xbox elite controller pressing x by itself

Hello Joshua W! I'm Kris and I'd be happy to help you with your question.

Sorry to hear you are having issues with the Elite controller. It doesn't need a firmware update does it? Have you tried resetting it by taking out the batteries?

If none of that works, it may well be a hardware issue.

I don't get the same problem as you but kind of similar. My Xbox one X turns itself on randomly and also suggest stopped doing anything when the A button is pressed on the home screens. It recognizes that you pressed the button, it just doesn't do anything.
If you hold the button down it might recognize it eventually. It does this with every controller I have so it's not the controllers.

I have the same problem you are having with the controller. In fact it's happening right now, I had to take the batteries out of the Elite controller and use the standard controller. It only happens with the X console and when using
the Elite controller. If I use the Elite controller on my day one edition of the One it never happened. Xbox support has no answers except the usual nonsense, which does nothing for this problem.

Hello, you will need to download the Xbox Profile to the Xbox console itself. Simply turn the Xbox on, press the the Xbox guide button on your controller, and select "Download Profile" NOTE: Not seeing "Download Profile?" press the X button on the controller
to sign out and then select "Yes" and you will then see it.

The Xbox Series X controllers will work on Xbox One consoles, and the Xbox One controllers (including the Elite/Elite V2) will work on Xbox Series X too.

This is a link to an external site which
confirms the backwards and forwards compatibility for controllers.

The Xbox One X will be compatible with all Xbox One controllers, including the Elite controllers.