Not too sure how many of you keep up with this, but its an interesting read to see what hackers can do.

We have made some progress with a new read/patch/write app and no doubt you will all be plugging in your drives to your PC and having some fun shortly - all for free too as no modchips required (and yes we still want to play!)

Here is what we envisage...
* Connect Xbox 360 DVD-ROM to PC
* App to update firmware with magic code
* Connect DVD-ROM back to 360 - and away you go

Also this site has some killer information: http://www.kev.nu/360/dvdshort.html [posted yesterday on x-s, more info on what it is here]

Obviousley the only use for this is piracy - hence you wont see any modchips (not from us at least - however they wouldn't be needed anyway - however we do have a few cheap tools to make life much easier - more on that soon). Still a long long way off from unsigned code - but it's a start....

Thanks to The Specialist for reviving the scene! We understand he doesn't want to release anything due to possible backlash - but there are many of us who would - and will.
Keep your eyes on our 360 forums for updates...

BTW: Qwix(info)2 Rules! :-)


From: http://www.xbox-scene.com/xbox1data/...uFrFtUsLdW.php

 

We have made some progress when connecting the Xbox360 DVD ROM to a PC - reading the firmware and then writing back to it. Our goal is to make this plug and play - as simple as possible that anyone could do it with no fuss - and without any great expense.

We have a couple of products lined up to make life incredibly simple for the DVD drive modder - one of which will (in our opinion) be the "tool of choice" in the near future.

Here's a picture of a 360 DVD ROM connected to a PC.

 

I actally seen one for sale today at Target. But I did not buy it.

 

O.K. I give up...What is this suppose do to now?

Ng

 

It still isnt out . But it will let you run your backups. The xbox360 has a very bad problem with scratching disk while in the xbox360. So this way after you buy a game you can copy it and burn it, then tuck the original away for safe keeping and only risk a 2 dollar dl dvd, instead of a 60 original.

 

or so you can rent games and copy them?

 

Nothing stops you from doing it.

 

do they have something like that for the XBox?

 

They have something like that for xbox,ps2,ps1,gamecube,dreamcast,psp,gameboy,ninten do ds. Every system out. Except the ones for the ones i listed are much better than the mod for xbox 360. They actually let you run unsigned code. And thats a whole other world. Like on my psp I can play snes nes games and even listen to streaming radio or xm if i want.