Xbox turns on by itself??

Skyfire Dawn · Jan 29, 2016

My wife and I woke up this morning at about 1 am and noticed that both our tv and Xbox one were turned on! we keep it completely off when not in use (not the instant on mode). we have it plugged into a power strip And have one universal remote which was
not being used at the time. Does anyone have any ideas on what might be causing this?

thanks

:)

StephenCasemore · Jan 29, 2016

Xbox turns on by itself.

you can change a setting on your xbox for remotes try changing it and it shouldnt pick up your remote

kayakking1 · Jan 29, 2016

XBOX turns on by itself?

Thanks for all the help, although it turns out that my Guitar Hero controller was under a load of stuff in my bedroom and was on, hence causing the xbox to turn on by itself and to show an extra controller being connected XD

Alliance United · Jan 29, 2016

Hi,

It is highly recommended that you directly plug your Xbox One directly into the power socket on the wall, and not into a power strip/power serge protector. This can cause issues related to this, and cause damage overtime. Power strips are limited to the
amount of power they can distribute to each device, and don't allow the Xbox One to efficiently perform how it should.

If you could, when the console is powered on, hold-down the power button on the console for about 8-10sec, to clear the console's system cache. Then, unplug the console once it has shut down and plug it into the wall.

Please let us know if this helps.

ExponentFox7701

Yes this a common thing with the console. There are a few things to look at first I'm assuming you talking about the original Xbox One and not the S model. The original Xbox one uses touch sensitive switch to power the unit on and off, they are sensitive to
a ground fault condition. This can be caused by having the console plugged into a power strip that is a surge suppressor. The Xbox One console have build in surge suppressors so they need to pulled directly into the wall outlet and not a surge suppressor
power strip ( https://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/console/connect-power-supply ). Also make sure it's not on a circuit that has a GFI breaker, these are the ones like to
bathrooms usually.

With some Samsung TVs, turning on your TV may also turn on your Xbox.

This is due to an option named HDMI-CEC or similar on your TV. Turning this off should keep your Xbox from turning on with your TV.

The other thing is a controller that might be faulty and sending the power on signal but the controller does not power on itself. Pull the batteries from your controllers and see if you console still randomly turns on.

Another thing to realize is your Xbox One has an IR sensor to receive remote control signals and some remotes can send the correct signals to power on your console. Logitech Harmony remote do this. There are apps on Cell phones that will also do this as
some cell phone like Samsungs have an IR transmitter. Try to cover the IR sensor on you console if you think you have something that might be sending the IR signal.

Another thing that will turn on your console the the Xbox App on windows 10, iphone, ipads or Android phones/tables. The device only need to be on the same network as your Xbox. I know of students in an dorm using the same network accidentally turning
on and off wrong consoles, the same true in hotels (those are usually not accidentally). You can go into the setting on the console and require app connection to authenticate before connecting.

With all these things the most common cause is usually the first one, not plugged directly into the wall outlet. The next is a rouge IR signal (from a neighbors house!!!). I think MS second is different them mine which is a controller issue (pull the batteries).

I hope this all helps.

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Dageto Kraft

the control of my tv turns on my xbox one XDDD

SA1NT 0F LI3S

It’s possessed! Just kidding! Sounds like it needs a hard reset or possibly do you have it connected to a digital assistant that then picked up on a word to power it on?

SpiralOut46and2

That's really strange lol. I've had my Xbox One not turn off before, like I was trying to manually turn it off with the controller and then by holding my finger on the power button to do a hard reset, and it just stayed on. I've also had my gamertag get
unintentionally signed in to the console by loading up the Xbox app on my phone in the same room, and since the app is linked to my console, it auto-signed me in. But I've never seen the console just turn on by itself lol. Maybe a strange power glitch or the
auto-on feature triggered somehow? If it keeps doing it, you may need to unplug your console when you're not using it. Good luck!

Xbox turns on by itself??