Is anyone else having trouble turning the 3DS on?

I press it and it does nothing, press it again, nothing but it turns on the third time.

I press it and it does nothing, press it again, nothing but it turns on the third time.

Sora278

I don't think it did this before. It might be the update.

That's pretty normal. It's been happening to me since I bought it. Just happens once in a while though.

Doesn't happen to me, probably not a wide spread issue.

Then again I don't know, I don't really turn off my 3DS, it's always on sleep.

Happens to me as well. Seems like I have to press the power button twice before the unit usually turns on.

-Byshop

Wow. Did Nintendo not even check out the system before they put it on store shelves? I mean geez. Everyone and their mother has at least one complaint about the system! If it wasn't for me wanting to play a bunch of these games so badly, I wouldn't really even consider getting a Flame Red 3DS for X-Mas....

I thought it was made so you had to hold it down a second or two so that you weren't turning it on/off by accident.

Wow. Did Nintendo not even check out the system before they put it on store shelves? I mean geez. Everyone and their mother has at least one complaint about the system! If it wasn't for me wanting to play a bunch of these games so badly, I wouldn't really even consider getting a Flame Red 3DS for X-Mas....

darksongbird

Yes, it happens to me when I don't play it for a long time or after I charge it.

It takes about 3 presses to make it power on.

I've never had any trouble but I turn my 3DS off so infrequently that I cannot even remember off hand how it is turned off.

I've never had any trouble but I turn my 3DS off so infrequently that I cannot even remember off hand how it is turned off.

logicalfrank

It happen's to mine also, but only when my battery gets to the 1 or 2 battery life monitor.

Wow. Did Nintendo not even check out the system before they put it on store shelves? I mean geez. Everyone and their mother has at least one complaint about the system! If it wasn't for me wanting to play a bunch of these games so badly, I wouldn't really even consider getting a Flame Red 3DS for X-Mas....

darksongbird

No, but that's because I never turn my 3DS off.

Tried itSoAmazingBaby

Yep, every time. i have to click it like 3 times

I think it happens when you leave it off for quite a while. I get that too, the feeling that your 3DS power button isn't very responsive anymore. Just hold it when you open it for the first time in a few hours or something. It doesn't seem to be a big deal :)

I actually tried this out today.

Press the power button once then... wait.

The blue light comes immediately and then a few seconds later (maybe 5-10, I didn't time it) the 3DS will fully start up. From the sounds of it, everyone who thinks they have to press it 2+ times is just being impatient. It isn't a problem with the system; it's a problem with the user.

Yeah, that OR that little blue light doesn't come on either.

I actually tried this out today.

Press the power button once then... wait.

The blue light comes immediately and then a few seconds later (maybe 5-10, I didn't time it) the 3DS will fully start up. From the sounds of it, everyone who thinks they have to press it 2+ times is just being impatient. It isn't a problem with the system; it's a problem with the user.

TankZorz

I love it when people who don't experience a particular bug assume it's because they are somehow smarter than the people who do experience it. :P

When this happens, no light comes on with the first press. -Nothing- happens on the unit even if you wait until you hit the power button at least once more. Yes, the power button "clicks" when you press it the first time.

I only experience this on a "cold boot", like after it's been off for hours. Subsequent start ups work fine.

-Byshop

Eh, so for some it may be a "problem" but I bet in some cases it's some kid just getting impatient and mashing the button because the screens didn't turn on.

When you try turning it on the first time do you give it a quick press or do you hold it down for a second or two?

Eh, so for some it may be a "problem" but I bet in some cases it's some kid just getting impatient and mashing the button because the screens didn't turn on.

When you try turning it on the first time do you give it a quick press or do you hold it down for a second or two?

TankZorz

Doesn't matter. First press after hours of inactivity does nothing regardless of how long I hold it. Second press turns it on.

-Byshop

It isn't a problem with the system; it's a problem with the userTankZorz

[QUOTE="TankZorz"]It isn't a problem with the system; it's a problem with the userjoshuarocker