Xbox 360 Wireless controller won't turn on just flashing

Higgcz · Dec 27, 2015

Hi,

I have very weird problem with my 360 wireless controllers. I've tried to replace batteries but none of my controllers want to turn on. And now comes the weird part, both of them is flashing all 4 lights but only when I'm holding the home button. Also the
light is not bright as usual. For a reference see a following video:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2310077/Xbox 360 controller flashing.m4v

It's been a while since the last time I used them, so there can be some other issues like a corrosion or something, but both controllers looks fine, and also what is the probability that both of them will have same issue and same symptoms.

Anyway I don't get it I don't know what to do with them, maybe they're dead.

Thanks for any help!

Vojta

:)

SatinPuppy1 · Dec 27, 2015

Xbox One Controller won't turn on

Just recently, my 2nd Xbox One controller won't turn on. Firstly, it turned on then shut itself off again. I tried to turn it on again but the 'X' Button just keeps flashing. I waited for about 5 minutes but it still flashed. I had to turn off my
Xbox One to get the controller to stop flashing. I tried the process over and over again but it still happened.

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Sammoi-06065C12-55CD-44B2-9BC2-CAA8A37DA693 · Dec 27, 2015

Controllers stopped wroking (don't sync) after electricity blackout

So I was playing xbox 360 using rechargeable battery with wire attached to it. My electricity went off for 1 sec. just enough that lights flashed and xbox gave red lights, which is normal in situation like that. So I turn my xbox
off and restarted it, but now when I turn it on, 4 green lights just keep flashing in controller. I tried my other controller, what I didn't used att, but it did the same thing. Xbox does turn on with controller but after that keep flashing those 4 lights.
I tried sync them again, didn't work either.

Irixion · Dec 27, 2015

Try a different brand of batteries. Sometimes controllers hate certain batteries for whatever reason.

Higgcz · Oct 31, 2018

Wow, that actually helped! I would never thought of that. I've tried batteries from Xbox One controller and it works. So thank you a lot!

Obsessive Power

Did your controller ever work before, or are you just trying to get it to work now?

The drivers for the Xbox 360 are not available for download independently anymore, and there is no reason for them to be, as Xbox 360 controllers have been natively supported by Windows since Windows Vista. The drivers can't be downloaded because they are already part of the Windows Operating System.

Is your controller wired or wireless?

Unlike Xbox One or Series X|S controllers, Xbox 360 wireless controllers are always wireless. If you've attempted to connect a Wireless Xbox 360 controller to your laptop with the Play and Charge cable, it won't work. This is because the Play and Charge does not send data. It will just flash. Xbox 360 wireless controllers need an Xbox 360 gaming receiver.

Only Xbox One or newer Series X|S controllers can be both wired and wireless.

Bluntman1138

Start this off with the console turned OFF, and the controller turned OFF

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Press and hold the Xbox Guide button in the middle of your wireless controller until the green light flashes.

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Turn on your Xbox 360 console. Press and hold the connect button next to the memory card ports on the front of your console.

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Press and hold the connect button on the top of your wireless controller. Use the controller with your console once the green flashing lights on both units cease spinning.

Darth Patriot

They are all different brands of wireless controllers. Microsoft to Amazon. NONE will connect. Yes the steps are followed perfectly and variants of the steps.

Press the ON X button. Flashes in a circle. Press the Xbox Connect. It too flashes. Press the small controller sync. Flashes slow down. After less than 1 minute the Xbox stops flashing. Then the controller stops flashing.

Only the one controller that came with it used connects. No other will. Even when I unpair, turn off, and reset the xbox. It will see NO controllers except the when I turn on the one it likes. One and that is it.

These other controllers have NO issues with my PC or Xbox 1. Just the 360.

Obsessive Power

Hi,

The Xbox 360 wireless controllers can't be turned into wired ones with a Play & Charge. This is because even when wired, 360 wireless controllers remain wireless. The cable only provides power, no data is sent.

This is also why they don't appear in game controllers but the generic controller does.

To use a wireless 360 controller on Windows requires a gaming receiver. And the receiver must be for 360 controllers, the official receiver for Xbox One/Series controllers won't work.

ZeoTH56

hey thanks for the help I tried turning it on manual and the controller sync but after that it won't sync anymore and the lights keep on flashing on the controller. when I try to go sync it with the 360 but the 360 doesn't pick it up and the lights still
flash on the controller. what does this also mean?

Xbox 360 Wireless controller won't turn on just flashing