Building The ULTIMATE Nintendo Switch Lite | PART 1 - White Shell Swap / Digitizer Replacement

Join me as I build the Ultimate OLED Nintendo Switch Lite! In part one, we take a junky Nintendo Switch from eBay and give it a new lease of life with a new @ExtremeRate white shell. Including some LCD hijinks and a few tears and laughs along the way!

Thanks to the amazing @adinwalls for the cameo appearance!

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0:00 Intro
2:08 Sponsor: PCBWay
2:59 Case disassembly
5:53 Disconnecting cables
6:30 Component/Board removal
8:49 A note on LCD/Digitizer removal
10:02 New digitizer installation
10:56 LCD/Digitizer removal
11:40 LCD installation
12:54 I screwed up...
14:02 LCD installation round two
15:13 Reassembly
16:16 First power on...
17:05 Finishing touches
17:48 Shell swap complete!
18:08 Final thoughts for part one
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[NorbertRoche]

This white case and white/gray buttons combination is just awesome!!!

[jayjayhooksch]

For future reference for anybody who reads this comment; you do not need to glue the digitizer to the lcd. The tolerances are tight enough that the mid-frame will hold the lcd in place. Its a little fiddly to line it up, but its do-able (done it multiple times myself). If you absolutely must secure the lcd for OCD purposes then secure it to the midframe using a couple shavings of electrical tape, but that carries risk as well

Additionally, if you're doing a shell swap and the donor digitizer and lcd are in fine shape, theres no need to swap out the digitizer; they make screen protectors with faux bezels in colors that will match your new shell.

Looking forward to the video series, as I too am building the "ultimate" lite, or rather a few of them, for myself and family members. And like yourself, I found some cheap donor units and have the OLED and HDMI mods on the way.

Are you doing the soldering for the mod chip yourself? I found that to be the most challenging (but not the most frustrating) part for me so far. I learned to solder just to do these mods, took a few solid days of studyinf videos and practicing on old electronics.

The most frustrating part for me was actually the software install post mod-chip install. All of the guides suck and nobody wants to talk about it, finding good info is like finding a needle in a haystack, very frustrating.

[larrytaylor]

a little secret i use when cleaning any screens is i shine a very bright flashlight at an angle on it and you will see any dust and smudges it really helps a lot but will drive you crazy not being able to get all dust off.

[zerosick]

there are double sided tapes meant for lcds, they arent as messy as glues, I use one for repairing android phone lcds and they work great.

[leoGamingTH]

I can't wait to see the oled mod !! Great work btw ! 😎

[Sadtiric]

I'm super excited to see how this progresses! I'm gonna do the mod at some point as well. All I want is an OLED Lite 💚.

[caiogabriel]

The Taki Oled screen with the possible feature of video out with an transparent shell would be the perfect switch lite

[JoelBenjiTech]

Great video! I'm super keen for the OLED upgrade, I got two myself and can't wait to replace mine. Keep up the awesome videos!!

[vexorian]

I first started by doing Joycon shell swaps. Eventually I did try to mod a Switch Lite with an extremeRate case. It is more complex, but doable. But you definitely need to be patient, keep track of the screws. iFixit's tear down guides are better than extremeRate videos IMO. And the really challenging part where things can go wrong is when you have to unglue the screen and quickly glue it to the new shell. But it's what it is. I didn't do it with patience, so as a coincidence I nicked the touch sensor cable... I'm happy with my Switch Lite even though it doesn't have a touch screen, but yeah, definitely be careful. lol.

[droo]

Take care with the white . After 2 months it's discolored and permanently has dark marks even if you clean it everyday . Lasted 3 months. Even if you add a case the place around the buttons will also discolor heavily. Even the light grey shell gets black the part you hold it

[fernandovalero]

que brutal quedó esa Nintendo switch Lite’ yo admiro estos tipos que tienen esa habilidad de cambiar carcasas poner pantallas etc etc esta switch lite quedó hermosa

[ykjali]

hey man, you could also try upgrading the battery, you can see how zac builds did with his switch oled "pro" and maybe do something similar for part 2/3

[SmallGadgetMan]

Without oled yet available I wonder what optical glue to the digi would look like.

[SrtRacerBoy]

We're so close to the oled lite screens releasing that this video is going to need to be updated in about a month.

OLED Lites are going to be the definitive Switch.

[border]

About 9 mins into this video. Did you get a press sample of the OLED screen or was the title click bait?

[PhenMr]

Damn so many good shell's, this white one is also verry slick just by watching this video. It's hard to choose just with all the options. ❤

[larrytaylor]

I've never done this before but I was screaming in my head stop putting so much glue down while you were doing it haha

[CellPhish]

I made the mistake just buying the digitizer when doing my son’s switch. The glue also didn’t transfer over. I used the same kit for the shell but mine didn’t come with tape. I also used T700 glue stuff as well. It was the only stuff my hardware store had in a pinch

[nathanxbond]

That is so sick. Looks like an Apple Switch

[RikoF]

The colour combination is beautiful! What is the TPU case name? It looks like it suits my needs.