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Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on August 19, 2004, 05:19:00 PM

I have seen hundreds of people (mostly n00bs or newbies) who want to flash thier TSOP or use a gamesave exploit and an "after" exploit (audio, font, UDE, etc.) using a USB stick, CF card, or any other portable storage media that can be connected to a USB port. Many people, like myself, saw on the Screen Savers Kevin Rose hacking the xbox with the USB stick and the PSO keyboard adapter and we all wanted to know, "HOW THE FUCK DID HE DO THAT!?!?" Well, I have the answer:

This method of exploiting the Xbox doesn't require a modded Xbox, opening your Xbox (unless you want to do a TSOP flash), and has no known gamesave corruption (i would use a device that has 32MB of memory or more, just in case.)

This tutorial was written for Windows XP home or Professional.

UPDATE 1: Now I have the answer and steps to why some of your saves are seen as "invalid" by the AR software.

UPDATE 2: Now with pics!

UPDATE 3: Why you should not use an MP3 player or IPod

UPDATE 4: V.1.6 is not compatible

Discliamer:

This tutorial is to be used at your own risk and if you know what you are doing. You can hurt of damage yourself, your xbox, your USB mass storage device, and/or your PC. I take no responsibility if you end up in an illegal situation becasue you committed piracy, used illegal software or BIOS's, or any other stupid crap you can think of.

Now that that's out of the way...

Parts and software needed:

USBview.exe:
usbman.com

action replay software:
codejunkies.com: click, your region, go to support and dowload the software. WHEN YOU INSTALL IT, DO NOT CHANGE IT'S DEFAULT PATH TO INSTALL (probably Program Files)

the gamesave exploit of your choice in xbins:
if you are a newbie or don't know that the hell i'm talking about, i would recomend using ldot's ltools UDE/2 installer. It comes for three games (mecahssault, 007: auf, and Splinter Cell 1. TO BE SAFE, DON'T USE THE PLATINUM HITS VERSIONS OF ANY OF THESE GAMES) and the PAL and NTSC versions of every game. in xbins, go to /XBOX/Operating Systems/linux/distributions/ltools/ .

an xbox (a BIG no fuckin' duh)

a PC (another BIG no fuckin' duh)

a USB mass storage device:
this include USB sticks, a CF card in a reader, or any other device that can be pluged into your USB port and you can put files on it. In the tut, i'll just reffer to whatever you use as a USB stick.
(to see that the USB mass storage device is compatible, look here:
http://unmodded.mine.nu/docs/XboxUsbCompatibilityList

a regualr USB female port to an Xbox controller port male adapter:
can be purchased at;
"http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=83&products_id=2154&" for about $15 USD ($22 CAN, £19),
sent to you free from M$ at ttp://www.xbox.com/en-us/pso2/keyboardadapter.htm" (US only),
or you can make your own, shown here: http://www.xbox-linux.org/Xbox_Linux_USB_HOWTO (requires soldering)

Method:

1.1: Plug your USB stick (or other mass storage device) into the regualr USB female port of the the adapter, and the Xbox controller male port into your Xbox. Now, start up the Xbox dashboard and go into "MEMORY": an error message should now pop up and say that the memory card wasn't working properly and has now been erased. Don't worry, this is normal; this means that the USB stick has been formatted and can now be used as a regular Xbox memory card.

1.2: Now, take out your USB stick and plug it into your PC USB port. Open USBview.exe. You should see these two rows and these digits beside them:

idVendor: 0xyyyy
idProduct: 0xzzzz

(IMG:http://img13.exs.cx/img13/3474/pic1.png)

copy down the yyyy digits, and the zzzz digits and keep them for later.

1.3: If you followed my directions and installed the Action replay software to it's default instillation destionation, go to C:\Program Files\Datel\Action Replay XBOX\Drivers and open up xbreader.ini and scroll down to the [_Devices] and the first line should look like this:

(IMG:http://img5.exs.cx/img5/1695/pic9.png)

now, delete the digits beside VID_ and PID_

(IMG:http://img46.exs.cx/img46/6184/pic3.png)

and replace the VID_ digits with the yyyy digits, and the PID_ digits with the zzzz digits.

(IMG:http://img46.exs.cx/img46/2151/pic4.png)

Edit the first line AND ONLY THE FIRST LINE! Now, save xbreader,ini.

1.4: Go to Start, Contol Panel, and click "switch to classic view" on the left hand side and the top. Double click on System, click the hardware tab, and click Device Manager. Expand the Universal Serial Bus Controllers row, right click on USB Mass Storage Device and click Update Driver. Now, on the Hardware Update Driver window, select "Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)", and click next. Select "Don't Search. I will choose the driver the install". Click next. Select "ActionReplay XBOX" and click next.

Now, you have just made the USB stick work as a regualr AR memory card with no (known) data curruption. In order to get ANYTHING on the card now, we must make the saves compatible.

2.1: Find your gamesave exploit of your choice and unzip it. You should have two folders: the actual gamesave exploit that makes the xbox crash, and the Evolution X folder, or raincoat BIOS flasher folder, (if you're doing a TSOP flash), or the UDE intaller if your using the ltools UDE installer. I will show you ldot's ltools UDE/2 installer for Splinter Cell (because i use it). The same basic method applies, except the file and folder names may be different:

5553000c (gamesave exploit; #'s will be different depending on what game you are using)

(IMG:http://img15.exs.cx/img15/4442/pic11.png)

21585554: (the actual linux-based UDE installer)

(IMG:http://img15.exs.cx/img15/6662/pic12.png)

2.2: Use an existing save that came with the AR software and copy the datelinfo.xbx file into the first file directory in both of the saves. If you installed the AR software into it's default directoy, go to "C:\Program Files\Datel\Action Replay XBOX\Saves" (without the quotes).

(IMG:http://img17.exs.cx/img17/6662/pic12.png)

So, the folders should go from this:
5553000c
l___>TitleMeta.xbx
>TitleImage.xbx
>8D5BCE250B35
21585554:
l___>TitleMeta.xbx
>TitleImage.xbx
>000000000000

...to this:
5553000c
l___>TitleMeta.xbx
>TitleImage.xbx
>datelinfo.xbx
>8D5BCE250B35
21585554:
l___>TitleMeta.xbx
>TitleImage.xbx
>datelinfo.xbx
>000000000000

Now, your gamesave exploit should be complete and reader to use!
HAPPY MODDING!!!!

AND YES, NO GAMESAVE OR .XBE EXPLOIT FROM XBINS IS NOT AR SOFTWARE READY, AND YOU MUST PUT THE DATELINFO.XBX FILES INTO THE APPROPRIATE DIRECTORIES!!!!

BONUS SECTION:
Now, school is starting up (AHH!!!!) and you probably need that USB stick back to keep your W0rd docs on, or you need your CF card for your camera. You must remove the AR driver from the USB stick:

3: Plug your USB stick in to your PC (DON'T OPEN THE AR SOFTWARE!). Go to Contol Panel, System, click on the Hardware tab, and click Device Manager. Go to USBIO controlled devices, right-click on ActionReplay XBOX, and click uninstall. Go through the menu's and you should have your regular USB stick back.

UPDATE 3: Why you shouldn't use an MP3 player:

You can use an MP3 player as an xbox memory card, and it could work very well, just expect not to use it again to listen to your new Green Day album. It's because the way that the player if formatted: For example, you format you player to the FATX file system (the type on your Xbox), but, usually, your MP3 player maybe on a FAT to FAT32 file system, and you might not know which one. So, if you don't know what system to put it on. and if you use Windows XP, it will usually only allow you to format it to FAT or FAT32. So, IF you screw up the way you format it, you could be down $150 to $400. So, i wouldn't recommend using an MP3 player or any other USB storage device that has any other purpose than a storage device. This includes MP3 players, PDA's, gaming systems, GPS modules, etc.

UPADTE 4: v1.6 XBOX'S DO NOT WORK WITH NON-XBOX STORAGE DEVICES!

I have bought today a brand-new v1.6 Xbox with money I saved up during the summer. I tried to use my CF card and USB adapter on my new xbox (to see if i could softmod it, just as an experiment), but it did not work. Non xbox memory cards/storage devices DO NOT WORK WITH V1.6 XBOX'S!! I'm sorry, but the only way to transfer saves with a v1.6 is to make a USB male to xbox controller female adapter, plug an xbox controller into your computer, with an xbox memory card, and modify the AR drivers from there. I'll get more info later.

Thankx to Mugsy1331 for helping me throughout this process.

I'm so tired right now... gotta sleep. :boring:
Later.
:beer:[SIZE=14]

This post has been edited by forthex: Sep 27 2004, 01:18 AM

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: hanlong on August 19, 2004, 06:57:00 PM

forthex is a good guy

i followed his guide a while ago, and it worked wonders

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: mrp04 on August 20, 2004, 12:55:00 PM

i did this, and action replay still wont recognize it!

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: SleepWalkerX on August 20, 2004, 03:28:00 PM

i did what you said and it worked great, but now how do i stick the gamesave on the adapter? windows doesn't recognize the device as a drive (like I: for example) only that's its connected. so how do i send it over?

edit: nm i figured it out. i use the action replay software. nice guide btw thanks.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: mrp04 on August 20, 2004, 03:30:00 PM

it wont work for me! it recognizes it as the action replay type of jumpdrive, but still action replay wont work!

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: Exzir on August 20, 2004, 04:21:00 PM

mrp04

Just for my amusment see if your xbox will transfer a saved game to the stick.

If this does not work then I would tend to think it would be an incompadailty between the stick type of formation used by the Xbox for memory saves.

If it does work then I am guessing the numbers used in the yyyy and zzzz were wrong or you auctly tied to use them.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on August 21, 2004, 06:52:00 PM

I added a link to see if your USB mass storage device or camera will work.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: mugsy3117 on August 21, 2004, 10:57:00 PM

no credit

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: mrp04 on August 22, 2004, 10:16:00 AM

well that stick is in my room somewhere, dont know where i put it. I went and bought a new one because i though it might be incompatible too. The new one worked fime, thanks for the tutorial! But the XBOX could access my Lexar Media Jumpdrive 128mb just fine, i even tried saving games onto it and it worked. Just the action replay wont work with it.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: mugsy3117 on August 22, 2004, 09:33:00 AM

yeah i dont think lexar's work too great with action replay. same thing happened to me.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on August 22, 2004, 11:22:00 AM

i don't use a stick, I use a Sandisk 128MB CF card in a USB reader from my dad's camera... he doesn't know yet.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on August 22, 2004, 01:27:00 PM

yay... 300 views.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: mrp04 on August 22, 2004, 04:07:00 PM

My sandisk sdcard reader with an 8mb sd card wont work

(i use it for another 256mb card, not only the 8mb card). My other 5-in-one memory card reader with an sd/sony memory stick didnt work, and my sony camera didnt work.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: diesel_dickson on August 22, 2004, 06:20:00 PM

oh your link doesnt work for the usb compatability list theres a ) close bracket on the end of it take that off and it works fine

thanks a lot for doing this, unfortunately for me i have a jump drive trio so it dont work bleh

cheers

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Post by: forthex on August 23, 2004, 02:08:00 PM

if you have a digital camera, you the memory card inside and plug it to your xbox with a reader, and their, like 10-15 bucks US.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: cgrumler on August 23, 2004, 04:01:00 PM

I've done everything said in your guide, and I have a question:

At the very last step, 'Select "Don't Search. I will choose the driver the install", and click next. Select "ActionReplay XBOX" and click next.', I had to browse for the .ini file because it didn't give me an option to use ActionReplay XBOX. And now, when I go back to Device Manager, there's a USBIO controlled devices section and when I expand that, it shows "MaxDrive XBox"

Now, when I go to "Memory" in my XBox Dashboard with my thumbdrive plugged in through the adapter, my screen keeps blinking at me in unison with a beeping sound.

I'm using a Sandisk Cruzer mini 128 MB, which your compatibility list says works great for the MechAssault exploit (which is what I'm actually trying to do). Any idea as to what gives?

This post has been edited by cgrumler: Aug 23 2004, 11:04 PM

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Post by: mugsy3117 on August 23, 2004, 04:11:00 PM

are you booting up the xbox with memory card in? if not try that.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: cgrumler on August 23, 2004, 04:26:00 PM

I've booted up the xbox with thumb drive both in and out.

Edit: Ok, now after looking through the usb thumb drive compatibility list again, I found this little discrepency:

SanDisk Cruzer Mini USB Flash Drive 128MB (USB 2.0) Works Great for mechassault install
SanDisk Cruzer Mini USB 128MB - Had to use 8MB-32MB image

I don't know which one I have, lol!

And for the second one, what does it mean by "Had to use 8MB-32MB image"?

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Post by: mugsy3117 on August 23, 2004, 06:04:00 PM

It means the only way it worked was to use the Xbox-Linux mechinstaller images and write to them the flash drive via linux or ozxmemory.

Does any one know how to convert files to these image types?

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Post by: forthex on August 23, 2004, 06:39:00 PM

Don't use the xbox-linux gamesave hacks. The only reason you would use them is to make your xbox a linux PC AND ONLY A LINUX PC! I you want to use Evox and play games off the HD, use another hack off of xbins.

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Post by: cgrumler on August 23, 2004, 06:50:00 PM

QUOTE (forthex @ Aug 24 2004, 02:06 AM)

you want to use Evox and play games off the HD, use another hack off of xbins.

Any ideas on where I can look? I skimmed through Xbins.org real fast cuz I'm in a hurry, but I couldn't make sense out of any of it.

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Post by: forthex on August 23, 2004, 06:53:00 PM

no, not xbins.org, the REAL xbins... the one you use with mIRC and FlashFXP (or any other FTP program). Get the one with "(game name here)_save_with_EvoX"

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Post by: cgrumler on August 23, 2004, 09:43:00 PM

I still don't get how I softmod my x-box to EvoX.....

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Post by: GruntHunter on August 23, 2004, 11:45:00 PM

Hey i Have windows 2000 and iam unsure your directions work with my version of windows, I am am having trouble in assining action replay as the drivers.

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Post by: Phillykid162 on August 24, 2004, 11:33:00 AM

Hey cgrumler go here and see if you can pick out which one you have.

Im gonna purchase "SanDisk Cruzer Mini USB Flash Drive 128MB (USB 2.0) Works Great for mechassault install"

Which is this one:
(IMG:http://images10.newegg.com/productimage/20-155-414-01.JPG)

Has anyone else used this one successfully? I tried with memory card but i ended up screwing up My Controller.........

This post has been edited by Phillykid162: Aug 24 2004, 06:34 PM

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Post by: hanlong on August 24, 2004, 11:34:00 AM

i used sandisk cruzer 256mb and it worked wonders....

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Post by: Phillykid162 on August 24, 2004, 11:45:00 AM

^^^^ Thank you The Sandisk Cruzer Mini 256 Is only Ten dollars More.

Just to make sure it is this one right

(IMG:http://images10.newegg.com/productimage/20-155-415-01.JPG)

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Post by: cgrumler on August 24, 2004, 03:47:00 PM

That's the exact kind that I have, Phillykid.

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Post by: Phillykid162 on August 24, 2004, 04:33:00 PM

cgrumbler what version xbox do you have? I dont think it should matter but who knows.......... I dont wanna buy the stick and then have it not work.

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Post by: cgrumler on August 24, 2004, 05:13:00 PM

I can't quite remember how to tell what version my xbox is, so I'll give you guys the info that I think you need and will let you figure it out.

K: 1.00.4817.01

D: 1.00.5960.01

Hope this helps

Edit: I figured it out, it's v1.1

This post has been edited by cgrumler: Aug 25 2004, 12:31 AM

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Post by: Phillykid162 on August 24, 2004, 06:15:00 PM

I have a 1.0
k:4034.01
d:5659.03

I will post my results once i get the items..

In the mean time can people who have done this post what usb0 stick they used.

Thanks for great Tutorial Forthex

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Post by: kapster on August 24, 2004, 07:02:00 PM

I have a lil problem maybe someone can help.

I already had mechassault and just got the phantasy star adapter today to try this. I got a ver. 1.0 xbox.

Well im up to the point where my usb key drive is now recognized by the action replay software, but I am unable to move the mechassault save game to the drive using the action replay software.

I keep getting the error, this is not a valid save game. Ive tried dragging the rar file and the folder itself after unzipping.

Ive also tried deleting the contents of a zip already in the save games folder and replacing them with the mech save game contents but I get the same error.

What am i doing wrong ?

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Post by: toast4321 on August 24, 2004, 07:20:00 PM

QUOTE (forthex @ Aug 24 2004, 02:06 AM)

Itools is a linux package correct?
also noticed the mech assualt/other games with evo which seem like the obvious thing to install

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Post by: mugsy3117 on August 24, 2004, 08:05:00 PM

QUOTE (kapster @ Aug 24 2004, 09:05 PM)

the file has to be in zip format

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Post by: kapster on August 24, 2004, 07:37:00 PM

ok, ive tried taking the rar i got off xbins. then unraring it, then zipping it back up, then dragging it over. and nothing.

hmmm heelppp.

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Post by: Phillykid162 on August 24, 2004, 07:45:00 PM

Kapster, after you unrar the itool .rar, you are left with part1.zip and part2.zip That is all you need, drag those two files into the action replay software.

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Post by: forthex on August 24, 2004, 09:05:00 PM

QUOTE (toast4321 @ Aug 24 2004, 09:23 PM)

Itools is a linux package correct?
also noticed the mech assualt/other games with evo which seem like the obvious thing to install

No, i meant do not use the exploit from xbox-linux.org. Yes, ldots package is a linux tool, so sue me.

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Post by: kapster on August 24, 2004, 09:24:00 PM

ok I think i am on track as to what is causing the problem exactly.

For instance I can take a save that is working from the action replay directory, then unzip it. Then try to rezip it back and move it to my drive. this causes the save not to work.

So i think possibly my zipper is not compressing it correctly. Im using Power Archiver.

Also another thing I noticed is I needed to have the main folder called UDATA. as well as taking out the readme, but this is still not making my zip work which I think my actual zipper is the fault.

What are you all using to get zips working? winrar? winzip?

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Post by: forthex on August 24, 2004, 09:31:00 PM

I use WINrar for everything, except ISO's. WINrar on my comp can't unpack ISO's for some reason. And make sure you .zip the files and not .rar/.ace/.tar/whatever. You must .ZIP THEM! It's a stupid mistake that can be easily fixed, but can be very irriating and distracting.

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Post by: kapster on August 24, 2004, 09:53:00 PM

thank you philly and forth for the quick replies.

It seems that Power Archiver was unpacking them incorrectly. Quick install of Winrar and all is working!

Would anyone like to recommend me a tut on what to after I get evox up, i know i will have no prob with the FTP part it just seems that what files to use exactly have me a bit confused.

EDIT: have no problems using phoenix loader

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Post by: forthex on August 25, 2004, 07:13:00 AM

ldot's UDE/2 installer doesn't repquire you to FTP anything, really. It installs eveything on The HD from the gamesave. But, using !Live with the UDE/2 can be tricky.

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Post by: farbird on August 25, 2004, 07:56:00 AM

the new AR software comes with a file "pcdatabase.dat" inside the saves folder.

making any adhoc addition difficult coz it is not recorded in the pcdatabase.dat..

any help?

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Post by: forthex on August 25, 2004, 10:03:00 AM

Farbird, this is not a concern. DO NOT TOUCH THIS FILE. MY GENERAL RULE IS DON'T PLAY WITH ANYTHING YOU DON'T HAVE TO. This i belive is a file that lets the AR software view the saves in the middle column. you only need to copy the datelifo.xbx file from any AR save.

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Post by: magemasher89 on August 26, 2004, 08:37:00 AM

Can anyone tell us ones that order the PSO kybrd adptr how and where do we check the order status?

Thats what i want to know.

I ordered mine last friday.

How long did it take to get yours?

Thanks

Kevin

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Post by: farbird on August 26, 2004, 08:20:00 AM

this method is only for transferring game saves from the xbox to PC..

a downloaded gamesave from PC, cannot save to the memory card..

the PCdatabase.dat does not recognise my save which have the datelifo.xbx in the first folder as described in the tutorial here..

anyone tried already with this new version 1.31?

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Post by: Phillykid162 on August 26, 2004, 09:59:00 AM

Hey mage they should send you an e-mail with a number and the website to check your status. Mine is back ordered and it says estimated delivery date 9\23\04..........

UNtil Then

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Post by: forthex on August 26, 2004, 09:24:00 AM

farbird, which exploit are you trying to use?

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Post by: forthex on August 26, 2004, 07:45:00 PM

DOOOOOD!!! OVER 1000 VIEWS! OMFGINEVERTHOGUTTHATATUTTHATIMADEWOULDMAKEITBIGOMFG!!!

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Post by: illmatik on August 26, 2004, 07:47:00 PM

This may sound stupid.

Will this work with an apple ipod? It's a mass media storage device (doubles as a HDD), it can connect via USB...etc.

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Post by: forthex on August 26, 2004, 07:57:00 PM

I think it could work. but remember if you do, your Ipod will be formatted. IF YOU TRY TO USE IT (which i think it could), YOU WILL LOOSE EVERY FILE AND SONG ON YOUR IPOD. BACK UP YOUR SHIT!!

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Post by: illmatik on August 26, 2004, 09:26:00 PM

thats no problem at all.

cool thanks, you have no idea how much of a help this is.

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Post by: spacemaster on August 28, 2004, 06:52:00 PM

Gang

I am going to give this a go. I have

> Download and install USBView
> Install Action Replay XBOX (though I don't know much what this does)

Question:

> Where do I get Splinter_cell exploit zip file ?
> If this will work with PAL Xbox ?

Thanks in advance

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Post by: forthex on August 28, 2004, 07:07:00 PM

to answer your question, (like many times before):

xbins.

and yes their is a PAL version but becasue you sound like a newbie, i would recomend ldots' ltools UDE installer. (/XBOX/Operating Systems/linux/distributions/ltools/ltools_v1.7.5_SC_PAL.rar)
*BIG HINT RIGHT THERE*

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Post by: NooberTehGod on August 29, 2004, 12:23:00 AM

QUOTE (farbird @ Aug 26 2004, 04:23 PM)

the PCdatabase.dat does not recognise my save which have the datelifo.xbx in the first folder as described in the tutorial here..

I'm having the same problem, and I copied a MechAssault save to my xbox around a year ago or something to mod it, so this method has worked in the past for me. Now I changed my st.db file and screwed it up. Since I dont want to rent MA I'm trying to use the SplinterCell save. I copy the datelinfo.xbx to the exact same places as in the tut and it still doesn't work

[UPDATE] Same save which doesn't work in AR does work in Mega-X-Key software, unfortunatly MXK doesn't recognise my xbox mem card. Also couldn't find an older version of AR anywhere

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Post by: spacemaster on August 29, 2004, 06:13:00 PM

Forthex

Thanks for this. You are not wrong, I am a newbie and feel welcomed it here.

I have downloaded splinter_cell_PAL zip file at xbinx (after a long reading about xbins), and also downloaded <B>ltools_v1.7.5_SC_PAL.rar</B>.

All I understand is that after following and completing your tutorial, then I have to do XBE exploits. Though I am not sure what that is yet, but I guess I have to do one at a time first (as there are so much things to know about softmod).

Could you please let me know

> What is <B>ldots' ltools UDE installer</B> ?
> How to use it

Could you be my mentor on this process ? PLEASE !!!

ALL I NEED FRO MY XBOX IS
> Progressive scan
> Playing different media (dvd/vcd/etc)

-milkywaymaster

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on August 29, 2004, 07:58:00 PM

ok, ldots' ltools UDE intaller is an all-in-one XBE exploit installer package. It's preffered for newbies because it is easy to use and very straight forward.

Anyway follow my tut on how to put saves on the USB stick, then transfer the two gamesaves to the harddrive. Part2 crashes splinter cell and allows any unsinged .xbe files to be used, and part1 is the actual installer (this has to be the only splinter cell save on your harddrive. when you get to the mission select screen, choose the checkpoint Linux". You should now be in the installer. It should be really straight forward and easy. after you have chosen everything, your xbox could be making some funny noises, but that's ok. wait untill a message on your TV that says "it is now safe to turn off your xbox" turn it off, then back on again, and you should be at the dashboard of your choice!

NOTE:
if you have an xbox with a kernal over 5300 (i believe) choose the UDE2.
i assume you live in the US or Canada

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: spacemaster on August 29, 2004, 11:39:00 PM

Sir

I was able to follow upto the step 2.1.

I unziped splinter_cell exploit into C:\xbox\splinter_cell

However, I stucked at step 2.2.

I use the default directory as you mentioned (C:\Program Files\Datel\Action Replay XBOX\ Save) , but cannot follow instruction (I think it is not for DUMMY).

Would you please be elaborate step 2.2 a little bit in more details, i.e. copy which file/s (from where) to which directory (to where) - STEP BY STEP.

Many thanks for your patient

-milkyway master

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on August 30, 2004, 09:00:00 AM

don't call me sir.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: spacemaster on August 30, 2004, 06:34:00 PM

Wasn't that serious I hope.

Could you help me with step 2.2

Also, if this work with my xbox which is
K: 1.00.4034.01
D: 1.00.4034.01

I read thru the post and it seems there is a problem with splinter_Cell zip file. We need to rezip or something. Can you include the correction of how to create a correct ZIP file in your tutorial as well.

Thanks in advance

-milkywaymaster

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on August 30, 2004, 09:01:00 PM

if you live in the US, spacemaster, use the UDE 1 exploit.

I just added pics, to help everybody out.

