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Week of February 12, 2012
C4Eva: Livelog Complete - No New Checks on Latest Dash
>> C4Eva reported on IRC he completed a Livelog on the new dashboard and it should be safe for modified DVD firmwares (iXtreme v3 or v2.x for non-AP25 drives):
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[c4eva] Livelog complete on new dash! No changes, same checks, safe!
[c4eva] :)

[y****] does burnermax mess up the drive for non xbox burning or reading?
[c4eva] no
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NOTE: While the new dash seems safe for CFWs, it does however currently make the RGH impossible. But people are working on a solution and Team Xecuter already announced they will probably have a fix ready for SLIM consoles soon.

News-Source: c4evaspeaks.com
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(Saturday 18 February 2012 15:21 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by:: )

J-Runner Coming Soon and More Xecuter DemoN details
>> From team-xecuter.com:
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J-Runner is an all new JTAG/RGH app has been in development for a number of weeks by members of Team Jungle & Team Xecuter.

Currently being hammered and tweaked by 30+ members of the teams, J-Runner will become the De facto choice for all JTAG/RGH modders much like Jungle Flasher has been for all Firmware enthusiasts.

Here is a screen shot of an earlier beta to give you an idea of what it will look like. We also slipped in a few official details of the Xecuter DemoN project.
Xecuter J-Runner

In the meantime Xecuter has welcomed several new colleagues on to the team due to the current massive workload. Current projects include the 1175 fw, Xenon RGH, Corona RGH & 6752 CB along with several new hardware projects.

There will be many surprises in store over the next few weeks.
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Official Site: http://team-xecuter.com
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(Thursday 16 February 2012 22:24 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by:: )

New 2.0.14717 Dashboard Affects RGH - Fixed for Slim
>> From team-xecuter.com:
[QUOTE]
The new 2.0.14717 dashboard is being rolled out globally this week and so far we have seen possible changes to the CB that may affect RGH consoles.
As always we suggest that you do NOT update until it has been investigated further.

UPDATE: As you know the CB on Phat and Slim were updated with the recent 14717 update, disabling the RGH Glitch mod.

While the Phat solution is a much more in-depth problem (work on CB_B has been ongoing for several weeks in anticipation of this so we are well placed to have news very soon), we have already been able to patch the Slim RGH to be fully functional again. Didn't take long thanks to Old Skool

The fix has been confirmed by a number of team members and we are waiting for feedback from some European testers too and will get the files packed up for release asap.

I'd just like to say what a sweet tool J-Runner was for doing all this
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News-Source: team-xecuter.com
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(Thursday 16 February 2012 22:09 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by:: )

RGH CPLD DualNAND Mod v0.1 for CoolRunner
>> Team CodeXecution.Com & Team ModControl.Com released RGH CPLD DualNAND Mod v0.1:
[QUOTE]
This little CPLD mod allows you to switch two nands directly with an installed Cool Runner like TX Cool Runner or other devices with the same chipset on your reset glitch hacked xbox 360 console.
The modified code isnt locked to a modchip, it isnt that special and you can play with the sourcecode soon to add more functions when you want to do so.

Installation:
Add a 2nd NAND to your Xbox 360 (see pictures/documentations), flash the XSVF file to your TX Cool Runner (or other devices with the same Xilinx CPLD) as usual, switch the NAND with the snyc button while coldboot the xbox 360.

Example:
OrigNAND: power on the xbox and hold the sync button until you see the ring of light
2nd NAND (with freeBOOT): power on your console as always (pressing power to use freeboot, hit eject to use xell/xellous/ xell reloaded)

Note:
Our current mod is only available for xbox 360 trinity (slim) mainboards, a port to other mainboards, sourcecode and a better documentation will be released very soon.
Use it at your own risk on Xbox Live!!!
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Official Site/Download: modcontrol.com | codexecution.com
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(Monday 13 February 2012 23:34 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by:: )

Carnage Manager v0.3
>> HungryBob released a file-manager for homebrew 360s:
[QUOTE]
File system manager for Xbox 360 Homebrew console (XEX executable).
On 360 press BACK button for brief controls help.

