Time Spend Year looking for OG 3DS now

[Atticus]

Now I know why loopy doesn't sell pre mod ones anymore ; . ;

[pezoneden]

Look, I need some advice. I plan to buy an ogg 3ds for when loopy reopen to ship it to him. But I found out that many versions of the og 3ds have the problem that the crosshead and joystick wear out very fast. So if you could give me some advice when buying an og 3ds

Get one on ebay from japan. they are usually sub $70 and come in great condition. I got my Cap card installed on a used flame red 3ds from japan for $63. U can force a region change with CFW.

[Atticus]

Well I got one for about 70 but it has some odd SD card problem that keeps saying the lock is on regardless of it being locked or not and so far only seen 3 things about this in google

A: Update 3DS (this didn't work)
B: Put "small" bit tape over the lock part and not over the pins on the back (reminds me of putting take on old VHS tapes so could record over them again lol) this didn't work
C: something about small pin on side of the SD slot being bent and can either try fix it by poking into it (no idea what pin looks like inside) or opening the 3DS and either fix the effected pin or replace the SD reader

So likely going have return this and try again ; . ;

As for the region locking thing I don't have any hacks and not good with most
Most i've done to my 3DS is soft hack with Cube Ninja

Kind debating asking if Loopy can do anything about it but with it likely being a "iffy varying" on what going on likely just best find one that working

[loopy]

Replacing the card holder might work. Might not. I have a couple of spares I can try.

[Atticus]

Replacing the card holder might work. Might not. I have a couple of spares I can try.

Ya that what I feared... well the shop got it from said there replace it so maybe just better do that so we don't risk having the latter of the two happen

Tho nice of ya to offer

I'm just hoping this isn't that common found quite alot topics with this problem x.x

[radiocaf]

I feel your pain, I ordered my card from loopy a couple of weeks ago now, and I've spent about a month looking for 3DS consoles. I mean they are numerous but you want to know it's going to be reliable.

I ended up ordering three, and all of them had some issue. One had a busted Wi-Fi card, one had a charging issue and the third one had a hinge that was so loose it would come open under it's own weight. These were all consoles that were advertised as "excellent condition". Oh and all but one had a bulging battery.

I Frankenstein-ed a working 3DS out of them all, so now I finally have a 3DS I can send to loopy to have the capture card installed. But now I've the ballache of trying to sell the spare consoles, most likely at a loss.

[montejeu]

Everyday I see OG 3DS for sale on facebook market place. Sometimes as low as 40$. Usually around 100$. Maybe it is because I am in the bay area.

[natecc]

I paid $80 for a purple ntsc 3ds in good condition that happened to be complete in box on ebay. I most likely got a pretty good deal, though.

[Atticus]

Replacing the card holder might work. Might not. I have a couple of spares I can try.

Hey loopy how much would charge to see if giving new SD slot would work?
The shop keeper was finding hard to find replacement and said he refund me the charge to fix it if its not crazy much

[loopy]

No charge. I have extra parts, I'll just swap it out and see if it works. If that doesn't help, there's probably nothing I can do.
Just write a note to remind me about it when you send the 3DS.