DS4 control input lag and oddities - Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Have a firetv rooted running latest 51.1.1.0 FW, managed to get two PS4 dualshock 4s paired via bluetooth, put the fixed up kl file in /sys/usr/keyboard (or whatever path it is) and 1 controller seems to be fine, but when I pair 2 controllers, the general firetv menus act up when using either control - sometimes the input doesn't register, and sometimes the dpad registers 6+ clicks. After awhile still, the input seems to just freeze up spontaneously or the firetv becomes non-responsive, not sure which. This affects all inputs including the remote. Afaik, one controller (and remote) paired doesn't seem to exhibit the problematic behavior.
Not sure if it's because of the updated firmware as I've seen others mention input lag, but I don't think it goes away - it seems to get worse. Strange still is that if i boot up retroarch immediately and pair both controllers then in-game action seems to be fine (all input seems to register) except there is a pretty bad lag - maybe up to 500-750ms?
Any ideas on what could be causing this? Not sure how far I should try to troubleshoot without screwing up the firetv by installing settings.apk from titanium backup to try to see if there's anything in there that might help. I assume that since the DS4s are basically seen as a firetv controller, that this issue should also affect them as well? I don't have any firetv controllers to try. In the end, it would be great to get 4 of these puppies paired but at the issue rate I'm seeing, I don't think dropping another $120 would be wise until this is identified.

crook80 said:
Have a firetv rooted running latest 51.1.1.0 FW, managed to get two PS4 dualshock 4s paired via bluetooth, put the fixed up kl file in /sys/usr/keyboard (or whatever path it is) and 1 controller seems to be fine, but when I pair 2 controllers, the general firetv menus act up when using either control - sometimes the input doesn't register, and sometimes the dpad registers 6+ clicks. After awhile still, the input seems to just freeze up spontaneously or the firetv becomes non-responsive, not sure which. This affects all inputs including the remote. Afaik, one controller (and remote) paired doesn't seem to exhibit the problematic behavior.
Not sure if it's because of the updated firmware as I've seen others mention input lag, but I don't think it goes away - it seems to get worse. Strange still is that if i boot up retroarch immediately and pair both controllers then in-game action seems to be fine (all input seems to register) except there is a pretty bad lag - maybe up to 500-750ms?
Any ideas on what could be causing this? Not sure how far I should try to troubleshoot without screwing up the firetv by installing settings.apk from titanium backup to try to see if there's anything in there that might help. I assume that since the DS4s are basically seen as a firetv controller, that this issue should also affect them as well? I don't have any firetv controllers to try. In the end, it would be great to get 4 of these puppies paired but at the issue rate I'm seeing, I don't think dropping another $120 would be wise until this is identified.
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I've been experiencing the unresponsive issue as well and have been trying to pin point the issue myself. Im able to pair 2 controllers no problem and the issue of slow down normally happens when i exit from an emulator or game app.
When the slowdown does occur I just turn the DS4 controllers off and after about 10 seconds all is fine again.

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