My rechargeable battery pack will not charge and my controller only turns on when its plugged ...

Hey Spweedz,

The battery pack that comes with the Play and Charge Kit can be recharged using virtually any Micro-USB, like the one that came with the Play and Charge Kit itself.

If you take away the rechargeable battery, the controller will be powered simply using the USB connection to your Xbox. It becomes a wired controller but it will stay powered as long as you have it plugged into your Xbox. Once you unplug it, the controller
will power off.

There is nothing to charge if you remove the rechargeable battery pack. The battery pack is what is being re-charged when plugged in and not the controller itself.

I hope that information is helpful!

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.

You know what...To save yourself tons of money buying a million AA batteries, just buy a play and charge kit at a game store / retail store.

It's normally 19.99, it comes with a rechargeable battery pack and a play and charge cable.

When you first get it, put the pack in your controller, plug the cable to your controller and xbox USB port. keep playing until the red light on the play and charge cable turns green. That means your battery is at 100% charge.

When you battery dies, no need to stop playing, just plug the cable to your controller and xbox and play till it's green again.

You can also buy extra battery packs individually or in double packs too.

NO YOU CAN NOT (at least not rechargeable Mignon AA batteries)

The Xbox can't know if you have rechargeable AA batteries in it or disposable batteries.

If the controller started to charge non-rechargeable batteries, they might catch fire or explode in your hand.

Microsoft can't let that happen, as people would sue Microsoft to bankruptcy if a controller accidentally charged a non-rechargeable AA battery and it exploded in their hands, getting corrosive battery fluid in the wound and all over their clothes.

Therefore, the Xbox controller will NOT charge the normal, rechargeable AA batteries, as the console can't determine if it is a real rechargeable battery or not.

If you look into the battery compartment, you will see some small golden contacts between the bigger battery contacts. Those are the contacts to charge Play & Charge battery packs.

ONLY THESE CONTACTS will be able to charge the rechargeable battery packs from the Play & Charge kit.

Happens with all 4 of my controllers, ones an elite. Doesn't matter if I use batteries or the rechargeable battery pack. I just leave them plugged in now thru the play n charge kit. It even happens sometimes when I am plugged in. Almost got my bird killed
in Ark.