PS3 How to make my PS4 controller work with my ps3 slims? (One has CFW and the other HFW)

As the title says. I just bought this controller, it's a brand new "Berry Blue" PS4 controller, which won't connect normally to any of my 2 ps3s. I tried using it wired, and what happens is:
It turns on an orange-red light for 2 seconds, and then it goes to blinking white for about 15 seconds in which I can use the controller normally for that time, and then goes back to orange-red, and is now unresponsive. The lights go from orange and red and it shuts off for a second and then back to orange. This loops until it's completely charged and stays with no LED lights on while plugged in.

Tried pairing it through the Accessory settings:
-Manage Bluetooth Devices (controller is plugged in)
-do you want to register a device? Pressed yes.
-pressed Start Scanning.

-Pressed Share + PS button on the PS4 controller. LED was blinking in bursts of 2.

-Pressed X on Wireless Controller. "pairing..." And then after a few seconds of waiting, it just goes back to wired mode (which doesn't work either)and it turns off.

I also tried doing the exact same steps for the wireless pairing except for the last one I plugged in the controller before pressing X on Wireless Controller. No changes. Also tried with 3 different male USB to male micro USB cables, on both consoles.

As a final attempt, I tried installing XPAD on my Rebug 4.88 Evilnat/ cobra 8.3 PS3. Doesn't run the xpad, since it's obvious it's incompatible with CEX.

What can I do to make this controller work? Anything at all? Any help is appreciated! Thank you in advance :)


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I found out it's a generic ps4 controller copy of the original Berry Blue model :( , is there no way to make it pair at all? Any apps or plugins that could make it work? Any tutorials on how to?
 
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Hello!. Are you sure that your PS4 controller is an original one from Sony?. Perhaps it's a fake, which are known to have pairing issues due to bad BT chips.
 
Hello!. Are you sure that your PS4 controller is an original one from Sony?. Perhaps it's a fake, which are known to have pairing issues due to bad BT chips.
Thank you for replying hello! I just found out it's generic :( is there no apps or plugins to make it work that you may have heard of?? Or anyone reading
 
I already stated in the OP that I tried it and it's incompatible with CEX :(

Oh sorry, my mistake. Then you will have to buy a BT receiver dongle as @atreyu187 said. In the end, your PS4 controller will work as it is connected through a USB cable, only that the "cable" now will be a direct BT connection between the controller and the dongle.

Here are some examples of what you are looking for.

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Asus USB-BT400 is a confirmed working dongle so I got that one. The app hasn't been updated since DS4v2 came out. And the source code hasn't been released since v4 so it is quite dated. A dev would have a ton of work to update it. Adding the PS3 scene has seen quite a few less devs around lately I wouldn't count seeing it updated anytime soon.
 

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