vote/discuss!

I will as soon as a video comes out that does a step by step of how to do it. I think I can do it without, but I like to see all the points being hit and I have not put in resistors before and want to see how it is done. I know I can just use XBReboot, but I like the idea of a separate chip with the unsigned code on it. If I plan to sell it I can just desolder and it is back to normal. never plan on getting on live with this box.

I can't wait to see what's to come from the XBReboot team.

I'm using xbreboot now, but I will be switching to freeBOOT soon due to freezing issues. I don't really feel like waiting for an update so I can play games again. I just haven't decided if I'm going to use xD card or buy a cygnos.

Did the XBReboot yesterday. The tutorials are nice. Don't plan on spending 50€ on the cygnos or cutting traces for the xd-card-mod. Will wait for a better solution or xbreboot updates.

Have XBReboot running on 2 boxes now. Flaky, but these are new waters! Looking forward to all the wonderful things we can do with an Xbox1 on the 360. Go Go Gadget XBMC!

Got XBReboot loaded onto mine. It's really buggy and hardly any games run properly but I'm not complaining . I have all the bits ready to go for the xD card mod and Freeboot but I'm waiting to see what XBReboot updates get released. For now I'll just continue gaming on the unmodified Live 360.

really most games I have tried with xbreboot run fine, only a few have had problems

I'm too lazy to get out my soldering iron and wire up an xD card. XBReboot will stay.

Tried XBReboot, hated the freezing, so I installed a second NAND chip and flashed freeBOOT, have no freezing issues anymore

Similar to the xD mod, but I just used a second flash chip from an RROD 360

My next project is to use a microcontroller to switch NANDs, maybe implement USB->SPI flashing and temperature readouts in the near future

Im planing to enter in the homebrew scene but for an 15 old guy like me its a little bit hard, homebrew on the wii and the psp is mucha easier=/

I'm just going to wait out a Xbreboot update. It's exciting times for the 360.

I had XBR on a Xenon (original NAND, which will get XBR again as soon as the freezing issue is handled) and I have freeboot on a Jasper16 with Cygnos V2.

I'd really like to see a homebrew soft to read/write (maybe even edit the image of/for) the NAND from within the 360. Would really make many things easier.

lflash is already here and runs ON the 360?!

I was your age when I did my first mod and installed homebrew stuff with the original xbox, now I'm almost 21 and I wouldn't say this is easy, neither it's hard. It just takes some courage to take your xbox apart and abuse it like that

and if you don't have soldering skills, you can always let someone else do it for you

Hint: always look for someone who can solder but not interested and/or doesn't know anything about this homebrew stuff, they'll do it cheaper

back on topic, I installed XBReboot on my falcon two weeks ago and updated to the latest one as soon as it hit xbins, used the Gentoo Live CD this time around though

Yeah I just switched back to the new XBR, no XEX patching is really sweet, loading games on the HDD just like xbox1 days. This also fixes all issues with title updates/DLC

Played Halo 3 ODST system link Co-Op with my room mate for 2 hours last night with no freezing, no problems at all

Still can't get GTA4 to load though, it always freezes at the copyright screen (and yes I have my clock set lol)

I can't vote until I can cast a vote for all 7 exploitable boxes I have.

^^ haha I was probably 15 or so too when i modded my first xbox... I started with a dreamcast a long long time ago, but that was as simple as burning a disc haha... Yeah man, courage, it took me about 8 hours to mod my first xbox1 that I owned. Afterward I was the happiest kid ever haha. I even started doing it for my friends, I got fairly good at it. I dont have an exploitable xbox360 though... not yet... I hope they fix the 8955 kernel so it can be hacked.... I updated one time too many I suppose.

im kida surprised at how may ppl r doing this....
both my boxes arnt able but not sure i would bother to be honest, seems like a bit of a headache just to play emulators and such... maybe when theres something i would actually use regularly, wat would be awsome is a program like xbc or kai but runs off ur box!

^^^ I agree. Like you said, seems like a bit of a headache, and don't really get much out of it. Nothing about any of this is exciting to me. It's cool others are doing this. but i dont plan on it. yawn.

its not just for emulators
its to run games off hdd, modding games, grate media centre possibility, hmebrew games, free live severs are a possibility, new dash, bigger hdds

the possibility are all most endless

yea i'm using a cygnos with the new XBreboot. Works swell. Yes so many possibilities. XBLA Games, Emulators, Media Players, Games On the hard drive so no more needing discs. DLC can be added also. Bigger hard drive (can't wait to slap a 1tb laptop hdd in there :-)) but yea it's pretty sweet. but i hardly use it :-/ i just want an XBMC 360 really. all in due time.

How is it people can play games off a hdd? You mean an external 500gig - 1tb drive or just the standard 360 hdd? If this is possible how can anyone play any of the newer games? I thought the only way you could play some of these newer games (gta:lcs, borderlands, cod:mw2) was by updating the dashboard which made this hack more or less useless. So everyone with this hack can or cant play any of those games? Ive been under the assumption you couldnt play any newer games unless you updated, which made homebrew useless to me at least. Ive been using my computer for emulators for years and didnt see a point not being able to play the new games just to play emulators and older games (pre fall 09).

