@@jameswollthe people who tried the vision pro said it was still front heavy even with an external battery. The problem is not the weight, it's that It isn't balanced, the headsets with the battery on the rear are much more comfortable.
It's a big step up from the Quest 1 which you could not replace the battery for at all, in any way. Hopefully the Quest 3 is better in this regard. In the end, Meta knows that VR will advance faster than these batteries will die. 90-99% of users will just throw out their Quest 2 when it dies, because by the time that happens, the Quest 4 will already be out. Even if you fix the battery on the Quest 2, it's still barely going to be able to run future VR games (hell it barely runs some VR games now without crashing)
I don't really repair devices myself nowadays, but I think battery is something that SHOULD always be easily replaceable. Having to throw away device away or need trained technician to replace battery is just ridiculous.
Dude look at how complex this thing is. It's so densely packed. Sometimes it's not that simple. There is probably nothing else they could have done, that's where the battery had to go
@crooker2 idk what's wrong with this video's headset specifically, but generally the quest batteries (even the quest 1) are just fine after all these years. holding back high tech from advancing just so u can take a battery out is just not worth it
@@discminute I bought my Quest 2 on launch. It still seems to work fine. The point is, however, that the battery in ANY device is the part with a limited lifespan. Part of the right-to-repair movement stipulates that the battery, if nothing else, should be replaceable to extend the life of the device. We live in a disposable electronics world, but I want my 3D headset to last at least as long as it is supported by the software.
Let's hope Quest 3 battery replacements are going to be a bit easier, since these headsets are becoming genuine alternatives to consoles and should be fixable as consoles and phones- I've seen multiple accounts of people taking a Quest 2 over an Xbox Series S.
That’s me I have a ps5 and a pc I was going to buy a series s but I did some research and I got a quest 2 and it’s the best because now I have a different type of system
I mean... if you have a PS5, PC and Switch and can't find a PSVR2 or don't have anything to play with PSVR1, you'd be better off with a Quest 2 over a Series S. Hell, you're better off taking a digital edition PS5 over a Series S just from a game compatability stance alone.
The battery could have been easily accessed from the start, the black box above the lenses contains the battery and gets removed in like 5-6 screws max. Not an ideal place to find it but much better then disassembling the entire thing
@@DaneH64 only the first time you replace it....then you can leave those far back screws out and only use the screws you can access behind the proxy sensor at that point it'd be hotswappable :)
Bro you gotta understand that some tech just can't be easy to repair. Do you have any idea what a technological marvel a fully contained vr goggle is? How do you make it any less complex than what it is? It's either gotta be hard to repair, or not exist at all. I rather have it exist
i feel like companies intentionally do this, but not fully. they do it so that people don't get encouraged to repair the vr and instead buy a new one, thus, more money. and also because of sacrifice, since VR's actually have to FIT on your face, it has to be compact, leaving little space for a battery
@originalname9789 that's not true because every major company I can think of offers repairs if your device is out of warranty. If your warranty has run out and your quest 2 has an issue you can't repair yourself, you can send it to meta to fix. If your ps5 breaks, you can send it to sony to fix. And there are also repair shops that will fix most electronics, like the guy on this channel. So no they aren't made in a way for you to buy a new one when it breaks, because they're repairable, even if you can't fix em someone else can. Something truly unrepairable would be a device that can't be disassembled non destructively, you would have to break it to open it
@@hustla818 you really got rubbed the wrong way man, and plus, i also said vrs have to be complex due to their size, so you made an entire half paragraph essay for no fuckin reason
As someone who fixes devices and electronics I have taken way way bigger gambles getting thousand dollar equipment and ripping it apart with some worry that I could potentially destroy the item. So for you to say you were worried about losing a hundred bucks, don't trip brother. Your supposed to be the guru my brother, have more confidence in yourself! Your doing great my man. 👍
Well the positioning of the battery in the bottom makes sense for weight distribution. But they they should have made a door of some sort to access the battery to replace it.
The Quest 1 has its battery in the same location, but the surround on it is actually four panels rather than a one piece frame, all you need to do to get to it is remove the strap mounts, peel away the fabric, then undo all the screws to peel the front and rop penels away and you get full access. This is a massive step backwards, despite the generational increase forwards.
