How to identify fake DualShock 4 controller

I think I got frauded with a fake V2 controller.

Idk how to identify it but there is absolutely no jdm or jds on the motherboard.

Can i contact you please?

Hi. I bought a controller and its the same as the real one. the sounds and everything is the same. But when I turn it on the light it is turquoise. Is it fake? And it doesnt have XF.LIN after 800mAh

Sir, its a new one its the neo versa controller.

Sir i think if the controller is fake, the neo versa code shouldn’t work as well. But it did work. (Correct me if im wrong.)

Lol sir im sorry the screws are the same

Sir how do u reply???? I'm new to this

ok thanks alot

''does your controller have dents as well?''

OKthanks for ur cooperation

Recently bought a new Midnight Blue controller when I first charged it the light bar turned on and off like usual, but after a couple days or so when I charge it the light bar just turns off after a couple seconds., is this normal?

Bro also when i opened it up the ribbon cable was on the right not on the left. But the micro usb is in gold as the real one

Also sir the ribbon cable was on the right not on the left.

Before reading this post, the only thing I knew to look for in an authentic ps4 controller is the JDM number. After not finding one in my new controller and then finding this article to confirm my doubts, I realized just about everything inside this controller screams fake. Here's what I found (much of this is already stated above):

1. Externally the controller seemed completely legitimate, even down to the sticker (though it was not perfectly centered).

2. Pairing light is purplish white.

3. Screws are the same length as original but phillips head cutout was deeper.

4. Battery is 600 mAh and of a different matterial (covered in a soft plastic material compared to the original’s hard plastic). Probably the most damning evidence there is.

5. JDM number is nowhere to be found and is instead replaced be a “C 1949-”.

6. Finally, the disassembly was different than what I'm used to/what I could find online

Overall, I'm pretty bummed out but now I got pretty good evidence to go after this POS ebay vendor. Thanks man.

The jdm055 model has the ribbon cable on the right

Hello. I bought the orange ps4 controller, CUH-ZCT2E, from a seller on mercari a few weeks ago. It appears to be legit. I have opened it up and verified that all parts are original Sony. My question is, could it be from a different region as it has “сделано в китае” above “Made in China” in English? I noticed in your photo of the fake one it also has Russian printing. The controller works mostly fine, however it feels slightly different than my other three, which do not have the Russian printing. What is your opinion on this and have you encountered controllers like this before? Thanks

Great guide. I recently bought one from eBay (highly rated seller) and it showed up in a legit Sony box and the outer shell was spot on. Had issues connecting and opened it up to find the cheap 600 mAh battery in your picture and a generic board without any JDM number. The only other sign was the sticker on back had a wrinkle in the middle of it as if it was applied by hand and had a serial that started with 2 letters when every other PS controller I have has a serial that starts with numbers. The cheap knock offs are getting more convincing.

So question, if you do end up with a fake controller can you switch out the insides with official parts?

Thank you so much brother your clarification really helped me. I really appreciate the real and fake difference, now i know that i have to buy an original controller rather waste my money on the fake one.

sir i just recently bought a ps4 controller and it seems to be real but that’s not the problem… the problem is that to joysticks are delayed and i tried stick drift methods but it didn’t work i plugged in my old one and it is like normal but the new one i got the joysticks don’t feel right. Any suggestions?

Ciao, ho acquistato il dualshock su amazon, la v2 (midnight blue) e sembrerebbe tutto apposto (non ho aperto il controller internamente) però la luce non è bianca come scritto sul tuo articolo ma tendente al turchese…quindi è un fake?

Bonjour je voudrais savoir si vous avez déjà observé des fausses avec des differences au niveau des petits trous de sorti du son entre les deux joysticks ?

Et bonne année

What about the color of the inside analog?

OMG! I just ordered the replica of the Dualshock 4 because it is almost 3 times cheaper than the original, and I just realized that they gave me the original XD all the points agree.

So mine is a gen3 v1 model 11 f1 with the serial number all numbers ,no letters as the serial number , am I good ?

Hello, sorry I need help ..

I dropped the original remote into the water, just a few seconds and not completely submerged.

