Quest 2 Controller Won’t Vibrate? Here’s the Solution

Do you need help resolving Oculus Quest 2 Controller Vibration issues? We are here to help you.

In general, Oculus Quest 2 controllers get designed to vibrate, to make computer games feel more realistic. For example, the controller shakes when a player crashes.

For some people, even slight vibrations are uncomfortable and annoying to use. Nevertheless, sometimes the vibration function will seize or decrease. 

Fixing vibrations issues might seem a little complicated for someone who does not know anything about technologies, so we are here to give you handy tips that will help you out.

7 Ways Fix Oculus Quest 2 Controller Vibration Issues

Remove the Batteries of your Controller and Fix them Back

As with other electronic gadgets that use batteries, a lot of issues seem to be resolved by taking out their batteries and fixing them back in their place. Sometimes, this also works with Oculus Quest 2 controllers.

To fix vibration issues on your controller, simply remove the battery, wait for a few minutes, then fix it back in its place. This has proven to have a way of resetting the connection of your headset to your controllers, thereby resolving its vibration problems. Ensure that you do this for the two controllers before switching it on.

Locating the battery compartment of your controller and removing the battery itself can be a little tasking, (you can check out our other article on ‘How To Replace Oculus Quest 2 Controller Battery’ for some help in removing the batteries of your controller).

Note: If you want to buy batteries for your Meta Quest 2, you can check top 10 best batteries for Quest 2.

Hit the Restart button on your Oculus Quest 2 headset

This is as simple as it sounds. You can solve vibration issues on your controller by simply switching off your headset and restarting it. Ensure to wait for a few minutes in between before turning it on again.

Via the Oculus App, Unpair the Controller and Pair it Again

Do you know that your controller can be faced with vibration issues when they are not properly paired with your Oculus Quest 2 headset?

Yes, it is very possible. In most cases, you might have initially paired the controller with your headset and to be sure that it was properly done, you may have to repair it again. Below is a stepwise guide that will help you repair your controllers:

• Download the Oculus App and open it
• Head to your paired devices via the universal menu
• The Oculus Quest 2 should already be paired, so, tap on it
• Tap the controllers
• Tap on any one of the controllers
• Unpair the controller by tapping ‘Unpair’
• Repeat this process for the two controllers to unpair
• After you are done unpairing, remain on the controller’s menu
• Tap on the option to pair a new controller
• Now you are good to go

Change the Batteries to Newer Batteries that are Fully Charged

Old and weakened batteries can affect the performance of devices, and controllers are not excluded as worn-out batteries can affect how your controllers vibrate.

If the batteries have been in use for a long long time, then you might want to change them to newer and stronger ones to ensure that your controllers work fine.

However, if you use rechargeable batteries, what they need might just be a little recharging and not changing them entirely. Just in case it is still not working for your controller after the recharging, try using the battery in a compatible device to see if it would work. If it doesn’t, then you might have to get a new battery for your controller.

Try Increasing the Vibration Level of your Controllers

The vibration feature of your controllers can be adjusted to suit your preference. This means that it can be increased or reduced as the occasion demands. Modifying your vibration settings can make you mistake a low vibration response for vibration issues on the part of your controller while your controller might not even have any issue to start with.

Vibration Issues that have to do with adjusting the vibration settings are some of the easiest to fix. Check out the outlined steps below for some help on how to go about this:

• Head to the settings on your headset
• Next, go to ‘devices’
• Click on the option for ‘Hands & Controllers’
• You should locate settings for vibration intensity on the screen. Increase the vibration intensity to ‘High’

If it is a vibration settings issue, it would be resolved by following these simple steps.

Try Playing other VR Games

Sometimes, the issue might not be from the controller but a particular game.

To be sure, we suggest that you try using the controller for other virtual reality games that you are familiar with, especially the ones that have familiar vibration scenes. If it does vibrate as it oughts to in these games, then the issue is most likely specific to a particular game and not from your controller.

If the latter is the case, you can resolve the issue by doing any one of the following:

• Try to uninstall the game and install it back again
• You may have to update the game to its latest version
• If there is no latest version yet, you may have to wait for another update patch that addresses the vibration problem
• Contact the developers on the issue you are faced with. They could provide you with an update patch, you know?

Contact Oculus Support

If you have tried all our basic hacks, if the vibration issue continues at this point, we suggest that you contact Oculus support for professional assistance.

It would even be better if you have a valid warranty for your controllers as you could get a replacement. If your warranty has expired, don’t worry, you can still get your issues resolved for a token.

Alternatively, if you have trusted electronic engineers, you could take your faulty controllers to them and let them check them out.

Help! My Controller is Vibrating too frequently!

To wrap this up, some people may be faced with a different problem that involves the controller vibrating more than it ought to. This is quite different from the issues that we have addressed this far in this guide.

If your controller is vibrating too frequently, it can be simply resolved by following the same tips that we suggested for low controller vibration response, including:

• Remove the Batteries of your Controller and Fix them Back
• Hit the Restart button on your Oculus Quest 2 headset
• Via the Oculus App, Unpair the Controller and Pair it Again
• Change the Batteries to Newer Batteries that are Fully Charged
• Try Increasing the Vibration Level of your Controllers
• Try Playing other VR games
• Contact Oculus Support

We hope that we have helped provide useful hacks to help you resolve vibration issues on your controllers.