Xbox360 system update done - Kinect Sensor no longer works and showing Error Code C00000C2

We performed the latest Xbox360 system update here in June 2020, and after updating, our Kinect Sensor is no longer working and showing Error code C00000C2. Any attempt to troubleshoot it by launching Kinect Tuner from Kinect Settings menu displays that
error. Inserting various Kinect games like Kinectanimals, Kinect Adventures etc. have prompted the need to download additional Kinect updates that have also not resolved this issue.

Have read almost every help file we can find in the last 5 years on this same subject, and nothing has resolved it yet. Wanted to bounce this off the forum for any other feedback about the latest system update and other Kinect user experiences with this
error code. The Kinect has been working great (for years) up to this point - years of the kids playing football and dancing. Still have green light on the cable, still plugged into the same AUX port, everything hardware-wise is the same- we did plug in the
wireless adapter and connect to our home WiFi network for the first time, and we made the latest system software update - but that shouldn’t have nuked Kinect. Yes, it’s on the same flat, level surface it’s always been on.

The Kinect’s tilt position though is pointing all the way straight down as if it has bottomed out in its vertical down-sweeping view. Our best attempt at diagnosing the issue right now is either a) the system software update has nuked the camera functionality,
b) the up/down pivot gears are jammed, or c) the sensor that tells the Kinect to pivot up/down is failing to accurately sense and report where it is.

We did execute the Xbox 360 controller button sequence that allowed us to Remove the prior system update, and re-install it. With a ‘fresh’ system update, the camera appears normal, green light is on, but Kinect does not seem to see us or recognize movements
that are required to launch games. -No error code at that point yet-. Upon opening Kinect Tuner, the camera seems to make a tiny gear shift noise, attempts to move for ~1 second, then fails, switches to red light, and shows the error code C00000C2 message.

Once that initial attempt at using Kinect Tuner fails, it never successfully launches or attempts to pivot again. It goes straight to error code. We’re only able to re-try Kinect Tuner by removing the system update, reinstalling it, and testing Kinect Tuner
and camera movement one time again. Incredibly time consuming. But to us, it looks like the Kinect is possibly not mechanically broken with all the clues that the lights are on and is attempting to pivot…

Has Microsoft sent anyone here a clean system update direct to their Xbox360 in 2020 to address this kind of issue? We’d like to try that first before we pursue a hardware repair. It’s hardly worth spending $$$ to send it in to Microsoft for repair- we’d
probably be able to buy two second-hand units for the price of a single repair gamble.

Anyone have or seen a Kinect teardown or blown apart diagram to open it up and check out the gears w/ best chance to re-assemble correctly?

Do we have to set it aside and wait for the next system update to see if it self-corrects?

Thanks to all for your eyes and ideas for our Kinect CPR :'(

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