PLEASE ADD MY TUT TO THE LIST!!

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: spacemaster on August 31, 2004, 05:22:00 PM

forthex

thanks heap! It is much better now. I can see clearly what's going on.

I live in Australia. I have a PAL box.

K: 1.00.4034.01
D: 1.00.4034.01

I have two questions

1) Is this exercise work for my xbox with above kernel and dahsboard

2) I have downloaded "splinter_cell_exploit-pal.zip" file from the "Splintercell_save_With_Evox" directory. Is this UDE/2 exploit ?

Please tell me which version that I should use i.e. which file or files should I downloaded ? I want to download them today.

Many Thanks

-milkywaymaster

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on August 31, 2004, 06:12:00 PM

1. yes

2. no, that's a gamesave exploit to allow the person to temporarily get into evox and gain FTP access. This is only good if you know how to manually put the hacks in (in your case spacemaster, DON'T!!) or copy DOAXBV to the harddrive and play it with a nude hack

(don't ask me how, find out yourself... NOT FOR PEOPLE 10 AND UNDER... or anyone who finds shameless nudity offending).

go into xbins and go to \xbox\operating systems\linux\distrobutions\ltools and choose the Splinter Cell Pal exploit.

and when you get into the installer, choose UDE 1, PBL metoo (BIOS loader), and X2 49xx (i forget the last two numbers: this is the BIOS).

oh and just a heds up, don't sign your posts with "milkywaymaster". I know who you are.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: NooberTehGod on August 31, 2004, 05:38:00 PM

@ fortex,

im wondering if you have tryed this with the newest version of the AR software. as I said earlier I keep getting invalid save, but if you can confirm that it works I'll keep trying.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on August 31, 2004, 05:41:00 PM

yes, i have, and it worked fine for me.

IT IS CRUCIAL WHERE THE DATELINFO.XBX FILES ARE!! your probably copying the files in the wrong place.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: spacemaster on September 01, 2004, 06:01:00 PM

I downloaded this file "ltools_v1[1].7.5_SC_PAL.rar" from directory \xbox\operating systems\linux\distrobutions\ltools.

Question:

1) Is this the only file that I need to download ? since I cannot find those UDE 1, PBL metoo (BIOS loader), and X2 49xx anywhere in xbins

2) I unrar this file and found part1 and part2 ziped files. Then I unziped these 2 files again, I have folders as you mention in the tut. However, in the directory 5553000c, there are 3 files instead of 2. They are
> SaveImage.xbx (additional)
> TitleImage.xbx
> TitleMeta.xbx
Do I need to remove the additional SaveImage.xbx file ?

3) After step 2.2. What do I have to do ? copy these files into USB stick ? How/steps ?

Thank heaps!

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on September 01, 2004, 07:03:00 PM

1. Yes, it is a PACKAGED save and includes everything you need.

2. Do not remove the saveimage.xbx file.

3. plug your now moddified USB stick into a USB port on your PC, open the Action replay software, drag the two saves (part1 and part 2, with the datelinfo.xbx files in them) into the Memory card section. The bar behind the "MEMORY CARD" text should fill up, from left to right, orange. When it is done, you should see the two saves in the MEMORY CARD column.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: GotKilled on September 01, 2004, 07:21:00 PM

Hmm, with my RCA lyra mp3 player the xbox sees it as a memory card and formated it. But after 10 seconds or so the mp3 player will flash saying file transfer and the xbox exits out of the memory card manager and only shows the hard drive. I followed the tutorial and got my mp3 player to be recognized as a Maxdrive..but I can't drag and drop the game save since the AR doesn't see a memory card.

Could it be a problem with the mp3 player? I'm going to try my digital camera next..but I don't want to mess the digicam or the mp3 player.

EDIT: After plugging in my 256 sd card, the xbox sees the memory card and is stable(it does not exit out of the memory manager and I managed to save a copy of house of the dead 3) It should work...however it doesn't work in Action Replay..perhaps I should downgrade? No memory card shows up under the AR software. I'm gonna restart and see if the maxdrive driver updated perhaps..

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: Phillykid162 on September 02, 2004, 10:35:00 AM

Im using a sandisk 256mb that the compability list said should work but it shows up as damaged on the xbox, Does it still mean it was formatted ???/

Anyone help????????

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: mrp04 on September 02, 2004, 02:34:00 PM

if it says damaged and has been formatted YET IT WORKS!

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: GotKilled on September 02, 2004, 05:16:00 PM

The problem I'm having now is that I can't copy the ltools MA 1.75 to the Action Replay software(both the old and the new version) No memory card shows up. However I used Ozxmemory USB explorer and wrote the FATX images from www.xbox-linux.org and the xbox sees the game saves(dashboard recovery, run linux, and something else) I succesfully copied the saves onto the xbox hard drive which means that my mp3 does work as a memory card..it's just that action replay doesn't read it. (the device manager sees MaxDrive, and yes I followed the tutorial whichs says to changed the xbreader.ini file and I'm pretty sure I followed it correctly.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on September 02, 2004, 05:13:00 PM

Is "maxdrive" the usual name of your USB stick? That sounds like another Codemasters software package. It shouldn't be under the "Universal Serial Bus controllers" tab, it should be under the "USBIO" tab.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: GotKilled on September 02, 2004, 06:01:00 PM

It's under the usbio thing and I found out while looking through the xbreader ini file that the device name is indeed maxdrive right when i install the AR software

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on September 02, 2004, 06:12:00 PM

the reason why the savegames you wrote to the memory card aren't showing up in AR is because they aren't AR compatible saves: ozxmemory writes savegame IMAGE files to an xbox formatted USB stick, and the AR software puts the actual files straight to the card. It's like the difference between an ISO file (writing the saves with ozxmemory), and the contents of the ISO file (using the AR software): the ISO is an image (1 file), and the contents are REAL files (1 folder per save).

and the ozxmemory image files don't have the datelinfo.xbx files needed for the AR software to see that these are real AR saves.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: Phillykid162 on September 02, 2004, 06:17:00 PM

It just says it cant recognize it and it may be damaged, it never says formatted.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: spacemaster on September 02, 2004, 06:28:00 PM

What am I missing here.

After the step 2.2 which I copied Datelinfo.xbx into "5553000c" and "21585554". I then open AR replay software, however I could not see neither "part1" or "part2" anywhere ? I can see "All Level Unlock" under Splinter Cell...

Please help as my bro wants the memory back.

many thanks

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: procoprio on September 02, 2004, 07:54:00 PM

I cant drag the files to the memory card in the AR software.

Edit: AR says the usb drive failed to enumerate

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on September 02, 2004, 07:59:00 PM

spacemaster, you cannot see the two saves because they aren't in the folder where the AR looks for it's saves.
You can either drag the files from the directory they are in into the "PC DATABASE" column in the AR software:

user posted image

or copy the saves directly into the save:

user posted image

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: spacemaster on September 02, 2004, 08:16:00 PM

do i need to re-zip back to part1 and 2 after copy datelinfo.xbx ?

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on September 02, 2004, 09:11:00 PM

yes. the AR saves are zipped, not rarred, .zip!

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: procoprio on September 02, 2004, 09:26:00 PM

can you post the links to download the older versions of AR? TIA

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: GotKilled on September 02, 2004, 10:07:00 PM

QUOTE (procoprio @ Sep 3 2004, 03:21 AM)

I cant drag the files to the memory card in the AR software.

Edit: AR says the usb drive failed to enumerate

Exactly..that's what mines says

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: procoprio on September 02, 2004, 10:09:00 PM

QUOTE (GotKilled @ Sep 3 2004, 05:34 AM)

Exactly..that's what mines says

I wont work on the pc but it works in the xbox as a memory card, thats what confuses me

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: GotKilled on September 02, 2004, 10:36:00 PM

QUOTE (procoprio @ Sep 3 2004, 05:36 AM)

I wont work on the pc but it works in the xbox as a memory card, thats what confuses me

Same exact thing also..I got to load game saves from my xbox onto the memory card...it's just that AR won't let me move the files over and in the system tray it says usb device failed to enumerate.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: dstruct on September 02, 2004, 10:20:00 PM

I am having a problem getting my XBOX to format my USB stick. I am using the Lexar JumpDrive (Travel?) 256MB with the PSO keyboard adapter but when I open up MEMORY in my XBOX the screen just keeps flashing over and over and does nothing. I tried to skip that step and go straight into the AR modifying, which I got to work.. somewhat. I updated the drivers for the USB stick to the Action Replay drivers but when I open AR and try to copy a file to the USB stick it just gives me a runtime error and closes. Any ideas?

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: GotKilled on September 02, 2004, 10:21:00 PM

One more thing...just to let other know..here is the link for the old version of Action Replay both 1.20 and 1.05

Scroll down and you will see it

On 1.05 my Mp3 player shows up as Action Replay XBOX instead of MaxDrive...how very weird...

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: spacemaster on September 02, 2004, 11:31:00 PM

forthex,

I have reziped folder UDATA\21585554\* to part1 and UDATA\5553000c\* to part2.
I then copied these files into AR saves folder. Start AR Software, I can see " Linux Installer" and under it has "All levels Unlock".

Question:

1) Am I doing OK so far, because I still cannot see "part1" and "part2".
2) Which items I need to drag over to the memory

Please help.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: procoprio on September 03, 2004, 06:55:00 AM

QUOTE (GotKilled @ Sep 3 2004, 06:24 AM)

One more thing...just to let other know..here is the link for the old version of Action Replay both 1.20 and 1.05

http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?act=ST&f=44&t=79198

On 1.05 my Mp3 player shows up as Action Replay XBOX instead of MaxDrive...how very weird...

thanks for the AR files, I seem to be a step closer, whenever I plugin the usb drive the AR logo flashes green for a second but it still doesnt like the usb drive on either version of software.

EDIT: forthex can you post exactly what version AR software you are suing and the USB stick that you have?

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: GotKilled on September 03, 2004, 01:38:00 PM

Wait..I'm using ltools for MA 1.75 and according to the site I don't need to make the saves compatible right. I've tried dragging it over and it works perfectly with just the zip file that I downloaded from xbins

The run linux game save is on my middle column (pc database) So it should work..it's just that I can't move saves ontot he left side(memory card) because Action Replay doesn't read it or something...

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on September 03, 2004, 03:35:00 PM

QUOTE (spacemaster @ Sep 3 2004, 01:34 AM)

yes spacemeaster, this is fine. "Linux installer" and "all levels unlocked" are the real names of the saves, and if your wondering, the save that crashes the game is called "all levels unlocked" because the datelinfo.xbx file is from a save called "all levels unlocked".

I believe I am using 1.31 (the lastest)... i don't know why you guys are having problems.

and to dstruct, do not plug your memory stick into your adapter when you are the the memory screen. I have had this same problem. Plug your stick into your adapter when you are at the main menu of the dashboard (where you can select memory, music, settings, and Live, if you have live).

and to those who have problems using their sticks on the PC, make sure the drivers are configured properly AND SAVE THE FILE!!

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: GotKilled on September 03, 2004, 03:04:00 PM

My drivers are configured properly i believe since Action replay XBOX shows up uner usbio devices..

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: spacemaster on September 03, 2004, 05:55:00 PM

forthex

Oh and I forgot to mention under Splinter Cell now appears 2 "All Level Unlock" items, yes exactly same name. I guess one of these are saved game that crash XBOX (part2) or something.

Question

1. Do I need to copy this to memory along with Linux Installer ? How do I know which one of the 2 under Splinter Cell.

2. Similar to other people. I cannot see "Action Replay XBOX" in the step 2.2. Instead I have to browse to AR XBOX driver drirectory and it show XBOX MaxDrive. I guess it different version than yours. I download it from codejunkies.com. I think it is the latest. But I rather get the one you have so I can follow the tut.

Where can I get PAL version of yours ?

thank heaps!

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on September 03, 2004, 07:20:00 PM

there is a PAL version of AR. That's probably it! You guys who are having transfer problems, you might have the wrong version of the software. I mean, you might have the NTSC version, when you need the PAL version (i assume you guys live in Europe, Australia, etc.).

if you need the PAL version, go here:
http://uk.codejunkies.com/support.asp?c=GB&cr=GBP&cs=%A3&r=1&l=1

if you need the NTSC version go here:
http://us.codejunkies.com/support.asp?c=US&cr=USD&cs=$&r=0&l=1

yes, spacemaster, you must copy over both saves for the exploit to work.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: GotKilled on September 03, 2004, 07:09:00 PM

I live in the NTSC area, yet it still doesn't work. I'm using the NTSC version of MA and the game save and AR.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: InfoUnknow on September 04, 2004, 08:12:00 AM

Hi everyone, I need your help.

I use the USB Keyboard Adapter of Phantasy Star Online and a USB memory stick. I try two kind of memory stick. I try the Kingston DataTraveler 256 and the Lexar JumpDrive Elite 256. Those are supposed to be working according the compatibility list : Compatibility List

According on what I read, the xbox his supposed to recognize and format the USB stick with FATX.

My problem is when I go to the memory screen in the MS Dashboard, the entire screen start to blink with any error or format message.

What's going wrong ? It's my USB memory stick who are in problem ?

Thank you very much in advance.

You can also reply here : [email protected]

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on September 04, 2004, 10:44:00 AM

the reason why the memory screen blinks is because the xbox has a problem refresshing the memory screen when you add a memory card. Pug in the card before you turn your xbox on, or when you are at the main menu.

and the error message is normal. your USB stick is PC formatted when you first get it, or if you use it on your cmputer. the error message means that the stick has been formatted by the xbox and can now be used as an xbox memory card.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: InfoUnknow on September 04, 2004, 11:23:00 AM

Hi, forthex

Thank to answer so quickly.

Like you tell me, I tried to plug the card before turning on the xbox and also in the main menu but same thing. The screen is always blinking. When the screen is blinking, I receive no message from the Xbox. Just blinking.

Is there a tool to format my USB Stick into FatX from Windows ? Maybe it could help.

Thanks

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on September 04, 2004, 03:18:00 PM

your stick probably doesn't work with the xbox. The xbox is probably trying to format the stick, but can't and tries, over and over again. Try using another stick, or if you can't, use a Compact flash card: I use one, and they work without a sitch.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: spacemaster on September 04, 2004, 04:43:00 PM

forthex

That's the APL AR software I download from. And it does not show exactly that you got. Anyway, now after I change the YYYY and ZZZZ number in "xbreader.inf" and start AR. I've got message

XBOXPowerSave MFC Application

"XBOXPowerSave MFC Application has encountered a problem and needs to close sorrey for the inconvenience"

1> Any ideas!
2> Do you know a link to older PAL version of AR

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: mhill700 on September 04, 2004, 05:48:00 PM

I have a Lexar....I know it doesn't work well but is it at all possible to make it compatible with AR?

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on September 04, 2004, 06:32:00 PM

spacemaster, the website won't give you the old version because they want to patch any exploits, or flaws in the software, so i would try a P2P client.

infounknow, i'm not sure. If you could do this, it might not work, becuase even though the stick would work on an FATX system, it would not have the information the xbox put on it to make it a working memory card. it like with my 128MB CF card, it can only use 122MB, because it is PC formatted, and contains the windows XP drivers. and when i use it on the xbox, it has a storage capacity of about 7732 blocks (1000 blocks repressent about 16 MB). so, my card is always loosing 6 MB of storage room due to formatting.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: InfoUnknow on September 05, 2004, 11:52:00 AM

Hi forthex

However, my Kingston data traveler 256 is supposed to be working and actualy don't. Do you think the Action Replay is a more easy solution ?

thanks

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on September 05, 2004, 04:28:00 PM

NO!! DO NOT BUY THE ACTION REPLAY MEMORY CARD!!!

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: GotKilled on September 05, 2004, 07:16:00 PM

Woohoo I got it to work by using a real xbox memory card and connecting it to the xbox controller and its way easier

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: toast4321 on September 05, 2004, 08:43:00 PM

"copy the datelinfo.xbx file into the first file directory in both of the saves."

i was prepping early for the mod and noticed in ltools ma v1.7.5 there weren't two seperate folders with files. but there was a 4d530017 folder which held TitleImage.xbx, SaveImage.xbx, TitleMeta.xbx and a folder within it 4d530017 (which held a few folders and several other files). would i just insert the datalinfo.xbx into the 4d530017 folder?

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: GotKilled on September 05, 2004, 10:05:00 PM

for the ltools ma you can just drag the zip over to the pc database. You do not need to put the datel info..just drag and drop the zip.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: spacemaster on September 06, 2004, 02:36:00 AM

GotKilled. I'm jealous...

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: spacemaster on September 06, 2004, 07:16:00 AM

forthex,

I am stucked!

When I connect USB reader + my SD to XBOX (step 1.1) and it said

"Memory Unit 1A
The memory you inserted isn't functioning# it maybe damaged"

I then plug this into PC and run to AR as step 2.2. It gave me an error

XBOXPowerSave MFC Application
"XBOXPowerSave MFC Application has encountered a problem and needs to close sorrey for the inconvenience"

I am dead!

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: joseph_hac on September 06, 2004, 08:24:00 AM

I followed this tutorial and it killed my MP3 player.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: InfoUnknow on September 06, 2004, 12:47:00 PM

To solve my problem, I bought an Action Replay and now I can move the Mech savegames to my Xbox. Very easy, work fine. Now I see Linux option in my dashboard menu.

But when I select Linux from the menu, the screen become black and my tray light turn to orange. It's normal or not ?

At this point I'm supposed to be able to do a telnet on the xbox but I got no answer. Wich linux version is the best for XBOX ?

thanks

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on September 06, 2004, 12:17:00 PM

joseph, follow the "bonus section" at the end of my tut, it will tell you how to get your MP3 player back!

Info, yes you have to telnet into your Xbox, but i would uninstall the this exploit, because this is a font exploit and you can get into a clock-loop. i would recommend getting the ltools UDE installer from xbins.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: xavierofsparta on September 06, 2004, 12:40:00 PM

im still having troubles having AR finding my exploit save.

ive formatted my thumb drive for action replay and mae sure it work by dragging one of the default game saves to my memory card. and that work.

im trying to use the mech ass. game hack.

could you explain how to make my game hack recognised by AR. i have read this whole forum and im still confused on the process. you mentioned itools for this process but i could not find a place to download it.

any help will be much appriciated

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on September 06, 2004, 12:51:00 PM

you can find ltools on xbins:

http://www.xbox-scen...icles/xbins.php

in your FTP client, go to xbox/operating systems/Linux/distributions/ltools

just make sure that the datelinfo.xbx file is in somewhere in every save you try to put on the stick. If you need any more help, just ask.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: xavierofsparta on September 06, 2004, 01:08:00 PM

ok so now i have downlaoded itool unrar it and copied the datalinfo file to both part 1 and two from the unrar file i got.

am i now supossed to put this into one folder in with the rest of the save for AR or what because AR still doesnt see my exploit.

what about the exploit i download for MA. what am i supposed to do with it. im just straight confused as of now

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on September 06, 2004, 01:30:00 PM

once you copy the datelinfo files, take both of the saves and make them into .zip files, But zip them as two different files, so, there should a part1.zip and a part2.zip, then transfer them to the memory card.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: xavierofsparta on September 06, 2004, 01:44:00 PM

i still cant get them to transfer because AR is not seeing them

i made sure that each folder (part 1 and part 2) looks like the pic on the tut. i put each folder in the AR saves folder along witht the other saves. then i opened up AR and searched for the saves and they arent there.

am i messing something up or what

again i appreciate the help you are giving me

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: xavierofsparta on September 06, 2004, 01:49:00 PM

and each folder is zipped

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: G20NYK on September 06, 2004, 02:01:00 PM

I followed the tutorial, and I cannot put my .zip files into the AR software thing. I double checked and I have the datlinfo.xbx in the zip. Also, I am sure I am running the correct version of the AR software

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on September 06, 2004, 02:41:00 PM

you have to drag the saves from the directory you zipped them to, to the memory card column in the Action Replay software.

Like this:
user posted image

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: G20NYK on September 06, 2004, 02:11:00 PM

I did that, however I get a reply saying that it is not a valid xbox save. Also, I noticed that your two files are larger than mine, I have a 6kb and a 723 kb... is that anything to note?

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: xavierofsparta on September 06, 2004, 02:11:00 PM

i did that and now it says linux installer. i wanted to do the Evo X hack. am i still doing the right thing

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on September 06, 2004, 02:58:00 PM

the Evox hack will only temporarily get you into Evox, once you turn off the Xbox, or eject the DVD tray, your xbox will reset, and you will loose Evox access, unless you load the exploit agian. the UDE installer will install the UDE exploit, the BIOS loader of your choice, BIOS of your choice, and the dashboard of your choice, and it will do it all for you. So, yes, everything is ok so far for you.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: xavierofsparta on September 06, 2004, 02:28:00 PM

ok but not in the AR prog. part 2 says splinter cell and im using the mech Ass. hack

is this still correct

if not how would i go about fixing this

thanks

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on September 06, 2004, 02:45:00 PM

the datelinfo.xbx you got was from a Splinter Cell Save, correct? the datelinfo file is the way to check that the save is valid. For example you could write a name on a nametag, that was not yours,and wear it. This is the same with the exploits, it is still the exploit, but is under a different name. When you put it on the xbox, however, it will have the correct name and work with the game of your choice.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: G20NYK on September 06, 2004, 02:49:00 PM

correct, it is a SC file, however I cannot load it into AR, thus I cannot load it on to my thumb drive...

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on September 06, 2004, 03:32:00 PM

are you sure that the file is in both of the saves, and that they are zipped, not rarred or put in any other archive format?

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: xavierofsparta on September 06, 2004, 03:01:00 PM

no i got my datalinfo from the mech ass. game from AR. so is this messed up or not

also when i tried to put the files on my xbox i cant get the copy function in the memory screen. do you know what this is all about

i got the file onto my computer but when i turn on mech ass. i cant find the file under campaign mode

thanks

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on September 06, 2004, 03:06:00 PM

mechassult can't load gameaves from memory cards, not anyother game i know of. go into the dash, then "MEMORY", then go into the memory card, highlight the save, press the D-pad or the joystick right and copy over the individual files.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: PaKI on September 06, 2004, 03:14:00 PM

I am using ldots UDE installer (007 Version). I opened the UDATA folder, but there is only one folder with the name 4541000d. In the guide it says there will 2 folders. Even though, I continued and put the DatelInfo in the first folder. Then I zipped the save and transfered it to the AR saves folder. When I opened AR I can't find the ldots folder anywhere in AR.

Thanks in Advance

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on September 06, 2004, 03:19:00 PM

as soon as you transfer a save to the PC DATABASE column, look for a folder that has been expanded. that should be the installer.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: procoprio on September 06, 2004, 06:47:00 PM

I know alot of people including myself are still having problems with the AR software recognizing our USB stick. The Xbox loves my lexar stxk its just AR not playing nice. Any ideas guys? Im to the point where I just want to trade my unmodded Xbox in for a modded one.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on September 06, 2004, 07:15:00 PM

if you want to. I mean, if you have the money to get a chip and have the time and patience to install it, DO IT!! chips are WAY better than UDE or any toher software hack. But, if you can't or don't want to get a chip, the software hack is the way to go.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: InfoUnknow on September 06, 2004, 08:24:00 PM

Hi forthex,

I have "Linux" in my dashboard. Now, I want to run the evox dashboard. Where can I find the build-in savegame ? I don't want a permanent installation of the evox dashboard. Only use it when I need it. What is the best way to do this ?

thanks

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: SteinerCS on September 07, 2004, 11:29:00 AM

I just don't get it. Everything works.... I get to the very end and then it says it is not a game save.... Why??? what am I doing wrong???? Can I fix it. Will it work is it my PNY 64MB USB Thumb Drive?
Help
Thanks

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on September 07, 2004, 08:00:00 PM

Info, I STRONGLY recomend you remove the Linux fonts from the xbox harddrive, becuase they are crappy font exploits, and you can get into a clock-loop if you aren't careful. Anyway, you just want the gameave exploit, that get's you temporary access to Evox. In xbins, go to "/XBOX/exploits/_Packages/" and choose a the came of your choice, so the save would be (your game)_with_Evox".

stien, make sure the datelinfo.xbx file in BOTH saves: this is the main cause of many failures, and double, no... tripple check the file is ANYWHERE in BOTH of the saves. AND ZIP THEM, NOT RAR THEM!

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: toast4321 on September 07, 2004, 10:06:00 PM

quick note.. i tried using a diamond usb stick and a 128 mb rca lyra mp3 player. none were detected by the xbox therefore i couldn't format them or do anything. i'll go try other devices and see if i can get my hands on one of the ones listed

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: NooberTehGod on September 08, 2004, 12:56:00 PM

@SteinerCS

I had trouble getting my save to load into AR too. I don't know if I just overlooked this detail in the tutorial or what, but if there are 2 folders in your save (as in the splinter cell example) they should be made into 2 SEPERATE (this is what I was doing wrong) zip files. then they can each be loaded into the software and copied to the memcard/usb stick.

btw, each zip must contain UDATA/whatever, so dont just zip the # folders

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: Dai_UK on September 08, 2004, 01:14:00 PM

Anyone else had this problem

Memory card working fine previously nothing changed except XPsp2 and other windows updates

now AR software recognises it but will only transfer AR saves, when formatting the light flashes in AR software then stays off - card hasn't formatted as removing and re-inserting redetects it and it is the same.

new AR software simply crashes when reading card.

tried on a fresh install of win 98 as well same problem.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: InfoUnknow on September 08, 2004, 06:59:00 PM

Hi forthex,

- I remove the Linux option in the MS dashboard and now I have the live option.
- I get the MechassaultwithEvox.rar file from xbins
- I unrar the files into a UDATA folder needed by the Action Replay.
- Now I got a directory structure like this :

CODE

- I zip the UDATA directory and sent it to the Action Replay (Work fine).
- Copy the save game from the memory card to Xbox.
- Start the Mechassault game and load game "load linux" from CAMPAIN.

