LED Remote Repair (Buttons Not Working)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
- This fix covers fixing buttons on these cheap little remotes that come with a lot of electronic devices (in my case, an LED strip light).
The problem is that the carbon contacts either wear out or corrode (in my case it corroded... for reasons unknown). This means the pad no longer conducts when pressed so the signal does not trigger the remote to send anything to the device.
Diagnostic Tip: You can see if your buttons are sending anything by pointing your remote at a camera and looking through the viewfinder to see if the light is shown on the remote. Most cameras can pick up Infrared light, but our eyes cannot see it. This will eliminate the problem of buying a new battery to test if you don't have a multimeter handy. If all other buttons work, but one or a few (in an area) do not work, you will see this in the viewfinder.
To fix, use commonly available foil tape (aluminum foil) which you can find at many hardware stores for about 6-12 dollars per roll. This can be pricey if you don't have it laying around, but it's generally cheaper than shipping your device for warranty service and/or junking the device which uses the remote (if required for function).
Adhere a small square of foil tape to cover the contact pad making sure that the aluminum side faces the circuit board. Ie. the adhesive should stick to the carbon contact, covering it. You are basically putting aluminum tape in place of the carbon. Anything that makes this connection and bridges the gap will work. This just happens to be cheap, convenient and easy to install.
Hope this helps someone else out there and saves you shipping and or the cost of your device.
mate, im not facing problem with 1 button here, my whole remote isn't working :/
Same here.
DO this: (By Chill Lee) Quick tip. If you dont have aluminum tape, remember the contacts are CARBON. Peel the cover off and check if any of the contacts are patchy or wearing out. Take a regular #2 pencil and basically fill in the contact since there is carbon in lead. This should fix the problem easier and cleaner than using aluminum tape.
Another solution: (by Thomas Gent) you might also try scraping the contact pads (DON’T DO IT TOO HARD!!) with a paper clip, screwdriver or another sharp object.
You can also just try replacing the battery as well. :p
Good luck! :)
Tyanne George haha! Of course! I am glad it helped someone! I hope you have a wonderful day! :)
Moon Tasir same
Moon Tasir same
First do all the obvious things like checking the cable is connected, remote has battery, voltage etc.. and if your whole remote still isn't working, use a knife to lightly peel up the adhesive on the remote.
I fixed mine by removing the adhesive, using IPA to wipe down the board on the inside, I also got some IPA on a cotton tip and very lightly went in a circular motion on the contacts themselves on the adhesive.
Putting it back together with a new battery, and it's as good as new :) Please like so people can see this.
just letting you know over two years later you fixed my issue I was having with my remote not working. All I had to do was push on the bottom to make the battery connect. Thank you!
Glad to hear you got it going again! :)
Fish Gaming what button?!
i love u so much, this helped me. thank u!
did i end up breaking my remote even more? yes.
I sawed it in half
bruhhh 😭😭
Same :')
Same
@@cameroneshleman4833 😂
guys this worked! Mine broke and weren’t turning on so I watched millions of videos and this one worked! Thank you so much!❤️
i bought mine 5 minutes ago and just got the remote and the whole thing isn’t working and i can’t get the battery thing open
Same here I bought 1minutes ago and the whole thing is not working
@@virus6500 same lol when I opened it it snapped but led lights still work only one color though
Same. I just opened mine and the shits not working
Dripz Crazy I think we bought it from the same ppl cause legit the exact same thing happened to me except mine changes between 3 ugly ass colors and it does it really fast
Justin Johnson it gave me seizures 😂
Thank you so much for telling me how to take the remote apart!!!🙏 it took me an hour to try and know how, so thanks
Yea mine also same thing happend and now i have fixed it now
WOW you saved me so much of a headache. I have a similar remote. Used an exacto blade to lift up the button panel and press all the buttons up and thats what got it working. I guess they shipped the remote with multiple buttons collapsed/shorting the remote so nothing ever happened because it was also stuck on multiple buttons. TIP make sure all the buttons are popped up like the little buttons on top of a soda from a drive through. These remotes are very cheap and with the film they are shipped with you might have smashed all the buttons thinking it couldnt be that cheap to be rendered broken that quick. That was the case for me, worked once and now i am here. Thanks !
