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Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: mbriody on May 16, 2004, 08:45:00 AM

SoftModding for Absolute Beginners

Stuff you need to know that the other guides don't tell you...

Disclaimer

Soft-modding can screw up your XBOX. If you follow the instructions you should be fine but I can't take responsibility if anything goes wrong. Good luck!

Introduction

This guide is intended to help complete beginners to understand soft-mods and how to install them successfully. I am not an expert but I have one chipped XBOX and one soft-modded and this guide documents what I needed to do in order to perform a soft-mod.

I am assuming some basic knowledge of PC's and networking on your part and the use of standard tools such as FTP.

To perform a softmod you are going to need to connect your XBOX to a PC using the ethernet socket at the back of the XBOX. You can connect this directly to a network card on your PC using an ethernet cross-over cable or you use a straight ethernet cable to connect it to a port on a switch, hub or router if you already have a home LAN.

Before we get into soft-modding in detail you are going to need to understand a little of how the XBOX works:

The Dashboard

This is the program that provides the user interface when you start up your XBOX. Amongst other things the standard MS Dashboard allows you to manage game saves, set the clock and other system settings and launch XBOX Live. It is implemented in a file called xboxdash.xbe on the root of the C drive on your XBOX's hard drive and it loaded every time you boot the box.

The MS dashboard uses a number of other files which, depending on your dashboard version will either be also in the root directory or in subdirectories off the root. For soft-modding purposes the only files which concern us are the font files which are named XBox Book.xtf and Xbox.xtf (more on these later).

The BIOS and PBL

The XBOX has a BIOS, similar to that in a PC. When you install a modchip you are replacing the functionality of the standard BIOS with a specialised BIOS which is provided by the modchip manufacturer. You would generally also install a replacement third-party dashboard alongside any modchip.

Okay so how is this relevant to soft-modding? Well the answer is that in 2003 some clever people came up with a software application which works like a modchip and allows you to load one of the modchip BIOSes, completely in software. This package is called PBL or the Phoenix Bios Loader.

The standard unmodded XBOX will only execute applications and games which have been 'signed' in a special way. This is why you cannot use backups or third-party apps on an unmodded box. The BIOS loaded by PBL together with a third-party dashboard will allow unsigned code to be executed and so you will typically get FTP access, the ability to run Linux, backups, third-party applications etc.

The Gamesave Exploits

Hopefully from the above description it is clear that what we need to achieve is to get PBL, a replacement BIOS and a new dashboard onto the XBOX. In order to do this we will need FTP access to the box. This is where the gamesave exploits come in.

These take advantage of security loopholes which will allow us to temporarily load PBL and an alternative dashboard. This will give us FTP access to the XBOX and will subsequently enable us to load PBL etc for a more permanent solution.

The technical details of how these work are beyond the scope of this document but there are plenty of detailed explanations within the XBS forums and elsewhere.

There are three main gamesave exploits which all work similarly and are based on the games; 007 Agent Under Fire, Mech Assault and Splinter Cell. For each of these there are various different packages available. To use one of these you will need:

an original (i.e. not a backup) copy of the game in question
a copy of the relevant gamesave exploit package
an XBOX memory device with some way of transferring the game save to it from your PC e.g. an Action Replay or Mega X-Key. Alternatively you need a friend with a chipped or soft-modded XBOX who can transfer the game save to a standard XBox Memory Card.

Details of the requirements and how to use the exploit will be included with the package. Here is how I did it using the Splinter Cell exploit.

I downloaded a package called splinter_cell_exploit-pal.zip. (PAL refers to the video standard used by your XBOX. I have a UK, PAL-based box, if you are in the USA your box will be NTSC).
I did not own an Action Replay or an XBOX memory card so I made an XBOX USB cable and used a standard 128Mb USB pen drive to transfer the game save from my chipped XBOX. There are various tutorials on how to make a USB cable and how to convert a standard XBOX memory card to Action Replay functionality on XBS. If you can't do any of this then you will have to buy an Action Replay or the new Mega X-Key.
I loaded the Splinter Cell game saves onto my chipped XBOX via FTP.
I connected my pen drive to the chipped XBOX and went into the Memory option in the standard MS Dashboard. The pen drive was recognized by the XBOX and was formatted to allow game saves to be written to it.
I then used the Memory function to transfer the Splinter Cell game saves from the XBOX hard drive to the pen drive.
I then moved the USB cable and pen drive to the unmodded XBOX and used the Memory function to transfer the saved games from the pen drive to the XBOX hard drive. If you have a Mega X-Key (or Action Replay) you can transfer the save games from the PC directly to the X-Key and then plug it in the unmodded box and transfer it to the hard drive.
I booted the XBOX with my original Splinter Cell disk in the drive.
After it loaded I went to Start Game, selected the profile "LINUX" and chose "Check Points".
I was then presented with a replacement dashboard called Evolution-X (Evox).
Within Evox I set up an IP address, subnet mask and default gateway for my XBOX (something suitable for your LAN).
I saved the details, rebooted and went through the three steps (above) from booting with the original Splinter Cell again. At this point I had FTP access to my XBOX from my PC.

If you get this far successfully then you are now ready to install a dashboard exploit.

The Dashboard Exploits

There are basically two different types of dashboard exploit. The 'fonts' exploit replaces the XBOX fonts (see the Dashboard section above) with 'special' versions which exploit another security loophole and allow PBL to be loaded.

The second type is the audio exploit. This is triggered by copying a special audio track to your hard drive. When you try to use the standard dashboard function to copy this track it generates an error and PBL can be loaded. Again there are better technical explanations of how these work if you are interested.

There are many different versions and variations of both the fonts and audio exploits but they all function basically the same way. I recommend using an all-in-one package (see below).

Once installed, the fonts exploit is typically activated automatically every time you power on the box so you boot into a modified dashboard.

In contrast, with the audio exploit you boot to the standard MS dash and go through a sequence of 5 or 6 key presses in order to activate the exploit and load the PBL and the replacement dash.

So why would you choose the audio exploit? The reason is that the fonts exploit is occasionally prone to something called the clock loop problem. See here for details:

I suffered this problem and was only able to get out of it using the technique described by lugnut in the first page of the above thread. That is why I now use the audio exploit. Because this boots to an unmodded MS dash it is immune to the clock problem.

A third option called the double-dash exploit. See here for details.

This exploit is immune to the clock loop and does not require as many keypresses as the audio exploit. However it has a different problem which means that the XBOX reboots whenever you open the drive tray. If this issue can be resolved then this will be the best exploit solution.

The fourth and newest exploit is called the UDE (Ultimate Dasboard Exploit). This is a font-based exploit which is not subject to the clock loop problem. As such it is the best method devised so far and has very few con's. See here for details.

As the name suggests this is likely to be the best it can get and if your XBOX meets the requirements then this has to be the exploit of choice.

Signing

The question of signed code comes up again at this point. You need to install a version of PBL which is signed for the particular type of dashboard exploit you are using i.e. fonts or audio. There is a tool you can use to perform the signing BUT you should be able to find a dashboard exploit package containing PBL pre-signed for the type of exploit you are using. I never had to manually sign anything to get my soft-mod working.

Installing The Dashboard Exploit

I would suggest using the UDE exploit or if you want more flexibility I would recommend a package by mkjones which has its own thread here.

This installs both audio and font exploits and several different replacement dashboards and allows you to switch between them at will. This was the first package I installed.

My first issue was that this package requires that you have MS dash version 4920 and I had an earlier one. One of the main differences between the two versions was that my old dash stored the XBOX font and other files in the root of the C drive whereas the newer dash uses \font and other subdirectories.

Okay, so how did I update the dash? I simply used the 'Live' tab in the MS dash and kept following the instructions until it told me that my system was being updated. I think you may need to be connected to the internet for this to work (I was). After I did this I rebooted and my dash had been upgraded to 4920.

From then on it was a case of following the detailed instructions in the mkjones softmod package.

Versions

Most of the soft-mod methods require particular versions of dashboard and kernel to be on the XBOX. You can find out what version you have by going to the Settings screen on your box and selecting System Info. Once the text scrolls up you will see something like this:

K: 1.00.4817.1
D: 1.00.4920.1

In this example the kernel version is 4817 and dashboard is 4920.

How To Get The Files

To locate the relevant files you will need to use something called xbins. A tutorial on how to do this is contained here.

Updates

May-31-2004 - Added UDE details and link

This post has been edited by mbriody: May 31 2004, 03:57 PM <

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Blank on May 16, 2004, 08:57:00 AM

Very neat tutorial... very clean and concise. :beer: <

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: mkjones on May 16, 2004, 10:50:00 AM

Agree, looks to be well written ;) I only skimmed however :)

Well done, its great to see more people share knowlege around here, there are too many closed minds sometimes

Well don :beer: <

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: devz3ro on May 16, 2004, 11:55:00 AM

QUOTE (mkjones @ May 16 2004, 06:39 PM)

Agree, looks to be well written ;) I only skimmed however :)

Well done, its great to see more people share knowlege around here, there are too many closed minds sometimes

Well don :beer:

Amen, it is good to see people sharing what they have learned, especially accurately. You probably will not see me helping anymore in the double dash thread. As soon as people start 'demanding' I better do this, or I better do that is when I stop helping completely. I'm glad to see all of the non G-E-D users profiting from it. If you do not get it, go read, there is plenty of tutorials and guides around like this one that will explain it more clearly and noobish. Do not post with statements like "you better write a more noob readme, I can not understand it", they will be deleted.

And to mbriody,

If you transfer this to a webpage & update it regulary / when you can, edit your post to link to that webpage, and I will pin this topic.

-devz3ro

http://sh0x.tk/ <

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: jon20usa on May 16, 2004, 01:34:00 PM

very nicely done. thanks for helping out. hope to see it pinned. :D :beer: <

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: BlazeYaDead on May 17, 2004, 04:47:00 PM

One thing, this can be erased from going to the original dash and just delete everything that has to do with this right? Then you can go on live? Becuause I go on xbox live all the time and would like to try this out for a week or two before getting a modchip that I can just turn off for live. Sorry this might be a "noob" question buy I dont want to risk getting banned from live. I already have the save game hack on my memory card so it wouldnt be hard to do. Thanks <

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: mbriody on May 17, 2004, 07:47:00 PM

QUOTE (BlazeYaDead @ May 18 2004, 12:36 AM)

Yes, the soft-mods are totally reversible.
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Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: BlazeYaDead on May 18, 2004, 01:32:00 PM

Alright thanks, Ill try it this weekend with splinter cell. Ill probably be back with a few questions. <

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: mbriody on May 31, 2004, 09:01:00 AM

Tutorial updated to include UDE.
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Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: jcupp114 on July 03, 2004, 07:45:00 PM

Wondering if you can go on through to the backing up stages with UDE in a tutorial? I have been to the other post and no responds yet. Im trying to ftp to make a 1:1 backup of games. I have the UDE install and have 21 games that my son has not destroyed (YET) backed up on my pc hd with craxtons help. Now Im stuck. Whats next? Burn with nero? Signing? validating data? Please help.

Also am I going the right way? Is there a better way?

Please if anyone could write out or pm me for the next learning curve? Thank you for your time.

Jcupp114

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Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: johnhandy on July 03, 2004, 10:50:00 PM

Two suggested additions to the guide:
-"BIOS and PBL" section: PBL will NOT work with kernel version 5530 and above.
-"Dashboard Exploit" section: Audio hack only works with dash 4920. Link to another guide about how to downgrade to dash 4920 if they choose to use an Audio hack. <

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: colt45joe on July 29, 2004, 04:22:00 PM

can you add into your tutorial which x-box versions cant be modded? or which kernels, er whatever its called... <

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: adil786 on July 29, 2004, 04:35:00 PM

QUOTE (colt45joe @ Jul 29 2004, 11:14 PM)

can you add into your tutorial which x-box versions cant be modded? or which kernels, er whatever its called...

they all can except 1.6 pal xboxes <

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: colt45joe on July 30, 2004, 12:06:00 AM

QUOTE (adil786 @ Jul 29 2004, 11:27 PM)

they all can except 1.6 pal xboxes

so i can buy a brand new x-box (USA) and soft mod it with UDE? <

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: welshko on August 04, 2004, 03:30:00 PM

i want to soft mod my xbox but i dont have access to a modded xbox so if som1 can upload the file and post it on the web it would be appreciated. Thanks <

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: adil786 on August 05, 2004, 02:48:00 AM

QUOTE (welshko @ Aug 4 2004, 10:22 PM)

i want to soft mod my xbox but i dont have access to a modded xbox so if som1 can upload the file and post it on the web it would be appreciated. Thanks

well, then you can download it at the "usual places"

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: adil786 on August 05, 2004, 02:49:00 AM

QUOTE (colt45joe @ Jul 30 2004, 06:58 AM)

so i can buy a brand new x-box (USA) and soft mod it with UDE?

yup,

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Aaron.Smith on August 08, 2004, 05:51:00 AM

i have an action replay and ive found you can transfer from pc to xbox with action replay by applying the action replay card into the controller and accessing it from is there any need for the x-key if stated above works ?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: eh. on August 08, 2004, 01:34:00 PM

If your AR lets you get a working hacked gamesave onto your box, then you dont need an x-key to softmod it eh.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Sergg on August 09, 2004, 08:54:00 PM

Hmmm, this guide will be great help to me in the near future. Although I have one small problem, and I am not quite sure what the problem is but hopefully someone here can throw me a few pointers.

