Xbox 360:Getting Started/pt

Ao longo do tempo, os consoles Xbox 360 tiveram diversas revisões da placa-mãe. É importante identificar a revisão da placa-mãe para saber quais exploits são compatíveis e funcionam melhor com o seu console. O passo a passo para o mod em si também irá variar dependendo da placa-mãe. A forma mais fácil é olhando o conector da fonte de alimentação da placa-mãe (phat) ou a amperagem necessária (phat ou slim). O assistente de identificação do Octal450 é uma ferramenta útil e amigável para identificar uma placa-mãe de Xbox 360. Você pode ver o guia de compras para mais informações sobre revisões específicas e como identificar a placa-mãe de um Xbox 360.

Xbox 360 ("phat")

Se o seu console está rodando a(o) dashboard/kernel 2.0.7371 ou inferior, terá acesso ao exploit JTAG. No entanto, alguns consoles Jaspers fabricados com 7371 foram corrigidos contra o exploit JTAG e, nesse caso, o CB precisa ser verificado depois de um dump da NAND. Consoles Xenon com GPUs Elpis reformados geralmente também terão um CB corrigido contra o JTAG.

Se a(o) dashboard/kernel do seu console for superior a 2.0.7371 e/ou tem um CB corrigido, você pode usar diversos métodos Reset Glitch Hack. 2.0.14699 e inferiores em consoles originais têm acesso ao RGH 1, mas quaisquer versão mais recente também é compatível com o RGH 1.2, RGH 2 (não-Xenon), RGH 3 e EXT_CLK (Xenon/Zephyr). Os métodos RGH mais recentes também podem ser utilizados na 14699 e versões mais antigas da dashboard.

Também existe o R-JTAG que necessita da(do) dashboard/kernel 2.0.14719 ou superior, e o R-JTOP que requere a(o) dashboard/kernel 2.0.15572 ou superior. Eles são essencialmente o RGH mas ao invés de avariarem a CPU diretamente para um bootloader customizado e uma NAND modificada, eles avariam a verificação LDV do bootloader para iniciarem em um bootloader suscetível ao JTAG, e em uma NAND com JTAG. Geralmente não há necessidade de usar esses métodos em vez do RGH normal, uma vez que necessitam de mais passos para um benefício reduzido.

Qualquer drive de DVD em um console original pode ser flasheado sem necessidade de soldar. No entanto, o Lite-On DG-16D2S requer uma ferramenta de sondagem para obter a chave do DVD sem modificar a placa-mãe do console. Se o console foi modificado com JTAG ou RGH, a chave do DVD pode ser obtida através do XeLL.

Todos os consoles original são compatíveis também com ODEs, mas você terá de extrair a chave do DVD. Obter a chave do DVD é o mesmo processo como que se quisesse fazer o flash.

Xbox 360 S ("Slim")

Consoles S podem usar a maioria dos métodos RGH, mas não podem usar o R-JTAG/JTOP ou o exploit SMC JTAG original já que o bootloader CB em CPUs Slim não são compatíveis com bootloaders Phat suscetíveis ao JTAG. Eles também não podem usar o RGH 1.

DVD drives from S consoles are flashable if they came with a Lite-On DG-16D4S (usually came with Trinity and some early Corona consoles), but if they have a Hitachi DL10N (uncommon, but could come with any Slim motherboard) or DG-16D5S (usually Corona/Waitsburg slims) you need to buy an aftermarket DVD drive PCB and RGH the console to get the DVD key. The PCB in Lite-On drives also have some of the wires soldered to the PCB, but the Hitachi drives instead have ribbon cables for all connections so replacing the PCB for a Slim Hitachi drive is easier.

• DG-16D4S drives with MXIC flash need a probe tool like the phat D2S, but uses a different type of probe tool. It must be a probe tool for a Slim 16D4S. Do not use a probe tool intended for a 16D2S and vise versa.
• Some DG-16D4S drives come with a "Windbond" flash chip (example) which requires the infamous Kamikaze mod in order to flash custom firmware. It involves drilling a specific area on the chip to unlock write permissions.

