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Ranger72

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Is The Only Way Microsoft Usually Bans Through The Dashboard Updates?
« on: April 24, 2010, 01:52:00 PM »
It is suggested you flash back to stock when you update your dashboard. Personally I didn't do this and it worked just fine and no ban.

Also if you buy a new console you will not be getting a BanQ. They have not used those drives in about 2 years now. All is now Liteons.
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Frogman7

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Is The Only Way Microsoft Usually Bans Through The Dashboard Updates?
« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2010, 10:58:00 PM »
You never really know with M$ although its probably worth noting that Team Jungle says to flash your drive AFTER updating suggesting its probably safer that way.  Microsoft typically finds a flaw in the firmware and bans people several months after its implementation (usually around November) but you never really know when their flagging to ban.
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Is The Only Way Microsoft Usually Bans Through The Dashboard Updates?
« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2010, 01:39:00 AM »
Got a question related to banning. What happens exactly when you're flagged for banning? Is it the keyvault that's flagged or what because I'm wondering what would happen if you took a keyvault from a flagged but unbanned Xbox #1 and inserted into a banned Xbox #2 to get it unbanned, would #2 be flagged also or no?
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Ranger72

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Is The Only Way Microsoft Usually Bans Through The Dashboard Updates?
« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2010, 09:02:00 AM »
QUOTE(GTRagnarok @ Apr 25 2010, 03:39 AM) View Post

Got a question related to banning. What happens exactly when you're flagged for banning? Is it the keyvault that's flagged or what because I'm wondering what would happen if you took a keyvault from a flagged but unbanned Xbox #1 and inserted into a banned Xbox #2 to get it unbanned, would #2 be flagged also or no?



You can do that IF you console can be jtaged. BUT you will need to make sure your console has never been on Live since last summers dashboard update and have never played any games that has come out over the past 7 months or so.

Doing that will get you back on Live for about 15 minutes or so until you get banned again.
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Is The Only Way Microsoft Usually Bans Through The Dashboard Updates?
« Reply #4 on: April 25, 2010, 04:58:00 PM »
QUOTE(freestylpolaris @ Apr 24 2010, 11:35 AM) View Post

Like many other people my old console with 1.61 flashed firmware got banned with the winter update of the xbox 360 dashboard. I am finally thinking about purchasing another console and flashing to LT 1.1 benQ. So basically my question is if after I flash and a new dashboard update comes out, can I just flash back to original firmware and update? Or just wait to update to see if a ban wave is happening then wait for a new firmware, flash and then update? Of course I know that many other factors can get you banned like bad stealth patch on a game, bad flash, etc. Hypothetically lets just say all of my games are perfectly patched and my flash is perfect too. Are these dashboard updates the way Microsoft catches 90% of the people who have modded consoles? Do they/ can they, only send your system a ping at that point to catch you? Or can they send your system a file at any point to detect you?

yes.
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