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Madsplooshie
New Participant
October 7, 2025
Question

Quest 2 Controller issues with tracking

I've been having issues with my left quest 2 controller, when moving the controller, it moves up, down, left and right, but it wont move forwards or backwards.

I found that when holding the controller sideways to the right, or even upside down, it does track the profundity of the controller, but when it's sideways to the left or even just the standard upright position, it wont.

Another thing that seems to be part of the issue, is that when i try show the left controller to the rightside tracking cameras of the headset, it does track the movement flawlessly.

So it seems to be a problem with the leftside tracking cameras of the quest 2 headset, and some sort of axis issue with the controller sensor maybe?

Anyway, i unpaired and paired the controllers, i cleaned the tracking cameras on the headset with microfiber, i reset the whole system, i changed batteries and had the controller without a battery for about a minute, but none of that worked and im getting a bit frustrated with all of it.

Can anyone help me with this issue?

5 replies

Choleni
Choleni
Honored Contributor
October 7, 2025

Hi Madsplooshie​ 🙂

I don't believe it's a camera issue.

You can simply rule that out by holding the right controller in your left hand, I guess.

If this is working, it can't be the camera.

More likely the LED ribbon cable of the controller doesn't work correctly.... like here:

You can order these cables online - just google for it - to repair the controller.

There are youtube videos how to fix Quest 2 controllers

If you don't wanna do it yourself, you must search for a repair service like "fix my Oculus".

    MadsplooshieAuthor
    New Participant
    October 8, 2025

    Choleni​ 

    Thank you so much, what's happening on the video is exactly what im dealing with.

    Ill try to fix the controller myself, gonna need to buy those flex cables, they seem to be pretty abundant on ebay tho.

    Anyway, ill give an update when I get the chance to fix the controller :)

    Again, thank you!

      Choleni
      Choleni
      Honored Contributor
      October 8, 2025

      You might have a look here for more details.

      https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/diy-repairs-cleaning-etc.18993507/page-2#post-37652931

      Choleni
      Choleni
      Honored Contributor
      October 7, 2025

      I forgot to mention.... of course, you also can buy a refurbished controller😉

      https://www.meta.com/de/en/quest/shop-all/replacement-parts/?filter_tags_match[0]=controllers&filter_tags_match[1]=meta-quest-2

       

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        October 7, 2025

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