Converting a wireless 360 controller to wired

I have a wireless Xbox 360 controller that batteries or rechargeables won't work, but the Play & Charge cord still works.

I wanted to wire the controller with a USB from a broken wired controller. I know that the USB cable still works. I know how to wire it so that the controller will take power from the positive and negative (red & black) wires in the USB cord, but I wanted to know how I would wire the data wires (green & white).

I know I could just use the Play & Charge cable, but I enjoy modifying and such. So please don't tell me to just use Play & Charge or to go buy a new one! Any help would be appreciated! Thanks

The Play and Charge cable does not carry data, so buying one wouldn't even work.

I found some information on a forum about suspected data pins that you could wire up and try (see below), but I can not attest to their correctness.

However, even if there is some USB functionality exposed on those pins, it might be for some other purpose, with the HID Controller being totally inaccessible. I recall trying to use my brother's Play and Charge cable and wireless controller for my PC, and it seemed to recognize the thing as a USB device, but not a controller. If that device was actually the controller, and not some chip in the Play and Charge cable, you might be in for a lot more trouble.

There's a lot of uncertainty on this forum some insinuate that Microsoft uses some intentionally broken firmware, because the USB INF file says "NULL Service" (it's probably just a minimal service that negotiates for enough power to charge the battery), so you'll need to get into driver hacks, yadda yadda. It sounds to me like nobody really has a clue though; maybe you can divine something...

Acidmods user SycoPthicManiac posted the picture:

And RDC replied:

Going off that pic, it's..

• 5 V,
• D-,
• D+,
• Charge Status,
• 3.3 V,
• Charge Status,
• Ground