{"id":23914,"date":"2016-10-26T18:33:45","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T10:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geekbuying.com\/geekgiz\/?p=23914"},"modified":"2019-01-02T17:16:29","modified_gmt":"2019-01-02T09:16:29","slug":"how-to-un-jam-buttons-without-opening-the-controller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geekbuying.com\/geekgiz\/2016\/10\/how-to-un-jam-buttons-without-opening-the-controller\/","title":{"rendered":"How to un-jam buttons without opening the controller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;color: #333333\">This tutorial will show you how to unjam buttons on controllers, remotes and etc. Today I shall demonstrate with and xbox 360 controller. This works better with plastic buttons and rubber ones take more work, but the end result is worth the half a minute this will take.<\/span><br style=\"color: #333333\" \/><span style=\"font-weight: normal;color: #333333\">Tools:<\/span><br style=\"color: #333333\" \/><span style=\"font-weight: normal;color: #333333\">*Controller with jammed button<\/span><br style=\"color: #333333\" \/><span style=\"font-weight: normal;color: #333333\">*length of a straw\u00a0<\/span><br style=\"color: #333333\" \/><span style=\"font-weight: normal;color: #333333\">*scissors or a knife<\/span><br style=\"color: #333333\" \/><span style=\"font-weight: normal;color: #333333\">EDIT:No video sorry my phone software is being silly and unresponsive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"step1\" class=\"step-title\" style=\"color: #333333\"><strong>Step 1: Cut the straw<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"step-title\" style=\"color: #333333\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogimage.geekbuying.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/2.MEDIUM.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23916\" src=\"https:\/\/blogimage.geekbuying.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/2.MEDIUM.jpg\" alt=\"2-medium\" width=\"383\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogimage.geekbuying.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/2.MEDIUM.jpg 383w, https:\/\/blogimage.geekbuying.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/2.MEDIUM-300x305.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogimage.geekbuying.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/2.MEDIUM-272x276.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>Slit the straw upwards like this<\/p>\n<p id=\"step2\" class=\"step-title\"><strong>Step 2: Inserting the straw<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"step-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogimage.geekbuying.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23917\" src=\"https:\/\/blogimage.geekbuying.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/3.jpg\" alt=\"3\" width=\"376\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogimage.geekbuying.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/3.jpg 376w, https:\/\/blogimage.geekbuying.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/3-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogimage.geekbuying.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/3-272x219.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"step-title\">\n<span style=\"font-weight: normal;color: #333333\">Jam the straw between the button and the remotes housing and rotate the straw until it reaches its starting point.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"step3\" class=\"step-title\"><strong>Step 3: Test it<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"step-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogimage.geekbuying.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/41.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23918\" src=\"https:\/\/blogimage.geekbuying.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/41.jpg\" alt=\"4\" width=\"332\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogimage.geekbuying.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/41.jpg 332w, https:\/\/blogimage.geekbuying.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/41-300x375.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogimage.geekbuying.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/41-272x340.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"step-title\">Spend hours mercilessly tapping your button, purely because you can!<\/p>\n<p class=\"step-title\">Source:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/How-to-un-jam-buttons-without-opening-the-controll\/step3\/Test-it\/\">instructables<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This tutorial will show you how to unjam buttons on controllers, remotes and etc. Today I shall demonstrate with and xbox 360 controller. 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