Poll of the Day > Xbox Wired Controller

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I've read to make an X1 controller wired you just need a micro USB cable, but I remember on the 360, the controller would still shut off over time. You needed an actual MS wired controller to keep the controller on full-time when not in use. Do the X1 controllers work the same way? Am I going to have to buy a third-party wired controller?
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with the 360, those cables did nothing but charge the controller. it still operated wirelessly, so as a result it would turn itself off.

the x1 controller, however, operates wired when plugged in. the wireless completely shuts off.

so you'll be fine
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Why would you need it to be on if you're not using it?

helIy posted...

with the 360, those cables did nothing but charge the controller. it still operated wirelessly, so as a result it would turn itself off.

The second half is right for all I know but they didn't do "nothing but charge" the controller. That implies you have to have a battery pack in there, which isn't true. The cable can also act as a direct power source for the controller.

Chewster posted...

Why would you need it to be on if you're not using it?

Rubber band-ing. Wireless won't reach the couch in the other room. (Otherwise I could just release L and press it again once-in-a-while.)

I asked yesterday if there was a way to stream the Xbox to my phone, but I don't think anyone replied.

helIy posted...

with the 360, those cables did nothing but charge the controller. it still operated wirelessly, so as a result it would turn itself off.

the x1 controller, however, operates wired when plugged in. the wireless completely shuts off.

so you'll be fine

Thanks a lot!
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I don't know what that is. It looks like you're talking about something where you hold a button down or stick forward? Wouldn't that kind of action keep the controller on?

Chewster posted...

Why would you need it to be on if you're not using it?

helIy posted...

with the 360, those cables did nothing but charge the controller. it still operated wirelessly, so as a result it would turn itself off.

The second half is right for all I know but they didn't do "nothing but charge" the controller. That implies you have to have a battery pack in there, which isn't true. The cable can also act as a direct power source for the controller.

supplying the controller with power is literally charging the controller
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zebatov posted...

Rubber band-ing. Wireless won't reach the couch in the other room. (Otherwise I could just release L and press it again once-in-a-while.)

the fuck
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You don't say you're charging it if there are no batteries though

the controller is being charged by something or else it wouldn't be on
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If you want to get super literal, yeah, you can say that electrical charges are being provided, but nobody uses the word "charge" like that. You don't "charge" an electrical device unless it has batteries.

so now you're the be all end all omniscient being that knows what everyone calls something

it's being charged, deal with it
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helly why are you like this

chewy why are you dumb
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Oh, good one

answer my question
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Uhh I'm dumb for many reasons but my failure to refer to merely powering a device as "charging" it is not one of them

Lmao, you don't charge a device that doesn't have batteries.

BRB, let my charge my light bulb by flipping the switch

yeah

deal with it nerd
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helIy posted...

yeah

deal with it nerd

Like send electrical impulses to process it in your brain? Or charge as they say?

an electrical charge

this is like basic kindergarten grade stuff
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Dude I know what electrical charges are. My point is that when people say they are "charging" an electronic device they are storing energy in a battery. Powering something is not the same as charging it

you can think that if you want to but we both know that the device is being charged with electricity in order to function
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@Chewster
Chewster posted...

I don't know what that is. It looks like you're talking about something where you hold a button down or stick forward? Wouldn't that kind of action keep the controller on?

If you just hold a button down, the controller shuts off over time. You have to be repeatedly pressing buttons (at least once every ten or so minutes) to keep it from turning off automatically. If it's wired, it will never shut off.
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