r/ControllerRepair

The left joy stick just stays like this when I move it around. Someone please help me cause I have no clue to fix this

Hello everyone.
Today I replaced the sticks on my controller. The soldering was done good imo and everything was clean.

Once I closed the shell, the L2 button stopped working and L1 stayed “stuck” as if it was always being pressed.
I opened it again, reconnected the ribbon cables, and closed it once more. From that moment, it works fine for 10–15 seconds, then it starts acting like you can see in the video.

I tried opening it again and thoroughly cleaning all the contacts and ribbon cable traces with isopropyl alcohol, but nothing changed.

I also have an “Extremerate Rise4” kit installed on this controller, and it has never caused any issues for more than a year.

What could this be? I can take a picture of the stick soldering if needed, but I don’t understand how it could affect the back buttons!

Thanks to anyone who can help me

It just started to do this.

Hello team

Hope all are doing well

I’m new to soldering an asking for your advice and intervention. I’m practicing in The Xbox box one controller on the photo . I desoldered the old broken joy stick and replaced it with new one first tried I did a lot of mistakes like working with dirty board “ old burned flux “ so I removed it again from PCB , used wick to remove the old solder , cleaned PCB with isopropyl. Then I re-attached the joystick and resumed soldering as per the YouTube tutorial, this page posts and more educational materials . Unfortunately I noticed that solder doesn’t flow only stuck on the solder tip only few joints have been soldered with unacceptable results. I’m not sure but it’s look likes that I destroyed some of PCB pads or may I did so many other mistakes . Any tips or advice. Including my poor skill . Does the soldering iron part of my failed attempts? Flux or others . My soldering is 63/37 0.8 mm .

Thanks in advance

(Sorry about the quality)

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