So my old Xbox is just not working any more. It’s happened before and the only solution I got was to do a factory reset, but that ruined a bunch of stuff. I’m getting a new Xbox for Christmas and I gotta know, does a normal factory reset do the same stuff as getting a new Xbox?
#Factory reset/new Xbox
fading oak
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hollow bay
Factory reset doesn’t ruin anything.
It does reset it to factory defaults and is a great troubleshooting step and also what you do before you sell your Xbox.
unborn cave
Factory reset + "Delete everything" while online should take the console back to a clean state.
If you do it while offline it might not clear Home Xbox associations, if you care about that.
fading oak
Factory reset doesn’t ruin anything.
It does reset it to factory defaults and i...
Yeah but I’m honestly just trying to get the last two weeks out of it before Christmas, I’m buying a used series x from a buddy for like 250
Thank you
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