Official Xbox 360 Hacking Thread

[Mister Eff]

This is the Official Xbox 360 Hacking/Support thread. If you need any help with the Xbox 360 or even the original, I can't help with the original but other members can, just post here. I check the forums almost every day so you will get an answer to your problems. Also, a lot of other members here are well educated in 360 hacking and modding.

News - What is going on in the community?

04/15/09 - Extended warrenty for E74 error.

Spoiler:

http://support.xbox.com/support/en/us/nxe/kb.aspx?ID=969905&lcid=1033&category=hardware

03/02/09 - Update on the game issue.

Spoiler:

cliff notes: new games have updates (mlb2k9, hawx, etc), ix1.5 and before wont play them, we need a new ix. 1.6 is coming soon.

[17:48:28] <+c4eva> new video partition support in ix1.6 , coming soon!
[01:32:30] <+c4eva> topo:i did Smile
[01:33:11] <+c4eva> hello
[01:36:29] <+c4eva> finishing hitachi 1.5 this week, then 1.6 for all drives!
[01:37:52] <+c4eva> 1.6 will have 0800 dumping for all drives including hitachi along with new video partition support!
[01:38:35] <+c4eva> 0800 is in windows mode only
[05:17:14] <+c4eva> originals should be unaffected by the new video wave 3 on ixtreme fw
[05:18:30] <onge> c4eva: is it hard to fix this problem?
[05:18:40] <+c4eva> no

<@KarateBob> new games are coming out with the nxe update on the disc
<@KarateBob> and the only place microsoft could put it was in the video partition
<@KarateBob> now, old firmwares and games didnt always have a video partition, so when ixtreme was made, they got it to check the video partition
<@KarateBob> and if its crc didnt match wave 1 or wave 2, then the game wouldnt boot
<@KarateBob> now, this is wave 3, so ixtreme wont boot new games
<@KarateBob> if you need to boot the game, then wait for 1.6, or use a non-stealth firmware.
<@KarateBob> such as Benq_iXtreme_1.41_Rev_2_Non-Stealth_Multispeed.rar, C4EVA_XTRM-HITACHI_v2_4_Stealth.rar (im not sure if that works on 78/79) or xtreme53.rar in the xbins directory: /XBOX 360/firmware/hacked firmware/Toshiba-Samsung TS-H943/_old/
<@KarateBob> Sorry, there is no non-stealth firmware for Lite-On

03/01/09 - There is gonna be a problem with new games...

Spoiler:

Originally Posted by ...BeAkEr...

IMPORTANT: Please read!!
Hey there you're thinking great MLB 2K9
not that great

This info needs to get out!

People need to know there is gonna be problems with new games.
I've included all the info we have found and also forwarded the
info and the rls to the stealth and fw teams.

Basically,
We have security features in the modded fw we use.
these features make sure that the PFI and Video are from Wave 1 or Wave 2
this was done to insure games not burnt right or with the data missing
wouldn't boot and lead to bannings.

When we used the program we all use to check our games we noticed that
MLB 2K9 Had a new pfi and Video A so called 3rd wave.

Here is the 3rd video wave from below
PFI CRC = 2A4CCBD3

PFI does not match known data (could be corrupt or a new wave not seen before)

Displaying suspicious PFI in hex and ascii:
OFFSET 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
0x0000 01 02 31 10 00 03 00 00 00 FC FF DF 00 03 97 5F 1 . n . _
0x0010 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
now for those of you that don't know what that means

THIS GAME WILL NOT BOOT ON CURRENT MOD
The only way we could get the game too boot was by rolling back our mod to 1.41 non stealth on a benq

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Guys you do not want to do this.The people working on this are
the best.Do not take a chance with your console.
CoFree
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Not too much can be done about this untill we see another new game to see if this is the new way or what
there is question if they <censor>ed up and its just mlb 2k9 like this
no one knows
no one can know untill another new game surfaces.
We've sectioned off the area in question with special lines in the saved output below.

PLEASE PAY ATTENTION WHEN RIPPING NEW 360 GAMES
THE RIPPING APPS WE USE MIGHT NEED TO BE RE WRITTEN TO ALLOW FOR THIS CHANGE
ITS ALL BEING LOOKED INTO


IT WILL NOT BOOT ON IX1.5
I know the FW team will be getting a new mod and then ppl will want it.
I have notified teamstealth about this.

We need this info out.
Checking for updates to GameNameLookup.csv and abgx360.dat
Server file no newer than local file 'GameNameLookup.csv' -- not retrieving
Server file no newer than local file 'abgx360.dat' -- not retrieving

J:\xbox360 isos\mlb2k9\mlb2k9.dvd is valid
Checking Game
ISO: "J:\xbox360 isos\mlb2k9\mlb2k9.iso"
Size: 7838695424 bytes (larger than normal)
Game partition offset: 0xFD90000
Root sector: 5961 (0x10934800), 2048 bytes
default.xex sector: 10302 (0x111AF000), 35786752 bytes
Files in ISO: 8, Folders in ISO: 1
Total bytes used: 7094368308 (97.09%)
ISO appears to have random padding
Allowed Media Types: DVD-XGD2 (Xbox 360 original disc)
XEX Media ID: 5EA51F481FD66B7597B684EE-52D01B1E
XEX CRC = 6F1E21F7