At this point I see a black screen with a green warning telling me that by xbox requires services. Also, there is a big 21 in the upper left corner. The eject ring is also flashing red to green and so on... After that, I need to reboot.

Do you know what is my problem ?

thanks

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: meamgood on September 09, 2004, 04:37:00 AM

yah, im a n00b, but i pretty much figured it out. except... I have a Sandisk Cruzer USB 2.0 128 mb and when i try to basically start by reformatting the drive, instead the screen flashes and blinks. i have gone through the tutorial a million times and cant find an answer, but it might be because im really tired, so i apologize in advance if someone has already given a solution.

*Edit*
Yah, problem solved. I feel kinda stupid saying this, but better everyone know just in case. Make sure you Sandisk is Mini before trying this.
*slaps self across face*

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: cgrumler on September 09, 2004, 12:43:00 PM

QUOTE (meamgood @ Sep 9 2004, 12:40 PM)

Yah, problem solved. I feel kinda stupid saying this, but better everyone know just in case. Make sure you Sandisk is Mini before trying this.
*slaps self across face*

What the hell? Mine was a Mini and it still did the whole blinking screen thing.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: emulator23 on September 09, 2004, 11:11:00 PM

Read all through the fourms. My xbox recognizes my usb device as a memory card. I can even put a game save on it from the xbox. But for some reason Action replay does not see my usb stick as a memory device. It is a compatible lexar jumpdrive. USB view show it as an action replay. But I cannot get Action replay to recognize. Please help.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: barbababa on September 10, 2004, 08:13:00 AM

i got it until i cant see the files anymore when i transfer the memory card to xbox

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on September 10, 2004, 09:31:00 AM

QUOTE (emulator23 @ Sep 10 2004, 01:14 AM)

try installing the AR software again. this might help.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: emulator23 on September 10, 2004, 12:34:00 PM

i have installed tons of times. the older version and the newer version. still ar willl not recognize it. Xbox loves the stick. I might just try and go by a different usb stick

but open for suggestions.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: toast4321 on September 10, 2004, 06:41:00 PM

scratch what i said about those models.. i had the usb xbox thing in upside down ><. haven't retried them but just stuck in a dell usb stick which works..at least in the xbox detection phase

edit: it worked but for the itools mechassualt zip i didn't need to add that file to make the transfer work...

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: emulator23 on September 10, 2004, 08:32:00 PM

Bought the new sandisk and it worked awesome. HOWEVER, i do have a problem. Installed itools mech hack. The xbox hard drive was backed up. But I cannot run MINI-LINUX it says unable to link during initialization. Any idea what I did wrong? And the other tutorials say it will ask you a bunch of questions. Mine never did.

Please help

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: emulator23 on September 10, 2004, 08:53:00 PM

Or maybe I installed it correctly. What is it suppose to look like. I only got as far as the installer backed up the c drive. then said it was safe to turn off the xbox. So now what.?
it there a tut for playing emulators and how to backup my purchased games and load them to the hard drive?

But I really want to make sure I have installed everything and what it should look like.

Thanks in advance

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on September 10, 2004, 09:04:00 PM

when you turn on the xbox without a game, you should be at the dashboard of your choice. search the forums on how to install emulators and games. it's really easy, but this would be the wrong forum.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: nangsyde on September 11, 2004, 01:58:00 AM

Kinda an add-on to this tutorial but hey. Going the stuff at the Xbox-Linux site it looks like sometimes to get the Xbox to recognise your memory stick you need to perform a raw format on it. This applies if you get the "Memory Card Damaged" message where it doesn't ask you to format it, so try this - it's not guaranteed to work but it does with some drives

1)Back up anything important on your drive! Then stick your usb drive into your Xbox and go into memory on the dashboard, just to check it's giving you the damaged error message.

2)If it is, go to http://support.wdc.c...lg/windlg10.exe Say "yes I would like to download your lovely program" and remember where you put it! (Easy mistake to make, trust me)

3)Put your usb drive into your pc if it isn't already there

4)Open up windlg.exe and install the program. Run it. You should see a screen with your hard-drive(s) and somewhere on there should be your usb drive in the top panel.

5)Double click on the drive and a screen should pop up. Choose write zeros and say yes to anything asking about erasing the drive or erasing multiple partitions. It will the ask you if you want a quick erase or a full erase. Choose full erase and let it do it's stuff.

6)Put the drive back into your Xbox, go to memory and hope that it tells you it is formatting your device. If it does you're in luck and can carry on with the rest of Forthex's tutorial from point 1.2. Otherwise its not going to work, and you can reformat using the programs which came with the drive, or using Forthex's method outlined in the first tut.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: Pasz on September 11, 2004, 02:49:00 AM

Thanx mate. It worked for me.
The SanDisk USB Cruzer Mini 256MB (hispeed USB 2.0) did the trick.

Modded my brand new 1.6 region 4 Xbox with the tutorial found here :
http://forums.xbox-s...howtopic=269945

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on September 11, 2004, 11:58:00 AM

Ok, i will be gone from Monday to Friday this week on a school camp trip... no access to a computer or any peice of valuable technology (AHH!!). So if anyone has anything do ask, do it before Sunday.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: emulator23 on September 11, 2004, 03:04:00 PM

I installed ude 1. Now when I turn on the xbox with the drawer open I am suppose to see a dashboard. But what I get is the matrix style stuff and the a menu with stuff like run mini linux, ude install. So I don't think this is a dashboard? Am I correct. Did I not install a dashboard in the ude install.

Trying to setup up ftp access and I have no place to put a password etc...

Any ideas.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: emulator23 on September 11, 2004, 03:07:00 PM

never mind reinstalled a got a dashboard.
Sorry and thanks

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: PaKI on September 11, 2004, 03:44:00 PM

Well I followed the guide to put the usb stick in the xbox get the error screen use usbview to get the yyyy and zzzz digits. Well after that I went to control panel> device manager picked usb and tried to install a driver manually. Action Replay didnt come up in the list. I followed all the instructions of replacing the VID and PID. Is it because the version of my AR or is there some other reason?

Thanks

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on September 11, 2004, 03:49:00 PM

Do you have more than one peice of software from Codejunkies? I had Xbox AR software and GBA AR software on my comp, and it screwed up tranfering gamesaves with the Xbox AR software. So, there might be a problem with that.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: PaKI on September 11, 2004, 03:52:00 PM

I dont have any other AR software. Does it matter though that Ihave uninstalled and installed AR quite a while?

Thanks

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on September 11, 2004, 03:55:00 PM

the memory card can't have the AR xbox driver on it if you didn't format it with the xbox. Are you sure you formatted it with the xbox, and you could transfer gamesaves from the HD to the stick and vice-versa?

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: PaKI on September 11, 2004, 03:58:00 PM

Um, I formatted the Xbox with the stick. I dont understand how I could put the gamesave on the stick after its formatted without using AR. I mean isnt that the whole point?

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on September 11, 2004, 04:10:00 PM

i don't understand what you just said. could you rephrase that?

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: PaKI on September 11, 2004, 04:23:00 PM

QUOTE (forthex @ Sep 12 2004, 12:13 AM)

i don't understand what you just said. could you rephrase that?

Let me startover..Well whenever I try and install the action replay driver windows says 'The specified location does not contain information about your hardware'.. Thats the only problem.. I have..

Thanks

(I have formatted the stick with the Xbox and I have replaced my VID and PID numbers)

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: Teus on September 11, 2004, 05:30:00 PM

Thanks for the tutorial!

I'm new to soft-modding and I'm gonna try using ltools. I'm using PAL-version of Splinter Cell to do the GameSave exploit and have (thanks to this great tutorial

) been able to get the ltools over to the Xbox. The Linux profile turns up in the game; so far so good in other words. Problem is that when I click on the "Check points" button (after I've clicked on Linux), nothing happens even though Evox is suppose to start. I can't do a thing with the controller and the Xbox doesn't seem to load, but the music is still playing.

Can this have anything to do with Action Replay Software, like it making a bad save file or something (tried several of time and I don't get any errors)? I should also add that I have inserted the datelinfo.xbx from the Splinter Cell save file, that comes with AR Software, into part1.zip and part2.zip from ltools as said in the tutorial.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on September 11, 2004, 05:27:00 PM

ltools doesn't take you into Evox when you load the save. It is a Linux-based program that will install the UDE exploit. Just wait for a menu to pop up asking what you want to do.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: PaKI on September 11, 2004, 06:30:00 PM

I fixed my other problem but now I have another.. I followed the instructions of making the game save compatible. Well I put the datelinfo in the 4541000d. Then zipped UDATA and 4541000d.. Then I put it in the saves folder. I try to transfer it says 'This is not a valid xbox save'
Please help

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: marsh on September 12, 2004, 03:14:00 PM

i did your tutorial and when i drag over a save it says "there is not enough space on memory card." my usb thumbdrive holds 256mb of storage. what should i do?

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: marsh on September 12, 2004, 04:04:00 PM

i did you tutorial and when i dragged the games over to the memroy stick it said" there is not enough space on the memory card. my memory stick is a pny usb 2.0 flash drive. what should i do?

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: BauskiBruhva on September 12, 2004, 06:26:00 PM

QUOTE

PaKI, I did the same thing

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: ArtesianSS on September 12, 2004, 10:03:00 PM

I have found that using the driver file in the updated AR(action replay) install is not sufficient on some USB Thumb Drives. I would like to suggest trying AR 1.05 's driver. This should get you to where your AR will recognize your USB Thumb Drive. This will allow you to transfer saved game files. I have successfully transferred some of the default Saves that come with AR 1.31 (the most recent Updated AR Software). I would suggest downloading both version of the software. AR 1.31, simply because its the most recent, And AR 1.05, for the driver file.

This SHOULD get you passed the stuck point of AR not recognizing your Thumb Drive. I, on the otherhand, am still stuck at the point of transferring my Altered saved game files to the mem stick (Not the AR Archived ones though!!). It continually gives me "Not a Valid Xbox Save" or something of the sort.

Forthex, have you found a solution for this? Or perhaps wanna give explaining it more detailed another go? I know it seems tedious, but I also took my time and added my findings so that others might save their time messing with it themselves.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: ArtesianSS on September 12, 2004, 11:24:00 PM

If you are using the MechAssault Sploit. Do not seperate the file into seperate Saves. Make sure to ONLY Add the datelinfo.xbx file to the EvoX folder inside the save (the actual folder name is: 62D648EBF155 ) Put it INSIDE that folder. And edit the skin inside if you want a different background

Inside the skin folder are the files you can edit. BTW... ONLY Put ONE datelinfo.xbx file in the EvoX folder.

These are my findings. And have gotten me from "Duh how does this work" to "Resolution" So if you need any more help ask a question, I'll recheck this thread throughout the week for some followup, but not for long after that.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: Pyroteq on September 13, 2004, 08:45:00 AM

Hey guys, I am a newbie. I made my own USB cord that will allow me to hook up USB items to my Xbox, I am using an MP3 Player (128meg) I plug it in and it detects it on the Xbox and says it needs to be erased, I then did all that techy stuff with the ini file hacks etc and it turns it into Xbox format, however in Action Replay Software, I must have the weirdest error you've ever seen.

It shows as a memory card, and says
Device Size: 1 Block
Space Free: 0 Blocks

:/ WTF is up with that, when I access it on the Xbox through memory it says something like 78549 blocks or a high number like that.

Please help, obviously I can't transfer anything to my memory stick now.

I am trying to do this on an Australian PAL box to get Linux etc on.

EDIT: I right clicked on the memory card in the Software and clicked Format and it seems to be working now...

I'll probably bug you later with this directory stuff

HOLY CRAP.

Now I am annoyed, just as I think it's working it shits itself. I have done the save files correctly and zipped them etc. I transfered them to the Memory Card and plug it into my Xbox and turn it on, go into Memory and it keeps erasing it everytime

WTF is up with that?

The Xbox detects it and functions normally after the Xbox format, but when I plug it into the PC the AR Software only detects it as one block, so I format it in the AR software and it says 7888 blocks, I copy the stuff, but then it doesn't work on the XBox... WTF is happening to me, I am using the PAL software and it has nothing to do with the save games cuz it happens even when I leave the memory card empty. Is this just my badluck or is there something else I am missing?

Reccomend anything? I really badly want this working.

Thanks if you can help.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: ArtesianSS on September 13, 2004, 01:14:00 PM

First, ensure that your USB Thumb Drive is on the compatibility list (I assume everything is correct). Then, if you didnt already. Read the tutorial again. Then read my previous two posts before this one, they're back to back. Basically you need to ensure that you edited the driver file correctly. And that you edited a compatible driver file. Depending on the USB Thumb Drive you got, compatibility for the drivers in my experience varies per drive. I'd start with the 1.05, see if it works. It it does, you're set. Otherwise, proceed to try the other versions of the driver that come with more recent versions of Action Replay. They change the driver it seems on every updated Software release.\\

*edit* Oh yea. Start Action Replay THEN insert the Thumb Drive. If it recognizes it, the AR at the top will flash green. Then under memory card, it will have a beginning directory. Default seems to also be Memory card (you can rename this once recognized).

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: Pyroteq on September 13, 2004, 09:18:00 PM

Where can I get the 1.05 driver? If I get this do I use this for update driver and choose this file instead for the USB stick?

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: ArtesianSS on September 13, 2004, 09:38:00 PM

The driver is in the 1.05 package. Search This Thread. There is a post that makes reference to it. Although, I am currently busy and cannot look for it for you. Just check each page and skim over the posts.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: IronWill on September 13, 2004, 10:14:00 PM

Forthex,

Great tut!!! I am a nOOb and I am having a little problem. I went through and completed the list but when I got to the swap with Action replay, there was a problem. Action replay reconized my USB stick at first but when I tried to transfer it said I didnt have enough memory. I just purchased a 64MB stick and on the link you provided the mass storage is compatiable and states that this stick holds 4030 blocks. This file was only 467 blocks!! I took out the stick and shut action replay off but when I rebooted action replay it didnt even reconize the card. The AR on middle top just blinks for 3-5 sec.'s and then stops. I cant even swap files now!! If you can help in any way this would be great!!! Thx

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: Pyroteq on September 14, 2004, 02:40:00 AM

QUOTE (IronWill @ Sep 14 2004, 06:17 AM)

Sounds like you are having the same problem as me maybe, format your key on the Xbox and plug it back into your PC and tell me if you get "1 block" in the AR software...

I think my problem is that for some reason my Xbox and Action Replay software are both formatting in different formats (How is that possible)

Are there any Xbox formatting programs that will format my key to xbox format with out using the xbox to do it?

EDIT: You might wanna add this to the tutorial, after you've used the driver on the memory stick, if it's for a DC or MP3 etc, after you've uninstalled the AR driver, you need to take out the key, plug it back in and Windows will detect it as new hardware, and it should ask to format it, make sure you format it as the right type. I thought I killed my MP3 because it kept turning off because I formatted it as FAT32, if you look in the manual it may say FAT16 or FAT, I reformatted the key as FAT and it worked.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: Pyroteq on September 14, 2004, 04:11:00 AM

1.05 doesn't see the memory card

Also a weird thing I noticed, when I plug my USB key into the XBOX it says it has been erased but my songs are still on the player, ALSO, it says it everytime it is unplugged and plugged back in, if I leave it it and exit the menu and go back in it works though...

Hmmm does the same in AR, when I format it in AR it says 7888 and 7882 free, when I unplug and plug back in it says 7888 but 0 free... WTF?

If I exit the program with and unplug it says 1 block 0 free

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: ArtesianSS on September 14, 2004, 10:51:00 AM

Pyro: Unless I myself have the exact device you are using, I, with my limited knowledge on the subject, cannot further assist you

Im sorry.

The only advice I can give you is seek advice further on this thread or go out and buy a new USB Thumb Drive. But, if you dont want to do either of these, Try and download all the other versions of AR and installing them. If you followed the tut, he said to install to default directory (so that his screenshots would correspond with your actual screen). What you need to do, is go to the Driver folder in EACH installation ( and remember to uninstall or backup past installs of AR when doing a new one ) and Edit the driver .ini file as properly shown in the tut. Try EACH and EVERY one of them. See if they work. I cannot guarantee a particular one except state that the 1.05 worked for me. Try using other drivers and editing it accordingly. If all drivers fail to work for you, I'd suggest actually buying an Action Replay Mem card, or Buying a USB Thumb Stick

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: IronWill on September 14, 2004, 05:24:00 PM

QUOTE (Pyroteq @ Sep 14 2004, 10:43 AM)

Hey,

I just did what you said and the AR sorfware saids I have 0 blocks out of 488. The link that was provided said my 64mb would have 4030 blocks. Does anyone out there want to take a shot at this? I think im going to buy a MOD chip even though I would rather softmod my XBOX. Thx!

Ok i fixed the problem by formating the drive and reinstalling the max driver. Now I have ran into another problem. Every time I transfer the file over to the my USB (AVB 64MB mobile USB drive, 1.1 data transfer)and plug it into my xbox this message always pops up, "the memory device you insert isnt functioning properly, all data has been erased" Well something like this. I had it pluged in on boot up and waited for the menu screen. I read in the beginning of the tut that the error message comes up and that is when the USB is formatted. Why is it that everytime I take the stick out and place it back into the controller I get the same message??? Isnt it already formatted??? I triple checked everything, I even bought mechassualt and 007 and still no luck. I have tried all versions and no luck. I just downloaded action replay 1.05 and 1.20, installed both and no luck. I did erase current app.'s so there would be no conflicts. Should I buy a new stick?? Has anyone used this USB?? WTF is going on! any comments or help would be great. Thx!

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: tanatoa on September 15, 2004, 01:06:00 AM

Cant I just use my laptop as a usb device

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: sir_scutter on September 15, 2004, 08:10:00 PM

Another weird 'flashy' problem... please help me or something

Alright, I was all excited, telling my friends that I was modding my xbox today, going to get a thumbdrive and everything. Well I went to go buy one, stopped at two stores with the list in hand and eventually got the only one available that I saw on the list, which was the Kingston DataTraveler USB flash memory drive of 256 MB, listed on the list as "Kingston DataTraveler 32 MB (1998 blocks) & 256 MB (15740 blocks)"

I come home and try it out and ... wow.. it does the think where the blinking and the beeping happens when the card is in and i go to Memory.

Yes, I inserted while it was on, while it was off, in the middle of any part of getting to the memory step, and repetedly 100 times in a row at the memory screen.

This sucks.

I just wanted to bring up that the list could possibly be wrong and that it made me waste 60 dollars on a card I couldn't even use the once...

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: Dai_UK on September 15, 2004, 11:30:00 PM

QUOTE (ArtesianSS @ Sep 13 2004, 06:06 AM)

Hey I had this problem and posted it but never got any replies.

I used an interact memory card and homemade USB cable about 8 months ago to transfer the Morden Audio hack to my xbox - worked a treat.

I had to edit the driver.ini but that was all explianed in tutorials.

Ok so last month I went to put on ltools 1.6, plugged memory card in and AR software light flashed green and showed what was on there - deleted the file and tried to transfer the new one ....

the light flashed green the bar filled up but then didn't refresh what was on there - I unplugged the card - plugged it back in and the morden hack was still on there!

Put card in xbox and erased everything then tried again still the same.

Interestingly a datel save would transfer - so I thought I'd messed the save up.

Being safe I had a copy of the save I transferred before 8 months ago - tried to transfer and got the same problem.

Tried taking the datel file out of a save that transfered and putting this in - didn't work.

Tried the newer software- re-edited the driver - didn't work.

In the end I ftp'd it to my xbox and then used a 256 Easy Disk (Luwen) thumb key to transfer to another xbox as the ltools save was to big for my card !

I removed boxplorer from the ltools save - then transfered to my memory card from xbox and it worked - so before you say it my memory card isn't stuffed.

I still have not managed to get the datel software working - I thought it may be a DLL problem and noticed they include all the dll's with the newest version so I reformatted an old laptop and tried it on there - still the same problem this was with a base install of 98SE so couldn't be more basic.

My other machines all run XP Pro and I've tried 2 machines.

Not sure what's going wrong but would like it solved if possible, ps. I've since installed the xctrl driver for my xbox pad and been using it for MAME on the PC and it works fine so I don't think it's my USB cable.

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Post by: forthex on September 17, 2004, 04:23:00 PM

the "blinking" problem is either the xbox trying to format the stick, but can't, or your xbox might have a built in antinon-xbox-memory-card system. It could be possible, think about it. I have a version 1.0 xbox, 3944 kernel, and i think a 4260 dash, so mine is probably the most exploitable.

To help out, try different USB storage devices (like CF cards, MP3 players, etc.). After trying at least 2 or 3, tell me which don't work, and what xbox version you have... also, if you have Live, the dashboard might be configured by M$ to not accept "courrupt" memory card. I mean, the only real way to courrupt a regular xbox memory card and make it usable again is to take it apart and put it near a magnet.

oh yeah, you can't use your whole laptop as a memory card. however, you can get an IDE to USB converter and use your laptop's harddrive as a memory card... it would be HUGE though.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: IronWill on September 17, 2004, 09:14:00 PM

Forthex,
I do have Xbox live install thanks to counter strike but I never been online playing games. Can this cause the conflict with my Xbox erasing the saved game? If so, How can you uninstall xbox live? I dont know what version I have but I think it is a v1.0 (K 4034.01 D 5659.03). I also downloaded action replay 1.05, 1.20, and 1.31 but on accident I erased the 1.31 and I cant find it on Code junkies anymore. DO you have any alternate links? How do you re-zip the saved game after inserting the datelinfo.xbx file (AR is installed in the default area)? do you use the rar sodfware or winzip?? Stupid question but this may be my problem! Any comments would be great!! thx

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: Fatboy11 on September 17, 2004, 10:36:00 PM

QUOTE (farbird @ Aug 25 2004, 03:59 PM)

the new AR software comes with a file "pcdatabase.dat" inside the saves folder.

making any adhoc addition difficult coz it is not recorded in the pcdatabase.dat..

any help?

i have just had this , but if i ignore everything outside of the udata directory , re zip it with winrar , and drag the file onto the memory card it works like a charm

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: CyberDeity on September 18, 2004, 04:08:00 PM

OK, here's my situation. All I want to do is run XBMC on my Xbox. I do not care about any other functionality. Hopefully that simplifies things.

A few weeks ago, I started this idea. The XBMC website directs us to XBox Linux when talking about Soft Mods.

I did the MechAssault exploit successfully from there.

Now, when I boot up, I have a Linux option on the menu that starts a mini version of Linux.

So, to make a long story short, I can now FTP things directly to the C: drive of the XBox.

Is there a simple group of files that I can simply FTP over there in order to get a different dashboard installed?

I know that most of these steps in the tutorial are to get in without a mod chip, and get a loader running for the install. Since I already have FTP access, can't I bypass all that and just FTP the install over and reboot the xbox? Or do I need to start all over again with a 'proper' gamesave exploit since the Linux one isn't what I really need?

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on September 18, 2004, 05:23:00 PM

first of all, UNINSTALL THE EXPLOIT YOU PUT IN!! THESE ARE CRAPPY FONT HACKS, AND YOU CAN GET INTO A CLOCK LOOP IF YOU ARE NOT CAREFULL!!

And get ltools mechassault UDE installer from xbins (see here, and when you get in, go to Xbox/Operating Systems/Linux/Distributions/ltools and choose the one for mechassault). Open it in mechassault, and install the UDE exploit.

Now, when you get FTP access into your Xbox, make an "apps" folder in the E: drive, so it will look like: E:\apps\XMBC, and put all the files from XBMC into that folder, restart your xbox, and then you should have XBMC.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: IronWill on September 20, 2004, 10:46:00 AM

I guess no one had any answers for my sistuation. Its all good I just bought a Mod chip, installed it and it works great. Great tut forthex!!

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on September 20, 2004, 02:18:00 PM

as i said, gamesave exploits and .xbe hacks are only a replacement for mod-chips... if you can get a mod-chip, GET IT!

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: CyberDeity on September 20, 2004, 06:36:00 PM

Anyways, I did that. uninstalled the linux load exploits.

I went thru your guide. My first attempt was to use a Kingston 128MB stick. This is what I successfully used with the other linux exploit. Action Replay would not recognize it! I tried both versions of the software.

Next, I tried a SanDisk 512MB stick from work. The XBox would NOT format it! Gave me the error about it not working correctly.

Finally, I borrowed a SanDisk 256MB from a buddie at work since I saw posts here that they were successful with that. IT WORKED FOR ME AS WELL!

----

Ok, back to the guide. When I went into the install for the UDE, it asked a series of questions (5 or 6? can't remember). I did not know for certain what to pick for each question, but I guess I got them right ;-) Maybe you could add a part 2 to your guide for others explaining what each option is and why you might or should pick certain ones? I dunno, maybe there is already a guide for that somewhere that I didn't see?

----

After the dashboard install, I FTP'd in, and installed XBMC into e:\apps as you said. Evox auto-detected it and put it on the launch menu.

