That was awesome glad to see people who fix things not just toss them away

I was kinda surprised to see the Vita use a standard laptop internet card

In my personal opinion the vita is one of the most underrated consoles ever

"There's a little blue light down here saying 'Help me! I'm alive!'" Awwww!

I love watching vids like this. It's so satisfying to see how something that people would just throw away is restored by a little time and love.

To be honest I'm impressed at the quality (at least on camera) of that replacement screen assembly. Seems like a proper OLED panel, they do it quite often with OLED phone replacement screens that they just make a crappy compatible LCD and call it a day.

Moonlight has revitalized my Vita. More specifically streaming CEMU to my Vita. I’m about 5 hours into Wind Waker HD and the experience has been incredible. Blows my mind seeing just how gorgeous WW looks on the original PA Vita screen. You can also make shortcuts to open games in full screen. Then make scripts that Nvidia Experience can use to launch said games right from your Vita. I just turn my Win10 PC on headless, pick a game from the Moonlight menu, and start playing.

Interesting stuff man, you're really making me want to start modding and fixing up little handhelds

My advice with screws is have a sheet of cardboard and some clear tape at hand, then as you go stick the screws to the card in groups/their original layout and label them.

The Vita is def the most awesome handheld, props for fixing up an og one

My wife, watching one of your vids with me for the first time: "Surely electronics Harry Potter can fix it."

Next thing you do is jib it and install custom firmwares. Allows you to play 'backups' and emulators (the Vita is a BRILLIANT emulator machine).

Hey Ell, just want you to know that your videos are getting me through a pretty brutal time. With a mini workshop in my house and plenty of spare parts, it’s been nice to keep my mind off losing my job and possible our company...thanks dude.

I want to thank you for the great content! I've been watching for a few months and now you inspired me into collecting gameboys! Today I found a super weel kept Yellow Gameboy Color, I paid 20 Euros for it since his start button isnt working, I'll try to fix that, I'm actually excited!

To be perfectly honest, the ps vita are one of the easier latest handhelds to refurbish.

Some super glue and duct tape should fix it.

You're inspiring me to do stuff like this lol Love the vids!

Nice video. It would be nice if you could do a video comparison of the replacement screen vs an original one, to see if it is indeed OLED and its quality

Great job on the refurb/repair ! i think it would really help the quality of the videos, if you turn of autofocus and stick to manual. it's very distracting when the autofocus runs berserk :P

Whoop whoop, I’ll take first spot on this one. Long live the Vita!!

Eliot goes Vita! It's a whole new world! Nice project and result. Thanks for sharing the job.

10:19 - The worst fear of anyone repairing tiny electronics - the dreaded itch on your hand (or a sneeze!) while delicately holding onto the components! Jokes aside, fantastic video! Great job on the repair. I've got an entire PSP 3000 screen and shell swap in the near future, and I haven't done anything yet beyond replacing the faceplate before. Seeing your success in effectively doing an entire swap on a Vita, gives me confidence on my PSP 3000 swap. Slow and methodical, while documenting your process as you go. Keep up the great work!

14:54 btw this mark on the bottom left corner of the lcd panel is a fault from factory at the bubble removal process!

I purchased a smashed Sony Psvita 1004 OLED from a local open-air fair (i guess that's the term) and I paid 10euros, now my oled screen just arrived from China and i'll put it together over the weekend, really nice and clean video Elliot!Looking forward to more

I paid 40€ two years ago for a perfect-conditions one (wifi only) and I also found a physic Fifa 15 inside, a 16 gb memory card and some games installed in. Crazy uh?

Just fixed mine today. Feeling proud. Wasn’t that difficult but the screws were a bastard.

You: This looks like a brand new console The person that selled you the console: (TOM FACE)

One of the most underrated systems, Sony focused solely on the PS4 with regards to AAA software and relyed too heavily on 3rd party developers to drive console sales. Sigh.

Do you have a link to where you bought the replacement screen assembly from? Cheers

Awesome! Vita is so underrated. I’ve had mine for a few months and really love it.

Thank you for providing this excellent video on how to take apart a PS Vita. I found it very helpful when I replaced the front panel and screen/digitizer on my PS Vita!

I bought a PSP in 2006 when i was on an interoffice transfer for 6 months to San Jose. What a MASSIVLY underrated machine that was. Great games, films (for flights) etc available in most stores. I didnt miss my home consoles whilst away. Get back to England and buying games for it became a literal hell. Nothing in stock, nowhere had the latest stuff. Such little support (OK i went from San Jose/Bay area to Essex but still). My old chap bought a Vita and availability for that was even worse! Another under valued handheld. The Vita could have been so great!

