I've tried the Home and A button several places... and it seems to work for others but not me :( I was about to give up then I found another way to reset the screen - Hope it works for you!
1. Unit must be OFF and NO cartridge
2. Hold down the HINT (?) button while turning the unit on
3. When Leapster menu screen appears, press the A button
4. Touch each of the cross hairs that appear with the stylus
5. Restart unit
Thank by your help, the solution #2 fix my problem with the unit of my sister
Solution #2 worked first time for my daughter's Leapster2
Yes, this worked perfectly fine for me. thanks a ton.
The following are instructions for calibrating the Leapster™ handheld.(1) Insert a cartridge, turn the unit on and wait for the sign-in screen to appear.(2) Hold down the Home, Hint and B buttons simultaneously.(3) When the screen changes, press the A button.(4) Using the Stylus, touch the center of the targets.
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If your Leapster2 does not respond to the stylus pen, it needs to be calibrated. Calibrating the Leapster2 is easy:2,564 views
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When calibrating the screen does not respond in the center?? Now what??
I have the exact same problem. While calibrating the Leapster, the corners work but the center does not. Would it help to disassemble it or is it a lost cause?
Unit boots fine, when asked to enter usernames, can't do anything. I tried holding the 3 buttons simultaneously, didn't work. This is a Leapster2
My son's leapster is only days old and the screen stopped working
I have the same problem. I've tried to calibrate however touching the screen with the stylus doesn't work anywhere other than the corners. For some games I've noticed that by waiting you may be able to bypass entering a name however that isn't always the case and then those games are useless. What can we do to correct this issue?
Exactly the same issue - corners are OK, but cannot calibrate the center.
I have the same touch screen problem. Tried both solutions suggested here (holding Home/Hint/B buttons and Hint button while powering on) to recalibrate. In both cases, touching the corners worked fine, but nothing happened when touching the stylus in the center. Is this a chronic problem with Leapster touch screens, or does it just wear out?
Excelent, Solution #2 works perfect on our Leapster 2...
Thanks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm having the same problem, however when I go to the calibration option the screen says "starting touch calibration..." then the screen goes dark. The machine doesn't turn off, it just doesn't do anything. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I did both approaches and neither worked. The hint-power option just left a blank screen. The home-hint-b at sign up causes "touch the center of the target" to appear. The target never appears.
I have followed all the steps to fix the stylus but for some reaon a target or crosshairs do not appear.
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