@ mtb-bfh - thanks for the clarification and your reply in the other thread. I've read a number of your posts about experimenting with brick protecting these consoles... any luck yet?
None. These consoles are running the same system menu (IOS60) as any other, so the same hacks should work, it's just a matter of getting an application to apply them. Preloader tells me I need a fakesign-patched IOS36 even though I already have one, and is no longer under development, so seems to be a dead end. I suppose I could wander over to the StartPatch thread and try to shake things up.
QUOTEI thought I read that "less hackable" consoles exist in other regions as well. Someone listed a serial for Taiwan... not sure where else... It would be an interesting statement if they only introduce these harder to hack consoles in volume in the U.S / North America.