Topic: Xtreme firmware v2.0 for Toshiba-Samsung TS-H943 (Read 485 times)

Xbox-Scene · « **on:** July 14, 2006, 07:08:00 AM »

Xtreme firmware v2.0 for Toshiba-Samsung TS-H943
Posted by XanTium | July 14 09:08 EST

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Commodore4eva released a new modified firmware for the Toshiba-Samsung TS-H943 drive on xboxhacker.net:

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Xtreme firmware 2.0 for TS-H943 Xbox 360

Here it is, the World first One Firmware Only Xbox 360 backup and extraction firmware modification!
No more reflashing of your drive with different firmwares!
I would like to dedicate this firmware to my father who passed away suddenly. He went into debt to purchase my first computer, a commodore 64, which enabled me to learn assembly language.
Please spare a thought or prayer for him around the world, this would make him chuckle. He will be sadly missed.

* Features
Extraction part of firmware enabled with Enable0800 DVD. ISO included.
In Enable0800 mode, allows drive to function natively under Windows without any hardware conversion/adaptors

Boots all Xtreme Xbox 360 backups
Boots all Xtreme Xbox 1 backups
Boots all Xbox 360 originals
Boots all Xbox 1 originals on Xbox 360
Use on Xbox Live at own risk

* Technical details
Firmware now also checks for Enable0800 security sector @ PSN 04FB1F and if found, enables 0800 mode of firmware.
ISO image Enable0800.iso included. Just burn and insert into drive when you wish to extract security sectors or dump games.
0800 mode of firmware deactivated by inserting game backup (Xbox 360 or Xbox 1) or DVD movie or turning off console.

Reads Xbox 360/Xbox 1 security sector from PSN FD021E (Layer 1)
Reads Xbox 360 security sector from PSN 04FB1F (Layer 0)
Reads Xbox 1 security sector from PSN 605FF (Layer 0)
Security sector must be extracted using Enable0800 DVD for Xbox360 games and Xbox 1 games

* Flashing your drive
Advisable to make a backup of your dvd drive firmware first.("mtkflash r /m orig.bin")
Please make sure you hexedit the Xtreme20.bin firmware to include your dvd drive key from your original firmware (just copy $4000-4400).
Plug SATA cable from DVD drive to PC. Power cable drive still connected to Xbox 360
Power on Xbox 360
Power on PC
Boot with standard dos boot disk with included mtkflash utility
Run "mtkflash w /m Xtreme20.bin"

* Extracting Security Sector
Ensue SATA cable is plugged from drive to PC.
(This is very important as may be possible in future for console to detect modified firmware due to Inquiry routine enabled for WIndows)
Power on Xbox 360.
Insert Enable0800 DVD into drive. Wait 5 or so seconds then remove the Enable0800 DVD. Drive now in 0800 mode.
Turn on PC and wait for Windows to boot
Insert original game disk into drive and wait for windows to detect disk change
Run DVDinfoPro
Enter the following four custom cdb commands:
AD 00 FF 02 FD FF FE 00 08 00 01 C0
AD 00 FF 02 FD FF FE 00 08 00 03 C0
AD 00 FF 02 FD FF FE 00 08 00 05 C0
AD 00 FF 02 FD FF FE 00 08 00 07 C0
Then save hexadecimal display as bin file as SS.bin

* Creating a game backup
Drive is still in 0800 mode.
Extract Isobuilder.rar
Insert original game disk into drive and wait for windows to detect disk change
Run DVDinfoPro
Enter the following custom cdb command to unlock drive: (game data visable)
FF 08 01 01
Run Isobuster
Right click on DVD and select Extract From-To
Click Length and enter number of LBAs as follows:
Xbox 1 Original Number of LBA to read 3431264 decimal
or
Xbox 360 Original Number of LBA to read 3567872 decimal
Select User Data (2048 bytes/block)
Click Start Extraction
Enter filename as game.iso and click Save
Upon read error dialogue box choose fill with blank zeros for sector and select use this selection for all errors
Copy game.iso and ss.bin to the relevent isobuilder directory (Depending on Xbox 360 or Xbox 1 game)
Run build360.bat (Xbox 360 game) or build.bat (xbox 1 game)
Ensure your burner will set the booktype of DVD+R DL to DVDRom
Burn with CloneCd and choose the image.dvd file

* Turning off 0800 mode of firmware
Either insert game backup (Xbox 360 or Xbox 1) or DVD movie. This de-activates 0800 part of firmware or turn off console.

I will not be doing any more work on the Hitachi as I will leave that to the excellent work of Garyopa,Spectrumforever,Birdie and others.
Still working on Media Stealth firmware and will release when there has been a reaction from Microsoft as until then it is not required!

