Factory Reset when I switch back to retail mode from dev mode

Hello Realzmg,

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When switching from dev mode to retail mode on your Xbox, you may deactivate your console in dev mode through Xbox Dev Mode app, reset your console and deactivate your console using Partner Center. This is because dev mode allows for the installation of unsupported software and changes to the system that are not compatible with retail mode.

Unfortunately, there is no way to disable the factory reset or save your data before switching modes. It is recommended that you back up any important data before switching modes to avoid losing it.

Learn more here: Xbox Developer Mode deactivation - UWP applications | Microsoft Learn



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No not the insider Programm i think I use the officail dev mode app to switch my xbox to dev mode from retail

On the
official instructions to set up Dev Mode on the Xbox One it states the following:

"NOTE:

Your retail games and apps won’t run in Developer Mode, but the apps or games you create will. Switch back to Retail Mode to run your favorite games and apps."

So not being able to run your installed apps and games you got from the Store is perfectly normal. In Dev Mode you can ONLY run the programs you sideloaded. To be able to run retail games and regular Apps from Marketplace, you will have to switch back to
retail mode and exit Dev Mode.

Yeah I've seen that case a while back but the question is if you misused that sandbox ID and managed to get back to retail by resetting the console back to retail and of course there were other people who messed around with it and managed to also get it
back to retail without harming the console because that's one of the ways to leave the sandbox mode without enabling the dev kit by resetting the console but is there a risk of getting banned because of I've seen those same people who messed around with it
are still gaming online and they don't have a bad rep or anything and neither is the dev mode a jailbreak exploit? Because a lot of people on YouTube posted a bunch of clickbait videos claiming that the enabling the dev kit and then resetting it to factory
and then they'll have a jailbroken console which is dumb because if you enable dev mode wether from the hidden dev settings or the app or whatever and then resetting it to factory is only going to reset the console to it's retail state tell me if you what
you see and hear in those videos and comments on YouTube are fake?

On the
official instructions to set up Dev Mode on the Xbox One it states the following:

"NOTE:

Your retail games and apps won’t run in Developer Mode, but the apps or games you create will. Switch back to Retail Mode to run your favorite games and apps."

So not being able to run your installed apps and games you got from the Store is perfectly normal. In Dev Mode you can ONLY run the programs you sideloaded. To be able to run retail games and regular Apps from Marketplace, you will have to switch back to
retail mode and exit Dev Mode.

As I stated it's a problem with my side loaded apps nothing to do with retail mode.

Any sideloaded app I download or created works on the current power session. But if I reboot the console I have to delete them and reinstall. For them to work again. I understand that store content won't work in dev mode And vice versa.