Wii U Gamepad Digitizer and buttons issue
I ordered a broken wii u off of ebay. The console works fine, but the gamepad is broken. The auction said it was taken to a non nintendo repair person for a cracked digitizer. The auction said it wasn't working.
I received the gamepad and system and tested it. The gamepad's touchscreen was working at first and I was able to sync it to the console. I did notice that it wasn't the most responsive screen. The second time I powered it up to test a game disk, the gamepad digitizer stopped working. I also noticed some buttons didn't do anything. I can't navigate the menu with the dpad. Of the xyab buttons, only x will do anything.
I'm guessing something went wrong with the repair or a defective replacement digitizer. I'll likely have to replace the digitizer. I'm just wondering if it would be easier to replace the whole screen? The screen is working and replacing just the digitizer would be cheaper. I'm not sure which I want to do.
What I'm not sure on is the buttons. I would imagine that I could navigate the menu with the dpad, or am I wrong about that? I think the A and B buttons were working when the touchscreen was working.
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I tried taking it apart. Unfortunately, I didn't see anything wrong with the connectors for the dpad and other buttons. I did try to clean a few of the ribbon cables with contact cleaner, but that didn't help.
One question, can you use the dpad to navigate the different squares on the gamepad's menu? When the screen with all the mii characters is up, I can move the screen around with the dpad. It just doesn't work with the other one. The X button works, but the others don't on either screen.
I did see a couple small scratches on the edge of the digitizer. That was the only damage I could see. I'm just going to have to order a new digitizer. Is it fused to the lcd panel? I've seen people say it is and it isn't.
I did notice that my gamepad is different from the one in the guide. The speakers on my pad are soldered to the motherboard.
- de Jason Everest
I used a wii remote to navigate the menu and get into a game. All the buttons worked fine while playing. It's only when I'm in the menu or system settings that the directional pad and A, B, Y buttons don't work.
- de Jason Everest