I just got the usb keyboard adapter in the mail today, so I loaded up the mechassult files on to my SanDisk cruzer mini 256mb, and pluged it into my controller. Here is where the problem lies, when I go into memory, the xbox just slows down. Since the screen has some kind of fading effect that is slowed down as well. Basically my xbox doesn't read the microdrive. I read a list of compatible usb drives, my microdrive was on the list, so either something is wrong with the drive, the list is wrong, or my xbox just won't read it.

Any help would be appreciated.

Just for reference:
MFG Date: 2002-04-19

This post has been edited by Sergg: Aug 10 2004, 03:56 AM

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: McDoofus on August 12, 2004, 01:06:00 PM

So does this modding technique support adding a bigger harddrive and the ability to rip xbox games onto it?

I would assume it does, but we all know what assuming does...

Thanks in advance.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: bigfreak on August 12, 2004, 01:45:00 PM

Sergg, The best way I've found to transfer files to my xbox is via a standard memory card. I bought a Mad Cats version for around $20. I was going to need one anyway, so I bought it.

How does one transfer games to his memory card from his PC? Well you plug your xbox controller into your PC with the memory card installed. Funny, you say? It is funny, but the xbox controller is detected as a USB device as is the card. With the drivers that come with the Action Replay software (free update), you're off to the races.

How does one connect his xbox controller to his PC? well, you gotta "hack" it together. Meaning take out your wire cutters and "hack" into the cables my friend. Then you mate a male USB connector to a hacked up xbox break away cable and then connect your controller to that. End Result: xbox controller & memory card plugged into PC via USB connector.

Here is a pic of how you wire it (notice the yellow wire goes nowhere). Good Luck.

user posted image

P.S. The motivation behind this thread is great, but I think it should be updated to mention LTools as it would have saved me the agrivation of trying to install UDE by hand.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: timr524 on August 12, 2004, 10:16:00 PM

I have an Action Replay and am having troubles getting the -free-x-mechassault.rar- file onto the memory card, the software that AR uses to upload saved games gives me an error of -not a valid xbox saved game- am I doing something really wrong, thanks for the help.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: adil786 on August 13, 2004, 03:51:00 AM

QUOTE (timr524 @ Aug 13 2004, 06:19 AM)

use ldots mem card installer instead of the old fonts.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: bigfreak on August 13, 2004, 11:02:00 AM

timr524, yeah you really should check out LTools. The other thing is that the file you upload must be a ZIP file and not a RAR file. You also have to have the files located in special folders within the zip. There is a tut on that someplace around here.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: adil786 on August 13, 2004, 12:07:00 PM

http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=249145

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Aaron.Smith on August 14, 2004, 02:46:00 PM

i used the splinter cell pal exploit and AR i transferred the save across went to check point and got a green and black screen with foriegn writing on with a number 21 in the corner what am i doing wrong please please please someone help me

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: adil786 on August 14, 2004, 03:09:00 PM

QUOTE (Aaron.Smith @ Aug 14 2004, 10:49 PM)

you may have a patched version of splinter cell or AR corrupted the save

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: noob123 on August 27, 2004, 11:59:00 PM

i was thinking of soft moding my xbox but i don't have a memery card, USB stick, Action Replay,ect.
Can I still do this by hotswaping or something
could someone plezz help

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Spydeys on August 28, 2004, 06:23:00 PM

so basically, can i go on xbox live with my xbox modded like this, or not?
...

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: gboshort on August 29, 2004, 08:43:00 AM

Quick question: Is there a list of which VERSIONS of the three games with exploits around? For instance, assuming the original versions of all games can be used, can the platinum hits version of each be used (007 and SC)? Here's my current understanding:

Can be used:

MA original - Yes
MA Platinum - No
MA Online (current) - No

007 original - Yes
007 Platinum - ???

SC original - Yes
SC Platinum - ???

Thanks in advance!

This post has been edited by gboshort: Aug 29 2004, 03:44 PM

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: triggernum5 on August 29, 2004, 09:35:00 AM

http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=253982

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: rjshah on August 30, 2004, 06:34:00 AM

this is probably a stupid question, but can you still upgrade the HDD to say 200Gb and use XBMC with softmod?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: funni64 on September 02, 2004, 01:43:00 PM

Ya can u?????

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: krayzie on September 02, 2004, 01:45:00 PM

sure why not?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: funni64 on September 03, 2004, 03:37:00 PM

SWEET!!!.

And is it possible to mod an xbox w/ out a chip and w/ out a friend with a modded XBOX. Cuz no one would have a modded xbox in my area.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: ares-x- on September 04, 2004, 11:56:00 AM

very good post... useful to thoughs just starting out.. or thoughs who are to old to remember what they had for breakfest....but... yeah .. HEHE good post mate

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: ardek on September 12, 2004, 02:56:00 AM

Maybe a dumb question, but why would anybody bother with modchips if you can just softmod your Box to the same effect?

(only reason I can think of is to able to switch it off for Live)...

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: daristan on September 15, 2004, 08:33:00 AM

how too download these :
ldots xboxhdm 1.9
ldots UDE package 1.4
ltools v1.7.5
Where is the usual place? is it thru mIRC, anybody can list out every singlae steps?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: jonathan2007 on September 15, 2004, 02:15:00 PM

http://www.xbox-scen...icles/xbins.php learn to search.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Emmanuel81 on September 17, 2004, 04:09:00 PM

how can i find out my xbox ip address

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: krayzie on September 17, 2004, 11:47:00 PM

QUOTE (Emmanuel81 @ Sep 18 2004, 12:12 AM)

how can i find out my xbox ip address

run an ftp server on your xbox and look in the settings.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: imamafackinhokie on September 20, 2004, 10:22:00 AM

very good job.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: michaelb on September 20, 2004, 06:57:00 PM

So will this work with a v1.6 ntsc xbox?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: 1nf3rn0 on September 23, 2004, 04:35:00 PM

Ok. SO I am a complete beginner. So far I have the MA savegame exploit on my xboxhd and i have an old version of the game. I am about to run evox but is it necessary to get a differnt dash? cant you just use evox to run burned games etc.? someone please explain before i ruin my xbox.
BTW i have a v1.6 K: 5838 D:5960

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: gstyler on September 24, 2004, 11:59:00 PM

I have an xbox which would seem to be version 1.4 or 1.5 from its production date and bios & kernel versions, i attempted to softmod my xbox with the MA exploit, once i had copied the MA save game files to my xbox hdd via my pc with the hdd swap trick i then proceeded to load the game and install linux, unfortunatley my version of the xbox is read only on certain sections of the hdd (well thats one of the explainations i could think of), so i got an error when trying to install linux, now i am attempting to solder the 2 tsop points on my xbox mobo and using a friends modded xbox to place my hdd in to then use slayers auto installer to set my hdd back to factory defaults so it will be unprotected but still just like a standard xbox hdd, so i can then put the SC exploit onto my xbox hdd and run evox to gain ftp access, i will then get pbl so to emulate a bios temporarily and a replacement dash on there, doing all this with the audio exploit will enable me to have a hijacked yet modded xbox, then with this to make a more permenant modification i am going to flash the xecuter 4983 bios to my xbox directly then use slayers again to format my hdd but this time it will be my 200gb hdd and it will be constructed with appz, avalaunch dash and then i will start copying games over..

My questions are:

When i set the hdd back to factory defaults will my xbox read it as a normal hdd like b4 or will it reject it..?

Do i need to do the tsop points to write to the bios or will i be able to write to it with out soldering the tsop points...?

When i had an error installing linux primarily was it because my hdd has certain read only sections or was it another reason, if so what is the other reason

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: emrldwpn on October 03, 2004, 11:01:00 AM

i have software on my xbox (Enigmah Videomode Switch) that changes the Xbox to output a NTSC signal, but the Xbox originally is a PAL box. What should i consider it as when i download the exploit?

Thanks in advance

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: cmills496 on October 06, 2004, 04:55:00 PM

Hi, I'm a noob and have a quick question... My friend and I did a software hack on my xbox version, K:1.00.4034.01 and the D is the same. My friend says you have to delete all you music if you are going to do an audio hack. I forgot to delete my music and I can boot up the bios through Mech Assult but when i try to install the audio hack I get an error. My friend says I messed up cause I didnt delete my music and that I will never be able to software hack my Xbox again.. Is he right. Please help out a noob. Thank you.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: triggernum5 on October 06, 2004, 05:36:00 PM

You don't need to delete the music, but its not a bad idea.. Already existing music won't alter the st.db like ripping new tracks does.. Make sure you know what key e:\linux.xbe needs to be signed with.. Most probably its the -audio key, but I think there are st.db's floating around that want a -habibi key. Oh, before you worry about anything I just said you will need to upgrade your dash to 4920. You can do this with most older Live enabled games like MA, SW/Tetris to name a couple with the right dash..

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: emrldwpn on October 06, 2004, 09:10:00 PM

how would you find out what version dashboard you have?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: triggernum5 on October 06, 2004, 09:56:00 PM

You can check your dash version in msdash.. Settings > System Info wait for the copyright to scroll.. Forget your enigmah disk for now.. That changes the Video region which is different from the Xbe region. Besides, UXE eliminates the need to switch regions if you have a 5713+ PAL box.
Consider it a PAL box.. All Enigmah does is screw up your tv output unless your set up for both signals..

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: foozxc on October 18, 2004, 12:39:00 AM

Once this is done, could one make a ghost image to make it easier on everyone else?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: cmills496 on October 22, 2004, 11:00:00 PM

How do you delete and audio hack? It keeps showing up under my music and I want to delete it because I screwed up when installing. Is there a way to just reformat my Xbox hard drive. Please help me. Thank you.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: krayzie on October 22, 2004, 11:50:00 PM

if you wanna delete the audio hack just go to e:\tdata\fffe000\music and delete the st.db

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: PedrosPad on October 23, 2004, 09:58:00 AM

QUOTE (cmills496 @ Oct 23 2004, 07:03 AM)

What might be confusing you is that once deleted, the MS Dash will create a new empty ST.DB file the next time you go into the M$ Dashboard's "Music" menu. This is simply an empty Sound Track Database file - a normal part of the Dashboard, and no longer the hacked Audio exploit version.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: mellowmadness on November 01, 2004, 12:00:00 AM

I got all the way to where the phoenix button appears but when i press it, all I get is a black screen can someone tell me where i went wrong please?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Brettbsbrett on November 02, 2004, 07:32:00 AM

Hey, will this work to put the saved game onto the memory card?

Xbox USB Adapter

thanks for the help,
Brett

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: brza on November 03, 2004, 08:21:00 PM

how do u save games to ur hd after u soft mod it i herd sumthing bout dvd2xbox can sum 1 post a like or info on it

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: chapy on November 04, 2004, 06:29:00 PM

thank's for this great tutoriel
i'v test it and made it flawless

btw: i'v made a traduction of this tutoriel from english to french and will post it
soon on the web site "gueux.be" be sure to check there all you french fries frickles like me :-)

btw: how can we put back M$ Dashboard (hacked one) to be the one that boot
from a normal power up of the XBOX ?

cya!

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: xonix on November 12, 2004, 02:12:00 PM

thanx, i've been wanting to give softmodding a try for a while now and this got me going in the right direction

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: wez on November 14, 2004, 04:24:00 PM

hi good tut i will follow just some questions after reading this whole thread.

1. If i screw up, or sometime want to go back to the absolute originals of my xbox, How can i do this? Do i need to save something on my xbox right now? I just want to make sure i dont screw up my xbox entirely and go back to the originals.

2. By soft modding the xbox, I can play burnt games right? Or do i have to ftp the games to the xbox (i have the factory xbox hd, how many games can it hold?)

3. What is the file that i need to download since i do not have access to a modded xbox?

4. So i basically need to destroy a controler to make it fit in usb? Or buy that thing the guy had listed on ebay? I dont get this part?

Thank you for all the help.

This post has been edited by wez: Nov 15 2004, 12:26 AM

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: slikmik on November 17, 2004, 02:42:00 AM

ALL GOES FINE TILL THIS PART

1.After it loaded I went to Start Game, selected the profile "LINUX" and chose "Check Points".
2.I was then presented with a replacement dashboard called Evolution-X (Evox).

I was then presented with a replacement dashboard called MXM MEDIA X MENU

ANY HELP GREATLY APPRECIATED

[email protected]

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Hagetaka on November 18, 2004, 08:07:00 PM

any tips for taking evolution X (soft mod) off of an xbox? i bought live, and want to play halo 2, but need to take off the mod first, thanks in advance

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: RFTC on November 26, 2004, 06:34:00 PM

MFG date of 2004 - 07 - 06
K:1.00.5838.01
D:1.00.5659.03

It's a version 1.6 xbox. Will this softmod work with this xbox? Please let me know before i waste 200 bucks.

A big thank you to whoever helps me. Thank you.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: PedrosPad on November 26, 2004, 07:14:00 PM

QUOTE (RFTC @ Nov 27 2004, 03:30 AM)

MFG date of 2004 - 07 - 06
K:1.00.5838.01
D:1.00.5659.03

It's a version 1.6 xbox. Will this softmod work with this xbox?

Not quite sure what "this exploit" refers to, but UXE can be gotten to work on all XBOXs.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: aslude on November 29, 2004, 04:36:00 PM

I've chipped my xbox v1.2 with xenium ice solderless and upgradded the HDD to a 200GB, and installed the dashboard with salyer's 2.6 auto-installer. My question is to the people who are using the PBL instead of a mod-chip, is the PBL as good as the xenium mod-chip, as far as reliability of playing backup games(either on a dvd-r or on the HDD)?