3:35 that extends the screwdriver. You have to connect one end to the screwdriver. You twist the screw driver like normal and hold the middle part still. The inside turns to unscrew from the distance so it can bend.
interesting to see how oculus took a step back since the battery was relatively easy to access with the quest 1 (although you had to slice and peel back some fabric, which was annoying)
I cannot stress this enough to my younger siblings who play my quest 2. I tell them when you want to play, charge a head of time during the day instead of leaving it charging all night to keep the battery life as healthy as possible
@@idrinkalmondmilk2918 😂 it’s my username i made a few years back. I got tired of using the IGN Just_mejtcz8. Just swapped it to something more original & straight forward. I confused a lot of people playing games with that old name, sometimes even myself. Plus I’m Canadian & i May as well use it
9:03 You can't obtain an original or OEM battery; all the batteries for sale out there are from scrapped devices. The battery on my Quest 2 is starting to deteriorate so I purchased one from the only source that I could find (Ali Express) and when it turned up, it was obviously used. I didn't bother fitting the battery since I doubt it would have much more life in it than the original it was to replace.
I will give you kudos for the patience and stamina, I had no idea it would be this difficult. I have been looking at Oculus Quest 2 / 3. After watching this Im on hold to purchase. This is insane.
Well I wouldn’t let this stop you from getting one. You most likely won’t need to get it replaced unless you cause damage to the actual battery. I’ve had my quest 2 since launch day and have played it almost everyday since for usually 5 hours and mine is perfectly fine
If the battery is on the outer side, it will cause the weight imbalance and lead to heavier front side that will cause pain on the nose over longer period of time. It's a logical design for the battery to at that place for the balance and comfort of user. Besides, external strap attached battery packs are available to use.
It’s weird. Cause the way the battery was positioned at the top. It would be so easy to have made a latch to just open and replace it. Like the controllers
Considering it is literally attached to the exterior casing the only reason for this to not be removable via a hatch is because they didn't want it that way.
An easy solution would be to have the battery mounted remotely to the back of the head strap, with a robust replaceable coupler to the headset. This would actually give superior weight distribution, because it would counterbalance the headset. I work in engineering, part of design is keeping service in mind.. but these companies aren't incentivised to do so.
Yea! Been there and done this type of disassembly before on Micro devices, I know exactly how you felt through this whole procedure, but very rewarding when you succeed, and it comes back to life once again. You are a good Tech with a lot of patience!
Holy crap this seems like an ordeal to disassemble let alone put back together. You are the 🐐! I hope you can continue this channel for a long time and for all of us, I pray for your sanity after this🙏 you are doing great and we all are cheering you on from the other side of the screens!
i am glad this is possible, even if a bit tedious, i just got 2 quest 2's used for my kids, and am glad that it does look good, because i can't afford to replace these if they were not replaceable.
they aren't, Unless you can figure out how to repair them your self, No one is going to charge you less then a few hundred bucks for a job like this, the amount of hours and effort involved are enough to warent buying a new device just to replace the battery.
no the oculus is a good headset to have fun in note that i own one its not the best vr headset to get lost in but it is the best for games and other stuff but if you want some other stuff in a headset others got that if you dont have a pc oculus is good to go but META STUPID ASS PIECES OF SHITS been making bad descions btw he might be talking about the fan in the oculus cuz thats what the arrow is pointing to its fine i dont play big games but if you add a new face plate the has more holes in it the fan should be fan hoped this helped
Hopefully Meta improves on the headstraps for the Quest 3. The design frankly sucks and the Elite Strap for my Quest 2 has hairline fractures less than a month after buying it.
@@farhanzulkiflee6598 The design is improved, and frankly even if they didt improve it, the point is that there will be many aftermarket straps to choose from that can suit your needs and desires. That's why its good that the strap is removable, which is impossible with a rear mounted battery.
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It’s not really their fault it is incredibly difficult to fit all components into a space that small while maintaining accessibility. Not to mention the problem of structural integrity to protect said components.
You raise some valid points, but what does years worth of structural integrity matter when the whole thing needs chucking because the batteries died in under a year?
@@theninjascientist689 you also need to remember that the thing needs to be as efficient as possible. Also just get it repaired by a professional or you can wing it any way you look at it you can fix it with a few days of time and energy.
@@luketorpedo you still have to wire the battery also a hatch on the front of a headset you sweat while wearing which leads to a lithium battery that is a brilliant idea.
@@PotatosAreTheMostVersitleFood removable batteries that don't need disconnection of connectors isn't new at all and can be low profile (see phones and laptops before user replacement went extinct). That much sweat I think is unlikely and even if it is, a gasket seal isn't impossible either. Both reasons you've given counter I think are pretty bad, don't give companies like this an excuse.
