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[McTavish]

Just flashed lite-on and benq with 1.6 using Jungleflasher everything went well. and they both play all backups and originals fine

[ILLPLEASA]

QUOTE(SigmaXIX @ May 15 2009, 05:36 PM)

What should it be doing with ACTIVATE.ISO in the drive?

Getting the movie that pops-up that says "PLEASE USE THIS GAME IN AN XBOX360 CONSOLE".  That's with ACITVATE.ISO on a VERBATIM DL.

Is there any indication that ACTIVATE.ISO is working?

That "Please use this game in an Xbox360 Console" is the correct message that supposed to come up. Other than that, there is no indication that it works besides ejecting that disc out and putting in a non-stealth or Wave-X game and having it load up.

Funny thing though, when I first flashed iXtreme 1.6 Repack (using Jungle Flasher 1.59) the non-stealth games did not boot up for me after loading up the Activate.iso disc. I tried multiple times and nothing. I ended up reflashing the drive just for the hell of it, this time I used Jungle Flasher 1.6. Hence to say after the second reflash, the one-shot boot mode loaded up my non-stealth backups fine.

I'm not saying it was Jungle Flasher 1.6 that fixed the issue, what I am saying though that if your one-shot boot mode is not working and you know you have a valid working dual layer activate.iso disc (which as stated previously is also the old school Enable0800 discs), then your best bet would be to try to reflash your drive.

Activate.iso does not work on single layer discs for those who want to know. So don't even try to waste a disc for it. IT WILL NOT WORK...

[Jurai]

Not directly 1.6 related, but I just noticed something and wanted to ask

If I insert my dvdkey using firmtool, it copies the entire block from $4000 to $4200, while jungleflasher only overwrites the dvdkey itself

In my original fw (ms25) the dvdkey is located at a different offset than in ixtreme (ms28-based), so there is some extra data that firmtool copies into ixtreme that jungleflasher does not

Does anyone know which is actually the better method of patching? I've always used firmtool before but having noticed the extra data it is copying over that jungleflasher isn't, I'm not sure which to trust.

[Toddler]

QUOTE(Jurai @ May 16 2009, 10:31 AM)

Does anyone know which is actually the better method of patching? I've always used firmtool before but having noticed the extra data it is copying over that jungleflasher isn't, I'm not sure which to trust.

I noticed the same thing, did a hex-comparison and wondered about that as well.  Firmtool seemed happy with iX1.6, which is all I've ever used, but some guidance on this would be good.  The two results are certainly different, so which one is best?

[lazarx7]

QUOTE(ILLPLEASA @ May 16 2009, 06:59 PM)

That "Please use this game in an Xbox360 Console" is the correct message that supposed to come up. Other than that, there is no indication that it works besides ejecting that disc out and putting in a non-stealth or Wave-X game and having it load up.

Funny thing though, when I first flashed iXtreme 1.6 Repack (using Jungle Flasher 1.59) the non-stealth games did not boot up for me after loading up the Activate.iso disc. I tried multiple times and nothing. I ended up reflashing the drive just for the hell of it, this time I used Jungle Flasher 1.6. Hence to say after the second reflash, the one-shot boot mode loaded up my non-stealth backups fine.

I'm not saying it was Jungle Flasher 1.6 that fixed the issue, what I am saying though that if your one-shot boot mode is not working and you know you have a valid working dual layer activate.iso disc (which as stated previously is also the old school Enable0800 discs), then your best bet would be to try to reflash your drive.

Activate.iso does not work on single layer discs for those who want to know. So don't even try to waste a disc for it. IT WILL NOT WORK...

 And is there a chance to run a XBOX 1 backup from a DVD5 (single layer) using this activation.iso?

[Toddler]

QUOTE(Toddler @ May 16 2009, 10:36 AM)

I noticed the same thing, did a hex-comparison and wondered about that as well.  Firmtool seemed happy with iX1.6, which is all I've ever used, but some guidance on this would be good.  The two results are certainly different, so which one is best?

Well, here's a head-scratcher.  I have two BenQ 360s here, I patched them both using Firmtool and Jungle Flasher latest versions to compare.  The first BenQ produces identical hacked firmware using either tool.  The other BenQ has a whole string of differences from E020 to E02F.  I wish someone could explain the discrepancy.

[mik30]

QUOTE(flash360 @ May 15 2009, 11:29 PM)

I take it C4E dont like people messin with his art  "Games will not boot if the start drive speed is less than 12x"

That quote is obviously mistaken by most of the audience.
The FW can be changed to less than 12x like before.
The quote just means that the release is 12x only like the
v151 was as well before. So nothing to worry for those
who do not like the 12x noise.

[ILLPLEASA]

QUOTE(lazarx7 @ May 16 2009, 11:50 AM)

And is there a chance to run a XBOX 1 backup from a DVD5 (single layer) using this activation.iso?

No, when you insert an valid DVD5 backup using the one-shot boot method, the game boots up to the original xbox logo screen, then displays an error screen.

Interestingly enough, I also tested a few old valid DVD9 backups or original xbox 1 games I used pre iXtreme firmware, and those did not boot up also...

[oinkoff]

I have problem with one Liteon .
I did everything the same way i normaly do, read the key and files, make the modify Lite_CFW.bin file in jungleflasher and load it onto my flash drive. Boot from usb into dos, erase and flash. When dosflash writing bank3 i got freeze. I decided to restart the computer after tens minute of the waiting, but the drive is not seen through the computer from this time. Dosflash, jungleflasher, iprep itp do not see anything, and the tray does not open. Something can do with this ?? This is my first such case.

Hardware is CK3 PRO and Probe.

[lazarx7]

QUOTE(ILLPLEASA @ May 16 2009, 08:43 PM)

No, when you insert an valid DVD5 backup using the one-shot boot method, the game boots up to the original xbox logo screen, then displays an error screen.

Interestingly enough, I also tested a few old valid DVD9 backups or original xbox 1 games I used pre iXtreme firmware, and those did not boot up also...

That's bad. This was the only reason I waited for the iX1.6.

[steak]

Thank you for all your hard work...
I have a question, do I need to restore my drive to the original bin first?

Best!

XteaK

[KIPPERMAN32]

QUOTE(steak @ May 16 2009, 07:34 PM)

Thank you for all your hard work...
I have a question, do I need to restore my drive to the original bin first?

Best!

XteaK

Only Hitachis need restoring, so nope.

[bobthenob]

cheers thanks for your hard work

[harrytasker]

Just flashed my Benq drive to 1.6 using dosflash, but i can't boot any games anymore, no originals no wave 2 or 3. It says Play DVD instead of Play name of the game.
What went wrong, anyone?

[Jurai]

QUOTE(Toddler @ May 16 2009, 04:36 PM)

I noticed the same thing, did a hex-comparison and wondered about that as well.  Firmtool seemed happy with iX1.6, which is all I've ever used, but some guidance on this would be good.  The two results are certainly different, so which one is best?

Well, Jungleflasher does notice the correct dvdkey location in both of the output firmwares, so I guess both of them will work. I'm really just curious which is considered the proper method of patching though. If the data that firmtool copies over from my orig.bin is related to ensuring my drive is recognized as original then I wouldn't want to use the one Jungleflasher made.

Personally I've always used firmtool's output firmware in the past and haven't had any issues / live bans, but a solid answer from someone in the know would be appreciated