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Controllers do not work in applications, whether it is from Oculus Home, Meta Home or Steam Home

  • July 29, 2026
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I bought a Oculus Quest 2 headset roughly a month ago, and I've run into a problem that I've been attempting to fix with no solution (so far, from me at least.)

I boot up my Oculus Quest 2, my controllers work fine, everything work fine so far, I can connect, I can download, etc. I can also link to Meta Horizon, I can link to Steam. I can interact with my desktop on my PC. However, the problem start to occur when I try to boot up an application.

I tried to boot up VR Chat from Oculus Home, my controllers still respond but my buttons do not work. I can press the Home button and it'll register, but I cannot interact with the game.

I tried to boot up VR Chat from Meta Horizon application, my controllers once again respond but do not work. I boot up the Video Player as well, and my controllers still register, but their buttons can't be pressed to interact with VRChat, I have to quit by using the Home button.

The last one was trying to use Steam Link/Steam VR, but once I get into those screens, none of the buttons seem to work properly. Even though I check my controllers are paired, working and their inputs register in Oculus Home/Meta Horizon, they don't seem to respond.

These all have something in common: They all register, I can use them to point at things and they get highlighted, I can use the joystick to scroll, the trigger to highlight (in Steam VR, anyways,) but when I try to press A, B, X, Y, they don't work. The Home button does work however to lead me back to the homescreen of Oculus Home/Meta Horizon Home.

It's a bit of a headache since I wanted to buy a Oculus Quest 2 for several years now and I finally got it I want to fix it since it'll be a waste of money if I just leave it be. These are pretty much brand new, so I don't think I'll get a replacement for the headset nor the controllers. All their buttons work fine normally in Oculus Home/Meta Horizon Home and even in Desktop view.

I have tried to factory reset, I have took out the batteries, put them back in again, I have gotten new batteries, but nothing seems to help with the problem itself. I'm using Cable Link as well, and my headset is fully charged, so are my controllers, because I put new batteries in them.

I'd appreciate any help if there were any, please, and thank you.

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    steve40
    steve40Answer
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    July 29, 2026
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    July 29, 2026

    Oh my god it was that simple.

    Thank you SO so much for helping me! Didn't think a problem I've had for several weeks was just solved in under 15 minutes, thank you once again!