----

So, I just wanted to say THANK YOU! Other than the trouble getting a compatible stick and the uncertainty with the UDE install, your guide was crystal clear and easy to follow. Top Notch work, and a great contribution to the community here! :-)

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on September 20, 2004, 07:06:00 PM

another satisfyed newb... oh yea.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: Pyroteq on September 21, 2004, 10:53:00 PM

QUOTE (forthex @ Sep 17 2004, 11:50 PM)

How bout if I had a USB to ethernet cable adapter...? Would that work in anyway? Has anyone had luck with the USB to IDE adapter?

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: Dai_UK on September 22, 2004, 12:30:00 AM

QUOTE (forthex @ Sep 17 2004, 11:50 PM)

Hmm not sure about the anti memory thing as it is an interact 8mb Xbox memory card that I previously used on the same xbox, same kernal, same dash to transfer Mordens'.

The AR software just seems to have stopped working for me, perhaps it's really picky about dll's and I was lucky 12 months ago !

The xbox would format the card fine - just AR wouldn't read the damn thing

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: Crazy Priest on September 22, 2004, 03:52:00 AM

What the f***....???

WHY??
Just try XboxSaveManager v4.5

Too much work for nothing.....

Crazy Priest
{::cpu21.tk::}
-----------------------------------------------------
"NoThing Is UnDoAble & UnCrackAble....."
-----------------------------------------------------
Xbox Vers: 1.0
DVD Drive: Thompson Drive
Mod Chip: XeCuTeR 2.3b
Dash: Evox +3935
HDD: WesternDigital MS
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Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: BigLuZeR on September 22, 2004, 11:41:00 PM

my update:
i have tried the following with no results:
1) Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 128 MB thumb drive - Flashing XBOX (no format)
2) Simpletech 256 CompactFlash (with generic USB CF adapter) - doesnt recognize
3) "" (with Camera USB) - doesnt recognize.

i am still looking for suggestions. my USB mp3 players are toast.

also, i built the cable myself and have a 1.6 XBOX ( i believe)

any help would be greatly appreciated.

thanks
bl

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Post by: forthex on September 23, 2004, 05:02:00 PM

I use a sandisk 128MB Compact Flash Card. i find they work really well.

and to crazy priest, not everybody is "smart" like you, most of the people in this forum are newbies and don't know their way around... so stop being an asshole.

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Post by: Pyroteq on September 23, 2004, 07:52:00 PM

QUOTE (BigLuZeR @ Sep 23 2004, 07:44 AM)

Make sure when you plug your MP3 player into your PC that you format it the right file format, I thought I fucked my MP3 player but then I just right clicked on it, format> FAT (Not FAT32) and it worked fine. Look in the manual to see what file format it wants.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: Pyroteq on September 23, 2004, 08:47:00 PM

QUOTE (Crazy Priest @ Sep 22 2004, 11:55 AM)

YOU DID ALL THIS JUST TO TRANSFER YOUR SAVES FROM XBOX TO PC??????

What the f***....???

WHY??
Just try http://www.xboxsaves.com/index.php?category=manager

Too much work for nothing.....

Crazy Priest
http://www.cpu21.tk
-----------------------------------------------------
"NoThing Is UnDoAble & UnCrackAble....."
-----------------------------------------------------
Xbox Vers: 1.0
DVD Drive: Thompson Drive
Mod Chip: XeCuTeR 2.3b
Dash: Evox +3935
HDD: WesternDigital MS
-----------------------------------------------------

Hey asshole, if I had EvolutionX on my xbox that would be great, this tut can get software on the box so that it can FTP, if we were following this tut we obivously don't have that software on our Xbox you spastic.

Face the wall n00b.

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Post by: BigLuZeR on September 24, 2004, 07:08:00 AM

general question. something i am not clear bout.
i installed ITools and can run Mini Linux, ftp etc.

but no other dashboard appear on my menu, even though i am pretty sure i installed UDE2.

the splash that comes up when i start up is Matrix like - is that UDE2? or Evolution X? is that my dashboard already?

thanks!

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Post by: r4d0x on September 25, 2004, 02:59:00 PM

Excellent tutorial Forthex, but I am using Win 98, and have the following problem:

Having amended the driver file with the yyyy and zzzz digits, I go to the device manager, and try to replace the driver for my USB Storage Device.

Action Replay doesn't appear in the list.

If I manually choose the modified Action Replay .inf file, Windows tells me that the driver is not valid for my device.

I'm using a 32 MB EasyDisk, which formatted OK on my v1.1 Xbox. I have tried several versions of Action Replay. Is there an alternative to using Action Replay to transfer the files? I've got a Mac too if thats any use...

Many thanks again for all the info.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on September 25, 2004, 05:25:00 PM

try the Xbox saves manager.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: r4d0x on September 26, 2004, 02:51:00 AM

I don't have a modchip - planning a softmod, and I think the Saves Manager requires a modchip... however the FAQ claims it works with the Mega-X key. I don't have one of those, only an EasyDrive thingy... will that work?

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Post by: forthex on September 26, 2004, 12:25:00 PM

if you can get the mega-x-key software (which will include the drivers), you can trick the software into thinking it's a mega-x-key memory card.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on September 26, 2004, 07:49:00 PM

UPDATE #4: version 1.6 xbox do not format non-xbox memory devices. see front page for details.

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Post by: giografix on September 27, 2004, 11:14:00 AM

forthex

i was wondering if i already have an xbox that i can ftp to and i want to softmod another xbox, can i just upload the files to to modded xbox and then save the files on the MS memory card. then use that memory card on the unhacked xbox. will this allow the exploit to work?

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: gNOMEintheRedHat on September 27, 2004, 02:46:00 PM

QUOTE (forthex @ Sep 27 2004, 03:16 AM)

UPDATE #4: version 1.6 xbox do not format non-xbox memory devices. see front page for details.

AWW Crap!

I just ordered the Fanticy Star Online USB adaptor!

Of corse, I may be lucy and not have a 1.6 xbox....

The manufacturing info on mine was much newer than the XBOX Linux version info page had info for.....

If I am forced to open the box to ID it's version, I'll go ahead and get a chip.

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Post by: forthex on September 27, 2004, 04:26:00 PM

QUOTE (giografix @ Sep 27 2004, 12:41 PM)

yes, this was one of the earliest ways to trasfer gamesaves, and other files. It will work.

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Post by: sidysm on September 28, 2004, 09:44:00 PM

I am gonna go for this exploit as it looks a great temp till I can get an x3 however I have a problem.

QUOTE

Parts and software needed:

USBview.exe:
usbman.com

When I go to http://www.usbman.com/ I get the following...

QUOTE

Forbidden
You don't have permission to access / on this server.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Apache/1.3.26 Server at www.usbman.com Port 80

I have everything else I need, and I'm gonna buy splinter cell tomorrow, however can I use a substitute for this file or does anyone know an alternate place to download it?

I've searched xbins ftp to no avail so any help you could offer would be great.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: sidysm on September 29, 2004, 01:37:00 PM

ignore above I think I've found the file on another site http://www.srigc.com/download/USBview.zip for anyone else with this prob.

I'll hopefully test it tonight if I get my kingston stick working.

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Post by: sidysm on September 29, 2004, 05:56:00 PM

Me again

Trying to do the mod but my mem card a kingston deskstar which is on the list does the flashy memory screen thing and wont work.

I have kernel 5530 and dash 5960 and wonder if this may be the problem, I don't have cash for another stick even if it isn't.

I was wondering if anyone has ever tried creating a ghost image of their flash stick others could copy to see if this works?

I'm eager to get xbmc on this box and can't afford to chip it for a while.

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Post by: Pyroteq on September 30, 2004, 08:09:00 PM

I really don't think my xbox can be version 1.6. I got it only a month after it's release in Australia.

Oh and something to clear up with the Splinter Cell hack, does this mean I have to load it in Splinter Cell everytime, or does it then install it to my dashboard, because I want the old dashboard as well so I can get on LIVE.

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Post by: forthex on October 01, 2004, 10:36:00 AM

depends. If you have the exploit named "SplinterCell_with_Evox" exploit, this is temporary and doesn't install anything onto your xbox. it is mainly used for temporary FTP acces or and to manually install an xbx exploit. if you have the UDE installer (SC_PAL.rar package) it is a mini version of linux that does everything fo ryou and is permanent. it can be uninstalled at any time.

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Post by: giografix on October 03, 2004, 06:05:00 PM

forthex

i was wondering when i transfer the udata files to my hd(modded xbox with memorycard), do i need to add the datalinfo.xbx file to the directories. isnt this file only needed for action replay software?

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Post by: forthex on October 03, 2004, 08:03:00 PM

no you do not need the AR software if you have a modded xbox. plug in the memory card, FTP into your xbox and put the saves into the H:\ or I:| or another letter after those.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on October 05, 2004, 10:59:00 AM

bump

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: JimmyGoon on October 05, 2004, 11:39:00 AM

are you sure that non-xbox-memory card storage devices don't work with version 1.6??

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: awal on October 05, 2004, 05:05:00 PM

i dont know if anyone has said this, but the saves on xbins are AR compatible. (at least for me)
instead of putting the save into the folder, just drag it from wherever it is into the middle of the AR software thing. (where it shows the saves on the computer)

if you dont understand that reply and i will explain more

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Post by: forthex on October 05, 2004, 06:38:00 PM

QUOTE (JimmyGoon @ Oct 5 2004, 01:06 PM)

are you sure that non-xbox-memory card storage devices don't work with version 1.6??

yes. i just bought a 1.6 and i tested my CF card in a USB reader. IT WON'T WORK. You have to use an M$ xbox memory card, a contoller, and a UBS male to xbox contoller female adapter. then, use the IPvendor and IPproduct #'s of the mem. card instead of a USB stick.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: arkade on October 07, 2004, 07:05:00 AM

i used a usbmem stick with a 1.6 with no probs.

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Post by: yokg13 on October 07, 2004, 02:02:00 PM

Forthex, I need you Help!! I Followed all of your directions and sucessfully got Both of the game saves on to my Xbox HD (I am Using the Splinter Cell ltools). I go into Startgame then choose the linux profile and choose load checkpoint then my xbox just freezes. How do i get it to install the UDE/ltools explot? BTW i have a v1.0 Xbox K:4034 D: 5659

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Post by: forthex on October 09, 2004, 05:15:00 PM

to arkade: you either have a fluke xbox or you formatted the card with another xbox, right?

to yokg: i can see you use Live. this might be a problem. Try getting a hold of a 4290 dash or at least a lower dash than yours (i won't tell you were, just guess, but be careful where you get it), then get a temporary Evox exploit (SplinterCell_with_Evox.rar from the usual place), get FTP acces into your access, replace all the files in the C:\ with the files in the 4290 dash and reboot. Then, you should be able to install the UDE.

Remember to use the backup feature in Evox and find your eeprom.bin file and put it on your PC. it is also a good idea to backup your C:\ and E:\ on your PC, incase you fuck up anything.

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Post by: yokg13 on October 09, 2004, 08:09:00 PM

But the weird thing is that i dont use live... Also i thought UDE was supposed to work on an xbox with any dash version?

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Post by: arkade on October 10, 2004, 01:00:00 AM

QUOTE (forthex @ Oct 10 2004, 07:42 AM)

to arkade: you either have a fluke xbox or you formatted the card with another xbox, right?

Nah formatted with the same xbox. I first tried with a creative muvo stick which didnt work but the other one (not sure of the make and model) was fine.

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Post by: forthex on October 10, 2004, 08:49:00 AM

to yokg:

did you by a used xbox, or a new one? if you bought a used one, the person before you could have used Live. and yes the UDE is supposed to work on almost any xbox. you might have to wait for the UXE to come out. (see the xbe exploit forum)

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Post by: yokg13 on October 10, 2004, 12:24:00 PM

I bought my xbox a while ago, and it was new. I think it might be something with Splinter Cell so i am going to try it with the Mech assault version. BTW thanks for the help

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: MmanGG on October 10, 2004, 04:13:00 PM

Ok, I cannot even get started on this for some reason. I try and format my SanDisk Cruzer mini 128 but when I go to the memory tab in my dashboard the thing just keeps flashing and never formats or gives me even an error. Any help?

Even used that program to write all 0s over the thing and still nothing. I have no idea what to do now.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: ak2db on October 11, 2004, 09:32:00 AM

Ok, I've looked and looked, and can't find an answer to my problem. I got the AR software to recognize my Gateway 16MB stick. I formatted on my Xbox, and everything works. I transferred a save to my USB stick, and went to put it on my Xbox. My Xbox recognized the stick, and even the type of save, but the save was corrupt. I tried over and over, and couldn't get any saves to transfer. I even took a good save from my Xbox, transferred it to my PC, and when I tried to put it back on my Xbox, it was corrupt. What's up with that?

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Post by: forthex on October 11, 2004, 10:21:00 AM

to MmanGG: sandisk mini cruzers don't work. sandisk cruzers (with no mini in the name) do work. it's just a compatibility issue. try another card.

ak2db: try getting a bigger sized stick. this could be the problem becuase some cards do courrupt data over a few megabytes under the FATX file system (they weren't built for it, but you can still format it).

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: ak2db on October 11, 2004, 02:52:00 PM

Forthex,
I tried with a 32MB stick as well, with the same problem. Do I need to go any bigger, or just try the memory card/controller to PC option?

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: MmanGG on October 11, 2004, 03:51:00 PM

Thanks, just wish that compatiability chart was correct then.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on October 11, 2004, 04:27:00 PM

after 2 memory cards i'd go with the contoller and M$ memory card option. it works just as well.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on October 13, 2004, 10:52:00 AM

bump.

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Post by: rickle on October 13, 2004, 02:32:00 PM

Uhh... Do you have to plug it directly into the Female controller port?... Cause I was trying the method on the site you directed me to where they use the controller as the USB hub... Does that not work the same?... or am I doing something else wrong?

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: rickle on October 13, 2004, 02:46:00 PM

Forthex?.... Anyone?... Please?

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: rickle on October 13, 2004, 03:01:00 PM

Hahaha! Anyway, It does work... Hahaha! Sorry about all crazyness... Ya, It works though, I just had compatibility issues with my Storage Device

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: SRM on October 21, 2004, 08:42:00 AM

WTF?
if i have a compatible usb device, can't i just plug it in my pc (after being formatted by the box) and copy the gamesave
then plug it in the box and it will recognize the gamesave?!

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: jcupp114 on October 21, 2004, 09:14:00 AM

I could use some help with this. I have a lot of usb flash drives that when inserted to the xbox, via the modded cabling will format and become an awesome memory card. Now when plugged into the usb of the pc I get nothing. I have tryed the megaxkey software yet NO JOY yet. I am searching for a remedy for this just no luck as of now. If someone can help. That would be awesome!

The drive is a AD pintech usb 64 meg flash drive. If more info is needed. I will try to gather it. Thank you for your time

Take care
Jcupp114

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: NeMesiS2oo5 on October 25, 2004, 06:30:00 AM

i would like to follow your method however the link for xbox usb device compatabilty isnt working anmore, where can i now get the info?

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: farbird on October 28, 2004, 09:48:00 PM

the link for the compatible usb thumb drives doesnt work anymore...

is there any mirrored list of compatible usb memory sticks?

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: Pyroteq on October 29, 2004, 02:14:00 AM

I heard people could play Halo 2 on their xbox using a softmod, what directions would be the best to get this working? I don't have it yet and it's only 9 more days, but it might be helpful in the future...

Reckon following these directions followed by a few more would get it working?

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: xbillgates on November 08, 2004, 08:12:00 AM

I've had an horrible day trying to make the AR to like my USB Thumb Stick (MS brand... dunno what's inside). What worked for me was :
- to uninstall all hardware related to my usb thumd stick
- to uninstall all AR software I've tried (1.05, 1.2, 1.31)
- reboot
- reinstall AR
- redo the magic trick from forthex (what's all this thread is all about) with usbview and stuff
- reboot
- and then sundently the AR liked my usb thumb stick

forthex, you rock !

Edit : Error was "the usb device failed to enumerate" which a lot of you seem to have. You can make it too

Edit 2 : Seems my thumb drive is only working one time after every reboot. Don't ask why.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on November 08, 2004, 03:53:00 PM

first off, it's no trick. It took me about 4 hours and a loke of iced tea on a sunday night before school to figure it out.

Second, thank you. i do rock. It might sound a bit cocky, but you can't hide the truth forever.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: darkman28 on December 05, 2004, 04:01:00 PM

QUOTE (forthex @ Sep 27 2004, 03:16 AM)

UPDATE #4: version 1.6 xbox do not format non-xbox memory devices. see front page for details.

Have a Xbox 1.6 and it does format a Simple Tech 128MB USB 2.0 Flash Drive. I can save games to it and load them again. Maybe it has something to do with it being USB 2.0 but 1.6 Xboxs can work with some USB drives.

The same drive I have yet to get to work with AR. loaded the drivers corectlybut no dice. going to try the trick on Mega X program.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: mikek574 on December 05, 2004, 07:19:00 PM

Hi,all I want to know is if the link to the list acually works,cuz i cant get it to.I read the forum to take the ) of the end ...no good for me.can someone give me the link,thanks

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: Brianc608 on December 08, 2004, 03:04:00 PM

I used this tut awhile ago, and it worked great, moving to a chip now though...

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: vtknightmare on December 10, 2004, 03:11:00 PM

Hello All,

I have bought an xbox off ebay not too long ago, and it's my first xbox. After a lot of research and reading hours, I learned that my xbox is a v1.0 along with other stuff.

I have purchased the Xecuter v3 chip, butg waiting on it to come (5 days still no show :/
)

Aaaanyways.. While I was waiting on it I stumbled on forthex's post regarding soft-mods. So I went out, bought an Action Replay and Mechassault. Then I downloaded Gouki's Soft Mod rar, and went to work.

Surprisingly I had almost NONE of the troubles the others had (I read all 17 pages of forthex's thread, along with Gouki's ReadMe, and ALL THE TUTORIALS on X-BOX Scene regarding softmodding.

As a PC expert (I work for a security company that tests debugs software for various companies) I know my way around most of the stuff, but xbox and *nix... I plop ;p

Anywho... After I got EvoX to work, I went ahead and tried to run MameOX (the latest) and it crashed with a nice

Error 21

So I decided to try ltools v18. MY GOD! I wish I hadn't...

It sux. Why? Well, first it said it can't update b/c my dash was too old, so I went and got MK Deception (had my eye on it ;p ) and ran the live to d/l the latest dash (5096) then ltools installed with THESE options:

PBL Metoo
X2 Bios
and dualboot

Well, after the nice matrix like screen, walla I was able to run MameOX. Now the trouble was MaMeOX wasn't seeing my roms ( Iplaced them in the folder MaMeOX says it to) but didn't work. Then I saw that in the config file, I have to enter the folder name, I went to enter but they didn't add the "_" char to the menu, so I said "what the hey, Ill rename the folder" Well I made it just "mame" but then Ltools gave an error saying "default.xbe" can't be found. So I renamed it back.

I said screw it to myself, and d/l'd kawa-X (another mame emu for xbox) and placed in E/APPS/kawax ... well, when I go into Applications it doesn't even show up!!

I thought maybe I need to sign it (Gouki's has this bat that signs stuff for you.) so I did that and placed it back in the folder, then re-uploaded via FTP. Still no go!

Now the trouble I am having is ANNOYING AS HELL. I had tried to install ltools before, and it kept booting into linux then turning orange and stopping. (I waited 15 minutes and no response) So, I had to boot back in with gouki's ma, ftp in, delete C, restore the C files ( I had backed it up.) delete the shit in D drive (there is a ltools folder) delete the crap in the E folder. And we're back to my org. had to re-do the live update. and then re-installed ltools...

Right now... I have ltools v1.8 installed. Can't rename stuff from the apps folder. Can't use any new apps. Can't change the damn network settings ( by default it's set to 192.168.0.3 and it's annoying as hell! B/c my network settings are totally different)

All I want to do is run some sort of mame emu and play them on my xbox folks... any help?

Please?

Thanks!

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on December 10, 2004, 03:22:00 PM

First off, uninstall ltools (sorry) and delete it once you have a normal xbox again.
Then, modify the IP in the mxm.xml file in the ltools package:

user posted image

then, use AR to upload it to the mem card, mem card to HD, etc.

then you should have an ltools package with a custom IP, so then you can remame/edit\put on apps, games\whatever.

yes, you do have to habibi-sign .xbe's, or else PBL wont load them.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: sirblackguy on December 12, 2004, 07:58:00 PM

forthex
I have a v1.6 box and have been using a lexar jumpdrive and a card for some time. just thouht you should know.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: easyguy on December 20, 2004, 03:44:00 AM

yeah me too. been using xd-picture card from my fujifilm digicam as storage for my v1.6 xbox. no problem at all. juz for ur info

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on December 20, 2004, 09:50:00 AM

each xbox is different... but my 1.6 doesn't take anything.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: dreary79 on December 22, 2004, 10:10:00 PM

I'm a little lost.....

I have a usb stick and use it just fine on my 1.0. I would like to use it to softmod a 1.6 that my friend has.

Will this work?

Do 1.6's just have a problem with formating usb drives?

Or will some 1.6's not work with them at all?

Thx

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: nuka1195 on December 23, 2004, 06:38:00 PM

QUOTE(dreary79 @ Dec 23 2004, 07:13 AM)

I formatted my Sandisk Cruzer Micro 256MB with a v1.1 xbox and it worked fine in a 1.6. So leave yours formatted and try it.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: hotboi on December 23, 2004, 06:26:00 PM

I was having a hard time getting the ltools SC gamesave to transfer to my usb stick with Action Replay. I read this entire thread and I still couldn't figure out the problem. But I finally figured out what my problem was. The SC gamesave has two parts and I thought that they were supposed to be combined into one UDATA folder and then zipped and then transfered to the usb stick through Action Replay. WRONG. You must make two zip files (two UDATA folders) in order for Action Replay to transfer them. Otherwise it will keep telling you invalid gamesave file (or something like this). Once you transfer both files to your usb stick or your memcard, save them to your harddrive and run the game. Click on linux and all should be well. Maybe this will help someone.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: dreary79 on December 25, 2004, 10:43:00 PM

used my usb softmod on a 1.6 and worked great! Scandisk Cruser 256mb. $25 at Staples.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: tullm on December 28, 2004, 02:20:00 AM

Hi!

1 1/2 years ago i made an dapapter cable without soldering by just cutting an usb cable and putting the cabels into the small holes of the xpad connector without opeining it.

has someone still the pictures in which order the cables have to go in the holes?

Thanks

TUllm

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on December 28, 2004, 08:18:00 AM

tullum, check the hardware mod FAQ in the hardware mod forums.

Also, just to clarify, if you formatted a USB stick with an older xbox, it will now work in ANY xbox. So if you, for example, used a 1.0 to format the card, and wanted to use it in a 1.6, you can. All i was saying is that be careful if you want to buy an xbox and you only want to use a USb stick to transfer the exploit and you don't have any means of getting a hold of an older xbox, because the 1.6 might not format it.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: senator on December 29, 2004, 10:09:00 PM

QUOTE(xavierofsparta @ Sep 6 2004, 09:15 PM)

Anyone struggling with this who is 100% the files are zipped correct and datelinfo.xbx are correct and still are unable to view the 2 files in the saves manager, and can't even drag and drop them.
Try this... rename two files in "C:\Program Files\Datel\Action Replay XBOX\Saves" - default installation
SplinterCe_AllLevelsU.zip and Stake_Thorunlock.zip to say.... ie XXXSplinterCe_AllLevelsU.zip and XXXStake_Thorunlock.zip these are the ones I chose. (This is just to back them up) ....
Rename The zip......... part2 = SplinterCe_AllLevelsU.zip
& part1 = Stake_Thorunlock.zip

Boot up AR refresh the saves list...and drag these 2 files across to the memory stick from the menu... This is the only way I was able to get the exploit onto the memory stick AR would just not see these files....Then just wack it in the xbox and go from there.....
Weird but it worked !!!!!!

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: jangarznya on December 29, 2004, 10:57:00 PM

i must ba a complet idiot i cant figuer out www.xbins.org maby i have rong site idont know i cant find the idot itools any ware help please

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: senator on December 29, 2004, 11:17:00 PM

www.xbins.org not quite correct.... Its in the usual places...
Asking for this is looked down upon buy the forum... As the rules state no links will be provided....
All we can say is the usual places..... irc #xbins try that...

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: jangarznya on December 29, 2004, 11:33:00 PM

ok now im confused what is #xbins why cant we talk about it
all i need is the 007 game save exploit

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: senator on December 30, 2004, 12:14:00 AM

READ THE FORUM RULES !!!! Thats why we can't talk about it..... irc channel
search google for info...on how to use irc channels....

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: MrShadow on December 30, 2004, 12:49:00 AM

i have a usb adapter for the controller slot, it come with my xenium ice, will that let me use a usb pen as a mem card?

btw, the usb adapter plugs right into a usb controller slot.

someone please help me out, since i dont know what is wrong: my usb adapter or my flash drive!

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: senator on December 30, 2004, 03:28:00 AM

Yeh i know the adaptor..... should be ok usb stick check for compatibility...

http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=330921&hl=

read the posts use the tutorials..

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Post by: JaXbox on December 30, 2004, 03:30:00 AM

To Forthex:
I was able to get a v1.6 box to flash/erase a ScanDisk 32mb SD-card inserted in a Thrust 910Z digicam, and it worked perfectly as a mem-card after that (except if you turn it off, the digicam will discover the fatx-formatting and erase it one more time).

Thought you might want to remove the "v1.6 not compatible" from the original post ?

