Broken META QUEST 2 VR Headset - Can I FIX it?
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
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In this video I attempt to fix a broken Meta Quest 2 (Oculus Quest 2) virtual reality headset that was sent over to me by a viewer/Patreon named Alex. It has a flashing red light. The battery has been changed and it STILL has a flashing red light.
Can it work again? Let's find out.
Remember that this is just for entertainment and I am not an expert in these repairs. The processes in the video may not be the best way, the correct way or the safest way to fix these things. I do love fault finding and trying to fix broken things, so I hope that comes across in these videos.
Many thanks, Vince.
Your perseverence on this was unbelievable. That ribbon cable micro soldering is really amazing. Just look how far you have come in the past few years. I love watching your repairs on random things. Keep up the great work.
You are a master of your craft. it’s admirable that you also post your videos even if you can fix it
Great Effort Vince👍. Sometimes I think you have a lot more patience than me! Shame it was all so badly corroded on a plus side though you have a lot of spare parts now to repair another one. I had seen a few of these on eBay and had thought about getting one myself to have a mess with. Keep up the great work!
Hi Vince, I've been catching up with the Rolls Royce playlist as of late (the last 3-4 days) and I'm on part 52 right now. I don't know anything about cars and you've sparked my interest. Loved all the ups and downs during all the videos, the car is coming along sooo nicely! Sorry, I'll come back to this at a later time, just wanted to drop some love for the car! 🚗❤
Thank you so much 👍👍👍👍👍
Hey Vince! You can use an application called Sidequest on your PC to disable the proximity sensor through ADB automatically. If you can set it up through the app, enable developer mode and then youre good to go!
the amount of folks that are super careless with liquids around expensive electronics blows my mind.
Playing VR can be pretty hard work and makes you sweat alot, witch i reckon is what caused this particular water damage.
What a testament to Vince's abilities now that he can make such progress soldering these tiny connectors. This and anytime he reflows surface mount parts blows my mind. Well done Vince! You've come a long way!!!!
Hi Vince, I have a quest 2 here with a broken screen, I think everything else works on it (can’t remember) drop us a message if you want it for connectors and replacement parts. (It’s Gavin with the ps5 from Hell 😂)
Why you breaking all your stuff
@@TattooDallas 😂
@@TattooDallas to send them Vince haha
I would love to see Vince revisit this headset so I hope Vince responds to this
This is why you can't have nice things
Not an expert by any means but I have a Quest 2 which I've used for a long time. The 1,2 and 3 settings are settings to determine the space between your pupils so that the screen will be in focus whilst in use. I'd guess that the cable that connects the two is for relaying the information to allow the focal point of the screens to move where necessary
I've been dreaming of the day one these turned up on your channel!
As a current Quest 3 user myself I found this fix fascinating. I was sure there was no hope but it looks like you got it to show the set boundary screen. Too bad you don't have any controllers and the proximity sensor is pretty much trashed.
Good work Vince, you truly have the patience of a saint!!
Thank you Mike😎
Never had one of these or been in VR, but hopefully that will change this year. 🤞
Vince, if you read this, please know i found this video extremely interesting. I have no interest in the Meta world, but the tech side is vastly more interesting. I'd love to see more. Happy holidays to you and your family.
Nice soldering skills!! Even though the little bits don’t look important 😢 they are. Too bad the postage is too expensive to send you the parts, I fixed two of them watching your videos 😅
Maybe you can short the pins in the proximity sensor connector and make it believe that it’s always on?
BOG! ...now there's a word I haven't heard in many years or 'yonks' as they used to say in Blighty!
Great video Vince 👍🙂🇬🇧
9:35 nice cut mate
Massive perseverance!
I don't understand why they put a high current connection next to ground on such a fine pitch connector. Interesting video and nice work, Vince!!
That connector you are wire-bridging can actually be salvaged from most cell phones connector. Somewhere around its data line, power line, Screen Line, or touch control line. Just need to find something that has 3 pins in the middle. To me it looks like the connector for battery.