I've had my Quest 2 since launch, and I still use it. I have noticed the battery isn't fairing too well. I've found it dying much sooner than it used to, and it also can get hot after extended gameplay. Though, to be fair, I have a 10,000mah battery strapped to the back of the strap that I frequently use so that may be affecting things. Interestingly, my original Oculus Go now no longer works unless it is plugged in. The batteries in these standalone headsets definitely are what is keeping them back.
damn the insides looks pog, although it also looks like a huge mess like when a 100 wires tangle up together and have to untangle them be like. Well great job, thats all the best i could offer you
i had to take one of these things apart at work for the same reason a few weeks ago and bro there is nothing that i have hated more than taking apart the oculus
I am wondering If you could fulfill a request from me: build a laptop that works, it would be an interesting video. (I love your vids btw, I always rush to watch your vids whenever a new one comes out.)
he fixes stuff he doesn't build stuff he prob cant build anything even if he did tho that would cost alot of money there's a difference between electrical engineer and a Phone technicians so he prob lacks in the knowledge and training to build a laptop srry i don't think he can
@@Unkown_Error9279I know what he does, I’m saying that it would be interesting to try it. He doesn’t do phone mods yet he makes videos on it, he can try build a laptop and if it’s successful it will be a very interesting video. And if he is a “phone technician” then why does he fix laptops and PlayStation, etc, he also fixed a oculus quest 2 in this video.
honestly I think the software is the worst part of the quest 2 since I keep on having issues related to software after every update, never had a problem when it wasn't owned by "meta"
@@vnc.t Just shut down the device with each use. Its sleep mode is absolutely trash. Probably because if it really sleeps it can't collect my personal information.
@@DiamondDepthYT i never experienced any issues with software maybe because i update it when power it on like 2 days a week so every bug has been patchout already
first things first, excellent dissemble and reassemble. secondly really nice video editing too. Designing a headset with a external battery would reduce weight, thereby increase user comfort and also heat issues arising from battery discharge further loading battery consumption to fans. Must be the reason why they are designing it this way, keep heat source away from the circuit board. By putting the battery out front, dramatically increases the wieght load on the users nose, which could be overcome by tighting the headband causing stress headaches. Solution, remove battery altogether, add a usb c port to a redsigned faceplate with air vents easily manufactured on a 3d printer. Attach battery to a belt, back pack.
I like to work on computers, and fix things myself, instead of getting them repaired, like opening it up and replace whatever thing needs to be replaced with a part that I got from savers or something. And so I was drawn to this video because I have an oculus quest that I want to replace a part with and I haven’t gotten around to opening it up so I decided I would watch a video where someone apparently does that which happened to be your video and now I see you opening this app and you say right off the bat T7 screw, and in my brain, my mental model, and goes a little bit like this: “Yeah, it’s pretty obvious that you should takeoff the padding first. Wait, you call your screwdrivers things?!? I just eyeball it, and it works!” Anyway that’s all I had and I thought it was funny that there are actually names for the screws. 2:04
personally i use the bobovr m2 battery back, they clip in and out and no need to even take off the headset, i always have 2 charging and one on the headset, the battery inside my quest is pretty much done for but does not make a different with the bobovr setup
The worst part is that it is already off to the side, so there is absolutely no excuse for making it so hard to remove. Could have had a panel on top, or have it on a rail to slide out, nothing was actually preventing an easy battery swap from a design angle aside from the use of screws.
Looks like what we are seeing is that the intake port is pulling from the user mounted side and the exhaust port is recirculating air back over the board. Nothing wrong with a bit of preventative maintenance modification. It's like flipping the intake lid on an old V8, lol! I just bought one and don't have even have 15 minutes on it. I know exactly what to do now.
The replacing the analog stick on the controllers is also a nightmare, it sucked so much, but after taking the entire controller apart then putting it back together only to realize I forgot something and doing that 4 times, two to three hours later I was done.
Mine did this, but I charged it to 20 percent in 30 seconds and died in 15. I just left it in a nice coldish place (50 degrees Fahrenheit) for about 2 months, and miraculously it has better battery life than it did before the problem occurred. 100% battery in about 2 hours, and 5 hours of playtime. Plus with my headstraps extra battery, it has almost 10 hours worth of battery life.
It will mutilate the headset, but one could cut open the case where the battery is located and save a lot of work. Someone who's taking apart everything could take some very accurate measurements of the battery location so people will know exactly where they should cut open the case. A Dremel drill type tool or a heated knife tool could be used to cut the case open. The cut-out part with the new battery installed could be glued or taped back in place.
After tearing down and assessing repairability on the Apple vision pro, I am chill with zuck- he did good.
