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[vism]

Recently had my xbox banned so I went to check my older banned xbox from couple years ago to see if it had the same profile corruption and locked hdd install feature.  I had applied the NXE update from the website prior.  I'm not able to verify for certain that profile corruption does not happen until I get a new xbox, but the install feature still works.  I put in Dragon Age and had to do an update to play it and it still works.  I even popped in my hard drive from the recently banned console into the old one and let it do another system update and features still work.  

So if you have an older banned console, you may be able to still use these features.

[polloloco247]

is this true, anyone cause i have an old banned 360 do i loose my hdd install option after update

[vism]

What I believe is the ban method from a year ago or more is different from the recent bans.  It doesn't set any flag to disable HDD Install feature.  And even after you update the dashboard and kernel it doesn't retroactively look for banned console status and disable features.  

I can only say this from my experience with one old console and haven't had anyone tell me the same to confirm.  But I'm currently enjoying HDD Install feature on my old banned console.

[sfgsgvs]

I made a similar topic in another part of the forum: http://forums.xbox-s...howtopic=694991

It would be great if more people who willingly/accidentally updated the dashboard on their old banned consoles would post results. Still haven't updated mine, I don't want to lose the install feature before I've cleared my backlog.

[chiodin]

I guess the hdd install only locks when you get a "online" ban, I say it cause I sold my old xbox (which I think is already flagged) and it still installs games on hdd.

After the update it not was connected to live again (yet, but me and the new owner will do some tests soon).

[]'s

[sfgsgvs]

Any news on this topic? I've searched extensively but haven't found anything about new vs. old bannings.

[vism]

So for months I've been merrily swapping my HDD between a banned and unbanned console with no problems.  Profile and saves stayed in tact and games were able to be installed on the banned console.  This is of course because the console was banned a long time ago not from the last wave which cripples features.  

However, I sometimes plug in the ethernet cable after starting my banned console to stream some music while I play and stay off xbox live.  But stupidly I left it in one time while starting up and it attempted to auto logon to Live.  I got the banned message and now I have the crippled features.  I'm angry at myself for losing the features, but wanted to warn people that may have one of these older banned consoles that they can lose the hdd install and get corrupt profiles if it ever connects online.

So it appears that prior to the last ban wave, the bans just block connectivity.  Possibly with the fall update it added a ban check to block features and save transfers.  It appears the feature block is flagged by connecting online and not by the dash itself.  So those with old bans would not get feature block even if they update the dash, only if they connect online.