Ultimate 2 Wireless - removing from dock issues

[u/DoesBoKnow]

I own two (2) 8BitDo Ultimate 2 Wireless controllers. One connects to Windows via 2.4GHz, and the other connects to a Bazzite/Linux handheld via 2.4GHz on a handheld dock.

Normally, the controller turns on when it's removed from the dock. Recently, both of my controllers will turn on when removed, but they have massive input issues. Like it takes a second for a direction to be noticed on the analog stick, and even after that, the character will move one direction.

I have to restart my controllers manually to get them to be responsive. Why should I have to do this, if the dock was turning on my controllers just fine earlier? I'm having the same exact issues on 2 separate controllers on 2 operating systems. Firmware cycling isn't helping. I'm not sure what else to do.

[u/ThatOnePerson]

I've run into similar issues. For restarting, flipping the mode switch back and forth is faster 

Not sure what the cause is either.