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That's ridiculous. Those EU regulations about easily replaceable batteries need to target these devices too.
u can always use it as a wired headset
@@SHAUNOFTHEWEEKtrue
@@SHAUNOFTHEWEEKthat doesn't make the quest any more repairable.
small price to pay to make it weigh as little as possible, dont want to open these anyways as you can easily damage the lenses and screens
iirc the law targets all portable devices and the quest 2 is a portable device
Suddenly Apple's idea of an external battery pack for the Vision Pro seems brilliant.
My thoughts exactly + there’s much less risk of a battery related incident
@@PhoneRepairGuru And with the battery in it, it's too heavy on your face.
@@jameswollthe people who tried the vision pro said it was still front heavy even with an external battery. The problem is not the weight, it's that It isn't balanced, the headsets with the battery on the rear are much more comfortable.
Pico 4 have the battery on the back, would be interesting to watch a replacement on those.
@@Phenix0998 many years ago HTC made a headsets with the battery on the back and user replaceable so it's not impossible to fix both problems.
The battery is quite possibly the quests biggest issue (mainly the battery's health)
Yea which is why I always have a power bank with me when using airline on pc when the battery goes down
someone should make a 3d printed frame for 18650/21700 batteries :)
I'm from the future, Oculus has fixed this issue
@@thomashenry-pq4jb nice joke lol
It is a quest that allofus must embark😂
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Wow, that looked like the most complex battery replacement ever. Insane
It's a big step up from the Quest 1 which you could not replace the battery for at all, in any way. Hopefully the Quest 3 is better in this regard.
In the end, Meta knows that VR will advance faster than these batteries will die. 90-99% of users will just throw out their Quest 2 when it dies, because by the time that happens, the Quest 4 will already be out. Even if you fix the battery on the Quest 2, it's still barely going to be able to run future VR games (hell it barely runs some VR games now without crashing)
I don't really repair devices myself nowadays, but I think battery is something that SHOULD always be easily replaceable.
Having to throw away device away or need trained technician to replace battery is just ridiculous.
Dude look at how complex this thing is. It's so densely packed. Sometimes it's not that simple. There is probably nothing else they could have done, that's where the battery had to go
@@hustla818well considering it’s at the very top. feel like it they could have made only the top part removable.
There's no reason why they couldn't have engineered the battery to be easier to remove.
@crooker2 idk what's wrong with this video's headset specifically, but generally the quest batteries (even the quest 1) are just fine after all these years. holding back high tech from advancing just so u can take a battery out is just not worth it
@@discminute I bought my Quest 2 on launch. It still seems to work fine. The point is, however, that the battery in ANY device is the part with a limited lifespan. Part of the right-to-repair movement stipulates that the battery, if nothing else, should be replaceable to extend the life of the device. We live in a disposable electronics world, but I want my 3D headset to last at least as long as it is supported by the software.
Let's hope Quest 3 battery replacements are going to be a bit easier, since these headsets are becoming genuine alternatives to consoles and should be fixable as consoles and phones- I've seen multiple accounts of people taking a Quest 2 over an Xbox Series S.
Same
That’s me I have a ps5 and a pc I was going to buy a series s but I did some research and I got a quest 2 and it’s the best because now I have a different type of system
heh, they'll probably glue everything together and won't use any screws anymore, so you can't open it without totally destroying it.
I mean... if you have a PS5, PC and Switch and can't find a PSVR2 or don't have anything to play with PSVR1, you'd be better off with a Quest 2 over a Series S. Hell, you're better off taking a digital edition PS5 over a Series S just from a game compatability stance alone.
Yeah I doubt that! It's smaller probably the same ahit stuffed in a smaller package
"The fight for right to repair is much more important" Hell yeah brother!
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The battery could have been easily accessed from the start, the black box above the lenses contains the battery and gets removed in like 5-6 screws max. Not an ideal place to find it but much better then disassembling the entire thing
You still need to remove the board and lenses to access those screws, though
@@DaneH64 only the first time you replace it....then you can leave those far back screws out and only use the screws you can access behind the proxy sensor at that point it'd be hotswappable :)
@@DaneH64 not the lenses nor the front panel, there are videos of people getting direct access to the battery from there
@@michaelsamir3611 could you link the videos?
imagine putting a transparent front pannel to see the iner circuits ! would look AMAZING
Great videos, it sucks to see more and more companies making their products harder to repair :(
Bro you gotta understand that some tech just can't be easy to repair. Do you have any idea what a technological marvel a fully contained vr goggle is? How do you make it any less complex than what it is? It's either gotta be hard to repair, or not exist at all. I rather have it exist
@@hustla818 bro got rubbed the wrong way.
