Have you ever replaced the battery on your Pokemon Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald games? I feel like nothing beats these battery holder replacements so let me know how you fixed yours and how it went!

One thing that helps is having some flux on both contacts you’re trying to flow solder to. It basically makes a bridge for the solder to run through to make the connection way faster and safer, don’t need as much heat for as long, and don’t have to deal with the solder just wanting to cling to one contact

Great tutorial! The only thing I don’t understand is using the battery holder instead of a pre-tabbed battery. Only because the batteries are supposed to last 10-15 years, so you’re really only saving yourself a couple minutes every ten years. However, I see a little more purpose in using one for the gen 1 and 2 games since their batteries run out quicker.

@ThedomiNATION

Ай бұрын

These batteries only last a few years. If they lasted 10-15 years I wouldn’t have had to replace any of my games since the initial replacement. It’s way more convenient to only need to solder once then whenever it runs out just buy a new battery and pop it in instead of having to solder in a pre tabbed battery every time! Plus most people would prefer not soldering all together so I see this as the best option. You do it once and never have to worry again!

The one thing I'd comment on is that the bit where you used the Screwdriver to pry the battery contacts up and off is unneeded. It's actually super dangerous. Putting pressure and heat on batteries is not safe. Otherwise pretty solid video.

@ThedomiNATION

Ай бұрын

As I stated in the video, you just use small rotations of the screwdriver. No pressure and most definitely no heat was used during that point

I'd really recommend getting desoldering wick for removing batteries. It’s basically copper ribbon, so you lay it over the point you want to remove solder from and just touch it with your hot iron. It absorbs the liquid solder and you don't have to mess with a screwdriver that could slip and damage a component on the board or a trace, and it's pretty cheap. Also, it removes the old solder which can form cracks if it mixes with the old solder or if you just reuse the old stuff.

Actually seeing painting from contest changes the seed according to rng community. In emerald is easier thanks to battle video because not only record frame advancements it also restored the seed that you saw in the contest painting.

@ThedomiNATION

18 күн бұрын

Yep that’s a great option for shiny hunting in emerald! I’m actually doing that while hunting for shiny mew! It doesn’t completely fix the issue with soft resets though as I’m pretty sure recording battle videos every 50 or so resets might be quicker depending on what Pokémon you’re trying to soft reset for!

I just paid a local shop $10 each game for my Sapphire and Emerald game to put a new battery in. Somehow Ruby is still kicking strong for me and both FireRed and LeafGreen

@ThedomiNATION

Ай бұрын

Fired red and leaf green don’t have batteries so they will never die!

Good tutorial. I'll keep that in mind! 🎮 Off Topic: my Pokémon X Won't save and it's the one with the Shiny Charm. How do you fix that?

@ThedomiNATION

Ай бұрын

I’m not sure. I’ve never experienced a game not saving

@Nyk_Style

Ай бұрын

That is odd, never saw that

My emerald has a dead battery i was going to restart mh game since i transfered most of my pokemon to soulsilver, i was thinking of doing run aways for the legends, i wont have to worry if i run away from rayqueza right?

@ThedomiNATION

Ай бұрын

Correct! Runaways are perfectly fine to do! Just make sure you hunt for at least 30 minutes per session Becuase if you only hunt for 10 minutes or so you may only pass a few shiny frames!

@MrakumaZ-sc9wb

Ай бұрын

Thank you unfortunately i have heard misinformation that run away isnt thr best way and another would say it wont work but im glad i can be put at ease​@@ThedomiNATION

Is there currently a method of doing for the first 2 gens of Pokémon games to your knowledge?

@ThedomiNATION

Ай бұрын

These battery holders should also work with gen 2 cartridges but I would do some research just to make sure. I’d assume the soldering process is nearly the same

@marc4008

27 күн бұрын

​@@ThedomiNATION GB/GBC games have two different battery sizes, cr2025 and cr1616. I think the pokemon games use cr2025, so you'd likely need a different battery holder.

@ThedomiNATION

27 күн бұрын

@@marc4008 the ones I ordered showed them in I think a GB game but the description said works with GBA so just do a bit of reading to make sure they work for you before ordering them!

@marc4008

27 күн бұрын

@@ThedomiNATION Yeah, I think GBA only uses cr1616. I double checked and gen 1 and 2 pokemon games use cr2025, except yellow apparently uses cr1616? I'm not sure if the source I'm looking at is wrong, but the battery type should be printed on the circuit board.

I have that same exact GBASP

nice tutorial

I won't recommend doing this, unless you sand down the battery holder. Else this will increase the pressure on the shell and eventually end up with broken shell that needs replacement.

@ThedomiNATION

Ай бұрын

I’ve been using these battery holders for years, never had an issue. They cause a slightly tighter fit going into the GBA but they aren’t big enough to cause any sort of damage unless you’re extremely rough with them or put them in incorrectly.