360 FW hacked

[darkfader]

Months of hard work have come to an end.

That depends on the goal. There is still a lot of work to do. Great work nonetheless.
To everyone: don't release modified firmwares! (I don't own a 360 yet anyways)

[uberfry]

did u have to install some chip?

The firmware flash chip of the DVD-ROM needs to be replaced or reprogrammed.
Currently a way to flash it from a PC without soldering is being researched. Research takes time so don't expect a solution soon.

TS said he won't release it...so there's no point in doing that, is there?
i think if one is good enough to hack the fw using the info from the threads, then one will be good enough to flash the chip, no?
or am i getting something wrong?

[airedwin]

i don' think it'd be difficult for a hacker to make a modchip that replaces the firmware that everyone can install themselves

[linked]

DAM good work fella's dam good.
there are some very clever geniuses around and this sort of work proves just that.

now all the others asking for this hack give it up as begging and such isn't lady like lol.

once again well done all involved.

LINKED.
 

[Ti22]

Hey guys,

I'd like to congratulate you all, very nicely crafted work of art you guys have here yes i think hacking is an art. Anyways, I agree with the decision u guys have made to not release the FW, anyways I have a request which I think only you guys are capable of. Its regarding Region Coding on the DVD Drive

You see I currently work in the UK so all the games I buy are PAL games, however when I fly back home in Thailand they sell Japanese Version of the game and my 360 isn't compatible with the Japanese version and when some game comes out I can't play it on my 360

I'd like to request you guys to make a Region Free Mod, I think this will work well for everyone, since everyone will be able to play games not released in their region (when the time comes)

and its nothing illegal. Its something nice, another thing is this is something you guys can actually release, I think a region free mod will be good for everyone.

anyways If you guys disagree simply disregard this message.

[chaos]

I'd like to request you guys to make a Region Free Mod, I think this will work well for everyone, since everyone will be able to play games not released in their region (when the time comes)

the region setting is nothing the DVD FW can override, that's set in the console itself. it's not between the media and the DVD-ROM but between the .xex and the OS

[MrPhunkee]

Ok, u dont support piracy.. Thats ok. But why are u actually wasting ur time on getting a copy (lets call it a legal backup) runned on the machine then? And if u don't/ didn't want to get MS after u, why go into public with it? They can get ur ass if they would because u messed with copyrighted material 2 get a copy booted. And gave all info public on how to do it. Thats not better than actually release a hack itself. It's like giving the info on how 2 make a nuclear bomb spreaded on the internet, but don't sell bombs urself. So thats not really smart imo. And u know this news get tons of attention and get people freaked out. Why not wasting ur time on running homebrew for example instead of stuff u actually dont support urself (running backups would be a bad thing for the scene? Ok, now u can say u've done it. But I really miss the point of this. Its like u found the last icecream on earth with ur treasuremap screaming to the world u have it and no one else can have it. Na na na na na.

If everyone in this thread is a saint like they r claiming to be and only mod for homebrew. Well, xbox 1 homebrew. Thats as illegal as running a copy, Ur running a modified bios. Not to mention those apps are created with the XDK (copyright, anyone?)
As a fact, u can do more with ur pc than the xbox. More emu compatible. Mediacenter like u want. Why go into a hassle and just not get a TV card if u wanna do those things in front of ur tv instead of the pc. And running linux at 733mhz isn't a thrill either.

Some more info please. Regards

[probutus]

Congratulations, TheSpecialist; seems that I was too fixated on the linux thread that I forgot to look into the other threads...

It's just a pity that lot of people are trying to turn your GREAT job down or to flame you for your fantastic work...

[agent47]

ok, right, i dont know where to begin but i have to ask a silly question.

what have these guys actually done? i know they booted thier first back-up but have they only done that yet?

so its only for that specific game? and people are staying 'a great step to take', but if u just figured out how to boot back-ups wot else is there to do?

or am i getting this wrong?

it's real good getting a back-up to work but just help me out here guyz, cheers

[junglejason]

WOW

 this is fantastic .. superb job guys...

i want one .. sell me one please .. kidding...
just saw the video  so bloody cool:)

best of luck to ya

thumbsup from J.J in norway

[ASTRAL]

Congratulations, TheSpecialist; seems that I was too fixated on the linux thread that I forgot to look into the other threads...