This one was quite the ride ! Really enjoyed it 👌
Batteries usually have their own protection boards, and when voltage drops below 2.5v, it disconnects output to stop it from being discharged further to protect the cells. When voltage is applied to pins, it wakes up the protection, and it connects cells to output. Id say original battery was dischaged completely, and replacement was barely above 2.5v. Maybe it got some charge while you were connecting them to the board, and while wiggling the connector, it made a connection for a second to wake up the battery.
happy easter everyone
Great Vince shame it was water damaged, you did very well great attention to detail and great soldering skills 😊
I missed my blue hoodie man, one hour video too? got my popcorn ready.
Can, crapper, john, or head, and sometimes throne, here in New York State U.S. anyhow. But I knew what you meant by bog instantly, that's a pretty fitting and humorous expression.
Nice video. Definitely interested to see more of these VR head sets in your videos!
Wow vince what an effort did you make for this video, thank you , i like your videos and ofcourse i'd rather see you succeed, it was very interesting!❤
Hey Vince today I tried for the first time great hardware.
I Believe 2G is still around because quite a few things still use it, like for an example the Bus time board on a london bus stop, that uses 2G, thats only one thing that i know there is lots more i believe like maybe baby monitors and things.
You will be receiving "The Legendary Gold Soldering Iron Awards" in the mail. 😆 Umm, just checked delivery status "Please don't hold your breath".
I'm glad you're dipping your toes in the Quest. Fascinating machine. Hoping you are curious enough to jump in with us mature Quest users :)
Awesome work Vince ! Can't believe the progress you made. Could you tell me the artist you play during the credits?
Amazing video like always, the sensors are on Aliexpress, for the connector might be FFC smd one something similar
40:55 we call it the can over here. And that was a damn fine piece of soldering on that connector, tip top. 🤌 Great video as always, maybe I'll have to get one of those VR headsets and give it a go.
Hey vince, greatings from Denmark. Big fan of you videos. Just bought my self a blue mat because of you 😂 had a battery charger with a fan that had not worked for years , have been taking it apart a couple of times and checked various components without luck, tried again today, a good oppertunety to try out my new mat. Still could not find anything wrong. So put it back together , and needed to charge my batteries , and the fan was running again , so the blue mat fixed it 😂😂😂 or i might have scraped some corrosion away while testing. Btw will you soon be returning to the rolls royce ?
White vinegar is better for cleaning up corrosion than IPA.
IPA for cleaning up afterwards.
vince, mate ... 30:48 - 5hours of you meticulously soldering some tiny wires? YES PLEASE!
The water damage is 100% sweat 😅 And because it’s salty it corrodes much faster.
7:09 what was that :haha😂
Maybe just link out the proximity sensor that its always on? Better than being always off.
lots of hard work but at least you got something to work. maybe one day you'll get another one to nick parts from
You rarely do any ‘How To’ or ‘Random Vince Stuff’ anymore!
Cable Sensor Flat Cable for Oculus Quest 2 plus other parts on aliexpress
it might have been mentioned already but there is a distance meter/ gage between the eyes.. if its not being worn or not put on you wont get anything in the lenses
The flashing red light indicates that is NOT charging and there is a problem.
Solid red light - charging
Solid Green - charged.
Orange - Very low battery
Flashing Orange - Problem - with charging/battery
When plugged in. Touch the front of the headset. If its extreme hot. Its meaning the headset is over charging and that its battery life is pretty much toast.
When plugged in. If stone cold it means the battery protection has kicked in and will not charge at all.
Also. Make sure you only charge with a quest 2 / meta charger and charging cable. wrong cables can short the headsets port.
Even meta them selves wont sell replacement batteries. Or even fix these internally. They say its not safe to do so. And hence its hindering there value etc. Any issue with them. They tell u to repair them. then there scrapped and u get a refurb sent out.. And with the quest 2 age now. there gonna start breaking down... there just not a good fix up project unless you can safely remove things etc and use other parts. But meta say you cannot sell on these products after attempting to fix them
What mechanism does Meta have to prevent the resale of repaired products? This seems like an impossible task.
