Topic: iXtreme firmware 1.2 RevC for TS-H943 Xbox 360 (Read 788 times)

Havok · « **Reply #45 on:** July 20, 2007, 01:50:00 PM »

QUOTE(baberg @ Jul 20 2007, 03:39 PM)

So, just out of curiosity, how did Microsoft "sneak" this new check in? I haven't had a Dashboard update since I first modded my console (iXtreme 1.0) so was this code just a time-release check that is now hitting? Or do we even know where the check is being done?

Oh, and big thanks to C4E and all of the other hard working modders out there for keeping us up to date on the latest detection methods. I'll flash my drive tonight.

The check was seen when you are connected to Live. It as nothing to do with the dashboard as it is information requested by the Live service itself.

QUOTE(MetalHead06 @ Jul 20 2007, 12:35 PM)

But then how can they differentiate between the two? All drives now have stealth so they can't detect if the fw is modified or now, so then how would they be able to log if a nonstealth game log comes from a stock or modified system?

Because the stock system has a completely different (original) firmware.

A brief lession in how things work are in order...

On the original discs (which are pressed) contain lots of data in unwritable locations.. for example the security sector. We can not make a 100% copy of a disc, if we could.. we wouldn't need a hacked firmware at all. What the hacked firmware does is redirect the drives data calls to this new writable location. (i.e. system asks for a SS and the firmware gives it to the system). With a non-stealth disc.. the disc "answers" with the wrong information.

With an original firmware the system can't see any of this relocated information because it does not know where to look. Thus any requests for information will just return garbage.

Returning garbage is OK... returning valid but incorrect information is BAD.

To the people complaining.. STOP.. sosoit and others have summed it up nicely so I am not going to repeat their words. My only addition is if you have no idea how to flash your firmware I am assuming you have no idea how to back up your own games either. They pretty much have the same complexity.

Ranger72 · « **Reply #46 on:** July 20, 2007, 01:59:00 PM »

QUOTE(signum @ Jul 20 2007, 09:24 PM)

Will there be a new fw for reading game backups slow based of this new feature?

I really like the slow speed so much.

This comes with slow and normal speed. I choose slow myself.

ruciz · « **Reply #47 on:** July 20, 2007, 02:20:00 PM »

If anyone expects a real-time live service to be safe when using burnt/hacked games/firmwares where verification is taking place.. they are off their tilter..

NO modded firmware of ANY kind is going to be safe on microsofts live service.

People get it straight. Eventually a day will come when it WON'T connect to live, someway, somehow.

C4E's efforts are definatly appriciated, but people have to realize this isn't FOOLPROOF. A live service of any kind always changes, thats the point. New things will be detected and executed.. cycle repeats. Its the end user who now has to decide if its worth a new console every X months, or to buy the legit game and an unmodded console.

XLNC · « **Reply #48 on:** July 20, 2007, 02:21:00 PM »

Before flashing my drive for the first time I put in a copy of PGR3 (no xbox live connection) and it took ages to boot and eventually did and ran the DVD video saying put this game into an xbox 360 so I'm assuming I should be fine since the 360 thinks that it ran a DVD video or am I banned, any way to avoid getting banned?

If the logs are stored on flash then it's probably all over, but if it's harddrive then I'm all for formatting my drive.

ruciz · « **Reply #49 on:** July 20, 2007, 02:24:00 PM »

QUOTE(baberg @ Jul 20 2007, 08:39 PM)

So, just out of curiosity, how did Microsoft "sneak" this new check in? I haven't had a Dashboard update since I first modded my console (iXtreme 1.0) so was this code just a time-release check that is now hitting? Or do we even know where the check is being done?

Oh, and big thanks to C4E and all of the other hard working modders out there for keeping us up to date on the latest detection methods. I'll flash my drive tonight.

Its been being done since day one.. They just didn't start executing the bans right away so they could be sure it wasn't fluke and ban someone who shouldn't have been.

xnoelahg · « **Reply #50 on:** July 20, 2007, 02:38:00 PM »

QUOTE(mayonnaise @ Jul 20 2007, 06:49 PM)

Wow..........if someone doesnt know how to flash their own drive, they should still shut their mouth. If they don't have a clue on how to flash a drive and paid someone to do it, that is their own problem again. IMO, if you don't know how to mod a system yourself or be competent enough to have someone show you how, you shouldnt be using a modded system.

