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Over the past few weeks my right joy con has been having some physical connectivity issues when it’s inserted into handheld mode. It simply is registering in handheld mode whatsoever, and I’ve seemingly tried everything the internet has recommended so far. Additionally, the joy con doesn’t register with my ring con (ring fit accessory) which leads me to believe it could be something to do with the joy con internally. I’ve done some research and the ZIF connector could’ve supposedly come undone but I’m not sure if that’s entirely possible since I’ve never opened my joy con before. If someone could advise me here on what the issue is/how to resolve it I’d really appreciate it.
It should not be possible for the ZIF connector to become undone inside the Joy-Con since you have never opened it because they are designed to stay in place firmly until you unlock the connector so there might be another problem internally with the Joy-Con because if you have dropped it something could have come loose or broken or there could be water damage or corrosion on the Joy-Con rail where it connects to the Nintendo Switch or to the Ring-Con. I am not 100% sure what could be wrong with the Joy-Con and you may need to disassemble it and inspect the parts but there is also a risk with opening Joy-Cons you might damage the ribbon cables connecting to the rail and that could kill the rail so it would not be able to connect (physically not wirelessly) and charge.
