Some of you know and some of you don't know this but if you have a controller with a broken charging port you can still charge it using the EXT port in the front.
The easiest method to do this is to buy a charging station and your problems are solved. But what if you discover this in the middle of the night and you are so close to beating the game. What then?
I am going to show you how to make your own EXT PORT charging cable from two regular USB cables. Simple and easy.
Before we start I want to give you a little tip that will help you protect the charging port on the back of your controller. The most common reason that the charging port gets broken is the poorly designed placement of the port that puts pressure on the cable when connected. So instead of placing my controller upright when I am charging it I place the controller upside down. You're welcome!
But since you're watching this video, I'm guessing this tip can't help you now right?
So let's get crafty and start building a cable.
Updates:
1. I managed to plug in the controller the wrong way for a few minutes. The controller got a little hot but it seems to be working fine. I hope I won’t be making the same mistake again in the future 🤭. Anyway, though you might want to know.
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This is where I got the pinout for the PS4 EXT PORT: acidmods.com/forum/index.php?...
A pinout picture for the USB: / 652318327280935617
6 май 2022
