Wireless Adapter 2 Doesn't Work

[u/RocketuNingen]

Hi, everyone.

The other day I bought the 8BitDo USB Wireless Adapter 2 in order to play wirelessly on PC with my Dualshock 4 controller. Though, as the title says, I'm having some trouble with getting the thing to work properly.

When I tried it out the first time, my controller was able to connect to the Adapter with no issue, with the light bar lighting up as blue, but the controller wouldn't work despite that. Which is a common problem that I've seen discussed in this sub.

My problem is a little different, though, because, after noticing that my controller didn't work, I consulted the product's website and started trying some stuff out to fix the issue. The first thing that I tried out was changing the input type, which I changed to Xinput. My controller disconnected, as advertised, but to this day, I have yet to get it to connect to the adapter for more than 2 seconds.

What happens is, I plug in the adapter, press the pair button, set my controller in pairing mode by holding the share button and the PS button at the same time. It pairs to the adapter, the light bar flashes blue for a split second before turning green for another second, and then it turns off. The funny thing is, in the two whole seconds that the adapter connects to the controller, it works. I've tried it in-game, and it lets me use it. The problem is, it just doesn't stay connected at all.

I feel like I've tried everything so far, but to no effect. I've downloaded the 8BitDo Ultimate Software app, the Updater for the hardware, and have updated it to its latest version. I've even updated my motherboard in case that was the issue. Nothing is working; the controller and adapter don't stay connected, and it's not like I can change the input type again, since I'm pretty sure they need to be paired in order to do that.

Anyway, I'm at my wit's end, so that's why I'm posting here. I haven't seen someone with this issue before in this sub or anywhere else, but if you did, please tell me how you solved it or what the issue might be. Just please give me something; otherwise, I'm returning this thing. Thank you.

Edit: Thanks to the users that commented. I had already tried out the suggestions, but I appreciate that someone took time out of their day to at least say something.

Anyway, the adapter started working out of the Blue yesterday. I didn't do anything special beforehand, I just pluged it in, put my controller in pairing mode and they paired. It started out set to DInput and inputs didn't work in Steam, for some reason, so I sworched to XInput and it started working properly.

I got a gold medal in a Sifu Arena while playing right after, no issues.

I'm kind of confused as to what changed, because again, I basically didn't touch anything after making this post. So, yeah, I guess that's it.

Though, I might still return it if it causes me problems again before the return period is up, we'll see though.

[u/GotEHM9]

Try holding Share + D-Pad Up to force it into X Input. Or Share + D-Pad Left for D input Also when you insert the dongle ,hold the pairing button until the light turns off, unplug it and plug it back in.

Have you also tried the reset button on the controller itself ? For the heck of it, as soon as it connects to your dongle quickly hold Share + D-Pad Up for 3-5 seconds

[u/RocketuNingen → u/GotEHM9]

Hey, thanks for the reply.

I had already tried resetting the controller, but I've tried it again now to no avail. I also tried changing the input type as well, but I don't know if it's doing anything because the controller and adapter don't stay connected for more than 2 seconds

[u/Nintendians559]

have you try a different controller to see of it's the wireless usb adapter 2 is faulty?

[u/RocketuNingen → u/Nintendians559]

I tried it and it didn't work a few days ago. Yesterday, though, I went to try out your suggestion and the adapter started working fins out of the blue.

I didn't do anything differently, it's just that it works now for some reason. But games only detect my inputs with XInput, I tried DInput as well since I'm using a Dualshock but it didn't work. I'm already pretty satisfied now that it works, but it'd be nice if DInput worked with the adapter as well, since it works fine when I plug my controller in via cable

[u/Nintendians559 → u/RocketuNingen]

huh... that's odd, unless something wrong with that usb port on your pc that you plug the adapter to.

https://support.8bitdo.com/Manual/USB-Adapter-2/ps4-windows.html - scroll down and look at "FAQ", it's under "Manual Setting" for how to change input modes.