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: MrShadow on December 31, 2004, 01:58:00 AM

i have ALL posts 3 times now, and still cant get this to work.

i have a Kingston DataTraveler 256 MB (usb 2.0) its on the compatible list, so it should work.

when i put it in (i have done it at every different place in the dashboard) it blinks while at the memory screen, but give no error nor any other type of msg.

btw, its a 1.0 xbox, and i do it with a chip disabled and enabled. i have the newest dash.

if someone got this to work please help me, i have tried lots of things, but nothing works.

oh, do i have to pre format it at my computer? if so which settings would i use?

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Post by: JaXbox on December 31, 2004, 09:44:00 AM

QUOTE(MrShadow @ Dec 31 2004, 09:53 AM)

when i put it in (i have done it at every different place in the dashboard) it blinks while at the memory screen, but give no error nor any other type of msg.

btw, its a 1.0 xbox, and i do it with a chip disabled and enabled. i have the newest dash.

I had the exact same problem on my v1.0 box (also latest dash). When I inserted the memory-key (usb2 MicroMemory) the Memory-menu would blink/flash and the box was "slow" to respond (it took at least 8 attempts to exit the memory-menu - also I got no "official" errors of any sort).

The only thing I can tell you is that I found a different USB-storage device, which worked perfectly (Thrust digicam with SD-card inserted), so I'd say you have to get a different USB-key

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: amdfanboy on December 31, 2004, 06:49:00 PM

this is the easiest mod you could do and it pays for itself

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: MrShadow on December 31, 2004, 07:03:00 PM

my Kingston DataTraveler 256 MB just plain doesn't work and its on the compatibility list

since that list made a mistake, what have you guys use to get this working? if possible the price or where you bought it.
thanks

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Post by: forthex on December 31, 2004, 08:10:00 PM

to mrshadow:

you already have a chip installed,why do you so badly have to have a USB stick work on yuor xbox? I mean,if it's to transfer saves, just FTP into your xbox and go into the E:\UDATA folder

to jakxbox:

Everyone's xbox is different. my 1.6 won't take anything, so that's where i got my info.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: MrShadow on December 31, 2004, 09:44:00 PM

QUOTE(forthex @ Jan 1 2005, 04:05 AM)

to mrshadow:

you already have a chip installed,why do you so badly have to have a USB stick work on yuor xbox? I mean,if it's to transfer saves, just FTP into your xbox and go into the E:\UDATA folder
to jakxbox:

Everyone's xbox is different. my 1.6 won't take anything, so that's where i got my info.

im going to be doing a softmod for a friend but dont have a memory card, and i do have a usb stick

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on December 31, 2004, 10:32:00 PM

get a real xbox memory card, you'll save yourself a lot of hastle.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: MrShadow on January 01, 2005, 12:25:00 AM

QUOTE(forthex @ Jan 1 2005, 06:27 AM)

get a real xbox memory card, you'll save yourself a lot of hastle.

usb sticks are usually cheaper than mem cards plus they really have two functions, not just xbox

with that said, anyone know where i can get a working usb stick for less than that of a memory card?

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: senator on January 01, 2005, 02:38:00 PM

QUOTE(MrShadow @ Dec 31 2004, 09:53 AM)

Have you tried booting the box with stick in?
Placing the stick in at the main dash menu?
All I did was used an Apacer Handy Steno 2.0 64mb stick... Placed it in memory slot with a xbox port to usb conversion cable(ie... from liksang)....It flashed the LED and gave an error message...which is good....Place in pc with the maxdrivers installed....It then recognised as xbox memory stick via AR... thats it...

As long as you are 100% sure its the stick or you maybe spending money on sticks for no reason !!!!

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: MrShadow on January 01, 2005, 07:34:00 PM

i give up, this usb thingy just doesnt work a memory card.

does anyone know where to get one for a reallly cheap price, i dont care if its used or non MS

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: MrShadow on January 02, 2005, 03:25:00 AM

has anyone anything like this to work? :http://officemax.crossmediaservices.com/officemax/default.aspx?action=browsepagedetail&storeid=2420240&rapid=99632&pagenumber=1&listingid=-2097431381&ref=%2fofficemax%2fdefault.aspx%3faction%3dbrowsepagesingle%26storeid%3d2420240%26rapid%3d99632%26pagenumber%3d1%26prvid%3dOfficeMax-050102%26promotioncode%3dOfficeMax-050102 ($29.99)

they are cheap right now

i would really like this much space

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: Steove on January 02, 2005, 12:42:00 PM

Hi all,

Like many, I'd like to thank the form for some very helpful advice.

For info, I have had no problem with my 1.6 XBOX using a Apacer 128M USB stick, can save and play no problem.

I do have one problem...... (don't we all!)

I have the MechAssault Game on a PAL system. But I cannot seem to find on xbins the PAL version of "Mechassault_save_with_evox_PAL" the NTSC is there under itools but no PAL version.

Is the file in a different location on xbins, or can I mod it to PAL version.

Is there any other place I can find the PAL version?

Help!!

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Post by: knowyourrole on January 02, 2005, 05:14:00 PM

Hey everyone, hope someone can help

I tried using my digi camera as a memory card, it has a 128mb flash card ok. So, xbox formatted it, and it was working. Did this a few times, as I hadnt yet installed the action replay and found this post, so I was just trying to do it through my computer.

Anyways, now my xbox says the card is corrupt, my pc can't read it as usual, AND my digi camera cant read/format it....?

basically, it seems to have screwed my flash card, any ideas......or am I just missing something.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on January 02, 2005, 05:52:00 PM

this is why i said not to use digital cameras... YOU CAN SCREW IT UP. put it in the PC's USB port, go into the device manager, look for the device that pops up, uninstall it's driver, unplug it, plug it back in, then format it to the filesystem in it's manual.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: knowyourrole on January 02, 2005, 06:07:00 PM

thanks for the help, but it still doesn't work.

I read what you said about not using the digi cameras for that reason, but my camera has an option on it to reformat the card, so that the camera can use it. So you should be able to format it when the camera's not even connected to the pc, for when you buy a new disk for example.

My camera simply doesn't even recognise that there is a card there anymore, so I can't do anything with it. I wouldnt have thought it could actually damage the card, the file system yes, but not the card itself. Surely if it was just the filesystem/stuff-on-the-card I could just format it as usual.

Guess I'll just have to buy a new card then, and probably borrow a USB pen-drive from someone and hope that works. Or put the card into a different SD card reader and see if I can format it from there.

Thanks for the help, great post by the way, just wish I'd found it before I started...

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Post by: adil786 on January 03, 2005, 04:55:00 AM

ive never seen this post,

amazing post, wish i rather done all this than be a n00b and buy AR!

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: fujimoh on January 03, 2005, 11:00:00 AM

i got a USB stick that works and i put the 007 save game on it and loaded it up in the xbox, the screen goes black and says loading Media X, then it comes up with a screen with the IP address on it. After i hit any button the screen goes black and then comes up with Your xbox requires service. The number 21 is in the upper left hand corner. What can i do from here.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: Specter on January 03, 2005, 06:36:00 PM

Hey i dont understand.. i try the usb key from my friend (Lexar 512meg) and my xbox 1.6 work very well with this usb key .. i can complete my game save exploit.
On some post some poeple said the xbox 1.6 is not compatible with usb device ?

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: MrShadow on January 05, 2005, 03:55:00 PM

thanks a lot i finally got it to work with a lexmark jumpdrive secure, it was just the usb stick i was using, i dont know how you guys had problems after you formated the stick...

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on January 05, 2005, 07:07:00 PM

QUOTE(fujimoh @ Jan 3 2005, 12:55 PM)

press the B button (you are using ltools if you didn't know), if that doesn't work, you have a courupted part of your gamesave exploit because of your memory card not being big enough/incompatible. you can try getting a smaller gamesave exploit (like 007_AUF_NTSC_with_Evox.rar from xbins), get FTP access, put the ltools folders in the E:/UDATA folder (just match up the numbers on the folders), delete the "with_evox" save, run ltools again, and it should work.

adil786: we're not all perfect, and you can still sell your AR

.

specter: yes, on most 1.6 xbox i've seen, they cannot format USB memory sticks/storage devices because M$ got smart and fixed the later dashes and kernels to not allow this. However, there have been people (like yourself) who have a fluke 1.6 xbox and can format certain sticks. I have tried many sticks on my 1.6 xbox, and none of them worked (and i couldn't try anymore because my local Staples got pissed off at me for returning and buying and returning a product every day for about a week and half

).

Mrshadow: good for you and happy modding!

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: Specter on January 05, 2005, 07:47:00 PM

I have tried many sticks on my 1.6 xbox, and none of them worked (and i couldn't try anymore because my local Staples got pissed off at me for returning and buying and returning a product every day for about a week and half

(I try to imagine the face of the guy at the store)

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: Rohaq on January 07, 2005, 08:01:00 PM

So hey, my USB stick works on my recent Crystal Xbox, bought in November 2004, which I believe is 1.6 territory. It's my Live box, so I haven't checked which version it is for definite.

I'm using a Sandisk 128MB Cruzer Mini USB 2.0 Flash drive, and it works perfectly; hooked it up with an Xbox > USB female port and took my saves from my modded Xbox to my Live one

Plus I store my Live account on it. Useful.

What I need now is a memcard port > USB female converter now, so I can use it in a controller

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: bennybong on January 09, 2005, 02:18:00 PM

For a v1.6 will the exploit fit on a normal xbox memory card?

If not what is the easiest way to softmod a v1.6??

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on January 09, 2005, 04:12:00 PM

QUOTE(bennybong @ Jan 9 2005, 04:13 PM)

For a v1.6 will the exploit fit on a normal xbox memory card?

If not what is the easiest way to softmod a v1.6??

if you don't want to go through the hastle in buying/returning USB sticks, i would follow vintage_guitar's tutorial (in the pinned topics).

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: ozzyozt on January 09, 2005, 05:10:00 PM

forthex im using the ltools_MA_v1.7.5,zip and when i choose in the campain run linux i get a screen with a 21 on the top left corner and i cant do anything after that i was wondering if there is a better itools or if im using the wrong one im not using the usb stick i have the AR thanks for any help anyone can give me

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on January 09, 2005, 06:52:00 PM

Do not use the AR memory card. the only thing you can count on is that they will courrupt large gamesaves (such as ltools). create a USB stick memory card with my tut or follow vintage_guitar's tut.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: ozzyozt on January 09, 2005, 10:48:00 PM

Can some one tell me wich Mech (the file name i saw 3) exploit worked for them and wich thumb drive is a good one and i have a V1.6 any help will be apresiated

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: AlucardYuy on January 10, 2005, 07:40:00 AM

Hey Forthex, Awesome tutorial.

I have a USB memory stick that works perfectly as a memory card on the xbox, but for some reason I can't get XP to use the modifed AR Driver. It just says "This file contains no information about your hardware". Someone else had this problem earlier but he never posted his solution. Any ideas?

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: MrShadow on January 13, 2005, 05:38:00 PM

@forthex

this is the bestest tutorial ever, now i can do neet stuff like taking apps and other stuff to other xbox'es without the need of a pc, UP TO 512MB!!!

most helpfull tut ever, saved me $$$
thanks forthex

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: mrburn on January 13, 2005, 06:29:00 PM

i have found that latest 1.6 boxes are not compatible with non-ms memcards.
i do alot of softmodding, so believe me, i tried alot.

just use an original ms memcard, and buy an extra controller to make an usb-controller cable, so the controller can be connected to the pc.

Tutorial is somewhere on xboxlinux.

i hope i helped some people not getting them latest 1.6 modded with theur usb-stick.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: mrburn on January 13, 2005, 06:31:00 PM

QUOTE(mrburn @ Jan 14 2005, 02:24 AM)

i have found that latest 1.6 boxes are not compatible with non-ms memcards.
i do alot of softmodding, so believe me, i tried alot.

Kernel:5838
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Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: JMPovoa on January 14, 2005, 01:31:00 PM

QUOTE(mrburn @ Jan 14 2005, 02:24 AM)

i have found that latest 1.6 boxes are not compatible with non-ms memcards.
i do alot of softmodding, so believe me, i tried alot.

Hi.

I have the exact same Kernel and Dash versions as you and a v1.6 Xbox, and after reading on this board that a USB-Stick wouldn't work with it, I went ahead and tried it for myself. To my surprise, it did work.

So maybe it's just the brands people've been using that don't work?

Maybe the creator of this thread should edit his inicial post saying that some USB-sticks that worked with previous Xbox versions do not work with the new 1.6 versions?

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on January 14, 2005, 02:54:00 PM

QUOTE(JMPovoa @ Jan 14 2005, 03:26 PM)

Maybe the creator of this thread should edit his inicial post saying that some USB-sticks that worked with previous Xbox versions do not work with the new 1.6 versions?

I would, but a few months ago the admins/moderators of the boards changed the edit function to only work after the first 15 minutes a post has been put up. So, that guide is stuck that way. Like i said before, EVERY XBOX IS DIFFERENT. some 1.6's format, some don't.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: JMPovoa on January 14, 2005, 05:52:00 PM

Oh, right. Sorry about that then.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: nklz on January 18, 2005, 10:03:00 AM

Has anyone with a 1.6 where usb stick doesnt work, tried formatting the stick in an xbox where it does work, and the plugging it into the 1.6?

Just a thought, I havent tried it.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on January 18, 2005, 05:22:00 PM

nklz:

yes, if you format a stick on an xbox, it will work on ANY AND ALL xbox's.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: letusplay on January 18, 2005, 05:48:00 PM

ur tutorials r awesome, my usb stick works perfectly on my 1.6 xbox with ur tutorials, i just ordered an adapter from liksang, now i found another use of my crappy brand usb stick, thx for the good work, cheers bro!

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: dikdiamond on January 18, 2005, 06:12:00 PM

Forthex your tut ROCKS!

When I first started looking at the tuts for softmods I thought some of them wouldbe impossible to accomplish. Then I found yours! Itools UDE/2 installed successfully! Thanks again!

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: 1shot1kill on January 22, 2005, 05:08:00 PM

AR mem card worked fine on my 1.6 Xbox with no problems.

snyper

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: Rickard0 on January 22, 2005, 09:21:00 PM

My buddy has a usb/mem thingy and it works with my xbox v1.6. we tried to copy over evox (i think its a few months old) dashboard using 0007 save hack. When we would restart, i would get the flashing red light, is there something we are missing??

Please help!

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on January 22, 2005, 10:36:00 PM

QUOTE(Rickard0 @ Jan 22 2005, 11:16 PM)

if you are only using 007_with_evox to get temporary access to play games off you HD, get a newer evox save. if you are looking to install the UDE2/UXE exploit, get ltools or waffletools and transfer the exploit as two saves.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: xboxl0ser on January 23, 2005, 12:36:00 AM

get ltools or waffletools and transfer the exploit as two saves.

Just the newest one of each (which ever I choose), I have the v1.6 and its hard to find solid "it works" posts. and what is a 'two saves' exploit? I thought I only needed the saved game transfered.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on January 23, 2005, 04:00:00 PM

QUOTE(xboxl0ser @ Jan 23 2005, 02:31 AM)

ltools and waffletools are actaully two gamesaves that work together to install the UXE/UDE2/whatever. there's the actual gamesave exploit and the installer, while a "with_evox" save is just a gamesave exploit. if you read this tut you would understand.

And what do you mean by "solid"? nothing about modding an xbox in anyway is "solid". It can be illegal (depending on what programs you use and if they use stollen code) and requires some intelligence to figure out.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: Dai_UK on January 24, 2005, 02:35:00 PM

Umm 1.6's don't work - strange I ran ltools 18.rc1 from a dabsvalue memory stick on xmas crystal box - I'm pretty sure it was 1.6 as the screen went green and garbled in Linux.

I made a Xbox - USB Cable and used all the tricks on here, recognised it fine !

Showed up in windows as Lexar MEdia drive before I formatted it to xbox and edited the AR software to install it's driver for it.

Here's the link for anyone interested:
http://www.dabs.com/uk/channels/components...?quicklinx=319M

Dabs Page for Memory Key

:D

Maybe It wasn't a 1.6 ???

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: joedm on January 24, 2005, 05:41:00 PM

umm 1.6's do work. Well mine does anyway.

And i think if you read some posts about the particular softmod yuo're applying, when applying to xbox's with the new xcalibur graphics engine/chip the screen will be garbled because the linux drivers do not work. But that is just what's on the screen, everything else should function as per the softmod. Depending on the softmod, you can just wait x mins and then reboot the box.

I myself used Waffletools 12_24 SC installer. The only part that will give you a garbled screen with this installer (I believe) is when you go to backup the eeprom. Also, the eeprom backup does not work with this version of the waffletools installer anyway. But once waffletools is loaded (via Unleashx dashboard) you should be able to ftp to your xbox and copy across evox. Then run evox from file explorer and do the eeprom backup from there. then continue with the rest of the waffletools install. I recall there being a waffletools installer tutorial mentioned somehwere. Other than that read the 20 something pages in the relevant thread.

Hope this helps.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: joedm on January 24, 2005, 05:43:00 PM

duplicate post =)

This post has been edited by joedm: Jan 25 2005, 01:48 AM

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: Chance_P on January 24, 2005, 05:53:00 PM

Could you just make a cable that goes straight from usb to the pc.......someone could make some sort of drivers or something that made the pc think the xbox hdd was an external usb hdd and just transfer the files right over the cable?....just an idea for those modders with no cash...although if anyone is interested i can get some 32mb jump drivers for around 15+shippin to you

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: joedm on January 24, 2005, 05:55:00 PM

oh yeah forgot to mention, I have an xbox v1.6b and my usb memory stick works fine on it =P.

I did try a card reader with cf card of course and also tried my usb portable laptop harddrive with no luck. The just went down to the computer store and purchased a 32MB usb memory stick for $15 AUD. Works a treat. I noticed DSE selling 128Mb usb memory sticks for $30, oh well at least my trusty 32MB does the job.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: voidfoo on January 26, 2005, 01:16:00 AM

Hi forthex, thank you for the excellent tutorial.

However, my USB device didn't work for my new v1.6 NTSC xbox (K5838 D5960). Can I ask you and all other experienced users a few questions?

Here is my situation. I used an Olympics D510 digital camera with 64MB smartmedia, which is in the compatible list here. After I connected the digital camera to the xbox via a USB adpater, xbox said the memory card was not working and would be erased. I pressed A and the 64 MB card was formatted. Then on the TV screen I could see the memory card besides the harddrive. The card information was also displayed when the card was selected (something like 3998 blocks and 3998 blocks free). I could also personalize the memory card i.e. input a lable for the card. I haven't tried to copy a gamesave from xbox HDD to the memory card because I don't know how to do that and there's only one game save (Dance Dance Revolution UltraMix2) on the xbox HDD. I couldn't find an option to copy this save to the memory card.

On the PC side, I installed the AR software, modified the .inf file under Drivers directory, updated the driver for the USB storage, and was able to drag and drop the exploit gamesave files into the AR interface. It's just the digital device that
couldn't be recognized by the AR software (The grey AR circle turned green for a second and then turned grey)

I have tried all three versions of AR software (1.05, 1.20, and 1.31), and used each driver of the three versions (basically all the combinations). Still the same result: AR software couldn't find the USB device. The last two versions both gave the error message of "USB device failed to enumerate". I've already tried the "uninstall, reinstall, reboot" method, still without success.

So my questions are:

1. What is your exact problem when your usb device is not compatible with your v1.6 xbox? Is it similar to mine or not?

2. Does anyone has any insights about this?

At the mean time I will borrow and try some other USB drives as well.

Thanks in advance.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: voidfoo on January 26, 2005, 01:36:00 AM

One more question to all experienced users:

3. Many of you mentioned that some USB devices didn't work. Did you mean that the xbox couldn't recognize the device thus couldn't format it, or that the device was formatted into FATX but the AR software on PC couldn't find it?

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: voidfoo on January 27, 2005, 07:01:00 PM

I solved my problem. Solution here.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: adil786 on January 29, 2005, 09:43:00 AM

this is great, im gonna try this soon.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: ButcherBoy on March 18, 2005, 11:29:00 AM

I seem to have a problem with my Sweex 128 Mb memory stick, which is clearly listed on the compatibility list on how2xbox.com, but when I plug it in, it says that my memory disk isn't functioning and may be damaged.
BTW, my PC can only format it to 124 mB, anyone have thoughts on this?

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: ButcherBoy on March 18, 2005, 04:38:00 PM

Now i'm using a different stick, some cheapass mp3 player i had lying around, but there seems to be a problem, cause my xbox formats it, after which i stick it into my pc, where AR reads it as a 1 block/0 empty memory card, and then if i format it in AR my xbox can't read it and formats it :blink: any clue what's going on there?

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: allahandr0 on March 19, 2005, 07:59:00 PM

what would be a good usb jumpdrive?
i heard sandisk are good...
the linux-xbox compatibility site is down....
would some one point me in the right direction?
please... :beer:

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: anarklov3r on March 19, 2005, 10:54:00 PM

Hmm can i use an MP3 player? i plugged mine into my xbox, my xbox formatted it.. connected it to my pc.. now my pc crashes i think its really corrupted. Anyway i can fix this? o tried system manager to create a partition but to no avail... is there a flash drive format thingy i can use? any help appreciated

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: An7imatt3r on March 20, 2005, 03:53:00 PM

OK i have dont the following:
got a usb pen drive
formated with xbox
changed the xbreader file in the drivers folder of action replay
went to device manager right clicked and chose install new driver
then the problem starts, i can locate the file, it makes me search for .inf files. So am i doing somthing wrong? i click on have disk when it ask me to choose the driver. Can any one help me?

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: allahandr0 on March 20, 2005, 04:14:00 PM

found it..
Devices that do work

3System USB Flash Disk USB Drive 32 MB (1998 blocks)
Aigo 128MB USB Memory Stick (7997 blocks)
Apacer 256Mb USB Key (Paradigit)
AVB 64 MB USB 1.1 Mobile Drive (4030 blocks, ID 0ea0:6803)
Belkin 32MB USB Memory Stick
Belkin 128MB USB Flash Drive (7998 blocks), Windows sees it as "3System USB Flash Drive"
Captiva USB BAR 128 MB (7989 blocks)
Commodore Floppy -on- stick 128MB (7989 blocks)
COMSOL 16MB
COMSOL 128MB
CnMemory 64MB USB1.1 (iCreate Technologies Corp., use "MechInstaller-1.0-FATX-8MB-to-32MB.img", 4014 blocks)
Creative Labs Muvo MP3 Player 32MB (1918 blocks)
Creative Labs Nomad Muvo MP3 Player 128MB (7997 blocks)
Creative Labs Muvo TX Slim MP3 Player 128MB (VID:041E PID:4112, must be reformatted back to FAT afterwards to work again!)
Dolphin PowerCAM 2.0 Megapixel Digital Camera FASTUSB-1015
Digital Research MP3 player 32MB (~5092 blocks)
Digitrex DSC-1300 camera, in Mass Storage mode (8MB)
EasyDisk 32MB (2014 Blocks)
EasyDisk 128MB (7997 Blocks)
Freecom USB Stick 32 MB (1998 blocks)
Fujitsu Siemens 64MB Menustick
Fujitsu Siemens SB-512 MemoryBird USB-2.0 (512MB, how do I get MechInstaller onto it? - sajb)
Gateway 16MB USB Flash Drive (998 blocks), Windows sees it as "USB NAND FLASH DISK", VID:0c45 PID:1060
Gateway 32MB USB Flash Drive (1998 blocks), Windows sees it as "MFG FLASH DRIVER", Vendor=0c45 ProdID=1060
Hama 6-in-1 USB Card Reader (Model-Nr.: 46958) with Lexar Media 16MB CompactFlash (992 blocks)
HP Photosmart 315 with 8 MB SanDisk CF Card
HP Photosmart C618 Digital Camera
IBM 32 MB USB Memory Key (1998 blocks)
KBGear JamP3 Player (9998 blocks)
KingMax USB2.0 Flash Drive 512MB - KS/PD2-512M (31994 blocks)
Kingston DataTraveler 32 MB (1998 blocks) & 256 MB (15740 blocks)
Lexar JumpDrive Secure 128 MB (7869 blocks)
Lexar JumpDrive Secure 256 MB (15740 blocks)
Lexar JumpDrive Secure 512 MB (31706 blocks)
Lexar JumpDrive Sport 64 MB
Lexar Jumpdrive Sport 128MB (7776 blocks)
Lexar JumpDrive Sport 1GB (50000+ blocks)
Linksys Instant USB Disk 64 MB (Model USBM64M) (3998 blocks)
Logic3 16MB USB (991 blocks)
Medion USB 128 MB (7997 blocks)
Memorex 64 MB (4030 blocks) & 128 MB
Memorex ThumbDrive 256MB (16116 blocks)
Memory in Black USB memory pens from 32 to 512 MB, both the PQI-based and Opti-based models
Micro Advantage 64MB (4008 blocks)
Minolta DiMAGE F300 with 64MB SD-Card
Minolta DiMage XG with 16 MB SD-Card
M-Systems DiskOnKey 8MB (486 blocks)
Nikon Coolpix (test with 1x 16 MB and 2x 128 MB CF/SD cards)
Nikon Coolpix 995 w/128MB SanDisk CompactFlash
Ocean 8 MB (490 blocks)
Olympus D-510 Zoom Digital Camera with 64 MB SmartMedia (3990 blocks)
Olympus D-550 Digital Camera with 128 MB SmartMedia (7997 blocks)
Olympus D-380 Digital Camera with 64 MB SmartMedia (MechInstaller - Open 8-32MB image and write to 64MB)
Oti 32 MB
Paradigit 128 MB USB2.0 memory stick (aka Apacer memory stick) (7837 blocks)
PNY 64 MB (3998 blocks)
PQI "Travelling Disk" translucent USB sticks, 64 and 128MB at least
(all 0ea0:6803; some models (09a6:8001) say "damaged", though)
Prolific USB Flash Disk 256 MB (15996 blocks)
SanDisk Cruzer Mini USB Flash Drive 128MB (USB 2.0) Works Great for mechassault install
SanDisk Cruzer Mini USB 128MB - Had to use 8MB-32MB image
Sandisk Mini Cruzer 256Mb USB 2.0 (15k+ blocks - tossed my notes on this - verified 15676 blocks)
Sandisk Micro Cruzer 128MB
Sandisk Micro Cruzer 256MB (15996 blocks)
Samsung 64Mb USB disk (4030 blocks)
Samsung 512Mb USB disk (31994 blocks)
Seitec 128Mb USBBar (7989 blocks)
Sony 64MB MicroVault (USB 2.0) - 3998 blocks - for MechInstaller, open 8-32MB .img, write to 64MB stick. Has security features, see JetFlash below (?)
Soyo CigarPro2 (USB 2.0, 128MB--the green plastic one) - shows up as "Prolific USB Flash Disk" on WinXP (7997 blocks)
Sweex 128 MB
Transcend JetFlash 64 MB - se below
Transcend JetFlash 128 MB - Depending on model, there are 6 JetFlash types, see this [http://www.transcend...eldNo=2&CatNo=4 link] and info in the paragraph above.
TwinMos MobileDisk III 64 MB (3998 Blocks)
TwinMos MobileDisk III 128 MB (7993 Blocks)
Twinmos Mobile Disk USB 1.1 Pocket Pen Drive 64B (seller p/n XPD64) (Manuf p/n FMD064S)
(0ea0:6803,Manuf="USB",Prod="Solid state disk")
Typhoon USB Memory Adapter 32 MB (USB 1.1, Art. Nr. 83049, 2014 blocks, for MechInstaller, open
"MechInstaller-1.0-FATX-8MB-to-32MB.img", write to 32MB stick)
Universal Smart Drive 64MB - used 8mb-32mb image
USB UltraDrive 32 MB (1998 blocks)
Zyon Systems 64MB popdrive - commonly handed out to trade show patrons:) - must be plugged in before xbox is powered on, otherwise nothing.