You're taking the ability to flash for granted. Yes, it's easy for people like us, but think of someone who would pay you to do it for them. They have a right to be disapointed and disrought, but they don't have a right to demand anything. All I'm saying is I can understand someone who paid another person $X to flash their system, and now they have to pay again to keep current.

On the same note, however, I believe the firmware and stealth backups are 100% safe atm, so as long as you keep whoever's console you flashed up to date on what they can and can't stick into their consoles, they should be fine.

tonelab77 · « **Reply #51 on:** July 20, 2007, 02:39:00 PM »

Are we sure that the slow read speed is just as safe as normal read speed?

acsutton · « **Reply #52 on:** July 20, 2007, 03:20:00 PM »

I was curious, I have been banned off live since about february due to a financial discrepancy. I've almost got the problem cleared up. By the way, if you owe them any MS won't tell you. They sent an eight dollar fee to the collection agency on me. $8.00 for Christ sake, I make more money in a week taking a dump in my work's bathroom. Anyways, I haven't been on live so I still have xtreme 5.3. I'll only have the silver service so I can get content, but I'm worried that I have played non-stealth in the past. I am currently updated as far as my dashboard goes so will it still send a log to MS, even if I never put a backup in my drive while connected to live? If so, can I reflash to this firmware and not have to worry about my past endeavors with non-stealth or will it still screw me. Any help is greatly appreciated, you guys rock

mayonnaise · « **Reply #53 on:** July 20, 2007, 02:53:00 PM »

QUOTE(xnoelahg @ Jul 20 2007, 05:14 PM)

You're taking the ability to flash for granted.

Not I am not. It wasnt that hard for me to read a guide and flash my drive. All knowledge I have of computers/electronic devices was learned through guides or self research. Like I said, if someone wont take the time to read a guide, have someone show them, just plain dont get it, or are afraid of taking the risk; they shouldnt be taking the risk of using a modded system (on XBL no less).

P.S. I would not let someone pay me to mod their system. I have done a few for friends. I make them pay me by paying attention to me and listening well when I first modded their system so they can do it themselves afterwards.

hameda · « **Reply #54 on:** July 20, 2007, 02:59:00 PM »

hey guys, i flashed my samsung m28 drive last night with ixtreme 1.2 using a via sata pci card with relative ease. today, i am trying to flash the new 1.2c but i can't get the drive detected by mtkflash. anyone has a clue?
thanks

baberg · « **Reply #55 on:** July 20, 2007, 03:02:00 PM »

Thank you for the explanation, Havok. The chess game continues...

Klutsh · « **Reply #56 on:** July 20, 2007, 03:24:00 PM »

QUOTE(adiazm @ Jul 20 2007, 10:57 PM)

<firmware md5="removed by soso">
<name>iXtreme v1.2c (Quiet Read)</name>
</firmware>
<firmware md5="removed by soso">
<name>iXtreme v1.2c (Fast Read)</name>
</firmware>

Thanks to rahrahrah

Or use this: iPrep 101 Definition Update v5

hiaaa · « **Reply #57 on:** July 20, 2007, 03:48:00 PM »

QUOTE(hameda @ Jul 20 2007, 10:35 PM)

hey guys, i flashed my samsung m28 drive last night with ixtreme 1.2 using a via sata pci card with relative ease. today, i am trying to flash the new 1.2c but i can't get the drive detected by mtkflash. anyone has a clue?
thanks

Did you insert the 0800 disc to unlock the firmware guard?

jaynigs · « **Reply #58 on:** July 20, 2007, 04:01:00 PM »

Great, thanks for this release, what will m$ try next?

I have an idea for a future version of this firmware, is it possible for NON Stealthed games to boot if not connected to live? or perhaps a disc to override the non booting of non stealthed games. ( could even use the enable 800 disc as a boolean to switch off the non booting code )

I have a few games that are non stealthed, which i know they are not stealthed but i only want to play them offline, i own the originals to these games, so if i really want to use them online i will use the originals, but dont really want to burn them again.

Im sure uk law states i am allowed to legally have a backup, provided i own the original disc, thus m$ will have no legal grounds to ban me from live if i do not use them online, in fact they would be in breach of my rights ( unless my rights have changed in this area without me knowing about it )

This post has been edited by jaynigs: Jul 20 2007, 11:08 PM

Lush · « **Reply #59 on:** July 20, 2007, 04:05:00 PM »

will rev C be needed for hitachis? or only samsungs?

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