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Surray
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 Posted: Fri, 21st Sep 2007 11:43 Post subject: [XBOX360] firmware, online safety, original games? |
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I got a 360 with Xtreme 4.2 firmware. I wasn't online for a long time, I unplugged the cable a month or two before that big ban wave.
Now I'm wondering... if I go online with XTreme 4.2 with an original game disc, would I get banned?
Or even without any disc in the drive, so I can just download a demo or something.
I guess it is the firmware that's getting you banned but I thought I'd ask just in case.
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kosmiq
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| Posted: Fri, 21st Sep 2007 12:18 Post subject: |
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If you're lucky you are not banned, a little unlucky and you're banned.
I wasn't online for maybe a 2 weeks before the bans and 3 weeks after. Tried to connect a week ago and I am banned.
Played GoW and Crackdown over live ("backup" discs)...
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Surray
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| Posted: Fri, 21st Sep 2007 12:23 Post subject: |
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so you were using xtreme 4.2 when you connected again?
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kosmiq
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| Posted: Fri, 21st Sep 2007 13:57 Post subject: |
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I have a Hitachi... However it's not the firmware that get you banned it is the reading and how the disc behaves that gets you banned.
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Surray
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| Posted: Fri, 21st Sep 2007 14:24 Post subject: |
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so that means if I go and buy a game then I can play it online with my old xtreme4.2 firmware, assuming that microsoft did not tag me for banning before I stopped playing online half a year ago?
Anyone else care to confirm that?
I'm just skeptical about that because I always thought it's mainly the firmware that's responsible.
This is from Wikipedia:
"According to Microsoft, consoles with firmware of unknown origin, quality or intent were banned permanently from Xbox Live."
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kosmiq
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| Posted: Fri, 21st Sep 2007 14:46 Post subject: |
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as far as I know it's not the firmware that gets you banned but the challenge responses from the disc-checks. The dashboard checks with the DVD-drive and looks for incorrect responses and similar.
You can read more over at xbox-scene and in this thread:
http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=603818
However all playing online with backups and/or flashed firmware should be considered risky and might lead to a ban.
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| Posted: Fri, 21st Sep 2007 14:53 Post subject: |
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i would never play online with hacked xbox, not because they would have my address but i couldnt waste my gamerscore i earnt lol!
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| Posted: Fri, 21st Sep 2007 16:15 Post subject: |
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i have 4.2 and have never been banned. unfortunately my box is dieing tho...
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Surray
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| Posted: Fri, 21st Sep 2007 18:45 Post subject: |
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| KaiKo wrote: | | i have 4.2 and have never been banned. unfortunately my box is dieing tho... |
4.2 + original games?
and yeah, my 360 had the red ring of death a while ago and I fixed it using the 12 cent fix.
It's been working fine ever since I did that, but I guess it could still die any minute.
I'm playing almost nothing on it because I want it to live long enough for me to play assassin's creed and mass effect. Right now it's only been reactivated after collecting dust for months because of halo 3.
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