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This guide shows how to remove and replace the controller board for your Meta Quest 2 controller.
This guide is written with the right controller. If you're repairing the left controller, you can still use this guide, as the procedure is identical.
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Use your fingers to slide the battery cover down towards the strap end of the controller.
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Remove the battery cover.
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Use your fingers to grasp the wrist strap near the anchor peg.
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Lift the wrist strap anchor peg straight out of its recess.
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Remove the wrist strap.
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Heat an iOpener and apply it to the bottom edge of the controller faceplate for a minute.
Why is this step needed? Yes there is adhesive on it, but it isn't that bad.
you dont need it, prob better to have it but not required to get the cover off
For anyone stumbling across this like me, I can agree with the others: it is almost definitely a nice to have I'm sure, but I was able to get in just fine using an opening pick and opening tool.
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The controller faceplate is secured with adhesive and three friction pegs.
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Press the edge of an opening tool into the seam between the controller faceplate and shell, near the Oculus button.
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Slide the opening tool to the base of the ring shell to loosen the adhesive.
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Use an opening tool to pry up on the seam to loosen the first friction peg.
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Continue prying around the entire faceplate to separate the remaining friction pegs and adhesive.
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Remove the controller faceplate.
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Use a Torx T5 driver to remove the four screws securing the controller ring shell to the controller:
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Two 4.7 mm‑long screws
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Two 5.9 mm‑long screws
those top screws in red are in very tight, and at an angle that prevents using a long screwdriver. I've found the only way I could get them out is using a bit, held down by my finger at the appropriate angle, while turning it with pliers.
I wasn't able to remove the screws in red with a T5 bit, but switching to a T4 bit did the trick for me
same, used T4 instead
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Press the point of a spudger firmly against the white alignment square to release the ring shell.
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Use your fingers to grab the end of the ring shell that doesn’t have the white alignment square.
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Gently lift the ring shell up and away from the controller to unclip it from the controller.
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Remove the controller ring shell.
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Use a Torx T5 driver to remove the five screws:
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One 11.5 mm‑long screw
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Three 5.9 mm‑long screws
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One 18.2 mm‑long screw
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Use tweezers and your fingers to peel the battery information label out from the battery compartment.
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Use a Torx T5 driver to remove the four 5.9 mm‑long screws securing the side shell to the controller:
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Three screws inside the battery compartment
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One screw near the corner of the battery compartment
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Pull the bottom of the side shell slightly away from the controller to loosen the shell.
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Insert the flat end of a spudger into the gap between the controller ring and the front shell.
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Twist the spudger to widen the gap between the front shell and the controller.
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Position the spudger so that it can stay in place without you holding the tool.
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Guide the looped part of the side shell through the screw post gap.
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Remove the side shell.
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Spread the screw post wide enough to loop the side shell back around it.
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Be careful not to pinch the antenna cable or the tracking flex cable as you reposition the side shell.
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Use a spudger or an opening pick to gently pry the shell from the battery compartment side first.
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Once it pops open, turn the controller over to remove the front shell.
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Grasp the front shell near the bottom of the controller.
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Lift and pull the bottom edge of the front shell outwards slightly to clear the plastic alignment peg.
Note: Clearing the alignment peg should not be difficult if you open the cover from the other side first as shown in my edit.
Thanks Seby for your contribution! I've formatted the steps a little to include your step.
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Pull the front shell away from the controller and remove it.
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Use a driver bit (such as the Torx T5) or the point of a spudger to push the front trigger pin out from the side shown. Pushing from the opposite side can cause the pin to rip the sensor cable.
I found this step very difficult. It required a lot of pressure to push the peg through. Make sure you push the peg from the side shown or it can tear the LED cable shown under the tip of the torx driver.
This required a LOT of force on the pin to jar it loose. Just be mindful that you push in the way that nothing breaks when the pin abruptly loosens.
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Hold the front trigger with your finger to prevent the trigger from flying out.
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Use tweezers or your fingers to pull the trigger pin out.
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Remove the front trigger.
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Use a clean fingernail or tweezers to flip up the ZIF socket's lock bar securing the outer tracking flex cable.
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Use tweezers to grasp the outer tracking flex cable by its pull tab and pull it out of its ZIF socket.
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Use the same procedure to unlock and disconnect the inner tracking flex cable from its ZIF socket.
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Use a clean fingernail or tweezers to unlock and disconnect the joystick flex cable from its ZIF socket.
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Insert one arm of a pair of tweezers under the metal neck of the antenna cable.
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Pry straight up to disconnect the antenna from the controller board.
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Gently pull the antenna to unclip it from its grounding clip.
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Use a clean fingernail or tweezers to unlock and disconnect the interconnect flex cable from its ZIF socket.
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Use your fingers to twist the battery shell slightly so that its edge near the thumbstick clicks out of place.
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Gently wiggle the battery shell as you pull it away from the controller.
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Remove the battery shell.
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Use a Torx T5 driver to remove the four 7.5 mm‑long screws securing the controller board.
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Use your fingers to lift the controller board out of the shell and remove it.
If the joystick spring came out during disassembly - make sure to put it back under the board before screwing it in!
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
Take your e-waste to an R2 or e-Stewards certified recycler.
Repair didn’t go as planned? Try some basic troubleshooting, or ask our Answers community for help.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
Take your e-waste to an R2 or e-Stewards certified recycler.
Repair didn’t go as planned? Try some basic troubleshooting, or ask our Answers community for help.
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