The Xbox 360 Homebrew Thread - Dashlaunch 3.06

TheGoldenTouch

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Just thought i would start a thread for those of us playing around with Xbox360 homebrew (Hopefully i'm not the only one).

I'm one of those few lucky people who got brand new exploitable jasper arcade.. Lot#0924 and manufacturing date is 12th june 09.

I'm extremely thankful to Jshak and Adam for doing all these jtag stuff on my 360.

List of JTAG owners.

1.TheGoldenTouch: Jasper 512mb
2.muhd86: Jasper 512mb
3.faizy: Jasper 256mb
4.CerebralTiger: Falcon
5.obaid: Jasper 512mb
6.saqib126: Jasper 512mb
7.Game Addi: Falcon
8.Sliyk: Jasper
9.hashimzain: Jasper 256mb
10.pindiboy: Falcon
11.manigamer: Jasper 256mb
12.XecutionerX: Jasper 512mb
13.rayed: Xenon
14.coolerthannos: Jasper 256mb
15.M AzeeM K: Jasper
16.Goldenhawk: Xenon
17.Jshak: Jasper 256mb
18.CoLd FuSiOn: Jasper


How to run unsigned content (XBLA games/ DLC/) on your JTAG Xbox 360 by CerebralTiger

How To Patched Region-Lock Games by ViRuS ZianTi

How To Make Your Console Region Free


JTAG F.A.Q (Registration Required)

The ultimate tutorial to setup your j-tag (Registration Required)

JTAG and You! A Newbie's Guide (Registration Required)





All these infos are taken from xbox360iso.com and special credit goes to tmbinc, Tiros, Ruley, Sandungas, Phoney, Tony Bologna, kote aka logi, Phillip and anyone else I have missed.

Before you even Start:

Can this be done to all motherboard revisions?
Yes, all motherboard revisions are vulnerable to this hack. But the dashboard update on August 10, 2009 patched this hack. Some consoles that were manufactured or refurbished around June/July already have the patch applied. Which is why some kernels are not vulnerable.

How do I know what kernel version I have?

In the dashboard go to System Settings>Console Settings then scroll down to System Info. Your kernel version is shown here. In this picture the 360 has the 8955 kernel applied. This example is not vulnerable.



Kernel Vulnerability:

8498 and Higher - Any console with a kernel 8498 and higher have been patched to stop the hack.

7371 and lower - Any console with the 7371 kernel or a lower version of the kernel are most likely vulnerable to the hack.

7363 & 7371 - These the "iffy" kernels. With this kernels you have to dump your NAND to make sure that you have a vulnerable CB. Some consoles with this kernel already have the patch applied to them and cannot be JTAG'd. This would be if the console was repaired or manufactured since June/July. If repaired or manufactured before that should be exploitable.

Those consoles you see in tuts or on youtube that say they are on 8955 dash is because before the update they were on a less than 8XXX dash.

XBRebooter it is a modified version of 8955 and will display as 8955 in the system menu.

But again they are on this dash AFTER the mod but NOT before.

As of now if you are already on Stock 8955 there is no way to JTAG your system, but have hope for future.

What is the JTAG Hack?

This is a new hack which can boot homebrew code in less than 5 seconds. For now, all we need to know is that this is a new way to exploit the well-known 4532 kernel, in a way which also works on updated machines, unless they have been updated by the summer '09 update. It also works on all hardware types.

What does the JTAG Hack require?

1. The hack requires a console that has not been updated to the August09 dashboard. Although some consoles with the 7371 kernel have already been patched to stop the JTAG hack.
2. Some soldering skills.
3. A computer with a LPT(printer) port.

What does the JTAG hack allow me to do?

The JTAG hack unlocks your 360 and gives full control over it. Allowing.
- Linux
- Homebrew
- Unsigned Code
- Use a Re-booter(Freeboot or XBReboot)

Exploitable CB versions:

1888, 1902, 1903, 1920,1921: exploitable xenon
4558: exploitable Zephyr
5761, 5766, 5770: exploitable falcon
6712, 6723: exploitable jasper

Non-Exploitable CB Versions (CD = 8453 for all of them)

Xenon: 1922, 1923, 1940
Zephyr: 4571, 4572, 4578, 4579
Falcon/Opus: 5771
Jasper: 6750
 
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uzair82

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Congrats to TheGoldentouch and others for completely hacking xbox 360. Playing without disc in the drive is most amazing feature of this hack for me. Also no need to worry about that annoying region protection, a must for all ntsc-j owners wanting to play final fantasy

hope this hombrew can also lead to a substitute of xbox live in the future



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As of now if you are already on Stock 8955 there is no way to JTAG your system, but have hope for future.
clinging on to this HOPE!
 

TheGoldenTouch

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So how many guys here on pakgamers are on the xbox360 homebrew scene ?
That's exactly i wanted to know too because i'm going to make a list of jtag 360 owners on first post.

Here is a good quality video of my 360 running games thru 360 hdd without disc and with usb too.

 

Dark Sith

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Jan 7, 2009
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i dont know how many other members have j-taged there consoles , but i have done it , and attached 760gd wd hdd with over 100 games on it , man its fantastic , no more adding disc , plain gaiming ..once again thanks to mosses .

woot woot.

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add me in boss ....j-tag rules .

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boss need some help , i am copying iso from my pc then placing them in the root of a external usb drive , for some reason the xex loader does how me pictures of the games i have on the hdd , just there names , do i have to make a special folder in the external hdd and copy the games there .

thanks
 

TheGoldenTouch

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Nice!!!!!BTW is that hard disk sort of external or is it the xbox one?????
I'm using both of them, i copy those games which are already burned on dual layer direct to 360 hard drive and using usb for new downloaded games on pc.



boss need some help , i am copying iso from my pc then placing them in the root of a external usb drive , for some reason the xex loader does how me pictures of the games i have on the hdd , just there names , do i have to make a special folder in the external hdd and copy the games there .

thanks
same here, only saboteur images are showing on xex menu.

Please post details of your jtagged console like this..

360 Model : Arcade
Motherboard : Jasper 512mb
Lot# : 0924
Manufacturing Date : 2009/06/12

That's all i wanted to know.
 
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Dark Sith

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360 model - GO PRO
MOTHERBOARD - FALCON
MANUFACTURING DATE : 2008-6-04


no idea about the lot no , coz its not mentioned on back sticker .

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i think u have to copy the games to a directory called games or something ...........coz in you tube videos all game tittles are showing .

also i noticed that xex loader also shows gpu / cpu / ram temps . which is a good thing - temps stay at around 45-c to 60c thats what i noticed.
 

TheGoldenTouch

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you can also adjust fan speed too plus you can make a full backup of your nand using flash360.xex but it's good for 512mb owners because it takes 20 to 24hrs to dump full nand through LPT but through flash360.exe after jtag u can easily dump full 512mb nand using usb within 10 minutes.
 
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iNF3RN0

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awesome stuff Shayan bhai, you did it again!! hell yeah!! since I am totally out of the xbox scene can you tell me what other cool stuff is available for the homebrew boat? like the original xbox there were lot and lot of homebrew stuff available like custom dashboard, FTP access, trainers etc..
 

Dark Sith

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yes i have done the same 100% is to loud , a modest 80% is good enough , i have noticed temps drop straight 15 to 20c .

before they used to touch 70c , not they dont go above 55c.

at 100 % not above 50c.
 

sliyk

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nothing but a jasper for me :(

when will the post august jaspers be exploitable
any news on that goldentouch?
 
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