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No, MS Is Not Banning Because Of Firmware, Not yet, maybe soon, we don't know at this time

Xombe	Sep 20 2006, 02:52 AM Post #1
X-S Xbox Xombe Group: Head Moderator Posts: 10198 Joined: 22-May 03 From: PNW Member No.: 39553 Xbox Version: v1.0 360 version: v3.0 (falcon)	Okay, since it gets asked at least thrice daily... NO, MS is not banning accounts/consoles from Live than have modified firmware at this time. - They may very well start to do so as soon as I finish writing this post. Maybe not. YES, you can play your backups on Live. - We at X-S do not condone this as it constitutes a violation of Live's TOS, so don't discuss it here. You may very well be getting flagged for doing it. Maybe that'll result in a ban when they start handing them out. Maybe only those doing so after the bans begin. NO, there is no evidence either way that MS is collecting info on those with modded firmware at this time. - Lots of rumors and speculation but nothing official. You run the risk of possibly getting the ban hammer at some time by going anywhere near an ethernet cable with your firmware flashed. When deciding if you want to run modified firmware, remember that every 360 game attempts to connect to Live if only to update acheivements and tell others you're playing that game.. even the purely offline RPGs, etc. This is simply a brief summary of all the discussion occuring about possible MS reactions. It is not gospel, but please stop asking questions already answered here. This post has been edited by Xombe: Sep 20 2006, 02:54 AM

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Xombe No, MS Is Not Banning Because Of Firmware Sep 20 2006, 02:52 AM

cr4ck3rj4ck If Microsoft's solution to firmware hacks does... Sep 20 2006, 02:55 AM

Alex548 My guess is they're gonna do the same thing th... Sep 20 2006, 03:10 AM

BCfosheezy My guess is they're gonna do the same thing t... Sep 20 2006, 10:53 PM

RaDiKaL Thanx for info Btw i am really new to this... wha... Sep 20 2006, 03:28 AM

CattyKid Thanx for info Btw i am really new to this... wh... Sep 20 2006, 03:42 AM

BoNg420 That's Bungie's term for being banned fro... Sep 20 2006, 03:50 AM

Xombe Mods: Pin it in any forums you feel would benefit ... Sep 20 2006, 04:55 AM

Zomah are people still busy coding a Firmware Stealth or... Sep 20 2006, 10:04 PM

DaShiZNiT yeah I was gonna say I remember playing on BETA Li... Sep 29 2006, 07:57 AM

Flakfiser yeah I was gonna say I remember playing on BETA L... Oct 17 2006, 01:38 PM

laurie Im no expert but I would think it harder for MS to... Sep 30 2006, 04:46 PM

grim_d theyr not stupid. and they will be WELL aware of t... Sep 30 2006, 05:48 PM

DaShiZNiT they wouldnt wanna piss off their most loyal custo... Sep 30 2006, 06:02 PM

Niteman1969 That's utter rubbish... In Microsoft's te... Oct 1 2006, 10:52 AM

LiGhTfasT They dont really gain anything by banning people, ... Oct 1 2006, 11:14 AM

l0ckd0wn360 They dont really gain anything by banning people,... Oct 17 2006, 10:31 PM

Reaper527 Look my bro works for microsoft and he says why b... Oct 17 2006, 10:46 PM

l0ckd0wn360 you might have a bit more credibility if your gra... Oct 17 2006, 11:19 PM

ballinoutactrl Well dude fine by me just giving people a heads u... Oct 18 2006, 07:39 PM

charlieaf92 Well dude fine by me just giving people a heads u... Oct 18 2006, 08:11 PM

joe90 Look my bro works for microsoft and he says why b... Oct 18 2006, 04:23 PM

bonsc2 What about not playing your backups on live but ge... Oct 1 2006, 05:23 PM

Mana also when the fall update comes will there be an o... Oct 1 2006, 10:30 PM

KyesaRRi When an update comes out you wont be able to play ... Oct 3 2006, 08:45 AM

