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Title: Kreon's Alternative Firmware for Samsung SH-D162C/SH-D163A v1.00
Post by: Xbox-Scene on February 03, 2020, 11:45:00 AM
Kreon's Alternative Firmware for Samsung SH-D162C/SH-D163A v1.00
Posted by XanTium | October 10 14:09 EST | News Category: Xbox360
 
Kreon has released a new version of the alternate hacked firmware for the Samsung PC SH-D162C and SH-D163A DVD-drives.
From Readme/NFO:
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A year has past, and the time has come for a small maintenance release. While the V0.80 release has performed rather well, there's always room for improvements, even though most of them are well hidden and probably won't be noticed by most people.

Changes/fixes in this release..
* Major cleanup of code - the SH-D162C and SH-D163A now share the same code. This has been a painful job to do, but will make future updates so much easier to handle.
* The firmware is now based on the official SB01 firmware as opposed to SB00 for earlier releases.
* Fixed a potential problem with the way that the RPC patching was done.
* The laser head is now parked in a known and safe position following SS extraction. This should fix the clicking noise, that some people experienced from time to time.
* RPC settings stored in flash mem of the drive is now reset. This is not important for the patched firmware, but will leave the RPC settings as they came from the factory, if someone, for some strange reason, should decide to go back to a non patched firmware.  
* The feature list has been expanded to hold seperate feature entries for XBOX and XBOX360
* Fixed a bug that caused flashing of the drive to fail under some conditions (read "updating from V0.80.." below)

This is what you get..
* Full challenge/response functionality.
* Two types of unlock for XBOX 360 game discs. One for making xtreme style images and one for making wxripper style images. Both types of iso can be made using isobuster. Ripping using wxripper isn't supported for the time being
* A 'lock' function that will cancel any enabled unlock state. This can be very useful for custom applications.
* 'Error skipping' which basically speeds up the error handling of the drive. A complete wxripper style image (including video) can be obtained in 15-16 minutes, when error skipping is enabled. Getting through the critical area of LBA 19408-20479 will take you more than 20 minutes alone, if error skipping is disabled :(
* A much more streamlined command interface which is good news if you intend to write an application that makes use of the drives extra features.
* The drive will default to unlock state 2 and error skip enabled when a 360 media is inserted. You can in other words use isobuster to obtain a wxripper style image without issuing any commands to the drive :)
* RPC1 support (RPC-2 actually but with automatic change of drive region and RCE support)

Official Site: n/a, by Kreon on xboxhacker.net (thx to ivc for link)
Download: n/a (might be illegal under DMCA/EUCD)



Title: Kreon's Alternative Firmware for Samsung SH-D162C/SH-D163A v1.00
Post by: Illithid on February 03, 2020, 11:36:00 AM
Ok.
Can somone explain this?: * A 'lock' function that will cancel any enabled unlock state. This can be very useful for custom applications.

This post has been edited by Illithid: Yesterday, 07:37 PM
Title: Kreon's Alternative Firmware for Samsung SH-D162C/SH-D163A v1.00
Post by: Tony42077 on February 03, 2020, 11:42:00 AM
v.80 has been working fine on my Toshiba SD-M2012 cross-flashed to a SH-D162C with one exception. At times my drive would not unlock a game correctly until I restarted the PC with the game already in the drive. Once restarted, everything ran perfectly anyways so its not that big of a deal. Hope this helps to defeat any future format changes by MS (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

This post has been edited by Tony42077: Yesterday, 07:43 PM
Title: Kreon's Alternative Firmware for Samsung SH-D162C/SH-D163A v1.00
Post by: zenkiS14 on October 10, 2007, 01:06:00 PM
so hard to find one of these drives now a days.
Title: Kreon's Alternative Firmware for Samsung SH-D162C/SH-D163A v1.00
Post by: mlapaglia on October 10, 2007, 01:11:00 PM
i always just assumed something was wrong with my drive when i'd get that clicking stuff.
Title: Kreon's Alternative Firmware for Samsung SH-D162C/SH-D163A v1.00
Post by: war-nerve on October 10, 2007, 01:57:00 PM
I have a TS-H352C drive and was wondering if this new version firmware will work on that drive.  I assume it does, but I just wanted to be sure.  I read the nfo file and it didn't mention anything about the other drives.  Thanks.
Title: Kreon's Alternative Firmware for Samsung SH-D162C/SH-D163A v1.00
Post by: bucko on October 10, 2007, 02:01:00 PM
Nice biggrin.gif
Title: Kreon's Alternative Firmware for Samsung SH-D162C/SH-D163A v1.00
Post by: Heet on October 10, 2007, 02:13:00 PM
Man thanks so much.  I dont know if people know how much work this is but we all appreciate it!

