What should I do with original damaged wire?

Ok, one more thing. The original was a high speed cable. My replacement is a " High speed hdmi cable with ethernet" is there and affect like a downgrade or an upgrade?

take to your local recycle center, son't let it end up in landfill.

makes no difference, digital signal is digital signal, the only thing i would not use is extremely cheap thin cables.

Hello, Tye P. I’m Arturo.

I’m sorry to hear your code is damaged, however, I’ll be glad to provide some assistance with your inquiry today.

If you purchased this code from a third party retailer like GameStop, Amazon, Walmart, etc. Microsoft recommends that you provide these details to them:

Provide the proof of purchase, the serial number, and a picture of the damaged code.
Note Please take a picture of the front and back of the card or take a picture of the receipt where the code is printed, so that support can verify the damage, as well.

Reference link: https://support.xbox.com/help/subscriptions-billing/redeem-codes-gifting/digital-code-solution

In addition to that, you may check if your gift card has a customer service phone number on the back of the card. You may want to try calling the phone number there.

I feel your pad may be damaged.

when connected by usb is should work fine as a wired controller, bypassing the wireless.