Wireless controller not charging

Ok, so I'll try and explain the circumstances as simply as possible... I went out of town for a couple of weeks and left my 360 console and all the games at a friends house (these have already been stolen from me a couple of times at my apt). I hid the controllers at home because I didn't want them to get damaged when they were transported.

Since I have gotten back the controllers will not charge anymore. I have rechargeable battery paks and a plug'n'play wire. Whenever I hook it up the light shows up as green (instead of red, like it did before) and the controller works whenever it is plugged up, but dies as soon as I remove it.

I don't think there is anything wrong with the batterie paks or the plug'n'play since it worked just fine before. Has this happened to anyone else and if so suggestions would be highly appreciated.

I know you said it shouldn't be the batteries, but that is what it sounds like is wrong. Is it possible that the guide or start buttons were constantly pushed (something leaning on them) while you were away? Maybe they were turning on the whole time and that would kill the battery since it was always trying to turn on. Totally exhausting Ni-Mh batteries is bad for them so that may have done it.

You could borrow a friends battery pack and find out if it is the battery pack or the cable.

To fix this problem plug in your controller (the red light should come on for a few seconds) when the green light comes on unplug the controller and plug it in again, continue this process until the red light stays on. This can take any where from 10-30 times till it works, the reasoning behind this?
Ni-Mh battery's loose 30% charge in this first day with no use, then the charge rate decreases and will completely discharge at room temperature in about 30 days. The problem that you have ran into is that the battery is so slow that it wont except a charge. The capacitance of the battery its self is changing polarity to a near neutral when it reaches such a dead point. By forcing the recharge on the battery over and over again you are giving the battery enough of a charge to allow it to recharge as per normal again.
I hope this helps you and any one else who comes across this problem!LightSpecter101

REALLY?! i'm having the same prob with one of my batts - going to try this when i get home!

To fix this problem plug in your controller (the red light should come on for a few seconds) when the green light comes on unplug the controller and plug it in again, continue this process until the red light stays on. This can take any where from 10-30 times till it works, the reasoning behind this?
Ni-Mh battery's loose 30% charge in this first day with no use, then the charge rate decreases and will completely discharge at room temperature in about 30 days. The problem that you have ran into is that the battery is so slow that it wont except a charge. The capacitance of the battery its self is changing polarity to a near neutral when it reaches such a dead point. By forcing the recharge on the battery over and over again you are giving the battery enough of a charge to allow it to recharge as per normal again.
I hope this helps you and any one else who comes across this problem!LightSpecter101

This should work. Same thing happens with all rechargable batteries. Technology hasn'y yet discovered how to prevent a rechargable bettery from having a 'memory.' What I mean is batteries that you can recharge ie. cellphone, 360/ps3/wii controller have a 'memory.' If you charge the battery full way and use it until it's about fifty percent, then put it on the charger again, the battery will remember that fifty percent is where it sould get charged so it will think that fifty percent is where it should 'die.' That is why most people at the cell phone stores tell you to only charge the battery when its almost dead.

To fix this problem plug in your controller (the red light should come on for a few seconds) when the green light comes on unplug the controller and plug it in again, continue this process until the red light stays on. This can take any where from 10-30 times till it works, the reasoning behind this?
Ni-Mh battery's loose 30% charge in this first day with no use, then the charge rate decreases and will completely discharge at room temperature in about 30 days. The problem that you have ran into is that the battery is so slow that it wont except a charge. The capacitance of the battery its self is changing polarity to a near neutral when it reaches such a dead point. By forcing the recharge on the battery over and over again you are giving the battery enough of a charge to allow it to recharge as per normal again.
I hope this helps you and any one else who comes across this problem!LightSpecter101

Ok, so I'll try and explain the circumstances as simply as possible... I went out of town for a couple of weeks and left my 360 console and all the games at a friends house (these have already been stolen from me a couple of times at my apt). I hid the controllers at home because I didn't want them to get damaged when they were transported.

Since I have gotten back the controllers will not charge anymore. I have rechargeable battery paks and a plug'n'play wire. Whenever I hook it up the light shows up as green (instead of red, like it did before) and the controller works whenever it is plugged up, but dies as soon as I remove it.

