Unboxing Xbox One Elite Controller Disassembly Teardown Repair Fix 

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This dude can unassembled and reassemble like Dr. Strange. Thank you for doing this! You crushed it!

Thanks man you really helped me out. Best disassembly vid out there!!

Thank you so much for doing a full year down and rebuild. My right bumper button just broke and I was able to replace it myself. Cost me $10 off Amazon and a little bit of patience. Saved me a total of like $160.

Thank you for your time breaking this down for us! It was a lot of help and will be coming back to this for future problems with the elite controller.

I love when people post these types of video's! Now i know exactly what to expect IF i ever need to repair the Elite. Great Job and thanks for taking the time to post this :)

Angelsix, very good tear down and rebuild video, had my elite over a year and just had to repair the left trigger and both stick covers. Your video was extremely helpful in aiding me to do it. Thanks for taking the time to do the job properly. 👍🏻🇬🇧

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for including the bit about putting the back back on and the 3.5mm jack, everyone else ive seen skipped over it - to anyone else having issues with it, you need more force than you think, but dont go too far with it

This is a better video from the other one I watched. I was having issues on how the sync button fit back into the groove until I watched this one.

Great video, helped me clean my controller's buttons after a spill. I noticed while reassembling that its easier to put the circuit board in before the bumper bar. Also, I figured out the white tabs function is to give a mechanical brace behind the bumpers' triggers. They have a tight fit between the back of the bumper trigger and the black plastic of the controller. Ideally, first, you put the circuit board in, second, flip the controller over and squeeze those tabs in place and finally, fit the bumper into place.

This was fantastic, I have an elite controller for 2 years and the left joystick came loose. Thanks to your video I was able to open it up and recenter the joystick. Thankyou again for a great video.

within the first 10 minutes you answered my question, but definitely saving this video for future reference. Nice job.

Straight fixed my bumpers dude thank u so much.

Your video saved me so much time. Very elaborate. Very thorough. Thank you so much! Subscribed!

I literally had given up on putting the new bumpers on my controller until I saw your video, the way you showed how you aligned them solved my problem! Thank you!

Most useful and well explained video for this I have seen. Major thanks for reassemble! I didn’t even have any leftover screws (common outcome for me).

Thanks for this video. You're a lifesaver ! I'm still using my elite series 1 controller in 2023 ! ❤

This helped me in more than one way, was having problems when I bought it second hand, but it was a simple issue I could find and rectify while disassembling the controller. Thankyou.

Good resource with a wealth of tips and a very thorough procedure. Thanks for uploading.

I love how all the comments here are; Thankyou so much. Thankyou so much. You saved me from buying a new controller. This is an excellent video. Great all around video

Been watching over and over until I finally went ahead to repair my broken inner frame. So I needed to disassemble that trigger metal with the springs. That's where you stopped unfortunately for me. But I just cut the plastic from the old frame and removed the trigger piece that is holding the spring. Actually, it's very difficult to remove unless you are putting a new inner frame like I did. Thanks a lot for the whole video. 🤝

This helped me tremendously! The only hiccup was reassembling the black ribbon wire. Obviously taking it off was easy but when I reassembled it, I thought it would fit more snug. I tried and tried to make it go in further. Then I looked at the other connection and that stuck out a bit. So I put it in as far as it would go... and it’s working perfectly. Thanks again!

Thank god you made this video! You have been a huge help! I had a thumb stick break on my gears Xbox one controller so I bought a regular Elite and wanted to swap all my gears parts etc and this video made it possible! Huge props bro

This video helped me out a lot. I needed to replace my audio/mic port. I couldn't find a video on how to do so until I came across your video. Now my elite controller is fixed. Thank you for making this video!!

This helped me successfully put colored XYAB buttons into my Elite controller. Thank you so much!

Many thanks! glad to know those random white rectangles are useless that's the only thing I was confused about great video by the way!

Video was very helpful, thanks! Didn't feel like soldering so I worked around that piece of the controller, it really wasn't that bad. Fixed sticky buttons and dpad, good as new!

Thanks helped me much!!

Your video was very helpful. I had to fix a sticking paddle button and was able to do it in less than 15 minutes with the help of this video. For anyone having issues with the paddle buttons (little green ones on the back), open it up and make sure that the little black dot on the board is in the center of the little switch thingy for whatever button your having issues with. Mine was shifted to a corner so I just realigned it gently with a knife edge. My top right paddle button is wonderfully clicky again.

Best xbox one elite controller tear down video yet! 👍👍

good stuff mane , just helped alot

thank you, i bought an elite and not even 3 months later it had a slow dirft.

Replacing the bumpers on my elite controller and the additional circuit board black strip came out.. worried I'd ruined it and then found this video! Very in-depth and very useful. Thank you!

Great clip much help. Thought I mention if forget to put bumper buttons on u can add them at the end. U said if u forget at the start u need to go back .

Brilliant, it gave me the confidence to open mine up for a bit of a button clean, maybe after another watch I might have be able to change the buttons from the subdued ones I don't like. Cheers!