Devices that don't work

AIPTEK PenDisk 64MB
Acom Data 120GB in Question
Apacer HandyDrive 64 MB (0d7d:0100, not detected)
Atech Pro-9 Card Reader with 8 CF or memory stick (not detected)
Belkin Media Reader USB2 8-in-1 (F5U248) with at least 4 different SM/CF media, from 32 to 128 MB (not detected)
Ben MP3 and Pen Drive 64MB
Casio Qv3000 Camera with with 8 meg casio CF-8x card (makes the screen flash over and over..)
Creative MuVo 128MB
Creative MuVo 64MB
Creative NOMAD MuVo NX 128meg (Xbox said "damaged" but then formatted it with 7005 blocks. but not recognised on reconnect)
Dazzle Memory Stick Reader (04e6:0314, screen flashes and "damaged" shows up when media removed from reader)
DataFab KESD-USBA Reader with Toshiba 16MB SD Memory Card (Memory screen flashes indefinitely)
Dell branded Lexar 16MB
Dell branded Lexar 64MB
DeLock UISDMC1S, 6x Card Reader with 2 slots + ExtreMEmory 256 MB CF-Card ("damaged")
DeLock UISDMC1S, 6x Card Reader with 2 slots + Apacer 64 MB CF-Card ("damaged")
DeLock UISDMC1S, 6x Card Reader with 2 slots + SanDisk 48 MB CF-Card ("damaged")
DeLock UISDMC1S, 6x Card Reader with 2 slots + 32 MB SmartMedia Card ("damaged")
DeLock UISDMC1S, 6x Card Reader with 2 slots + 64 MB SmartMedia Card ("damaged")
Disgo 512MB PRO USB2 (M-Systems DIS20512R) 0x08EC:0x0012, relative of DriveKey, bootable but "damaged"
Disgo 128MB (0x08ec:0x0012)
Disgo 64MB (Damaged, even when low-level formatted)
DiskOnKey 16MB (says "damaged")
DiskOnKey 64MB (says "damaged")
Frontier Labs NexII with 8 meg Casio CF-8x card ("damaged")
FujiFilm FinePix 6800Z Camera (tested with 16 MB and 128 MB SmartMedia cards)
FUJIFILM 128MB USB 2.0 DRIVE (PLUG & PLAY) (says i may have a corrupt memory card)
HP Photosmart 620 with 256MB SanDisk SD memory card (camera says connected to pc, but xbox does not recognize)
HP Photosmart P-1000 with Hitachi 8MB CompactFlash Card
Hama 6-in-1 USB Card Reader (Model-Nr.: 46958) with PQI 128MB CompactFlash
Hama 6-in-1 USB Card Reader (Model-Nr.: 46958) with SanDisk 128MB SecureDigital
Hama 6-in-1 USB Card Reader (Model-Nr.: 46958) with HAMA SmartMedia 32MB
Hama 6-in-1 USB Card Reader (Model-Nr.: 46958) with Sony MSA-128A 128MB
Hama 6-in-1 USB Card Reader (Model-Nr.: 46958) with SanDisk 128MB CompactFlash (says "damaged")
Hama 6-in-1 USB Card Reader (Model-Nr.: 46958) with Canon 8MB CompactFlash (says "damaged")
Hama FlashPen USB 2.0 128 MB (says "damaged")
Imation FlashGo! (IMN-USB-FG1) with at least 4 different SM/CF media, from 32 to 128 MB ("damaged")
Intuix 256MB USB 2.0 (DiskOnKey - C100 Line): "damaged"
Iomega PocketZIP 40 USB (says "damaged")
Iomega ZIP 250 USB (says "damaged" on all media)
Iriver IGP 100 MP3 HDD Player 1,5 GB xbox formats it but dont writes on it
iRiver iFP-390T 256 MB flash MP3 Player
Jump Shot 8MB (says "damaged")
KingMax usb 64 (says "damaged")
Kingston DataTraveler 64 MB & 128 MB (causes memory screen to flicker repeatedly)
Kingston DataTraveler Elite 256 MB
Kodak EasyShare CX6230 Camera -- neither internal memory nor 256 MB Sandisk SD card -- no apparent recognition by XBOX
Kodak EasyShare DX4330 Camera -- neither internal memory nor 128 MB PNY SD card
Lexar JumpDrive 64MB USB memory stick
Lexar JumpDrive 128MB
Lexar JumpDrive Trio with 128mb Secure Digital card (says "damaged")
LG Flatron USB Drive 64 MB from haansecure (Korea) (says "damaged")
LG XTick 128MB USB 2.0 -- XBOX says "damages" by formating with Action Replay software xbox formats the stick and writs on it but be reconecting it formats it again
Memorex USB 2.0 Travel Drive 256MB (says "damaged")
Memorex USB -> CF Card Reader, causes the memory page in the Dash to flicker repeatedly, tried with multiple CF (32, 64, 128)
Mercury Cyberpix - all models (says "damaged")
Micro Advantage QuickDrive 256MD - formats everytime plugged in
Minolta Dimage S404 with Sandisk 64 MB CF and Toshiba 128 MB CF (not detected)
NAPA P22 WMA mp3 player
No-name (Lexar Chipset + Samsung Memory) 128 Meg USB 2.0 (not detected)
Nikon Coolpix 775 (with 8Mb Nikon card or 32MB Sandisk card) -- no apparent recognition by XBOX
Nikon Coolpix 5400 w/32mb sd card. (shows moving rectangle on camera display and never connects)
Olympus Brio D-230 digital camera tested w/ 16MB card and 128MB card (camera acknowledges connection, Xbox doesn't format the SmartMedia disc)
Olympus USB SmartMedia Reader-Writer with at least one card of unknown size
Packard Bell AudioKey 32MB
PNY Attache 64MB (says "damaged")
PNY Attache 128MB (system freezes for a very brief moment but it never formats)
PNY Attache 256MB (says "damaged")
PNY Attache 512MB (says "damaged")
PQI "Travelling Disk" translucent USB sticks, 64 MB (some work, some (09a6:8001) say "damaged")
QDI U2Disk 64MB
SanDisk Cruzer with SD 256MB card.
SanDisk ImageMate combination CompactFlash/SmartMedia to USB adapter
Softick Card Export II (SD drive emulation for the Palm OS - Uses USB mass storage driver) (Xbox breifly recognizes the card 1 time out of 10 - will format in FatX, but will not read savegames - Screen flashes)
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-P31 with Memory Stick (054c:0010, Camera recognizes USB connection but XBox screen flashes)
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-P32 with Memory Stick
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-p71 (makes the screen flash over and over..)
Sony DCR TRV18E Digital Camcorder with Memory Stick
Sony DCR TRV-25 Digital Camcorder with Memo
Sony Micro Vault 256 MB USB 2.0
Texas Instruments TI-89 Titanium
Topcom Pocket Memory II 256 MB
Transcend JetFlash 2A 128MB (TS128MJF2A, 0c76:0005, see link above) just makes the memory screen flash forever.
US Modular 128 MB USB1.1 drive (dark blue model) -- appears to format OK, but always fails when copying a 30 block saved game to the memory stick
Verbatim Store'n'Go 128 Mo USB 2.0 -- XBOX says "damaged"

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on March 20, 2005, 10:38:00 PM

QUOTE(An7imatt3r @ Mar 20 2005, 04:23 PM)

Get the XBCD xbox controller drivers here.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: anarklov3r on March 20, 2005, 11:26:00 PM

Forthex, check your sig, u spelt "How" wrong lol u wrote "Hot" just alil thing i noticed... dunno if its meant to be like that.... lol

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: anarklov3r on March 20, 2005, 11:30:00 PM

lol double posting... garr sorry people. well i stuffed up my mp3 player as you might be able to tell ..... (well its my dads....) and im gonna have to give him mine if i cant fix his (mine is better !!! GARRR I DUN WANNA GIV EIT TO HIM) *wimpers like a girl* jks. Can any1 ggive me tips on how to fix this issue? like its formatted but yer.. how do i format it back... i cant do it... maybe in command prompt? any help appreciated :D:D
[email protected] is my hotmail if you know how to help me thanks people

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on March 21, 2005, 08:06:00 AM

QUOTE(anarklov3r @ Mar 20 2005, 11:56 PM)

Forthex, check your sig, u spelt "How" wrong lol u wrote "Hot" just alil thing i noticed... dunno if its meant to be like that.... lol

<_< .... thank you.

anarklov3r:

look in it's manual to see what type of format is should be (FAT, FAT32, FAT16, etc.). Once you do that, uninstall it's driver, pull it out, and then put it back into your PC. Once you do that, Windows should make it into a Drive letter (E, F, G, etc.) and say that you should format it. When the menu pops up, choose the right format. If it doesn't have the right format (windows only formats to FAT, and FAT32) look for some software that can format it to the right filesystem.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: An7imatt3r on March 21, 2005, 07:45:00 AM

Ok thanks for the drivers but i already had them. I think i am selecting the wrong files or somthig, what file should i be selecting. Every time i select one i get this:
"The specified locatin does not conatin information about your hardware"
all it says in the instructions is point it to action replay, with no file path... thats really anoying. And as for the problem with your mp3 player you may want to try rolling back the driver, you can do that by the same way, by going to device manager and clicking on roll back driver. Or go here: how2xboxhttp://www.how2xbox.com/usbmedia.htm

Uninstalling Xbox Drives USB:

Now, school is starting up (AHH!!!!) and you probably need that USB stick back to keep your Word docs on, or you need your CF card for your camera. You must remove the AR driver from the USB stick:

3: Plug your USB stick in to your PC (DON'T OPEN THE AR SOFTWARE!). Go to Control Panel, System, click on the Hardware tab, and click Device Manager. Go to USBIO controlled devices, right-click on ActionReplay XBox, and click uninstall. Go through the menu's and you should have your regular USB stick back.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: forthex on March 21, 2005, 09:17:00 AM

What the hell!? They stole my tutorial!! ####! And that is so poor how they have to use the G4 forums for support. What the hell is wrong with them.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: An7imatt3r on March 21, 2005, 06:38:00 PM

Ok no offense i like your tutorial and everything, but it still does not explain what file i am supposed to select when i choose a driver. So i would apriciate it if you tell me because every time i choose have disk then i browse to the a file(i am not sure which one i am looking fo it only lets me choose .inf files) and then it says "the specified location does not contain information about your hardware". So can someone help me plz

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Post by: An7imatt3r on March 21, 2005, 06:52:00 PM

Alright sorry for the double post but i wuold like to say that iam retarded because i was unable to see that the picture did not have 0x in it and by this i mean the the xbreader file. so any noobies dont make the same mistake i made. And wahts even more funny is the fact that i just returned mech assault. so now i have this all figured out, but just with out mech assault.

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Post by: Neisius on March 22, 2005, 04:34:00 PM

I have a few things to add:

1. a SanDisk Cruzer 512mb Titanium stick works great

2. When trying to change the drivers make sure you go under USB Controllers because the drive also shows up under Disk Drives in Device Manager...Took me 2 days to figure out what I was doing wrong.

I used the same Itools SplinterCell package and it's now been "installing" for 12 hours...The green light just keeps flashing and nothing shows up on screen. From reading other walkthroughs I dare not turn it off untill it tells me I can.
Anyone else have this problem...guess I should ask in the other thread.

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Post by: forthex on March 22, 2005, 05:40:00 PM

when the LED flashes green, it's ok to turn off your xbox. This was put in because on 1.6's, the screen is garbled, and you wouldn't know when to turn it off.

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Post by: 2r4z0r2 on May 01, 2005, 07:01:00 AM

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Post by: chilin_dude on May 05, 2005, 09:03:00 AM

just used this with my 8meg USB card (it's old OK?)
It's make is 'Lipitor.'
Thanks for this, used it to softmod my new xbox

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Post by: badgerman on May 10, 2005, 09:02:00 AM

My Leadtek 128mb 'cheapo-off-ebay' usb key worked absolutely fine for me.... on a v1.6 Xbox too.

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Post by: forthex on May 10, 2005, 09:49:00 AM

as i've said before, some people have gotten 1.6's to work.

Also, there's going to be a upgrade to this tut in a few days. I've got some new findings and some needed advice for those who can't get this to work.

Check by Saturday, it should be up by then. I can't do it now... my exams coming up and they're always a bitch.

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Post by: RLD831 on May 11, 2005, 08:45:00 AM

I have gotten everything to work on the PC side of this and have the gamesave on my USB stick and its recognized in my XBox. After I copy it to the HDD and load up Mech Assault i get this error when I try to run the save...
Unable to load <Run Linux>.
Press A to continue.
I have narrowed it to one or both of two problems. It could ne that I have the wrong gamesave, but I've tried both Mech Assault saves from the usual places. It could be the Mech Assault disc. I borrowed it from a friend and it is legit, but I believe it is the disc that comes with the Live package. Is that considered an original Mech Assault where the gamesaves should work?

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Post by: leorimolo on May 14, 2005, 08:43:00 AM

I am using an ipod mini, The xbox formated it correctly. I did the change the digits thing with the action replay. I inatalled the driver called maxdrive. ITs all recongnized, until i open action replay and nothing happens.

Things tried

formated ipod, to fat32, then to fatx.
changed both inis on action replay.
Switched usb ports.
HELP

I also think action replay has a new version going around

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Post by: leorimolo on May 14, 2005, 10:31:00 AM

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Post by: edwinmcdunlap on May 17, 2005, 04:42:00 PM

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Post by: forthex on May 18, 2005, 05:41:00 PM

the image files they suggest using are for xbox-linux.com's mechassualt Linux hack, which uses the primitive font hack AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED AT ALL COSTS! Can you format the memory card? If you can, can you transfer a gamesave from the hard drive to the memory card?

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Post by: grasskicker9 on May 18, 2005, 11:39:00 PM

If by memory card you mean the memory stick that i formatted to work with Action Replay, then no. When I put the stick into my computer, it doesn't even come up in My Computer. Therefore I can't put any files directly onto the memory stick. Is there some other form of formatting that I can do to where Action Replay will be able to recognize the stick? Or am I going to have to just try out another brand? Thanks

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Post by: forthex on May 19, 2005, 05:57:00 PM

Ok, so, you formatted the card, and that's the first step. Just remeber that XP cannot read the FATX filesystem in an explorer window. That's why you don't see it in My Computer. That's where the AR software comes in, because it knows how to read, format, and edit the FATX filesystem.

plug the device in, and open up USBview.exe. If you cannot tell which device it is, then look at all the devices plugged in, remove the card, click file/refresh, then look for the device that's missing. If you plug it back in and see that all of them are back on, the device that you did not see before is the one there now. Click on it and find it's VID and PID numbers (xxxx and yyyy digits in the tut) and copy them into BOTH of the AR driver files. (there's one in the programs root directory (where the ActionReplayXbox.exe is) and one in the "drivers" folder).

Also to everyone, about the update: My final exams are in a week and a half, so i have to study (an they've always been a real bitch!). Sorry, but in a few weeks you should see it.

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Post by: leorimolo on May 20, 2005, 12:14:00 PM

Tried a kingston datatraveler 128- didn´t work

Ipod Mini (old) was recongnized on xbox, but not by action replay

I have a Theory that only fat32 systems work

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Post by: blahblah07 on May 21, 2005, 05:25:00 PM

Hello there, having trouble trying to get a gamesave on a usb card.

I have tried using two different cameras and a 4-1 card reader, only one camera was recognised by the action replay software. When I tried copying over the prepared saves it gave me an error 'not enough space', although the cards I tried were 128 and 512 both formated by the xbox.

Wondering if anyone else has had this problem and found a solution, or has any suggestions.

Thanks,
Adam

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Post by: RiceCake on May 22, 2005, 12:49:00 AM

...

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Post by: Irish GrumPy on May 26, 2005, 12:03:00 PM

wanna find out what sticks are compatible, but the stupid list isnt working, the one i plan on buying is at www.marx-computers.com the first one in the memory section, 128MB, can anyone tell me if this is a good choice? :rolleyes:

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Post by: Irish GrumPy on June 03, 2005, 12:02:00 AM

works perfect

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Post by: ChronicKind on June 05, 2005, 11:29:00 PM

I was thinking I could use my PSP for this but It would probably fuck it up or something so I dont know if I should.

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Post by: Irish GrumPy on June 06, 2005, 03:33:00 AM

probably,u could pick up a usb stick for $10-15, or if u have a digital camera memory card thingy, use that.

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Post by: ChronicKind on June 06, 2005, 01:35:00 PM

I guess it would help to have money eh? lol

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Post by: Irish GrumPy on June 06, 2005, 04:09:00 PM

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Post by: KL4D4pso on June 07, 2005, 08:21:00 PM

I've got my memory card converted, and its recongized by the xbox and AR software as well, but I can't get the files I've edited to show up. I'm not sure if I"m not just putting them in the folder wrong. I also wasn't sure if what I just needed to dow was just add the files to another archive... Just having issues getting the edited files into the AR program in other words.

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Post by: Irish GrumPy on June 09, 2005, 02:12:00 AM

the udata folders must be in .zip format

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Post by: Dragon_Kicker on June 09, 2005, 11:29:00 AM

First off, my fujitsu 256 isnt recognized by the box.

But I hooked up my PSP up to it in USB mode and it worked just fine. (via a mini usb cable and xbox -> female USB of course)

<3 PSP.

Ehhh otherwise nice work on the tut, hard to goof with all the instuctions. :beer:

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Post by: jcupp114 on June 09, 2005, 11:49:00 AM

I HAVE A FEW USB 64 FLASH DRIVES FROM HERE AND THEY WORK VERY WELL.
TAKE CARE
JCUPP114

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Post by: jaymerkramer on June 13, 2005, 09:36:00 AM

I have some no name 128meg stick that works great. Thanks for the tutorial.
I just purchased a clearance memory stick from walmart today. It is labeled Impact brand and is 256meg. My local walmart had them for $12.00. It is actually a rebranded Lexar stick. It also worked with no problems.
Check your walmart they might have some also.
:D

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Post by: bobistheman on June 16, 2005, 09:44:00 PM

Hi,

Does anyone know if the Lexar JumpDrive Classic 128mb works because it is not listed in the Xbox Usb Compatibility List

TIA

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Post by: mythx on July 01, 2005, 11:03:00 PM

i keep getting "error writing the save" when i try to drag from pc database to my usb stick. =(

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Post by: Irish GrumPy on July 04, 2005, 05:15:00 AM

either your memory device sucks, or the file isnt .zip. make sure you put card in xbox first, so the xbox formats it....

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Post by: haistakaapaska on July 10, 2005, 02:23:00 PM

Hello,
I seem to be having a problem not addressed here or anywhere in fact. I cannot get past the part that states:

QUOTE

Now, on the Hardware Update Driver window, select "Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)", and click next. Select "Don't Search. I will choose the driver the install". Click next. Select "ActionReplay XBOX" and click next.

For me, the driver is simply not listed in the possibilities. So I tried the "Have Disk" option. I browsed to the location of the xbreader.inf file, selected it, and hit open. Windows then gave me the message:

QUOTE

The specified location does not contain information about your hardware

I know I have xbreader.inf setup properly (I have checked it against the tutorial and USB view so many times I am sick of it). The USB device (actually a compactflash reader and card) would seem to be the correct one since its information in USB view was the same as that of the one in the tutorial, and the Xbox finds the device and reformats it just as described. The device shows up as a generic mass storage device, if that helps any. The only problem is that Windows refuses to change the driver to the proper one (for my purposes).

Perhaps the problem is my version of Windows XP? I have XP home sp2. I know for sp2, they changed some parts of the driver installation screens. Could this have anything to do with it? (Note: I am NOT willing to uninstall sp2 just to make this work).

One interesting thing to note is that by going into control panel then add new hardware, I was able to install the proper drivers, the problem was just that they were disconnected from the device.

Thank you for your time and assistance.

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Post by: mugsy3117 on July 12, 2005, 02:55:00 PM

Are you using the correct driver file? C:\Program Files\Datel\Action Replay XBOX\Drivers\ is the file you should be editing and using as your driver. You may have edited the one in C:\Program Files\Datel\Action Replay XBOX\ and tried to use the one in drivers (or vice versa).

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Post by: forthex on July 12, 2005, 05:18:00 PM

with the most current AR software, there are 2 (two) dirver files to modify. One under,

C:\Program Files\Datel\Action Replay XBOX\xbreader.inf and

C:\Program Files\Datel\Action Replay XBOX\Drivers\xbreader.inf

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Post by: Shutdown[Swe] on July 12, 2005, 05:46:00 PM

hi forthex! Great guide! will help me alot when im gonna attempt this..

I juts wondering what is making it to not work on a 1.6?

im buying a new xbox soon and it will probably be a 1.6 and i dont wanna open it.. just softmod.. So im wondering if there is any other methood that allow me to do this on a 1.6 with a usb stick ?

I got mechassault game and a usb stick and usb converters for my xbox.. I can use a friends Chippmodded xbox i want..

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Post by: theycallmerush on July 13, 2005, 12:20:00 AM

OK i got the action replay.. but when i put it in my computer.. and install the AR software.. it doesnt recognize the memory card i got with the AR.. and i tried this tutorial .. still doesnt recognize

how do i get it to recognize the software.. cuz the PC asks me to format it and after i do that i can put the files there ( drag them ) but when i put it in the xbox.. it deletes them.. what do i Do HELP!!!

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Post by: Horscht on July 13, 2005, 09:25:00 AM

QUOTE(Shutdown[Swe)

,Jul 13 2005, 01:57 AM]hi forthex! Great guide! will help me alot when im gonna attempt this..

I juts wondering what is making it to not work on a 1.6?

im buying a new xbox soon and it will probably be a 1.6 and i dont wanna open it.. just softmod.. So im wondering if there is any other methood that allow me to do this on a 1.6 with a usb stick ?

I got mechassault game and a usb stick and usb converters for my xbox.. I can use a friends Chippmodded xbox i want..

Well, it worked for my 1.6 xbox. I am not sure why it's not supossed to work. I used a 128 Mb SMC and a modified USB cable. It wouldn't format my 128Mb USB stick, tho, but it didn't have a problem with my SMC.

but seeing as you can use your buddies xbox make it way easier:

use HIS xbox to format your USB stick. Use HIS xbox to copy over the savegame to your USB stick (as he probably has FTP access to it)

This post has been edited by Horscht: Jul 13 2005, 04:27 PM

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Post by: mugsy3117 on July 13, 2005, 09:45:00 PM

Yeah actually the tutorial is incorrect in that manner. Although v1.6 xboxes are pickier with USB devices, they can still format and read many of them. Formatted my Lexar 128mb jump drive and my compact flash reader/card combo.

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Post by: haistakaapaska on July 14, 2005, 01:32:00 AM

QUOTE

Yes, I am using and editing the correct files.

After some experimentation on my own, on the line that says:
%S_DeviceDesc1%=_Install1, USB\VID_05FD&PID_DBAE
I replaced USB\VID_05FD&PID_DBAE with STORAGE\Volume since STORAGE\Volume is the value that shows up in Hardware Id under the properties for this device. The end result was that Windows accepted the file - sort of. It accepted it and started installing the driver, however right after the screen where it said that it was copying xbreader.sys to C:\WINDOWS\System32\drivers, the computer unexpectedly restarted (complete shutdown and restart). I tried this on a different computer (with XP PRO SP2) and it exhibited the same behavior (except it paused long enough for me to see a blue screen of death momentarily). This other computer also said (when Windows came back up that it had just recoverd from a serious problem (or something to that extent) (does using Windows installed count as a serious problem?).