I don't think there is anything wrong with the batterie paks or the plug'n'play since it worked just fine before. Has this happened to anyone else and if so suggestions would be highly appreciated.

Amigro

i have the same problem, but the thing is that i bought a new play and charge kit, so the battery is new and the cable too, when im charging my batterie and disconnect the cable for some reason and then connect it again the light will turn red then 10 seconds later green, and when i shut down my xbox i cant leave my controller charging because it happens too since the controls turns off and then turns on again. Maybe is my controller? but is new also like two months old.

pd. sorry for my english is not my primary language 

i have a similar problem with my controllers

one day my battery packs just wouldnt charge

i plug the "Plug and play" charger in, and the light doesnt light up and batterys dont charge

i tried buying new plug and play kits and tried on 3 different controllers 

only thing it can be is my xbox 360

To fix this problem plug in your controller (the red light should come on for a few seconds) when the green light comes on unplug the controller and plug it in again, continue this process until the red light stays on. This can take any where from 10-30 times till it works, the reasoning behind this?
Ni-Mh battery's loose 30% charge in this first day with no use, then the charge rate decreases and will completely discharge at room temperature in about 30 days. The problem that you have ran into is that the battery is so slow that it wont except a charge. The capacitance of the battery its self is changing polarity to a near neutral when it reaches such a dead point. By forcing the recharge on the battery over and over again you are giving the battery enough of a charge to allow it to recharge as per normal again.
I hope this helps you and any one else who comes across this problem!LightSpecter101

Fantastic advice, tried this with the 360 controller plugged into my laptop, after about 15 attempts light has now stayed on red and is charging. Was considering replacing what I thought was a faulty battery......thanks very much for this advice.

Hey heres a new problem, My controller was dying and i decided to plug the charge and play kit in and NOTHING would come on, no green light, no red charging light, nothing... It's like it doens't even recognize the battery, and the battery symbol at the top of the guide menu goes away so it's like a wired controller now. It still does the spinning lights like it's low on batteries but it never dies because the charger is plugged in. Really wierd....

To fix this problem plug in your controller (the red light should come on for a few seconds) when the green light comes on unplug the controller and plug it in again, continue this process until the red light stays on. This can take any where from 10-30 times till it works, the reasoning behind this?
Ni-Mh battery's loose 30% charge in this first day with no use, then the charge rate decreases and will completely discharge at room temperature in about 30 days. The problem that you have ran into is that the battery is so slow that it wont except a charge. The capacitance of the battery its self is changing polarity to a near neutral when it reaches such a dead point. By forcing the recharge on the battery over and over again you are giving the battery enough of a charge to allow it to recharge as per normal again.
I hope this helps you and any one else who comes across this problem!LightSpecter101

you are a king among men, i chucked my plug and play aside because of the not chargeing problem, i just pulled it out of the closet and its seeming to work it took 14 tryes of unplug and plug for it to stop turning green.

i got the plug n play in that 6 in 1 started kit only because the xbox remote was more expensive than the pack itself. so i scored a faceplate and an ehter net and a remote with this. Still havent tried that cooler thing looks like a piece of junk s ill call it a 5 in 1

To fix this problem plug in your controller (the red light should come on for a few seconds) when the green light comes on unplug the controller and plug it in again, continue this process until the red light stays on. This can take any where from 10-30 times till it works, the reasoning behind this?
Ni-Mh battery's loose 30% charge in this first day with no use, then the charge rate decreases and will completely discharge at room temperature in about 30 days. The problem that you have ran into is that the battery is so slow that it wont except a charge. The capacitance of the battery its self is changing polarity to a near neutral when it reaches such a dead point. By forcing the recharge on the battery over and over again you are giving the battery enough of a charge to allow it to recharge as per normal again.
I hope this helps you and any one else who comes across this problem!LightSpecter101

i looked it up and microsoft said its the batterywwedx

Awesome! This helped me out today. I bought one of the limited ed. red controller and charge pack combo, and it would only hold about a 5 minute charge. I noticed the LED on the charge cable would stay red for only 20 seconds before turning to green. So far its been 10 minutes and its still red.

