So I installed my bitchin'

new firmware

for my fucking controller and was rewarded with it completely losing sync in the middle of gameplay. I turned off the console using the button on the console itself, but the controller light stayed on. I took the batteries out, tried turning it on, it just glows a steady light and doesn't connect to the console. I connected it by wire and it still does nothing.
Should I factory reset my controller now or what? I love this console dearly.
Oh and when I try to sync it using Kinect, I get a message on screen saying my Kinect is unplugged even though I can see the red lights and it face ID'd me when I turned the console on. And interrupted my gameplay session half an hour ago by forcing me into the XBox Marketplace via voice command somehow. Another brilliant innovation.