It's just a pity that lot of people are trying to turn your GREAT job down or to flame you for your fantastic work...

Nice info however this still could be fake! Notice the reflection in the TV of the other xbox 360. Well anyway to bad we may never know and not like it matters seeing the FW will never be released.

[thc013]

Cool another console done by the dutch

[lynzoid]

this is all..... onanism

[SeventhSon]

Congratulations, TheSpecialist; seems that I was too fixated on the linux thread that I forgot to look into the other threads...

It's just a pity that lot of people are trying to turn your GREAT job down or to flame you for your fantastic work...

Nice info however this still could be fake! Notice the reflection in the TV of the other xbox 360. Well anyway to bad we may never know and not like it matters seeing the FW will never be released.

I really don't understand all these conspiracy theories. The information posted on the challenge response protocol is verifiable by anybody with a dissasembler. There is more than enough information to enable anybody with an understanding of the firmware (and there are many on this board and certainly far more elsewhere) and access to a flash programmer to reproduce the results. If it's a fake, then it's not a very good fake because their claims are perfectly falsifiable! Although, notice how nobody is falsifying the claims experimentally? Instead people are simply posting inane conspiracy theories. Face facts, the FW *has* been hacked to run backups.

[Mjrweed]

Good work, and good luck with making the generic firmware.

[crocchio]

hi all,sorry for bad english but i came from italy,we are 1 team haked group that have woork on Gamecube(with good result ;-),on Ps2 and are woorking now on xbox360......is good woork the woork of The Specialist but......yes but......!!there are same question a lot of question yo make to u..........good woork if it is true  

[robinsod]

Amen to that SeventhSon, A fake would be pointless, we'd get found out eventually Fact is all the info required is on this board, the CR protocol is THE key to this hack, it boils down to an 8 entry look up table and fixed values work a treat. What a shame some fool had to start spewing BS and it got obscured.

BTW you are the first person to understand the importance of the CR protocol so my money's on you

PS: We got hills and all kinds of interesting Geography where I come from

[Helltick]

Could you not sell a chip named "dvd repair" and leave the flashing of the FW in the hands of the end-user...could this be legal?

Or "X360,hitachi,samsung compatible" for DIY repair purpose only.(firmware not included).
Then split the hacked FW into 4 seperate .rars with each .rar hosted on 4 seperate sites not as a whole.

Leaving all responsibility to gather,prepare,and flash the DIY repair chip on the end user?

Or would $#!t still hit the fan?

[robinsod]

Lets kill this once and for all. We could just upload the file through Tor or some open WLAN or use some other anonymous mechanism. But we wont. The fact is that it would simply enable spotty kids to steal games. Thats all its good for, no unsigned code & no region free. I have a certain ammount of sympathy for people with small kids (like me - the little buggers never put the disks away) but then MS should provide replacement disks for a nominal fee since you bought a license to use the software even if the media containing it is damaged.

It's not fear of lawyers that stops us releasing we simply dont advocate or encourage piracy - see that red text at the top of the page?

My only hope for this hack is that it gives us a new attack vector against the Kernel & as Spec said, the guys at free60 are hackers, they can figure this out for themselves. Beyond that its a cheap and cheesey hack that spoofs the below par 'original disk detection' to boot a DVD+R. If MS would do the decent thing and give us some form of homebrew SDK (Like Sony did with the Net Yarozee - I had some fun with that!) then there'd be no excuse for any of this

[Sir Slater]

Now, I'm new here. I've been reading your forums for a few days now. I was really excited about this firmware hack, but honestly, I have no reason to believe it. The video looked false, and if you guys aren't going to release it because you feel it isn't necessary, I don't think anyone else should bother believing it. I understand why you wouldn't want to, but the video looked stitch, every poster on this forum just seems to be up in arms about HOW you did it rather than that it looks false.