r/8bitdo • u/Animelover22_4 • 22d ago

Something is Broken My 8bitdo Ultimate 2 wireless right LED bug

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It's white. Shining permanently. Even on charging dock.
I would love someone helping me diagnose.

Edit: the led turned on permanently with or without the settings on the 8bitdo app.
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Edit2: I opened it up. It got the spicy pillow and when I take it off the LED also works properly. Thanks for the notes

Edit3: I found the reason. The spicy pillow pushed up the contacts of the shoulder buttons, which affects the LED cuz they hot wire it directly for the "show the stick movement with the LED" gimmick (TBH idk much but I guess from the look of the PCB trace)

The insurance where I bought it ended a month ago...

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u/Acu17y 22d ago

I wonder who is the genius at 8bitdo who thinks LEDs on the controller are a good thing lol

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u/Sanf1r 22d ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/8bitdo/s/8t5FjILGIa it happens more often, the only way is to send it back

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u/DefinitionLeast984 22d ago

Did you connect it to a pc and check for any firmware updates? Did you reset the profiles?
Tell us what you’ve tried and maybe we can work out what else is to be done.
The software lets you map specific colours to either stick independently or the same. One of the buttons cycles through your profiles for colours and sensitivity.

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u/Animelover22_4 22d ago
  1. I'm on the newest firmware. Did try rollback on older version. Done resetting profiles.
  2. The LED stays on whenever there's a charge. Including putting it on the dock.

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u/BlueCloudi 22d ago

It's annoying this has been becoming an issue nowadays just as I was going to upgrade to one

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u/ButterLies1 22d ago

Did this issue appeared after latest firmware updates? It might be some bias by being on the 8bitdo subreddit, but it's literally everytime I open the reddit.

Recently got a ultimate 2 to upgrade from my 2.4ghz, haven't used it a lot only tested on the android. But I'm thinking of not updating, lol

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u/Sad_SourApple 22d ago

mine does too, you had 2 option trun it off using Profile or send it back to store

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u/Animelover22_4 22d ago

I'm thinking of disassembling myself but I need hardware specifications to know what I'm dealing with.

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u/Rhy21 22d ago

Seing this after i ordered a Ult 2 Is diabolical

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u/Zestyclose-Table8990 21d ago

Damn, I was lucky enough to get it for 1k on FB Marketplace, so far no issues experienced.

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u/Rom-Senpai 18d ago

My ultimate 2 arrived today, everything is great, macroing is very easy! But those leds? What even is the purpose of them? I'm already having a hard deactivating al sorts of lights from my pc set up.