On both computers, once Windows came back up, the device showed up as a USBIO controlled device with the driver from Datel. But actionreplay refused to enumerate the device on both machines, and on further inspection of the driver properties, clicking on Driver Details (which normally lists the driver files used) yields the a message box saying "No Driver Files are required or have been loaded for this device" (I suspect the latter).

Note that I have tried this multiple times with multiple versions of ActionReplay (several times uninstalling everything completely). I have also tried reformating the card and using other card readers. So, does anybody have any ideas of what I could try next?

One possibility I found in this was using Xebian (which I plan to eventually install anyway) to copy the gamesave to the USB drive. See here: http://forums.xbox-s...howtopic=348096 . Would I be better off forgetting all this stuff with ActionReplay and just using Linux, or is there a possibility this ActionReplay method (which seems to be easier, when it works) could still work?

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Post by: ptrix on July 18, 2005, 10:22:00 PM

Hello all. I am having some difficulty installing the action replay drivers for the USB key. I am using a SanDisk Mini Cruzer 512MB USB2.0 drive. I can format it fine on the xbox. I edit the inf file the way it says to. When I go to update my drivers, a) when i don't search, the action replay drivers aren't listed b)when i set it to search the action replay directory it still does not identify the driver. Can anyone offer a solution to this? Thanks.

PCM

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Post by: mugsy3117 on July 19, 2005, 06:37:00 AM

QUOTE

a) when i don't search, the action replay drivers aren't listed

where are they not listed? You must click on "Have Disk..." and browse for the drivers manually. The correct driver file will be the one that you previously edited (I assume you will remember where to find this file)

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Post by: mugsy3117 on July 19, 2005, 06:38:00 AM

QUOTE

a) when i don't search, the action replay drivers aren't listed

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Post by: zewly on July 19, 2005, 04:27:00 PM

I've read all I can find about "USB device failed to enumerate" but I still can't get AR to see my 128mb jumpdrive. I was able to erase it on the xbox and put a saved profile on it fine. I put the 2 sets of 4 digits as explained, clicked have disk, it calls it a maxdrive xbox, but the Icon in the corner stays grey. I tried totally uninstalling reinstalling, but when I try to point it to the drivers, it always shows maxdrive and usb mass storage, but won't let me use the reloaded drivers from the driver folder? It says "the specified location doesn't cantain information about your hardware" although it does. I'm assuming there's a driver inf cache that needs to be deleted. I looked for the xbreader.inf under all of c:\windows\* but found none.

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Post by: ptrix on July 19, 2005, 08:06:00 PM

I am having this same problem.

QUOTE

They aren't listed when you click to choose from a list. When I search for them from the directory, it says no device info found. I am trying to xebian method and am having no luck either. xebian won't mount my usbkey.

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Post by: Irish GrumPy on July 20, 2005, 01:52:00 AM

that happened me, make sure you select USBO (or similar) devices from the device maager, you will NOT be able to assign the AR driver if you select your usb stick from "disk drives" must find your usb stick under USB devices, near bottom of list... http://community.webshots.com/photo/399921...399921495xbEPef

This post has been edited by Irish GrumPy: Jul 20 2005, 09:07 AM

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Post by: zewly on July 20, 2005, 04:46:00 AM

I think that's kinda obvious that it's the selection on the bottom. It's the only one that says "USB MASS STORAGE", I don't think anyone missed that.

This post has been edited by zewly: Jul 20 2005, 11:47 AM

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Post by: zewly on July 20, 2005, 01:08:00 PM

Wouldn't let me edit my last post? Anyway I never could get AR working but I got ozxexplorer working, but can't find any splinter cell img files? anyone know where to get them? Or make a fatx img?

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Post by: ptrix on July 23, 2005, 01:09:00 PM

If you are having trouble getting it installed, i have a few pointers. First, you're gunna wanna copy over xbreader.sys to c:\windows\systems32\drivers and when you go to device manager and click "don't search..." and uncheck the show compatible drivers. It should show up.

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Post by: Irish GrumPy on July 24, 2005, 05:03:00 PM

QUOTE(zewly @ Jul 20 2005, 12:57 PM)

I think that's kinda obvious that it's the selection on the bottom. It's the only one that says "USB MASS STORAGE", I don't think anyone missed that.

Just give'n advice :rolleyes:

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Post by: hunbraze on August 01, 2005, 12:43:00 PM

Hi guys, I have an answer AND a question for you.

I have experience and seen lots of problem about installing the drivers for the USB drive on Windows XP.

Here's the clarification for this Awsome Tutorial( I assume that your xbox is already setup to have a
USB Key connected to it, that you have installed Action Replay and mostly: that you have red the tutorial)

Step 1: Connect the USB Key. Go to memory. The XBOX warn you that the Memory was erased.
(USB drive as been formatted with XBOX File system)

Step 2: Unplug the USB drive, shut down your XBOX

Step 3: Plug the USB drive to your PC and have windows detect it.

Step 4: Then use USBVIEW.exe to find out the vendor ID and Product ID.
(Look on the first page of this Tutorial) Take those informations in notes.

Step 5: This is the crucial step that people tends to scrap. Please rely on the 1st page(step that
explain xbreader EDIT) of this tutorial with these clarifications: The Vendor ID and Product ID in the
xbreader.ini file MUST BE 4 caracters. Not more, not less. Make sure that you take out only the 4
existing caracter of each ID and replace them with the one you took in USBVIEW.exe
e.g. 0xA400 (forget about the 0x and only put the A400 in the .ini file)

Step 6: Update the driver and go to step Have Disk. Select the xbreader.ini file as the driver. If it
tells you that it cannot find suitable driver for your device then the infos in the ini aren't good.

I spent las night try to figure out this... there is a .sys file in
c:\program files\Datel\Action Replay\Drivers. If it's still doesn't work, try coping this .sys file to
c:\Windows\System32\drivers folder.

It worked for me.

Good luck!!

MY QUESTION NOW:
I used the save exploits for splinter cell with eVoX on it. I started the game, loaded the profile, then
my XBOX restarded in the eVoX Dashboard(it took around 2 minutes, but the tutorials on the we are speaking
more about 30 minutes). Now what?
Do I have to flash the BIOS? or do anything else? or my game should be running?
(I didn't have time to copy one of my game for backup to test it)

Thanks guys! Thanks forthex

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Post by: forthex on August 01, 2005, 03:59:00 PM

the "game_with_evox" saves are only to be used to allow you to FTP into your Xbox. If you want a fully soft-modded xbox, use Krayzie's Installer.

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Post by: hunbraze on August 01, 2005, 06:22:00 PM

QUOTE(forthex @ Aug 1 2005, 06:10 PM)

the "game_with_evox" saves are only to be used to allow you to FTP into your Xbox. If you want a fully soft-modded xbox, use Krayzie's Installer.

Where do I get this one? Xbins? Under what category?

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Post by: crazydave on August 05, 2005, 07:26:00 PM

Hi tryin to do this mod thing but gettin stuck

when usb is attached to xbox it is erazed and is then able to be used as normall memory card!!

but then when placed in pc after the usb cant be found and usbview gives a failed enumeration and can't aquire the product and device codes to go any futher.

can anyone help?? javascript:emoticon(' :blink:

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smilie

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Post by: Lou-Dawg on August 07, 2005, 10:10:00 PM

I used Krayzie's installer after transfering the files. When I loaded the Splinter Cell Save, the x-box video went out and the eject button turned Red. When I pressed the eject button, the x-box booted up (MS Dash), and went to a black screen with a white bar. Nothing else happened.

Has this happened to anyone else? The xbox still works, but it still only boots to MS Dash. Unleash is on the HDD now though. I'm confused :(

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Post by: Irish GrumPy on August 15, 2005, 03:30:00 AM

nothing to do with your memory stick, apparently the SC save causes problems sometimes,

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Post by: diablomastabarb on September 02, 2005, 12:15:00 AM

i got the Itools SC v1.7 NTSC
just a few questions

1) i wanted the evox dash, so if it auto-installs whatever i want, do i need to unzip the files? or are they fine the way they are

2) can i add my own files in the "files" folder?

3) if i ever wanted a mod chip, how could i revert to completely stock form, with no left over files from this exploit?

4) so the basic method is open the profile and load the checkpoint "LINUX" and it'll bring me to the install screen?

5) is this a permanent soft-mod? (not just lets u ftp in, but boots to the alternate dash every time)

thnx for yur time :beer:

This post has been edited by diablomastabarb: Sep 2 2005, 07:16 AM

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Post by: diablomastabarb on September 02, 2005, 12:49:00 PM

a few more questions

1) do the Itools suffer from the clock loop?

2) is it true if your dash is updated, the Itools is screwed over?

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Post by: sttng7 on September 14, 2005, 04:19:00 PM

ok, so I have all of the software, the hardware and everything. I've gotten to the point where I'm supposed to transfer the files to the USB using AR, but I can't find the files at all using AR, I have everything in order, they are zipped. Can someone help me?

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Post by: TIMxIRISH on September 15, 2005, 08:47:00 PM

Alright, I've followed the guide all the way through, modified my SanDisk 256 Cruzer Micro, and copied (with a bit of trouble; but it's there) the two saves I needed.

I fully understand that you can perform backups, but is it easy to remove the softmods? If it helps to know, I'm not technologically illiterate. (But maybe a bit of a newbie as far as xbox modding goes.)

Also, when you load the Linux profile in splinter cell, does it automatically install, or just give a "preview" with option to install from there?

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Post by: TIMxIRISH on September 16, 2005, 05:36:00 PM

Got another question. A friend of mine has the SC softmod exploit installed, and claims he's deleted his MS dashboard. Any ways to restore it?

I heard that you have the option to restore the dashboard in the softmod setup. I've never seen it before, but is this true?

This post has been edited by TIMxIRISH: Sep 17 2005, 12:40 AM

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: spartaniimc on September 23, 2005, 10:35:00 PM

Instead of pluging in your card to the xbox first, could you plug in an xbox memory card to your computer, and then use the idVendor: 0xyyyy & idProduct: 0xzzzz from that card?

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: doeman on September 30, 2005, 01:17:00 PM

I created a usb adapter cable yesterday to use with a card reader for sony memory sick and CF cards. In order to test to see if i would be able to use it i am trying it on my already modded xbox. This is what I'm doing:

-When I plug the memory stick/CF reader to the xbox and boot into MSdash..it freezes my controller and can't do anything.

-When I boot into MSdash and plug adapter at the menu screen I can go into "Memory" but it doesn't see the memory card...just goes to saves on HDD. Like if nothing was present. I've tried putting 4 different CF cards in there and 2 different memory sticks (sony/sandisk). They all do the same thing.

-I also tried using my Nikon Coolpix camera with the CF cards in them as the adpter with no luck. With so many types of cards that i've tried (Lexar, Nikon, Cannon and Sandisk) I'm starting to wonder...Is it just my bad luck or did i do something wrong.

So, Bottomline is that I don't know if bypassing or not erroring out is the common symptom for when media is not compatible....OR...maybe I have done something wrong with the actual adapter hook-up.

I would appreciate any help.

This post has been edited by doeman: Sep 30 2005, 08:20 PM

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: RaveyDavey on October 01, 2005, 05:47:00 AM

Hi ive been solidly researching why this isnt working and cant find anywhere where im going wrong.

Ive got a compatible usb drive (lexar jumpdrive secure 256) and have edited the xbreader.inf, tryed using megaxkey and action replay and nothing detects the card in the software. the card is recognised as a megaXkey in device manager, and works perfectly on the xbox. formatted it to fatX and can copy saves onto and from the card on the xbox dash, but on the PC it wont recognise it. strangely i tryed a hacked version of the megaxkey available in the xbox scene tools and it found the card, and claimed to write to it, but nothing was on there when i pluged it back into the xbox.

I also have a converter for the xbox controller so i tryed the normal xbox memory cards, same problem. Edited xbreader, Action replay finds the card this time though, but when i try transfer the data it always crashes. Once it completed the transfer, but nothing was on the card when i tryed it in the xbox.

The usb card IS recognised by ozxmemory, and says its fatX, but i cant figure out how to convert the .zip saves into images and write them onto the card.

Please help! ive traulled through so many forums for about 3 weeks now and i just want a softmodded xbox :(
As soon as i can ge the saves on the xbox im good to go!
Thanks, Dave

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: RaveyDavey on October 02, 2005, 04:10:00 PM

Soz for double post, but have something to add. i found my xbox is running a dash no. 1.00.5960.01 and a k no. 1.00.4817.01 , ive already opened up my box and played around inside so i cant just run liveupdate. is there anyway i can downgrade my dash to 4920 so i can mod it. Also is there anyway i can make CD with xiso to softmod the box. im getting really fed up with this, i think its time to buy the damn AR card :(

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: doeman on October 03, 2005, 06:16:00 PM

So am I alone on my problem? Has nobody else experienced this ?

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: grimreaper987 on October 03, 2005, 09:30:00 PM

i have a 1.6 xbox. i followed your tutorial with my intelli stick 64mb and i made an adapter using one of those usb to ps/2 mouse adapters. i cut it in half and removed all of the hot glue to get the wires. i cut up an xbox break away cable and soldered the connectors together. then i formated the drive in the xbox. modified the ar drivers and put the save on there. It worked great.

Awesome tutorial, although i don't know why nobody has been able to use a usb stick on a 1.6 xbox though. unless it only works on 1.6a or something.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: jeffroiscool on October 10, 2005, 11:47:00 AM

My usb stick works on 1.6 too dont know why other people cant lol.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: kMp_The_X on October 20, 2005, 02:54:00 AM

hey yeah, ive been folowing a few tutorials( all very much the same) and i am having similar problems to the ppl here,

i have done everything needed to get the game save onto my usb,
my usb is responsive....my xbox can put crap on it, and my pc can put crap on it,
HOWEVER!

when it comes to transferring files from my pc to xbox(and visa versa)....nup...no, just no

the files dont exist,(they dont appear on the card) but sure enuff when i plug my card back into the pc, the files are still on the card... this happens from AR->Xbox and Xbox->AR

i would assume my AR is talking different languages then my xbox...how do i fix this?

and anyone know why this is?

Thanks Guys

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: netdroid9 on October 22, 2005, 01:03:00 AM

It worked on my 1.6! And it hadn't worked before!

I looked at this, thought 'Hmm... can't hurt to try again', so I unloaded halo 2, plugged my usb adapter into the third port and plugged in my usb drive. The activity light flickered, as though it wasn't recieving enough power. I tried it, and the xbox didn't detect my memory stick. I decided to unplug my xbox controller (after going back to the main menu) from port 1 and plug the usb adappter in. This time, it worked!

Sorry if this is old but it's given me a shock.

P.S.

I just did some more testing, and I think I've discovered how to do it.

Step 1. Boot up your xbox with the controller in port 1.
Step 2. Unplug that controller and put it in port 2 (You don't need to plug it in if you have more than one controller, just use the other controller to move around.)
Step 3. Plug in your USB flash stick to the now empty port 1.
Step 4. Enter the 'Memory' menu.
Step 5. Voila! Memory Unit 1A has been formatted on your v1.6 xbox!

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: netdroid9 on October 22, 2005, 12:57:00 AM

) For those that are curious, I have a cheap memory stick that uses a PL-2515 chip. From the datasheets I looked at (To see if it was possible to make the card bigger) everything with one of these chips should be compatable with the xbox..

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: PREPSYCHOSIS on October 29, 2005, 11:07:00 AM

hey i have a little prob when i formatt my micro advantage thumb drive and then un plug it and plug it back in the xbox comes up saying that it might be damaged but i had it formatted not to long ago and after i exit the message the thumb drive comes up like normol but when i unplug it and plug it back in it says the same think all and any help would be great :blink:

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: cpt_gloval on October 29, 2005, 07:21:00 PM

for some reason i am unable to get action replay to accept a saved game. i followed the instructions as respects the datelinfo file, but it didn't work. is there a known issue with a workaround that i haven't managed to track down yet?

thanks
cpt

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: PREPSYCHOSIS on October 29, 2005, 11:14:00 PM

@cpt_gloval try to save it directly to the saves folder while it is zipped and then drag it to the action replay it worked for me :unsure:

This post has been edited by PREPSYCHOSIS: Oct 30 2005, 06:15 AM

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: DiGiDJ on November 04, 2005, 09:52:00 AM

1st 1 is a MP3 player and wen ive installed it to work with AR it says only 1 block available so i format it and it gives me more, so i put the files onto it and plug it into my xbox and it just says: 'The memory unit you inserted isn't working correctly. It has been erased'

the 2nd 1 is a Pen Drive called 'integral 256mb': When i connect that to the xbox to format it it says: 'The memory unit you inserted isn't functioning; it may be damaged' - but i know it isn't coz i put stuff on it at school and brought it home.

Any help?

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: septicmadman on November 04, 2005, 07:09:00 PM

Thank You so very very much. I was deleting the other device files before I read this. I was so close to buying a memory card, and had already made a female connector so...Thx again

I was a ble to use my psp for it pretty cool

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: crazyfoo on November 05, 2005, 01:26:00 PM

QUOTE(DiGiDJ @ Nov 4 2005, 05:59 PM)

Ive got 2 USB MAss Storage devices and both dont work :grr:

the 2nd 1 is a Pen Drive called 'integral 256mb': When i connect that to the xbox to format it it says: 'The memory unit you inserted isn't functioning; it may be damaged' - but i know it isn't coz i put stuff on it at school and brought it home.

Any help?

I've got the same problem, with PNY 128mb flash drive and a dazzle memory card reader... I get that error no matter would port i plug it into, could it be my usb adapter? I bought it from the net ready made, its a "xbox to usb keyboard" adapter, would it not work because it's a "keyboard adapter"?

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: BlackFoxx on November 19, 2005, 03:58:00 PM

the "make your own" thing is completely invalid. Please make something happen, I NEED to make my own

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: kanikedude03 on November 27, 2005, 10:12:00 PM

i am having trouble at the point where you are suppossed to copy the files over to your xbox hard drive. That option does not show up on my xbox. The only option i have is to delete a saved game on my memory card (which is a usb device). I"m using a 128MB Sony Microvault by the way if this helps. Any help in this situation would be much appreciated. Thanks.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: slingshot2170 on November 30, 2005, 03:25:00 AM

QUOTE

UPADTE 4: v1.6 XBOX'S DO NOT WORK WITH NON-XBOX STORAGE DEVICES!

I have bought today a brand-new v1.6 Xbox with money I saved up during the summer. I tried to use my CF card and USB adapter on my new xbox (to see if i could softmod it, just as an experiment), but it did not work. Non xbox memory cards/storage devices DO NOT WORK WITH V1.6 XBOX'S!! I'm sorry, but the only way to transfer saves with a v1.6 is to make a USB male to xbox controller female adapter, plug an xbox controller into your computer, with an xbox memory card, and modify the AR drivers from there. I'll get more info later.

I don't know if this has already been addressed, but I recently softmodded my friend's 1.6 xbox. I just built my own Xbox->USB Female adapter, plugged in a SanDisk 128 MB Cruzer into my chipped box, formatted it, copied the MechAssault exploit over, then just plugged the USB stick into my friend's Xbox with the cable. It recognized it just fine and was able to copy the save over and softmod the Xbox. I checked the serial number, used several programs to check the version, and all said 1.6. So perhaps it's only certain versions of the 1.6? I believe there's two different 1.6's out.

My apologies if someone has already commented on this.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: indiasfinest on November 30, 2005, 06:29:00 PM

srry for already posting this but once i format it for my usb stick(with the xbox format)...will it still work on my computer? thanks...i am really desperate right now...lol

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: Omni461 on December 31, 2005, 06:26:00 PM

Alright guys after negating my sleep for about 48 hours as I tried to figure this out. I finally figured out what I was doing wrong. After you add copy the file into the two exploit save files you have to create a .zip archive out of the files( 1 zip per file). Be sure that the Root of the zip is the UDATA folder. After this the action replay should recognize the file and allow you to transfer to memory card/ USB device. Also make sure that there are no extra txt files in the first few directories. For a more detailed explanation go Here. If this had already been posted just think of this as a reminder. Now Im off to reap my reward and maybe even get a little

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: MustJustBe on January 06, 2006, 01:18:00 AM

I am having trouble with what *exploit*.. to use. I ONLY want to use the xbox as a linux computer. What save should I use? I want to get the 007:AUF linuX one. But I dont know what its called. Im looking in Xbox>Os>Linux, and all I see is mechinstaller. Help Plz?

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: Netwookiee on January 25, 2006, 07:23:00 PM

QUOTE(kanikedude03 @ Nov 28 2005, 12:43 AM)

I am having the same issue as kanikedude03. I am using the Sandisk Cruzer micro 256MB USB 2.0 (It's in the list). BTW, THANK YOU for this tut, I was lost on what to do before I found this. Now I have the game saves on the USB drive and the xbox only allows me to delete it. No option for copying.

Am I doing something wrong? Please help me.

Thanks.

This post has been edited by Netwookiee: Jan 26 2006, 03:25 AM

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: Cynder2 on February 11, 2006, 11:30:00 AM

I don't know if anyone is still active on this thread
but i do have some problems...
i tried the tutorial and AR says that my usb-stick has only 1 block free space (it's one with 256 mb space).
When i plug the usb in my xbox it says it has 2595 blocks free space, another thing i've noticed is that when i copy a gamesave from my xbox hd to the stick it always says the gamesave is corrupted.
The last problem i have is that when i copied a gamesave to the stick and put it back in the xbox the copied gamesave is gone

.

Could anybody help me???

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: ikecomp on February 11, 2006, 04:44:00 PM

QUOTE(Netwookiee @ Jan 25 2006, 08:54 PM)

To you and the other guy who was having this problem just press right on the directional pad when in the xbox game save menu to highlight the actual gamesave. You should now have the option to copy the gamesave.

QUOTE

If you are sure that you have followed the tut to a t you might want to try a different usb stick to see if its your memory device thats causing the problems.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: r_one_oh_seven on February 28, 2006, 06:46:00 PM

Has anyone gotten an ipod to work for this?

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: pokerkid on March 03, 2006, 02:56:00 PM

hello first time on this forumn but it would be great if someone could give me abit of assistance with my softmod, is this topic still live?

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: pokerkid on March 03, 2006, 03:25:00 PM

ok here goes maybe the thought that you could all have a good laugh at the first bit will inspire someone to answer my question, here goes: been working on this for 3 days now, i have read all the pages relating to this thread, i have made my own usb adapter( first day )also made it compatible with the cracked version of AR which was fun as i also had the problem of the memory disapearing untill i realised i could click on it and format it \o/ all my memory back ( all in first day ), i was using a iitronics 512 mp3 player at first and although AR recognised it and although the xbox gave me the error i was able to 1. copy the gamesave across to the memory card in AR 2. after putting the card in xbox erased it all the time (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grr.gif) ( its weird once its been attached to the xbox and has been erased the xbox see's it as a memory device and allows me to copy other game saves across to it once i take it out and put it back on the pc it once again shows as full in AR (IMG:style_emoticons/default/uhh.gif) . ok this is were the fun starts, after trying everything i know and searching countless forumns and sites and many visits to the usual places ( quick note #$$$$-help is not really helpfull) i was still at a loss, so this morning i got back my iitronics 128 mp3 player and tried this one instead and would you believe it, it worked a charm everything went the usual way but after getting the error message that i now want to kill someone over i looked in the m$ dash memory so i could punch the screen and would you believe it the save exploits were there \o/ \o/. So great you think noooooooooooo this is were the nOOB in me came out and even though i had read all about how to copy the save across i had forgot as i was drunk at the time of reading it 5.32 ish in the morning, so once again i struck my head as the only option i had was to delete it ( thats why its red up there) so delete i did thinking it was a setting on the mp3 player that i had to change regarding online mode thinking to myself that i had done it once i can do it again (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) .... but i was wrong now i am back to were i was all those days ago, so im here finally pleading for help by anyone who has an update on this issue. so please post if you can.

Thanks

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: tinkab3ll on March 13, 2006, 02:59:00 PM

rumpity tumpity tump ala bump!

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: JayMan6683 on March 28, 2006, 07:52:00 AM

Ok... i was having shitloads of trouble with getting AR to accept the files...

Turns out it just didn't like the zip files created with AlZip (my zip program)... I downloaded WinRar and used that to create the zip files and it went through fine from what i can tell.

Sooo.... USE WINRAR TO CREATE THE ZIP FILES

JayMan

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: achohol on April 19, 2006, 01:54:00 PM

Hi. A mostly fantastic guide but i'm having trouble with the drivers section. Having found USB medium that the xbox recognizes, I have been unable to make Windows 'update' the drivers so as to make it run as an action replay. On selecting the action 'ActionReplay Xbox' folder and the appropriately edited .ini file, the PC concludes that no software suitable for my device is available. What can I do? Having tried this with two cameras and a memory stick, i doubt it's the usb stuff here, but some more sinister apparatus within windows to be overcome.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: cauliflower on April 24, 2006, 01:29:00 PM

QUOTE(achohol @ Apr 19 2006, 09:01 PM)

I had a similar problem today tbh and i over came it by changing the xxx and yyy values in both .ini files in the xbox action replay folder one in driver folder and one in the main folder. Had a problem with transfering the zips threw the action replay proggy, so ftp'd to modded xbox and dumped from that to my memoey stick.

