Hacking Dashboard 9199 Xbox 360 Slim

[H Slick]

Hey guys,

I got an ex-review Trinity Xbox 360 unit from a magazine company; clean internals, barely used. I powered it on for a test, and low and behold it still had an old dash! Sadly it's version 9199, which, as I understand it, doesn't really help me too much, as it still means I'll need to RGH it.

I recently saw a thread about downgrading an Xbox 360 and it sounds hard to impossible - is there any possibility that I could downgrade it and J-TAG it?

 

[godreborn]

can't jtag a slim. I'm surprised it's that low though. I didn't think slims came out then.

 

[DinohScene]

Just RGH it.

Downgrading is a stupid thing to do and completely unnecessary.
Not to mention it doesn't work on Slims, at least not as easy as run some software and you're done.

 

[godreborn]

the 360 uses efuses just like the switch to prevent downgrading, so you'd have to be hacked anyway to downgrade. I've never personally downgraded, so I don't know if there's a limit like with the ps3 (down to base firmware).

 

[H Slick]

can't jtag a slim. I'm surprised it's that low though. I didn't think slims came out then.

I'm amazed as well - there's no evidence that this thing was ever connected to the internet...

Just RGH it.

Downgrading is a stupid thing to do and completely unnecessary.
Not to mention it doesn't work on Slims, at least not as easy as run some software and you're done.

Thanks for your input as always I do have a glitch board to install on it, so I'll just do that! I just wanted to check, since I know how uncommon lower firmware 360s are.

the 360 uses efuses just like the switch to prevent downgrading, so you'd have to be hacked anyway to downgrade. I've never personally downgraded, so I don't know if there's a limit like with the ps3 (down to base firmware).

I'd read about the e-fuses in another thread I think, it's very clever of them - and really annoying for us! Haha.

I guess my next question is: are there any advantages to keeping it on a low firmware, or should I update it and then mod it?

 

[DinohScene]

I'm amazed as well - there's no evidence that this thing was ever connected to the internet...



Thanks for your input as always I do have a glitch board to install on it, so I'll just do that! I just wanted to check, since I know how uncommon lower firmware 360s are.



I'd read about the e-fuses in another thread I think, it's very clever of them - and really annoying for us! Haha.

I guess my next question is: are there any advantages to keeping it on a low firmware, or should I update it and then mod it?

You can dump the 9199 NAND but it's not really useful.
Nothing to be gained from having a lower dash.

 

[Deleted member 668561]

If you cpu swap a console, with zero efuses, you don't even need a modchip, the only "softmod"

Just a need a glitch2m nand


Might start looking at bga rework stations...

 

[DinohScene]

If you cpu swap a console, with zero efuses, you don't even need a modchip, the only "softmod"

Just a need a glitch2m nand


Might start looking at bga rework stations...

Rework station and CPU swap kinda defeat the purpose of a softmod...
Don't get me wrong, it's neat but it's kinda not what your average person wants/has access to.

 

[Deleted member 668561]

Rework station and CPU swap kinda defeat the purpose of a softmod...
Don't get me wrong, it's neat but it's kinda not what your average person wants/has access to.

That's the point

Technically its a softmod, if you have a CPU with 0 efuses, however the only way is to have a unit fresh off assembly, or CPU swap

 

[godreborn]

I mentioned that mod to a friend on psx place. I told it was and was not a soft mod basically, since you have to swap cpu's, which is probably beyond the capabilities of most users.