Hacking AppToUSB broke my controller..kind of?

[DEMONDICE]

I have no idea how this happened, but everything has been working great for the past 4 years, original console and controller. I recently installed Mira+HEN on 5.05 and have been playing games and using homebrew successfully for a day or two. Today, I decided to run AppToUSB and transfer my PKGs to my external HDD. Since doing that, my controller no longer works properly. It constantly disconnects for no reason and it has a full charge. It also freezes and lags consistently. Scrolling through the menu will just stop working for 15-20 seconds and no buttons respond, then it will speed through my commands lightning fast once it picks up my input again. It's like the controller is queing all of my inputs and activating them all at the same time.

I really don't know how putting my PKGs on my external drive would break my controller, but I don't know what else it could be. It happened as soon as I finished running the app and not a second sooner. Does anyone know what could be causing this? I can't find any info about others with this issue.

Edit: I should also add that it affects both of my controllers and it doesn't matter if the exploit is ran or not. It happens as soon as it's powered on.

 

[KiiWii]

@BlackwingAngelx on back of your controller is a reset button, try reset the controller?

Does the pad work ok wihout hen run?

 

[DEMONDICE]

@BlackwingAngelx on back of your controller is a reset button, try reset the controller?

Does the pad work ok wihout hen run?

I reset them both already, nothing changed. And yes, it happens before I run the exploit and after. On the XMB and in game.

 

[KiiWii]

I reset them both already, nothing changed. And yes, it happens before I run the exploit and after. On the XMB and in game.

Tried another controller?

Sounds like system lag rather than the controller.... have you turned it off and on again? Give it a 5 min dosconnect from the power socket, replug and try again.

 

[DEMONDICE]

Tried another controller?

Sounds like system lag rather than the controller.... have you turned it off and on again? Give it a 5 min dosconnect from the power socket, replug and try again.

Yeah, tried both of my controllers. Both first party Sony. I've restarted and shut down too. I'll try leaving it for a bit.

 

[KiiWii]

Yeah, tried both of my controllers. Both first party Sony. I've restarted and shut down too. I'll try leaving it for a bit.

If it doesnt resolve it, it could be a hdd defect or corruption in the fw somehow. I would google similar simptoms and seenif its happened to anyone before and if/how the resolved it.

Best of luck

 

[DEMONDICE]

If it doesnt resolve it, it could be a hdd defect or corruption in the fw somehow. I would google similar simptoms and seenif its happened to anyone before and if/how the resolved it.

Best of luck

It's most assuredly my external HDD. Unplugging it makes it all go away. I also can't connect to WiFi while it's plugged in. I've been using this HDD to transfer games for two days, no issues. As soon as I use AppToUSB, this happens. It did something to my HDD.

 

[KiiWii]

It's most assuredly my external HDD. Unplugging it makes it all go away. I also can't connect to WiFi while it's plugged in. I've been using this HDD to transfer games for two days, no issues. As soon as I use AppToUSB, this happens. It did something to my HDD.

Hmm, maybe back up the app.pkgs and reformat the hdd? Then restore the games and see if its fixed?

Apptousb doesnt intentionally modify the hdd, its all symlinks and moved files...

 

[DEMONDICE]

Hmm, maybe back up the app.pkgs and reformat the hdd? Then restore the games and see if its fixed?

Apptousb doesnt intentionally modify the hdd, its all symlinks and moved files...

I don't know. It was fine until I put the games on there. Is there a way to easily revert it back to having them on the internal or do I have to delete and reinstall everything?

 

[KiiWii]

I don't know. It was fine until I put the games on there. Is there a way to easily revert it back to having them on the internal or do I have to delete and reinstall everything?

Use the app.pkgs from the external and reinstall each one again.... unless apptousb has functionality to break symlink, but then you would have to ftp the app.pkg back to the internal anyway.

 

[snoofly]

Very strange.
That’s the thing about being early adopters (read beta testers) right.

Anyhoo, I’m replying as I have a suggestion.

Back up your app db and saves with stoogeds DBSG payload, then try rebuilding your database in safe mode then reimport the db and see if that resolves.