Why do you care so much?
People,who do factory resets are having the same problem as it deletes the initial file it needs to make the console work. So basically it bricks it if you do a full reset. Several people on ebay bought consoles that were fully reset and they are running into the exact same issue. Same error same screen. It’s crazy.
It wont initiate the day one update at all. It errors out as soon as you click the UPDATE icon. It’s not the kinect bundle either, it’s a newer gears of war ultimate edition bundle from 2015.
Xbox One doesn't have a cmos battery. It connects online for any time related licencing and resets licensing and requires online recheck on being plugged out and in AFAIK.
dont defend drm dude.
Edit: Who the fuck is buying a new Xbox One in 2024???
That's a very serious issue and Microsoft needs to be made aware of it at once.
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Say it's true, and MS deactivated the ability to set up a "new old stock" Xbox, I highly doubt that it would be found to be "illegal". Would technology companies be made to track old inventory of product indefinitely? Do they have to make sure ever Dick and Harry have depleted their stock before they can shut down a device activation server?Your link shows the digital store front is selling that Xbox One S for over $500, if anyone is to blame for still having the product in stock, it is the storefront for not adjusting their prices to what the market finds reasonable. If they sell a product that no longer works, that's the store fronts responsibility, not the manufacturer who ceased production 4 years beforehand.
thank you a good read and similair to the fix we tried with the usb drive and files. sadly it didn’t work.There is a emergency firmware update method from 2013 described in the link below for the launch xbox one, maybe that still works or MS removed that feature.
An Xbox One Day One Patch Failure Solution
If your Xbox One keeps failing to download the Day One patch at 70% to 80%, this procedure will allow you to apply that patch manually.
That blows. Have they reached out to MS as of yet? Others have mentioned having to reactive after a factory reset. You never know, but I imagine there is a protocol to get it going. What would be best, is for MS to patch out the need for online set up.
That's an assumption that we have no evidence of at this point. Regardless, this point has nothing to do with my statement, I was refuting the claim that it would possibly be illegal due to retailers still selling "new old stock".
Yes it is very serious and we are finding out there are others in the same position. He told the MS techs on the phone and also asked if the servers were deactivated for this day one patch. The techs had no answer to that and instead said they were surprised and puzzled and would open a case about this issue. They also said they would respond but they never did and it’s been a few weeks now. They tried everything from creating a hotspot, wired connection, doing the usb manual update and nothing worked. It specifically is looking for that day one update to initiate the download but can’t. Even says his console is connected but wont download it. Points more and more to something on their end that apparently their own techs know nothing about and decided to make a case about it. As I said this is pretty frustrating for anyone like my good friend going thru this.
Lets try updating the console in little steps.
Yes he reached out as I have elaborated on and what happened when he did. Factory reset doesn’t work cuz it wont get to the initial setup and boot the console to its menu screen when properly setup. He tried the manual hard reset with the power button and power cable as well. Even the method with the bind button and even those didn’t work. Thank you all for helping and suggesting so many good ideas. It is good in a way that this becomes more aware by people on here as well as this issue is real and is affecting people with these consoles.
thank you very much for that extensive listing. I will pass it on to him and see if something works. thank you again for taking the time and effort to try and help
Hopefully it's not bad hardware, quick AI searches pull up a MS community forum post where someone couldn't activate their Xbox after a factory reset. Considering the post is from 2017, I doubt it holds any relevance to your friends current issue, but it shows this has happened when the servers were still unquestionably still active.
he is in London.
he lives in London. I will relay this info to him. thank you so much for helping. Let him try to give it a go and see what happens.
Sounds like he is talking about a launch day XBox One VCR from 2013, which still needed the day one patch.
None. That's why it's still sitting there for sale.
That’s what is happening on some ebay listings. Sellers did full resets to clear out all of their information before selling. The buyers are finding out they can’t use the consoles due to the day one update not being available anymore. Very poor of MS imo.
He is most likely going to do so.
A lot of people like experimenting and preserving systems on older firmwares, Xbox 360 consoles running the blades style dashboard are popular, as are iPhones running iOS 11 for 32bit app compatibility.
Very insightful. Thank you. He can’t insert any games because he can’t get the system up and running due to it being new and not able to download the day one patch.
The title was ALL CAPS originally.
There are people on ebay who have new sealed units and sell them. That is where he acquired his from. Lots of older consoles still sealed like PS3 and 360’s as well and older consoles. Most likely collectors that had them.
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Someone didn't bother reading the thread. There were 80+ posts before yours, the chances were that someone said it already.
Question is are you brave enough to factory reset it and try and see if it still works.
Answer is ... I don't need too, my launch Xbox One still works , which is more that can be said for my launch 360
Some LOL . 'Some' launch consoles don't work at all
Some
In the article: "Used consoles sold on eBay and factory-reset also have the same issue."
Buying 2nd hand off fleabay is always risky as I've found out to my own cost .
I don't care about launch day 360s I'm talking about this silly take from you:
