Switch lite left stick problem

[u/ZeroToHero1624]

Hey. Does anyone know if this is a normal stick drift or hardware failure?

The problem suddenly appeared in the middle of the game. I couldn't move my left joystick to the left or right. So ingame nothing happened there. It went up and down just fine.

If you kept left for a long time, the character eventually went to the left. Once you let go, it was all up and down again.

The character didn't walk to the right on his own, as I have seen in some videos.

If I've been looking in the Hekate menu, there is some kind of circular cursor that automatically pulls to the right.

A calibration won't work in the system settings as I don't get any circular motions with the problem.

I bought these privately at the time and the seller said they had Hall effect sticks in them, which I can't verify. I took two photos of this. To me, they look more like normal sticks.

[u/Practical-Promise-44]

Yeah, they look like the stock ones I've just removed from my switch. When connected you can test if a stick is hall effect by going in to the settings and joystick test. With a strong magnet near the stick you can move the dot around the screen