The psvita was like the switch lite before it came out really

Wooow you deserve alot of respect of repairing damaged broken stuff, but it really requires alooot of knowledge,patience,care and what not to be able to ‘’refurbish’’ stuff like this, many peoples are stupid enough to smash or shredding things, but with people like you we can save alooot of old retro stuff from it’s grace!!!

Great video. Love the Vita. I have a replacement screen on the way. Hope to manage to replace it like you did!!!

Good work elliot,not an easy job.probably the best emulation device on the market

I remember trying to fix my first vita after leaving it on the roof of my jeep for....3 months. I dunno how it managed to stay on the roof that long because I drove a bit back and forth. Anywho I got it running for a month or so but eventually it just died. The home button stopped working as well, I swapped out the left controller board for a new one and enjoy about a month or two of it running okay. Then it just up and died....But I ended up getting a new one because honestly Vita had some great games.

Considering how cheap that replacement screen + bezel was, I think it's a standard cheapy LCD screen, not the Vita's original OLED. I wonder if they make replacement OLED screens? That'd be very nice....

Thanks bro, just replaced my PS vita screen by watching your video. Your content is amazing, I am always waiting for it. Big THANKS!!!!

John: here you go Me: you fix it

i got myself a cheap vita as well it looked like it was ran over a train. I completely changed the housing with parts from aliexpress and it looks amazing , the back is a sort of grey-er version than the original and the front is a metallic sparkly blue, i love it

That was really complicated! amazing job Elliot!

"£18 expensive repair" lol!

9:30 I'm glad you know sort of what you're doing :P

Loving the quality of videos. The music is a nice touch. Keep up the great work!

Love the background music.

Just repaired my screen thanks to you! Thanks!!!!

Saved this on my playlist incase if I have to replace my psv screen! Awesome repair dude!

I have a perfect condition PS Vita .. Screen protected and custom vinyl wrapped since day one. That's collecting years of dust in a drawer somewhere.

I attempted this over 2 years ago using this specific video as a guide but unfortunately I only got up to 8:22 (my previous comment is still on here from when I first started the project) when one of the screws that holds down the 3G module, refused to come out. I tried myself but unfortunately it started to round out so I left it and took the whole console to a phone shop guy in my area who I knew would have the right tools to try and get it out. He basically made it worse to the point a screwdriver wouldn't even fit into the space. I ended up throwing the whole project to one side as I had no idea where to even begin to rectify the issue and I didn't want to pay silly money for someone to repair it for me. I saved this video in my "Watch Later", knowing that one day I would eventually get to the bottom of the repair. Procrastination due to lack of direction took over and I neglected it for for all this time. Once or twice I would have a fiddle with it to see if I could make magic happen but all attempts fell flat...Until tonight😂 I finally had a crack at it and as of 03/10/23 (or 10/03/23 for all the Americans) at approx 11:30pm, I finally managed to get the screw out using a kitchen knife; Not ideal but I grinded a slit across the screw head so I could tap a flathead driver in and screw it out but I guess the friction of the knife jolted it enough so it undone itself. I finished the repair and now my Vita lives again 🎉 Your guide is top notch mate. I know i'm a few years late but keep it up🔥much appreciated. Well deserved Like has been left on your video

The Retro Future and my favorite-ever handheld? The one that kickstarted my career in games? HELL YSSS!

I never would have guessed that the vita would be this consumer repair friendly. Looking at it from the outside it looks as difficult to repair as a smartphone but that looks easy. I ordered a replacement screen for mine because I accidentally cracked it in my car. I'm excited to repair it.

I know this is an original model, but the Vita slim has to be the most easily repairable handheld console I've ever had.

done so well with this XD ! it's also nice to know that the replacement screen are pretty inexpensive! great video 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

That was awesome to watch. Real question though is how the hell did the screen break. The Vita is like a Nokia phone. A total tank

my screen also has that smashed screen issue from accidentally leaving it in a carrying bag I tend to drop with no care, thanks for showing the screen replacement process

Ifixit has tear down guides for most of these devices, will help with your hidden screws and such. Has helped me a ton.

A technical assistance here in Sao Paulo charged me approximately R$ 550, of course I ended up giving up maintenance, but I saw the piece for a good price on ALIEXPRESS and with YOUR VIDEO I can do it alone costing me a maximum of R$ 80.00 !! !! THANKS !!!!

Elliot, If you dont plan on using the 3G function you can remove the chip & 3G modem. Youll get a lighter console & about an hour extra battery life! Done this myself recently, Wifi signal isnt affected at all! Custom firmware will allow you to also switch off the 3G software prompts too.

Osom!. I see your others vids about how to put a lcd on a game boy and It's fantastic, but when I see the title of this vid, damn, I need watching right now!. Hope to see that Switch again with some replacement and love to bring back and, btw, new subscriber to see more content from your channel!. Thanks!