Also, this might be another consideration, if I flash the TSOP with a perferred bios, I will no longer need the mod-chip, correct? The reason I ask is because if I can do this I'd perfer to sell my mod chip to a friend, and I really don't care about xbox live.

I am not sure if I want to use the PBL method or try to flash the TSOP.
Any input will be appreciated.

Sorry if my questions might be incorrectly asked, I am fairly a noob.

thanks.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: im_santa on December 08, 2004, 03:29:00 PM

I couldnt really figure this certain part out, i need acess to a modded xbox for this to work? if so, that would be very cool if someone could upload the file.... thnx

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: napalmpje on December 11, 2004, 05:40:00 PM

I'm new to this, but I was wondering, if it's not just enough to plug a disk into a PC and restore a foreign image (xbox image) on a new disk, which contains a patched xbox version? I just screwed up my disk by trying out the slayer disk. Luckily I kept my original HDD, but leaves me with an unmodded xbox again (At least, I think so

). I've made an image of the C: partition with some tool on the xbox (forgot which one) and still have that one. But I don't know how to restore that on the disk. Hopefully it can be done in a windows environment. The file I got is called : img_c.bin

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Beastlrd on December 13, 2004, 05:29:00 AM

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Cold Shiver on December 15, 2004, 09:34:00 AM

I don't have a friend with an Modded or chipped box...

What i do have is:
007 agent under fire
Splinter Cell
Xbox memory unit
PC with hub so i can connect to pc (i used Xbconnect before)

So is there any way i can soft-mod my box ?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Cold Shiver on December 16, 2004, 07:50:00 AM

Should i burn the "Auto Installer Deluxe 1.0" to a CD-RW....becouse my Xbox reads CD-RW and validates em....cuz i tried to burn a game but my computer could only see a few mbs.....the intro movie "Xbox" with the big X and stuff and it played off on the xbox when i burned on a CD-RW and put it in the xbox.

I heard xbox validates discs before the Xbox intro is played ....so i guess it has validated that CDRW of mine and im guessing it has full acces to install stuff.. the wierd thing is :S I have a non-modded Xbox 1.0...cuz i bought em as soon as the xbox was for sale in the shop and its made in hungary...it says on the back

So if i insert the "Auto installer Deluxe 1.0" on CD RW maybe i can install something like Avalaunch....but the auto installer manual says this:

""
Here is a list of features that the auto-installer covers:
Boots on a modded or soft-modded Xbox. Modchip users must be using a proper BIOS (NOT Cromwell) and Softmod users must have already installed their game save exploit before attempting to launch this.
etc etc
PLEASE NOTE: Only the BIOS is supplied as part of the Debug setup, so it is up to you to grab the XDK and put the correct files on your Xbox.
etc etc
""
1. So wil i wreck my box if i trie to boot it up and install a bios or something?
2. If i install a bios....do i need XDK files or something like it says above here?
3. I have no idea to easy Soft-Mod my xbox whitout taking non or less risk...can anyone help me...please dont link me to those tutorials cuz i can't make sence of any of them...just help of someone that has modded a xbox and it worked or u can help me personaly via msn or skype or whatever my MSN is [email protected]

Thanks in advance

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: bot_killer2002 on December 21, 2004, 02:18:00 PM

hi i have an xbox 1.2
K - 1.00.5101.01
D - 1.00.5960.01
i no that the kernel is fine as long as it is below 5530 but is my dashboard version fine

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Polus on December 21, 2004, 04:00:00 PM

I have a problem and it seems that nobody has a answer for it.

I have a,

K: 100.5713.01
D: 100.5960.01

X-Box so I can't normaly upgrade by memory card Softmod method.

What I want to know is if there is an other method to softmod my box.

Thanks for the help, A xbox fan from the Netherlands.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: An7imatt3r on January 03, 2005, 07:08:00 PM

I am sorry to trouble any one here, however I have heard of a device that simply plugs into the xbox controller, which the allows a USB pen drive to be plugged into it. So basically something that lets me plug my USB pen drive into my controller. I also herd at one point MS was giving them away for free to anyone who said they owned I certain game. I am sorry if the name of this thing has already been given somewhere in this forum but I need a defecate answer.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: DaddyJ on January 03, 2005, 07:11:00 PM

QUOTE(An7imatt3r @ Jan 3 2005, 09:32 PM)

Its the phantasy star online adapator

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: An7imatt3r on January 03, 2005, 07:17:00 PM

Thanks for the quick reply

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: beta.03 on January 04, 2005, 08:43:00 PM

I have a quick question for all you soft moders out there. I have a Flash card that I am planing of using, but it will only run on High speed USB ports. does anybody know if the high speed Flash card will work on a Xbox?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: PedrosPad on January 05, 2005, 03:36:00 AM

QUOTE(beta.03 @ Jan 5 2005, 05:07 AM)

I'd heard that the USB2.0 standard mandates that all USB2.0 devices must step down to USB 1.1 if required.

This post has been edited by PedrosPad: Jan 5 2005, 04:27 PM

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: BlackWar on January 05, 2005, 08:25:00 AM

your correct PedrosPad, I have a SanDisk Cruzer mini 128mb thumbdrive, and that is a 2.0 device, and it works just fine on the xbox.

Its all about compatibility, but, I also do remember that some devices will only work on usb 1.1/2.0 ports, and WILL NOT work on usb 1.0 ports. but, I dont think that the 1.0 ports were in production very long, so again it shouldnt be an issue.

go ahead and go for it, just be sure that nothing is on the card that you need/want to keep first, because the second you hook it up the the xbox, it will automaticly get formated to the fatx file system, thus deleting whatever may be on the card.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: PedrosPad on January 05, 2005, 09:18:00 AM

PS. Also wise to check the XboxUsbCompatibilityList.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: BlackWar on January 05, 2005, 09:30:00 AM

oops, forgot about that, good thing to bring up pedro, but is that list even updated anymore?

EDITED:

last edited 2005-01-04 15:36:59 by ram31-1-82-234-79-11

lol, didnt see that before, nm.....

This post has been edited by BlackWar: Jan 5 2005, 05:31 PM

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: hottboy888 on January 06, 2005, 04:38:00 AM

I dont know if anyone has mentioned this but the best softmodding tutorial i have found is at www.how2xbox.com, it answers pretty much every question you can think of.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: ChineseDentist on January 06, 2005, 03:46:00 PM

QUOTE(mbriody @ May 16 2004, 06:05 AM)

an original (i.e. not a backup) copy of the game in question
a copy of the relevant gamesave exploit package
an XBOX memory device with some way of transferring the game save to it from your PC e.g. an Action Replay or Mega X-Key. Alternatively you need a friend with a chipped or soft-modded XBOX who can transfer the game save to a standard XBox Memory Card.

Details of the requirements and how to use the exploit will be included with the package. Here is how I did it using the Splinter Cell exploit.

I downloaded a package called splinter_cell_exploit-pal.zip. (PAL refers to the video standard used by your XBOX. I have a UK, PAL-based box, if you are in the USA your box will be NTSC).
I did not own an Action Replay or an XBOX memory card so I made an XBOX USB cable and used a standard 128Mb USB pen drive to transfer the game save from my chipped XBOX. There are various tutorials on how to make a USB cable and how to convert a standard XBOX memory card to Action Replay functionality on XBS. If you can't do any of this then you will have to buy an Action Replay or the new Mega X-Key.
I loaded the Splinter Cell game saves onto my chipped XBOX via FTP.
I connected my pen drive to the chipped XBOX and went into the Memory option in the standard MS Dashboard. The pen drive was recognized by the XBOX and was formatted to allow game saves to be written to it.
I then used the Memory function to transfer the Splinter Cell game saves from the XBOX hard drive to the pen drive.
I then moved the USB cable and pen drive to the unmodded XBOX and used the Memory function to transfer the saved games from the pen drive to the XBOX hard drive. If you have a Mega X-Key (or Action Replay) you can transfer the save games from the PC directly to the X-Key and then plug it in the unmodded box and transfer it to the hard drive.
I booted the XBOX with my original Splinter Cell disk in the drive.
After it loaded I went to Start Game, selected the profile "LINUX" and chose "Check Points".
I was then presented with a replacement dashboard called Evolution-X (Evox).
Within Evox I set up an IP address, subnet mask and default gateway for my XBOX (something suitable for your LAN).
I saved the details, rebooted and went through the three steps (above) from booting with the original Splinter Cell again. At this point I had FTP access to my XBOX from my PC.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: bassboy360 on January 13, 2005, 05:36:00 PM

i have an Xbox and i use xBox live all the time.
I am also looking into softmodding my X-box.
If i have a switch soldered to my box to switch between a modded and unmodded box can i still use XBox live with the UDE or will i have to reverse the soft mod?

Sorry if this is a beginners question but i am only 14.

Thanx

____________________
Bassboy360

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: DaddyJ on January 13, 2005, 05:52:00 PM

QUOTE(bassboy360 @ Jan 13 2005, 09:07 PM)

reverse the soft mod?

At this time, reversing the mod is the only safe way.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: cmiz on January 13, 2005, 06:05:00 PM

what type of switch was the last question about? what if i got 2 hard drives, and made it so i could switch back and forth between the two. then i made one completely stock and the other modded. if i booted up off of the stock hd, would i be able to go on live? or was that what he was asking about before? i can't see how ms would detect the extra wiring seeing as the switch would totally deny access to the other hd....but hey, who knows.

This post has been edited by cmiz: Jan 14 2005, 02:06 AM

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: DaddyJ on January 13, 2005, 06:06:00 PM

QUOTE(cmiz)

was the last switch question about a modchip switch? what if i got 2 hard drives, and made it so i could switch back and forth between the two. then i made one completely stock and the other modded. if i booted up off of the stock hd, would i be able to go on live? i can't see how ms would detect the extra wiring seeing as the switch would totally deny access to the other hd....but hey, who knows.

This will work , I use a similar setup.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: bassboy360 on January 13, 2005, 06:07:00 PM

also 1 other thing, in the tutorial it says i need to use a memory stick (pen drive) to transfer the data to my Xbox.
Will this work with any memory stick or do i have to have a perticular type. if so where can i find a list.

Thanx
_________________
Bassboy360

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: bassboy360 on January 13, 2005, 06:14:00 PM

yeh it was soz i didnt explain myself properly.

and DaddyJ can u tell me wot set up tou have. Thanx

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: bassboy360 on January 13, 2005, 06:15:00 PM

and where can i find a list of the memory sticks that can be used. My dad had a list but he lost it.

This post has been edited by bassboy360: Jan 14 2005, 02:16 AM

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: PedrosPad on January 13, 2005, 11:45:00 PM

QUOTE(bassboy360 @ Jan 14 2005, 02:39 AM)

and where can i find a list of the memory sticks that can be used.

In my post, exactly 11 posts back.

Follow the arrow

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: DaddyJ on January 14, 2005, 05:27:00 AM

QUOTE(PedrosPad)

In my post, exactly 11 posts back.

Follow the arrow

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: monkeymarc on January 23, 2005, 03:37:00 PM

Hi all just bought an xbox last week its kernal:5838 dash:5960 mfg date 2004-12-01
i think its a 1.6b black xbox
can this be soft moded
Thanks

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: PedrosPad on January 23, 2005, 03:58:00 PM

QUOTE(monkeymarc @ Jan 24 2005, 12:01 AM)

Hi all just bought an xbox last week its kernal:5838 dash:5960 mfg date 2004-12-01
i think its a 1.6b black xbox
can this be soft moded
Thanks

Yes. Look up UXE in the pinned threads.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: bassboy360 on January 23, 2005, 06:02:00 PM

Thanx Padros Pad and Daddy J
_______________________
Bassboy

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: bassboy360 on January 23, 2005, 06:34:00 PM

so then does anybody know whether i can put a switch on to switch between modded and unmodded Xbox?
A few years ago my dad wanted to soft mod the Xbox. He read a number of tutorials on this web site and then started. He attatched a standard USB port to the controller (where the memory chip goes.) and he soldered a switch into the Xbox. He said this was so that he could swith betwwen a modded and an unmodded Xbox.

After that he just stopped doing work on it. he didnt have a USB memory drive that worked and he couldn't be bothered. So I am taking over.

I found this tutorial at http://www.xbox-scen...icles/xlive.php

" How to play on Xbox Live with a non-flashable modded Xbox
The most important thing to know is that your MS dash must be named xboxdash.xbe. When you first run Xbox Live, it will update that file with the new MS dash with the Live tab. So, you may ask "What about EvolutionX?" Well, sorry guys, but you will have to run EvolutionX off a CD.

So now that you know that your MS dash has to be xboxdash.xbe, you will have to install a switch on your modchip. The switch will disable it, or enable the modchip.

The most important thing when playing on Live with a modded Xbox is that you must always have the modchip off when playing on Live. Turn your modchip off, and then power on Xbox. It is always best to have the modchip off, even when you are installing Live for the first time.

Now, if you want to play backups, turn your modchip on and power on Xbox. You can boot your EvolutionX CD and load your backups off the HD, or you can boot your backup CDs. However, you must make sure you DO NOT access any Live-oriented tabs within the game. DO NOT select "Download Content", "Play Live", etc. tabs in a game. When doing so, your Xbox will connect to Live, and MS will detect a modified BIOS, and you will then soon be banned."

