I Dropped My 3DS While AC was Still On, Now the Screen Flickers

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I left my 3DS on my desk while it was plugged in and I think the chord tugged it and knocked it off my desk. AC was still on, but the game card didn't get knocked out so I didn't lose anything. But sometimes while I'm loading up the game and when I'm saving the screen will flicker off for a few seconds and then turn back on. It doesn't interrupt anything but it does worry me. It also sometimes takes my game quite a while to save. Anyone know why this is happening, if it's bad, and how I can fix it?
 
My best bet is when it fell something got jostled. Check your SD card and see if it got loosened from the drop?
 
Theres probably some circuitry damage in the display screen causing the flickering. If its a download game, copy the data from the old SD to a new SD using the standard procedures and that might fix have time if SD is damaged. If the issues exacerbate, maybe trade kn whats left for a new 3ds
 
If the screen flickers then the circuits in your console are probably messed up.
I've dropped my 3ds a lot and I haven't broke it (suprisingly, I even dropped it on concrete accidently).
You should check your hardware, i.e. SD card or game cartridge for problems.
 
I took out the game cart and the SD card and put them back in to see if that would help and I haven't had any problems since! Thanks for the help :blush:
 
Sounds more like the 3DS' problem and not AC's problem.

I put it in this section because I was only having problems with Animal Crossing. I thought maybe the fact that I've been TT up the wazoo and plot resetting on top of dropping my 3DS while AC was on would corrupt my save. I had no idea it would be a problem with the circuits.
 
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Rude >.>

Anyway, I swear for the life of me I've wanted to for the past couple days but I haven't been able to find the option. The only options I see are "Show your signature", "Automatically parse links in text", and "Disable smilies in text".
 
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On the actual thread, go to the top of your post and hit "Thread tools." I think it should be there. I may be wrong though. XD
 
You can't lock topics in here yourself. You will have to ask a mod to close it. Sorry this happened though. At least your save is okay. Most likely the system is the issue. Having problems with any other games?
 
You can't lock topics in here yourself. You will have to ask a mod to close it. Sorry this happened though. At least your save is okay. Most likely the system is the issue. Having problems with any other games?

Is that so? Then Captain Crazy Chicken was being very rude, and just for the sake of being rude. Thanks for letting me know!

I think I the SD card got loosened. I took it out and put it back in and I haven't had any more problems since. :blush: Which is great, because it's a Japanese 3DS and I don't think NAO would fix it (you also can't ship lithium batteries to Japan, so it would have been a real hassle).
 
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