Thank you! One of my buttons was permanently pressed, causing all the other buttons to not function. Took the cover off and wiped off the circuit board with an alcohol wipe and now it works again
I've watched a lot of videos trying to fix my remote with now success. This fix worked: I pulled up the strip and cut out one of the buttons I wasn't using. Cut out the bad button and replaced it with the other working button. BOOM. Works perfectly. This button replacement is simple since the whole button cover is sticky so it's very easy to stick the new button in the old spot.
Absolute genius. I used a tiny square of tin foil and a tiny little blob of Blu Tac. One functioning power button again. I had visions of replacing the receiver unit with a new remote.
Thank you! I didn't own this expensive tape and we didn't have it in the nearby stores, so I thought your idea was worth a try, and it worked!
My whole remotes not working
did you find any solution then let me know???????
Jessica Conn yes same as me
Kirra Hutchinson just happened to me as well and I don’t know how to fix it
Jade Smith idek how to fix it so I’m gonna get another one
Jade Smith did u figure it out yet
Your video saved my rgb fan remote controller ,, I almost tore it apart luckily I saw your video literally seconds before I did so, and removed the adhesive and replaced it with another. Thanks alot man.
Another way to check if the remote IR is working is to hold it up to your smartphone camera and push any of the buttons, you should see the IR diode flashing through the camera viewfinder on your smartphone screen.
U can see the reflection of the diode on those led remotes
I did not know that and was not expecting it to work. Now I'm over fascinated over this little trick. Ps. Light strip still won't work.
Hold it up ti my camera and press buttons? I dont see how that would work.
@@polishpat95 It's due to the IR filter. On my iphone6, it's hard to see (depending on light condition), but it does work.
It flashes but when i press buttons the led lights wont change color
For them of you that didnt get it to work. Unscrew the board from the plastic and pull out on the metal tabs that make contact with the battery. That was my problem but without this guys video I would have tossed in the trash. Just saved my $1.25 lol
Believe it or not I used a leftover piece of foil that envelopes the chocolate bar I ate last night. lol Thanks for the video!
4 years later and found this video very helpful. Glad i don’t have to return a product and re-do the whole strip.
Thank you.
Thanks so much!! A hole punch and some alfoil did the trick for me. My button had a white coating on the back that had worn off the power button. I tried the pencil but no luck. A little alfoil and back to working.
Not exactly the same problem, but your suggestion led me to the solution. I could see that via camera that my IR constantly was sending signals without pressing any buttons. Somehow there must have been a short circuit. However taking the adhesive off, cleaning it a bit and putting back on already solved my issue. Again thanks for kicking me in the right direction. :)
I just ripped the sticker off and starting pushing things and now it works lmao
FlyingHxighr LMBOOOOOOOO
Did your “on” button not work?
@@m1chelleang4l yup
This worked like a charm. Thanks for the video!
I had 3 of these remotes as they all stopped working. I found that if you take it apart The problem lies with the battery connectors. These remotes are made so cheaply that the two bits of metal that touch the batteries positive and negative areas are often not touching or touching more than what it should be. I kept all three remotes and and now they’re all working again. I basically took it apart completely and Sellotape it all back up without the plastic casing. I secured the battery in position with Sellotape. It doesn’t look pretty but it works and it saves you a lot of money. All these videos showing people taking it apart because of the buttons and putting it back together again is not the issue. It just so happens that when you take it apart put it back together again it only temporary works because the battery connectors are touching again. Overtime it moves and you have the same issue.
Quick tip. If you dont have aluminum tape, remember the contacts are CARBON. Peel the cover off and check if any of the contacts are patchy or wearing out. Take a regular #2 pencil and basically fill in the contact since there is carbon in lead. This should fix the problem easier and cleaner than using aluminum tape.
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU SO SO MUCH!!!!!! I have been trying to figure this out for over 3-7 months. This is really the first time I actually worked on it hard though. Once again thank you. :)
chill Lee like the magic battery trick with the PSP haha
This works great!
if you view the remote diode with your camera you can see if the remote works.
my remote works but the light is not responding.
I tried replacing the ir sensor in the bulb, still nothing.
its cheap chinese junk
Yeah, unfortunately we get what we pay for. :/ I usually buy these things knowing that they are not likely to last or stand the test of time. Sometimes, however, i'm pleasantly surprised.