Thank you for this!!

Thanks for this video, it helped me fix my controller in 15 minutes. The only note I would make is that the bumper comes with the screw to open your controller (the little green plastic piece is not necessary to open the grips, you can use the screwdriver or the elite paddles to pry.. really anything small or flat). Just wanted to give that heads up so people can save on purchasing the extra screwdrivers. Thanks again for the awesome video.

Hello, first of thanks for this great video. I have a problem where the right half of my A button is rarely registered the left half works great. At first i thought there might be some dirty like suggested in the video or maybe a missallignment between the circuit board and the rubber but i could not detect anything. Is there any recommendation you can provide what i could check?

Thanks for the video really helped me out

I dropped my controller on hardwood floor with the hair triggers turned on, broke the extended piece of plastic attached to the trigger cradle. This video is going to help me replace the controller frame seeing nobody would honor the warranty. the seller advertised the 90 day warranty, which microsoft told me they can't honor it because it isn't an official microsoft retailer so now I have to do the controller repair myself, because I refuse to spend another 150 dollars on a controller that can break from a fall thats barely over a foot off the ground. YAY!

This is an awesome vid man. Appreciate the time and effort but I have a question. The silver domes that hold the thumbsticks and slide down over the module's control arm have an asymmetrical. One side wall is flat and the other is rigged. The control arms show no indentations or grooves that suggest better stability based on how they're seated but do you know if it matters?

This helped me replace the motherboard with the broken micro usb port on my controller, many thanks and good video

I had to replace bumpers.. couldnt remove motherboard.. was still able to pop off and safely put back with the motherboard still there.. thanks for the vid.. saved me from buying a 3rd controller

i have unresponsive paddles. how do i fix that when i take it apart

Absolute legend.

I know I am abit behind but never wanted to mod my pad or change buttons your vid helped a lot so thank you

I got a loose bumper on my controller do you think that disassembling and just re assembling could solve the problem because I saw on your vid that is just plastic in that area no spring or other stuff? thanx great video and great manuality

You're a god, Just ordered a new motherboard because my Micro USB port stopped working. This will help sooo much!

Sehr gutes Video hat mir sehr geholfen

Headphone jack loose when 3.5 mm is in. Headphones do not work or cut off when moved

Im having a interesting issue with my controller and im wondering if anyone can help. When I push in my left analog stick my right trigger activates. Once i have my controller opened up what should i be looking for? Im assuming its a magnet issue but im not sure which parts in specific i should be looking at.

How the hell did you get the ribbon connecting the back to the front to go back in I've been trying for the past half hour

My elite controller is having weird power issues. plugging in usb doesn't work, unless I move the batteries around until it turns on. Then I can connect to xbox via usb. when I turn the controller off. It only turns back on again if I take one of the batteries out and put it back in. and sometimes even that doesn't work. When its on it works fine. Suggestions?

The rubber pieces for supporting bracket from mini switches rb and rl, did you put them?, it doesn´t appear in the video

Can I get the dimension of the 2 magnets or the back triggers. One of them snapped in half and fried my mouthed board and I’m trying to fix my controller.

My bumpers aren’t as responsive after a year of having this controller, I replaced the actual bumper but still no luck, thus I assume it’s just the mid frame worn down where the bumper part clicks. Will be using this video when I replace the mid frame:) thank you

I’m having an issue where I press the top right back paddle button, it shuts off the controller. I have no idea why. I disassembled the controller the way did and now I’m gonna put it back together to see if anything changes. Please let me know if you experienced this or if you have a solution

Amazing job. Thank you. Sincerely

Thank you so much bro

Thank you for helping me sir

omg thank you so much!

I wandered if you had any idea on this? I replaced the circuit board with the usb connector on it and now the Home button doesn't work. Everything else works fine and the home button feels right but nothing happens. Any ideas ? Cheers

About the bumpers, I didn't get it. RB and LB were just one plastic part, in both the normal Xbox and the Elite 1 controller, that bends in the middle each time you press either button, so it was always a question of time until it will break. Is this the case on the new Elite Controller 2 Series too? Still one plastic part?

Im trying to put mine together not and cant get the headphone jack into its hole, any help? series 1 btw

Disassembled to replace buttons with custom gold ones and new faceplate, all went well button’s pressing fine until I put the last 5 screws in to put the controller together again once I done that all the buttons was stiff and wouldn’t press so I assumed the screws was to tight, tried loosening them but that didn’t help until they was nearly completely undone which then the shell wasn’t together. Any help is appreciated

Really great video. But a little tip… you can also take apart the controller without removing any cables. Just in case you are not familiar with soldering. ; ) The only downside is that you can´t get the bigger vibration motors through the plastic housing.

Just wanted to say thanks for the teardown... ive used your video to replace my bumper (1 month of ownership), fix some excessive play in the joystick (1.5 months of ownership), and to fix a non clicking paddle button (3 months of ownership).

Thx cool video bro i have fixen my countroller 3 times thx to this video but i seem to have finaly fucked up and broke my audio jack somehow i cant it to inside of the right spot

If you don’t have a tool to solder with, is it still possible to do everything?

