FIX Roborock Error 1 - Laser Distance Sensor (LDS)

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[@flix8565]

Did y'all know that just a single hair sticking out of the red thing at the top of the vacuum can cause this error? Yeah, thanks for saying "check for any obstructions" at the start, it made me look at it a little closer to find the issue without unscrewing the whole thing!

[@Lanziemeriss]

!!! I used duster cleaner liberally around the laser sensor. Duster cleaner spray costs like 7 euro.

[@jessann85]

Dude, your comment saved me! One. Single. Hair. Removed it and now it’s fine. 👏

[@jolai7847]

I also had ONE hair sticking out and causing the error 😮

[@benjaminshuetrim9874]

I’m going to see if I’ve got that Single Hair!

[@natasasimic4132]

Your comment saved me too! Thanks!

[@dawnhoagland7960]

The disassembly for my S6 was slightly different, but close enough. The 9V trick worked and Rosie is back in business. THANK YOU for posting!

[@alenalevina]

Thank you for the video! My roborock's laser head was moving but it still gave this error 1. The problem in my case was a lot of cat hair around the stick of that module that you proposed to replace. I removed them and cleaned everything from dust and error disappeared! I can live in a clean house again 😄 Thank you again :)

[@cr4nkie]

dog hair, here, they are thicker and harder than my cat's :P

[@SindreHerm]

The motor worked with the 9v battery, and afterwards everything worked fine, so thanks for the video! 👌 great step by step tutorial

[@arbitrage2]

I followed your instructions and was able to replace the motor successfully the first time. This video saved me a lot of headaches and a lot of money. Huge thank you!

[@PapaJoelsEnglish]

Thank you so much for this take apart tutorial. I had a single grain of rice stuck in the spinning laser contraption and it took down the whole system. Took it apart and fixed the whole unit.

[@stiletas]

Thanks for the tips Nick! I don't know if anyone is still fixing those, but if you don't have a battery handy just use one of the USB cables hanging around, cut the NOT USB end, and expose two wires, red and black. Plug USB into your PC or any unit that has USB outputs and connect the exposed ends to your Roborock motor and if it is any good it will start spinning like new! Fixed my old Roborock twice like that.

[@MrRullakebu]

Thank you for this !

[@kingcustom1]

Thank you so much! I fixed my old roborock like this

[@oufaze]

Thanks so much for this amazing hack! I didn't have a battery so I cleaned it and put it back and it didn't work. I was getting ready to take it to a repair lab, then I saw your comment and tried the cable hack with my dad. Not only the cable started the motor, it also fixed the problem! You made my day!

[@stiletas]

@@oufaze I'm glad it worked. My first gen is still going after 9 years :))

[@andreiandrei2298]

Thanks for the hint!

[@oufaze]

Quite amazing. TL;DR It worked. Longer story: I tried to depart it with my dad like shown above. We didn't have a 9v battery so we just cleaned everything very well and put it back. It didn't work. We already started to look for repair labs and prepared for the cost. I decided to read more comments and saw so many people wrote that just attaching the motor to the battery, actually fixed the problem. And one awesome commenter said that you can substitute the battery with a DIY cord from USB. We tried it again, the cord hack worked, AND IT FIXED THE PROBLEM!!! I'm so so happy and satisfied. Thank you dear sir for this tutorial.

[@michaj1826]

Thanks, connecting a 9V battery helped! It worked the second time - the first time I connected the battery to the motor for a short time and the vacuum cleaner worked for 30 minutes, then error 1 occurred again. The second time I connected the battery to the motor for a longer time and now everything works.

[@alfonsomurolo1811]

Thanks for the video! It helped us fix our laser sensor. In our case, we believe something got jammed in the motor inside, and either by force turning it by hand once the sensor enclosure was removed, or by blowing inside the motor area with compressed air, must have removed the obstacle and the unit resumed working perfectly.

[@pattikulis]

Thank you so much for this video ❤️!!!!It saved me money and hassle to look for a new vacuum . I was about to give up and through to garbage my roborock vacuum .I thought I did everything since I changed all filters and dusted off, except that small part where motor is there have been nit cleaned . Now is working like new ☺️

[@omguruom]

Thanks Nick! I got this error, found your video, and was quickly up and running again. I was sure this was going to be a huge problem to fix, but it was a quick fix thanks to you. I really appreciate your help!

[@tespiteng]

Thanks to your video, i was able to fix my s50 without breaking anything. All the best.

[@BarryHenline]

Nice video! Motor was fine but dust build-up (VERY little but visible with flashlight in LED & sensor) was apparent problem. Upon testing after using a lens cleaning wipe on a plastic straw to push in & turn a few times (into LED port & sensor port) "Robby" was seeing fine again and finised his cleaning chores.

[@hanif_zack]

Damn, jump start works using 9V battery!! No need for new motor and laser. May god bless your good deed in giving this useful information

[@RenatoGobbo]

Great video, I just followed the clear directions and got my Roborock fixed. Thanks!

[@john57125]

super helpful , easy to understand, and straight to the point ! thank you so much ! no way i could have figured it out without this video !

[@janlepper]

Thank you. Step one did it. Take apart, clean, reconnect so connections, now little helper is humming along nicely again.

[@michaelgohome]

Thank you! taking the laser unit apart and checking with the battery was enough and fixed it ! 🙏

[@jakubzofcik]

Same for me.

[@varaprasadsagiraju8179]

Thank you for the battery hack. I've tried many things and was about to order LDS online when I saw ur video and gave a last try.Thank you for your video Nick. It saved money and time..

[@screamingcats72]

My kid dropped a potted plant on the vacuum - this helped me clear it out. Thank you!

[@yaronavital]

Worked for me! Taking apart the module, using battery to start the engine and assembling the module back did the trick

[@charleswong9747]

Hey thanks for the video. Your advice helped. Now we’re crossing our fingers that the Roborock runs problem free longer!

[@markfrombriz]

Straight to the point , simply to follow instructions, excellent

[@haroldpinto5292]

Thanks a lot.. I followed the procedure and found the belt of motor was staked with a small stick.. Checked and cleaned as suggested, and cleaner comebacked to normal . Thanks so much..

[@ninesixthree]

Thanks for the video. We just fixed our error 1 on our S5.

[@jmz86]

Great video. Fixed our Error 1. Your "Hey Google" command at 3:03 turned on my torn-apart S5 🤦‍♂

[@JohnK-ut7lo]

Same here. Great video but you might want to edit out the "Hey Google"

[@MartijnWismeijer]

Hahahaha same here! Starting roborock s5 in the bedroom 😂🤣

[@JFP1988]

Thanks for your help. This was a lifesaver. It worked. No need to replace motor. Brilliant video.

[@tridaryanto9577]

Thank you! I fixed my S6 roborock just by diaassembling the motor and sensor and turning it with 9V battere. Put it back and it works.

[@tudorpodea5027]

Thank you for this. I took too much of it apart, trying to get to the bottom of the red laser disk, but that was not necessary, as it’s rather complicated in the end and it looks fairly isolated from debris, my problem was hair on the axis of the motor, slowing it down.

[@laisaql1]

Thank you so much! I was able to fix it before breaking it apart. It had a tiny piece of silicone stuck making it difficult to rotate. You are a life saver!

[@viniciusmr]

great video! Mina accidentally sucked over water, and after letting it dry it started complaining about the Lidar turret, even though it was spinning just fine. The 9v battery didn't do anything, but disassembling the laser unit itself worked. I had already cleaned everything and even though I didn't notice any hairs or dust, just taking the laser unit apart and then together again fixed it! (I kept testing if the robot would start after each step. In fact first time it worked, it had the Lidar unit disassembled)

[@sarahmarin3203]

Thank you so much! My vacuum is a different model than yours but close enough that it didn’t matter. I was wondering why the vacuum was wandering around my house before it just refused to move! Swabbed out the interior and it’s functioning again!

