topic Re: OTG support for Dual shock 4 marshmallow in XPERIA archive

OTG support for Dual shock 4 marshmallow

Stoneybridge — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 13:13:50 GMT

Is there a special way to connect? or has it been disabled?

Usb drives and hubs work ok but, clicking the connect usb button doesnt work with the controller.

Works fine with my hudl2 tablet, seems a bit dumb it doesnt work with a sony product

Re: OTG support for Dual shock 4 marshmallow

Christofer — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 16:43:48 GMT

Hi @Stoneybridge,

To my knowledge you should not need to use an OTG cable to connect a DualShock 4 controller to your Z3+, it should be done wirelessly following the instructions found if you go to Settings > Device connection > Dualshock 4. Have you tried this option as well?

Re: OTG support for Dual shock 4 marshmallow

Stoneybridge — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 19:50:23 GMT

yes of course, bluetooth laggs though, bizzar a Sony phone with OTG support doesnt suport its own products.

Re: OTG support for Dual shock 4 marshmallow

Stoneybridge — Sun, 20 Mar 2016 03:26:43 GMT

Guess that's it then.... cheers for the help.......anywhere I could get a propper answer?

A hardware manufacturer ignoring it's comsumers? ......should have guessed really...they dont give a fooock

Re: OTG support for Dual shock 4 marshmallow

Christofer — Mon, 21 Mar 2016 13:17:10 GMT

It is not possible to connect a DualShock 4 controller via USB OTG, I'm sorry if my previous reply didn't point this out.

If the Bluetooth connection isn't working properly there are some things you can try to improve it.

If you have other Bluetooth accessories connected to your phone you should disconnect them while using the DualShock 4 controller. If possible you can also try to connect your phone to a 5 GHz Wi-Fi network instead of a 2.4 GHz network if you haven't already done so.

Re: OTG support for Dual shock 4 marshmallow

STEVE12345 — Sun, 10 Apr 2016 11:24:38 GMT

Haha brilliant, it is possible for Android devices to support USB otg gamepads, and not all games support Bluetooth gamepads.

Bluetooth lags behind a wired connection, the decision to drop support is probably the stupidest thing I've heard all week, thanks for that....

Tbh, I strongly believe manufacturers purposely cripple their products so to keep consumers hoping that the most obvious features they leave out or disable will be seen in a later iteration.

How else would you describe the decision to disable the single biggest upgrade in Android history I.e.
Adoptive storage, with a 200gb sd card and 160gb free I have less than 3 gb free on the internal memory for installations. The decision to disable adopted storage on mm was insane.