I was just wondering whether this 'switch' they are talking about will work on a soft modded Xbox. Thanx...

____________________
Bassboy.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: PedrosPad on January 24, 2005, 02:43:00 AM

QUOTE(bassboy360 @ Jan 24 2005, 03:05 AM)

I was just wondering whether this 'switch' they are talking about will work on a soft modded Xbox. Thanx...

For a software-mod you need a software switch

. It is possible to install/uninstall the soft-mod fairly easily (disable via tray-state, and enable via GameSav or UEEE).
An alternative is to put 2 HDDs in the XBOX (1 retail, 1 soft-modded) with a physical switch to toggle the enabled drive - but if youre happy to open up the XBOX, you may as well install a true mod-chip.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: cromat44 on January 26, 2005, 08:23:00 PM

Could you mod a 1.1 xbox without soldering or jumping points with uxe?

sorry but my main experience is in modchips and casemods

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: lucho on January 26, 2005, 08:37:00 PM

so then does anybody know whether i can put a switch on to switch between modded and unmodded Xbox?

I would put in a second HDD. Works good.

Dual HDD Mod

Lucho

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Cio on January 27, 2005, 03:50:00 AM

The only hardware you need to touch in a sofmod is the HD. Oh.. wait thats the sofware ON the HD.

Allright, you might have to use a screwdriver

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: cromat44 on January 28, 2005, 05:59:00 PM

QUOTE(Cio @ Jan 27 2005, 03:21 AM)

The only hardware you need to touch in a sofmod is the HD. Oh.. wait thats the sofware ON the HD.

Allright, you might have to use a screwdriver

that's I was thinking... this is gonna be a lot easier than i thought.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Guitaraholic on February 05, 2005, 06:38:00 PM

I have a modded Xbox, and a friend of mine does not want to put a modchip
in his computer, is it possible, and if so,, can I write all the crap I need to another HD then put it in his XBOX, or even better, use his original drive, either way I would appreciate the help,, thanx, also, he is not up to spending money on a USB storage device,, thanx, any help would be greatly appreciated

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: mcheng08 on February 08, 2005, 01:16:00 AM

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: cmiz on February 08, 2005, 09:21:00 AM

yup, UXE works fine on all versions, all regions

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: StriKeRacY on February 10, 2005, 07:59:00 PM

i tried going through the soft modding process, but when i loaded up the EvoX software, it came up in french and then it turned off my xbox. I went to turn it back on to the dashboard, it brought me to the "xbox needs to be serviced" screen. I was wondering if there is anything that i can do in order to bring back the original dashboard. much appreciated

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: cmiz on February 10, 2005, 08:05:00 PM

can you boot retail games?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: StriKeRacY on February 10, 2005, 08:33:00 PM

yea i can still boot retail games cmiz. do you know of anything thats out that might be able to help me?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: ceon_1 on February 11, 2005, 07:38:00 AM

Nicely written, however I do have some questions. When I transfered the splinter_cell zip file to the xbox with a mega-x key the file is named linux install on the xbox. (not splinter cell) is this correct? I also do not see a linux profile when i load the ORIGINAL game. What am I doing wrong? Is there something I forgot?

Can someone help me plz???

Thx. Ceon

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: triggernum5 on February 11, 2005, 07:52:00 AM

Yes that is correct..

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: ceon_1 on February 11, 2005, 08:29:00 AM

So how do I activate the exploit? The splinter cell game does not show the profile linux.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: cmiz on February 11, 2005, 08:34:00 AM

@strikeracy: you used a gamesave installer right? try putting in the game you used to load it up and try loading it up again. this would give you ftp access so you can fix your xbox. you could use UXE complete to replace your C drive. this would install UXE and EvoX. did you make a backup copy of your c drive? did you backup your eeprom too? i think that would be the best method.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: cmiz on February 11, 2005, 08:35:00 AM

@ceon: did you save the game from the memory card to your xbox hard drive before loading the game? exploitable games won't load from a memory card.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: ceon_1 on February 11, 2005, 09:18:00 AM

Yes, I did. What I did was± I downloaded the spinter_cell_exploit-pal.zip from the #xbins ftp server. Than I used the mega-x key to transfer the file to the xbox harddrive using the original MS dashboard memory utility. (standard transfer of gamesave files to/ from the xbox to a memory key) After which I turned off the xbox and restarted it with the original splinter cell game in it.

The tut say I have to start the game with the linux profile, however I do not have a linux profile. If I start the game, it says I need to make a new profile.
The xbox dashboard doesnt show a splinter cell game save but a linux install save. I was wondering if this is correct and if so how do I activate the gamesave in the splinter cell game?
thx.
Ceon

Ps. I removed the mega-x key before starting the game, should I leave the key plugged in?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: krayzie on February 11, 2005, 09:19:00 AM

you probably didn't transfer both the SC saves over.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: StriKeRacY on February 11, 2005, 01:48:00 PM

thanks cmiz - i'll give it a try in a little bit. i used a gamesave that i got from codejunkies.com and it was all in french, and needless to say i dont exactly know the language

haha but i appreciate the input, if i try loading up the explot again, i should be able to get ftp access?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: StriKeRacY on February 11, 2005, 02:04:00 PM

i just finished up backing up the eeprom and system files. i attempted to restore it, and it came up that it needed to be renamed

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: cmiz on February 11, 2005, 02:29:00 PM

you have ftp access though? download UXE complete and follow the directions to replace your C drive. it's in the usual places under exploits\packages (i think). if you want to get back the original xbox C drive, you can put in a live enabled game and try to update your dash. or you could download slayers 2.6 and extract the iso. inside is a copy of a stock C drive.

edit: don't worry too much...once you've backed up your eeprom, you can basically recover your xbox from anything (well....almost anything). if worse comes to worse, you could pull your hard drive out of your xbox, make an xboxhdm cd and use that to restore your xbox. (i'd try the ftp method first though)

This post has been edited by cmiz: Feb 11 2005, 10:31 PM

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: StriKeRacY on February 11, 2005, 03:39:00 PM

i can ftp to my xbox - but if i try to put in uxe it says that it needs avalaunch. i thought it installed when i ran linux through MA - but once again since its in french, im at a loss for words

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: cmiz on February 11, 2005, 03:47:00 PM

forget about the installer....i think you messed the up the setup....just use UXE complete, it will give you a folder called "c replace". just delete your entire C drive and replace it with the contents of the folder...i'd recomend using nkpatcher 06 and fonts 71 for the batch files. (just double click on those files and then use the contents of c replace". this will at least get your xbox up and running, you can mess around with whatever options you want after that.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: StriKeRacY on February 12, 2005, 12:07:00 PM

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: cmiz on February 12, 2005, 12:25:00 PM

what do you mean it says you need avalaunch? your ftp client? as long as the dashboard from the gamesave is running, you should be able to connect to your xbox. you may need to mess around with the ftp settings (look for some sort of settings option).

if you can't get ftp working at all, you said you backed up your eeprom right? use xboxhdm and make a cd with the uxe complete files in C folder and your eeprom.bin in the eeprom folder, then do reformat c option and then copy the files from folder C to C drive (it should give you an option to do this automatically, if not you can use the file browsing option in xboxhdm). that will make your xbox boot up to a dashboard at the very least so that you can mess around with it via ftp. (make sure you unlock and then relock the hard drive before doing this with the eeprom.bin. use the linux unlocking utilities and type unlock -a or whatever the unlock command is).

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: VirusHack on February 12, 2005, 01:00:00 PM

Ok guys, my Xbox is (ver. 1.5 I think), Dashboard 1.00.5960.01 and Kernal 1.00.5101.01. It is still possible for me to softmod my box using the audio method? If so how? I have read all the stuff on this theard but it seems outdated.

\\\\VH////

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: krayzie on February 12, 2005, 01:04:00 PM

QUOTE(VirusHack @ Feb 12 2005, 08:06 PM)

You want to use the audio hack and yet you talk about stuff that seems outdated.
The audio hack is possible but why you even want to use that obsolete hack.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: VirusHack on February 12, 2005, 01:17:00 PM

QUOTE(krayzie @ Feb 12 2005, 08:10 PM)

You want to use the audio hack and yet you talk about stuff that seems outdated.
The audio hack is possible but why you even want to use that obsolete hack.

Sorry bout im new to this. It seemed out of date cos it was written in 01. If you dont recommend the "old" audio hack what then?

\\\\VH////

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: cmiz on February 12, 2005, 02:28:00 PM

use UXE...search the forums for that and read up...lots and lots of info out there on it.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: ceon_1 on February 13, 2005, 06:36:00 AM

My friend has a pal-xbox with a 5960 kernel, can he softmod is xbox too? Can he use the UXE or is the UDE2 better?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: cmiz on February 13, 2005, 01:36:00 PM

UDE2 is the same as UXE except that UDE2 will NOT work on newer pal xboxes (this means yours).

you need to use UXE

edit: i propose a new slogan for the xbe exploits section, "UDE....just let it friggin die already!"

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: ACDCrulez1991 on February 23, 2005, 07:16:00 PM

yes im a noob..... when u softmod do u like only can play Those 3 games or any game u want?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: krayzie on February 23, 2005, 11:48:00 PM

QUOTE(ACDCrulez1991 @ Feb 24 2005, 02:22 AM)

yes im a noob..... when u softmod do u like only can play Those 3 games or any game u want?

No we are all softmodding to only play those three games. We don't care about any others. They are just great.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Valholy on February 24, 2005, 09:03:00 AM

i need help,im new and im getting all the things to soft mod my xbox,i already have a bootable cd of evox autoinstaller 2.6 i made the cd but when i check it on my computer it says that theres 0 space left to write and 0 space used,i guess this is alright because it is intended to be read only by the xbox right?now i dont have an action replay memory card but im going to unite an xbox cable with a usb one to plug it to my computer as told before in this thread with the memory inserted,i already have the drives and all that,i have the save game ready to be transfered im going to get the splinter cell game original not platinum soon,so im i missing something or thats all that ill ever need to do this? i dont know what pbl or whatever it is but do i need it?or i just need to have my save game file to access my virgin xbox and then load it with my splinter cell,then ill need to insert my bootable cd evox and with that ill finish modding?or is a must that ill need to get a fonts xploit and all that,by the way my xbox has a 4034.01 kernel and a 5960.01 dashboard,i dont know wich version my xbox is can you tell me how can i know this ?seeing all the previous information about kernel and dashboard can you tell me if this method will work in my xbox please,thanks in advance and sorry if im asking to much things but i really need help with this and you are the only ones that can provide it.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: modbox_ on February 24, 2005, 09:09:00 AM

QUOTE(krayzie @ Feb 24 2005, 06:54 AM)

No we are all softmodding to only play those three games. We don't care about any others. They are just great.

Yeh, Agent Under Fire is just awesome, who needs Halo2, bah..

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: cmiz on February 24, 2005, 09:29:00 AM

QUOTE(Valholy @ Feb 24 2005, 04:09 PM)

not exactly...you need to use the gamesave exploit to install a permanent hack. if i were you, i'd look into blackwar's installer or waffletools. also, if you haven't bought an exploitable game yet, you may want to consider going with one of the others. blackwar's doesn't have support for splintercell yet and more people seem to have trouble with that than either mech assault or agent under fire.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Valholy on February 24, 2005, 10:00:00 AM

then my kernel and dashboard are compatible?also i would like to know how to see wich version my xbox is , i already have the save file for splinter cell, in anycase you recomend me blackwar? or should i use the splintercell one?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Valholy on February 24, 2005, 12:35:00 PM

i just got how to get the version,my xbox is a 1.1 version,now i need all the help i can to soft mod my xbox

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: ACDCrulez1991 on February 24, 2005, 03:48:00 PM

so soft modding is only those 3 games? becuase i kno someone who got theres modded through a program on there pc. and it connects to the xbox through ethernet and they can have any game they want. how did they do that?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: solid33 on February 24, 2005, 05:29:00 PM

ok im trying to get a new dashboard i have the original MS dashboard and im softmodding. i know what to do i have to save the splintercell linux file but i dont know were to find it???????HELP

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: krayzie on February 24, 2005, 11:35:00 PM

QUOTE(ACDCrulez1991 @ Feb 24 2005, 10:54 PM)

hmmm maybe they read a little on the boards before asking stupid questions.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: cmiz on February 24, 2005, 11:51:00 PM

you can lead a horse to water krayzie...but you can't make it drink

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Valholy on February 25, 2005, 08:12:00 AM

im almost done getting the things to soft mod my xbox so i plan to soft mod it on saturday,wich one do you recomend the most ,the ude2 or the uxe? also the save game im going to use has splinter_cell_exploit-ntsc as a name and when i extract it it has 2 folders named 5553000c and 21585554 is this correct? or i have to modify it so that my memory card can detect it as a valid save game?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Valholy on February 25, 2005, 08:59:00 PM

mmm.... how can i use the uxe or the softmod installer deluxe? do i need to get it through ftp once i load my savegame?and also what do i need to do first i load my save game and then i use my evox cd? or first i load the uxe or the softmod installer,i need a step by step guidance from you guys,i dont want to screw things,thanks in advance,btw tomorrows my great day of raping my sweet virgin xbox to turn it into a soft modded one so i would apreciate if you can help by that time,o and wich one of those do i need to get or wich one you recomend the uxe or the softmod deluxe?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: tom9191 on February 27, 2005, 10:16:00 AM

Hi.
I'm a total newbie in this subject..but i understand more or less the subject..
I want to know if i can ddo exploit with out using GAME SAVE hack or opening my XBOX..if there is how to do it?is it possible with FTP?how do I connect to an FTP if my XBOX is not modded?? thank you very much

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: triggernum5 on February 27, 2005, 10:23:00 AM

Its one or the other, sorry..

