Xiaomi Roborock ERROR 1 Easy Fix & deep cleaning

[@isidoromaich7226]

At first one would think it could be a more complicated situation but at the end it was an easy fix. Well done!

[@mammamumrik]

There’s nothing important lacking in your English. You clearly communicate what’s important step-by-step, better than most. Many who want to show solutions do it from the “inside” and most of us who need help are on the inside: “My roborok is malfunctioning and I get no useful information from it. So when I saw the start of your video I realize you stand beside me where the trouble is, not far ahead where it’s already solved. -> a really good user interface . So I’m very thankful.

[@TinC33]

Thanks

[@virgilcominca9670]

just fixed mine! din't have to go into the orange motor. a small piece of rock was visible and i removed it. now it works. thank you!

[@thyeboonbok2865]

May'22 - Mi Vacuum Totally works for me! It seems complicated but it isn't. Mine was an easier fix. The band fell off and I just reattached it back to the wheel. Thank you from Singapore.

[@davidmoore4875]

Thank you so much for this. I thought mine was ruined. I only needed to take the turret cover off (the second set of screws) to discover a long hair tangled up in the drive belt. I pulled it out and it's as good as new.

[@jrprzybylowicz]

I had the same error with 5S Max. The only difference is the number of screws and slightly changed layout of those plastic casings. Your guide helped me out, thanks a lot, man!

[@JcRabbit]

Thank you, tried this and it worked! Not as difficult as I thought it would be. :) In my case, unbeknownst to me, the cleaning lady had been mopping the robot as well as the floor - this of course meant some detergent ended up getting inside the LIDAR rotating mechanism and then dried up, preventing the orange plastic thingy from spinning freely.

[@TinC33]

always like to hear positive feedback, thanks, and great for you

[@kennethlikens5396]

I used a small vacuum around the top where the laser is housed. It worked. Try this first before getting your tools out but be careful.

[@TinC33]

Good idea, but i like to dig deep 😉

[@alexanderfatikov8549]

Thanks, man! That’s what I needed to fix my vacuum.

[@TRHardware]

Got help with this video! Thank you very much! I had already swaped out the ladar unit, with error 1 at first place. Thought I have to spend another 100euros 2 year later... but this helped!

[@volodymyrbatrukh4257]

Thank you @TinC33! I was able to fix an error for mine roborock following the steps from the video. In my case there was a fingerprint on a laser and dust on a motor.

[@przemysawromanczyk6700]

Big thanks for this video. I opened, checked motor and cleaned all module and my roborock is working again.

[@przemysawromanczyk6700]

Unfortunately after two usages of robot it fails again with same problem. I opened it once again and used compressed air to do cleaning of sensor tower area. It's now working again. I spotted that when sensor is rotating it have some small inflexion maybe this is causing jamming of rotating parts. Do someone run for same problem?

[@NikWeber.]

Awesome! First I thought, well that's too complicated for a quick fix but it was surprisingly easily. I not only repaired the S5max by removing something blocking the belt but I also feel more confident in tackling future technical problems. Thanks a lot! Your video saved me lots of money!! I subscribed and liked 🤗

[@TinC33]

Thanks, always like to hear that someone save $$$ with fixing something.

[@eduardocarlos9467]

After a couple of attempts, got it working again. Thanks for the video. 👍🏼

[@mturski1983]

After watching this I first tried to just vacuum the tower itself with a handheld vacuum. It sucked out a tiny piece of styrofoam that got in there without any need for disassembly

[@px43]

Hey it worked :-D Turns out that when the roborock (S7) went under our Christmas tree, a pine needle fell into the lidar sensor and knocked the orange band off the wheel. Tweezered out the pine needle and put the band back on the wheel and we're good to go.

[@Random-yk4wz]

very nice; I did not even havec to remove all the pieces - just the first one. Thanks for professional video!

[@perastemark794]

Tack för videon, fungerade utmärkt!

[@BijJoost]

Great video ! I fixed my problem within 5 minuts cause of it... Brothers of Domotica and enginering at top !

[@jeremynino940]

Sweet! I ended up finding a tiny shard of glass! Thanks!!

[@mauricekrijn5737]

Thank you! Great instruction video was able to fix mine easily! Indeed little stone caused the issue and now removed.

[@cgttc04]

You are the best! Fixed my roborock. Thank you.

[@TinC33]

Thanks

[@gipielle]

Hello, thanks for the video, i have a roborock s7 maxv ultra with error 1 but laser is ok (i have tried it on another robot), have you had any similar problem, I wanted to understand if there was some test I could do before replacing the motherboard.

