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New Participant
December 28, 2025
Question

quest 3 controller slow flashes 5 times

my left controller flashes slowly 5x after inserting new battery. will not connect.

any help is appreciated

3 replies

steve40
Honored Contributor
December 28, 2025

Have you tried restarting the headset (hold the power button for 30 seconds for a hard reboot) then re-pairing the controller using the mobile app? Make sure the headset and controller are on the same wifi. Select your headset in the app, Headset settings->Controllers, unpair the controller if necessary, then 'Pair new controller'.

New Participant
July 2, 2026

Ever fix it? Mine does the same...5 lights then off,  won't pair or reset

Choleni
Honored Contributor
July 2, 2026

catNana01​  take out the battery for 15 min or so, this will reset the controller.

Then put the battery back in..... if you are lucky, it's working now.