Dude you’re a wizard. I broke one of my Vitas years ago. Sony charged me like 120 to fix it. Should’ve just sent it to Elliot.

A while ago i found a broken Vita on the 3.60 firmware so i bought it for my girlfriend and i fixed its broken screen problem .. now i bought one for my friend. Both were around 30 euro. I had so much fun fixing the 1st one. Cant wait for the display to arrive for the second one!

i remember when i had a ps vita.. i got it when my older brother stole and broke my 2ds so he had to sell all of his stuff to buy me a replacement, but then my dad forced me to get a ps vita (which i loved) and then sold it 2 years later for a fucking broken 2ds that didnt work because my dad didnt check the 2ds before buying it, and i couldnt trade back in the 2ds and i died inside.

I wonder if the replacement screen is OLED like the original or if it's just a regular LED screen?

Bro, thanks for this video. I just replaced my psvita screen successfully with this guide! IMO this is the easiest guide compared to the others vid!

ur videos on fixing and cleanings things are as good as asmr lol

I purchased a new screen and front piece but when they arrived, they weren’t actually glued together. Can’t wait to figure out how to solve that problem..

I know It's a little late for this comment, but the Vita is absurdly easy to fix because it's so modular. I bought a Vita from a kid for 50€ two years ago and he gave it to me saying it was spotless. Of course he forgot to mention the right analog wasn't working :D 3€ and a week later I changed the analog in 5 minutes and now it's PERFECT. It's a really amazing system, it's the first model and it works like a charm. It's my favorite handheld, that's for sure! :D

I got a smashed one too! Just finished the repair.

In the first shot I couldn't distinguish the cap from the background and that looked cursed lul

im looking to replace my own vita screen . where did you buy the replacement screen ?

happy sahur ramdhan for my brothers moeslem..

Great video. I'd love to see more vita fixes on your channel.

Is the replacement screen OLED as well? This replacement looks like something I could do.

I'm surprised you haven't picked up a Vita yet!

hey i just found your channel and have been watching every single repair you do. just a quick question do you ever ground yourself for doing any of the repair / refurbish videos , and have you ever shorted something just by opening it and not being grounded ? keep up the great work thanks to you ill be doing a back light /bivert mod on my original gameboy dmg. lets hope i can do it properly xD

I saw this mod done on a dmg where the guy basically wires up a wireless charging pad onto the back of it and it actually worked would you maybe be up to trying it and maybe going into deeper detail and stuff

Great job! Looks great. Now do a video on modding it since TheFl0w just dropped that 3.69/3.70 hack.

A big thing for me is the original Vita's use OLED screens which are early OLED's with short life spans. I'm hoping one day there will be screen mods that will allow the original model to use a longer lifespan screen.

Earlier today I was considering at buying a smashed vita, it has a really bad broken screen. Thanks to your video, now I can considerate a little better if I buy it and replace the screen

Your comment regarding the screws not going in as nice... I suspect the screws are self tappers and there is likely NO thread in the plastic posts in the replacement part. You are feeling the first cut of fresh thread.

Will most likely follow your video to do a vita 1000 wifi model repair since your video looks like a good walk through

Interesting! Where did you found the replacement part of psvita?

My Vita fell off my hands months ago and the LCD broke (went from blue spots to complete blackout now) Is this vid relatable for me?

Yaaay! Elliot is back on Playstation scene!

*Sleeping* Gets notification. **yes.**

Your great at repairing things! I wish I could do the same with my psp

I just did this for a vita, in which the screen wouldnt display because broken terminal on hard drive. Goodness the vita will read downloaded apps for any system connected to your psn.

Love your videos man, keep it up!

Im surprised the screen only costs 18 pounds tbh. Is it an amoled screen or is the replacement lcd?

Very interesting to see that the Wi-Fi module seems to be a standard Mini PCI-E one from laptops and such.

Thinking about sending in my old PSP. UMD drive doesn't read any UMDs. Going to take a shot at fixing it myself, maybe if a ribbon cable is loose, causing it to not read or something.

I needed this. I got the front and rear shell replacement parts. Thanks!

Great video mate. Would love to see you venture into consoles or even switches, I know they are quite a bit pricier.

I fucking love this channel! Thanks for being awesome.

that's the date and time? you got this video out so fast!

You seem to always get faulty handhelds for next to nothing when that's not how much they actually go for.

What screwdriver did you use for the wireless card? The teardowns I see have #00 phillips, but my vita has something different...smaller and star shaped. Havent figured out what the bit is.

How's the screen compared to the OLED screen? Debating on replacing mine someday...I hate those spots at night/dark screens.

Nicely done - another Vita lives another day!