The only video I found on YT to fix my problem
guys i promise if it’s a remote issue and you know your lights are working you just have to keep clicking the power button over and over and eventually they will turn on
i just bought it
it worked once then stopped
2012rexdog same thing with mine
Same
I HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN!
Same bro
Me too, don't know wth happened
When none of my buttons worked I changed the batteries and the battery holder(exchanging both with a different led controller) and tried using a different led light controller which worked and then I switched back to the original and it began working too! Idk why that worked but it did!
Thank you, this fixed mine. I paid 4$ for it at Walmart.
Glad it worked out for you :)
PLS HELP! I bought mine and the lights turn on red but remote won’t work. won’t send the signal i think. battery is in.
have you gotten this problem fixed and how?!
Same
yea i have the same problem :( i want to use one of the features on the right but they all switch to red except for the one that starts blinking very fast that just shuts down my entire thing
Cinnamonro11 SAME OMG HOW FO U FIX IT
Zafnon Xox it started to work when I started to use the app. Does your app work?
My whole remote isn't working right now and it's making me feel stressful about it because it keeps changing different colors and it won't stop. It's getting so annoying, I don't know if I should change the wires or the battery
I had the same problem with a similar remote. I managed to prise it apart and it was the battery contact. I cleaned it and bent it slightly and now it works perfect.
You might want to take out the panel or side of the tower and aim directly at the light. The remote doesn't have very good range. It worked for me when I placed the remote on top of the tower where the led strip is below it.
Thank you this weirdly worked even though mine was the whole remote I had to readjust the button pad things and now it works so thank you
how did u readjust it
@@sydneylieuu i just re inverted it with my finger
rehna anliker omg i fixed my lights yesterday
@@sydneylieuu yay good job😁
I need to try this out I am praying for this to work I tried battery 🔋 as well and it wasn’t that!
All my contact pads are all good, but my remote wont turn on still. I just got my pc from ibuypower about 3 days ago
Hmmm... that sounds like it could be many things. You could test the remote using a camera to see if the thing is actually sending a signal (hold it up to a digital camera or your cell and look at the screen while pushing the buttons -- ie. you're looking at the led bit on the end you point towards whatever you're turning on/off) if they light up it's good. If its' not lighting up it's something wrong with the unit. Trying checking batteries, they may be in wrong too. Otherwise best guess there would be it's suffering some sort of other defect.
youtubasoarus thanks man
youtubasoarus mine is sending a signal but none of the buttons r like working with the lights like they won't even turn on but the remote is sending a signal
You are the smartest man in the world
LOL thanks, but not likely. :P
mine fell down so i spent lots of time putting them back up with gorilla tape, this worked but not they wont turn on the flick when ever I plug them in but idk
My remote works it's just that if I press the red button then a green.oight shows up but it's gotten worse when green doesn't work or show up at all
Thank you, just clean the contacts on remote and everything back to work, thanks again
my remote doesent send the right signal to my strip. Any how you would know what happened there?
Same
The manufacturers probably put the wrong remote in the box.
my like flash and strobe buttons won’t work
Bella Jaramillo omg sameee, did you ever figure out how to get it to work??😭
Alayna G i never figured it out i kinda just expected that those buttons would stop working😿
Hi! My remote is kinda working but the 4 buttons on the 1st row won’t work. The lights are working but I have to unplug it to turn it off. Any solutions?
where can you get a replacement for the whole remote if the pcb broke or something, the only reason i ask is because i had one and my little brother stepped on it XD
Yeah u can order it on Amazon
can we use iluminumfoil
I have the same problem. Can I use aluminium foil to fix it?
When I tried to open it the battery thing snapped off so how tf can I fix that💀
LIFE SAVER! thank you so much man this really helped!
Glad to be of help! :)
I cant open the battery!
YEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
did you figure out how to open it?
hold the side little tab and push it into the open of the battery. Then while holding it towards the open part, pull them both
I can't I'm French, I try to understand youre message but I don't see any little tab... Help please
「Zioko」what kind of battery does it take?
yo guys i tried most of it. But it still dont work. If i buy the same one and attach it will it work?
Old school youtubasoarus DIY. Love it man!