89c4l98 They will not be so nice. If they have a way to ba... Oct 7 2006, 03:34 PM

jamie123 i think microsoft would start banning if they coul... Oct 8 2006, 10:30 PM

unreal1ty Is there anyway MS can tell you have modified the ... Oct 9 2006, 04:16 PM

KyesaRRi We just dont know, plain and simple Wait for a da... Oct 9 2006, 04:35 PM

jamie123 We just dont know, plain and simple Wait for a da... Oct 10 2006, 02:21 AM

microsnakey im gettting an xbox 360 tomorrow with xtreme firmw... Oct 12 2006, 06:08 PM

toddgei I dont know if they can tell if you have the modde... Oct 13 2006, 12:29 PM

axess68 OOOOR they realised that by banhammering everyone... Oct 17 2006, 01:24 AM

saltan23 This question may have been asked before, i couldn... Oct 14 2006, 09:44 PM

tboneski Are they Kidding? ! Oct 16 2006, 01:15 AM

barnzy Live update downtime due to start in 7 hours... A... Oct 17 2006, 12:55 AM

savagepoop to the guy who has a brothat works for ms. if u ha... Oct 17 2006, 11:44 PM

daniel_8775 So... anyone try live yet? Oct 18 2006, 12:02 PM

savagepoop im on it right now. modded sammy drive working fin... Oct 18 2006, 12:25 PM

Kinryuu I've got a modded TS ms25 drive, heh, and I st... Oct 18 2006, 02:40 PM

daniel_8775 Be sure to post what drive is working with it as w... Oct 18 2006, 03:25 PM

slimgrip Cant connect here. MS25 - Xtreme 4.1a FW When i ... Oct 18 2006, 03:56 PM

john11 Cant connect here. Today it passes the MTU test ... Oct 18 2006, 05:18 PM

Chancer There are connection problems at the moment anyway... Oct 18 2006, 04:00 PM

slimgrip Cheers m8 Thats what i was thinkin. :unsure: Oct 18 2006, 04:01 PM

Ayiz surely if they can put a key on a disk we can copy... Oct 18 2006, 09:25 PM

demon0ne Drive: Hitachi LG - GDR 3120 Firmware: Maximus Gar... Oct 19 2006, 12:50 AM

sugarshane Drive: Hitachi LG - GDR 3120 Firmware: Maximus Ga... Oct 19 2006, 01:15 AM

charlieaf92 FYI, I played xbox live for 2-3 straight hours ear... Oct 19 2006, 01:31 AM

elmo_sni the downtimes now going on alost 2 days... it... Oct 19 2006, 01:57 AM

xxnoobiexx tried to sign on earlier with my xbox 1 sammy modd... Oct 19 2006, 02:23 AM

Arch0n tried to sign on earlier with my xbox 1 sammy mod... Oct 19 2006, 03:35 AM

insta You guys do understand the technical differences b... Oct 19 2006, 02:28 AM

Neo_Da_One OMG i think the time is here when we say goodbye t... Oct 19 2006, 01:55 PM

poolguard123 if you have flashed the FW to maybe say xtreme 4.0... Oct 19 2006, 02:33 PM

Chancer Total rubbish. Stop worrying about live and hack... Oct 19 2006, 03:16 PM

insta Total rubbish. Sorry, but from an end-users per... Oct 19 2006, 04:51 PM

xxnoobiexx ms is banning xbox 1's with sammys with firmwa... Oct 19 2006, 04:49 PM

Chancer Cheating only affects end users. Piracy affects th... Oct 19 2006, 05:01 PM

charlieaf92 Just a quick follow up. After posting I spoke with... Oct 19 2006, 07:14 PM

smitty2003 readin through the forums, im a little scared to t... Oct 19 2006, 08:52 PM

iwanttheagrocrag same shit different chip. Oct 24 2006, 12:13 AM

Havok BTW: For people saying you can not cheat with the... Oct 24 2006, 09:05 PM

Corrupted u can cheat on pdz with original disc and no firmw... Oct 24 2006, 09:18 PM