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: ryoga81 on March 09, 2005, 05:43:00 PM

Ok, so I made an Xbox -> USB convertor using RedCl0ud's walkthrough and I have the 007 save hack on my pc's hard drive. I also intalled the drivers for both the memory card and the controller (XBMEM and XBCD) and yet I still can't copy the save to my card, then to my box. My question is what am I doing wrong? When I try to move the file into my card from the pc, it asks to format the card. I do that and copy it to the card then, when I try to copy it to my Xbox, it says it's not working properly and erases my card!

Am I missing something? Am I not doing something/doing too much?

Any help?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: ryoga81 on March 10, 2005, 02:15:00 AM

Sorry for the double post but I figured it out.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Scottola on March 10, 2005, 09:52:00 AM

Hi

I'm trying the soft mod my Xbox, using the Mech Assault flaw.

When I try to load the Run Linux save file from within Mech Assault, it says that it cannot load.

The file I copied to the mem card was a zip file, is this right, should I unzip it or only zip parts of it. The Xbox does know it's a Mechassault save on the HD.

I'm using an original copy of Mech Assault, but could I have a version that doesn't let me do it, or could it be that they changed the Xbox itself.

I'm a little stuck at the mo, so any help is appreciated.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: cmiz on March 10, 2005, 10:32:00 AM

read through this first to make sure your copy is exploitable.

otherwise it could be a corrupted save.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: mister_freeze on March 14, 2005, 08:38:00 AM

hello,

ok, so i am a chip man though i have softmodded before. however, i have something i have not seen before...

1.6(b? didn't open to look)
UDE2 softmod via SC
If i attempt to install it via exploit menu(mxm) the screen freaks out and xbox freezes.

i have tried to use just the ftp for that exploit and replace it with the UXE but the uxe doesn't seem to want to load.

ideas?

******************************

NM. I just let it sit for a long time and i guess it did mod it. just the screen was freaking out during it..

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: krayzie on March 14, 2005, 08:46:00 AM

hello chip man. did you perhaps used ltools to install that ude2. cuz if you searched around you would know ltools uses a linux kernel which doesn't support the xcalibur video encoder found on 1.6 xboxes and causes a scrambled screen.
and maybe the uxe doesn't load cuz the bootpaths don't match.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: mister_freeze on March 14, 2005, 06:09:00 PM

yeah, i think that was it. gonna update my memcard exploit so that i can avoid that in the future.

atleast it did the job though

thnx for the comment as it put me in the right direction.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Crazyneil on March 21, 2005, 03:06:00 PM

ok well guys, the info u have provided has been helpful..but i have a few questions..not sure if u have addressed them yet or not...

1) i dont have a xbox mem card, or action replay..will this help me at all???
http://www.metku.net...ox_cc/index_eng

2) i dont have access to a modded xbox...what can i do about that?

3) are there any shortcuts or any tips that will make this cost free?

well thanks and ill be lookin froward to ur replies..

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: ceon_1 on March 30, 2005, 04:51:00 PM

Hey guys, I have a brief question. I used the UXE-complete package to softmod my xbox, worked like a charm. However I've heard that you can put your original msdash back and boot it through your evox menu by patching the original MS xboxdash.xbe using the font patcher from xbins. However somehow the patcher.exe keeps hetting this windows error that it isn't a msdos or windows program and it should be closed. Can anyone help me out?
I have the rest of the f0nts folder transfered back to the root of the c-drive on my xbox, just need to patch the original xboxdash.xbe

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: cooperssparklingale on March 30, 2005, 11:04:00 PM

Hey just a question...

Have got my 128MB USB drive, but everytime I connect it to XBOX (using XBOX to usb cable) it erases and formats the drive the drive, then when I plug it into my PC, it says the drive is not formatted and asks if I want to format.

Sow how the hell am I ever gonna get this softmod file (MechInstaller-1.0-FATX-128MB.img) onto the USB drive, then onto the XBOX!!!

My PC is running on FAT32 (not NTFS) as running XP/Win98 dual boot, surely this would not have anything to do with it??

Any help appreciated!!!

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: ceon_1 on March 31, 2005, 03:48:00 PM

Are you using the Mega-X software? You must use this, and not just the stabdard windows explorer to transfer files, it won't work.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Jintao on March 31, 2005, 05:21:00 PM

ok...fairly newbish here. helped my friend w/ his xbox. ok...is there any way someone could make a list of everything i need to softmod my xbox ? there was bits and pieces all over the thread, and i have a really bad habit of reading everything in a thread, and not being able to piece most of it together. apologies if someone has already done this, and if so, please just tell me where and i shall find it.

thanks

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Jintao on April 01, 2005, 06:17:00 PM

nvm. did some more research, and what do ya know! i found the list i asked for!

took me long enough, but i got it. it's amazing wut a little searching can get you <sigh>

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: cooperssparklingale on April 08, 2005, 04:14:00 PM

Thanks guys for the prompt reply!!

PC

OK, have installed Mega X Key software, but everytime I put in the 128MB USB Drive in, it does not recognise it (on the RHS panel) and theres nowhere to 'drag n drop' to.

Have uploaded some game saves and put them into the 'saves' folder just to be sure the program is working and they appear on the LHS panel OK.

Have checked the 'compatible drives website' and my drive 'Lexar 128MB Jumpdrive' appears.

May this mean that my Lexar 128MB USB Drive could be not compatible with the Mega X Key software??

XBOX

My XBOX sees the drive when it is plugged in as 'MU 4A (in controller port 4) Avalilable blocks 7968', and gives me the option to personalise or erase.

When going to the XBOX drive (50000 blocks) game saves, I can select a game save, but it gives me only an option to delete it, not to move it to the MU 4A? (I thought that was the idea with the memory cards so you can save games and then move them to another XBOX???).

How many more drives do I need to buy before I find one that works!!!!!

Would I have more luck with a 32MB USB Drive, although these are becoming a bit rare!!!

Thanks and any ideas would be great.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: cooperssparklingale on April 08, 2005, 05:11:00 PM

...edit

Have found that I can save a game (eg Halo) onto my USB drive no probs, just the PC end thats the prob.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: preetkk on April 09, 2005, 03:07:00 AM

hi,
theres a person who's using your guide :

http://club.cdfreaks...ad.php?t=129244

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: y0kk3n on April 18, 2005, 04:09:00 PM

Is there a way to un-softmod? Aequitas softmodded his Xbox and he said he unsoftmodded to go on XBL, then he softmodded it again. How do you do this? I still want to be able to play on XBL...

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: INFORCER on April 25, 2005, 11:27:00 PM

Hello everyone I just purchased a new ver 1.6 xbox and I want to get the most out of it... Well I was just wondering if softmodding could destroy my system... I also want to know if I have to open up the XBOX at all to softmod... Last thing is with it being softmoded will I be able to use Emularors with it....

Thx in advance guys

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Soullar on April 26, 2005, 01:20:00 AM

Softmodding itself can't destroy your system ....

Not reading up, guessing what you're doing, impatience, not reading carefully, not understanding every step you need to take etc, can result in a lot of trouble though.

In other words, read up on all pinned topics, all FAQ's/tutorials in this section and preferably all topics up to a month ago in this section ago will be a huge benefit.

Now for the even better news : you don't need to open your xbox, and yes, you can run basically everything you want, from emulators to backups to imports.

If you don't fully understand a step in one of the faq's or tutorials, better ask before acting to save some headaches.

Guess this sounds disencouraging, but softmodding is in fact pretty easy if you invest some time in reading up.

Good luck!

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Lindanne on April 26, 2005, 09:47:00 AM

Thank's to Krayzies latest release
i now have a soft modded xbox

was a great release and so easy to install
better than the £35-00 fee my friend paid to have the softmod installed

cheer's

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: TheMasterChef on April 28, 2005, 02:37:00 PM

Could you load up Evox through Splinter Cell + memory card with the right "save" and play a backup from there, and never put an exploit on the XBOX? This wouldn't involve a BOIS flash, so it should be safer than the normal methods, right?

Concerning this bit...

"# then moved the USB cable and pen drive to the unmodded XBOX and used the Memory function to transfer the saved games from the pen drive to the XBOX hard drive. If you have a Mega X-Key (or Action Replay) you can transfer the save games from the PC directly to the X-Key and then plug it in the unmodded box and transfer it to the hard drive.
# I booted the XBOX with my original Splinter Cell disk in the drive.
# After it loaded I went to Start Game, selected the profile "LINUX" and chose "Check Points".
# I was then presented with a replacement dashboard called Evolution-X (Evox)."

Also you can't use the pen-drive method with 1.6 'BOXs, apparantly. Put a real XBOX memory cartridge in your controller and plug that into your PC's USB, get XFAT software and you should be ok.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: jvsjmedia.nl on May 09, 2005, 01:04:00 PM

Can I use also a 'Classic' (the new) editions of Splinter Cell??

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Bizquick on May 24, 2005, 09:07:00 AM

I did these same steps but got a dash error 21 instead of a Evox Dashboard. any reason why?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: krayzie on May 24, 2005, 09:24:00 AM

QUOTE(Bizquick @ May 24 2005, 05:18 PM)

I did these same steps but got a dash error 21 instead of a Evox Dashboard. any reason why?

what steps?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Bizquick on May 24, 2005, 05:06:00 PM

the steps at the frist part of this thread.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: h00v3r on May 25, 2005, 02:25:00 PM

not at all. you said "very good" condition, which usually indicates a few minor sratches, or blemeshis

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: D-Work on June 15, 2005, 03:10:00 PM

I bought a Xbox with a 160Gb HD in, i have also my original HD from my Xbox.

The softmod change only the HD, and not the hardware (Rom, BIOS,...)? correct me if am wrong.

Can i chance the HD to the orignal HD, and try a softmod without messing up the softmod thats already works?

Is there a way the clone the disk (ghost)?

Greets, David.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Cio on June 15, 2005, 04:40:00 PM

You need an eeprom dump (can do thru Avalaunch, Evox, Config Magic) and xboxhdm for that (Clone option).

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: l GaMbiT l on June 16, 2005, 07:43:00 PM

I saw someone had the same problem as me but his question was overlooked and unanswered. My problem is that when I boot up Mech Assault and click on "Run Linux" I get nothing but a black screen (no writing at all). If anyone knows what I did wrong or what I need to do I would appreciate any help.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: l GaMbiT l on June 17, 2005, 04:23:00 PM

Ok I did things differently but now I am getting the "Error 21". Can someone please tell me what I did wrong, how I fix it, and then how to do it right.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: DeFessler on June 29, 2005, 06:12:00 PM

Hello, I need some major help, I've tried the audio hack and the font hack and neither will work. When I try to use the font hack the xbox wont even boot at all unless with a game in and with the audio hard it jus says that I have over 100 soundtracks when clearly I have none. I tried downgrading the dash using the files in the slayer 2.5 but when I replace the other xbox files with them the system wont boot. Any help?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: krayzie on June 29, 2005, 10:05:00 PM

QUOTE(DeFessler @ Jun 30 2005, 02:23 AM)

Stop trying ancient exploits. Use UXE (or Ndure) instead.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Turak on June 30, 2005, 05:53:00 PM

I am new to soft moding and was wondering if I could use the demo version of Mech assualt for it?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: DaddyJ on June 30, 2005, 07:09:00 PM

QUOTE(Turak @ Jun 30 2005, 08:04 PM)

I am new to soft moding and was wondering if I could use the demo version of Mech assualt for it?

no.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: troyBORG on July 02, 2005, 06:46:00 AM

Can we use the saves for action replay? Or what was all that stuff about having someone with a moded xbox?

user posted image

Can we still go on XBL once it is modded?

Or should I just wait till Xbox 360 then soft-mod my old xbox.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Meekel on July 04, 2005, 09:18:00 AM

I can't seem to get Action Replay anywhere in Edinburgh. Could I use Xploder to transfer the gamesave?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: LoD DaRkACid on July 05, 2005, 11:56:00 PM

how do i get the fxp to not say "pasv is not implemented"

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: PedrosPad on July 06, 2005, 01:53:00 AM

QUOTE(LoD DaRkACid @ Jul 6 2005, 08:07 AM)

how do i get the fxp to not say "pasv is not implemented"

That message should be harmless AFAIK. Its simply the FTP client negotiating capabilities with the unknown FTP server.

But you can inform FXP the known FTP servers capabilities using the options panel for a site within FXPs site manager. See image below.

http://img207.imageshed.us/img207/7238/fxp29ua.gif
(Replace "imageshed" with "imageshack"! Apparently X-S is blocking direct links to imageshack. )

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: LoD DaRkACid on July 06, 2005, 02:19:00 AM

On that picture you clicked on myxboxwifi which is not on my site manager

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: LoD DaRkACid on July 06, 2005, 02:34:00 AM

nvm what should it look when completly done?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: PedrosPad on July 06, 2005, 05:58:00 AM

QUOTE(LoD DaRkACid @ Jul 6 2005, 10:30 AM)

On that picture you clicked on myxboxwifi which is not on my site manager

Err, that's the site entry for my XBOX, substitute your own XBOX's, or FTP site's entry.

