Hacking Hardware Xbox 360 (white) with LT+ 3.0 - Safe to update to Dashboard 17559?

[MrGraga]

Hello everyone,

I need your advice regarding my old Xbox 360.

My Hardware:

Console: I only have the white Xbox 360 console. I don't know for sure if it's a "Slim" or another model—it's just the classic white version.

·DVD Drive: According to the previous technician, it's a Liteon drive with LT+ 3.0 firmware.

Current Dashboard: 2.0.12625.0

My Situation & Question:

I want to update to the latest dashboard 2.0.17559.0. The reason is that I plan to perform a software-based jailbreak (BadUpdate) afterward to run homebrew. I remember that updates in the past used to reset flashed drives, and I once got stuck in a bootloop after a failed update (from L.A. Noire).

Main Concern: Is it safe to update directly to 17559 with LT+ 3.0? Will my drive flash survive?

New Concern: Could the update brick the console itself, or is the risk really only to the DVD drive?

Method: Is there a recommended way to do this (e.g., via USB stick)?

Functionality: Will I still be able to play my backup games from DVD afterward?

Any experience reports or tips from you would be greatly appreciated before I proceed

 

[DinohScene]

I believe your drive might reflash itself to stock, it might halt the update procedure, no brick.
If you're past the dashupdate that introduced XGD3 compatibility, you can update w/o any issues.

I'm a little fuzzy on the dash details that reflashes drives, it's been a decade haha.

Anyway if you're going the softsploit route, you don't exactly need DVD backups anymore.

 

[lastjedi]

Hello everyone,

I need your advice regarding my old Xbox 360.

My Hardware:

Console: I only have the white Xbox 360 console. I don't know for sure if it's a "Slim" or another model—it's just the classic white version.

·DVD Drive: According to the previous technician, it's a Liteon drive with LT+ 3.0 firmware.

Current Dashboard: 2.0.12625.0

My Situation & Question:

I want to update to the latest dashboard 2.0.17559.0. The reason is that I plan to perform a software-based jailbreak (BadUpdate) afterward to run homebrew. I remember that updates in the past used to reset flashed drives, and I once got stuck in a bootloop after a failed update (from L.A. Noire).

Main Concern: Is it safe to update directly to 17559 with LT+ 3.0? Will my drive flash survive?

New Concern: Could the update brick the console itself, or is the risk really only to the DVD drive?

Method: Is there a recommended way to do this (e.g., via USB stick)?

Functionality: Will I still be able to play my backup games from DVD afterward?

Any experience reports or tips from you would be greatly appreciated before I proceed

i updated to the latest update and had no problems. and i have an lt 3.0 console.