Thanks for the reply, ive been checking for continuity on the board like maniac and now the left analogue is working, i found there was a broen trace somewhere on the front side, i just patched a wire from the center leg of the poten tiometer to test point 63 and that was the solution, i wouldve liked to just patch the broken trace but this board has so much damage on the pads that i dont want to remove the sticks the butcher that worked on this controller put in before i got the controller.
Anyways, now im thinking there must be another broken trace on the front, most probably under the analogue stick box, i will check the traces for the left trigger.
EDIT: welp, found the culprit. the broken trace on the L TRIGGER was on the front side of the board, just below the analogue stick box, somehwere btw the hall sensor and the R42 resistor, patched a wire from the V-OUT leg of the hall sensor to R$@ resistor and now L TRIGGER is working perfect, glad i was able to save this controller, anyways, as i was putting everything together now i notice the connector on the bluetooth board, where the antennae cable goes, is missing.
pic of what it should look like:
https://imgur.com/a/uJ434ohi dont have a donor board to get this connector from, i know this is only for the bluetooth signal and i dont need it to play on my XB1S, but i would like to try and fix it too, im thinking about just cutting the cable plug and sodler the cables directly to the bluetooth board, i think the up and down pads are just grounds and anchor points, and left is ground, right is voltage.
Is this correct?