Xtreme firmware 3.1 for TS-H943 Xbox 360

[commodore4eva]

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Xtreme firmware 3.1 for TS-H943 Xbox 360
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World first Media Stealth One Firmware Only Xbox 360 backup and extraction firmware modification!

R.I.P. Poochini - A mans best friend!

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Features
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Added Booktype overwrite patch (bitsetting to Dvdrom no longer required)

Added Media speed patch (drive treats backup same as original)

Fixed DVD Movie backup/Xbox 1 backup read bug.

Stealth Media implemeted into firmware. Backups now appear exactly as original disk regardless of which disk check command used by Xbox 360
Enable0800 mode supports extraction of raw PFI (Physical Format Information) and raw DMI (Disk Manufacturing Information)
Support for loading of extracted PFI and DMI from disk
Non-Stealth Backups automatically enhanced with embeded PFI for Xbox 360 and Xbox 1
Included new Video.iso for Xbox 360 and Xbox 1 backups, now the same as originals
Security placeholders/bad sectors for 360 backups are outside both valid psn ranges so they cannot be read/checked by 360 host

Extraction part of firmware enabled with Enable0800 DVD. ISO included.
In Enable0800 mode, allows drive to function natively under Windows without any hardware conversion/adaptors
Boots all Xtreme Xbox 360 backups
Boots all Xtreme Xbox 1 backups
Boots all Xbox 360 originals
Boots all Xbox 1 originals on Xbox 360
Use on Xbox Live at own risk

Technical details
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Backups now automatically have pre-locked PSN range same as stated in extracted PFI sector if exists, or embeded PFI, therefore cannot read extracted SS/PFI/DMI sectors from disk. Currently all original 360 games have same PFI sector but maybe not in future, hence new feature of extracting PFI in Enable0800 mode and read from backup at PSN $4fb1d (Xbox 360) and $605fd (Xbox1) or if these sectors are blank embeded PFI will be used
 
Backups now support loading of DMI sector. This sector is different for every original 360 game but is currently not checked for, but maybe in future hence DMI can now be extracted also in Enable0800 mode and read from backup at PSN $4fb1e (Xbox 360) and $605fe (Xbox1)

Firmware checks for Enable0800 security sector @ PSN 04FB1F and if found, enables 0800 mode of firmware.

ISO image Enable0800.iso included. Just burn and insert into drive when you wish to extract security sectors or dump games.

0800 mode of firmware deactivated by inserting game backup (Xbox 360 or Xbox 1) or DVD movie or turning off console.
Reads Xbox 360/Xbox 1 security sector from PSN FD021E (Layer 1)
Reads Xbox 360 security sector from PSN 04FB1F (Layer 0)
Reads Xbox 1 security sector from PSN 605FF (Layer 0)
Security sector must be extracted using Enable0800 DVD for Xbox360 games and Xbox 1 games

Flashing your drive
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For ms28 firmware versions of drive you will need to use the Vcc method or the VIA SATA 10 sec method to read/write flash. Refer to http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=535222

Advisable to make a backup of your dvd drive firmware first.("mtkflash r /m orig.bin")

In Windows, copy orig.bin to same directory as this release (same directory as xtreme31.bin and X360SAM.exe)

Double click "Make X31.bin" to create x31.bin (Xtreme31 firmware with your key from orig.bin). Thanks to eXOBeX for X360SAM.EXE

Copy x31.bin to boot disk

Power off PC

Plug SATA cable from DVD drive to PC. Power cable drive still connected to Xbox 360
Power on Xbox 360
Power on PC
Boot with standard dos boot disk with included mtkflash utility

Run "mtkflash w /m x31.bin"


Extracting Security Sector
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Ensue SATA cable is plugged from drive to PC.
(This is very important as may be possible in future for console to detect modified firmware due to Inquiry routine enabled for Windows)

Power on Xbox 360.
Insert Enable0800 DVD into drive. Wait 5 or so seconds then remove the Enable0800 DVD. Drive now in 0800 mode.
Turn on PC and wait for Windows to boot
Insert original game disk into drive and wait for windows to detect disk change
Run DVDinfoPro
Enter the following four custom cdb commands:

AD 00 FF 02 FD FF FE 00 08 00 01 C0
AD 00 FF 02 FD FF FE 00 08 00 03 C0
AD 00 FF 02 FD FF FE 00 08 00 05 C0
AD 00 FF 02 FD FF FE 00 08 00 07 C0

Then save hexadecimal display as bin file as SS.bin

Extracting PFI (Physical Format Information) Sector
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Run DVDinfoPro
From Advanced Commands pull down menu choose Send Custom Command
From Preset Commands pull down menu choose "00h Physical Format Information" from under the Read DVD Struct Commands heading
Click Send
Then save hexadecimal display as bin file as PFI.bin

Extracting DMI (Disk Manufacturing Information) Sector
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Run DVDinfoPro
From Advanced Commands pull down menu choose "04h Disc Manufacturing Info"
Click OK on Read DVD Structure Option window
Then save hexadecimal display as bin file as DMI.bin



