Connect Ps3 Controller To Android Bluetooth

Are onscreen touch gamepads for Android devices getting you down? Switch to your PlayStation 3'southward Sixaxis controller instead. Here'southward how.

Do y'all play games on your Android phone or tablet? Could these games be improved by using a gamepad? If you're tired of onscreen software buttons and you lot accept a PlayStation 3, and so those panel controllers make a great style to play on the get. With a trivial bit of ingenuity, and the right app, you can wirelessly connect PlayStation 3 controllers to almost any Bluetooth-equipped Android device. No wires, no mess, no problem.

The best app I've used that works the PS3 controller is chosen Sixaxis Controller. Unfortunately, information technology isn't complimentary. It costs roughly $1.99 depending on which region your are viewing the Play market from.

Annotation: Google's Play Market compatibility checker cannot exist trusted to ensure this app will part properly on your device. The programmer, Dancing Pixel Studios, besides published a complimentary app to test if the app volition piece of work with your phone. I advise running the gratis test app outset to be sure your device is compatible earlier spending dropping money on the app.

Requirements

PS3 Controller USB charging cable
Sixaxis Controller Android app
SixaxisPairTool installed on a Windows PC
Device must be ROOTED

The Sixaxis Controller app is incredibly easy to use. One click of the Start button switches the telephone into Bluetooth listen-mode. At the lesser of the app in that location is a local Bluetooth address. Take note of this 12-digit number, you'll need it later.

Alternatively if yous have a male person-male converter cablevision that goes mini-usb to micro-usb (or any your telephone/tablet port has) then you tin can use the Pair Controller push and skip the rest of this guide.

Now that you take the Bluetooth address, it's fourth dimension to set up PS3 controller. Just plug it into your computer using the USB charger.

Next, if you lot haven't downloaded and installed the Sixaxis Pair Tool, you'll need information technology. Open up it up, and Windows volition inquire for permissions to install the controller drivers and software. Select to "Install this driver software anyway."

Once everything is finished, the Electric current Master line should populate with the Bluetooth address of your PS3. Yous'll need to change this past typing in the address of your phone that you got earlier and then clicking the Update button.

After you've inverse it the electric current primary should now say the address of your Android device.

Now just click the PS button and the controller volition try to connect.

After clicking the First button prior to trying to connect, the controller should immediately sync up with the phone. That'due south information technology! There are notwithstanding a few settings that tin can exist adjusted from the Menu > Preferences folio of the app, just for the about part, if you're using the remote to play games, you should be good to go. But be sure your batteries are charged. Take fun!