For example, it is "illegal" in my country to use baby's car seats after so many years; they "expire". Thus second hand stores will not sell them. There is no reasonable way to stop private sales, however.
I just use my Popeye Nokia to play Snake II and as an ok torch there's no real point in me getting the batteries for the rest of my Nokia's except for one model I just remembered about it thank you
Really fun video. Love that you don't give up 👍
Loved it. Good fault finding also
You wouldn't be able to do anything with it without controllers, when it does boot you're prompted to set up a Guardian Boundary which requires the controllers.
Very interesting one.
Vince boi. I think you are around my age. Get yhe face plate and controllers from somewhere. There are wicked. I bought one last year😂
probably sweat could have caused the board damage, would get pretty warm in there if it's worn for a while.
2g is still on and should be around for the rest of the decade. 3G - yes, going off this year. At least in the U.K.
2G was switched off here in Australia years ago (2017). 3G is being switched off over this year by our big 3 (Telstra, Optus, TPG Vodafone). That leaves us with 4G and 5G.
2G is maintained longer than 3G in some places due to various reasons. Like in sparsely populated areas or for special legacy services, such as medical emergency alarms.
@@AltCutTV many embedded devices use 2G - I think that is part of the reason. They would love to reuse that spectrum for new services though.
Hey Vince!, I hope somebody (with money) sends you an Apple Vision Pro, at least then when you get it fixed, you'll have something worth while! This Google thing is already a dead product.
we are learning and thats a win in my book :}
clean your mat while working with an oculus
Bog 😂😂. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 Phenomenal job! Love your videos
Looks shoddily made considering what they cost.
I bet Sorin Could fix this! You should watch some more of his videos to help advance your skills. I've personally learnt a lot from him although I give you credit I've also learnt plenty from you Vince. Personally I think you need to open up cover on battery get access to the bcm and jump some charge into battery (providing it has some power in it) because it is most likely below min sense voltage and not talking with the chip to enable charge. It clearly has a bcm inside otherwise it would only have 2 or 3 pins + - and therm
i think it's 2g they're turning off. the original nissan leafs network thing works around that and every owner is mad about it
Vince, what soldering iron (make/model) do you use for the smaller stuff? I've tried smaller tips on my normal soldering iron, but they don't work well, if at all. Trying to find one similar to yours so that I can replace HDMI ports and the likes.. Thanks!!
2G has not been retired yet, most of the current generation of electric and gas Smart meters run via a 2G signal.
Correct and I think Tyler is also correct that it is scheduled to be switched off 2033, maybe 2035 or even later as utility WAN uses 2g. I drive an old car (15years plus old) with a built in phone - keypad on the steering wheel. This still works and is 2g. My problem is I can only use one carrier as, though 2G is still there, most mobile networks will not provide the SIM card. It will be sad when this goes as two features of the car is not only having a built in phone but if the accident inertia switch is triggered it automatically calls emergency services and uses mobile gps to give the car’s location. In addition if it breaks down I can call or it will automatically call the local service garage! Amazing technology for a 15 year old car.
Replacebase have spares... also fixmyoculus have spare proximity cables
Hi Vince, I have a MQ2 stuck in boot loop, I would be happy to send this to you which you could use for parts.
Hi Vince - could you not find the signal that tells the headset its being worn? That way, you could fool it to think its on your face all the time. Ok, not good for the battery - but definitely better than scrap?
That Margot Robbie is an absolute nuisance. I eventually had to put up a For Sale sign and close all the curtains so she would think the house was empty.
i have a meta quest 2 myself is it not possible for you to use your hands to control this shutdown screen this is also supported by the quest 2 in some situations???
Like a typical Android phone I guess, if the battery is zero it first charges in slow emergency mode, then when it gets a little bit it actually boots the kernel to continue the rest of the charge? Makes sense. Bet it runs a Qualcomm chip 😅
Yep, its the Snapdragon XR2 by Qualcomm !
