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[Fudgebar]

oops  sorry for the double paragraph above,  I didnt realize I wrote it twice...and there's no edit feature


However,  did I stump everyone with this one?



What are our options at this point?  Is MLB 2K11 a legitimate 2.5 game??  It displays the game icon when I put it in the drive and it seems to read it fine when I start to launch it but the launch gets interrupted with a pop up that says my game needs a console update to play the game....Is that the typical issue right now?


thanks

[uradodah]

QUOTE(Fudgebar @ Mar 9 2011, 09:51 AM)

oops  sorry for the double paragraph above,  I didnt realize I wrote it twice...and there's no edit feature


However,  did I stump everyone with this one?



What are our options at this point?  Is MLB 2K11 a legitimate 2.5 game??  It displays the game icon when I put it in the drive and it seems to read it fine when I start to launch it but the launch gets interrupted with a pop up that says my game needs a console update to play the game....Is that the typical issue right now?


thanks

If you've read the AP 2.5 FAQ posted on the Firmware section of the forum, you probably have your answer already.  If not, well - go find it and read it.  

In short, based on my understanding of your situation, you're screwed -- as it relates to playing any AP 2.5 games on your console until you update the firmware and properly patch the ISO.  Again, the AP 2.5 FAQ explains this very well.  

Since you updated the dashboard from the disk, you overwrote the previous beta dash that allowed you to enter through the back door, so-to-speak (it was an AP 2.5 dash without it being activated).  There is no way to downgrade once you've updated to a new dash.

Listen, to be honest, there's absolutely, positively NO good reason to hold off on updating your drive's firmware to LT+ v1.1 at this point - unless you don't have the means to do so.  AP 2.5 security checks are not going away and it's only going to get worse going forward.  Therefore, it will be critical for people to stay updated on the firmware front while also making sure the game ISO's are properly patched through ABGX360.

It's time to update your firmware or you won't be able to play most of the good new games...

[Fudgebar]

Uradodo, thanks for the summary in plain english terms....I kind of poked around after my post and pretty much figured this out on my own.

Let me ask you this...since upgrading my 360 isnt easy for me (I have to contact someone and play the wait game with them at their convenience)  If I do this, what is stopping MS to release some security measure in their next dashboard updates that will just also render LT 1.1 useless for backups as well?

Or do you think LT 1.1 will have a long lifespan?


Im actually thinking about doing the firmware upgrade myself but there seems to be too many variables involved that will brick my xbox if I dont have every single base covered...is that correct or are there measures I can take that will allow me a bit more wiggle room for mistakes when learning how to upgrade my own firmware?

Is there a foolproof dummy guide or something that makes it much more simple?....Is there a certain method I could use to ensure that I dont brick my 360 if I miss a step or make a mistake?   I'd love to do it, but I just feel a bit intimidated and kind of out of the loop since up till today, I still was simply patching my ISOs with PFF-O-Matic 1.5 wave files on my BenQ  iXtreme 1.51  firmware drive.

what do you suggest?


thanks!

[pjsammut]

First off, thank you for all the hard work and posting the many relies. You guys rock and really help the Xbox community.

My issue is this. I have the 1.61 firmware and use an activation disc to play games. Recently I tries CO2 Black ops and it failed to load even with the boot disc. I thought, maybe update the console?? Stupid me for not reading the posts here.  
So of course I get the disk cannot be read error....

I understand this fix cannot be applied to the newest console version, but what about if I changed Xbx hDD? I currently have a 20Gig HDD and was thinking of upgrading to 250GB. I assume I would then be able to run the patches here and then transfer all my data which is mostly Avatars and saved games. Can anyone tell me if this will work?

Would the other option be updating to LT+1.1? I have never done FW upgrades myself so am unsure what is involved or what I need. Can anyone provide me with a step by step? Or a link to one...

BTW to upgrade the firmware here in AUS at a shop is around 70 dollars. Thats the same price as a 250gig HDD for the Xbox, hence my thinking.

Thanks for all your help guys.