Now it only works connected to the charger cable, could it be repaired? and how? , Thank you

muchas gracias por las pautas, yo tengo un mando de ps4 , al momento de abrirla tiene la batería aparentemente original y dice 800mah , pero la placa no tiene esas iniciales JDM por ningún lado , normalmente lo utilizo para jugar juegos de Nintendo y super Nintendo o juegos de plataforma. y no e tenido problemas, el único problema es el bluetooth , hay un input lag cuando lo conecto por bluetooth al celular lo que se me ase fastidioso cuando juego juegos de plataforma como Nintendo o súper Nintendo , pero por cable no hay input lag.

en general , juegos simples como super Nintendo y juegos así esta bien por cable pero por bluetooth no me cómbense .

y eso que soy exigente jugando juegos de super Nintendo y juegos parecidos

Just wanna say thankyou Very Very much for this guide!! I just got a used Purple DS4 from Ebay in auction for $30 shipped and to my surprise its Lagit!! I am soo friggen happy!! I probably wont use it a whole lot because my green camo one just feels the best for some reason, but that purple sure is sexy!!

I bought a rose gold one from Walmart 3rd party seller and I swear it's fake. The sticker on the back was bubbled but and doesn't have the things mentioned on the fake but had H instead of DW in front of the letters. The screws are different (not in length though). Also the buttons look a bit matted where as on my actual PS4 controller they're shiny. Another thing I noticed was the options and share buttons look like they were sticker stencils and the paint is crackled where they were removed. But when connecting to my PS4 it even comes up as a dual shock PS4 controller, so am I being paranoid??

Question will the package always have a barcode printed? Mine has a sticker which already screams fake. When looking for ps4 is blue and when charging it flashes for about 5 seconds and then goes dark.

can a battery be sorted on the fake controller as not charging

I have a theory to identify the real one vs. the fake one; but I need confirmation.

The real ones are able to connect by Bluetooth with iPhone/Android and the Bluetooth’s name have to appear like DualShock 4. Did you try to connect a fake one and it show up like DualShock 4 just as the original or the device name is different?

So I bought my controller from Flipkart a few months back and the L1 is getting stuck and sometimes just doesn't come out I took it to repair to a shopkeeper and he says that it's a fake so can it be repaired or am I just stuck with this broken controller?? Please reply

Hi , I recently bought a limited edition last of us part2 dualshock 4 , the screws are orginal and the battery will keep up around 7,8 hours , but I got worried about some few things : when I take the screws out and tryin to open it up with my hands it wont open , it's so hard , and another thing is it's a little bit lighter than the orginal model that I had before 2016 , and keep that in mind this controller I bought is a new series , and when I press ps button to turn on the PS4 , the color is aqua , something like bright blue , but when I take picture of it , it's bright white , and yeah , I will be so thankful if you respond , thank you ,

@dan0 thank you so much , I can rest easy now , by Knowing that my controller is orginal , thank u

This has helped me figure out controller I got is a fake and explains why parts that I have bought for it don't work.

The motherboard don't have any jdm numbers at all, that button is blue, the USB board does not have jds numbers. It actually has exactly same numbers as the fake you showed. The battery was fake which I tossed out when I upgrades the battery because it wouldn't turn on before, and then the new battery made it work for couple days and now does not work again.

Other things that made me question it was it was the green camo front shell which I have seen before, but the back shell was black. Which if you look up the green camo controller, they are all like a forest green back shell. Never black. I think someone pieced together bunch of parts for this controller so they could sell it with the ps4. My son got the ps4 from his grandpa. He bought it on Facebook marketplace and had it shipped to him.

