in our latest video my teammates and I
replaced the joysticks in our Nintendo
switch two icons when we forgot one
important final step joystick
calibration in this video I'm going to
show you how to calibrate a joystick and
then I'm going to talk about a few more
ways of dealing with drift whether it's
happening on the joystick you just
replaced or the original one that came
with you joy Connor
option 1 calibration calibration forces
the switch to relearn how it interprets
the joysticks positioning data and this
can help mitigate might drift each
joystick is a little different so when a
new one gets installed this process can
help the switch account for the slight
differences between the old one and the
new one this is also why calibration can
help when you have light drift to
calibrate a joystick go to settings
controllers and sensors and calibrate
control sticks when prompted pushed down
the joystick you want to calibrate on
the next screen your joystick movements
will be shown on a circle if the dot in
the circle doesn't return to the center
after you move it around or if it's
behaving erratically press X to
recalibrate the warning that pops up
tells you to recalibrate only there's a
problem but you can always revert back
to the stock calibration by pressing Y
at the testing screen to calibrate the
joystick the switch will prompt you to
move it in each direction then spin it
in a circle a few times and that's it if
calibration doesn't work try updating
updating doesn't usually help with drift
but it's worth a shot and it's a good
idea to do it once a while anyway here's
how to update go to settings controllers
and sensors and update controllers the
update will start when you press a both
controllers will update if they need it
next you could try contact cleaner some
people have had success using an
electronic safe contact cleaner to get
rid of it to do this lift up the tiny
flap under the joystick and apply some
contact cleaner though maybe not as much
as we did once you're done wiggle the
joystick around for a minute to work it
in and then recalibrate no matter where
you buy your replacement joystick some
are just bad eggs and no drift
regardless of calibration or flaws
repair technique and you may have to
return the part our replacement
joysticks are covered by our lifetime
warranty so if you've got yours from us
and it was a baddy reach out to our
customer support team in the link in the
description and they'll make sure you
get a working one if you've already done
a replacement you can try putting the
original joystick back and sending the
joy con into Nintendo
prepare we're not sure if they'll still
honor the free repair at that point but
if it's the best option you got it's
worth a try but they're just starting to
reopen their repair facilities after
Kovan 19 so it might take a while if
none of these options work feel free to
take the joystick apart for science and
let us know if you find any evidence of
why drift occurs tweet us at I fix it
with some photos if you find anything
interesting thanks for watching this
video we promise it's the last roy cohn
video for a while hopefully i've armed
you with all the tools you might need to
get your joy 6 working again if you
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