How To Fix My Playstation 4 Controller

Ps5 Dualsense On (Image credit: Jennifer Locke / Android Primal)

There's a lot to honey well-nigh the PS5 DualSense controller, but it isn't perfect. Fifty-fifty the best PS5 accessories accept their faults. I of the biggest issues plaguing the DualSense is thumbstick drift, and some people have other problems in add-on to that, including with its internal battery. We'll run down a few of the well-nigh common you may experience and how you lot can fix them. There'southward no one size fits all option, and your mileage may vary, but these methods have proven to work in some instances.

How to fix PS5 controller drift

DualSense drift normally happens because of general wear and tear on your controller. Its thumbsticks are soldered to the principal controller board and are continued to potentiometers that detect movement. Every bit you constantly utilise your controller, friction tin can wear them down. This is the nearly hard problem to fix because the all-time method to exercise and so would be to take autonomously the entire controller and supervene upon the offending parts, and not anybody is equipped to do that.

That said, controller clothing and fatigue may not be the only reason your thumbsticks are drifting. A unproblematic cleaning may do the play a joke on and fix the issue.

Motion the thumbsticks then that they are pushed to the side.

Ps5 Dualsense Thumbstick Moved — Source: Jennifer Locke/ Android Central (Image credit: Source: Jennifer Locke/ Android Central)

Clear out any visible dust or debris with a cotton swab and a lilliputian rubbing booze (Every bit someone with a dog that sheds, it's amazing and concerning how piece of cake strands of fur tin make their way in there).
With the thumbsticks all the same pushed to the side and the rubbing booze completely dry, blow on it or use a can of compressed air, working your manner around the entire circumference.

Practise not put the compressed air right against the thumbsticks and do not tilt the compressed air can sideways. Concord the can directly up as it would sit down on a surface. If you tilt the can, y'all run a risk blowing wet into the controller.

What to exercise if your PS5 controller won't hold a charge

If you're DualSense isn't belongings a charge, yous, unfortunately, may need a new battery. It's not exactly intuitive to replace it as it'due south non meant to be replaced, but information technology's doable. The video above provides a bang-up walkthrough on replacing the battery. The DualSense packs a 1,560 mAh bombardment, so we'd recommend one that's similar. Unfortunately, nosotros oasis't been able to find whatever online that are guaranteed to exist compatible. If you think information technology'd be easier to ship it in to Sony to fix nether warranty, you should do that kickoff.

Using opening tools or something with a flat border, pry the black console off the face of the controller. Once loosened enough, it should pop off.

Ps5 Dualsense Black Face Flate Bottom — Source: Jennifer Locke / Android Primal (Prototype credit: Source: Jennifer Locke / Android Cardinal)

Using another sparse object, remove the right and left bumpers (L1 and R1).
Unscrew the four screws beneath the bumpers on either side and at the bottom of the grips, where you removed the black face plate.
Take your opening tool or flat edge and pry the shell autonomously at the seams.

DualSense clean — Source: Jennifer Locke / Android Primal (Image credit: Source: Jennifer Locke / Android Central)

On the bottom of the controller, push out the two clips belongings the casing together (next to the 3.5mm jack).
Carefully remove the bombardment and supersede it.

What to do if your PS5 controller won't accuse at all

You lot could exist dealing with a faulty charging cablevision or a bad USB-C port if your DualSense isn't charging at all.

Test the USB-C cable with another device to ensure that the cablevision is working.
If it's working, try clearing the port of any dust past blowing into it.
Plug to cablevision into your DualSense and make certain that the connexion is tight and secure.
Shine a flashlight into the charging port to make sure that information technology'due south not cleaved.

What to do when your PS5 controller doesn't connect

Plug the DualSense into your console with the USB-C cable.
Press the PS push button on the controller to resync them.

If that doesn't work, you may need to reset your controller.

Locate the reset button on the dorsum of the controller, to the right of Sony's proper name. Not beneath it.

Ps5 Dualsense Reset — Source: Jennifer Locke / Android Central (Prototype credit: Source: Jennifer Locke / Android Central)

Using a paperclip, press and concord down the push within for 3-5 seconds.
Connect your controller to your PS5 using a USB-C cable.
Printing the PS button on your controller.

Still not fixed? Replace the controller

Should all else fail, you lot might just need a new controller. It's unfortunate since it'll gear up you dorsum $70, but a working DualSense is well worth the coin. And information technology'south a lot easier to find in stock than the PS5 console itself.

If you're having trouble with your DualShock controller, we likewise have a handy guide on fixing common PS4 controller issues. I hope this solves or at to the lowest degree alleviates some of your problems!

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When it works, the DualSense is a stunning piece of technology that perfectly complements the console information technology's packaged with. Should yours interruption, you lot'll definitely want to option up a new 1. An old DualShock controller won't work on PS5 games.

Jennifer Locke has been playing video games nearly her unabridged life. You lot tin can find her posting pictures of her dog and obsessing over PlayStation and Xbox, Star Wars, and other geeky things.