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iXtreme firmware 1.2 RevC for TS-H943 Xbox 360 Posted by Iriez | July 20 04:59 EST | News Category: Xbox360

A new firmware is released for the TS-H943 xbox360 drive.. (v1.2 RevC) Failed Stealth backups report normal disc information This release patches the stealth information from NON-stealth disc's, so that the invalid info is not sent over live when the disc does not boot. Official Site: n/a (by commodore4eva) Download: n/a (May be illegal under EULA/DMCA) News-Source: xbins.org

[Iriez]

FYI (by soso)

QUOTE(Klutsh @ Jul 20 2007, 06:00 PM)

Or use this: iPrep 101 Definition Update v5

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For clarification (By Iriez):

This release prevents stealth data from being logged by a unsuccessful boot. That does NOT mean 1.2b was unsafe. A unmodified original xbox that gets a backup put into it would reply the same exact way as 1.2b would. This is a theoretical patch for a likely never-to-be used method for MS to ban people (think logically for a second here guys, and then after your done, think legally too.)


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Some Key Posts (by soso)

-Situation with Hitachi (post #96)

-Info sent on bad backup (post #127)

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This post has been edited by sosotiit: Jul 24 2007, 01:16 AM

[indiraider]

Will there be an update for Hitachi as well?

[Iriez]

QUOTE(Boydster @ Jul 20 2007, 04:15 AM)

Is there going to be a news post for every update to every firmware known to man for the next ten years?

Im sorry, were we supposed to not let anyone know there is a new version? Next time I will go for ignorance instead, thats the ticket!

[burnandkill]

So THAT'S what got me banned?

I was runnin fine on live with the new ixtreme/47d until i popped in an older non-stealth backup to test out the new firmware and got banned. I stayed off live for months waiting for the hitachi release to come out, and now I find out about this? F--k! I guess im just another guinnea pig. Time to buy a new box.

[jimbobjim]

If the older iXtreme revisions still allowed the info from bad backups to be sent to M$ doesn't that make them pretty unsafe? Anyone can unknowingly make a bad backup at some point. I thought the whole point of the bad games not booting was so they couldn't be detected.

Thank you for the new update, all your hard work is much appreciated.

[ZakMcRofl]

I agree, this basically that means ixtreme was a useless protection.
If you put in an invalid disc it may not boot but (apparently) the steatlh info gets uploaded just like it was booting. Microsoft probably can't even tell the difference or worse - they can.

I don't know about you but I'd say that would warrant a version tag 1.3

Anyways, thanks C4E for fixing it.

With this information out I predict that the next ban-wave will hit us very hard again. Hopefully not me since I tried to put only 100%-stealth disks into my 360 but there are countless people out there who simply don't care enough.

[joe90]

Was this pretty much the complete point of the ixtreme stuff?
Cheers for all the hard work, but some clarity on the issue would be good.

[daggerer]

Is it worth me flashing this? I dont insert any unstealthed games, as before i flashed my xbox with 1.2 ixtreme yesterday, i tested all of them with xdvdmulleter and put them into piles of stealthed, and not stealthed. I should probably throw the unstealthed ones away to be on the safe side.

This update does seem odd as i thought this would be one of the main things ixtreme already did.

This post has been edited by daggerer: Jul 20 2007, 11:22 AM

[RAISH]

My son mistakenly put a backup disk in an unmodified 360, whilst obviously it didn't boot it as it was unrecongised.  Does that mean to say that if the disk did'nt have the appropraite security sectors ect ect, it was logged?

But the rule here is tho that its a unmodified xbox?  So regardless of the disc the machine is okay and if they ban it for detecting a copy disc what they have has been illegal?

Suffice to say my 360 isn't banned or anything, but something to consider.

[Bassie Von Adriaan]

Yeah, I dont understand? So u can now boot unstealthed disks? I dunno, seems risky or I shouldnt doubt c4e. But ill stick to 1.2b for now

[d-range]

If you try to boot a non-stealth disc with the network cable disconnected, will that be logged and sent to MS later as well? If so, I'm probably screwed as well, as I checked all my discs offline after flashing with iXtreme. Only a single one didn't work, but it if that was logged I can expect a ban later anyway...

Also, is the information only sent when you get the white 'insert this disc into an Xbox 360 console' error that my only non-stealth backup gave? Because I also tried a backup last week (while connected), that did not boot, but it didn't give the error screen, only the 'Open Tray' message in the dashboard.

Can anyone confirm testing backups *offline* with the older iXtreme is safe?

This post has been edited by d-range: Jul 20 2007, 11:54 AM

[youdontknow]

^^^ i dont think it matters if you try it offline, as soon as you get online it will send the log to microsoft anyways.

Bassie Von Adriaan- you should update your firmware, because this update is IMPORTANT!! this update doesnt let you boot unstealth games, it stops the logs from being sent to microsoft when trying an unstealth game. the earlier firmware wouldnt boot the unstealth games but it would still send the log to microsoft. so if you tried to boot an unstealth game most likely it logged it and sent to microsoft. so to be sure none of this happens UPDATE FIRMWARE!!

This post has been edited by youdontknow: Jul 20 2007, 12:01 PM

[Mike46669]

Yea this really seems kinda odd. I thought this kind of thing was already in ixtreme... So basically the whole move from 5.3 to ixtreme wasn't even safe still (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sleep.gif)..  Regardless i'll be updating the next chance i get. I would think something this big should give it a 1.3 tag though as well

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just got the firmware... Noticed that they have a slow and fast version again.. I thought part of ixtreme was to make it so it read the disc at a stock speed?  wouldn't the fast and slow steer away from that again and give MS something to pin you with?

This post has been edited by Mike46669: Jul 20 2007, 12:16 PM

[v078]

i think someone else asked this too but does the iXtreme for Hitachi have the same problem? i.e. doesnt stop the sending of bad information to xbox live when a non-stealth disc is put into it? im asking this because if the Hitachi's are the same (especially the 078's since thats what I have) then im gonna hold off playing any games untill the iXtreme update for Hitachi's roll out.