Hey I took mine apart and put it back together but now it won’t turn on unless it’s plugged in

Dear, I had problem with my xbox, button a x y and menu not working as because of battery acid leaked for not using. I could not able to fix it. It damaged lots of components by liquid acid but its still functional. I used ethanol alcohol 70% and cleaned the rest of the components. It do power up and works rest of buttons and joysticks. But I broke all 6 pins of the ribbon cable which joint to the main motherboard, where I can manage a replacement of it? Can you suggest me an alternative version or model? I found some from old device but I will not be receiving them in this lockdown so need to find from local area, and I don't think my locals have Xbox elite old copy for me. So a cable 6pin ribbon cable will works on it as a replacement??? Please help me and suggest :(

What happens if you accidentally pulled the black wire connecting the paddles out without popping the side thing

hey by any chance do you know of anyone that makes a metal version of the left right bumper bridge? mine is plastic and the left button snapped I am using the under side triggers to compensate but I would like to replace the cheap plastic ones.

Hi at 19:40 seconds in the video you mention the black conector for the rear case of the pad and the capton tape im wondering which part i have to replace as the black conection wire that you mentioned is snqpped on mine due to leaving it around kids when it was dismantled

When replacing the motherboard with the USB do you really need to take the wires off before taking out the upper board? can this be done without the need to solder?

How do you remove the two metal parts under the board on the back piece of the controller. The ones below the trigger stoppers, not underneath them

I checked my controles that I dropped and connected the ripping wire and it still doesn’t turn on and that’s the only thing that was out of place can you help me

Hey AngelSix. My left thumbstick cap (the half circle inside part) seems to slide in and out slightly, while the right thumbstick cap stays in place nicely. It's not a huge issue and I haven't taken it apart but do you know if there's anything I can do to make it tight without having to open it?

Thank you

I replaced my bumpers because the rb wasn't working but it did not fix the issue. What else could be the issue?

Question: One of my green paddle buttons still works but stopped giving a clicking feedback. It feels like it is somewhat jammed in to the controller. Could I tear it down to around the 11:00 mark and fix it? Or would I need to replace that part entirely?

Someone please help me I pulled that black cable at 47:00 and I think I messed it up. I plugged it in as it shown and the controller does not turn on using batteries

I followed this tutorial to disassemble my elite controller but did not disconnect any cables. When I reconstructed the controller it only works with being plugged into a micro usb. The wireless function (turning it on with the white Xbox button being held) doesn’t initiate power. Any suggestions? I have new batteries in and have them in the right alignment. Any help would be awesome!

I'm having trouble with the headphone jack, is it just a bit of brute force needed to snap back in place?

If I have the Elite Controller and buy the Xbox One Special Edition Covert Forces Wireless Controller can I put the shell from the covert forces one onto the elite one? (leaving out the profile switch button)

you are a savior. The other guide didnt mention to pull up the black thingy with the ribbon flex cable. I was going insane.

Thank you for this video. Unfortunately, I dropped my Elite controller and a little piece of the plastic from the left side of the analog stick mechanism broke away and became lodged in the bottom of the stick's movement area. Suddenly during a Strike in Destiny 2 I couldn't aim!! Anyway, I found you and learned how to get the front cover off, discovered the problem, put it back together, and away I go! The only thing that stymied me, was the tiny little security tabs in the screws. I was scratching my head until I got it under my magnifying lamp. Thanks again, AngelSix!

I need help with putting the head phone jack putting because it's stuck

I can t get my audio jack to fit back in to place when re assembling the controller

What happens if you remove the Kapton tape? I’m not familiar at all with circuit boards. Does it risk breaking the board all together? Or any electrical issues? I accidentally removed mine.

How do I fix my xbox charger port it is loose but it seems stuck in the bottom part of were it should be how should I go about this bc I will be playing a game and if I turn my controller the wrong way the it will turn off

Do you know what kind of ribbon cable I could use to replace mine? When I've opened my controller I think that I broke it somehow. I'm talking about the cable that links the paddles buttons plate to the main plate. (9:12) I know you did this vid long ago, but Ill appreciate if you could help me.

When I put batteries in my controller doesn’t turn on when I use the cord thst come with it the light comes on but the controller isn’t connected to my Xbox it’s like it gets power but has no function and after being plugged in for like 10-15 mins it gets hot near the right thumb stick and A and X button

Are the screwdrivers linked security ones?

A bit stuck with the 3.5mm aux, can u explain exactly how to do it?

Do you have to take out the circuit boards to replace the 3.5 mm headphone jack?

Very helpful, you saved my controller, thank you :D

can anyone help me? my elite controller paddles on the back aren't clicking anymore, they've gone sticky which is very annoying. Any way to fix this easily? I have dissassembled my elite before to repair a broken bumper key, but not sure how to replace the padddle buttons. It seems pretty sketchy to me.

One of my green switched on the back is broke how do i fix it?

One of my back little green buttons is stuck and doesn’t click anymore :(