Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

11

Time Required

                          15 minutes

Sections

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  • Wi-Fi Card
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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Battery
  • Flip over the 2DS.

Flip over the 2DS.

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Step 2

  • Remove the game cartridge, SD card and stylus if your console has them inserted.

Remove the game cartridge, SD card and stylus if your console has them inserted.

Step 3

  • Undo the 2 Phillips #00 screws.
  • The screws will not completely detach from the battery cover.

Undo the 2 Phillips #00 screws.

The screws will not completely detach from the battery cover.

Step 4

  • Lift the battery cover up and pull it out.

Lift the battery cover up and pull it out.

Step 5

  • Lift up the battery and remove it.

Lift up the battery and remove it.

Step 6

              Wi-Fi Card
  • Remove the 10 Phillips #00 screws.

Remove the 10 Phillips #00 screws.

Step 7

  • Carefully remove the rear panel.
  • There’s a ribbon cable on the rear panel attached to the motherboard, so be very careful not to damage that cable!

Carefully remove the rear panel.

There’s a ribbon cable on the rear panel attached to the motherboard, so be very careful not to damage that cable!

Step 8

  • Pull up the Wi-Fi card from the left side.

Pull up the Wi-Fi card from the left side.

Step 9

  • Use a spudger or your fingernail to carefully pull up on the right side of Wi-Fi card. This’ll disconnect the Wi-Fi card.
  • There’s a cable behind the Wi-Fi card, so be very careful removing it!

Use a spudger or your fingernail to carefully pull up on the right side of Wi-Fi card. This’ll disconnect the Wi-Fi card.

There’s a cable behind the Wi-Fi card, so be very careful removing it!

Step 10

  • Flip over the Wi-Fi card.

Flip over the Wi-Fi card.

Step 11

  • Use a spudger or your fingernail to remove the cable from the Wi-Fi card.

Use a spudger or your fingernail to remove the cable from the Wi-Fi card.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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Jeremy Patton - Feb 18, 2022

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Where is the guide for the 2DS Zelda version? I just opened mine up, and there IS NOT a wifi module card anywhere to be seen?! Did they move it UNDER the motherboard? I can not find any guides to the green and brown Zelda 2DS. Mine won’t update or connect to anything now.

Jonathan M. - Mar 17, 2022

It is the same. If you cannot see a Wi-Fi card, there probably is no Wi-Fi card.