Put Hard Drive In New Hdmi 360 And Corrupted Profile?, topic Options

[Kaisonic]

I have this issue as well. From what I've researched, I'm guessing that my old console was somehow placed on the revoked list, so anything and everything it signs is read as corrupted on any other console. I was fine with this, until it red-ringed. So now the only console my saves worked on is now broken.

Theoretically, the saves should work if they're just resigned with a console that has not been revoked. I tried CONSign, but it needs a keyvault, and the only way to get a keyvault is to do some serious modding. But my new 360 is post-update, so I don't even think it's possible anymore.

I don't even think I need the keyvault from my Xbox, I just need one that's not on the revoked list. Once they're resigned, I can at least load them so my Xbox can sign them and I won't have this problem again (hopefully).

I'll try finding a valid kv.bin and resigning my files, then I'll let you guys know how it goes.

[Kaisonic]

Well that was easy.

Okay, so to recap, my old Xbox somehow got itself on the revoked list (probably because it was technically returned to a retail store, but that's an entirely different story), and it then red-ringed, so all my saves wouldn't load on my new Xbox 360. I tried a billion things and finally found a solution.

It's ridiculously simple.

1. Copy the "corrupt" saves to your computer's hard drive (using XSATA and Xplorer360 or open your HDD and use a regular SATA cable, whatever you want - personally, while I'm waiting for my Xeno Top Gear to arrive, I'm just using a SATA-to-eSATA cable with Xport 360 (the software used with the XSATA - for some reason Xplorer360 doesn't work with my new 120GB hard drive).

2. Delete the "corrupt" saves on your Xbox 360 hard drive, and create new ones (just open the game, wait for it to say that it created a file, and you're done).

3. Now copy these new saves to your computer as well. You should now have a set of your real "corrupt" saves and a set of new "dummy" saves.

4. For each one, open both the "corrupt" and "dummy" version of the save in a Hex editor (I use HxD - it's freeware).

5. Select ALL characters from offset 240 on in your real corrupt file. (basically everything except the CON header and signature, I think). Copy that (Ctrl+C), then click before the first character on offset 240 in the dummy file and PASTE WRITE (Ctrl+B ). It should overwrite the contents beyond 240 in the dummy file with the contents from the corrupt file.

6. IMPORTANT - if AFTER you do this, there are extra characters after what you pasted, DELETE THEM (don't fill with 0's, just straight delete them).

7. Save the file. It will automatically create a file with a ".bak" extension if you need the original file for anything.

8. At this point you should now have the dummy file with new contents, and it should be the SAME SIZE as the corrupt file. If it's a different size, you did something wrong.

9. Open this file with Modio, Xploder, or a similar NXE resigner. Rehash and resign the file.

NOTE: I'm not actually sure if the Device ID matters. For example, one of my saves had its Device ID overwritten on my new 360 even though it couldn't load the file. If these steps don't work, you'll need to copy over the Device ID as well. Just open one of your dummy saves BEFORE you've done anything with it, and it should have your current Device ID. Write that down and just copy that into the dummy saves AFTER you change them and BEFORE you resign them.

10. At this point your dummy file should have new contents and be rehashed and resigned. A quick check is to re-open it in a hex editor and make sure the date on the third line says "9-18-06". If it doesn't, you might still be safe, you're just using a different resigner.

11. Copy the file back to your 360 hard drive, and enjoy!



A FEW NOTES:
1. So far I've tested this with GTA IV and Rock Band 2, and it has worked perfectly.
2. To be extra safe (as in making sure the file doesn't read corrupt again), re-save your file in-game after you've successfully loaded it.
3. As far as I know, none of this should get you banned from XBL or your console revoked or anything like that. Since we're not technically modifying saved games - we're just resigning your corrupt ones for proper use.
4. I have no idea if this will work with profiles, and I would suggest not trying it. Just recover your gamertag - it's faster and easier.
5. One of the things I tried was to extract the saved files WITHIN the CON files and just inject them into the dummy files. This worked as well, but doesn't fully recover your saved data. For example, my GTA IV saves still had the title and date of the dummy files (it said LOADING -- THE COUSINS BELLIC even though it was a Story Complete save). So I'd say just do the hex-editing thing.

