⟐ Answered Nisan 28, 2024 at 15:14 GMT-7

⟐ Commented Kasım 10, 2025 at 5:01 GMT-7

⟐ Answered Şubat 25, 2026 at 5:46 GMT-7

⟐ Answered Eylül 19, 2022 at 15:29 GMT-7

I opened the controller to check for any obvious signs (broken plastic, something missing, something burnt), but honestly couldn't find anything. I even took it off and tried pressing the sensor myself and nothing (I did the same with the L2 trigger to compare, and it responded perfectly). I used DS4Windows to test the buttons' response.

So that's the extent of my "knowledge", I don't know electronics enough to really know what's wrong other than what I did. Is there anything else I should be checking? Like something in the motherboard, or maybe a cable/flex I don't know about? I didn't take the battery off to expose the motherboard because I wouldn't know what to look for before asking.

I don't have the money to buy a new one right now (plus the rest of the controller works perfectly), and would like to avoid sending it to a "technician" to be charged a lot for something I could fix myself.

Thanks in advance for reading and any help you can provide!

⟐ Answer accepted Temmuz 28, 2025 at 18:56 GMT-7

My controller is brand new (well it was not used but prob sitted in shop for a long time, bough it as damaged).

It does charge but only with EXT port, not usb. The light is working.

Known solutions, that did not work.

1) Its charging cable. - checked

2) Its charging PCB - swapped to working one, no resoult

3) Its chargign PCB ribbon cable - swapped, no resoult

4) Its connector on main PCB to charging PCB - well the light is working so doub it, but still can actually be it.

5) Battery is not working - well, it is, it charges and i also swapped it.

6) Try reseting ds4 - tried, no resoult.

Since it charges through EXT and not USB i assume the fault is on the usb - main pcb line and its probably not charging chip. How and what to check to confirm it?

⟐ Commented Mart 01, 2025 at 5:17 GMT-7

When I press the L2 button, the analog is apparently triggered up.

If I move the left analogue and press L2 again, the problem disappears, but on some drives it returns.

What could be the problem? What do they suggest?

Here's a video of the problem: https://youtu.be/u6hUOQScQnw

Thank you.

⟐ Answered Ağustos 15, 2020 at 17:21 GMT-7

⟐ Answered Ağustos 24, 2023 at 3:15 GMT-7

I read on this thread that this issue is caused because of dirt between the contact surfaces of the cable sheet and the trigger and the solution was to just clean them. I've replaced the cable sheet before so I knew how to clean it safely, and so I did, but after I reassembled everything the r2 trigger stopped working all together. The reading in DS4Windows show that the R2 is completely dependent on the left stick now. It doesn't spontaneously activate itself now, but the &&^&^$^ left stick is controlling it.

Here is a demonstration. Can anyone help me out with this? What could be the issue? I found this thread on IFixit which describes the exact problem, but its for the Xbox controller. I don't seem to understand what parts are the DS4 equivalent to be able to narrow down the problem for myself.

⟐ Commented Ocak 31, 2024 at 9:55 GMT-7

JDS-050:

JDS-040:

⟐ Answered Kasım 03, 2023 at 1:05 GMT-7

(the replaced stick is stuck to the left, the R2 & L2 is pressing on its own *not physically).

After that i dissasemble it again and check the potentiometer with a multimeter and its all in a normal range(i don't really know what the numbers meant but it's the same as the original one). Any ideas what causing them?

I have a theory because i also found out that the 12-pin ribbon cable (from the back casing to the board) is messed up

is that the source?

⟐ Commented Ocak 23, 2023 at 8:25 GMT-7

⟐ Answer edited Mart 13, 2022 at 6:52 GMT-7

⟐ Answered Mayıs 05, 2020 at 0:06 GMT-7

⟐ Commented Mayıs 22, 2023 at 15:07 GMT-7

Can anyone help me please

Thanks

⟐ Commented Mayıs 26, 2020 at 23:26 GMT-7

The controller works when connected and is detected by my pc with no problems. However, it DOESN’T GET CHARGED by the usb cable. I checked different usb cables and even bought and swapped the charging port, but had no success charging it.

The battery still works and is the reason why the controller is still useable, because it doesn’t draw its power from the usb cable for some reason. It REQUIRES the charged battery to work WHILE WIRED. The thing is, I have to remove the battery from the controller and charge it by connecting the positive and negative wires from a usb cable directly to the battery and plug it to USB wall charger with the correct voltage and amps. After waiting for it to charge fully I can connect it back to the controller and use it.

Is there a way to fix this? I’ve searched for a similar problem on the internet, but it’s never quite the same as this one.

⟐ Answered Ocak 02, 2023 at 16:43 GMT-7

I tried it without the battery and only with the battery; it works fine, but there is no charging at all

How can I fix the issue?

⟐ Answered Temmuz 09, 2025 at 2:38 GMT-7

⟐ Commented Haziran 02, 2025 at 12:59 GMT-7

⟐ Answered Mart 09, 2025 at 12:26 GMT-7