[@TinC33]

@@gipielle hmm idk but if you got a second robot i would try to replace part by part until find the problem 🤷‍♂️

[@runningwithsavage]

Great manual and it actually helped even though I couldnt find anything inside!but I just cleaned it a bit and it seemd to do the trick.

[@runningwithsavage]

sad thing though, after another 40 mins of work or so, the said error reappeared. Could it be the motor or something?

[@buzzlightyear3461]

Any idea wat specification or brand of Lidar module was used? Part # or manufacturer

[@dutchbiker7874]

Really helpful! Thank you very much😊👍

[@raisedfist89]

In my case, it was a piece of Christmas tree getting stuck in there. Thanks for the video!

[@kevinxchoi]

Thank you! Was able to fix following the steps!

[@danijel124]

I bought one broken for cheap and repaired it ;)

[@TheAquaClone]

Super video. Je ratalo, lep pozdrav :)

[@TinC33]

Super, najraje pa preberem komentarje, ko nekdo sporoči da mu je nekaj ratalo popravit z pomocjo videa.

[@benjaminpollmann7200]

Thx alot. Solved the problem on mine. There it was hair round the motoraxis.

[@FedericoPasserini-x5d]

you saved my day! TNX!

[@chriswest8376]

Thank you for this. I always to hesitate to tear into a device for fear I do more damage than good. However, my device quit after circa 40 days since it was delivered to me and the manufacturer referred me to the seller who referred me back to the manufacturer. Grrrrrr. Basically, if I didn't fix it, the entire purchase price would be wasted. I have a Roborok 8+ but it is similar enough to the model you repaired to make the video useful. I found nothing more obstructive than a single pet hair but removing that and spraying a bit of contact cleaner strategically made the difference. Frankly, I think this design is far too fragile for a vacuum. Hopefully Roborok will take note.

[@TinC33]

Thanks, i'm the guy who can open anything if it's broken i can't make more broken 😁 Yestourday i replace iPhone camera, open them for the first time, everything work well... You just need to bealive into yourself, and take photos, notes... During disaasembely.

[@comandante9312]

Thank you i learned usefull knowledge. I changed lds motor 3 days ago. Now working well.

[@GianFilippoFloriddia]

comandante, where can I get a lds motor? thanks!

[@abccde3832]

@@GianFilippoFloriddia Try ali express!

[@GianFilippoFloriddia]

@@abccde3832 was an old message... I found the motor on Aliexpress. All good!

[@spyderm4n]

Well made video! Thanks! My Xiaomi mijia 1s isn't following it's map anymore, making extra maps everywhere so I'm hoping it's just something with the lidar.

[@TinC33]

Hope, but it's smell by firmware failure, try to update firmware also.

[@pyrhockz]

Thank you just fixed mine !

[@TinC33]

@@pyrhockz love to hear that 😀

[@dimitrisz456]

what number of screwdriver i need for the screws in 1:59?

[@TinC33]

I think ph1 or ph2 will do the job

[@johnnyj9228]

Thanks! It helped a lot.

[@mzmz9355]

Thanks for the video. I've learned how to get to the laser sensor next time I'll be replacing the sensor - as cleaning & moving didn't help me. Firstly, the rotor moved (though slower than supposed to) but soon stopped, then the robot tried again with the same result and finished with 3rd attempt with error now even without sensor rotating. So, I guess I have to replace entire sensor.

[@TinC33]

If you remove the belt sensor rotate smoothly? Then try to jeplace only motor it cost just a few $ i read that some people got issue with motor.

[@mzmz9355]

@@TinC33 Yes, the rotor rotates smoothly (I've dissasembled the part with magnet to check it). So I ordered motor and let's see how it fares. Thanks for your advice.

[@marinedebarre4935]

Thanks! You help me a lot!

[@maximumvideos]

Thanks, helped me fix mine!!

[@GianFilippoFloriddia]

Hello TinC33, great content, thanks a lot! However I unmounted everything like you did, but nothing was inside to block the laser... I mounted back it worked for few seconds and it stopped again :-(

[@TinC33]

Make sure there is not something inside, try to unmound a bit furder, and check if the motor work without belt, you can power them with 5v (usb power) in any direction but disconnect it from the pcb firstly.

[@GianFilippoFloriddia]

@@TinC33 unfortunately I didn't find the way how to test if the little motor, so I just order a new one on Aliexpress for just 6$... finger crossed! :-) Thanks for your great content and your kind answer!

[@abccde3832]

@@GianFilippoFloriddia Report back please how your story continuous @Gian Filippo Floriddia.