QUOTE

what should it look when completly done?

An empty tick box next to 'use PASV' means don't attempt to use it - if that's what your trying to achieve. Typically, these settings don't normally need to be altered.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: LoD DaRkACid on July 06, 2005, 08:46:00 PM

sry about that..... what do you mean when connect your xbox to your computer? I have it through a router

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: exkilla on July 09, 2005, 01:48:00 PM

i got everything i need for softmods all i freakin need r the freakin modded maps if any one has warlock plese send them 2 me my aim name is dabuch187

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Soullar on July 10, 2005, 01:39:00 AM

QUOTE(exkilla @ Jul 9 2005, 09:59 PM)

i got everything i need for softmods all i freakin need r the freakin modded maps if any one has warlock plese send them 2 me my aim name is dabuch187

Just look http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=417346 for the maps!

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: troyBORG on July 10, 2005, 09:42:00 AM

You didn't answer my question.

Can I still go on XBL if I softmod the xbox. Can we turn it off.. What can we all do with it?

Just FTP the xbox... Can we do anything else? Like acually install linux on it and browse the net?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Killa0 on July 16, 2005, 04:30:00 PM

I downloaded the Splinter cell data from xbins and tried to put it on to my AR but it always says invlaid save data

can anyone help???

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: pimpdaddypain on July 19, 2005, 05:33:00 PM

do you have to have splinter cell and the other 2 games for softmodding?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: NSniperx on July 21, 2005, 10:49:00 AM

does that mean if i soft-mod with one of this games i can only play thos 3 and cant play halo 2 softmodded?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: The man pm on July 27, 2005, 04:16:00 PM

QUOTE(welshko @ Aug 4 2004, 05:30 PM)

i want to soft mod my xbox but i dont have access to a modded xbox so if som1 can upload the file and post it on the web it would be appreciated. Thanks

Ya i think it would help everyone out if someone can please

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: krayzie on July 27, 2005, 04:52:00 PM

is it really that hard to read the rules?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Devilb0i on July 27, 2005, 05:35:00 PM

nice tutorial..... but i need help,

my kernal is 1.00.5530.01
my d thingy is 1.00.5960.01

its higher than what it says u need....whats it gonna do.?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: krayzie on July 28, 2005, 01:41:00 AM

QUOTE(Devilb0i @ Jul 28 2005, 01:46 AM)

nice tutorial..... but i need help,

my kernal is 1.00.5530.01
my d thingy is 1.00.5960.01

its higher than what it says u need....whats it gonna do.?

dude...have you ever looked at the date of this topic? it's ore then a year old. look for more recent exploits

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: jebus989 on July 28, 2005, 03:32:00 PM

ne exploit u wud recomend impaticular krayzies?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: dmx_69_er_rulz on July 29, 2005, 04:50:00 AM

Hi All Can some one help me i have have 2 xboxs 1 mod chip and iam tring to soft mod
i have pen drive and usb to controller cable and splinter cell game the problem iam having is getting the save files from pen drive to xbox it only gives me one choice delete
the xbox is 1.0 the pen drive is cruzer mini 128mb can any one out there help me

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: gonz1969 on July 29, 2005, 11:41:00 AM

someone point me in the right direction >

i'am a noob in the since ive never done a softmod but have a clear undertsaning of ftp and pc and all the things needed ..

my sistutation is that i let someone else do a softmod on my xbox because i did not have (mech , 007 or splinter c ) game to do the mod nor did i have a mem card with the game save , but now my softmod isnt working (daughters BF did something to it) the x works fine plays orginals but it wont boot to the dashboard , ive looked in the x memory and the mech game save is there i also have sonething else called itools or ltools ?

anyhow someone said i can just get the org mech game and redo my softmod ?

questions

1. if the game save is already there do i still have to do the memory card thing ?
i dont think i do i just want to make sure .
2. (this is for a future mod ) if i get a mem card can i just transfer the game save to the card via my xbox and will this defeat the purpose of getting action replay or making my own controller cable ?
3. ive found my way to xbins i was looking for krayzies installer coudlnt find it what other usual places are there (PM me on this) ?

i now have splinter cell orginal and mech orginal
also have auto installer 2.0
no mem card (not yet)
no action replay (not sure i need it)

thanks in advance
and yes i have read the tutorials

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: auron68 on July 30, 2005, 08:49:00 AM

hi i wounded if anyone could help me my mate brought his xbox around to my house to day after he got his friend to put a modchip in everything work apart from he wasnt able to load ms dash so i decided to install a newer ver of evox did this then the xbox just packed up after installing the software a red light is flashing on the eject button and the msg on the screen says service required call customer support and in diffrent languages

decide at this ponit to have alook in his xbox and found there was no modchip first thing popped into my head was softmod now im stuck and i havent a clue on what to do

would it be worth getting it modded with a proper modchip or does it need something else?

please help

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: kyle10 on August 01, 2005, 05:20:00 PM

QUOTE(Blank @ May 16 AM)

sorry i didnt mean that but i softmodded my xbox andit wasnt working right because i forgot to create backup and i accidently deleted unleash so now i have no dashboard can anyone please help me i dont know what to do because i cant play online or anything just offline.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: mahamid g had on August 04, 2005, 07:19:00 PM

. I did everything that you said on the forum and i have completed soft modding my xbox. But when i when to sign in for xbox-live, right away it said i had network problems. do u know what has happened and why i cant sign into xbox live???

pleez leave a comment so i can know
thanks a bunch

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: DaddyJ on August 04, 2005, 07:37:00 PM

QUOTE(mahamid g had @ Aug 4 2005, 09:30 PM)

dude, i need serious help

you cant go into live in a modded state, depending on soft mod you used, network blocking is enabled, safety feature,

try cold-booting, or reverting to stock.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: GoVeGeTa on August 06, 2005, 08:20:00 AM

QUOTE(mahamid g had @ Aug 5 2005, 10:30 AM)

dude, i need serious help

I t is not possible for you to use go on xbox live with a softmodded box.

I think now that you have tried connecting to xbox live with a modded box that you will have been banned from xbox live.

I have heard of some ppl getting away with it, but generally once you mod and try to go into xbox live with ur mod enabled box, you become permanently banned.]

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news!!!!!!!!!!!!

look on the bright side, you might be one of the lucky ones who gets away with it.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: GoVeGeTa on August 06, 2005, 08:34:00 AM

QUOTE(auron68 @ Jul 31 2005, 12:00 AM)

please help

Dude i dont know if this will work, but at his stage it looks as though ur friends box maybe screwed!

You need to ftp into the box if you can, ithink the default ip is 192.168.0.2
and pass and username are both "xbox". (without quotes)

if you can ftp to the box have a look for a folder named BACKUP on C: or E:
if there is no backup in these locations just search deeper into every folder, if there is a backup folder then put everything that is in the backup folder on to the C: drive.( You may need to rename them or change their extensions)

If that doesnt work then try uploading evox to C: drive and overwriting everything in there.

Like i said man, not sure if that will work, but it's worth a try.

I'm thinking that you may have deleted or overwritten the MS dash, when trying to install evox to it.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: imbored23 on August 10, 2005, 11:42:00 PM

a uxe auto installer isnt valnerable 2 the clock loop right

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: ipodder2003 on August 11, 2005, 12:57:00 AM

Right.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: dmx_69_er_rulz on August 11, 2005, 01:00:00 AM

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Soullar on August 11, 2005, 01:54:00 AM

Press right on the D-pad (D-pad = direction pad), now you'll have the option to either copy or delete the savegame.

Note : this could have been found easily using:

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: PedrosPad on August 11, 2005, 02:05:00 AM

QUOTE(dmx_69_er_rulz @ Aug 11 2005, 09:11 AM)

FTP SC1 game sav onto modded XBOX's HDD. (E:\UDATA\???????, etc.)
Plug in USB key
Boot to M$ Dashboard, go to "Memory", let it 'Delete' the USB Key.
Select the XBOX HDD, and locate the FTP'd in SC1 save. (You need to go down to the SC1 saves section, then across to the actual SC1 save!.)
Copy this to the key.
Power down.

Plug USB key into retail XBOX
Boot retail XBOX
Use M$ Dash to copy SC1 save from USB Key to XBOX HDD.
Boot SC1, load SC1 save from HDD.

If all done right, after a few screen flashes, a 3rd party Dash should appear and you should be able to FTP into the retail XBOX.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: imbored23 on August 11, 2005, 09:35:00 PM

well i have the uxe auto installer and i made my own action replay wit my controll so i transfer the save into my xbox and i load the mechassault and and load the installer that i just transfered 2 my xbox and push a on the install install uxe package and i will have a softmod on my xbox right. With this installation it will make a back-up of my eeprom which is the MS Dashboard and a back-up of my UXE package. My MS Dash would be put in E:\Backup\. and my eeprom would be save in E:\Backup_linux\. Am I correct so far. I will ftp this 2 my comp and save both of them on a cd so i can have them in case i mess up right. And If I want 2 go 2 live all i do is not 2 modify any files on E:\Backup\ and E:\Backup\Modded\ and in order 2 get my original dash i do this choose 'Waffle Zone Tools' press 'A' to enter this menu and then select 'Backup Menu' and press 'A' then select 'Restore Unmodded Backup' press 'A', then the script will start copying the needed files after it is done reboot and play the Games I want online right. And If I want 2 go back 2 softmodding I choose 'WaffleTools' then 'Backup Menu' then choose the option 'Restore Modded Backup' this will copy the files needed to revert my box to the UnleashX dash, once complete reboot my Xbox and I should be back to the UnleashX dashboard. IM NEW AT THIS AND DONT WANT 2 MESS UP SO PLEASE TELL ME IF THIS IS CORRECT I HAVE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THIS 4 SOME WHILE THNX.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Dild on October 04, 2005, 07:57:00 AM

nice tut

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Mr. Cheapo on October 26, 2005, 03:00:00 PM

I followed the tut up untill it says about the linux installer and checkpoints because when I click Check points my game freezes!! I am pretty sure i have the original copy of the game. On the profile screen it says "linux" and then by the side of that it says "Controller: BAD TYPE" and also "Difficulty: HARD"
Don't know if this is a problem, i hope it isn't
Please could somebady help me... I am desperate!
Cheapo

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: robman8000 on October 27, 2005, 12:36:00 PM

Okay, do you need action replay, or mega x key to do this, or is this a way to transfer the files from your PC right to your box, using a router? or do you need actiaon replay?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: DaHerbsman on October 29, 2005, 12:18:00 PM

I got a pal crystal xbox k:5838 d:5960 i got an action replay, saved uxe to mem card. when i try to save it on hard drive it won't let me it only gives an option to delete it not copy or delete.
I went into 007 anyway to see if i could load it off the memory card but the xbox just errors, the lights on the box flash red and it comes up with a multi language error 21 screen. Can someone please point out if i've done some thing wrong or what i need to do as i'm pretty much a noob

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: krayzie on October 29, 2005, 01:29:00 PM

QUOTE(DaHerbsman @ Oct 29 2005, 08:29 PM)

go to the save screen and go to the save you wanna copy. then press right on the d-pad to select the actual save

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Phant on November 02, 2005, 09:38:00 PM

ok i have action replay wit the 8mb memory card that comes wit it...and i have splinter cell chaos theory...wut else do i need?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: krayzie on November 02, 2005, 11:14:00 PM

QUOTE(Phant @ Nov 3 2005, 06:49 AM)

ok i have action replay wit the 8mb memory card that comes wit it...and i have splinter cell chaos theory...wut else do i need?

uhh maybe a copy of Splinter Cell???

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: blaster rider on November 04, 2005, 03:01:00 PM

hey guys im just getting into modding after a year of xbl play. i got an action replay and downloaded a starter kit from firemod.com it came with the zip file i need to change the linux in mech assault. but im confused on the order to do stuff in. i dont know if i need to download the evox ds from the internet or if it just pops up like explained in this tut. i dl'ed winAce because thats what firemod told me to do. if someone could just basically put his tut. in way shorter words so i know the steps without the krazy technical talk. thanks

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Killa B Mone on November 08, 2005, 11:45:00 PM

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: raptor5099 on November 15, 2005, 05:18:00 PM

"http://www.xbox-scen...icles/xbins.php learn to search. " I followed the steps on here but it says #xbins is by invite only.. how do i get invited or what else should i do to get the files needed for this...

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: krayzie on November 15, 2005, 11:13:00 PM

maybe xbins is still down..