i feel like companies intentionally do this, but not fully. they do it so that people don't get encouraged to repair the vr and instead buy a new one, thus, more money. and also because of sacrifice, since VR's actually have to FIT on your face, it has to be compact, leaving little space for a battery
@originalname9789 that's not true because every major company I can think of offers repairs if your device is out of warranty. If your warranty has run out and your quest 2 has an issue you can't repair yourself, you can send it to meta to fix. If your ps5 breaks, you can send it to sony to fix. And there are also repair shops that will fix most electronics, like the guy on this channel. So no they aren't made in a way for you to buy a new one when it breaks, because they're repairable, even if you can't fix em someone else can. Something truly unrepairable would be a device that can't be disassembled non destructively, you would have to break it to open it
@@hustla818 you really got rubbed the wrong way man, and plus, i also said vrs have to be complex due to their size, so you made an entire half paragraph essay for no fuckin reason
As someone who fixes devices and electronics I have taken way way bigger gambles getting thousand dollar equipment and ripping it apart with some worry that I could potentially destroy the item. So for you to say you were worried about losing a hundred bucks, don't trip brother. Your supposed to be the guru my brother, have more confidence in yourself! Your doing great my man. 👍
as a vr youtuber i can confirm that the flaw is that you can’t easily livestream without a pc
i think he's talking about a hardware issue not a software issues even tho META KEEPS FUCKING UP EVERYTHING YOU LITTLE SHI-
Lol
@legosusmines been getting pretty hot lately on the plastic not the vents
@legosus yeah ik it’s just so hard to livestream without a pv or laptop
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I like these more casual videos, where you’re not super confident you’re just kinda going with it as you figure it out. It feels comfortable to watch.
Well the positioning of the battery in the bottom makes sense for weight distribution. But they they should have made a door of some sort to access the battery to replace it.
I wonder how the Vision Pro will look internally
Same
Its gonna have locks so you cant open it lol
@@skilledcamman4752"Welcome back to the lock picking lawyer"
@@skilledcamman4752you can break it tho
@skilledcamman4752 fr and you'll have to take it to an apple store to get anything done on it.
That's a $5 tip for you to help the guy get rid of that thing 😂
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The Quest 1 has its battery in the same location, but the surround on it is actually four panels rather than a one piece frame, all you need to do to get to it is remove the strap mounts, peel away the fabric, then undo all the screws to peel the front and rop penels away and you get full access.
This is a massive step backwards, despite the generational increase forwards.
3:35 that extends the screwdriver. You have to connect one end to the screwdriver. You twist the screw driver like normal and hold the middle part still. The inside turns to unscrew from the distance so it can bend.
Anyone else hoping for a see thru front cover? That thing looks sick!!!
Bro i hope he does this it would look amazing
Please @PhoneRepairGuru
I would buy it in a half a second
Take a picture and make a sticker
You should definitley make the quest 2 transparent.
That would be awesome
interesting to see how oculus took a step back since the battery was relatively easy to access with the quest 1 (although you had to slice and peel back some fabric, which was annoying)
I wonder what apple VR is going to be like.
Probably worse
@@Lumisbiggestfan apple is very good with design so it will be better .. at least we won't see a connector connection to a connector
It won’t exist. Apple’s product is ar, not vr as far as I know.
@@3RR0RNULL its both
@@Lumisbiggestfanbetter
I cannot stress this enough to my younger siblings who play my quest 2. I tell them when you want to play, charge a head of time during the day instead of leaving it charging all night to keep the battery life as healthy as possible
i agree, but why is your username daddrunkcanadian
@@idrinkalmondmilk2918 😂 it’s my username i made a few years back. I got tired of using the IGN Just_mejtcz8. Just swapped it to something more original & straight forward. I confused a lot of people playing games with that old name, sometimes even myself. Plus I’m Canadian & i May as well use it
9:03 You can't obtain an original or OEM battery; all the batteries for sale out there are from scrapped devices. The battery on my Quest 2 is starting to deteriorate so I purchased one from the only source that I could find (Ali Express) and when it turned up, it was obviously used. I didn't bother fitting the battery since I doubt it would have much more life in it than the original it was to replace.
I never felt this stressed watching a 10 min video
Move the battery wire to the outside so you can make an external battery.
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wow! this is an incredibly complicated replacement. i really thought you wouldn't be able to put it all back together.
