment.
For example, if you have a misalignment of 3mm to the left during games, when you adjust your DS, point during calibration with an error of 3mm to the left... then the console will accept the adjustment, and you do it again correcting this time by 0.5mm and the console will accept the adjustment, then you start recalibrating gently (so the console accepts) until you achieve the correct settings...
Maybe it was poorly explained above, but instead of putting -1, try the tsssssss technique.
I'm going to look for the Nintendo screwdriver on Wednesday, if I find one, I'll take it apart and let you know the results!
PS: Is it possible to find this special Nintendo screwdriver at Micromania or elsewhere?
Thanks in advance for your reply!
PS: Is it possible to find this special Nintendo screwdriver at Micromania or elsewhere?
Thanks in advance for your reply!
I'm so upset! I only took apart the case and now my touchscreen is just blank!
Why did I do that!
Please help me!
Why did I do that!
Please help me!
For those who have a linker (r4, M3, supercard),
there is the homebrew DScalibrate:
www.playeradvance.org/forum/attachment.php?s=aac3ce36bbb0259e50e8435b1b127e6e&attachmentid=1017&d=1198285488
It actually calibrates the screen and has more options than the Nintendo calibrator.
there is the homebrew DScalibrate:
www.playeradvance.org/forum/attachment.php?s=aac3ce36bbb0259e50e8435b1b127e6e&attachmentid=1017&d=1198285488
It actually calibrates the screen and has more options than the Nintendo calibrator.
Same problem as the whole world...
I too am dealing with this damn offset shifting to the left; I calibrated for half an hour, but nothing works,
I saw a solution that said to deprive the DS of its battery for at least an hour, but this solution is for those who don't care about losing their saved games; it wipes everything the DS has recorded since it was released
Now I just need to have enough money to replace my DS with a DS Lite :'-( ...
Fu*** Nintendo corporation >:-(
I too am dealing with this damn offset shifting to the left; I calibrated for half an hour, but nothing works,
I saw a solution that said to deprive the DS of its battery for at least an hour, but this solution is for those who don't care about losing their saved games; it wipes everything the DS has recorded since it was released
Now I just need to have enough money to replace my DS with a DS Lite :'-( ...
Fu*** Nintendo corporation >:-(
It's the same with mine, I can't find a solution... Apparently, I should send it to Nintendo but out of warranty, it's at least 70 euros; might as well buy another one, don't you think???
I heard that those who own the first DS (so not the lite, and grey color) had a calibration problem. I have the very first one, and I have the same issue, my screen won't calibrate, I have 2 friends who also have the same one as mine, and they have the same problem.
So I think it’s a general software problem implanted in the old DS since the software works very well in the other DS (lite, pink DS, black, silver grey, blue).
So I think it’s a general software problem implanted in the old DS since the software works very well in the other DS (lite, pink DS, black, silver grey, blue).
so it means that the grays have been miscalibrated from the start!!
so I'm going to buy a LITE one, blue!!
so I'm going to buy a LITE one, blue!!
No relation to the color,
mine is blue (and it's the old one) and the problem is the same as yours,
we can calibrate it by pressing the hour crosses,
nothing works, impossible to calibrate it,
and I don't want to throw at least €70 for such a problem -__-
Maybe I'll take it apart myself,
thank you for all your indications ;)
kisses to everyone
mine is blue (and it's the old one) and the problem is the same as yours,
we can calibrate it by pressing the hour crosses,
nothing works, impossible to calibrate it,
and I don't want to throw at least €70 for such a problem -__-
Maybe I'll take it apart myself,
thank you for all your indications ;)
kisses to everyone
Yes, I have the same problem, about a 1 cm shift to the left (I have to click on the left)
and the calibration goes in circles... I can never confirm,
what should I do?
The Nintendo support site doesn't help at all.
and the calibration goes in circles... I can never confirm,
what should I do?
The Nintendo support site doesn't help at all.
On a a DS, when you press two points at the same time, the console considers that you've pressed in the middle of the two.
So, it may happen that one edge of the touchscreen is dirty, and therefore, the DS thinks you've pressed between the edge and the stylus position on the screen, which shifts the screen's perception from the stylus position.
I therefore recommend cleaning the edges of the screen carefully with a toothpick or a cotton swab.
So, it may happen that one edge of the touchscreen is dirty, and therefore, the DS thinks you've pressed between the edge and the stylus position on the screen, which shifts the screen's perception from the stylus position.
I therefore recommend cleaning the edges of the screen carefully with a toothpick or a cotton swab.
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thanks for getting back to me as soon as possible.