Bank Holiday Fix ‼️ Happy Easter 🐣
What was that “haha” at 7:15
The water damage. People sweat a lot when gaming in them.
could be
Just so you know the Oculus/Meta Quest 2 has the Snapdragon XR2 Gen 1 and the Oculus/Meta Quest 3 Has the Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2
every time you film your dorbell rings😂
Still touching the metal on the probes whilst taking measurements….
These broken "headset only" Quest 2's are all over eBay
I have a meta quest 2 and the microphone just makes static
anyone know that outtro song?
When are you making the next Rolls Royce video?
Hey @Mymatevince I have a bricked oculus quest 2 if you are interested in another video
What's wrong with it?
Interesting
Trying. To. Fix. Meta. Quest. 2. All. In. One. VR
IM actually surprised how easy this was to teardown. ive had one for a few years and i've seen more than a few people mention how its basically impossible to repair.
not so. ifixit has a great teardown, but no repairs or replacement of components covered. . sold spare parts for these, the MOBO and screen sell out quick. Watching this on a Q2. The symptoms point possibly to a faulty battery. after the logo spin it requires full power or it shutsdown. I was surprised that no one else did a repair video. CHEERS ! VINCE!
39:36 you can disable them. Oh wait you need dev mode
sponcerd ?
x box 360
it's what happen when people didn't respect the hardware,c'mon!nice video anyway.
I thought you grew a man bun there for a second!
The quest 2 headset requires controllers for it to operate properly
Ideally you do require controllers in order to perform the set up properly. However, if you don't have any controllers you can bypass the set up by installing the Meta Quest app on your mobile phone, linking the Quest 2 within the app, installing the Meta Quest Guide app onto the Quest 2, and then running the Passthrough tutorial so that you can use hand gestures instead of controllers.
Unfortunately Q2 controller spares are quite expensive due to people breaking theirs and Meta not really selling replacements apart from buying a whole new headset.
@@Apk07 the only thing they sell for is the elite strap, link cable, and foam pad for your eyes to block out light
Can you fix my
40:50
ADHD rant 😂
Baked
Hi Vince. 40:45 "BOG" LOL Not said, that i know of. *Thanks,* a new word for Toilet! Ol' Mr "Crapper" would laugh.
What a journey through a jungle. I've seen parts 'breakdown' of 'this', Sony that just came out. Quite amazing!
18:31 Yo! You don't say "not fixable", where is *the Cheer* for 'more wrong'!? haha sorry injury so deep.
Carbon carries current, doesn't it, as in 'Grounding'\ 'shorting' ? 19:02, 19:15 lol oops
You lost me on the 'burnt out' old battery. Not sure what meant in reasoning. No worries, i'll learn - eventually.
29:50 perhaps 5 yr battery is understandable, BUT 30:04 lol w0w! Corporations WIN GROOMING Game, got you and "Most", spoken for. *Conglomerates' infectious Global Waste;^* Nothing should be thought that way; ie: 'Toss Out, buy new'.
38:04 Perhaps it "Knows" All just as CIA, FBI, MI6, etc, carry on with their Spying. *8{|*
48:10 5th pin from Left, is that a break, or something covering pin? *enjoy the virtual ~ 'infinity' ~*
^ if so, _good riddence_ i didn't say that. [see above]
Vr
VR headset with liquid damage. Yeah, we'll just imagine the liquid was "water." That'll keep it g-rated for yt.
A lot of VR games involve flailing around wildly, working up a sweat. It gets really steamy inside the face mask part as it's usually sealed off to prevent light leaking in.
Not uncommon for VR headsets to have water ingress like this. SO and I have Quest 3's we play multiplayer stuff on occasionally and it's a doozy.
3G :)))
Lol, a friend let me try his latest Meta mega quest 8000 gazillion or whatever the fk it is called. Tbh, it was no better than the shitty cheap Google cardboard thing I briefly had fun with years ago, just slightly more comfortable. Over 5 minutes that's hardly a consideration.
gggggg
Dont go to the metaverse vince , its full of the Gays!!