I will give you kudos for the patience and stamina, I had no idea it would be this difficult. I have been looking at Oculus Quest 2 / 3. After watching this Im on hold to purchase. This is insane.
Well I wouldn’t let this stop you from getting one. You most likely won’t need to get it replaced unless you cause damage to the actual battery. I’ve had my quest 2 since launch day and have played it almost everyday since for usually 5 hours and mine is perfectly fine
I cannot sadly watch this premiere because im not taking this phone with me in vacation. Have a good day or night.
The inside of the headset is so dense! That’s about what i imagine a formula 1 looks like inside
I agree with you
If the battery is on the outer side, it will cause the weight imbalance and lead to heavier front side that will cause pain on the nose over longer period of time. It's a logical design for the battery to at that place for the balance and comfort of user. Besides, external strap attached battery packs are available to use.
That won't help if the battery explodes or turns into a devil's capri-sun
like pico vr headset
Once the battery begins to go even with an external strap you won't be able to keep the device booted.
your port or battery problem causes the blinking red light.
Solid when low battery, orange when charging, green when full.
It’s weird. Cause the way the battery was positioned at the top. It would be so easy to have made a latch to just open and replace it. Like the controllers
"We have box 🎁"
Man I love the way he said it 😂❤
The "Unscrew" never gets old
Considering it is literally attached to the exterior casing the only reason for this to not be removable via a hatch is because they didn't want it that way.
I'm pretty sure they put that battery there for proper weight distribution Because if they put in the front it would probably be top heavy
An easy solution would be to have the battery mounted remotely to the back of the head strap, with a robust replaceable coupler to the headset. This would actually give superior weight distribution, because it would counterbalance the headset. I work in engineering, part of design is keeping service in mind.. but these companies aren't incentivised to do so.
@@Ty-sm9cvisn't that kinda what they did with the Pico headsets and the Quest Pro?
@@Ty-sm9cvDoing that is more expensive. When designing a budget headset tradeoffs will be made to keep costs down.
4:16 loved the minecraft sound
I guess its safe to say, youve mastered this Quest
Thank you for this. I was going to try to replace my own battery. But on seconds thoughts... maybe not 😆
Looks like a pain, can't wait to do that when mine needs a replacement.😂
Yea! Been there and done this type of disassembly before on Micro devices, I know exactly how you felt through this whole procedure, but very rewarding when you succeed, and it comes back to life once again. You are a good Tech with a lot of patience!
You’re main quest is find the battery 🪫
Sorry, but that is not funny
Holy crap this seems like an ordeal to disassemble let alone put back together. You are the 🐐! I hope you can continue this channel for a long time and for all of us, I pray for your sanity after this🙏 you are doing great and we all are cheering you on from the other side of the screens!
I never thought about it but I’d be soft modding it anyway so I could buy a messed up one lol I’d hard wire it anyway
as a repear man my self, that looked very irritating to change just the battery, not very convenient to change, i feel your pain
Imagine if the Apple vision pro was in the title instead.
It would be fatal flaws not just one
@RandomTalks- BOI SHUT UP
The fact you did this is crazy. I take apart quest 2 controllers and that is a massive pain, so i can only imagine doing a Q2.
Hear me out... Clear Quest? Not the sides or anything but a front panel could be 3d printed pretty easily. Would look awesome!
That would be cool
@@PhoneRepairGuru with some holes near the cpu and as it can get hot there
"Unscrew"
_"I hate my life"_
*well that escalated quickly*
very interesting! how does one find an original replacement battery?
My biggest wish was to be able to change the internal storage.. I got the 1st 64 gb model and MAN. it holds like 4 games
Guys, I do not think he will be offering this service.
i am glad this is possible, even if a bit tedious, i just got 2 quest 2's used for my kids, and am glad that it does look good, because i can't afford to replace these if they were not replaceable.
they aren't, Unless you can figure out how to repair them your self, No one is going to charge you less then a few hundred bucks for a job like this, the amount of hours and effort involved are enough to warent buying a new device just to replace the battery.
@@yamiomo7392 obviously i would do it myself.
Yo Suhaib, I appreciate the videos! Keep it up ✌️
Hes names suhaib!?!?
@@Falageel11I thought it was Jonathan
@@Falageel11his name is Mohammed probably.. suhby means my friend in arabic
@@자 What’s so funny bout his name?