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: canadawill on November 23, 2005, 08:07:00 PM

hey i am trying to soft mod and i am wondering how to back up my xbox harddrive onto my PC...i wana be safe while doing this so it would be helpfull if someone could please reply to this in detail.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: canadawill on November 24, 2005, 06:24:00 PM

I will not ask for files and read the rules the next time.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: gurraham on November 25, 2005, 11:33:00 AM

hmm i have successfully softmodded my xbox BUT live wont work anymore..? it says the network gateway could not be reached....ive searched other sites and nothing has worked can anyone help me?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: wonton2112 on November 27, 2005, 08:19:00 AM

Just a quick and easy question, if I were to hotswap my drive, and put the edited game save onto my xbox in the saves directory, i could just load it from there rather than the memory card, correct? I know someone else asked about hotswapping in this thread, but I didn't find a response to it.
Thanks,
~Ryan

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: JJLuchiano on November 27, 2005, 04:22:00 PM

Very neat and clean tutorial........................good job

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: xman954 on November 27, 2005, 06:09:00 PM

QUOTE(wonton2112 @ Nov 27 2005, 10:26 AM)

yes you can
make sure it's unziped when you do
in E:\UDATA

but if your going to that then just do the whole thing at once

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: rick_dickmore on December 02, 2005, 09:59:00 AM

I'm making preparatons to softmod using the AUF exploit.
Just wondering if I can use an iPod shuffle and a xbox usb cable to take care of all the transferring of file saves etc, will the xbox auto-format the ipod the same way it would a regular usb jump drive?
will I need any more equipment beyond a modded xbox and an original copy of the game?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: bigbadbootz on December 06, 2005, 09:16:00 AM

QUOTE(welshko @ Aug 4 2004, 03:26 PM)

i want to soft mod my xbox but i dont have access to a modded xbox so if som1 can upload the file and post it on the web it would be appreciated. Thanks

hay man im at school right now but im a modder i can proble upload you some of my mods i made mostly and some spawnes like out side the map some inside the map so probly do it some time around 5 or 6 oclook

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: krayzie on December 06, 2005, 09:25:00 AM

Are you aware you replied to a post from early august? Also did you read the rules. You cannot use the forums to distribute illegal software.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: tatman9023 on December 29, 2005, 11:07:00 PM

if someone could help me i load the evox and put in my ip , subnetmask, and gateway. all i need to no if how to ftp connect ?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: krayzie on December 29, 2005, 11:11:00 PM

go to newbie forum and read some ftp tutorials

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: tatman9023 on December 30, 2005, 02:10:00 PM

where do u put in the username and password for ftp

and
do i need a program to ftp
i have some smartftp v1.5 or somthing but when i put in xbox xbox it just keeps trying to connect
i have a modem that is a router to will that work or should i hook the cat5 straight to my computer

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: chrissmart61610 on January 03, 2006, 02:45:00 AM

could someone please direct me to the tutorial on how to reverse the softmod....im chipping out my box and wanna make sure i get rid of all the old stuff

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: krayzie on January 03, 2006, 03:38:00 AM

get slayers 2.6 and restore to stock

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: elboricoco on January 04, 2006, 01:54:00 PM

I just recently got my XBox modded about 3 months ago. I replaced my hard drive to a 300G HD. I must admit it is pretty sweet. So far, i have no complaints. I got with a buddy of mine that actually had it modded for me for free as a favor. Only thing about this is i do not know the process that was taken to do it. I read through all the forums, and i have the usb adapter along with the games agent under fire and mech assault, and all the emulators, dashboards, programs, etc is on my modded xbox. So that i know i can transfer to a new box. This is where my problem begins: I am taking an old XBOX with a fried 4G HD, i will be replacing it with a new 200G HD. What is the process needed? What do i need to do? (I am on this forum because the guy who modded my box won't tell me his little secret on modding.) Thanks to anyone who can assist me with this problem.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: powerprayer on January 12, 2006, 04:37:00 PM

well i was hoping, could somone pleez get on live and explain to me step by step how to mod, i am an absolute begginer at it and i have no idea how to do it, i have alll of the stuff, i just need sum1 to help me out, if sum1 cud be that generous i will them alll the two-months they cud ever need and everything, i just want to mod, my gamertag is powerprayer so if sum1 cud plllleeeezzzz hellp me out i wud appreciate it so very much!!!! thankx the world to whoever may help me. im not a halo nub if anyone thinks that, im actually a level 35, i just want sumthng to spice up the game. PLEEEEZZZZ HELLPP

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: carlp on January 24, 2006, 08:55:00 AM

Hi!
Thanks for the nice tutorial!
Very good help. I already ordered Splinter Cell at Ebay. And I also already have a "Max Drive" Thats something like the Action Replay with a an USB Stick and an Adapter for a Controller port. Does that work?

And can someone tell me, which versions of Xboxes can be softmodded and where can I see, which version I have? Because I dont want to do that whole thing just to see, that it doesnt work

carlp

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: ravager07 on January 25, 2006, 07:17:00 PM

OK... im the newest noob at this... i just heard about this today and i would REALLY like to know how to do it.
i know a little bit about computers and i do not have access to an already modded xbox. the only thing i do have is.... an xbox and halo 2. so if anyone would like to help me out i would really appreciate it!! if someone would just email me with some details and like maybe the first couple of steps to doing a soft mod from SCRATCH!!!! i will email you back whith questions and to tell you if im finished with that step or whatever. so PLEASE HEELLLLPPP MEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!! btw my email is [email protected] thanx

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: -=KingKoopa=- on January 27, 2006, 03:41:00 PM

Ok this may sound retarded, which it really is........But when i was doing the soft mod, while backing my HD up my x-box froze, now i have no DASH i think, everytime i turn the x-box on it goes to the chinese screen is there ANY way i can fix that????

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: biscuits_ryan on February 08, 2006, 10:17:00 PM

Hold up a sec... i cant mod my 1.6 with a softmod???? confused please reply :S

Hold up a sec.... i cant mod the 1.6 with a softmod??!?!?!?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: y2kev on February 09, 2006, 04:50:00 PM

So once the softmod is done could I install DVD2XBOX and XBMC from a sleyer's 2,6 on the original hd throught the soft mod

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Maertz on February 09, 2006, 05:08:00 PM

yes you could but be careful when using slayers on a softmodded xbox it can permanately ruin it if you misuse it, for example unlocking tools.

and biscuit ryans you can softmod your 1.6. i have a softmodded 1.6 it works fine.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: y2kev on February 09, 2006, 05:10:00 PM

What do you meen

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: biscuits_ryan on February 09, 2006, 10:42:00 PM

Hey thanks for the reply. I did mod my 1.6 and it worked out great. thanks for the advice. Oh and what he meant by permantly damaging your system with evox. basically what he means is if you unlock your hardrive or do a full rebuild... your pritty much screwed because youll get a error code coresponding with a screwed up hardrive..... so be reallllly careful. if that happens the only way youll be able to fix it is to hardmod it. so be careful. just install evox with a retail hard drive. Read up on it. Good luck

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Mitch_s_s on February 10, 2006, 12:13:00 PM

I cannot be doing with reading 17 pages
can somebody help me?
I have a fairly new xbox (MFG code july 05)
am i still able to use the splinter cell gamesave?
i have done this on older versions and it has worked fine
can someone please help?

cheers!!

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: y2kev on February 12, 2006, 08:35:00 PM

Ive already performed several softmods and hard mods but I'm just not shure if I can add on to the softmod lots of apps are avalable for evox how do I now what is what.

So basicaly as long is I dont change the dash itself or up date it and only use apps from the slayer's 2.6 disc ex: XBMC,xbox FTP client,etc.. it should work with the soft mod version.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Ankabout on February 25, 2006, 07:17:00 AM

I love the tutorial and was so happy to find something as clear as this. There is one more thing that I can't manage to do though, and that is to get the savegame from the memory key to the xbox. I am using a converter that plugs into the xbox and I can see the savegames on the memory key with the memory manager, but there's no option to copy the file.

Does anyone know how I could do this?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: krayzie on February 25, 2006, 07:24:00 AM

dude....are you aware this tut is 2 years old and largely outdated and it cannot be used on current xboxes?
as for your problem you need to press right on the d-pad to make the copyt option available.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Ankabout on February 25, 2006, 08:07:00 AM

Hey,

No I wasn't aware, I should check dates hehe.
But I managed to make it work perfectly. I accidentally noticed that I have to press right.

Thanks a lot.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: -JR- on February 25, 2006, 11:37:00 AM

This what is happening...I download NTSC SC Stuff from Xbins.Then I put BOTH
PARTS in the middle of AR. I then move both to the memory card. So I got all
that. I pop in my splinter cell game and go to start/load/Linux/checkpoints. OK:
So the first time I did this it goes to "Loading MXM" Then it goes to the
Itools. I hit the backup button.
"Loading". Then I get these gay green, black screen. I read the tuts, it says
it's normal and that I should just shut my xbox off when the power button starts
to blink. I open Itools, and it goes to the default menu.I hit UDE Install. (1.6
box) And select UDE2, PBL Metoo, EvoX M8, EvolutionX. The screen goes the gay
color again, here is a url...ignore flash...
http://img108.images...=img13648bn.jpg
The power thing blinks and I turn the xbox off. Now, I go to splinter cell again
and load up the linux profile, and go to checkpoints. It goes to the F ING MXM.
Now this menu switches colors. THis time it was blue. So now Im just confused. I
wanted EvoX but I got MXM. Then the crap really hits the fan. I restart and go
to Itools. I then press the white button, and see help. I then see that by
pressing both thumbsticks I can boot to the dash. I figured this might load
EvoX. I press both thumbsticks. Well I can tell you THAT DIDNT WORK. I got and
Error Code 21. (Yes, I know what it means). I've tried this MANY MANY MANY times
and have gotton the same results, MXM. Just to be sure I went to the Hard Disk
memory and deleted EVERYTHING. Except backup. I went thru it all agin AND SAME
FREAKIN THING. Help me I'm really frustrated. I've done this all before on my
earlier xbox, earlier version and it worked like a charm. If I select nething
from the menu, like run mini linux, backup, etc it'll go to the green monster
screen. Please I really need some assistance.
-Jared

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: krayzie on February 25, 2006, 11:54:00 AM

argghhh why are you ignorant people hang to this obsolete stuff......can't you just go along with the time....if you are not willing to be up to date you have to accept these outdated problems

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: ink7590 on February 28, 2006, 05:06:00 PM

yo iM a new person in the softmoding game but can anybody help me

i still dont soft my xbox but is there a way to play xbox live with the mod on or is there a way to turn of the mod while im on live

if u have an answer plaes email me to [email protected] or add me too ur buddy list in yahoo messenger
Thanx will really apriciate it

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: mattj68 on March 01, 2006, 06:57:00 AM

If I just buy an already softmodded 200GB HD with all the software and emus on it, and just switch it out with the original xbox HD with the softmodded one would that work?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: portbhoystiv1888 on May 03, 2006, 08:58:00 AM

Ok so i just need to get this straight,

i have 3 questions

1. Can i mod a version 1.5 or 6 crystal xbox?
2. If i buy a memory card and a converter to plug my controller to pc can i put the files on to
memory card this way?
3. is there much space for mp3s etc on the original harddrive to ftp to?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: krayzie on May 03, 2006, 09:12:00 AM

QUOTE(portbhoystiv1888 @ May 3 2006, 05:05 PM)

1: yes
2: yes
3: aprox 5GB of storage space and 2 GB aditionall space on F if you have a seagate drive

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: portbhoystiv1888 on May 03, 2006, 10:25:00 AM

thanks krayzie:D, i forgot to ask what is the best installer pack?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: krayzie on May 03, 2006, 10:28:00 AM

check the pinned topics

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Derrr on May 30, 2006, 12:10:00 PM

i have platnium addition of splinter cell, will that one work or will i have to rent or buy a new one?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: krayzie on May 30, 2006, 12:16:00 PM

QUOTE(Derrr @ May 30 2006, 08:17 PM)

i have platnium addition of splinter cell, will that one work or will i have to rent or buy a new one?

did you perhaps not notice the topic below yours?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Derrr on May 30, 2006, 12:41:00 PM

well actually i googled this topic then just made an account and posted. Sorry.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: krayzie on May 30, 2006, 12:48:00 PM

Well those things can happen for new members. At least you have no fear to google. Welcome to the boards.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Derrr on May 30, 2006, 05:05:00 PM

Im using action replay and i just downloaded and unzipped the file Splinter_cell_exploit-ntsc but i cant access it via the Action Replay swap screen, did i do something wrong? Because i dont feel like frying my xbox.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: blkworld1234 on July 03, 2006, 12:00:00 AM

ok i need some help here.... i have a soft modded xbox first i copied halo2 to my hardrive. but when i go to play games from hard drive it says the disk is scratched or damaged. and if i got to play dvd/disk(or w/e its called) when i go to logg in it says i need to make like 260 somthing space in my hard drive, but i dont know how to delete stuff in my hard drive

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: blkworld1234 on July 03, 2006, 11:18:00 AM

ok forget that .. i cant get the halo2 trainers on evox to work

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: gjadanza on July 07, 2006, 10:43:00 AM

QUOTE(mbriody @ May 16 2004, 06:41 AM)

an original (i.e. not a backup) copy of the game in question
a copy of the relevant gamesave exploit package
an XBOX memory device with some way of transferring the game save to it from your PC e.g. an Action Replay or Mega X-Key. Alternatively you need a friend with a chipped or soft-modded XBOX who can transfer the game save to a standard XBox Memory Card.

Details of the requirements and how to use the exploit will be included with the package. Here is how I did it using the Splinter Cell exploit.

