Is drifting analog common problem of PSP? How to fix it?

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I have bought a secondhand PSP (E1004 Street) a few weeks ago. Generally, this handheld works well, but after a few days of casual playing (max 2h per day) I see a little problem - the analog is drifting, mainly to the right, so in some action/platform games it could be deadly - controlled character can fall down from various places.

I had another PSP some years ago and I clearly remember that I had the same problem then. It was PSP Fat 1004 model. I broke it completely when I tried to fix this issue. So I have a question - is it a common problem that analog drifting to any side? How to avoid that? Or maybe I have a lot of bad luck and I just bought a problematic PSP twice?

I also tried to calibrate it by entering to System settings->System Info and rotating analog, but I read somewhere in the web that then should appear the rotating circle, the same as appears when something is loading, but I did not see it. I read also about replacing some rubber from under analog to the new one - does anybody do it? Did it help?

EDit: It seems, that in some games it occurs very rarely, in some others it has never happened, but in another, it makes it impossible to navigate even in the main menu - caret jumping through all of the options (in practical game characters almost always move in a random direction without touching analog by me).






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How do I fix my PSP analog drift?

if you want to calibrate your analog stick, works on any psp, go to settings/system settings/system infomation, then turn your analog stick in a circular motion, this will calibrate the stick, if you look at the right bottom of your psp while doing this, you will see the loading circle.

How do I fix my analog drift?

Gently pull up on the analogue stick. It should just pop off from the rest of the device. In order to clean it correctly, take a cotton swab w/ rubbing alcohol and clean the base of the analogue stick. The connection point on the PSP should be done as well (where the analogue stick meets the PSP).




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