[camarino22]

Hello i have a problem I had the old dashboard when i updated the kinect and kinect animals and the asscb update i could play the game for several hours the next day i insert dragon age 2 it sad update required to play this game so i updated because like you said i can play every game no matter what so when i did that i played again asscb and when the game seems to start it comes back to dashboard and says in a pop up "UNRECOGNIZED DISC'' CONTACT XBOX SUPPORT

[lamonsas]

2.0.8955.0 ) and i have iXtreme 1.6.  

Basically i patch all my games to wave 3 using "360 Waves patcher" and all games work including Black ops, Marvel vs capcom, Fight Night round 4 etc...  Obviously Assasins creed brotherhood and nfs hot pursuit dont work because they have AP2.5

Anyway, so far i have a problem with 2 games ,thats BULLETSTORM and CRYSIS 2, i patch the games to wave 3 and when i insert into the xbox the game asks for a Dashboard upate and if i decline the game quits,  i guess these games require the new Kinect dashboard right?

So in order to play Crysis 2 and Bulletstorm, i need to update my Dashboard to the Kinect dashboard using the method posted in the first post of this thread?

All my previous burned games will work fine and then the new games such as crysis 2 and bulletstorm will load or they will still require a dashboard update?

[husky1504]

Antares,please help me.I have done everything in your tutorial,step by step.Old games are working but Crysis 2 for example is giving me trouble.When I insert the game it says "Play DVD".Did I make a mistake during the burning process or is it something different?Please Help!!!


Thanx in advance!

[diaz1970]

Hi all,

been reading through the thread and I cannot find the files that are on the first page, megaupload has removed them, any ideas??

cheers

[CLaeR]

Hi u can download it from this place
direct links:
First step.

Second

Final step

[Lannyb]

I have been trying to download the final step all day and it keeps stalling at 50%. Please tell me some one has a differnt link for it!! Thank you in advance!

[Benu]

QUOTE(Benu @ Jan 31 2011, 01:28 PM)

thanks for this.

I'm running ixtreme 1.3 or 1.4 (not sure). I updated the dashboard in the sequence provided, and all went well. Old rips still work fine.

I then took CoD:BO, ran it through the lastest ABGx and it was deemed fine. Then I ran 360 wave patcher to go down to wave 2, and the game boots and runs happily enough  

At some point I will open my xbox again and maybe install the executer blaster thingy to make updates easier - until that day - this does the job

Hi, does anyone know if this process can still work?

I've not made any changes to my system since getting CoD:BO to work. I now try to make a backup of LA.Noire, and using the same steps are above, it doesn't work.

Instead, on boot, it give an error trying to make an update.

Any ideas? Is this ABGx > Wave2 not possible with the newer games anymore?

[eeee87]

QUOTE(Benu @ May 22 2011, 06:49 PM)

Hi, does anyone know if this process can still work?

I've not made any changes to my system since getting CoD:BO to work. I now try to make a backup of LA.Noire, and using the same steps are above, it doesn't work.

Instead, on boot, it give an error trying to make an update.

Any ideas? Is this ABGx > Wave2 not possible with the newer games anymore?

i would like to know the answer to this also

[pavemint]

I used this update a few months ago for Kinect and it worked perfect until recently when new releases required a dashboard update. I was not willing to do that initially, afraid I would no longer be able to play. I have a Hitachi 78/79 using iXtreme 1.51. I just updated to the newest dashboard 13146 because I was going to flash it again to LT+ 1.1. After updating the dashboard, my drive was NOT flashed and I can play everything just as before and I can also play the newest releases. FYI for anyone with a similar console.

[firefox98]

QUOTE(husky1504 @ Mar 20 2011, 07:43 PM)

Antares,please help me.I have done everything in your tutorial,step by step.Old games are working but Crysis 2 for example is giving me trouble.When I insert the game it says "Play DVD".Did I make a mistake during the burning process or is it something different?Please Help!!!
Thanx in advance!

Anthares2k,

I had a samilar problem, burned Modern Warfare 2 was read as a "DVD", after read tons of thread in this post, I think the problem may come from my never hacked optical drive.
I had original Xbox360, un-banned, un-modified, start upgrade from 9199 dash, follow all your 3 steps.
my ISO was not patched.
should I hack my drive to iextreme 1.5 or 1.6 to play the game?
thanks in advance.

[fabiode34]

what about doing this trick and then updating to latest dashboard? Can i play online with this trick?