Thanks man, glad you like these! It felt good to do some more repair stuff (ie. something useful lol). Hope to do more if I can figure out what to make a vid about. Thanks for the comment. :)
all of you. leave the damn remote alone its fine. the led controller bugs out, to fix leave led controller plugged in usb and disconnect light strip, press red on remote. plug back in and its fixed. white will freeze the unit if it is not on 100% brightness.
MY DUDE you are a life saver, thank you xDD
THIS
THANK YOU
Worked for me as well!! Though it had more to do with all the disconnecting / reconnecting while still plugged into power, made me realize I had the prongs the wrong way. Just a light contact when i flipped it around and it lit up. Had to force the prongs in but it worked (so yeah, just because the 4 prongs go in easy doesn't mean you have it the right way, in case anyone else had that assumption)
Man, you just saved my day! A buddy gave me a set of these and the remote was not working. Your advice fixed it. Thanks!!
Hey bud how do you re-pair a remote to the controller. I'm using it on an LED strip and some how it isn't syned with the controller.
Thanks dude! You can use aluminum foil too and it will work!
If my on button doesn’t work, do I have to put the aluminum foil inside the on button n take off the sticker pad ?
Nice video thx! Works also with some aluminium foil and some glue. Like MacGyver ;)
Thanks for posting this. Fixed me right up!
Glad to be of help! :)
Would foil work
Will aluminum foil work?
Mine was the battery but all i did was that i saw some little dust in it so o cleaned it and now it works
I checked whether or not the buttons were working by pointing a camera at the IR LED and seeing it light up. All buttons except on/off work. Would this be the battery? it reads 3.01v
I have one for a bluetooth/USB/FM/SD module and the buttons 0,4,5,6,8,EQ button isnt working.Im still figuring out if would fix it,or just buy a brand new remote with the exact same type.
YES THANK YOU SO MUCH! EVEN THOUGH I HAD A DIFFERENT REMOTE THIS REALLY WORKED AHHHH
Hi, do you notice a chemical smell from that remote like nail polish? I have 2 similar remotes and they both smell like chemical.
Obrigadooo Resolvii!!! Tão galera tudo que precisei fazer foi tirar o adesivo com uma pinça, igual ao vídeo, com a mesma pinça encostava onde fica o power, simulando o clique do botão e o infravermelho ligava, mas percebi que ele sempre ligava com uma luz fraca, fiz algumas vezes isso no botão power, e *pressionei a placa toda, caso a bateria estivesse mau conectada e vualá a luz infravermelha ficou forte novamente e voltou a funcionar para meu tesão total de satisfação :D Acredito que estava com mau contato com a bateria e ao pressionar a plaquinha melhorou a conexão!* Pode ser mais simples que se pensa, testa ae. Dá like para geral ver!
I lost mine can I just buy a similar one with the cable receiver?
Gaming Egg what is the cable receiver for? Also, is there a way for the remote to reach the controller with the hood closed?
jlevora u got lights on ur car? Lol I got some on my pc
jlevora cable receiver is to connect new lights and use the designated remote
Gaming Egg oh lol, I just searched up the remote issue and didn’t realize this was not a car application.
jlevora u can connect it to ur car with a usb receiver
I appreciate the video but my problem was simply aiming. I didn't know the led was infrared. After that, I just got close and targeted the sensor prong and it works; more or less. Not happy but I guess that's what I get for bottom feeding. Next time RF!!
Raymond Rogers thanks mate just get close to the dam light then wowla lol thanks again lol was gonna smash the remote
holy shit this worked for me too im retarted hahahahah ah
Thanks mate. Helped alot
I dropped the remote and the battery was unlocked and it broke now i cant insert a battery to use the remote is there a way to change it using my PC or do i have to buy a new remote?
Should be a way to get that remote working. They're pretty hard to break.
legend!! thx a ton bro!!
what’s the battery required for the remote if it doesn’t arrive with one?? i have the exact same remote as the guy in the video.
