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[tactical]

ok , now with the 1 million 360's that got banned, what firmware are you guys gonna put on them.  The first hacked firmware, we no longer have to worry about ss/dmi and all the wave stuff,  can you recommend a good early one that you are using. Or are you gonna continue to update your banned 360's with NEWEST firmware?
I guess hacked firmware that safes the DVD's wear and tear, it is a FREEDOM in a way, don't have to worry about abgx and checking here every few days about some scare that MS is threatening.
I just hope someone can figure out how to make "portable live servers" so I can play my LIVE games with people in same area with me.

[WBones]

QUOTE(jldinnell @ Nov 13 2009, 05:27 PM)

So with the rumored 1 million Xboxes banned, I figure about 500 thousand to 600 thousand of those people will buy a new Xbox by the end of the year.  $250 x 500,000 = $125,000,000.   Time to buy stock in M$.

That might be true... except for the fact that microsoft loses money on each console they sell. Thats how the video game industry works (except for the Wii). You lose money on the console but make it back in games. Its true many people will be buying new Xboxes but half the people I know are switching to PS3. They figure if they are going to have pay for the games anyway they might as well get free online play and a blu-ray player on top of it. The other half are waiting for the new LT firmware so they still dont have to buy games. No games being sold = no money in microsofts pockets.

If I were MS and was able to detect backed up discs I would simply make those discs not work in the console. That way you dont have to lose money on another console and the person would be much more willing to buy a game than a new console

[icspwnz]

independent live servers would be the answer.  then you wouldnt have to worry about M$ detecting the fw because you wouldnt be forced into using their service.

[DarkEvilKen]

So can anyone confirm that the 54420 error has something to do with this banwave (Flagged Console?)? I initially checked on the Canada Xbox site and always thought that I was safe until I went and checked the US site. There it is, errorcode 54420 "This service is temporarily unavailable. Please try back again later.". Could it be that due to the banwave, the whole xbox communicaty has gone chaotic possibly stopping the repair service until things calms down?. Or Maybe I just can't face the truth that I am flagged.

I do like the idea of private "Live" servers. I am studying Computer Engineering and have programming background [.net(C#, VB, C++), Codewarior(Programming microcontrollers using C), VHDL, and others]. I could be of use (or not). Sounds like I'm applying for a job, but I would like to contribute to this community.
What might be required to start this project? I could assist in the project, but am not capable of leading it. Could an architecture such as XLink Kai be effective? Or even writting our own firmware/updates to the NAND chip to enable us to connect to this ideal server(such as the Jtag60 project to run linux).

[cataclysMic1]

i agree on the independent network... it would be dope if there was a way to do it where people couldnt mod unless everyone had the mod or something... that was one of the problems with xlink... it was fun as hell on the first xbox, and cool when they came out with the discs with modded boards, weapon types, ect and everybody could burn and play the disc... BUT when youre playing slayer and some dude is flying around the board shooting exploding heat-seeking plasma granades out of an smg... thats just a pain in the ass...

so what ever happened to xlink? why did that fall apart for the 360 and how come noone picked up on the idea and improved it or something?

not that i could because i'm not a programmer, but it would definitely be a cool thing to explore

[morgan241985]

guys this is quite mad, just watchin the news, it said, 'microsoft have taken action against modders and have banned 600,000 users from live, then  it said but they are in the process of making a new stealth to stop detection, thats weird seeing it on the news and the fact they no straight away that a new firmware is being made, jesus christ some modders dont even know theres new firmware being made, now we know why c4 doesnt release details on the new firmware and wats changed in it, just hope c 4 wins this war with microtwats, i know this isnt really something we allready know but i didnt think id see it on the news, just shows that they are going ape shit
its also weird hearing a news reporter say stealth for some reason

This post has been edited by morgan241985: Nov 14 2009, 08:32 AM

[morgan241985]

what i dont understand is that if its the stealth checks that caused it then why cant we just use the old non stealth firmware wouldnt this be the same or not just wondering, im with c4 no matter wat,

[fullmetal2k]

for anyone that is interested I just found out that even tho the ban corrupts ur profile and gamesaves once u recover ur gamertag ur gamesaves should be ok to unlock achievements even tho the gamesaves says its from a corrupted profile so no need to delete them in case anyone was wondering, again ACHIEVEMENTS STILL UNLOCK even tho ur gamesaves says they came from a corrupted profile. Any game that you have played on ur banned console after being banned new game or from ur gamesaves will become fully corrupted as mention in previous post on here and articles u have read.

[slayer902]

is there any way to resign the profile ?? somebody mentioned resigning the gamesaves to the new console but can this be done for profiles as well

[hollow_83]

Guys the problem is not on the stealth checks.

The problem is that at the end of the dash update (the wpa2 update)
the xbox sends the firmware back to Μ$ for verification.

Simple as that, no more no less.

[PacinoAllstars]

QUOTE(hollow_83 @ Nov 14 2009, 11:52 AM)

Guys the problem is not on the stealth checks.

The problem is that at the end of the dash update (the wpa2 update)
the xbox sends the firmware back to Μ$ for verification.

Simple as that, no more no less.

Your source?

[PeeWee09]

I have a benq running 1.6 but only have a silver account, I use my xbox mainly as a media server to watch divx movies.

I need to sign on to my profile to watch (although I have downloaded the media addon).

If I was to get a ban could I still use my xbox as a media centre or would I not even be able to log on to do that?

[Syn201]

QUOTE(PeeWee09 @ Nov 14 2009, 02:31 PM)

I have a benq running 1.6 but only have a silver account, I use my xbox mainly as a media server to watch divx movies.

I need to sign on to my profile to watch (although I have downloaded the media addon).

If I was to get a ban could I still use my xbox as a media centre or would I not even be able to log on to do that?

yeah just not threw media center
that's the media center in your 360 sorry you have to add everything to media player in windows then go to whatever folder want in dash or use something like tviverst or however that spelt

This post has been edited by Syn201: Nov 14 2009, 01:39 PM

[f575gtc]

QUOTE(PacinoAllstars @ Nov 14 2009, 12:51 PM)

Your source?

his source is that since the bans everyone here is an expert on everything, they know how people get banned, they know how to safely check if your console is banned, they know the modding scene is over...


funny how all their knowhow is incorrect

[coder_phil]

Can c4eva release some early source firmware(ie pre ixtreme) for us little coders to chew on pls!