6:29 bro flipped us off without us even knowing
I love how I was just about to buy the Quest 2 and then…..
no the oculus is a good headset to have fun in note that i own one its not the best vr headset to get lost in but it is the best for games and other stuff but if you want some other stuff in a headset others got that if you dont have a pc oculus is good to go but META STUPID ASS PIECES OF SHITS been making bad descions btw he might be talking about the fan in the oculus cuz thats what the arrow is pointing to its fine i dont play big games but if you add a new face plate the has more holes in it the fan should be fan hoped this helped
I got the quest 2 and the pico 4.
Wait for the quest 3. Trust me, it'll be way better, and with better cooling.
Hopefully Meta improves on the headstraps for the Quest 3. The design frankly sucks and the Elite Strap for my Quest 2 has hairline fractures less than a month after buying it.
@@farhanzulkiflee6598 The design is improved, and frankly even if they didt improve it, the point is that there will be many aftermarket straps to choose from that can suit your needs and desires.
That's why its good that the strap is removable, which is impossible with a rear mounted battery.
@@umbratherios5614 still got a quest 2 lol
Hi iPhone guru your videos have helped me get into a iPhone cleaning and repair hobbie thank you your videos are very helpful and informative ❤ hope I can see you in Ottawa sometime and get a picture
Your one of the only creators who are big in Ottawa so it’s nice to know that people from where I am(because I live in Ottawa)Persue content creation❤
3:58 it looks like a mini green iPhone 😂
Bro the guy have a point :D
So I'm not the only one who punches the ref in Thrill of the Fight. Nice repair job. That looked brutal.
It’s not really their fault it is incredibly difficult to fit all components into a space that small while maintaining accessibility. Not to mention the problem of structural integrity to protect said components.
You raise some valid points, but what does years worth of structural integrity matter when the whole thing needs chucking because the batteries died in under a year?
@@theninjascientist689 you also need to remember that the thing needs to be as efficient as possible. Also just get it repaired by a professional or you can wing it any way you look at it you can fix it with a few days of time and energy.
It's on the outside, it literally could have been removable by a hatch. It's just asshole design to make people throw it away and by a Quest 3.
@@luketorpedo you still have to wire the battery also a hatch on the front of a headset you sweat while wearing which leads to a lithium battery that is a brilliant idea.
@@PotatosAreTheMostVersitleFood removable batteries that don't need disconnection of connectors isn't new at all and can be low profile (see phones and laptops before user replacement went extinct). That much sweat I think is unlikely and even if it is, a gasket seal isn't impossible either. Both reasons you've given counter I think are pretty bad, don't give companies like this an excuse.
I Love this guy. He’s like a Canadian Dank Pods
I've had my Quest 2 since launch, and I still use it. I have noticed the battery isn't fairing too well. I've found it dying much sooner than it used to, and it also can get hot after extended gameplay. Though, to be fair, I have a 10,000mah battery strapped to the back of the strap that I frequently use so that may be affecting things.
Interestingly, my original Oculus Go now no longer works unless it is plugged in. The batteries in these standalone headsets definitely are what is keeping them back.
When they die in 2 hours, battery wear cycle will be expire fast
That was amazing what you did with those selfie pictures over time! Really cool to watch
Question, do you ever forget where the screws go and have to rewatch your video just to see where it goes?
damn the insides looks pog, although it also looks like a huge mess like when a 100 wires tangle up together and have to untangle them be like.
Well great job, thats all the best i could offer you
Never thought I'd prefer Apple's solution of just having a battery hanging outside with a wire attached to it.
i had to take one of these things apart at work for the same reason a few weeks ago and bro there is nothing that i have hated more than taking apart the oculus
I am wondering If you could fulfill a request from me: build a laptop that works, it would be an interesting video. (I love your vids btw, I always rush to watch your vids whenever a new one comes out.)
he fixes stuff he doesn't build stuff he prob cant build anything even if he did tho that would cost alot of money there's a difference between electrical engineer and a Phone technicians so he prob lacks in the knowledge and training to build a laptop srry i don't think he can
@@Unkown_Error9279I know what he does, I’m saying that it would be interesting to try it. He doesn’t do phone mods yet he makes videos on it, he can try build a laptop and if it’s successful it will be a very interesting video. And if he is a “phone technician” then why does he fix laptops and PlayStation, etc, he also fixed a oculus quest 2 in this video.
just wanted to say that me and my brother really really love your video
Thank you! tell your brother I say hello
@@PhoneRepairGuru i will
honestly I think the software is the worst part of the quest 2 since I keep on having issues related to software after every update, never had a problem when it wasn't owned by "meta"
that's part of the zuckification, another part is that now the cameras stream 24/7 to meta so facebook and threads can show you more personalized ads
@@vnc.t Just shut down the device with each use. Its sleep mode is absolutely trash. Probably because if it really sleeps it can't collect my personal information.
