Joined: Sep 13, 2010 Posts: 2644 Location: Kamloops BC Canada
Posted: Sat May 21, 2011 2:44 am Post subject: Why Mod Your XBOX
Since I still get asked what can you do with a modded XBOX heres a video of a softmodded BOX/UnleashX with upgraded HDD and covers the main things people would use.
The music throughout the video isnt dubbed my dash is set to play music from my music folder.
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Joined: May 22, 2003 Posts: 23946 Location: NSW, Australia
Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 7:13 am Post subject:
Yeh, when people used to see my setup at home years ago they used to get blown away with what the xbox could do. I was always keeping up with all the latest emulators, dashboards and homebrew stuff.
The Xbox 1 scene reminds me so much of the old, commodore 64, and Amiga scene i was apart of for many many years. XBox 1 still is the best homebrew console.. well for now.
The 360 is just too locked down to get any enjoyment outta homebrew at this stage. Once the JTAG's start to run dry that had better hope they find another hack too.
Joined: Sep 13, 2010 Posts: 2644 Location: Kamloops BC Canada
Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 11:02 am Post subject:
Youtube actualy was gonna disable that vid because of the 4 seconds of Simpsons theme in it. Bunch of douche bags, 3 minutes of Fatherland playing no problem but FOX content gotta jump on that. I kind of enjoy it though everytime I just turn around and say Im a Canadian Im alowed under our laws and that shuts em right up
With our royalty tax on burnable media Ive payed rights on all the music and vids I have 100s of times over, and if Youtube or WMG doesnt like it they can take it up with the RIAA and CRIAA since they were the ones that cried for it after the Isohunt trial in Vancouver.
Anyone wants JTAG able consoles let me know Ive got acces to around 60 of them down at the pawnshop. All had RROD but I fixed that resolder with leaded solder added to give the needed flexabilty in the points. Ive got 2 here right now to fix
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Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 11:24 am Post subject:
I honestly see no point in JTAGGING a 360 anymore if you can mod a xbox 1. I know some JTAGs can do modded lobbys, Emulators etc...But the Xbox1 Does Emulators just find plus theres no wires, Don't have to worry about what the Motherboard is, Don't have to do any soldering or cutting etc...There's tons of better reasons why to mod a xbox 1. I guess the only reason to Solder would be a chip right? But I've never done it myself. Plus I'vfe never had an xbox 1 over heat one me I've already gone through two 360 consoles. Just think all that JTAG work just so it can get thrown away when you can probably get an xbox 1 for 50 bucks or free if you know someone that doesn't want it anymore.
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Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 11:41 am Post subject:
I dont know how hard it is to JTAG since Ive never done one but if you can desolder then you can do a permanant fix on a 360. You just treat it as a desolder heat it add a bit more solder but instead of taking the next step and removing the solder you stop and let it cool. No you have that crappy lead free brittle solder mixed to a certain degree with leaded flexible solder allowing it to flex without cracking during heat up/ use
Ive stayed away from chipping as well since Im a firm believer that softmod is superior. If you get even to a 10th of what I know/ comfort level with softmod and XBOXHDM you never have to worry. My vids say it all, you can be a pro at soldering but youre never gonna have it done in 6 minutes like I do with Ndure or SID5. Locking/unlocking takes 30 seconds and there are so many lockable HDD that I dont see that feature of a modchip as a selling point over soft. Of all the people Ive helped on here the only one that seems to be a long running issue with nothing having worked is a modchip problem. Everyone with softmod gets sorted out right quick
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Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 11:44 am Post subject:
The only reason I would ever open a 360 is to flash the DVD drive which is like a softmod on it's own I love softmodding everything. BTW SPPV there's not that many YouTube videos about Xbox Soft modding in full detail so if I send you a request sometime think you could pull it off?
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