Two weeks ago Microsoft started mass bans on modified XBox 360 consoles to prevent them from using XBox Live.

With up to 1 million accounts disabled, hackers including C4Eva have been working on a solutions including iXtreme LT.

Until iXtreme Lite Touch is available, k0mpresd has shared a guide for unbanning your 8955 XBox 360 console from XBox Live, as follows:

What you...

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As a follow-up to the recent XBox Live Bans and HDD Crippling wave comes word today that C4Eva is working on a new XBox 360 DVD Firmware.

Although the hack is currently in the development and testing phase, it's been dubbed iXtreme LT (Lite Touch).

To quote from #fw on IRC EFNet: "[c4eva] new fw in dev/test - ixtreme LT (Lite Touch) - more efficient, minimal patching, all aspects of fw...

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Update: As expected, Microsoft has defended their stance on banning modified XBox 360 consoles.

Reports now indicate that the fresh wave of Microsoft bans on modified consoles has resulted in systems not only being banned from XBox Live, but also removing the ability to install games to the HDD, forbidding the use of Windows Media Centre extender, and not allowing the retrieval of...

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Today Team HyperX has released IXtreme 1.61 Firmware for Benq and Samsung XBox 360 drives alongside the updated JungleFlasher v0.1.67 Beta.

Download: BenQ iXtreme THX v1.61 / Samsung iXtreme THX v1.61 / JungleFlasher v0.1.67 Beta

From the NFO file:

IXtreme fw for Benq and Samsung drives!

Features:

• Strict Wave 4 compliance! hybrid (modified disks) will not boot!
• Strict Wave 3...

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It appears Microsoft is now including the most recent major Dashboard Update on new game discs, specifically the Summer/Fall 09 update that brings the NXE dash to 8498.

As a result, they are closing the exploit used for the Free60 JTAG/SMC XeLL (Linux homebrew) hack.

To quote: "The first game confirmed to have this update on the disc is Cars Race-O-Rama. They...

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Today Geremia has released FreeKey on the XBox-Scene forums (linked above). This is a FREE decrypter tool for the XBox 360 Lite-On DG-16D2S drive with Firmware 83850c.

Yes, thats right! Just days after the release of the iXtreme 1.6 F/W for the Lite-On 83850c, hackers decided hey, why should we pay someone to "decrypt" our DVD keys like fools? We can make an app to do it our selves.
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Following yesterday's IXtreme 1.6 Firmware for Liteon 83850c Drives release comes JungleFlasher v0.1.65 (27) Beta for XBox 360.

Below are the update details and download, as follows:

Download: JungleFlasher v0.1.65 (27) Beta

General Items Updated

• KeyDB and Log to Notepad fixed for windows 7 and foreign languages

Lite-On-Erase

• Extra check added, Drive Serial is compared to Target f/w a mismatch...

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Today Team HyperX presents IXtreme 1.6 Firmware for Liteon 83850c drives for XBox 360 owners.

From the NFO File: Happy third anniversary for the Xbox 360 fw and despite all attempts we are still here, flashing fw, after several ban waves and several drives including the mighty LITEON we have triumphed!

It is a testiment to all involved on how far we have come and the...

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Today Team HyperX presents IXtreme 1.6 0800 XBox 360 firmware for Benq, Samsung and Liteon drives.

Features:

• Common API designed for easier application use!
• Support for SS V2!
• Direct 0800 mode for game dumping including SS v2!

This firmware is =NOT FOR USE IN A CONSOLE= and is provided with the intended use of being in...

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Today FrostyTheSnowman has released his XBox 360 Modification USB Drive version 1.6. This essentially replaces his disc version of the popular DOS-based tool set.

Download: XBox 360 Modification USB Drive v1.6

Features:
• Complete Modding Solution for Samsung/BenQ/Lite-On
• USB-Based Successor to 360 Modification Disc Project
• iXtreme v1.6 (12x) Firmware
• 0800 Mode for...

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