r/Dualsense

Hi everyone,

I'm looking for some help with a DualSense controller after replacing both analog sticks with Hall effect joysticks.

Here are the symptoms:

The controller is detected by the PS5 and works over USB.

The orange charging LED turns on when connected to USB.

Without the battery connected, there is no charging animation.

With the battery connected, the charging animation appears.

However, the controller will not power on from the battery alone.

I left it charging for over 2 hours with no change.

Haptic feedback/vibration does not work.

I inspected both sides of the motherboard. I don't see any missing SMD components, lifted pads, or obvious solder bridges.

I also reflowed several solder joints to make sure they were making good contact.

The problem started immediately after replacing the joysticks.

Has anyone experienced this before?

Can anyone vouch for these being worth/not worth it? (Also I already have a dualsense edge with replaceable stick modules)

Any tips on how to repair or yt videos will be greatly appreciated! This is R3 on a bdm 030.

Does anyone use this sort of case for their controller? Can it cause scratches?

What it states in the title.

I play fighting games competitively and my PS5 controller keeps disconnecting, I play on PC but use PS5 Controller.

This does not happen with any of my 5 other Xbox controllers with any USB combination. I don't want to use xbox controller as I hate them for fighting games.

I've AI/Googled it and it's all nonsense. It's been loose since I bought it, there is no lint in it or any of those other suggestions.

I think there is a specific USB that I need to use for it but I don't want to spend £20 to get one, does anyone have a snug fitting USB they use?

I have Being searching this controller for months

This so much better than the all black with white inlays on the default buttons, swapped my white edge shell to black and buttons to blue with a Retro Home button.

This came out perfectly for me and wanted to share, any questions? I will send links and answer every reply.

Thank you. 🙏🏾

Just replaced joysticks for TMR sticks and L3 only works without the last piece of the controller shell

I already made sure the solder points weren’t high for L3 so it’s not a clearance issue

This is NOT an issue with R3 on the controller

Using Minecraft as the example game since it shows your character in the corner when running with L3

Just another build to see some love and hate on. I know the trolls are out. They are everyday. Of course with TMR sticks.

My backplate grip has started bubbling. I’ve tried a few things so far and it’s all kinda lack luster. Does anyone have a product they liked?

- Back Cover by Plauduct is rubbery, not much for grip. Visually good tho.
- eXtremeRate looks better online than it feels in your hands.
- Back Cover by VOOCAT I’ve not tried it but it looks identical to the Plauduct one above so I just assumed they’re both drop-shippers at this point.
- ModdedZone has a supposed OEM shell you can buy. Does anyone have experience of this is actually OEM or not?

Any other alternatives on how to fix a peeled rubber grip that doesn’t work out mediocre?

Frustrating that Sony isn’t selling replacement parts for this themselves…

I know I'm coming off as crazy, but I'm allergic to plastic and polyester.

Not fun.

After trying athletic cotton tape and paper medical grade tape, the best thing I've found is aluminum tape; for a regular dual sense controller I have metal button mods, but haven't found any metal button mods for my dual sense edge.

Luckily the aluminum tape adheres to the buttons, triggers and D pad and hasn't really budged after 100+ hours of use.

Still, anyone know of metal button or trigger mods for the dual sense edge? Any other suggestions?

I know it's fugly, while I get better at ironing out the wrinkles with each controller I do, it's still a solid 6+ hour process and at the end of the day I need something functional; I gave up on aesthetics a while ago when the allergy popped up.

Bitches for reference.

(Also re-post as you could make out my address from one of the dog's tag)

In the latest revision of Dualsense, they placed the friction rings directly on the faceplate instead of the shell itself. It is no longer possible to replace the friction rings without replacing the entire faceplate, but in my opinion, that isn't even the biggest issue.

The friction rings are now on the thin faceplate rather than the shell, meaning the joystick applies force directly to a faceplate held in place only by weak, flexible clips. After a short time, the torque from the joystick causes these clips to flex, and the faceplate itself begins to shift around as you move the joystick. This not only ruins the feel of the joystick, but it also causes a creaking sound as the clips loosen up.

Worse yet, if you ever remove and reinstall the faceplate for any reason, you're out of luck. The plastic clips completely lose their structural integrity, and the shifting and creaking of the faceplate increase drastically. For that reason I went back to using my old one. I highly recommend staying away from the latest revision.

I freshly installed some tmr joysticks for this client a couple days ago, calibrated and everything good, now he came back because the bumpers were going out I had to remove the right stick because it was needed because of the design of the gulikit tensioning tmr for the es2, I wasn’t able to calibrate through the Xbox accessories app the range was so off and I couldn’t complete the circle, so exit the program to attempt another method of calibrating and that’s when I noticed that the right stick just went haywire and the joystick was completely fine before hand was just so short of range I couldn’t complete the circle, but I’m stuck now since I never encountered this type of problem and I’m coming to the conclusion that it must be a bad calibration but I have no way to over ride it, has anyone came with this type of problem if so how did you fix this