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Title: Kreon's Alternative Firmware for Samsung SH-D162C/SH-D163A v1.00
Post by: baghnah on October 10, 2007, 05:24:00 PM
people that make hacked firmwares for dvd drives have to be f**king geniuses. just thought id throw that out.
Title: Kreon's Alternative Firmware for Samsung SH-D162C/SH-D163A v1.00
Post by: HoRnEyDvL on October 10, 2007, 06:49:00 PM
Great Work Kreon smile.gif

Flashed perfectly on my drive.
Title: Kreon's Alternative Firmware for Samsung SH-D162C/SH-D163A v1.00
Post by: soopahfly on October 11, 2007, 03:39:00 AM
Just flashed mine in Vista, UAC off.
All gravy baby.
Title: Kreon's Alternative Firmware for Samsung SH-D162C/SH-D163A v1.00
Post by: NoMore on February 04, 2020, 05:02:00 AM
QUOTE(zenkiS14 @ Oct 10 2007, 08:06 PM) *

so hard to find one of these drives now a days.


Agreed.  I think we all wish there's another workable drive.  The only places I can find them are ebay or in the scene marketplace.  Sigh....
Title: Kreon's Alternative Firmware for Samsung SH-D162C/SH-D163A v1.00
Post by: RichMR2 on October 11, 2007, 06:07:00 AM
I found a few in the UK, there are one on amazon.co.uk sold by a marketplace seller and there are also some on ebay but you're right, they are hard to come by (and most I found are pre-flashed with 0.8)
Title: Kreon's Alternative Firmware for Samsung SH-D162C/SH-D163A v1.00
Post by: Mozbius on October 11, 2007, 07:32:00 AM
That's wonderful! My Samsung just got delivered in time to have its firmware upgraded, hehehe! Test= Everything is A ok.
Title: Kreon's Alternative Firmware for Samsung SH-D162C/SH-D163A v1.00
Post by: Bad_Ad on October 11, 2007, 04:35:00 PM
you can still get them in the UK quite easy and only about a tenner... although dabs have stopped selling them (where i used to get mine) as have quite a few other retailers. might be worth snapping up a few if you need them.

links...

SH-D162C
http://www.google.co.uk/products?q=SH-D162...a=N&start=0

SH-D163A
http://www.shop.bt.com/productview.aspx?quicklinx=4J7H

Title: Kreon's Alternative Firmware for Samsung SH-D162C/SH-D163A v1.00
Post by: RichMR2 on October 12, 2007, 05:38:00 AM
QUOTE(Bad_Ad @ Oct 11 2007, 11:35 PM) *

you can still get them in the UK quite easy and only about a tenner... although dabs have stopped selling them (where i used to get mine) as have quite a few other retailers. might be worth snapping up a few if you need them.

links...

SH-D162C
http://www.google.co.uk/products?q=SH-D162C&hl=en&scoring=p&lnk=next&sa=N&start=0

SH-D163A
http://www.shop.bt.com/productview.aspx?quicklinx=4J7H


Cheers, I did search google for them but all they came back with was Pixmania  (via amazon marketplace)and Ebay. I'll check those links out as I'm still looking for the cheapest and preferably virgin drive (I like to do everything myself, it makes it feel better when it all works).
Title: Kreon's Alternative Firmware for Samsung SH-D162C/SH-D163A v1.00
Post by: shaunno on October 12, 2007, 06:43:00 PM
i just flashed my drive from v.82...now windows dont see it anymore, says it cant install the drive (the data is invalid)...the flash went perfectly tho...any ideas?
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Title: Kreon's Alternative Firmware for Samsung SH-D162C/SH-D163A v1.00
Post by: sosotiit on October 12, 2007, 07:54:00 PM
off topic/useless post removed, author sanctioned.
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Title: Kreon's Alternative Firmware for Samsung SH-D162C/SH-D163A v1.00
Post by: bluebronco28 on October 13, 2007, 10:44:00 PM
hey guys,
              i was just wondering how you get this firmware i have trying to D/L it and cant find it yet people seem to have it already i have V081 and just wanted to upgrade the FW
Title: Kreon's Alternative Firmware for Samsung SH-D162C/SH-D163A v1.00
Post by: NEWBIEMUPPET on October 20, 2007, 06:43:00 AM
Hi all,
with reference to buying the drives from bt website, they are advertised as sh-163a's they are actually shipping 163b's though, have just got one ohmy.gif(

