TS-H943 DVD Firmware Hack for Xbox 360 Out in the Wild

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for the toshiba /samsung drives....

taken from nfo.

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Advisable to make a backup of your dvd drive firmware first.("mtkflash r /m orig.bin")
Please make sure you hexedit the Xtreme.bin firmware (Not Xtrm0800.bin firmware) to include your dvd drive key from your original firmware (usually at $4000-4200).
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 firmwarename.bin" with relevant firmware file (Xtreme.bin for running backups or Xtrm0800.bin for security sector extraction)

Extracting Security Sector
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Ensure DVD drive has been flashed with Xtrm0800.bin firmware. Drive can now work under Windows.
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

Creating a game backup
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Ensure DVD drive has been flashed with Xtrm0800.bin firmware. Drive can now work under Windows.
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 and ss.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)
Ensure your burner will set the booktype of DVD+R DL to DVDRom
Burn with CloneCd and choose the image.dvd file


Thanks to everyone at Xboxhacker.net for all their discussions. Now you guys will have to get homebrew running.
Next on the list will be the PS3 and this one will be done much quicker (once it comes out!)

Commodore4Eva
 
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seems to be confirmed.....

lets just hope scene releases patch the games before releasing them or release some ppf patch. with ss

:Cheers:
 
seems like a lot of hastle to make backups, havign to hopok up the drive for each one.

When ive got some spare time Ile have a go at it.
 
all done and no probs just got a lot of games to read and stuff.
back to playing..
 
security sectors so u can patch you downloaded raw dumps( PI releases?) these are for ntsc releases
 
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anyone downloaded an iso and patched and got it working yet ???
as im having no joy its coming out at 259mb ???? strange a..
 
they have got to be raw iso dumps..of game most of the pi- releases are..

also if you have the pal version,you can only use the pal or region free games not ntsc.




the firmware doesnt do anything to regionfix.





also seems hard finding a pci to sata or ide to sata to work got mine to see drive etc..but will not flash...

/me thinks another motherboard with sata onboard ....more pennys
 
can't wait to try this

but is there going to be a modchip out??

but this is wicked newz

lol.................im over the moon.................lol

:Cheers: :Cheers: :Cheers: :Cheers:
 
looks like we are gonna hav to rent xbox360 games from blockbuster of borrow it from our friends
 
ideal got it sorted and am now backing up all my expensive games.

:banana:
 
Can someone reiterate, Is this just for creating back ups or is it for playing backups ?? ie, can i download a game from news and play it on my 360 once i have patched it ???
 
well can you download iso's and play
NO
you need to make sure the iso's you download are full and not rips and then you need the security ss code and then patch em and then they will work.
i have read 5 originals and patched and all fully work no problem at all.
i still have another 13 to do.
its a great bit of kit Mate but you need to read it 2-3 times and understand what exactly is involved..
its not really that hard?
 
a few more utils to make it a bit easyier if you dont know how to hex edit etc...



:)
 
Ok, i sort of see....its just that i saw a new group has popped up on news and wondered if they have been done already....you say you have copied some games already, only you can play those back ups on YOUR machine ? or could i play them on mine ?

Forgive my ingnorance, i have an xbox 1 that just gave up the other day with the dreaded christmas lights error and i was looking to buying a 360, however as its not been hacked yet i would not be able to play any of my backups on it at all
 
from what i have heard anyone should be able to play them ????
but i will test with my son's 360 later to clarify.
 
its good its all good my all work pucka on both machines ??
hope yours all do.
 
As long as the games are ripped the way the nfo says the game will work on any xbox 360 that has the firmware hack and that can play games in that region

so if i had a pal xbox 360 and done the firmware hack and backed up some games and you had a pal xbox 360 and done the firmware hack, we could then swap backed up games

release groups will probably rip all games the way the nfo file says and then say if there pal or ntsc and if your xbox 360 can play the region the games in, then it will work
 
loady said:
Ok, i sort of see....its just that i saw a new group has popped up on news and wondered if they have been done already....you say you have copied some games already, only you can play those back ups on YOUR machine ? or could i play them on mine ?

Forgive my ingnorance, i have an xbox 1 that just gave up the other day with the dreaded christmas lights error and i was looking to buying a 360, however as its not been hacked yet i would not be able to play any of my backups on it at all


What chip are you using, if it's moded
 
dilly2006 said:
What chip are you using, if it's moded
A
have you read anything at all?
dam xboxhacker.net/ check it out and ask
the specialist ....
he started all this and is the main man..
 
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