Yeah, I admit, having my Quest 2 since launch, the most frequent issues I run into have always been software related. Every update breaks something.
@@DiamondDepthYT i never experienced any issues with software maybe because i update it when power it on like 2 days a week so every bug has been patchout already
Meta owned Oculus before even the DK2 was released.
Edit: DK2
No way, you have legit read my mind my guy. Ive been waiting to get my hands on one of these!!
What one tho? The 2?
As shown in the photo it may be the oculus quest 2
Well it's in the title and it's pretty easy to tell
Hopefully the Quest 3 puts the battery conveniently
Here's a reminder that there was absolutely no reason, except for pure greed, the designer couldn't site the battery in a more accessible position.
Dang, what a crazy side quest
(Pun intended) 😈
Mark zuckerburger
What???
first things first, excellent dissemble and reassemble. secondly really nice video editing too.
Designing a headset with a external battery would reduce weight, thereby increase user comfort and also heat issues arising from battery discharge further loading battery consumption to fans.
Must be the reason why they are designing it this way, keep heat source away from the circuit board. By putting the battery out front, dramatically increases the wieght load on the users nose, which could be overcome by tighting the headband causing stress headaches.
Solution, remove battery altogether, add a usb c port to a redsigned faceplate with air vents easily manufactured on a 3d printer. Attach battery to a belt, back pack.
YIPPE first comment!
you were 😭 i scrolled all the way down the newest comments and you're actually first
@@Oknoimgonnaokbye nice!
I like to work on computers, and fix things myself, instead of getting them repaired, like opening it up and replace whatever thing needs to be replaced with a part that I got from savers or something. And so I was drawn to this video because I have an oculus quest that I want to replace a part with and I haven’t gotten around to opening it up so I decided I would watch a video where someone apparently does that which happened to be your video and now I see you opening this app and you say right off the bat T7 screw, and in my brain, my mental model, and goes a little bit like this: “Yeah, it’s pretty obvious that you should takeoff the padding first. Wait, you call your screwdrivers things?!? I just eyeball it, and it works!” Anyway that’s all I had and I thought it was funny that there are actually names for the screws. 2:04
Nice fix dude! And a free fin to boot? Can't go wrong with that! 😉
thanks a lot, Mark LIZARD MAN
At $199 brand new it wouldn't even be worth replacing. Plus you don't know if the new battery is as good as the original anyways.
personally i use the bobovr m2 battery back, they clip in and out and no need to even take off the headset, i always have 2 charging and one on the headset, the battery inside my quest is pretty much done for but does not make a different with the bobovr setup
6:23 bro flipped us off without knowing it
Hats off man, I did one of these in mid april and thought I was going to have to buy it from them. took 3 and a half days. NO, just NO.
The worst part is that it is already off to the side, so there is absolutely no excuse for making it so hard to remove. Could have had a panel on top, or have it on a rail to slide out, nothing was actually preventing an easy battery swap from a design angle aside from the use of screws.
I’m a the only person who yawned when he said my camera man just yawned
This is why I hate fixing modern tech
every vr tech youtuber's titles:
On the plus side, missing the default head strap is no real issue. Basically everyone replaced them immediately.
My mans aged 20 years by the time this journey was over
Looks like what we are seeing is that the intake port is pulling from the user mounted side and the exhaust port is recirculating air back over the board. Nothing wrong with a bit of preventative maintenance modification. It's like flipping the intake lid on an old V8, lol! I just bought one and don't have even have 15 minutes on it. I know exactly what to do now.
The replacing the analog stick on the controllers is also a nightmare, it sucked so much, but after taking the entire controller apart then putting it back together only to realize I forgot something and doing that 4 times, two to three hours later I was done.
9:49 Bro punching the referee got me dying lmao
Mine did this, but I charged it to 20 percent in 30 seconds and died in 15. I just left it in a nice coldish place (50 degrees Fahrenheit) for about 2 months, and miraculously it has better battery life than it did before the problem occurred. 100% battery in about 2 hours, and 5 hours of playtime. Plus with my headstraps extra battery, it has almost 10 hours worth of battery life.
vr repair guru (:O a heart has suddenly appeared)
It will mutilate the headset, but one could cut open the case where the battery is located and save a lot of work. Someone who's taking apart everything could take some very accurate measurements of the battery location so people will know exactly where they should cut open the case. A Dremel drill type tool or a heated knife tool could be used to cut the case open. The cut-out part with the new battery installed could be glued or taped back in place.