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fair oar
(I put the usb in a european 12w apple power adapter, it says "output:5.2v" which is what the gba sp uses no?)
I've seen some others get a brief orange light flicker before stopping but mine doesn't even do that
lucid skiff
The cable shouldn’t fall out easily, in fact it’s usually pretty snug in my experience. No light flicker at all suggests to me you might have a blown fuse or broken trace. Could also be the battery or the charger cable lol. Do you have / know how to use a multimeter?
fair oar
I don't own one no
lucid skiff
Hmm I think that restricts your troubleshooting options to just trying a different charger, preferably OEM but what you have should work.
If you’re interested in learning how to fix electronics it makes sense to get a multimeter but if not, it’s probably best to wait 30 days and just use the marketplace to request a repair.
You could also try replacing the battery—is it new?
If it’s the original battery you should replace it anyway.
fair oar
I do not know if it's new or not. I could probably get my hands on a multimeter though, will come back here when I do. thanks for the help
lucid skiff
Sure, just be aware that if you find anything wrong with the multimeter you’d need to do some soldering to fix the issue.
fair oar
yeah I figured
fair oar
can you tell me what I should measure with the multimeter in advance?
lucid skiff
You’ll want to start by checking your fuses. I think F2 is part of the charging circuit. You might also just try cleaning your charge port.
You’ll then want to try and figure out what caused the fuse to blow in the first place, otherwise it might happen again.
But I would start by ruling out the battery and the charger