AA batteries work in controller but battery pack does not.

SouthGaDawg74 · Aug 29, 2014

No issues until yesterday. Controller shut down and would not charge. Bought a second new play and charge kit and same thing. Charge cable not lighting up and not charging, but insert AA batteries and it works just fine. Controller borked?

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igli04 · Aug 29, 2014

Wireless Controller Problem with my Battery Pack

Guys hello,

i have my rechargeable battery pack for my controllers and normally the batteries are working in one controller , but with the other one aren't. In this controller when i put AA Battery it works very good, but with rechargeable batteries it won't work. Both
the batteries works fine in the other controller.

DO you have any suggestion how to fix it ?

Thanks

Killn The Drama · Aug 29, 2014

Usb cable not working after controllee update.

Insert a new set of AA batteries into the wireless controller and then try to turn it on. For more information about using AA batteries in a wireless controller, see Using AA batteries in your Xbox One wireless controller. If you have an Xbox One Play and
Charge Kit, try using the rechargeable battery pack.

If this solution does not work please try the following solutions
support.xbox.com/.../wireless-controller-wont-power-on

nyteflier · Aug 29, 2014

Hey SouthGaDawg! Sorry you're having trouble with your controller.

Have you tried updating your controller through your xbox one?

Connect your xbox controller to your xbox one system via usb cable, click on:

Menu button > settings > system settings > update controller

SouthGaDawg74 · Oct 31, 2018

Yes and it says it is up to date.

Kritin04

Are you using the "play and charge" rechargeable batteries for the controller, or standard AA's? If you are using the rechargeable pack, try using standard AA batteries. There have been reports of controller resets with some rechargeable battery packs.

I'm using standard AA batteries.

ArminatorX

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Does it charge AA batteries?

No. Only the Play&Charge battery pack. Not standard AA batteries.

Killn The Drama

Insert a new set of AA batteries into the wireless controller and then try to turn it on. For more information about using AA batteries in a wireless controller, see Using AA batteries in your Xbox One wireless controller. If you have an Xbox One Play and
Charge Kit, try using the rechargeable battery pack.

If this solution does not work please try the following solutions
support.xbox.com/.../wireless-controller-wont-power-on

Echo4Ent

Are you using the "play and charge" rechargeable batteries for the controller, or standard AA's? If you are using the rechargeable pack, try using standard AA batteries. There have been reports of controller resets with some rechargeable battery packs.

ArminatorX

I have been using the regular reachargable AA batteries that come with the wireless x1 elite controller. It isnt the play and charge kit.[...]

The AA Batteries that came with my Elite controller are NON-rechargeable Duracell batteries.

If you are using rechargeable AA batteries, they will also NOT charge through the USB cable.

Only the specific battery pack of the Play and Charge kit can be charged via USB. If you look into the battery compartment, between the battery contacts, you should see three "golden" contacts. These are for the Play and Charge battery pack, and only those
contacts provide the charging capacity for the Play and Charge battery pack. No charging current is sent to the AA battery contacts, as the controller can't know if you inserted standard non-rechargeable AA batteries (which might explode if charged), or if
you are using rechargeable AA batteries.

Therefore it's not possible to charge AA batteries inside any Xbox One controller.

AA batteries work in controller but battery pack does not.