I downloaded a package called splinter_cell_exploit-pal.zip. (PAL refers to the video standard used by your XBOX. I have a UK, PAL-based box, if you are in the USA your box will be NTSC).
I did not own an Action Replay or an XBOX memory card so I made an XBOX USB cable and used a standard 128Mb USB pen drive to transfer the game save from my chipped XBOX. There are various tutorials on how to make a USB cable and how to convert a standard XBOX memory card to Action Replay functionality on XBS. If you can't do any of this then you will have to buy an Action Replay or the new Mega X-Key.
I loaded the Splinter Cell game saves onto my chipped XBOX via FTP.
I connected my pen drive to the chipped XBOX and went into the Memory option in the standard MS Dashboard. The pen drive was recognized by the XBOX and was formatted to allow game saves to be written to it.
I then used the Memory function to transfer the Splinter Cell game saves from the XBOX hard drive to the pen drive.
I then moved the USB cable and pen drive to the unmodded XBOX and used the Memory function to transfer the saved games from the pen drive to the XBOX hard drive. If you have a Mega X-Key (or Action Replay) you can transfer the save games from the PC directly to the X-Key and then plug it in the unmodded box and transfer it to the hard drive.
I booted the XBOX with my original Splinter Cell disk in the drive.
After it loaded I went to Start Game, selected the profile "LINUX" and chose "Check Points".
I was then presented with a replacement dashboard called Evolution-X (Evox).
Within Evox I set up an IP address, subnet mask and default gateway for my XBOX (something suitable for your LAN).
I saved the details, rebooted and went through the three steps (above) from booting with the original Splinter Cell again. At this point I had FTP access to my XBOX from my PC.

Man, thanks a lot for you detailed guide, but the only thing is that i looked around but i couln't find any package with the exploit of any of the 3 games you mention at least for NTSC. I tried utorrent and emule but nothing. Any suggestions on where to get them (at least 1 of them)?
Thanks.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: chw on July 19, 2006, 06:47:00 PM

Hi, I'm a newbie to this whole modding business, but I just wanted to softmod my Xbox... I read through some of these tutorials and FAQs, but none of them seem to apply since my Dashboard version is 5960. Would anybody care to point a newbie to a particular tutorial that'll work for my version? Thanks.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: NICNAC on July 20, 2006, 05:14:00 AM

To find game saves for the various exploit installers, use xbins, there is a guide to using xbins in the tutorials section of www.xbox-scene.com.

XBINS

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: NICNAC on July 20, 2006, 05:25:00 AM

QUOTE(chw @ Jul 20 2006, 01:54 AM)

Your dash version is not all that important.

It just needs to be live enabled (has the xbox live option on the main screen, if not run a live enabled game to update it)
The above guide looks a little old, try looking at the pinned topics in this forum section.
Exploit Tutorials

Your method of modding is your biggest challenge...

do you have an exploitable game and a memcard?
you could run a gamesave installer.

or you could do a hot swap to a PC running xboxhdm

(a gamesave install is by far the safest IMHO)

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: chw on July 20, 2006, 03:09:00 PM

Actually, yeah, I later realized how damn old that guide was, I got linked to it from here:
http://www.xbox-scene.com/xbox-tutorials.php?p=0|#0
Guess somebody should update the tutorial links.

Anyways, I tried out Textbook's xboxhdm and spent a long night messing with it, but it worked, thanks~

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: thefatalist on August 28, 2006, 08:56:00 PM

yes this tut. gave me info i knew and didnt know...but I still need help....i have a gamesave through

mechassualt that loads the evox dashboard which allows me to ftp my xbox.....what i need to know is how

to make evox my default dashboard, what files are needed ect.

!! also important i do not have a mod chip...so is this possible without me having a mod chip??

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: krayzie on August 28, 2006, 09:59:00 PM

Try looking at the dates of the topics you read. You might wanna go for the more recent ones.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Kepxian on September 10, 2006, 04:49:00 PM

I'm currently doing a double harddrive mod to my xbox and I need some help with the IDE cable, anyone, please help!

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: TheMasterChef on September 12, 2006, 08:51:00 AM

What's the problem?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: shulo on October 26, 2006, 01:34:00 PM

hi. i have a soft modded xbox which worked fine until i deleted my dash by mistake. no my xbox wont connect to the internet or anything. how can i replace the dash??? pls help

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: yiddo5419 on November 04, 2006, 07:13:00 AM

Hey everyone, i managed to install EvoX but when i couldnt FTP into my xbox STILL , i decided to uninstall the softmod and now all my files have gone Including all the original xbox files... HELLLLLPPPPPP!!!!!! anyone any ideas please email me asap [email protected]

ta peeps...

Tom

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: King5555 on December 21, 2006, 11:28:00 AM

Hello-

Thank you for taking the time to produce this tutorial and post responses. I am brand new to modding and xboxes. I have computer experience but nothing overly technical. I got an xbox from a friend and basically just want to be able to plug it into my router and play video and music from my PC. I have read through every post here as well as several other tutorials online that I found by googling and searching the forums. I notice that this original tutorial is very out of date and want to make sure I use the latest information. I was wondering if there is an updated tutorial anywhere. Conversely I was wondering if this tutorial:

http://www.how2xbox....88/Default.aspx

is reputable. It seems extremely easy.

FYI; I do have AR & Splinter Cell and my box is a live box. I have no idea what version my box is but it's a few years old. I'm in the US and my system info is:

K 1.00.4034.01
D 1.00.5960.01

I have read the xbins tutorial and downloaded the software needed to use that. If I am reading correctly at this point I should need the Splinter Cell exploit from xbins and Evox? The other tutorial makes it sound like Evox will be included with the exploit files from xbins. Also, do I need to get xbmc to be able to stream the files from my computer or does Evox do that as well?

If that other tutorial I linked to is okay then I can easily follow those instructions, but if it is not then I wanted to know if someone can give me the link to the best (and easiest) tutorial.

I appreciate your time and realize these questions are all answered a million times in different places. I'm trying to be overly cautious so I don't ruin the console.

Thanks!

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: careythibodeau on January 03, 2007, 12:57:00 PM

Hey i have EVERYTHING INSTALLED nessesary for accessing my unmodded xbox's files. but FTP cant connect, do i need to set some sort of static ip address on my xbox or how the fricken heck do i do this, please help!
I know my normal xbox ip address but how do you go about setting up a static ip address and will this let me use FTP for my unmodded xbox?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: chorizo1 on January 03, 2007, 01:40:00 PM

QUOTE(careythibodeau @ Jan 3 2007, 02:04 PM)

what is EVERYTHING?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: afterburn001 on January 09, 2007, 05:36:00 PM

Anyone whose life is so sad and pathetic that they would spend so much time, and in many cases money, just so they can cheat in a game that most people play fairly needs to get a life! Seriously, seek professional help, if you do this you are a big time loser and must have some serious psychological issues.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: DaFunks on June 16, 2007, 12:12:00 PM

QUOTE(afterburn001 @ Jan 10 2007, 02:12 AM)

Eh? I modded my XBOX to use XB<C. You should try it sometime. Its a media center that plays everything.

I dont think I have played a xbox game in 6 months. And I have never cheated in one.... Maybe you should not be so closed minded.

I think 90% of people MOD just to use XBMC. Its won awards on SourceForge now so its a great syste.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: krayzie on June 16, 2007, 02:00:00 PM

thanks for digging out this old ass thread replying on an ancient no-sense post

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: astro2 on July 26, 2007, 06:18:00 AM

QUOTE(welshko @ Aug 5 2004, 07:25 AM)

i want to soft mod my xbox but i dont have access to a modded xbox so if som1 can upload the file and post it on the web it would be appreciated. Thanks

excuse me but did you end up completing ths softmod?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: krayzie on July 26, 2007, 10:05:00 AM

QUOTE(astro2 @ Jul 26 2007, 02:54 PM)

excuse me but did you end up completing ths softmod?

you are aware you are replying to a post made 3 years ago?

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: kkosment on November 28, 2007, 07:25:00 PM

hey you guys thanx i think this tut is great i jus need to know exactly where to find the software i need to upload it i got ar and datel and i was wondering which gamesave would work for mechassualt. rite now all i got is AR and the Datel interface for it mechassualt and a unmodded Xbox please help

thanx
-kkosment

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Xmoi on June 28, 2008, 03:41:00 PM

nice thanks

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: mcsweeny92 on July 12, 2008, 07:10:00 PM

Is it possible to use a modded xbox to transfer all the files i need for a splinter cell game save exploit to an xbox memory card and then transfer all the files from the memory card to my unmodded xbox? i do not have an action replay or any way to hook up my unmodded xbox to my computer.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: ldotsfan on July 12, 2008, 08:42:00 PM

QUOTE(mcsweeny92 @ Jul 13 2008, 09:46 AM)

Yes.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: TTownEP on July 16, 2008, 08:15:00 PM

So I got mine all softmodded, but I cannot find the eeprom.bin file anywhere on my hard drive. I swear I hit both backup buttons before I started the dashboard install, but anyway... I have this other 40 gig hdd laying around over here, and I want to throw it in there, but every tutorial I read tells me to backup and save the eeprom.bin file first.

1. Is this necessary, or just a precaution in case something happens and it dies? Can I safely continue to prepare the new hdd for use, or does the disc that you burn use that file to unlock the new drive?

2. Is there any way to go back and backup this file now, before I start?

Thanks

This post has been edited by TTownEP: Jul 17 2008, 03:18 AM

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: FourTwentySmiles on July 17, 2008, 01:04:00 AM

1. -The Eeprom is a MUST!!!!! The Eeprom has to be on the HDD and it has to be the same as the one on the motherboard. So if you dont have the Eeprom from your xbox.....your new HDD wont work.

2. -Evox and UnleashX both have a "Backup Eeprom" selection......and depending on which exploit was used to softmod, the Eeprom could be backed-up in several places. I used Ndure on the last one I did and it backed-up the Eeprom to E:/Backup. The very first one I did I used the Itools exploit and it backed it up in the C drive. The Itools exploit is outdated now( or I dont hear of many people using it) but Ndure seems to be one of the more popular exploits used today to softmod.

Ans @ mcsweeny92......If the gamesave exploit is one one xbox, all you need is an 8Mb xbox memory unit. Copy the gamesave(s) from that xbox to the memory unit.....then from the memory unit to the other xbox.

This post has been edited by FourTwentySmiles: Jul 17 2008, 08:08 AM

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: obcd on July 17, 2008, 01:09:00 AM

Make sure you have the virtual eeprom disabled before you attempt to read the xbox eeprom.

Xman954 has also written a program to read the eeprom. Just google for it.

Maybe the eeprom.bin file is on your real C partition, and you are now looking at your shadowc.

egards.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: ldotsfan on July 17, 2008, 07:12:00 AM

QUOTE(TTownEP @ Jul 17 2008, 10:51 AM)

2. Is there any way to go back and backup this file now, before I start?

If you used Kingroach Ndure 3.1, check the link in my sig for the eeprom backup.
Otherwise you can use configmagic to backup your eeprom after you have disabled your virtual eeprom by booting from Frosty's xbox rescue disc.

This post has been edited by ldotsfan: Jul 17 2008, 02:14 PM

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: andwan0 on August 17, 2009, 10:00:00 AM

I have followed this guide. Was tough getting it working but managed the art of hotswapping in the end. So now am using this XboxHDM v1.9 & Kingroach's NDURE 3.0. Is my XBOX possible to connect to XBOX Live? If not, is there another BIOS which can connect to XBOX Live okay (except the original XBOX BIOS).

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: ldotsfan on August 23, 2009, 06:56:00 AM

QUOTE(andwan0 @ Aug 18 2009, 12:00 AM)

No personal experience with LIVE but this might help.

Ndure also has open tray support for msdash through Ndure Retail - which you have to select when you setup Kingroach's Ndure.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: iamzero15 on September 14, 2009, 04:58:00 PM

I've written an easy-to-understand guide on my site, and you don't need Mechassault, Splinter Cell, or 007. It kinda elaborates on the "Hotswap" method, and clears it up.

How to Soft-Mod Your Xbox (With or Without The Gamesave Exploit)

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: DJ_Wolf on October 11, 2009, 04:38:00 AM

Is it possible to softmod by throwing the Xbox HDD into a PC and mod it that way possibly.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: Heimdall on October 11, 2009, 06:09:00 AM

Yes. You need Kingroach NDURE 3.1, then you hotswap and use xboxhdm / xboxhdm2 or Xplorer360 (beta 6) to put the files on your hard drive. Have a quick search, there are tutorials for all the available methods.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: RobertX on November 20, 2009, 12:10:00 PM

Hello mbriody,

Concerning your 2004 article "Softmodding (an original X-Box) for Absolute Beginners)," I have a few questions.

On Ebay, I ordered a USB-to-X-Box cable that I think can transfer Flash Drive data to the X-Box and vice versa. Here is the picture. Is this the equivalent of the makeshift cable that you made?

On another point, you said

QUOTE

I loaded the Splinter Cell game saves onto my chipped XBOX via FTP.

Now this is my first X-Box system that I am going to mod, I don't own an X-Box, modded or otherwise, yet. If I don't have an X-Box yet, what is the alternative course of action for the above quote? I also do not have an Action Replay. Again, what is the correct course of action?

Other than these two questions, I think your guide does prove merit. I will not "flame" or "troll," but I need some questions answered.

Thank you for your attention.

Title: Soft-modding For Absolute Beginners
Post by: obcd on November 21, 2009, 02:11:00 AM

QUOTE

I think can transfer Flash Drive data to the X-Box and vice versa.

Either you can, or you can not. Play a game and save it's gamestate.
Go to the M$dash and transfer the gamesave to your USB memory device.

Unplug the memory device. Check on a pc with the xplorer360 program if you can find the gamesave on the memory device. Check on the xbox if you can copy the gamesave back to the xbox harddisk.

If all that works fine, you can load the gamesave exploit on the usb memory device (using your pc and the xplorer360 program). Copy it to the xbox harddisk before you use it.

regards.

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