[@anitaschinzel2640]

Thank you so much for your tutorial! Easy to follow along while watching. Now my vacuum finally vacuums again 😊

[@pebkaclive]

Superstar, took it apart, cleaned it, all working and good. Thank you ❤❤

[@zz3410]

Thanks for the video. I cleaned the sensor, but eventually unscrewed the housing and found a shard of glass stuck against the edge of the sensor housing.

[@gokcecengiz657]

Very very thank you for this vid. I was so sad cos of my robot's error. But after watching your vid, I'm sooo happy. It took me for ten minutes to correct my robot. God bless you💯👏👏

[@liadestefani2829]

Thank you! I changed the piecr ans following your tutorial I fixed it!

[@florinmtsc1]

I fixed mine. All that was needed was to get the switch out and back in, after cleaning a bit, not sure if cleaning did anything but seems to be working now!

[@timlarsson6874]

This fixed mine for a minute but then an internal error occurred again… any suggestion?

[@Akdemx]

the same

[@GustavoPelogia]

Thank you so much. I only had to follow the first step and got all sorted!

[@cindymartin1406]

Thank you!!! There was a tiny piece of grape stem sitting between the top of the laser piece and cover piece. 🙏🏻

[@Sjvrgt]

Thanks! It help me solve my error 1. I had dust in the engine that made the laser struggle to rotate. Tumbs up for the quality and your recording/audio too.

[@persephonemaeve2704]

Thanks so much for the help. My rubber band had slipped off the spool.

[@carloseduardoandrade]

Thank you very much my friend! It saved me hundreds of dollars!

[@bekimetal444]

Thanks, I had a seed stuck in there so was literally done before the vid finished 😅 very helpful and it's easy enough when you pop the top , she'll be getting more a thorough cleaning now😂

[@pawekarkosa3033]

In my case it was saying the same error message: "please make sure the laser distance sensor is not blocked", but it wasn't the problem of the laser sensor at all. I noticed that when turning the device on, the brush does not spin at all and the vacuum cleaner doesn't move, although you can hear that its engine works fine.. Then it takes approx. a minute for the message about the laser to be played. So I removed the brush and noticed that there was a lot of lint and hair underneath, which ultimately was preventing the brush rotation. Cleaning it helped the robot start working again.

[@thal0de]

Thanks! Very helpful. After disassembly and successful test with 9v battery the unit seems to work fine again.

[@ftlech]

What size screwdriver do you use to remove the final two screws to replace the LDS? I have a PH0 and PH00 and neither work.

[@Prodigeris]

@ftlech Hey mate, did you manage to find the right screwdriver? I'm on the same boat.

[@Fanatiikon]

my screw heads came fucked. i bought a replacement motor and i can’t unscrew the old one

[@Luusiic]

Thanks! In our case all it took was to gently rotate the LiDAR tower!

[@BrentMaxwellian]

You're the best! Thanks so much for making the video - this fixed our error 1 problem.

[@emilydaubert7832]

Thank you thank you! That did the trick on the first try. Didn’t even have a 9-Volt to test but it worked 😊

[@bricem8014]

Many thanks for your clear and educational video! You helped me fix the problem ☺️ 🙏

[@MrAcogan]

Thank you, great video just fixed the error 1 on my Roborock

[@cr4nkie]

thank you very much! My problem came to be more simple, there were lots of dog hair under the laser distance sensor! Your guidance helped me to open the front cover and clean the area.

[@madvillany]

Thanks for the vid. My roborock is working again 😊 Some rubbel was stuck somewhere in the motor

[@analuisateixeira2468]

This was an amazing tutorial! Thank you so much! It saved me so much time and money with costumer service!

