Now you've been using your Roku for a while and it's hunky-dory all over. Then one day you're clicking on the remote buttons and nothing is happening. Roku Remote is Not Working
This is an easy fix to do in just 3 minutes. There are plenty of blogs and forums that will give you bad advice about how to address the 'Roku Remote Stop Working' situation-please do NOT do any of these: perform a factory reset on the Roku box.
Roku Remote is Not Working
Swap your old remote and buy a new one.
A Roku Box factory reset isn't going to make a difference. Buying a new remote, well, that's going to work but it's not needed and it's a bit crazy.
If your Roku remote stopped working, here's what you need to do: remove the batteries from the device.
Look carefully into the Remote's battery compartment and find the purple button shown circled in red, below: unplug the Roku control.
Link back control to Roku.
Wait on screen for the Roku banner to bounce around.
Put the remote batteries back in.
Click and hold for 5 seconds the purple button in the Remote battery compartment.
Wait until Roku finishes booting up.
You should be ready to go now. I'm going to bet you're glad you didn't restart the plant, yes?
Better still, you must be pleased that you, too, have not spent more cash on a new phone.