Installing a Backlight kit (HiVision AIO) in a Game Boy Pocket
Channel: makho
Date: 21/11/2019

READ THIS PLEASE: I know you are probably looking at the length of the video and wondering why it takes me an hour to install this kit. Don't worry, it doesn't. Skip to about 7:00 minute mark for the start of the install. I finished the full, normal install in about 20 minutes (around the 28:00 minute mark) despite stopping a few times to discuss some pros and cons and stopping to gather data on the kit. The rest of the time is spent talking and experimenting with other, non-standard options for this kit, like increased brightness or different brightness controls. Also, please see this follow up here: https://youtu.be/frGvRCKiVFI

I picked up one of those "AIO V2" kits for Game Boy Pocket. The cool thing about this kit in particular is that the kit is compatible with both the Game Boy Color and the NeoGeo Pocket Color as well. You just need to specify which ribbon cable you need (as all three consoles have different LCD connectors). No soldering is required for the install in the NGPC or GBC, but you will have to solder to install this kit in a Game Boy Pocket.

Despite being the exact same LCD as the Game Boy Color, this kit does not display in color. The Pocket is a black and white only console and the same is true for this mod. 

For the bracket I made, please see my thingiverse here: https://www.prusaprinters.org/prints/141225-game-boy-pocket-backlight-mod-spacers-aio-kit

You do not need the bracket for install but it does make things easier. 

This is the particular kit I ordered: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000277929265.html

But there may be cheaper ones out there or ones that come with a better screen lens or spacers.

Check out this kit installed in a Neo Geo Pocket Color: https://youtu.be/oFNq1qg8F5A
Check out this kit installed in a Game Boy Color: https://youtu.be/CUzda_H1Hks

tl;dw: the kit is very easy to install but still has the frame dropping issues of the GBC kit. Battery life is worse but since it's a Pocket, it wasn't that great to begin with.