I know this thread a few months old now, but just wanted to add that the plug and unplug thing works a charm, ive just been away, battery wouldnt charge and it was only 2 months old, did a quick google and led me to this, now batterys are workng perfectly again

Thanks alot

To fix this problem plug in your controller (the red light should come on for a few seconds) when the green light comes on unplug the controller and plug it in again, continue this process until the red light stays on. This can take any where from 10-30 times till it works, the reasoning behind this?
Ni-Mh battery's loose 30% charge in this first day with no use, then the charge rate decreases and will completely discharge at room temperature in about 30 days. The problem that you have ran into is that the battery is so slow that it wont except a charge. The capacitance of the battery its self is changing polarity to a near neutral when it reaches such a dead point. By forcing the recharge on the battery over and over again you are giving the battery enough of a charge to allow it to recharge as per normal again.
I hope this helps you and any one else who comes across this problem!LightSpecter101

I think it's time to get a new battery pack man.Tree06

That's done the trick for my controller too, I was just about to take the battery pack apart before I read this tip. Awesome advice :D

plug and play are only like $20, I'd buy a new one just to see if it your 360

To fix this problem plug in your controller (the red light should come on for a few seconds) when the green light comes on unplug the controller and plug it in again, continue this process until the red light stays on. This can take any where from 10-30 times till it works, the reasoning behind this?
Ni-Mh battery's loose 30% charge in this first day with no use, then the charge rate decreases and will completely discharge at room temperature in about 30 days. The problem that you have ran into is that the battery is so slow that it wont except a charge. The capacitance of the battery its self is changing polarity to a near neutral when it reaches such a dead point. By forcing the recharge on the battery over and over again you are giving the battery enough of a charge to allow it to recharge as per normal again.
I hope this helps you and any one else who comes across this problem!LightSpecter101

its the charger it self if nothing works somthing is short in the wirring , i had this happen os i had t obuy a new cable ,

I know this thread hasn't been posted on in a little while, but I wanted to say I stumbled upon a little less time consuming method that worked for the problem everyones been having. If you just hold the charge cable to the controller, allowing it to make contact WITHOUT actually snapping it on, the controller will start to charge and the red light will not turn green. Wait about 10-20 seconds and you can snap it on and let the battery do its charging thang.

This method worked on 2 batteries for me. ;-)

Either is fine, hope I helped tho!

To fix this problem plug in your controller (the red light should come on for a few seconds) when the green light comes on unplug the controller and plug it in again, continue this process until the red light stays on. This can take any where from 10-30 times till it works, the reasoning behind this?
Ni-Mh battery's loose 30% charge in this first day with no use, then the charge rate decreases and will completely discharge at room temperature in about 30 days. The problem that you have ran into is that the battery is so slow that it wont except a charge. The capacitance of the battery its self is changing polarity to a near neutral when it reaches such a dead point. By forcing the recharge on the battery over and over again you are giving the battery enough of a charge to allow it to recharge as per normal again.
I hope this helps you and any one else who comes across this problem!LightSpecter101

ohhh damn, you just saved me alot of grief and money =D

It works like a charm.. its charging now

[QUOTE="LightSpecter101"]To fix this problem plug in your controller (the red light should come on for a few seconds) when the green light comes on unplug the controller and plug it in again, continue this process until the red light stays on. This can take any where from 10-30 times till it works, the reasoning behind this?
Ni-Mh battery's loose 30% charge in this first day with no use, then the charge rate decreases and will completely discharge at room temperature in about 30 days. The problem that you have ran into is that the battery is so slow that it wont except a charge. The capacitance of the battery its self is changing polarity to a near neutral when it reaches such a dead point. By forcing the recharge on the battery over and over again you are giving the battery enough of a charge to allow it to recharge as per normal again.
I hope this helps you and any one else who comes across this problem!Carbonite

ohhh damn, you just saved me alot of grief and money =D

It works like a charm.. its charging now