Sorry if these questions have been answered before, I havent gone through every single thread related to the homebrew hack.

You can run all of the latest games. You can launch them from USB or the internal hard drive (upgrade to the largest you require). You can "reboot" into the latest dashboard (8955). You can even log into Xbox Live, but you will likely be banned.

If your only goal is to pirate games, you'll never get the point of Homebrew.

The hack already includes the latest dash so you won't have to go through the update process, burning of fuses, etc. So unless ms releases a newer dash, you can run all the latest games just fine. That's the whole point of the hack really: reboot to the latest dash using the jtag exploit

My xbox is past hacking it's kernal 8477 or something like, it's sure not 7*** anyway. I'll probably get a rrod box and fix it cause to be honest I cant wait to get stuck in to one of these 360's I'm itching to see the day I have xbmc on a 360 and run my games off the hdd. But for now I am just going to have to wait and be envious of everyone else....

Wy did I update 3 days before the great Jtag trick?
Anyway, lets find an other hack XD

I am painfully waiting on a new jtag/exploit as well because I'm not buying another 360 after Microsoft arbitrarily neutered the only one I have by "banning" it, rendering my paid-for Live membership useless to myself and family.

Unfortunately, buying XBLA games is now an obstacle, and many users may end up just pirating them.

(here's to rolling the dice for a better exploit)

I plan to do XBR once I have all the necessary cables, resistors etc. and a simple, idiot's guide. However, freezing issues mentioned early on in this discussion are making me think...

Not sure if it's possible, and in no way do I want to hijack or change this topic but which method works best? Which is easiest to do?

I have an old Xenon RROD box that i fixed and flashed with XBR. I'm loving it. Haven't had any issues with freezing AT ALL after updating to the latest version of XBR. Slapped a spare 80GB laptop HDD in a M$ case and am using that for the internal drive (loaded with 200+ xblive arcade games!), and then an external USB HDD with a dozen or so xbox 360 games and tons of movies and tv shows.

I grew kind of impatient for Jasper 512MB homebrew and updated so I could start playing new games.
Then it was released like 4 days later lol

I just hope the homebrew gods are smiling down upon us and a new exploit is somehow found.

I just flashed XBR to my 360 and damn I'm happy to now be a part of the homebrew scene!

I flashed my xbox with XBR 3 and I love it. I now have a 320gb drive attached where the old 20gb used to be plus a 1TB external USB drive hooked up with all of my games. WOOT!

Finally homebrew on Xbox 360 and I'm terrified to solder. I can't see buying a system just to mess it up. I plan on getting another xbox 360 just for homebrew and leave my elite alone. With the xbox 360, it was so easy to install without the soldering, but avoided the 360 scene altogether. I'm just waiting for a super video tutorial to build my confidence or an easy way to do it. I still play my xbox 1 for my emu needs

it will be awesome some video player application for mkv support or .srt subtitle support like the old xbox

For now, I will never mod my 360 because it is lame compared to what you could do with the original Xbox. If you want to pirate games then go right ahead. But for me running linux and turning my 360 into a better multimedia machine than the original Xbox is a loftier goal than just pirating games.

Haven't JTAG'd yet, but I'm planning on using XBReboot.

i would of used a cygnos but until they sort out decent instructions for soldering it up xbr3 it will be with a 1tb drive inthe original hd case although i had to install a couple of minifans in the back to keep it cool

f***ing 8955

i want to play live arcade gaaaaaaaaaaames

Absolutely agreed.

It was well worth modding the original Xbox and that is the reason I still use it as a secondary media centre. It was also justifiable with all of the fantastic homebrew apps and emulation.

I really don't feel the need to mod if the biggest advantage is to play copied material. I always argued that my reason for modding all of the consoles in previous generations was to play import discs, as this was in line with my rights as a consumer regarding choice, and it was also upheld by the courts, but now it is a far more shady area.

My 360 is not and will probably never be modded as long as there is no technological gain to me. Plus, most games are released within a short time window internationally, compared to just a few years ago and those games which are not generally turn out to be region free anyway (e.g. Ghostbusters).

So, I cannot presently think of a legally justifiable or advantageous reason to mod.

My Wii IS modded so that I am able to play all regions of Wii titles and GC games.

My PS3 is NOT modded as it is region free to start off with. If there is ever a good multi region hack for PS and PS2 games released then I will consider it.

Plus, I just can't be bothered with the 'cat and mouse' with microsoft and LIVE mod detection just to play a so called 'backup'

What was originally an exciting area of innovation has devolved into nothing more than a vehicle for piracy.

I know how to mod a 360, it's incredibly easy but I'm simply not interested and although numerous people ask me to do it I refuse to, even though I repair RROD and drive problems and it is a logical step.

The results of the Poll speak for themselves. That would be very different if it was six years ago and we were talking about the original Xbox.