Creating a game backup
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Drive is still in 0800 mode.
Extract Isobuilder.rar
Insert original game disk into drive and wait for windows to detect disk change
Run DVDinfoPro
Enter the following custom cdb command to unlock drive: (game data visable)

FF 08 01 01

Run Isobuster
Right click on DVD and select Extract From-To
Click Length and enter number of LBAs as follows:
 
Xbox 1 Original Number of LBA to read 3431264 decimal
or
Xbox 360 Original Number of LBA to read 3567872 decimal
Select User Data (2048 bytes/block)
Click Start Extraction
Enter filename as game.iso and click Save
Upon read error dialogue box choose fill with blank zeros for sector and select use this selection for all errors
Copy game.iso, ss.bin, PFI.bin and DMI.bin to the relevent isobuilder directory (Depending on Xbox 360 or Xbox 1 game)
Run build360.bat (Xbox 360 game) or build.bat (xbox 1 game).
These batch files now expect PFI and DMI bin files
Burn with CloneCd and choose the image.dvd file

Turning off 0800 mode of firmware
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Either insert game backup (Xbox 360 or Xbox 1) or DVD movie. This de-activates 0800 part of firmware or turn off console.


Thanks to everyone on #FW,  Xboxhacker.net , Xbox-Scene.com, Maxconsole.com and Xbins.Org for their support. Keep up the good work everyone.
Commodore4Eva@gmail.com

[PACKERB]

good work,thx,oh and sorry about poochini.

[twicko]

Thank you   

[patito]

kick ass firm!

speed improved a lot.

thanks C4E!

[SniperKil]

im not getting any increase on speed here...

put in ghost recon original, as soon as it verifys it, it kicks to full speed
ghost recon burn on verbatim, stays quiet, and takes much longer then the original to get to the ubisoft video

i have dumped the firmware from the drive and verified that it SHA1 hashes the same as the xtreme31.bin with my key edited in, so its def on the drive

[aolers]

Thanks for more work being done on the firmware, but I'm getting incorrect parameter every time I click Make x31.bin.  Manually putting in the key $4000-4200 still works with this firmware correct?

[stavros13]

Many thanks!

[aolers]

Just flashed it anyway with manually putting in the key.  It worked fine that way, but I notice the same thing as sniperkill.  I don't hear the drive spinning as loud as when originals are put in, so I don't think it's picking up the read speed.  I also didn't notice a difference in load times.  I double checked the firmware I flashed as well.

[didineedthis]

No need to put in the key manually, alls you need is your orig. bin in the same folder and run the make x31.bin file and it will automaticaly do it for you and the reason there is no increase in noise, here is a quote from commodore4eva

Good idea Geremia for the patch, have applied to samsung firmware version 3.1, just testing and will release on weekend.
Inital testing indicates same read speed as originals, no increase in noise and no bitsetting for dvd-rom required, although still a good idea to do it.

[acidflash]

Working fine here...  Unsure I've noticed a speed increase though

Thanks for another killer release!  Looking forward to stealth firmware (maximus style?) next =)

[bellamy]

You dont need to re-burn another Enable0800 DVD+R with each release do you?
(i.e are there any dependencies between versions and the iso's provided)

[acidflash]

You dont need to re-burn another Enable0800 DVD+R with each release do you?
(i.e are there any dependencies between versions and the iso's provided)

I'm still using v2.0's 0800 DVD   Works fine on all versions thus far..

[bellamy]

Thanks acidflash - how do you confirm if your in 0800 mode?
Do you have the xbox AV cable connected into the TV while you doing it and it states as much? or do certain lights flash on the xbox?

[Romps]

Thanks acidflash - how do you confirm if your in 0800 mode?
Do you have the xbox AV cable connected into the TV while you doing it and it states as much? or do certain lights flash on the xbox?

The only way to tell is by seeing if the drive is available in windows...

[oscar4273]

oh god tha is gread

[grandparagon]

I don't know if im depressed over this being released or if im in different.

I plan on getting the V1.1 of the NME-360 chip (i don't want to go through all this hassle when i can simply solder a few wires and not have to do anything else).

The only new features of this 3.1 version are the fixing of the DVD movie/xbox 1 backup bug, Booktype overwrite patch (which doesn't bother me) and a drive speed thing that appears to do nothing, right?

From what i see, there still is no major negative over me getting that chip, so thats a relief for me. But its nice to see that the xtreme firmware is continually being improved and hopefully it can be put into a modchip that simply requires USB connection or something equally simple in the future.

[C-5]

  I am also not seeing any speed improvement. Originals still spin and read much faster.

The cinemas on my backup of LOTR BRME2 still skip terribly. My original plays fine.

[mattyv]

  Thanks c4e!!
again

[Mjrweed]

Now to wait for a hitachi release.......

[giglife]

testing on my system and its nice
backups now spin at the same speed as retails
THANKS C4E