[FIX] Xbox360 Controller + Play & Charge Cable Not Charging

Ur_LaSt_DaY · September 29, 2010, 8:29am

Cool thanks man

Wiz · September 30, 2010, 4:17pm

Respect for the help to manage to get my batterys back working …WOOH Thankyou

XIII · October 7, 2010, 9:57pm

This eventual downfall is why I use a wall charger and only use the Play and charge cord for long continually use like Rubber banding.

King_Kong · October 9, 2010, 7:03pm

Thats why i bought 2 wired controllers. They are better nicer and they are cheaper

JADO · October 9, 2010, 11:23pm

You could also open up the battery on the controller and swap out the batteries for some better rechargable ones…

DecaaaL · October 10, 2010, 2:05pm

Thanks man you helped me out

FraviaSeeker · November 17, 2012, 1:33am

Hey Nookie,

If you know its a dead battery pack, I have a painless fix.

It’s usually caused by two reasons:

The Battery is conditioned improperly.
The Charging indicator circuit is faulty (if equipped).

Xbox 360 Controller Battery Pack Fix (including play and charge kit) - YouTube

Either way, this fix works for both. It’s best to reset
the indicator circuit after fully discharging it.

Nookie:

I posted this on another website, thought I’d share it here as well.

I have had this problem, eventually, with all the re-chargeable battery packs in my controllers. The problem seems to occur when you continually run your battery completely dead, too many times.

The usual problem symptoms are, charging cable LED briefly turning RED (charging) but then turning GREEN (charged) 5-10 seconds later, indicating a full battery. However battery is still dead.
This is a false reading given by the charging cable, which interprets that the battery is full, when it is actually dead flat.

There is a fix, which I discovered awhile ago.

This method can take more than a day sometimes, but what I did was continually repeat over and over and over again until it charges properly and the LED stays RED, indicating a proper charge. It may take 30 tries. It may take 300 tries. It will almost always eventually fix the battery though.

1. Plug charging cable in.
2. Charger LED should be RED indicating it’s “charging”.
3. Wait for charger LED to change from RED to GREEN.
4. Quickly unplug charger.
5. Rinse and repeat.

This will “trickle feed” the battery, so the battery has enough charge to indicate to the charging cable that the battery is actually dead, and will then charge the battery as it normally should.
This method may take awhile, just be patient and stick to the process.