*Update* Note that this FW release is not compatible with KeyDrive Xtractor/Patcher(info)(info) (KDX) v1.5. From garyopa on forums.xbox-scene.com:

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KDX v1.5 is NOT compatible with the original "c4e" release of Xtreme v2.0 or with his earlier v1.1.
The authors of KDX v1.5 released a Proper-Patch for the v1.1, and it should work on v2.0 but I have not personally tested it, to see if it is compatible.

There is no "proper" release yet for Xtreme2.0, as such please don't use the Xtreme2.0 with KDX v1.5, you must only manually copy your key by using a HEX editor.
For the "hackers" out there, in the original "c4e" releases of Xtreme v2.0, all the >4000 area is filled with >FF, and KDX v1.5 does not like that.
The Xtreme v2.0 bin needs to be patched like so, replacing the strings of >FF with the following HEX, to be compatible with the KDX v1.5 program:
At address >4000 = 01 11 11 11 11
At address >4015 = 02 EE EE EE EE
At address >401A = 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

News-Source: xboxhacker.net
Xbox-Scene FW Install/Usage Guides/Tutorials: here
Download: n/a (might be illegal under DMCA/EUCD)

sHape oF gReY · « **Reply #1 on:** July 14, 2006, 06:22:00 AM »

Hell yeah! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/muhaha.gif)

C4E...much (IMG:style_emoticons/default/love.gif) bud. Sorry to hear about your farther, he will be missed.

MrPhunkee · « **Reply #2 on:** July 14, 2006, 06:25:00 AM »

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Still working on Media Stealth firmware and will release when there has been a reaction from MS as until then it is not required!

Sweet

Bdan629 · « **Reply #3 on:** July 14, 2006, 06:27:00 AM »

does the enable800 have to be on a dual layer disk?

redwolf · « **Reply #4 on:** July 14, 2006, 06:36:00 AM »

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I would like to dedicate this firmware to my father who passed away suddenly. He went into debt to purchase my first computer, a commodore 64, which enabled me to learn assembly language.
Please spare a thought or prayer for him around the world, this would make him chuckle. He will be sadly missed.

tell me he's kidding (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)

AfGhAnGsTa · « **Reply #5 on:** July 14, 2006, 07:22:00 AM »

QUOTE(redwolf @ Jul 14 2006, 08:43 AM)

tell me he's kidding (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)

I feel bad for him.. all that work, and his father passes away. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

This sucks though.. I just installed my VGA port, headphone jack, and a switch to the back of my 360 on the top part of the case so it's going to be a pain to try to flash this. Oh well...

sppyro · « **Reply #6 on:** July 14, 2006, 06:49:00 AM »

Thoughts and Prayers go out to your father. I can hear him chuckling right now ( (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) )

Great Job! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

-Sppyro

FrostyTheSnowman · « **Reply #7 on:** July 14, 2006, 06:58:00 AM »

YES!!! You are the man Commodore4eva. LOL, MS will never stop the hacking community. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/muhaha.gif)

bucko · « **Reply #8 on:** July 14, 2006, 06:58:00 AM »

Sorry about your father Commodore4eva. Commodore64 rocks, I still got mine (my brother passed it me down as a birthday present when I was like 6-7 years old when he got an Amiga 600). I'm gonna buy an ide64 for my C64 (ide.64.org) to stretch some more life out of it, it's gathering dust atm I don't want it to. I think the best game I had on the C64 was slicks, was an awesome F1 racing game, 2D birds eye view, hell yer.

Nice work on the firmware btw!

This post has been edited by bucko: Jul 14 2006, 02:03 PM

Havok · « **Reply #9 on:** July 14, 2006, 07:04:00 AM »

Condolences and thanks C64!!...

This firmware is obviously a great peice of work and will facilitate making ligitimate backups much easier...

mlapaglia · « **Reply #10 on:** July 14, 2006, 07:08:00 AM »

thanks for all your great work man, sorry to hear about the bad news though.

S3v3n11 · « **Reply #11 on:** July 14, 2006, 07:11:00 AM »

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(just copy $4000-4400).

Is this right or should it be $4000-4200???

TIA!!!

JUANVAN · « **Reply #12 on:** July 14, 2006, 07:16:00 AM »

Great news! Sorry for your personal news...

So who wants to try to fit both on the banks for dual firmware - that would be just about the only improvment from here... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

Nikuto-Kun · « **Reply #13 on:** July 14, 2006, 07:35:00 AM »

Thank you for all the great work.

Sorry about your father man!

O_oTheGameo_O · « **Reply #14 on:** July 14, 2006, 07:49:00 AM »

can anyone tell me what this does?

I mean do I need to reflash my xbox again? what does this FW do what the first one doesn't?

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