Playstation 4 Controller only charges with computer

[rkunati]

So, I recently got a used PS4 to play God of War Ragnarök. The issue that I am having is that the USB cable is only charging when I plug into my Desktop's front USB port. If I use a USB brick that came with an iPhone or the front ports of my PS4 it does not charge. Or at least the system is telling me that it is not charging. Is this a cable issue or a controller issue?

[Supersonicwolfe]

16 minutes ago, rkunati said:

So, I recently got a used PS4 to play God of War Ragnarök. The issue that I am having is that the USB cable is only charging when I plug into my Desktop's front USB port. If I use a USB brick that came with an iPhone or the front ports of my PS4 it does not charge. Or at least the system is telling me that it is not charging. Is this a cable issue or a controller issue?

What kind of cable you got? (where you go it?)

Cheap USB-C cable are current/voltage limited to prevent a house fire, higher rated ones have special ic in them to tell power brick it can receive higher power.

[Alex Atkin UK]

1 hour ago, rkunati said:

So, I recently got a used PS4 to play God of War Ragnarök. The issue that I am having is that the USB cable is only charging when I plug into my Desktop's front USB port. If I use a USB brick that came with an iPhone or the front ports of my PS4 it does not charge. Or at least the system is telling me that it is not charging. Is this a cable issue or a controller issue?

Playstation controllers can be very finicky for charging, I've had the same experience where they only like to charge from devices with a data connection, and sometimes they still don't.  I used to leave my PS4 controller plugged into the PC and sometimes it would be drained when I unplugged it, the battery management is just odd.

[rkunati]

2 hours ago, Supersonicwolfe said:

What kind of cable you got? (where you go it?)

Cheap USB-C cable are current/voltage limited to prevent a house fire, higher rated ones have special ic in them to tell power brick it can receive higher power.

I got the cable with the used PS4. It is just an ordinary micro-usb. I bought the PS4 at a thrift store, so whatever they had.

[atxcyclist]

One quick thing to try if you have some canned air, would be to blow the front ports on your PS4 off. After some years, one of mine wouldn't charge my controller and it was because there was a big dust bunny in one of the ports.

[Supersonicwolfe]

3 hours ago, rkunati said:

I got the cable with the used PS4. It is just an ordinary micro-usb. I bought the PS4 at a thrift store, so whatever they had.

If you have another cable laying around, try that.
Micro-USB have the same problem, some cables only allow 1A, while others allow full 2A of power to go through.

[B16CXHatch]

Usually DualShock 4 controllers will charge off just about anything. As a quick test, I plugged one of mine into various chargers and USB ports of different devices, and all but one worked.

 

I would first suggest trying another cable. If nothing changes, it could be the controller, but it's weird that it would charge on a PC but not on the PS4 itself. Does the system recognize the controller at all? Does it acknowledge the controller being plugged in at all?