Yeah, the remote needs a battery. CR2032
yulun ali mine didn’t come with a battery either
Ok so the remote I got with my led pack didnt work out of the box. My camera didn't see any IR light on the top so i assumed it was the battery. Bought a new battery, and it still doesn't work. My led strip works fine, but it is just stuck on blue, and I can't change anything. Only on/off I have is plugging in/out. Is the remote completely busted?v
Sounds faulty yeah. But did you try flipping the battery around the other way? Also there may be a shipping tab in the battery compartment that prevents it from working. Ie. they put a plastic tab in the battery area so the battery does not conduct during shipment. Try looking for that, if it's not there then flip the battery and try function testing again.
youtubasoarus doesnt work dude
youtubasoarus thanks for helping, i tried that, didn't work so i just ordered a new remote, and it works perfectly
No worries, glad your remote worked! :)
youtubasoarus fuck u mine didnt work
Can i just change the remote?
Thank you. You helped us so much!!!
aluminum foil?
What’s the name of the tape
Holy shit this works thank u put I didn’t have tape so what I did was just place my finger on each one
sweet.. I will keep that in mind for later down the road. the receiver was just being pissy on mine.
Thank youuuu I used aluminum foil and it works nowwwww
Is there an app you could use to change the colors?
my whole remote wasnt working so i unplugged cable that connects to the light strip a little and spammed the buttons and prayed to god and somehow it fixed
Okay, but what do you do when you press red and it gives you purple, you press green and it gives you cyan, and the power button changes it to blue and the app doesn’t work for the colours either?
My remote is markedCR2025 on back and when I pull out the battery there is a smaller CR1220. Is that normal (battery marked on case that is different than the one in the remote?
my led remote never worked. What should i do? BTW i tryed a new battery
Could I glue a bit of tun foil on it instead it looks more or less the same
If you use a cr2032 battery rather than the cr2025 it requires, could that cause the remote to not work? Someone please answer me, thanks
if ur whole remote/the buttons aren’t working, too far from where ur led lights r plugged in. move closer to the plug and press the buttons , you’ll see
I got a little tip:try pushing the off button once it stops working.
A few of the colors on mine stop working along with the oof button and the diys pls help
Mine is working when I come deep close to bulp, but it is not working when I am away from it. What should I do?
Help please
I have the same remote as him but it only shows red, green, blue and combinations of 2 of these colors
The other colors do not work
How can I get pink for example? It shows the color on the remote, but when I press the button, it combines 2 colors(red, green or blue).
I bought my led light yesterday and i tied it but they didn’t work what should i do ?
Will tin foil work
can you just use alluminuim foli and then just glue it on the part that is broken?
I don't think that would work because the aluminum piece would float in between and cause it to activate when you didn't want it to. If it's adhered to the dome like structure it pulls back up off the pad and only activates when needed. You might try it though, could be an option. I'd just recommend some sort of adhesive on the backside (button side, not pad side) to keep it from falling back down.
ok my mam said if it doesnt work she is giving it back to to ebay seller
LemonYT i just tried this and it worked !!!! make sure the tin foils sticks to the adhesive that is on the pad you take off!!! i'm so happy !
God The All Mighty i was gonna ask the same question but this saved me time thank you
UPDATE: Didnt work :(
I pot aluminum foil on it it didn’t work can I put aluminum foil on it? If I do is it supposed to work?
Nope, it has to stick on one side so that when the button is up, it's not shorting the contacts. The idea is that when you push the button the foil will bridge the contacts inside, acting like a switch. If it's just foil, not sticky on one side, then it may switch that button randomly.
U have a remote kinda thing that’s sticks to the wall and is connected to the lights and I can change the color and dim it but my real remote that makes multiple colors is not working so idk what to do but u will try this method but pls respond if h might know what to do
I meant I have*
Also the thing on the wall has only 3 buttons one to turn on and of another to changed the color And one more to dim and brughten
Lights no longer turn off :(
I bought 3 boxes of led one of them work but the remote works for that one not the 2 other
I’VE JUST FIXED MY LED LIGHT STRIP BECAUSE IT WAS STUCK ON WHITE.
Thank you to John Holmberg who has commented on this post.
White glitches the remote out, just unplug the led strip, keep the USB plugged in, then press red on the remote, reconnect the strip with the pins and it’s fixed.
Lois McGregor what if mine does not have a usb thing
I have 4 of those. Tried 2032 and 2025. Nothing on the ON button. Nothing of corrosion either. Just clean. All 4 of them. What’s wrong??
It worked 🙏🙏🙏
thank you this worked😊
Did you use the tape? Please tell me how you fixed it😣!