This is probably why your Xbox One keeps turning on by itself

Does your Xbox One turn on by itself even in entirely irrelevant situations? There are several culprits behind this and even though it might be a little bit difficult to determine the specific one, try the following methods so you can at least have an idea of what’s happening and then stop it.

[KickSpinFilter]

Its perverted...

[BuildTheWall]

What's wrong with being perverted?

[KickSpinFilter]

Absolutely nothing...hell I'm a down right deviant.

[Shadow Man]

I thought it was my next door neightbor Xbox controller turning mine on.

[BadElf]

Ive been tbinking its a beast in the dark

[Tazzy]

In all honesty Microsoft can't put a console out without it having problems I had the red ring of death 3 times with my Xbox 360 and the Xbox One I bought on launch day started to freeze while playing games. I bough the Xbox One S and the Xbox One S does the same thing and goes to the dashboard randomly I've never had a problem with any console just Microsoft consoles.

[Sitdown]

Hmmmm, have you noticed the common denominator with all your Microsoft consoles has been you? 🤔Hmmmmm.

[mcstorm]

Sit down he was not having a go at the start he was making a joke.

But that said I've been gaming a long time and I've had faults with the PS3 dvd drive giving up. I had the fat PS3 get very loud and also got the yold. I also had the rrod on my Xbox 360. I had issues with my sned stopped reading games, my dreamcast would not read disks. Every console has issues just some people expireance them some don't that is life in technology.

[balance2theforce]

Lmao okay that one was pretty damn funny!😆

[TankCrossing]

:D

[TheColbertinator]

@Tazzy

Fine fine we get it. You dont like Microsoft and its not a big deal

[DrumBeat]

He's clinical. I've never seen a more fervent, ardent supporter and hater of products.

[Ra3v3r]

And the OG PS4 isn't much better than the OG Xbox One but we all know the 50% more powerful tripe gets trotted out every time someone wants to flex their e-peen.

As for PC burying the One X, it must have cremated the PS4 Pro. I'd also hope that a £1000+ PC would better a £450 console. If you're gonna pick holes, at least look at all sides rather than cherry picking info that supports your biased view. You seem like the sort of person who would say "lol, that Ferrari tanked that Mini. Minis are shit"

Edit: also, PS4s aren't perfect. My Uncharted 4 Edition wouldn't accept discs within the first hour of me booting it up. And the PS3 had several hardware issues as well. Granted none were as drastic as the RROD but neither MS nor Sony come out of this smelling of roses.

[Tazzy]

Theres not a big leap graphically when it comes to PS4PRO and Xbox One X no Xbox One X has made me say I need the console to play on my 4k tv and a high end PC will bury all consoles its a fact. A high end PC can cost $2,000 and Xbox One X is compared to it so you're telling me the Xbox One X should be compared to performing like a high end PC?? Microsoft has been shipping out faulty hardware with the last few consoles they've had I never had a problem with my PSONE PS2 or PS3 and yet to have one with my PS4 same with Nintendo never had a problem with their consoles a wise move for Microsoft to make is put a lifetime warranty on the consoles they put out.

[Ra3v3r]

@Tazzy

Actually I didn't, I said I'd hope that a £1000+ ($1500+) PC WOULD outperform a £450 ($600) console and they generally do.

I'm also not the one comparing it to a high end PC, you are in this instance as are a lot of others out there. For the money, PS4P and One X are great, simple pieces of hardware that give a better performance than their original releases did for the same money when they released.

Both are being limited by the original hardware but the One X could deliver much better results if both were allowed to perform to their potential with 3rd party software. Sony's got a great set of Devs who can really make the hardware sing and this is where MS struggle. Like most hardware though, we are getting to the point of diminishing returns with regards to graphical fidelity. Consoles haven't been at the cutting edge for quite a while now but they are considerably cheaper than their PC counterparts. However, those top end machines are for the niche as opposed to the mainstream.

[OctaneLord]

I had issues with my launch PS4 Pro becoming so loud it sounded like a jet taking off and would shut itself down. Luckily it waa still under warranty.

[Gunstar75]

I had RROD 3 times with the 360 (v1) no issues with the later iterations a s none with the OG one, S or X

[Tazzy]

Well consider yourself fortunate I can put my Xbox One S on and play for 45 minutes and games start freezing or sometimes it just goes to the dashboard and its only 4 months old.

[Ra3v3r]

So did I, it actually happened so often I had two 360s so that if one broke I had a back up.

[NatFanBoyRestricted]

Sure you did

[sk8ofmnd]

I had 4 rrod 360's including the 1 i gave a relative that had one of these 40$ fans that had its own power supply and the damned thing still rrod... lol soo since 2011 ive been a sony only gamer... ms just arent good at making quality products nor amazing gaming experiences

[Tazzy]

Damn thats worse than I had it and the fans didn't help how sad its the fact that they manufacture and design shitty hardware I don't remember any problem with the original Xbox just the 360 and Xbox One and One S. I think thats another reason why I haven't bought an Xbox One X it don't work for some people its crazy plus theres no games i want I took PS4PRO over the Xbox One X and I'm taking the Switch over owning an Xbox One X also. e3 I see a price cut coming for it the console war is between Nintendo and Sony I think Xbox is an afterthought now I agree with you.

[Kiwi66]

In response to one of your comments just because you didn't have a problem with any console doesn't mean that it didn't happen as if you do a quick search on the Internet you can find numerous articles talking about problems that occurred on not just Xbox, but you seem to have a problem admitting that no console is without faults

[sk8ofmnd]

Lol wasnt the og xbox burning houses down? I was in iraq atm and lugged that big black box everywhere with me and never had 1 problem. Which is pretty damn impressive considering... I have fond memories playing the orig halo capture the flag lan parties...