[@davidtchorz6158]

Vielen Dank für das Video. Hat bei mir geholfen. Der LDS dreht sich wieder. 👍👍👍

[@venil82]

thank you very much, i found a piece of dry plant in Laser motor, removing it helped recover from error

[@perviggolarsen9576]

Thank you! I got a new motor, but the old one just needed a 9v battery restart😎

[@hoop715]

Found a small rock that somehow was stuck under the lidar. Thanks!!!

[@aidanhae]

I was trying to screw the motor back in place but I accidentally dropped the screw through the holes. Any way I can take out more than just the motor? Like deeper inside? Hais.

[@matthewrud1911]

Is there a way to adjust the aim on the laser? I have 2 S7 MaxVs, and one aims a lot higher than the other (evidenced by mapping out the bottom of furniture when far away, then 'unmapping' them as it gets closer.

[@ashleycereola4419]

Thank you!! I was able to fix our vaccume using this :)

[@georgewang7770]

Thank you for the video. It solved my issue within seconds.

[@Nentiker]

Thank you, your video helped me to unclog the Sensor.

[@harpreetarora]

Thank you! This was super helpful.

[@karsten9387]

My LDS was acting up and was having problems spinning. I opened the vacuum like the person in the video did, and i greased up the orange rubber band thingy on the motor (the band that makes it spin) with some WD40 and now its working perfectly again.

[@idk-fe3yq]

Ty i spinned the top part and blowed and it works again amazing video

[@sanmon5921]

Just fix mine today with your help. Thanks a lot :)

[@ferhatcelik4496]

Why is that chargee port there? Can you charge de LDS sensor? Cause i have same issue.

[@haimwack]

thanks! it helped, just some cleanup of the laser motor and WD-40 magic

[@HeinzMoniRules]

Same here, thankyou for the video. 14€ repair💪

[@Miina87]

Thanks for the vid, the first step fixed my error.

[@mutebbq]

Just used this video to fix my robot , thanks 😊

[@danalex4047]

God bless you mate :D I just "resolved" my made :)))

[@PrasadVidhyabaskaran]

Worked like a charm. Thank you for sharing this tip

[@illu1na]

Note that the removing white cover on top of lds screws voids the warrenty. In my country roborock has 1 year warrenty but lds has 2 years so check before you void your warrenty. You may be able to get full lds replacement for free.

[@ppBizU]

One more fixed Roborock. Thx!

[@stian6390]

Thank god the only thing I had to do was blowing air into the lasers and it fixed it

[@aomine8450]

Thank you so much for so in depth instruction.

[@mengai1967]

Thank you for the informative video. It resolved the issue!

[@helgaaunemo6182]

Thank you! This solved the problem

[@theurbanway10]

Thanks worked great 😊. Love from Sweden🇸🇪

[@eretylethpff1265]

Thank you for this video!

[@Fso_performance]

Hey nick could you help me rebuild a rear shock ??

[@aleksandrakrolak]

Thank you kind stranger! 🥰

[@kidsplaytoys6430]

it will be good to see video how to fix error1 for Q_Revo. it looks monolith and I do not understand how to get to the lidar. Same error 1:(

[@berliner-bart]

Thanks a lot. I fixed it with your tutorial!

[@haroldosrodriguesagro]

It worked and it was easy to do!

[@henrik.norberg]

Helped! Had something in my lidar.

[@philippchernenko9207]

Thanks so much for this video, a real life saver

[@sayumuaTTV]

got any help for Luna Pro ?

[@travisrobison3457]

This helped me! I appreciate the video upload.

[@eliasmunchow1629]

Thanks a lot that really helped 😊❤

[@Straightsmilesolutions]

It worked easy thanks

[@alex8449]

oh no I've been replacing the motor cos it won't spin and the two tiny screws just burred and won't budge 😢

[@selfacceptance]

Thank you very much❤ God bless you

[@JasminMistry]

Thanks for the video... I fixed the error 1 using the battery and it worked perfectly well.

[@gygy_doc]

I have error 27, mop jammed ,, please help me 😢😢😢😢