Joined: Nov 11, 2004 Posts: 5 Location: Ontario, Canada
Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2004 2:54 am Post subject: Xbox Softmodding Help? ANyone?
ok i am getting my xbox within a week, hopefully sooner, anyways could anyone tell me what the advantages of soft mod over regular mod other then not having to open box/ soilder. Also iam thinking of following the KevinRose (from the screensavers) on how to softmod your xbox., any opnions?
finally:
1) does softmod allow you to play burnt dvds say like the ones you get at some Asian stores?
2) will it work on a V1.6 box?
3) is it hard, saw the video from tech tv and it didn't seem that hard, but could be wrong.
anyways thanks again
forahobby Administrator
Joined: May 22, 2003 Posts: 23944 Location: NSW, Australia
Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2004 5:16 am Post subject:
hi raven007,
I just noticed you are getting support in the VIP Ticket Section so we really dont need to reply here too.
'sjohn' is our new admin for softmodding on xboxhq and you are speaking with the right guy. There are many other members here who may also reply with soft modding tips but you must keep you topic active for our members to notice..
Try *BUMP* (bumping) your topics if nobody replies in a day or so.
That way they will become active again!
anyway, keep chatting with sjohn and you will be fine!
enjoy the site!
Joined: Oct 16, 2004 Posts: 1472 Location: Alabama
Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2004 6:53 am Post subject:
The advantages of softmodding are:
NO warranty void as long as you are able to clean up what you did to the hard drive.
No openning of the box, kind of goes along with above.
Absolutely no soldering required.
No tools required (as in torx head screw drivers)
Installer makes it incredily simple to do.
Disadvantages:
Possible to mess up if the dashboard is replaced (but you can always reinstall).
Difficult to replace stock hard drive.
Lack of cool factor (can't brag about saying "I have the new Xecutor 3")
But yes, you can run backup games, unsigned xbe's, will work on 1.6 easily, as I mentioned above it's simple, with ltools installer you just load the save game, then hit a few buttons and it is ready in about 30 mins.
Not sure of the exact method TSS used, so I can't tell you how it is, but I know the ltools method is really easy.
The cost of softmodding is roughly $30. that's if you get the game for less than $10, I picked splinter cell and agent under fire up this week for under $10 for the both of them, ($4.99 a piece). And then you also need something to get the game saves to your xbox. The most simple way is to buy an Action Replay, a quick search on froogle said that best buy has them for 23.99 but when I went to the site they were actually 29.99, so oy may have to shop around a bit. _________________
raven007 Xbox-HQ Newbie
Joined: Nov 11, 2004 Posts: 5 Location: Ontario, Canada
Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 12:05 am Post subject:
ok, just need to clear up a few things b4 i go on to modding the box
firstly my box is a v1.6 (did not open box but checked the system info and found a 5853) even though my
MFG DATE: 2004-06-23
Serial: 502654 42605
Ok so bacically i just copy the ltools_MA_v1.8.rc1 on the memory card..right? do i need to zip it? open it?
after copying this file on the memory i follow the steps to run this hack through mech assualt right?
and when Evox is installed i can FTP the xbox files from PC to XBOX rite?
sjohn Moderator
Joined: Oct 16, 2004 Posts: 1472 Location: Alabama
Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 6:43 am Post subject:
You will need some way to copy it to a memory card, such as an action replay. Just follow the directions for it to load the game save. Other wise you seem to have all the information correct. _________________
CellZero Xbox-HQ Newbie
Joined: Nov 19, 2004 Posts: 1 Location: Texas
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 8:02 pm Post subject:
You don't need to use action replay or even a memory card for that matter. You can also use a thumbdrive (or jumpdrive whatever you want to call it) and a controller to usb adapter. This is similar to the method that kevin used. Also, which exploit did you plan on using?
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