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A Firmware Update Broke My Controller, Can I Go Back To The Old Version?
You are not imagining it and you are not stuck. Microsoft publish an official firmware reversion process for exactly this. Roll back, then test the…
All TopicsButtons Not Responding 10Using Gamepad Tester Tools 8Firmware Drivers And Updates 7PC Games And Button Mapping 6Battery And Charging 6Stick Drift And Calibration 6Bluetooth And Wireless Pairing 5Repair Cleaning And Warranty 5Input Lag And Latency 5Vibration And Rumble Faults 4Trigger And Bumper Problems 4USB And Wired Connection 2Controller Reviews And Buying 2
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My Polling Rate Shows 125Hz, Is That Why My Aim Feels Behind?
125Hz is normal for your controller over Bluetooth and is not why your aim feels behind. Try the cable first, which typically raises it, and treat…
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One Rumble Motor Is Much Weaker Than The Other After My Repair
Almost certainly the motor is no longer seated properly in its pocket. An actuator held loosely, or with its wire routed under it, transmits far…
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What Counts As A Normal Deadzone, Mine Reads 0.08 And I Do Not Know If That Is Bad
0.08 and 0.05 are both normal and nothing to act on. Pay attention above about 0.12, and treat the gap between your two sticks as the thing worth…
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My Gyro Aim Slowly Pulls To The Right Even When I Hold Still
A constant non-zero reading on one axis is gyro bias, and it is normal for every gyro to have some. It is fixable by recalibration rather than…
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Right Trigger Reads As Pressed When I Am Not Touching It, Xbox Series X Controller
A trigger pinned at exactly 1.00 is almost always a dislodged spring or a shifted potentiometer arm inside the trigger assembly, not firmware. It is…
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My Controller Only Charges If I Hold The Cable At A Certain Angle
The port's solder joints have cracked from cable flexing, which is the classic micro USB failure. It is not dangerous but it will get worse, and a…
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My DualSense Haptics Just Feel Like Ordinary Rumble, Is Mine Faulty?
Your controller is fine and people are not exaggerating. On PC almost nothing drives the haptics properly, so you are feeling the fallback rumble…
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The Browser Cannot See My Controller At All, Nothing Happens On The Page
You almost certainly just need to press a button on the controller while the page is focused. Browsers deliberately hide gamepads until you give an…
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The App Says My Firmware Is Up To Date But A Newer Version Exists
Firmware rolls out in stages and by hardware revision, so up to date means current for your controller right now. The usual fix is to update over…