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Ive seen this problem not only with my white ds lite,but with others as well including my friends. My white DS Lite has the tendency to collect dirt/dust inside the small plastic edges of the DS. Im just wondering if anyone has this same problem. If you do, can you post how you fixed this problem?

Heres a picture below to demonstrate what im talking about.


i noticed the same thing with my friends white ds, as well as the USED white ds's in my local gamestop. No other DS has the same problem, only the white one has this problem . after all, it is "crystal white" (clear ipod white).

This problem is very annoying, since it makes my ds look dirty and nasty (sometimes the residue inside the edges give off a yellow color on the DS). The only place i put my ds is in my pocker or my desk, yet it still collects all this crap in the edges. Its even more annoying trying to take off all this dirt/dust from the edges. I either have to use my super small flathead or my nail to take some of the dirt left inside these edges (and it STILL doesnt completely take off all of it). Its even harder trying to take off dirt from the corner. Due to how hard it was trying to take off dirt from the corner, a bunch of dirt collected around the corners of my DS to the point that the corners of my ds look BLACK.

Yesterday i took manners into my own hands and tried taking all this dirt off from corners of my DS using a flat head. Once i used the flathead and took some dirt off from the corners......some plastic cracked off (edge plastic). Now my freaking DS has a piece cracked off from the corner all because of this dumb problem. Im very disappointed that only the white ds has this problem...now i wanna trade in my white ds and pay the rest for a different color....

I have the exact same problem! it is very very anoying. my friend who also has a white DS lite has this problem as well. It must be like a design flaw or summin

EDIT: its also dirty in the entrance to where the stylus is held

This happens to me, I just stick something thin down there and move the dust about and then blow.

I sppose I could steal my mums eye lash Thinga mahjig to shove down the stylus hole

*looks at brother's white DS*

Well, his isn't that bad. but I can see what you mean. And I agree with you about dirt getting into the stylus holder.

My bro has the same prob..............good thing i have a black coloured one................woooohooooo

Aluminum Foil is thin enough to get in there and strong enough to pick out the dirt. its what i use :/

yeah i noticed that it gets into the stylus holder as well. also on my ds, dirt gets inside the edges where the "on and off" switch is located at. i cant even take it out! blah.

im thinking of trading in my ds at gamestop. im just kinda hesitant since they will only give m 60 bucks store credit for the thing. i expected at least 80....but yeah. i might just trade it in and pay the rest for another DS. maybe the black one or something, or getting the gloss silver one.

It's because it's white, So it shows the dirt more.

And my friend has a similar problem, He has the White lite, And in the sides like where your pictures points out, It is all cracked, When he has never dropped it.

But me however, I got the DS the day it came out in England, the old DS is way better than the Lite. The Microphone seems to respond better on them.