[@GianFilippoFloriddia]

@@abccde3832 hello! Thanks for following up. After few days my little motor arrived directly from China, just 6$. Thanks your video I saved a very expensive fixing costs... I just changed the motor and now my Roborock works perfectly!!

[@abccde3832]

@@GianFilippoFloriddia You got S5? I'm noticing lots of spare part for former models, but few for latest (which makes sense)

[@infoclub987654321]

Thank You, very good job.

[@DDDeeccOOO]

Thank you!

[@malcolmtill]

I love your video's Thanks for sharing.

[@TinC33]

Thanks

[@yountbo]

Thank you, had the same issue.

[@alenabuchtova1198]

thanks, it works now :)

[@iaakki]

Wow! Had exactly the same rock inside the lidar. 😂

[@JustKanji]

Thanks that helped

[@lostside]

What tool do you use to clean?

[@TinC33]

You mean rotary tool with steel brush in it, i use proxxon but also dremel would do the job.

[@Rplus1]

For some reason it did not work for me, I reached out to support and they said it could be the laser itself is broken. Do you know if they offer a replacement for the laser itself?

[@TinC33]

Try on ebay

[@godopista]

very helpful for disassambly. There are cases however, where there is no mechanical block (laser head, belt, motor) and it is still not working. The motor works fine with 5V. I found somewhere a video where it was shown that driving the motor with 9V for a short time (few seconds) helps. So it was in my case.

[@crazytime001]

Thanks it helped

[@ikouv]

Great video, ive tried the steps and it works. Problem is that after a few cleanups the error repeats it self and I have to troubleshoot very often. Any idea what I might do?

[@TinC33]

Hmm it make me once and only never again, do you sure it's cleaned enough, so it turn unresistance, otherwise it may be weak motor new one cost a few $

[@brucebonds6578]

mine top is over no screws cant remove lidar

[@OsmosisHD]

Just one thing I would have done differently. Disconnect the battery before doing this Would be a shame if you accidentally drop a screw on one of the the PCB's and cause a short

[@TinC33]

That's really good point, my bad, i also fix high voltage live manytimes, don't ask me how many times i feel instanr regreet 😅

[@danielvelazquez9983]

Definitivamente yo le bajé... Cob smash me atasque de cómics, pase de 0 cómics a 400 en un par de años. Pero lo de panini es grosero... Ojalá bajen precios

[@Benji2108]

Easy fix 😅

[@nowymercedes]

The same error comes again after some time.

[@TinC33]

Than you may need new motor, check on ebay, ali...

[@cdoubleu8719]

@@TinC33 motor or lds?

[@TinC33]

@@cdoubleu8719 no no only motor, there are about 10$ on ebay, but you can try them before buying, unplug motor from the board and plug it to some usb cable 5v DC and you'll see if the motor stall or run ok.

[@cdoubleu8719]

@@TinC33 I have tried soldering the motor to usb. After 1 run I get error 1 again. Could it still be a faulty motor? Or is it really jamming do you think?

[@TinC33]

@@cdoubleu8719 i would say jamming, try to dissasemble more than i do you may find some dirt deaper.

[@videomanx7054]

no way in hell im doing that

[@TinC33]

It's easier than it look, plus feeling when fix with your own hand is amazing, but if you think you can't do that maybe better to give someone with a tool and knowledge.

[@videomanx7054]

@@TinC33 Going to give it a try myself, your right about doing it by hand.

[@TinC33]

@@videomanx7054 if not sure, take a photo before remove every part, so you can seen the position later when assembling together.

[@videomanx7054]

@@TinC33 Did it and it's working now! Thanks

[@fm5401]

Take 50$ And fix mine.

[@TinC33]

But you are on another side of the world i think 🤔

[@2HellWUtube]

“Easy fix”…

[@TinC33]

Yea quite easy just need basic tool and about 10-15 minutes.

[@steliosgk.7534]

„Easy“ Fix. You kidding me?

[@TinC33]

Not that hard 😉

[@steliosgk.7534]

@@TinC33 I am not saying it’s hard to do. But you cannot describe it as easy. Easy fix would be to turn the robot upside down and shake it, or I don’t know reset it or something.

[@marinedebarre4935]

@@steliosgk.7534 don't watch if you are not satisfied

[@steliosgk.7534]

@@marinedebarre4935 and how will I know if I am satisfied or not if I don’t watch?

[@10pmStalker]

@@steliosgk.7534 A screwdriver is involved. It's easy if you're not a moron.

[@sutorcs]

Didn't even have to take the laser assembly apart. Just spun it and gave it a little shake while spinning it and eventually whatever was lodged inside just worked itself loose.