[KwietStorm_BLM]

lol..

[Mroc13]

You look foolish because after three red rings you went and bought an xbox one. after that failed you bought the one S. when are you buying scorpio? You are the definition of stupid

[jagermaster619]

Never had a problem with any Ms console, you have just been very unlucky I guess. Well except for the rrod was lame but ps had a similar problem it was just less known. The PS4 has all kinds of issues from spitting out disks and overheating so it is what it is.

[SierraGuy]

Give it some melatonin...most effective a few hours before bed.

[Eonjay]

HDMI-CECI probably isn't the problem here. If anything, this should be backwards.

[Sirk7x]

So it's NOT demonic possession? Well, that's a relief.

[opinionated]

What kind of boring ass poltergeist would choose an Xbox to possess. I guess there is more space in the disc drive since there are no games.

[ecchiless]

lmao

[badz149]

LOL that's just mean. I think the Xbone owners are hurting Phil's feelings. he just wants to check on you guys every once in a while through the Xbone. He can't do THAT if the console if off, right? so he turns them on just to say "Hi"

[Gr8saiyaman88]

My wife thinks our apartment is haunted because of this xD

[HyperMouse]

Glad the Xboxx isnt capacitive like the OG Xbox, my cat would walk past it and turn off my game....he knew what he was doing, the little furry....

[opinionated]

I always go to full shutdown on both PS4 and Xbox. That “standby” has caused nothing but problems for me. Like I have to unplug my tv and shit to get it all synced again.

[GameHead85]

Has to be Microsoft spying on you.

[Lightsbane]

My PS4 used to do this as well. It would randomly turn on and eject the disk.

The only solution was to upgrade to a Slim. I don't think Sony ever fixed it, and I doubt Microsoft will do any better.

[Keltech]

This was happening to me as well. It has stopped doing it after the recent update (5.03).

[quent]

Probably searching for its kinect buddy, someone should let it know the kinects no longer with us

[ProjectVulcan]

Upon entering this site link I immediately get 100 percent CPU usage. This is in both Chrome and Edge. After entering the site from a search engine onto a different page, same result.

The site could be crypto mining without user consent, or at the very least it's horribly broken. Mods should look into it and potentially stop allowing article and links for it on N4G.

[Speed-Racer]

I noticed this as well. It appears to be a rogue cryptominer. I contacted the site admin and he is working on sorting out the issue.

[KnowTechie]

Yup, this has been brought to our attention. Looks like malicious code was injected onto our site without any of our knowledge. We're trying to get this resolved as soon as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience.

[Strafe]

Can you also sort it out so that I dont have a popup that takes me to William Hills Playstore page when I'm browsing on my phone. Thanks.

The ads are getting silly on this site.

[KnowTechie]

This should be resolved now. Had to outsource this to a security firm.

[Vectrexer]

Ever had the issue myself not even once either with my day one edition Xbox One or my Xbox One X Scorpio Edition.

[GoodnessGreatness]

It's desperately forcing you to use it despite the lack of games.

[BuildTheWall]

Xbox consoles are manufactured in China in the basements of Nike factories by little 7 year olds. I've had 4 Xbox 360's get the RROD & I have had my current 360 for 6 years & haven't had any problems with it. My Xbox One has powered on by itself in the middle of the night on multiple occasions each time while I was asleep. Just as a reminder to any of you trying to avoid buying made in China products Microsoft , Sony & Nintendo all have their consoles made in China.

[Segata]

In the early days of XBO, my friend in NYC and me would Skype to talk and his roommate had an XBO with Kinect and to mess with him I'd yell XBOX OFF! XBOX ON!, XBOX GAY MIDGET PORN! I dunno if the porn part ever worked but sometimes would turn off/on as my friend would turn up his speakers. Yes, he would get pissed off. Laughed pretty damn hard I did.

[godashram]

In the Xbox settings, you can tell it to ignore the TV power state, so you DO NOT have to disable HDMI-CEC on your TV.
That it quite possibly the biggest thing causing this, which is by design, poor design, but design none-the-less.

[letsa_go]

They gotta increase their xbox live concurrent user numbers somehow!

[RosweeSon]

Inactivity

[Condemnedman]

tazzy you are so boring in your pursuit of slagging off MS we get it you don't like them sell you consoles and stick with Sony or Nintendo

[DrumBeat]

The only issue I have with Xbox, hardware-wise is the controllers not charging, or a misleading gauge from time to time.

[BLKxSEPTEMBER]

I’ve never had a single problem out of my systems and I’ve owned all three models.

[gazgriff2k12]

because it knows its inferior

[xX1NORM1Xx]

Never had it happen on Xbox one but my Xbox 360 S would randomly turn its self on and off and open and close its disc tray over and over against until I unplugged it I thought it was haunted my friend didn't believe me until I slept at his house and brought my Xbox for coop and it happened I unplugged it then said if it happens now it's unplugged we have a problem we started to go to sleep and I pressed the power button on his Xbox and he shit himself i ended up returning it to game they didn't believe me but took it anyway I hope it happened when the manager was alone at night.
Sorry for the wall of text I just woke up and I cba with punctuation.

[Cobra951]

Because you don't have the power switch set to really turn the system off. Do that in the settings. It will never come on by itself after that, or keep using your bandwidth in the background.

There. I saved you a lot of reading.