Let me know if anything is unclear, I'd be glad to help. Personally I'm just happy my 103 hours in GTA IV hasn't gone to waste.

This post has been edited by Kaisonic: Oct 11 2009, 05:07 AM

[OperatorS]

the fix for this is actually much simpler (unless im thinking of a different problem)

just go to memory, delete the corrupt profile. when it asks about saves, keep them. now recover the profile, done.

[mhouldey]

Well that was easy.

Okay, so to recap, my old Xbox somehow got itself on the revoked list (probably because it was technically returned to a retail store, but that's an entirely different story), and it then red-ringed, so all my saves wouldn't load on my new Xbox 360. I tried a billion things and finally found a solution.

It's ridiculously simple.

1. Copy the "corrupt" saves to your computer's hard drive (using XSATA and Xplorer360 or open your HDD and use a regular SATA cable, whatever you want - personally, while I'm waiting for my Xeno Top Gear to arrive, I'm just using a SATA-to-eSATA cable with Xport 360 (the software used with the XSATA - for some reason Xplorer360 doesn't work with my new 120GB hard drive).

2. Delete the "corrupt" saves on your Xbox 360 hard drive, and create new ones (just open the game, wait for it to say that it created a file, and you're done).

3. Now copy these new saves to your computer as well. You should now have a set of your real "corrupt" saves and a set of new "dummy" saves.

4. For each one, open both the "corrupt" and "dummy" version of the save in a Hex editor (I use HxD - it's freeware).

5. Select ALL characters from offset 240 on in your real corrupt file. (basically everything except the CON header and signature, I think). Copy that (Ctrl+C), then click before the first character on offset 240 in the dummy file and PASTE WRITE (Ctrl+B ). It should overwrite the contents beyond 240 in the dummy file with the contents from the corrupt file.

6. IMPORTANT - if AFTER you do this, there are extra characters after what you pasted, DELETE THEM (don't fill with 0's, just straight delete them).

7. Save the file. It will automatically create a file with a ".bak" extension if you need the original file for anything.

8. At this point you should now have the dummy file with new contents, and it should be the SAME SIZE as the corrupt file. If it's a different size, you did something wrong.

9. Open this file with Modio, Xploder, or a similar NXE resigner. Rehash and resign the file.

NOTE: I'm not actually sure if the Device ID matters. For example, one of my saves had its Device ID overwritten on my new 360 even though it couldn't load the file. If these steps don't work, you'll need to copy over the Device ID as well. Just open one of your dummy saves BEFORE you've done anything with it, and it should have your current Device ID. Write that down and just copy that into the dummy saves AFTER you change them and BEFORE you resign them.

10. At this point your dummy file should have new contents and be rehashed and resigned. A quick check is to re-open it in a hex editor and make sure the date on the third line says "9-18-06". If it doesn't, you might still be safe, you're just using a different resigner.

11. Copy the file back to your 360 hard drive, and enjoy!
A FEW NOTES:
1. So far I've tested this with GTA IV and Rock Band 2, and it has worked perfectly.
2. To be extra safe (as in making sure the file doesn't read corrupt again), re-save your file in-game after you've successfully loaded it.
3. As far as I know, none of this should get you banned from XBL or your console revoked or anything like that. Since we're not technically modifying saved games - we're just resigning your corrupt ones for proper use.
4. I have no idea if this will work with profiles, and I would suggest not trying it. Just recover your gamertag - it's faster and easier.
5. One of the things I tried was to extract the saved files WITHIN the CON files and just inject them into the dummy files. This worked as well, but doesn't fully recover your saved data. For example, my GTA IV saves still had the title and date of the dummy files (it said LOADING -- THE COUSINS BELLIC even though it was a Story Complete save). So I'd say just do the hex-editing thing.

Let me know if anything is unclear, I'd be glad to help. Personally I'm just happy my 103 hours in GTA IV hasn't gone to waste.

I sense an oncoming false advertising suit.

[j3ll3]

you could also use a con-resigner and just resign every save you want with your new console_ID and be done with it