“How to Easily Fix Most Xbox One Issues in 3 Simple Steps”

The Xbox One, Microsoft’s newest entertainment box, has proven to be a powerhouse and a fickle beast. Every day millions of users play games, watch live TV shows and video chat with friends and family on the $499 device. Unfortunately, it is still early days and like any other product, there are Xbox One issues and bugs that stop users in their tracks. Fortunately, there is a simple and easy way to fix them.

So how do you fix most Xbox One problems? Turn off the power, unplug the power cord and all related accessories, and wait two minutes.

Turning off your Xbox One is simple. Do not use your controller, Kinect sensor, or SmartGlass app to turn off your console. By default, these options do not actually turn off the console. Instead, they leave it in a low-power state. Place your finger on the glowing power button on the front of your console. It is in the shape of an Xbox logo. Keep your finger there until your console turns itself off.

Now unplug anything you’re running directly on your Xbox One. That includes any TV sets, cable boxes, and the power cord itself.

Wait two minutes before plugging the console back in. Then reconnect everything that was connected to your console before.

Power on the system and wait for it to boot. This could take some time. In our experience, rebooting after rebooting everything took about a minute. Be sure to turn off your TV as well, if you previously set up your Xbox One console to control your TV.

Now use your controller or to see if the Xbox One issues you were having are still there. So far, we’ve used this method to fix Xbox One Dashboard not loading despite being connected to a network, Xbox One not detecting the Kinect 2 sensor despite being plugged in, and some slowness in the General Dashboard afterwards. that we left a game running by mistake. in the background for too long in older software versions.

The hope is that Microsoft quickly addresses these Xbox One issues in future updates. So far that seems to be the case; for example, the Xbox One Dashboard not loading is not an issue in the most recent preview version of Xbox One software.