Hope this helps

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: [Captain_America] on April 25, 2006, 04:01:00 PM

hey just so everybody knows, i made a nice tut for restoring your usb stick back to use with your computer.

its in my sig

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: The Reepr on April 27, 2006, 08:44:00 PM

I found a hacked action replay program a long time ago, it was on a french site but it was in english. It works with all usb drives that are recognized by the xbox.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: xbox_evolution on April 28, 2006, 07:09:00 AM

have u got a link?

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: arielgr on May 02, 2006, 03:43:00 PM

I am having the same problem so many others have written about here.

I have a kingston 32mb which is on the list of compatible devices. the Xbox formats it OK, and I manage to install it as an AR device, it does show on the device manager as an AR device.

The problem is when I try to run AR, it does not recognize my usb stick. The big AR circle will blink to green for a second and then would turn black again. i can't drag and drop any saves in the left side as it doesnt recognize the usb stick. And yes - I can see it as an AR device in the device manager, and I tried at least 3 different versions of the AR software including the current one from their website.

Did anyone manage to solve this problem? Is there a way to do it somehow without AR? (and no, I dont mean buy AR or buy a modchip).

Help is welcome.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: arielgr on May 09, 2006, 01:45:00 AM

Finally - managed to solve my problem.

Action Replay does not recognize all usb devices that the xbox does. I have a and the action replay would just not recognize it (when you plug it in the usb the big grey circle in the top of the screen does not turn green - that's how you know it's working).

I tried every single version of AR existing on earth, including hacked ones, mega-x-key etc..

and yes - I am sure i've modified the drivers correctly as the device manager would show an action-replay device and not a usb drive.

The solution - burn yourself a live cd of xebian, transfer the files that way (and I recommend softmod installer deluxe as it has all the files in a savegame format - simple copy to the usb device).

some links to this method:

http://forums.xbox-s...howtopic=348096
http://www.xbox-linu...ki/Xebian_HOWTO

If you're xbox is recognizing your usb key but AR does not - just use this method instead.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: Perry326 on May 09, 2006, 09:16:00 AM

I have exactly the same problem, and I also resorted to the Xebian sollution, using the same links you posted here. I have one big problem though: I can't boot Xebian with the 2.4 kernel on my PC. If I type '24' at the bootup screen, It starts up, decompiles the kernel, and then reboots the computer. Do you have a link to the version of Xebian you used, Arielgr?

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: Perry326 on May 09, 2006, 11:11:00 AM

Problem solved. It seems my laptop didn't want to boot the 2.4 kernel. My PC does boot it.
Now all i got to figure out is how the file have to be put on the USB stick. I mean, do I copy them inside a UDATA directory or what?

This post has been edited by Perry326: May 9 2006, 06:11 PM

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: Mikey1980 on May 10, 2006, 02:37:00 AM

okay i just fucked up!

I followed a guide (your guide but from another site) and i did NOT know that my Mp3 player woudl get ruined! (the guy hosting your guide had not written the part about MP3 player might get useless! )

I followed the guide and it simply didnt work , so i wanmted my Mp3 player back again and whn i unsitallede action replay in devica manager as the guide says , i havnt gotten back my MP3 player .

I triede formatting it but windows wont let it . It wont use FAt or Fat32

IS my Mp3/usb stick/player ruinede forever ??

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: Mikey1980 on May 10, 2006, 02:57:00 AM

as a last resort i actully callede a friend of mine who knows alot about PC and hardware

And now my MP3 player works once again.

he told me that XP will NOT format the MP3 player back (as the guide also says) BUT there is a tool that will fix the problem.

You gotta use the orginal Data/software from the device u have used.

I did that , unpluggede my Mp3 player and plug it back into my PC and it works now!

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: Mikey1980 on May 10, 2006, 03:35:00 AM

sorry for the mass posting.

But i really would like this to work.

I know i have to manually transfer the Splinter cell files over to my USB stick like the guide says BUT i simlpy do not understand this :
2.2: Use an existing save that came with the AR software and copy the datelinfo.xbx file into the first file directory in both of the saves. If you installed the AR software into it's default directoy, go to "C:\Program Files\Datel\Action Replay XBOX\Saves" (without the quotes).

In my folder of Action replay there is No saved files only this one callede : pcdatabase

PLZZZ help

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: Mikey1980 on May 10, 2006, 08:21:00 AM

after figuring things out and tons of threads here i seem to have the exact same problem as perry and arielgr

AR wont take my transfer ..

The usb stick i use is Creative Muvo nomad 128Mb which is on the list of working

But thanks arielgr for the link i will give that a go

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: Grinch89 on July 17, 2006, 01:41:00 PM

I'm having a big problem. I've got a Lexar Secure Jump Drive, 256MB. I put it into the Xbox and it formatted it. Worked great. Then, I put it in the computer and tried to install the driver. However, whenever I do, I don't have the option of installing the Action Replay driver. I have no idea why. I've reinstalled AR many times, and used all different versions, old and new. I can't figure it out. I changed the INI file as well. Any help here?

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: Irish GrumPy on July 21, 2006, 07:23:00 AM

You sure when your about to update the driver, you have selected the usb storage device from the other devices/usb list,r ather than storage where hard drives and stuff are listed? I noticed if you try and change the driver for it in the storage list, it wont work. (Win XP)

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: Y26tav on July 21, 2006, 11:12:00 AM

QUOTE(Mikey1980 @ May 10 2006, 10:42 AM)

PLZZZ help

The save doesn't come with the software if you open AR and look on the left there will be somthing called power saves I think there will be a 007 save and somthing else download one of them.

QUOTE(achohol @ Apr 19 2006, 09:01 PM)

You have to take the route threw the control panel and hardware section to the hardware list and from there change the drivers or you didn't chang the ini file with usb view. If you haven't changed the ini file there is info on this site some where.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: samsam1029 on July 24, 2006, 08:21:00 PM

Im trying to get my action replay to work its version 1.41 and i have the cord the memory card but when I want to start it up i look at the grashish lookin icon and it says usb device failed to enumerate when i tried updated the driver it blinked to green and then it went back to it wont enumerate
Someone Help I Want To Softmod My Xbox!!!

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: gokhan_ekici on July 28, 2006, 02:54:00 PM

I have an Creative Muvo Tx 512mb

My xbox reconize it and action replay to

But on Action Replay he let see all "Unnamed Title" files

Can I fix this, And How???

And I can't get my files on it

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: The Finest Shadow on August 09, 2006, 12:36:00 PM

Hi, I need some help on this guide. I'm sorry if this has already been answered before, but I get stuck on step 1.4 where you have to install an AR driver for the USB drive. I only get MaxDrive XBox as an option, and I have to browse to do so. I'm not sure if that's the same thing or what - I'm new to this. I'm using a SanDisk 1.0GB Crusier Micro and have also tried a 512 MB version of the micro and a 512 SanDisk SD card. Help would be appreciated.

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: Mystic Daddy on August 11, 2006, 12:43:00 AM

Howdy
I am going bankrupt buying sd cards and usb sticks that my xboxes wont recognise. I tried a cheap 128mb mp3 player first, tried to format it to fatx using my xbox and usb female to xpad male adapter and that was succesful until i unplaged the player and its fimware reformated the mem. then I used dtek 1 gb sd card but the dashboard started flashing and the xbox didnt recognise it. I bought a 128mb twinmos M1 mobile disk and the xbox gives me the "there is something wrong with your mem card" message but wont format and thus wont recognise the stick. I was wondering if there is any way to format the stick to fatx using a pc.
If anyone has any advice on this their help will be much appreciated plus they will be saving my son's poor father from insanity.

Thanks

[email protected]

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: XxaddzxX on August 16, 2006, 12:06:00 AM

QUOTE(Mystic Daddy @ Aug 11 2006, 04:50 PM)

I hear u. i hav the same problem and i'm a noob, so some1 please help

Title: Using A Usb Stick To Transfer Gamesave Exploits!
Post by: deeman3412 on August 19, 2006, 03:29:00 PM

Is there anyway to use this hack on the 360?

Maybe using the usb device that I formatted for the regular xbox on the 360?

I'd rather not buy an xbox memory card and xbox transfer kit to get my ncaa 07 rosters

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Post by: Heathcliff_666 on August 28, 2006, 04:35:00 AM

I have a creative MuVo 7x FM and my xbox formatted it but the action replay don't recognize it... i followed the tuto but it didn't work...

BTW when i try to update the driver i can't find the XBOX stuff (only a USB mass storage...)

This post has been edited by Heathcliff_666: Aug 28 2006, 11:37 AM

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Post by: Al_Cap0wnage on August 28, 2006, 04:40:00 AM

QUOTE(Heathcliff_666 @ Aug 28 2006, 11:42 AM)

Same problem.... Can someone help?

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Post by: Heathcliff_666 on August 28, 2006, 04:55:00 AM

Anyone please?

And btw i'm a noob and i don't even know what XBOX version i'm using... can anyone explain?

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Post by: naydog_96 on September 09, 2006, 09:22:00 PM

quick question

what is the biggest capacity USB drive anyone has manage to get to format on the XBOX?

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Post by: Joshatdot on September 17, 2006, 08:58:00 PM

QUOTE(naydog_96 @ Sep 9 2006, 08:29 PM)

quick question

what is the biggest capacity USB drive anyone has manage to get to format on the XBOX?

I formatted my 1gb SanDisc Cruiser mini, but I kept getting copy errors.

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Post by: XflangX on September 18, 2006, 06:27:00 PM

hey for anyone that doesnt get AR software compatable with your memory device..(i used my camera with a flash card..) you can try to use Mega X key with the Hacked version along with that driver it comes with installed...its called MXK bxbx ....

anyway thats what worked for me, b/c action replay didnt with my memory device.

hope that helps someone save some hours...i know it would of helped me haha

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Post by: the-tick on September 25, 2006, 08:59:00 AM

noob alert and sorry if this has benn answered before.

After several hours following the tut I have mamage to get the splinter cell saves onto my usb drive YAY

BUT as soonas it's plugged into the xbox it wipes it BOOOO

I have a 1.6 xbox *but seen on plenty of places that you now apparently can softmod it* and kinda lost on what to do next ???

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Post by: the-tick on September 25, 2006, 02:26:00 PM

IGNORE POST

now goign down the hotswap raod and goign through an error 21 tut :-)

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Post by: Joshatdot on October 05, 2006, 12:51:00 PM

This works like a charm! My 64MB QuickDrive USB 2.0 Flash Drive US Modular worked perfectly with AR (though xfers were alil slow) but they copied fine to the xbox!

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Post by: chillywang on October 21, 2006, 10:05:00 PM

ok, i got the splinter cell exp. on the usb drive, the xbox reads it perfect. But i cannot copy to the hard drive. There is no option. What can i do from there. And the game wont load from the usb drive.

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Post by: Joshatdot on October 23, 2006, 02:33:00 AM

when you scroll thru the memcard's saves, press Right on the D-Pad, then press A

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Post by: Joshatdot on November 06, 2006, 03:27:00 AM

QUOTE(forthex @ Aug 19 2004, 04:20 PM)

UPADTE 4: v1.6 XBOX'S DO NOT WORK WITH NON-XBOX STORAGE DEVICES!

I have used my 64mb Flash drive on 3 v1.6 xboxes to softmod & it worked perfectly.

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Post by: sourila on November 07, 2006, 05:03:00 PM

Hey everyone,

I followed the guide also, managed to Xfer everything to the xbox HD using a USB stick and AR, but when loading Splinter Cell and try to load the crafty save game, it goes blank for a few seconds, then I get a white screen for about a second and the xbox reboots back to the game and not the Softmod installation!!

Any ideas? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)

Do I need to have the 5960 MS Dash for this to work? I have some old version that I can't remember right now. I tried the save games from both Softmod installer Deluxe v3 and v2.

Thanks in advance

S~la

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Post by: Joshatdot on November 08, 2006, 03:28:00 AM

QUOTE(sourila @ Nov 7 2006, 04:10 PM)

Do I need to have the 5960 MS Dash for this to work? I have some old version that I can't remember right now. I tried the save games from both Softmod installer Deluxe v3 and v2.

Thanks in advance

S~la

Yes you need 5960 dash files, and dont use SID, use a real installer, Krazie's NDURE 1.1

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Post by: sourila on November 10, 2006, 11:27:00 AM

Thanks a lot Joshatdot, I'll give that a go.

After I posted the previous message, I managed to get it to work with ltools installer and for a little while everything worked like a charm! Until I tried to replace the EvoX dashboard with Avalaunch and that worked also, but from that moment on, all multiplayer/XBL enabled games now freeze at the point you press "Start" to play. Same ones were working previously. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

That has to do with the MS Dash right? Or the dashupdate.xbe? I mean it can't be a coincidence that only multiplayer games freeze... can it?

I am of course a newbie in the world of xbox and I've been reading material off the net for about 2 weeks now. I might be talking crap above, but any advice would be of course greatly appreciated.

Is there a way to fix this problem, or would I need to put everything back to the original state and try again?

Thanks again

S~la

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Post by: leafs911 on November 29, 2006, 09:53:00 PM

so is the usb thumbstick worling on 1.6?? and you need the docking station to connect the usb thumbstick to the console, right??

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Post by: hooshang on December 02, 2006, 07:50:00 PM

QUOTE(leafs911 @ Nov 30 2006, 01:00 AM)

so is the usb thumbstick worling on 1.6?? and you need the docking station to connect the usb thumbstick to the console, right??

Well, if you look at all the pages in this topic there is a few responses stating that it works for the 1.6. The only question is... Does an 1.6B, 1.6A, and etc. exist? and whether or not they ALL work with the method mentioned previously.

Google is useful but my dialup chokes on everything...

This post has been edited by hooshang: Dec 3 2006, 03:57 AM

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Post by: edmunds on December 04, 2006, 05:28:00 AM

Thanks for the tutorial, it worked great for me (I can now play backed up games)

However I can't get any custom dashboards to work. I've tried installing both the
dashes that come with 'Krayzie's NDure pack' (choosing 'single-boot mode'), both
of which appear to install correctly, but the XBox default dash is what loads up when
I reboot the box.

I've also tried installing XBMC dash, and the entire XBox Board.de ultimate boot CD,
with similarly disappointing results.

The light on the front of the box cycles through red/orange/green, and I am also asked to
set the clock each time the box reboots (though I always was, even before doing the softmod)

I'm guessing either of these symptoms might be indicative of the problem i'm having

I have a v 1.4 XBox and did the softmod using Splinter Cell.

Thanks in advance to the guru who immediately diagnoses my boxes' ailment

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Post by: edmunds on December 04, 2006, 11:33:00 AM

Update on my last post:

Okay, figured out that by just setting the clock I can boot to a non Ms dash. unfortunately
this results in an error:

"Dashboard XBE targets not found in the following directories:
e:\dash\default.xbe; e:\dashboard\default.xbe; e:\evodash.xbe"

Looks like my efforts to 'fix' the dash have f*cked it up.

Anyone know how I can fix it? I tried reinstalling the NDure exploit with
Splinter Cell, but the installer refuses, saying I haven't made the appropriate
backups.. trying to make these backups also fails!

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Post by: failurbydesign on January 15, 2007, 07:59:00 PM

can you updateyour pics and links..?

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Post by: GeneralBananas on January 24, 2007, 03:32:00 PM

Hi I tried this with my memory and AR doesn't want to recognize it like I can put game saves and everything on it just AR won't recognize it got any ideas?

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Post by: corpsegrinder. on May 02, 2007, 03:24:00 AM

does anyone know if the PSP will work as a mem card on 1.6 xboxes?

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Post by: pk4lyfe on May 03, 2007, 04:22:00 AM

i cant find the USBView app on the site a little help please?

EDIT: nevermind i googled it

EDIT:EDIT: will i still be able to use my usb stick normally?

This post has been edited by pk4lyfe: May 3 2007, 11:38 AM

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Post by: Natonater123 on May 05, 2007, 03:55:00 AM

Gday ive been busting my bulls trying to softmod and then 2day i find a littel msg saying that my card wont work on V1.6..... rightio check my xbox... #@#$@$#@#$@#$@#$ V1.6 andyways im using AID with SID if you didnt no and splintercel exploit and im trying to home brew a usb-xbox port but i cant tell if it works if my card dnt work... im using a 512mb Kingston data traveller.... And im wondering if this is gonna work on my frigen V1.6 xbox plz reply fast ive waited so many weeks....
cheers nato (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)

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Post by: john7435 on May 15, 2007, 01:58:00 PM

hey..i tried this and everything worked except when im on the xbox, the saves dont have a copy option to copy them to my hard drive..any idea how to get it to work???

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Post by: gordo1111 on May 15, 2007, 03:21:00 PM

You select the files Example:

GameTittle
Save Save Save

GameTittle
Save Save Save

You copy the select the files and copy it.

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Post by: fiyero on May 15, 2007, 09:25:00 PM

Well i ahve done every thing and for some reason my AR wont read my USB which is a 2gig OCZ Rally is that due to the stick that im using or somthing else becasue i as able to load a save file off my xbox onto the usb stick.

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Post by: Corvillus on May 16, 2007, 09:03:00 AM

You probably have to look your vendor ID and product ID in USBView then update xbreader.inf accordingly and update driver. It's in the tutorial.

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Post by: fiyero on May 16, 2007, 12:12:00 PM

QUOTE(Corvillus @ May 16 2007, 04:39 PM)

You probably have to look your vendor ID and product ID in USBView then update xbreader.inf accordingly and update driver. It's in the tutorial.

i did that and it still doesnt read it, butg in my device manager it reads it as USBIO controlled devices - MaxDrive Xbox

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Post by: NdIndy on May 24, 2007, 09:56:00 PM

I've followed the tutorial, but when I put the card into my controller the 'AR' logo flashes repeatedly and then greys out. Suggestions?

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Post by: lastcrime on June 11, 2007, 04:43:00 PM

okay ive done everything perfect checked it no problems with the memory works both with ar and the xbox but when i go to put the save on the memory in the ar software it closes and says an unexpected error occured and the ar software needed to shutdown (one of those god damn error things) i am unable to put any saves on my memory because of this any ideas.

ps. i tried both the new version of ar and the older version both do the same thing.

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Post by: pieking on July 15, 2007, 07:48:00 PM

i did what the tut says but when i try to drag the files to the memory card part of ar it wont let me

can anyone give me help

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Post by: a7xfan1231 on August 10, 2007, 08:10:00 AM

that what goin no with me also it wont show n mycomp but in dm it shows it help

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Post by: jazz8146 on August 10, 2007, 01:28:00 PM

Hi,

Just come across this site and this is the closest i have got to softmodding my xbox.

I am using the game splinter cell and have copied both of the save games from ndure's pack. Added them to the AR software and successfully copied them across to my usb stick. I then transfered both of the saved games to my xbox hard drive. Load up splinter cell and choose to load up the saved game (linux) and it just freezes?

I have tried copying the file datelinfo that is used in the tutorial but stil the same problem.

Also what is the Linux installer used for as it cannot be seen when loading up splinter cell??

Thanks

Jazzy Jeff

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Post by: loizzo on September 01, 2007, 09:37:00 PM

i finally got this to work i got action replay to recognize my stick as a memory card but i am confused to transfer a gamesave do i have to do the dateline thing?

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Post by: Sabnock90 on September 26, 2007, 03:50:00 AM

hey yall, im just letting yall know... that after viewing ALOT of posts and such... i decided to try this.

seeing as how i have a Toshiba 1gb u3 smart usb jump drive, and some of the compatibility lists show this sort of drive as non working or damaged so to speak, well....... (WORKS)

if anyone has one of these, and would like to get theres working

do the steps mentioned in this topic, put this in the first line...

%S_DeviceDesc1%=_Install1, USB\VID_0930&PID_6540

then goto device manager, right click on the device, goto update driver, select "no i will choose my driver", click on "have disk", locate the file, and click next... once that is done, open up the good ol' action replay software, and it should show up. now, before u try to transfer and it gives u some error message like it did to me, right click on your memory card in the pc part of the AR software, and click format. then, u will have a new fresh 1GB memory card for your xbox...

oh, and fyi, when you plug the memory card into your xbox, it will come up saying "device is damaged, blah blah blah", all u have to do is, turn the xbox off, while its still plugged in, then turn it back on, and there u have it

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Post by: boooourns on October 16, 2007, 11:38:00 AM

I have managed to get the game saves onto the usb stick using AR, but it seems upon disconnection of the stick the saves disappear? i've scanned through the topics and have not found an explanation for this issue, anyone have any advice? Any help is appreciated.

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Post by: sacretes on October 23, 2007, 07:09:00 PM

QUOTE(forthex @ Aug 22 2004, 02:27 PM)

yay... 300 views.

can you help me i dont know how to find the "zzzz, and yyyy" numbers i cant find it iv looked every where. can you walk me through it i think i can do the rest but this ails me so. like the philosophical remark?

This post has been edited by sacretes: Oct 24 2007, 02:11 AM

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Post by: brando56894 on March 21, 2008, 03:02:00 PM

ok i have a problem here, i cant turn my AR usb drive back into a regular usb drive, i have the drivers for AR installed but windows keeps saying it doesnt know what the device is and doesnt display it in the device manager.

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Post by: Heimdall on February 12, 2009, 06:41:00 PM

Use Xplorer360 beta 6 to read the USB stick - it doesn't need any drivers.

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Post by: Heimdall on February 13, 2009, 01:57:00 AM

If you're sure its Xplorer360 beta 6 then yes, it's possible that your stick isn't being formatted properly. The easiest way to tell is to create a gamesave, copy it from your Xbox to the memory stick, delete it from your Xbox, then copy it back from your memory stick and run the game again. If the save works then your memory stick is fine and the problem is with your computer.

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Post by: jaybeebrad on December 28, 2010, 02:28:00 AM

QUOTE(jaybeebrad @ Dec 28 2010, 03:12 AM)

No one has posted here for quite some time so I'm hoping hoping HOPING I'll get a response.

Did the whole soldering process of a female end USB and male end of a controller, plugged it in with a USB stick. When I go to the 'memory' page, the screen starts flashing and the light on the USB stick lights up indicating that it's being accessed, but it just continues to flicker. I don't get any message telling me there's a problem.

I'm using a 4GB USB drive and I'm wondering if perhaps it's too big (storage wise) or too modern to utilize?

OR is this flashing normal and I'm just not waiting long enough for the error message and the formatting of the USB drive?

Your response is greatly appreciated.

Sorry for back to back posts but I couldn't find an edit option.

So I switched to a 2GB USB drive and now when I go into "memory" it finds the memory card successfully - but it never went through the step where an error message pops up and the usb stick is formatted. But it must have been if the Xbox recognizes it, right?

So then continuing in the steps, I went to edit the xbreader.ini file, except on my system it is "xbreader.inf" - but it is identical, so I edited it accordingly.

Here is where things get derailed, step 1.4:
"1.4: Go to Start, Contol Panel, and click "switch to classic view" on the left hand side and the top. Double click on System, click the hardware tab, and click Device Manager. Expand the Universal Serial Bus Controllers row, right click on USB Mass Storage Device and click Update Driver. Now, on the Hardware Update Driver window, select "Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)", and click next. Select "Don't Search. I will choose the driver the install". Click next. Select "ActionReplay XBOX" and click next. "

When I go to control panel, things aren't quite the same as this text because I'm on Windows 7. But I get to the point where it says "Browse My Computer For Driver Software," and I go into the appropriate "ActionReplay Xbox" directory and hit "next", and it tells me that Windows has determined that the driver software for my device is up to date.

So this is where I'm stuck at. When I stick the USB drive into my PC it wants me to format it, BTW, so I can't copy any data onto it - but I assume that would be solved by putting the AR drivers on it.

The next issue that comes up is in step 2.1; I am using the Mechwarrior exploit, and the file I downloaded from xbins is Itools_MA_v1.7.5.zip. (I also downloaded v1.8.rc1.zip but am not sure which to use. When I unzip the file I get UDATA/4d530017/ and in that directory are "62D648EBF155" (folder), SaveImage.xbx, TitleImage.xbx and TitleMeta.xbx; in the example given the "SaveImage.xbx" file does not appear. Inside the sub-directory (62D...) there are a variety of folders and files.

Also, based on the guide, there should be TWO folders (with the string of numbers/letters as a title) in the UDATA folder - the actual linux based UDE installer, and the gamesave exploit. For me there is only ONE folder in the UDATA directory. I went ahead and copied the "datelinfo.xbx" file into the directory that does exist...

So this is where I'm at. I've worked very hard to get up to this point and to be honest this kind of thing is kind of new to me even though I'm no techno-idiot. I'm sort of welling up with frustration and could really use some help.

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Post by: Heimdall on December 28, 2010, 07:41:00 AM

Use Xplorer360 beta 6 to copy the files to your memory stick - no need for any drivers.

Use the Krayzie 1.1.1 gamesave - the one you are using (Ltools_MA_v1.7.5.zip) installs a very old softmod.

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Post by: jaybeebrad on December 30, 2010, 04:35:00 AM

QUOTE(Heimdall @ Dec 28 2010, 09:41 AM)

Use Xplorer360 beta 6 to copy the files to your memory stick - no need for any drivers.

Use the Krayzie 1.1.1 gamesave - the one you are using (Ltools_MA_v1.7.5.zip) installs a very old softmod.

It's also entirely possible that I have destroyed my system permanently, about which I am on the verge of tears. See my response in the other thread.

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