By Clay Eickemeyer • Difficulty: Moderate
Follow this guide to replace the battery in your DualShock 4 model CUH-ZCT1U controller.
- Check the model number on the back of your controller. This guide was written using model CUH-ZCT1U. If you have another model, the guide procedure and replacement parts may differ slightly.
- Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the four 6.4 mm-long screws securing the rear case.
- Use an opening pick to pry each corner of the L1 button from the front case.
- Remove the button.
- Use your opening pick to pry and remove the R1 button, just as you did for the L1 button.
- Insert your opening pick at a downward angle between the front case and rear case, halfway between the handle and the action buttons.
- Slide your pick toward the handle and pry up to release the first clip.
- Repeat this procedure on the other side of the controller to release the second clip.
- Two more clips secure the rear case near the extension port and the headphone jack.
- Insert your opening pick between the front case and rear case at either side of the ports.
- Twist your pick to unclip this section of the rear case from the front case.
- Locate the clips by looking through the gap above the R2 or L2 buttons.
- Insert the point of a spudger through the gap above the R2 button and push the retaining clip outward.
- While pushing the clip outward, slowly pull the rear case away from the front case until you feel them separate.
- Repeat this procedure for the clip near the L2 button.
- Press the R2 button and slide the rear case over it.
- Press the L2 button and slide the rear case over it.
- Flip the rear case over the top of the controller and lay it down, being careful not to strain the interconnect cable.
- Use tweezers or your fingers to remove the interconnect cable by pulling its blue pull tab straight out of the socket.
- Use tweezers or your fingers to grab and disconnect the head of the battery cable from the motherboard.
- Remove the battery.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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