Deathwish238 In the event that MS does start banning...would th... Oct 27 2006, 05:36 PM

Phat Phreddy Obviously it is impossible to say what will happen... Oct 29 2006, 06:07 AM

tigerk M$ had to ban him for having 77000 gamerpoint... Oct 29 2006, 09:06 PM

wayneb73 For what it’s worth here is my view of what MS are... Oct 30 2006, 02:23 AM

born2win413 i thought M$ can't detect the newest vers... Oct 30 2006, 02:34 AM

RiPpN-N-TrIppN yo u have to remember that what ever tweeks or mod... Oct 30 2006, 02:52 AM

wayneb73 Forget what people say MS can detect anything. The... Oct 30 2006, 02:54 AM

MrOffbeat I am really curious when/if the fall-update hits t... Oct 30 2006, 03:06 PM

psp-pirate just tried to log onto live with my 360 and could ... Oct 30 2006, 04:27 PM

PhatheadWRX I think currently the servers are up and down beca... Oct 30 2006, 04:43 PM

psp-pirate well i changed the last digit of my ip in the 360 ... Oct 30 2006, 04:50 PM

jamiem1987 gotta admit guys i bought a pre modded 360 the oth... Oct 30 2006, 05:01 PM

Mikeylds Hiya guys ... I'm completely new to this site ... Oct 30 2006, 05:42 PM

jimmers I dont use Live so its not a big deal to me if the... Oct 30 2006, 10:33 PM

jabroniekilla I always said I wouldnt post untill we knew what w... Oct 30 2006, 10:44 PM

tigerk Lets look at the big picture, xbox 1 made you pay ... Oct 30 2006, 10:55 PM

Jagsfan6116 they would be loosing alot of money from me.. i wo... Oct 30 2006, 11:02 PM

tigerk they would be loosing alot of money from me.. i w... Oct 30 2006, 11:19 PM

Jagsfan6116 you could have definitely done something about tha... Oct 30 2006, 11:36 PM

tigerk you could have definitely done something about th... Oct 30 2006, 11:43 PM

hardhead36 Lets look at the big picture, xbox 1 made you pay... Oct 31 2006, 12:24 AM

tigerk Don't see the point? Very few people mod the... Oct 31 2006, 12:50 AM

Jagsfan6116 yes, but once they ban us from xbox live.. that is... Oct 31 2006, 12:28 AM

C.K Not posting for the sake of it or anything like th... Oct 31 2006, 02:36 AM

javip http://www.xboxic.com/news/1880 article from xbox... Oct 31 2006, 02:44 AM

PhatheadWRX http://www.xboxic.com/news/1880 article from xbo... Oct 31 2006, 02:55 AM

javip That article is BS. No one knows for sure until ... Oct 31 2006, 03:21 AM

The_Ocelot Just out of curiosity, how many people here who ha... Oct 31 2006, 03:29 AM

justingoon Just out of curiosity, how many people here who h... Oct 31 2006, 04:26 AM

Lamer123 http://forums.xbox.com/1/7741066/ShowPost.aspx#774... Oct 31 2006, 04:37 AM

Phat Phreddy Considering we are now well past midday of the 31s... Oct 31 2006, 05:02 AM

dynt 07.40 am +2 gmt no update available yet Oct 31 2006, 05:51 AM

born2win413 30 more minutes then its the update!! i ca... Oct 31 2006, 07:35 AM

lee3272 30 more minutes then its the update!! i c... Oct 31 2006, 08:00 AM

Phat Phreddy Dunno Lee.. With GoW being launched next week.. ... Oct 31 2006, 08:06 AM

richbambam So what if i my xbox360 gets band I will just play... Oct 31 2006, 09:01 AM

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