I’ve had my PS4 for over 4 years, had the same controller that came with it, last week I experienced severe stick drift, opened it up to clean it but broke the square green part that connects to the side of the stick. I bought a new controller the next day from a shop in town for £30, which is £20 cheaper, alarm bells didn’t ring, got it home, worked perfectly then i tried to attach my strikepack to it, it didn’t line up properly so had to put it at an angle, once it was all connected it didn’t work. I decided to open up the new pad and swap the motherboards and stick boards but keep the old usb socket, as i opened it the battery came out and the black plastic tray that the battery sits in fell out, supposed to be attached with a screw, the battery looks like the one in the pic of the fake battery, i swapped the boards over, put in the ribbon from the usb port, the pad wouldn’t work. Changed everything back, the pad worked perfectly but today the left stick has been playing up…………

……… with stick drift then unresponsive, i haven’t opened it back up to check the numbers on the boards but I 100% now know I have a fake controller thanks to your guide. I will get another controller but this time from a proper shop like Asda, Sainsburys or Argos to make sure it’s genuine. Thank you for putting in the time and effort to show people how to tell if their controller is real or fake.

funny thing is all of the newer clones are more and more closer to the real ones

i have 1 ds4 clone that i bought because im a bit curious about how it feels and suprisingly almost similar with less sensitivity on the trigger but the analog are similar

my clone doesnt have a different screws length, use the same battery type like on the 2nd picture (but the pcb are different) and doesnt have the turquoise light when try to pairing but they have a different blink the real ones doesnt blink but its like breathing but really fast meanwhile the fake ones are blinking

so if someone read this be aware.. go to a store that you trust or with a honest employee/owner. the easiest methout to identify fakes are from the "sony" stickers on the back. if its blurry or looks a bit sketchy then its probably a fake

Disculpa pero el mío tiene todo lo que dijiste que es original,pero cuando dijiste que si tiene el número JDM-055 ES TRUCHO cómo eso es posible así que yo quisiera saber si te comiste la no cuando dijiste el componente es falso

I have a fake that will only work on PC. No matter what I do it will not work on a real PlayStation 4. Build quality feels identical to a real one, almost like only the internals are fake. Weird.

Edit: Model Number CUH-ZCT2U

Barcode 392331C0010180

1. does the fake controller come with a charging cable?

2. the controller that I brought has a slight delay when playing games; for e.g Fortnite: I am not able to build properly because of this delay. is there a way to fix it?

Thanks in advance!

Una pregunta. un control genérico le puedo cambiar la batería por la de 2000mh igual para uno original?.

Lamentablemente la descripción de mi control ps4 original la perdí y no puedo comparar los números de serie y modelos del dualshock 4 que figura en la foto. pero recién me compre un control ps4 ORIGNAL modelo CUH -ZCT2E y es re falso al toque el play me aviso que no era original. en fin funciona pero se apaga muy rápido.

Cual debería ser el modelo a comprar CUH-ZCT2U? o zct2e tambien es original...

How do i fix if the fake ps4 controller doesn't charge?

Hey,thanks for the super fast reply. So the battery connector is way bigger then the original one so i can't change it is there any other way?

i tried to switch the led board with the original one but it still seems to not work should i try again?

so i just switched and it blinked a red light what does that mean?🤔

i have a real battery conecctor will it work,and can i dm u somewhere else so i can send u the pictures?

yeah its the battery then.

i dont see where to add the picture.

but what if the controller turns on but just dosent charge how is it turning on if the battery is not working

i just tried to get a refund And he said he cant because i already took it out its so annoying i told him i took it out because the battery wasnt working and now he says that

%#*@ it.i dont know what to do because i bought a cheap controller because i don't have the money 35€ go to waste:(

check my bio i sent the picture. the fake controller

will it really be worth it becaus if i buy a v1 ps4 battery will it work

or should i just buy like a new motherboard ,i have the body parts,or a new controller?

i have a question how do i reattach a ps4 battery connector to its original place without a solidering gun

Hi this is very helpful thank you but I’m not that all technical, so could you please tell me how to spot for a fake controller based on the box and outside of the controller? I would like to know what to look for before buying a controller.

So far I know about the PS logo button in the front looking different more fatter, the ‘share’ and ‘options’ text slanting and bigger, and the Sony serial number text sticker on the back.

Please let me know ASAP! Thanks.

bought mine today and all are correct but when turning it on or when it's searching for the ps4 it emits turquoise instead of white, the build quality is really good and really looks brand new. is it really fake?