If I instead connect it to the USB-A port on the front of the console the controller charges in less than 3 hours, even if I continue to play with it wired. I have tested with several cables, including the one that follows with the PS5. When I connect the controller to a 2.5mAh charger port on ... More on pushsquare.com

This is going to be a long write-up, so I'll have a TL:DR up here. TL:DR - The PS5 controller uses a custom USB-C port that is very difficult to get ahold of. Manufacturers using custom USB ports or layouts is not uncommon (especially in the mobile phone space), but in this case Sony decided to make a custom port that has the exact same measurements and footprint as the standard port. This is extra confusing and malicious. Now for more details. About two months ago, my brother damaged the USB-C port on his DualSense controller after it fell while it was plugged in. You can see the picture of the damage here . He asked me to fix it, and when I took it apart I found that almost every single pad was ripped (the left picture is of a non-damaged connector area and the right picture is of his controller). I had seen online that the replacement connectors for the DualSense were custom, so I ordered from an eBay seller that specifically listed the ports as DualSense compatible and had good feedback on the item. I thought it was odd that people were saying it was a custom port when it looked just like the standard 16-pin/12-pad connector that I've seen many times. Regardless, I desoldered the old port and soldered a new one on with jumper wires (picture here ), but on testing it, it did not work. I figured something must have been shoddy with my soldering, so I spent the next 4/5 hours redoing the job and checking to make sure every single pin was making a connection (there were two no-connect pins). Even after checking to make sure my soldering was tip-top, the port was still not working. It was then that I did some continuity testing with my multimeter, and I found two of the data pins in the middle were continuous with each other despite being right next to each other. This is strange, because I had remembered the correct pinout being staggered as D+, D-, D+, D-. This meant that I either had D+, D-, D-, D+ or D-, D+, D+, D-, both of which are incorrect. I assumed a faulty port, so I removed it to test the PCB by itself, but I found that the incorrect wiring order was down to the controller's PCB, not the port. At this point, I purchased a USB-C breakout board so I could individually test each pin on this controller, and this test allowed me to confirm that the DualSense is in fact using a custom port (you can see my comparison of the pinouts in the second picture of this post). In the first picture of this post, I have the DualSense connector on the left side and a standard connector in the middle and on the right. Annoyingly, the device that I demoed with the standard connector did not have the A5 and B5 resistor lines by default, so I had to populate them myself . In the middle picture, you can see the correctly staggered D+ and D- lines (I drew in the D+ connection since it is not visible with the port blocking it), and on the rightmost picture, you can see that the B5 line is right next to the VCC pin on the left and the A5 line is one pin separated from the VCC line on the right. This is opposite on the DualSense controller, with the B5 pin being one pin away from VCC on the left and the A5 pin being right next to the VCC pin on the right. Sony completely changed the pinout of this standard form factor connector such that it's impossible to repair the controller with an off-the-shelf part. I've yet to find a source for the DualSense connectors; even MobileSentrix's connectors were the standard ones, not the custom Sony ones. For those of you curious as to how I fixed my brother's controller, I ended up soldering on the same connector which thankfully could still be reused. More on reddit.com

It required a new USB-C port that I have been confidently able to replace. I have some experience with micro soldering. I have also checked every pin and they are definitely all soldered in place securely.(see 1st and 2nd images) I understand that PlayStation like to be crafty and not install ... More on tronicsfixforum.com

It landed on the top of the controller ... and the charger is loose. I think it just hit at a weird angle unfortunately ... Broke the rear USB-A port just pulling an external hard drive out. Literally the blue piece snapped right off when pulling it out. In almost 25 years I have NEVER broken a USB port, so I also tend seem to agree these ports are weak. Sony said it will be warrantied however, so aside from having no PS5 to play for ... More on reddit.com