TIL I'm an idiot.

of note is that this is actually great news to me because I hate changing a digitizer, and I'm never going to scratch this screen myself, and have never scratched a DS family screen in my life.

Put a new screen protector on!

I hate screen protectors, but for the ds you absolutely need one for that touch screen. I started playing Pokémon Rangers recently and I couldn't imagine playing on the raw screen, it would no doubt get destroyed lol

I'm just picturing you absolutely shaking in your boots with your mouth hanging open and eyes wide, unable to formulate words, stuttering and sweating just in complete shock over your nintendo 3ds screen being not scratched

Always good to have digitizers on hand, I find they fail too often. Either way glad that worked out

I also got one from the junk bin that was a dirty white model. Turns out it has protectors on both, and magic eraser completely removed all dirt. It looks brand new now, minus a bit of yellowing on the screen, bit for 1200 yen I'm happy

props to the previous owner who apply the screen protector so good that it is unnoticeable

Done of those screen protectors for like gloves. I recently was shell swapping my childhood ds lite and the bottom screen looked rough and my brothers had a digitizer issue that didn't work in some areas. I almost ordered a new one before i realized we had screen protectors as well

get another screen protector

I bought an open box phone from Best Buy a few months ago. Was in great condition and looked like it was minimally used. Bought a screen protector for it, but when I went to install it I found the phone already had one on it.

Fast forward to a week ago, I smashed my phone into a door jamb and shattered a camera lens. Found out I could order a replacement from Amazon. When it came in, I started removing the shards of the shattered lens and found another lens underneath. Turns out the previous owner had applied lens protectors as well and I just shattered the protector.

Well that story turned out well... congrats!

Many years ago, I thought I had a touchscreen issue with my second-hand-bought 3DS. It would become unresponsive at times, and I even messaged Nintendo because I was seriously considering tech support.

Turns out it was just a badly installed screen protector that had debris under it and was constantly activating the touchscreen... You're not alone 😆

An old friend of mine once gave me a 6 month old laptop they replaced because the webcam didn’t work right. And they were seemingly correct. No matter what I did, it was always a little blurry and wouldn’t focus. I didn’t really care though, because I had no use for a webcam anyway so to me it was just a sweet free laptop. Some time goes by and one day a strange mark appears over the camera. It appears to be a small bubble. You’ll never guess what it was.

Okay, you probably will. It was the factory cling film that you’re supposed to peel off. It somehow went complete unnoticed by both of us for almost a whole year. I thought it was freaking hilarious and wasted no time telling my friend about it. They didn’t find it as funny and actually tried to demand the laptop back because they thought they were giving me a “broken” laptop. But that’s a story for another sub 🤣

Another pgre success story. Rare to hear them this decade.

Been there. I forgot I put a screen protector on and a few years later had just learned to live with the giant scratch blocking part of the screen.

And then
I accidentally peeled off the edge and realized.

Sometimes we just randomly win I guess lmao

Lucky you! 😍

I wouldnt call you an idiot. you saw as is. The person that sold it is def the idiot. AT LEAST you have a back up for when the original fails. I call that preparation

I have bought quite a few different Japanese ds's and almost all had screen protectors on the bottom screens even some that fit so tight doesnt look like there is one.

Damn, I wish my own obliviousness would come back to benefit me for once

My wife’s mum had this, got a new Samsung phone and dropped it and the screen smashed. She was telling me about it saying she was gutted and couldn’t afford a new phone but the little shards of glass kept getting in her ears and fingers, I offered to tape up the screen to keep it going and when she gave it to me I just peeled off the smashed screen protector and handed it back to her. Evidently she’d put on on at day 1 but forgot.

make sure you out on a new one

Fellow PRGE enjoyer!!! You made a nice score 😎

Dw, everyone does, eventually

when i had a screen protector on my DSi XL the touch screen wouldn't work properly at all

Do you need a screen protector on a New 2DS XL?!

That was a happy little mistake you made there. :D Hehehe Glad that you don't have to replace the digitizer.

Thanks for reminding me that I probably should replace my bottom screen protector. It is getting a little bit scratched up. 👍 My outer shell case is getting due too...

I do live dangerously though and that my top screen is not screen protected, but I am super careful with mine. Been 9 years without issue, and now and never leaves the house anyway except once or twice a year for a convention.

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I used to get this at work people came in to repair their "broken" phone screens--then I proceed to peel off their protector 😂 this is great though it looks brand new

That’s a great feeling. Congrats OP!

DPAD/paint Peeling is common for the original 3ds models.

This was fixed with the 2013 (jp only mostly) colors like the metallic red.

I've had this with multiple machines, and the moment I realise it was just a protector (that did a damn good job) is just... it's something to experience! :D

Ahhh. There’s nothing better. I also have my 3DS. Screen protector day 1. Today it’s too scratched, but it also tells the story of my 3DS

you got mad lucky. I scratched mine when I was younger, so I had to change the digitizer.

Don't touch it, put another screen protector on immediately 😂😂

This is such a nice feeling.

I got an O3DS that looked a little beat up at the thrift store figuring I could get an AliExpress display replacement. When the screen protector peeled off I gasped out loud. Nice and clean.

God bless anyone who installed a screen protector 10+ years ago. Y’all are the real heroes.

If it helps, I had a screen peotector since 2011 and didn’t know...

It was dirty and I could never clean it, I always thought it was the screen.

Then,I decided to test my lucky and see if I had a scren protector and turns out It was a screen protector!

Been there. I was so irritated when I got my DS from eBay. There was a scratch on the screen, I thought it was small and would buffer it out. Well that was catastrophic. I eventually realized it was a protector 😅

Hang on OP, I got an used red O3DS and now I gotta check if I also have just a screen shield.

Had the same thing with a dsi xl! GameStop sold it to me for super cheap cuz of how scratched it was only for it to have two screen protectors and perfect screens!

How'd you replace the thumb stick? Mines bald and I know someone who's having to glue theirs back on lol

Is there anyway to replace the dpad? mine is peeling off too

Wait could i possibly have a screen protector too? I have a new 3ds XL that i got from ebay and the touch screen is not smooth when using a stylus and it has like a matte look like its not glossy like my other 3ds and it has scratches on it.

I still have my original DS lite from when I was a kid. Way back then, because of the stupid Mario and sonic Olympics, I pressed way too hard on the screen because I was going mach 1 with my pen to win the games, and even though I had a screen protector, the screen under was still damaged because I pressed so hard. All these years later, my screen slill looks like it has partially laminated together. I don't know if it's the digitizer that stuck to the screen or what it is, but it looks like a reverse bubble in the middle of the screen. I never bothered fixing it, but it irritates me to this day whenever I think about it, lol.

when I install screen protectors on the bottom screen of any DS product, I cut a tiny bit off one corner. That way it's easy to remove and I don't forget there is a screen protector installed.

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ouah.... mais tu as aussi enormément de chance !!!

This happened to me as well lmao