Region Code: 0x0000FDFF

NTSC/J (Excludes China)
NTSC/U
Checking SS
04FB20h PSN 20339Fh DFCC60h PSN FB04DFh
L0 Data Area = 1783936 sectors L1 Data Area = 1783936 sectors
0x000FD90000 0x00E99CFFFF 0x00E99D0000 0x01C360FFFF
3567872 sectors (7307001856 bytes)
Timestamp of Authoring: 2009/02/09 00:00:00
Timestamp of Mastering: 2009/02/12 15:26:18
CT RT CID Mod? Pad? Data CD Response Angle Deviation
14 35 00 00 7ED18B91 C9B219D0
03 35 00 00 04A9B0 04B9AF 7ED18B91 C9B219D0
15 E0 00 00 CE870016 48CBC58F
01 E0 00 00 20D7F0 20E7EF CE870016 48CBC58F
14 0B 00 00 F029CC04 343BFEBC
03 0B 00 00 DF85F0 DF95EF F029CC04 343BFEBC
15 75 00 00 942AB68B F6A3B78A
01 75 00 00 FB5B70 FB6B6F 942AB68B F6A3B78A
24 F1 0F 00 0E93C75F 0E930001 1
07 F1 00 00 04A9B0 04B72F 0E93C75F 00000000 0 -1 (00.6%)
25 33 0F 00 8357D172 8357005B 91
05 33 00 00 20D7F0 20E56F 8357D172 5A000000 90 -1 (00.6%)
24 67 0F 00 7422AC99 742200B5 181
07 67 00 00 DF85F0 DF936F 7422AC99 B3000000 179 -2 (01.1%)
25 9C 0F 00 7761C8ED 7761010F 271
05 9C 00 00 FB5B70 FB68EF 7761C8ED 0F010000 271 0 (00.0%)
01 A6 00 00 9A59AABC 0D73F2FC
00 A6 00 00 C50D73 59F2FC 00000000 00000000
E0 69 00 00 A25A4BF5 37A44ABC
E0 69 00 00 0337A4 B54ABC 00000000 00000000
CPR_MAI: 9A59AABC
SS CRC = 375A07DF (RawSS = CD473E79)
SS Media ID: 5EA51F481FD66B7597B684EE-52D01B1E (matches game)

SS looks valid
Checking DMI

Timestamp of Authoring: 2009/02/09 00:00:00 (matches SS)

DMI CRC = 44650B99
DMI Media ID: 5EA51F481FD66B7597B684EE-52D01B1E (matches game)
DMI looks valid
Checking PFI

030000h PSN 03975Fh FC68A0h PSN FCFFDFh
L0 Data Area = 0038752 sectors L1 Data Area = 0038720 sectors
0x0000000000 0x0004BAFFFF 0x01CE7F0000 0x01D338FFFF
0077472 sectors (0158662656 bytes)
PFI CRC = 2A4CCBD3
PFI does not match known data (could be corrupt or a new wave not seen before)

Displaying suspicious PFI in hex and ascii:

OFFSET 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
0x0000 01 02 31 10 00 03 00 00 00 FC FF DF 00 03 97 5F 1 . n . _
0x0010 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Video partition found

Volume ID: "CD_ROM"
Volume space size: 38690 sectors (79237120 bytes)

Video volume space size and size of PFI data area do not match!
Volume creation date & time: 2009/01/14 16:00:00 (GMT-08:00)

Cannot check padding due to invalid or uncertain PFI/Video
Video CRC = 28570223 (V0 & V1 skipped due to non-matching or absent PFI)

Video partition does not match known data but neither did PFI

Stealth status is uncertain

Verifying this game against the online database

One or more CRC requirements for Verification were not met, cannot continue

Verification failed

Starting AutoFix

Attempting to get 'Xex_6F1E21F7.ini' from the online verified database

Failed to find a verified ini file for this Xex

Attempting to fix PFI based on SS

Unwilling to automatically fix PFI because SS is newer than the last known 2nd wave date

AutoFix Failed, Stealth is still uncertain

Press any key to exit . .

Commodore4Eva is currently working on new video partition support in ix1.6 , coming soon!


Guys please be careful with your backups!!!!

Courtesy of Cofree and Backslash at Robinhoodsplayground

01/13/09 -

Spoiler:

I am gonna do a news post here whenever something comes up in the community that we should know about. Just for those people that don't want to go to a 360 forum because they like -hacks so much. Also, w00t I got a sticky!

[Jsamp]

I scored a 360 for $50 and am about to case mod it. I have some spray paint designed for plastic and a few stencils I have picked out but not sure which I will use yet. I will post a pic once its done.

[HORiZUN]

God damn it.....

360 just red ringed.

Anyone know a link to he xclamp fix that has the product pact numbers for purchase at Lowes?

Thanks in advance.

[Nacos]

Originally Posted by HORiZUN

God damn it.....

360 just red ringed.

Anyone know a link to he xclamp fix that has the product pact numbers for purchase at Lowes?

Thanks in advance.

nice avatar.

[HORiZUN]

Originally Posted by Nacos

nice avatar.

Thanks! I don't remember what happened to the old one, so I just made a new one.

[Mister Eff]

I am trying to make a SLAX disk for a Hitachi, but it keeps failing when burning to the CD...I wasted 2 already. What can I do?

[Mister Eff]

http://www.sendspace.com/file/q65ufs

There...I used that tut.

[HORiZUN]

Thank you! I'll do the fix, hopefully will be in the clear after that. If not, Looks like I'm swapping boxes with someone...

[OGTiago]

Hey, when I flashed my drive using Toolbox 4.6, it made the drive 8x speed.

Is there any way to make it 12x speed using Toolbox 4.6? Because a little too often there is texture pop in at 8x speed, so I want it at 12x speed.

Any help? Thanks.

Hitachi 78 btw, iXtreme 1.4 of course.

[Jsamp]

There should be a 12x file in the download that you got from muppet modding.