How to Fix Analog Drift on XBOX One or Elite Controller Series 1 (moving on its own, stopping)

QUICK AND TO THE POINT. The Xbox One controller can experience stick drift when one or more of the analog sticks have problems, causing characters in games to move on their own, or suddenly stop while sprinting. Usually it's because debris gets inside the analog stick, so cleaning mechanisms and sensors can help.

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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:20 Pull and Tap
00:34 Blowing
00:53 Vacumming
01:08 Update Firmware
02:08 Clean From Inside
04:23 Clean Deeper Inside
08:05 Remove Grey Part
08:30 Outro

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[rosskarmen]

Wow. Im amazed how simple that was. The straw method just entirely fixed the horrible stick drift of my elite controller. Thank you so much

[Havok]

Nice job. Method 6 is cleaning out the contacts and wipers of the potentiometers. I thought this would be unfeasible without desoldering from the board, but it wasn't that bad. It looks like dry dielectric grease on the wiper/resistor element. Isopropyl took it right off and eliminated all drift and sticking. Whole analog stick assemblies are available at decent prices to solder in if this method doesn't work.

[timrichard]

Your video saved me.

I had huge drift up and down on the left analog... I pulled the green tabs away and found the right side one filled with "junk".

I bought it not working from a kid that "promises it worked".

It was a gift for my pre teen daughter... so to get it fixed is huge!

Thank you so much!

[brn]

Method 6 worked for me, and I was scared to mess up the controller. But now everything works fine. Thank you so much!

[garethlloyd]

I went to method 6 some months back. When it worked again with no drift after the clean, I thought how many controllers could I buy cheap with the drift and with the rest fix, re-sell them. The controller I fixed worked for a few hours no problem and felt confident enough to sell it. It was bought and I shipped it off. Days later they tried the controller and reported drift in the same stick I thought I fixed. So it's only a very short temporary solution. What you really need to do is replace the component by soldering it in.

[animeartist]

Damn bro 🤯 I looked at your video and opened my Xbox controller swaped the sticks because my left stick was not working in one direction after doing this it started working good ... I am subscribing thanks so much bro

[wolfanddark]

You sir saved me a lot of money. God i can't thank you enough :)
I had to go all the way to level 6 and clean the potientiometer, but in the end the drift vanished completely from the right stick of my beloved Elite Series 1. A bit wearout stayed, but that is normal hence it's almost 7 years old and used almost daily on my PC.

While i do have the Elite Series 2 on my Xbox and could theoretically use it on my PC, too, i really love the long life of the 1 and first and foremost: the absence of a glued non changeable battery. 2 AA rechargable batteries are changed in less than 10 seconds and having 1-2 good pairs charged all the time is more than enough for me. :)

Again: Thank you!

Maybe a note to all Elite Series 1 owners: the cable running from the back to the second board is a ribbon cable in our case. Be careful pulling that out and use tweezers that come with many precision screwdriver kits to put them back in carefully, to not damage it

[mikedurham]

Thank you for this video, the last step worked, my son and I were super pumped about fixing our controller!

[Frankstar]

my Drift on the left stick was HORRIBLE. Method 5 fixed it completely. THANK YOU

[chit]

1st method worked. I was about to buy a new controller yall! ❤

[MichaelJones-yxzv]

Thank you SOOO MUCH... Number 5 actually fixed my drift 95 percent which prevented me from having to buy another controller thanks 😊🤗🤗🤗

[tonyleo]

I can’t believe it. Blowing on the sticks actually worked… wow… Thanks for the tips!

[celloafterdark]

Thanks for this! The first tip worked for me- you saved my vacation 😁

[Beardroid]

This was so useful, i litterally had my old Xbox Elite 1 controller in its case on the shelf for years, as the left stick had depressed and flipping it round and knocking on it fixed it, so thanks you for the guide.

[xXdanteforeverXx]

dude, just blowing my analog fixed the issue, it was moving like 25% in Y axis and now it's all good (it's a xbox one FAT controller, so it's kinda old, but now it's as good as always). THANK YOU MAN

[ZedCRC]

My 7 years old controller is working as new again! Method 5 worked for me. TY!

[adirolfduval]

Method 1 saved my controller. Subbed, liked and notifications on

[batbrains]

🔥❤️‍🔥 you make friggin awesome videos. Thank you so much for taking the time to be so specific. ❤️‍🔥🔥

[CalibreDesigns]

Fantastic tutorial! Had a persistent Y-axis drift in the right thumbstick, didn't realise the potentiometers were cleanable without desoldering!

Both thumbsticks are practically dead centre when left at rest now! I do wish they'd made the xbone controllers as easy to take apart as the 360's though!