Kreon get your arse in gear, chuckles, joking, but please try and get a new version for the updated drives as soon as, grates me that some guys are making a shed load off something you and your team have developed for the masses for noubt.

Looking forward to the new firmware.

Peace out
Title: Kreon's Alternative Firmware for Samsung SH-D162C/SH-D163A v1.00
Post by: geoffers99 on January 23, 2008, 02:44:00 PM
i got a 162d flashed with kreon 1.00 same firmware for all 162's?
Title: Kreon's Alternative Firmware for Samsung SH-D162C/SH-D163A v1.00
Post by: RitiFamily on March 20, 2008, 09:21:00 PM
QUOTE(bluebronco28 @ Oct 13 2007, 11:44 PM) View Post

hey guys,
              i was just wondering how you get this firmware i have trying to D/L it and cant find it yet people seem to have it already i have V081 and just wanted to upgrade the FW



Ok, I SECOND what blue is saying...  Except my SH-D163A is Kreon v0.80 flashed...PLEASE, anyone...  I have been looking all over for this flash...  I can google PLENTY of people who want to sell me a Kreon v1.0 pre-flashed drive, but all I would like is the file...  please  uhh.gif   Anyone have a rapidshare link? or can point us in the right direction?
Title: Kreon's Alternative Firmware for Samsung SH-D162C/SH-D163A v1.00
Post by: podger on March 21, 2008, 05:34:00 AM
you need to look in the usual places... Not supposed to mention them here... Look at Textbooks tutorial for full instructions.... Textbook.pdf
Title: Kreon's Alternative Firmware for Samsung SH-D162C/SH-D163A v1.00
Post by: mclovin45 on April 09, 2008, 12:03:00 PM
Just ordered my SH-D162D drive today.
Title: Kreon's Alternative Firmware for Samsung SH-D162C/SH-D163A v1.00
Post by: kalvinparker on January 09, 2009, 12:51:00 PM
Hey Guys

Ordered a Samsung SH-D162B and I'm having problems putting the kreon firmware I got from xbins.

Problem is that the .bin file is Samsung SH-D162B_SB01 and the drive it self is a SB02.

I didn't know there was a difference but when I try to load the firmware onto the drive it says its the wrong one.
Title: Kreon's Alternative Firmware for Samsung SH-D162C/SH-D163A v1.00
Post by: StrictPuppet on January 09, 2009, 12:57:00 PM
Use the "-nocheck" command with the samsung flasher app.
Title: Kreon's Alternative Firmware for Samsung SH-D162C/SH-D163A v1.00
Post by: BoNg420 on January 09, 2009, 01:30:00 PM
QUOTE(StrictPuppet @ Jan 9 2009, 03:33 PM) View Post

Use the "-nocheck" command with the samsung flasher app.


you can also flash with dosflash, latest version that came out when ixtreme 1.5 works fine.  Tested it last night.

Also rename the firmware to something easier to type in dos, like kreon.bin
Title: Kreon's Alternative Firmware for Samsung SH-D162C/SH-D163A v1.00
Post by: igorka2000 on March 13, 2009, 01:18:00 AM
QUOTE(kalvinparker @ Jan 10 2009, 06:45 AM) View Post

Ok so I just tried the -nocheck option using SFDNWIN

When I load the firmware it comes up with "using old Firmware"

When I begin the flashing process, it comes up with "Flash Cmd Fail!!"

Now the mouse is stuck with the hourglass but I can click on things like the "?" to bring up the information screen but I dont think its doing anything although status says "wait..."

Any thoughts...


my problem be same but im use diferent PC and im flash OK

ps sorry my bad english