Only D-Pad won't map Android

I've been using my Ipega 9087s for over a year without issue with Retroarch. All of a sudden when starting after a month of not using it with Retroarch, when pressing any button that is not the d pad, it assigns correctly my ipega 9087s correctly to port 1. The moment I touch the dpad, it says Virtual configured on port 2. When playing any game, all buttons work, regardless of core in use except the dpad. Even when I disable the port in 2. Nothing works.

When I try to map the controls manually, I see the config as per attachment.

It doesn't allow me to map the dpad. It doesn't even recognise an input.

Initially, I though the dpad was just broken, however, this is not the case. In AetherSX2, which is a superb PS2 emulator for android for those reading that are interested, no shade on Retroarch, the d pad and remapping of the dpad works no issues whatsoever. Therefore it would seem to be isolated to Retroarch.

Please help peeps. I don't want to have to use another emulator to PS1 and older.

Start by reproducing the issue in RetroArch on Android with the Ipega 9087s, focusing on automatic and manual D-pad mapping and the port assignment behavior described. Done means the D-pad is recognized and mappable, works in games on port 1, and does not incorrectly configure a virtual port 2.