4K Retro Console teardown - with PlayStation like controllers

It’s a shame to bin this. You’ve probably seen these 4K game sticks. The device itself is working fine, but the wireless dongle for the controllers stopped working, and the replacement I bought isn’t recognised by them. I could not figure out a way to kick the underlying operating system into submission either.

Inside it’s really just a standard system on chip, and the controllers would be fine for a bit of casual gameplay. Not being able to get spares for stuff like this is so annoying though, so I don’t really recommend buying one. If you have any experience with these, have I just wasted a bit of money by trashing them? Let me know!