Todos os consoles S são compatíveis com dispositivos ODE, mas você terá de extrair a chave do DVD. Se o seu console possui um Lite-On DG-16D5S ou Hitachi DL10N, o único jeito de obter a chave do DVD é RGHeando o console.

Xbox 360 E

Stingray motherboards in the 360 E are similar to Corona/Waitsburg motherboards in 360 S, but with some features cut like the AV port and one of the USB ports. Thus, they also need a postfix adapter like on Waitsburg Slims and have the same RGH methods available.

DVD drives in Xbox 360 E's are usually a DG-16D5S, which are not flashable and the DVD key cannot be extracted. The same applies to the Hitachi DL10N. It is possible to get the DVD key with RGH, but flashing requires a PCB replacement. S/E Hitachi drives don't have any wires soldered to the PCB, so PCB replacements for those will be easier.

Stringray Xbox 360 E's can use ODEs, but you will need to RGH the console to get the DVD key.

Winchester boards are not exploitable in any way. This includes RGH/JTAG, drive flashing, and ODEs.

Choosing what kind of hack to use

RGH/JTAG

• Various Reset Glitch Hack or JTAG methods will fully unlock the console for homebrew, emulators, unencrypted game backups, region free DVD movies/games, running Linux, etc.

• Hacks that fully unlock the console like RGH or JTAG require soldering, and there is no software alternative.

Which RGH/JTAG method should I use?

The below chart highlights the recommended hack to use on each console. Xbox 360:Exploit Chart has a more detailed chart that shows many more RGH methods.

Dashboard	Xenon	Zephyr	Falcon/Opus1	Jasper	Tonasket5	Trinity	Corona	Winchester
≤73712	JTAG	JTAG	JTAG	JTAG	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
>7371	EXT_CLK3	EXT_CLK	RGH1.2	RGH1.2	RGH1.2	RGH1.24 or RGH34	RGH1.24 or RGH34	N/A

¹ Opus is just Falcon without HDMI, so they are grouped togeather.

² Must check CB via NAND dump to see if it is JTAGable. Most - but not all - consoles under 7371 and some on 7371 have an unpatched CB. This mainly effects Jasper systems, as some were manufactured with a patched CB when brand new.

³ RGH is not currently working on Elpis Xenons with Samsung RAM. A solution is being investigated, but it works on all other Xenons with Infineon/Qimonda RAM.

⁴ Requires scraping solder mask off of a tiny point (more difficult). S-RGH is a viable alternative that has easier soldering.

⁵ Most Tonasket consoles are more commonly known as Jaspers with Kronos GPUs. RGH methods are the same, but are never JTAG exploitable.

DVD Drive Flashing

• An Xbox 360 with a DVD drive flashed with custom firmware will allow you to play retail game backups with burned DVDs, but will not allow access to homebrew, emulators, game mods, backups of digital games, or even a region unlock.

• DVD drive flashing with a any phat or Slim DG-16D4S DVD drive does not require any soldering unlike JTAG or the Reset Glitch Hack.

Optical Disc Emulator

• The Xbox 360 had a few optical disc emulators released for it, such as the XK3Y ODE, Wasabi360, and Boxzii. These devices allowed you to play .iso dumps of retail games through USB or eSATA storage.

• ODEs have not been manufactured in a long time, and were expensive. Similarly to a flashed DVD drive, these didn't unlock the console for unsigned software and were only used for playing disc backups. They tend to not be very common on the used market either.

King Kong Exploit

This hack is not recommended as it is very limited and only for very old dashboards. It is just listed here for completeness.

• The King Kong Exploit used a modified copy of Peter Jackson's King Kong to allow the Xbox to boot into a Linux distribution. The KK exploit didn't allow access to homebrew outside of Linux.
• This exploit did not permanently modify the console's operating system, and the game had to be loaded every time you wanted to use Linux.
• Since the exploit relies on booting a modified game, the console either needed a DVD drive with modified firmware or a hotswap method in order to boot it.
• The King Kong Exploit only worked on consoles with a 2.0.4532 or 2.0.4548 kernel/dashboard, and there's no method to downgrade a retail Xbox 360 to a kernel vulnerable to the KK exploit due to the CPU's eFuses.