I'm bumping this thread for an only somewhat related reason, so apologies. My DS4 is having issues charging. When plugged in, either to the PS4 (either while fully on or in rest mode) or to a wall outlet through a USB adapter, it charges for some time (in tests it's been anywhere from 15 seconds to nearly 5 minutes), but at some point the light bar goes from pulsing gold to completely off, and if connected to the PS4 the battery icon in the PS4's menus completely disappears. There's just no battery icon at that point, not even an empty one, it's just gone; there's nothing next to the controller icon in the menus.
Once that happens, the only way to get it to charge consistently from any source is resetting it with that button on the bottom of the controller. It will sometimes charge from an outlet without resetting, but not always, and it won't charge from the PS4 at all until it (the controller) is reset. Also, when plugged into an outlet the light bar will sometimes pulse red instead of gold. However, if I disconnect the micro USB port the light bar will turn gold momentarily as it's disconnected, and when reconnected it will pulse gold.
I've noticed that the micro USB port itself in the controller is able to move around a little in the controller's body, and if I press it upward and hold it the battery meter will reappear in the menu screens, as if the charging cable had been disconnected. Is this a sign of a faulty connection between the port and the controller's motherboard? Has anyone else experienced these problems? The controller charged long enough to be fully charged once using an outlet, but that seemed to be a fluke. The battery never dies as long as it's plugged into something, but it's effectively a wired controller thanks to these problems. I'd really appreciate some help.