Cannot see hands in VR mode on Gear VR

Several issues after updating. Playing on Samsung Gear VR with a Samsung Galaxy Note 8 and a Steelseries XL bluetooth controller.

In living room mode, I can see the tool I'm carrying and my cursor, but when I go into full VR mode, I can't see either. This makes some tools, like the bow an arrow, useless...the game is difficult to play without seeing the tool or block I'm holding. When encountering an Enderman, I don't know how close I am to looking at its head.

Before the update, it used to do this randomly, and I could restart a few times and would eventually see my active tool/block. Now, they are never visible no matter how many times I restart. I have flipped the in-game option for "show hand" on and off to no effect.

In living room mode, the camera/view of the game itself through the "television screen" keeps panning up as if my controller is stuck with the joystick up. In full VR mode, it doesn't do this. I wouldn't care about this if full VR mode were working.