Xbox one turns on randomely

Mine also started having this issue recently. I have tried to power cycle and even unplug the system and leave it unplugged 24 hours. Earlier posts mentioned updates but I have mine set to ask me before updating. If Xbox tech had any ideas it would be very
much appreciated!

i too am having this same problem. Not sure if it helps but it did not occur when i had my 500 GB system but it is now happening with my 1 TB system.

There can be a number of reasons why it's turning on. Your power settings may be set to instant on, and as such it's turning on because of something the console needs to do. Your power button might be very sensitive, give it a clean with a lint free cloth
(specs cleaning cloths usually do the trick). Your power supply might be faulty or your wall socket could have a problem, try plugging it into another wall socket, that may fix the issue. Someone else in your neigbourhood, near you, may also have an xbox
one, and his controller is set to the same frequency as your xbox one, and is turning on your console. Failing all of that, you could just try turning it off at the wall socket and turning back on when you want to use it.

Thankyou for your help.

the power setting is on energy saving, so it's not that. we have tried unplugging it and plugging it back in again and it's still happening. i very much doubt any of my neighbours have an xbox at all because they are mostly older people. i have asked around
to see if anyone has one and most of them don't know what an xbox even is!

we can't really keep it unplugged all the time because we have a very specific set up through a extension (surge protection) and it's quite hard to get to for daily use. we can unplug it occasionally but doing that every day would not be possible. we have
also tried a different wall socket and it still does the same.

is it possible that the console is just simply faulty?

we clean the console meticulously, once a week with a lint free cloth so i don't see that being the problem either.

what happens if this continues? do we report it to xbox (microsoft?)

Thanks for replying to me with all the helpful suggestions- if you've got any more up your sleeves i'd be grateful.

There can be a number of reasons why it's turning on. Your power settings may be set to instant on, and as such it's turning on because of something the console needs to do. Your power button might be very sensitive, give it a clean with a lint free cloth
(specs cleaning cloths usually do the trick). Your power supply might be faulty or your wall socket could have a problem, try plugging it into another wall socket, that may fix the issue. Someone else in your neigbourhood, near you, may also have an xbox
one, and his controller is set to the same frequency as your xbox one, and is turning on your console. Failing all of that, you could just try turning it off at the wall socket and turning back on when you want to use it.

There can be a number of reasons why it's turning on. Your power settings may be set to instant on, and as such it's turning on because of something the console needs to do. Your power button might be very sensitive, give it a clean with a lint free cloth
(specs cleaning cloths usually do the trick). Your power supply might be faulty or your wall socket could have a problem, try plugging it into another wall socket, that may fix the issue. Someone else in your neigbourhood, near you, may also have an xbox
one, and his controller is set to the same frequency as your xbox one, and is turning on your console. Failing all of that, you could just try turning it off at the wall socket and turning back on when you want to use it.

Thankyou for your help.

the power setting is on energy saving, so it's not that. we have tried unplugging it and plugging it back in again and it's still happening. i very much doubt any of my neighbours have an xbox at all because they are mostly older people. i have asked around
to see if anyone has one and most of them don't know what an xbox even is!

we can't really keep it unplugged all the time because we have a very specific set up through a extension (surge protection) and it's quite hard to get to for daily use. we can unplug it occasionally but doing that every day would not be possible. we have
also tried a different wall socket and it still does the same.

is it possible that the console is just simply faulty?

we clean the console meticulously, once a week with a lint free cloth so i don't see that being the problem either.

what happens if this continues? do we report it to xbox (microsoft?)

Thanks for replying to me with all the helpful suggestions- if you've got any more up your sleeves i'd be grateful.

Hey there flower1988ck,

That's likely your problem, the surge protector. The Xbox One console has one built in and if you connect it to another surge protector and not the wall outlet, random things like this can happen. Try plugging it straight into the wall and see if that helps.

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