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[X-Staff]

I found this at http://www.xboxhacker.net/forums/index.php?topic=3458.0

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Add this patch to c4eva extreme ms28. This will permit access to flash chip by mtkflash as in ms 20 & ms25 f/w versions.

Do this at your risk!!!!
 change byte  in ms28 f/w @ 0D4C5'h from 0E4'h -> 00'h
Please post any results as I cannot test this out as my 943 does not work as a rom anymore.
Thanx in advance

[j3y q]

well if anyones trys this lmk im not willing to brick a drive .

[X-Staff]

im surprised more ppl havent jumped on this - its an essential patch

and its pretty easy to recover a samsung drive - its hitachis where you get the bricks

[majik655]

QUOTE(X-Staff @ Sep 28 2006, 05:51 PM)

im surprised more ppl havent jumped on this - its an essential patch

and its pretty easy to recover a samsung drive - its hitachis where you get the bricks

I also wonder why this is not talked about?  

I assumed/heard once flashed with modded firmware it acted like a normal ms25 type drive anyway??  

if this is the case then there is no need for that patch.  But if there was no need for it why make a patch.

Anyone shed anymore info on this subject?

[angry_rabbit]

it works

[j3y q]

so YOU tired it and it worked?

[rosincore]

This is useless.  You still have to read your original MS28 firmware before doing anything else.  So you still have to use the VCC switch or bad flash with VIA and MTK PC drive to read the original firmware.  Whatever patch he's saying apply this to, whether it's the orig MS28 firmware, or the Xtreme33 firmware, it makes no difference.  You still have to get the original firmware before you can do anything else.  And like Majik said, once the firmware is flashed, it is no longer locked out if you need to reflash it again.

Unless if I'm mistaken, this patch doesn't solve anything.  That's why nobody is interested in it.

[OriginalCompGeek]

There are rare instances in which this would be useful.

Example, you get a totally new drive for your 360 and its an MS28.  This would be assuming you have your drive key from your old drive.

[rosincore]

QUOTE(OriginalCompGeek @ Sep 29 2006, 01:08 PM)

There are rare instances in which this would be useful.

Example, you get a totally new drive for your 360 and its an MS28.  This would be assuming you have your drive key from your old drive.

No, it still wouldn't help with that.  This patch is only for firmware.  It is applied to firmware.  Ok, let's say you get a brand new MS28 drive with the MS28 firmware on it.  How are you going to flash it?  Of course, you're saying you could patch your firmware, but you need to read/write using the original MS28 firmware.  The only way this would be good is if you bought the drive from somebody who patched this beforehand.  In other words, a pre-patched original MS28 drive.  But that person would still have to have done the VCC/Bad flash for you.  So yes, it would be good if you were selling an MS28 to anotehr person and you pre-flashed their drive with the "MS25" firmware.  There is still no way to get around the VCC/Bad Flash the first time.

Firmware on drive = MS28
In order to use this patch = need to read/write to drive
MS28 and read/write = need VCC or Bad-Flash

^ just think about it, the drive STILL needs to be messed with at least once.  This is not "an essential patch" as quoted by Xecuter.  It's nothing.  It's cool he figured out what exactly was causing the lockout, but it still doesn't help, because MS isn't going to ship drives with this "patch" now are they?

[majik655]

So I am still wanting to know..


Lets say you flash your ms28 the normal vcc way.   IF you wanted to REFLASH this drive again.. do you still need to do the vcc switching ??  (no patch applied yet)


I am just wanting to know in the long run ..  

I am sure you ALWAYS have to do the vcc switching UNLESS at some point you patch the firmware so you do not have to when ever you reflash again... correct?


Thanks