Features
* all standard file/directory operations copy/delete/mkdir
* multitasking - can do something while files copying...
* background tasks cancelable
* unpacking of RAR archives - UNRAR library version 3.9.10 ported to 360.
* classic double panel user interface
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Official Site: n/a, by HungryBob
Download: n/a (built with XDK)
News-Source: logic-sunrise.com
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(Monday 13 February 2012 00:55 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by:: )

Xebuild GUI V2.0 RC2
>> Swizzy released a new version of his GUI for xeBuild:
[QUOTE]
Overview - What it does:
- This is a frontend/GUI for xeBuild, what it does is make it easy
for you to select most options that you might need, such as Motherboard,
SMC hack for freeboot, image type etc. etc.
- It is able to check what SMC hack you have previously used for JTAG
it's also able to tell you what SMC version you have, and if it's a
JTAG, Clean/Retail, Glitch or Cygnos patched SMC :)
- If you put any of these files next to the executable it'll use them
automaticly:
SMC.bin - Custom SMC of your choice; ONLY USE THIS OF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING!!!!
Xell.bin - Custom Xell of your choice; ONLY USE THIS OF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING!!!!
cpukey.txt - It'll read first line of this file, if it starts with "cpukey" it'll read the
last 32 characters from that line (removing any extra spaces) otherwise it'll read the first
32 characters of that line (removing any extra spaces)
FUSE.txt - It'll parse it as if it was saved from Xell using network...
flashdmp.bin - It'll load this as source nand ;)
Default.xml - It'll load any preset settings from this file ;)
options.ini - It'll load any custom settings from this (for xeBuild)
launch.ini - Settings for Dashlaunch, if you choose to use this setting it'll include this file
in the generated image ;)

What's new/fixed (since v1.1):
- Fixed: When re-loading settings it now properly sets advanced mode, like it should...
- Fixed: I forgot to pack the ECC files prior to releasing 2.0 RC1, they are now included properly, sorry about that one...
** NOTE: as some of your may have noticed in previous build/this build there are some spaces where there is nothing, well there is... they're just hidden for the time beeing as i've prepared the GUI for upcomming features in next xeBuild ;) **
- Changed: Completly rebuilt the app from scratch, the old code base became one big mess hard to keep track of, and update, with the new codebase also comes a completly rebuilt GUI the new version includes dual mode, Simple/Advanced and quite alot of new features along with a couple of easter eggs ;)
- Changed: CPUKey/1BLKey/DVDKey only supports hexadecimal input (A-F, a-f and 0-9) aswell as backspace/delete (it'll catch what you type when you do so with your keyboard, copy 'n' paste will allow you to fill in whatever, but only 32 characters of it NOTE: there is a secondary check aswell, so you cannot input anything else then a "proper" key no matter what ;)
- Removed: Patch SMC setting, it's not needed and can confuse you (it was automaticly used for glitch machines if your smc is a retail one even if you haven't selected it anyways, making it a useless option to have)
- Added: Option to also include any harddrive that windows calls "Fixed" harddrive (Non-Removable device) for the update downloader...
- Added: Information if the device is shown as Removable or Non-Removable by windows for the update downloader...
- Changed: True/False on MD5 matches is now displayed in bold and color formatet (Green for True and Red for false) to make it easier to see the results :)
- Changed: "Type of image" is now "Build type" to make it easier to understand that this will be output image type ;)
- Fixed: Update downloader now works properly, dunno how it slipped by, but i had set it to remove the first 2 characters of the drive string (when unpacking the update), meaning the important parts, fixed now tho ;)
- Changed: The app now dynamically add Dashboard versions based on dashfiles.xml, etheir the one located with the app or one that has been downloaded to %appdata%\Swizzy\xeBuild_GUI\
- Changed: Moved most download features to a tab on the right hand side of the program among these is the update downloader...
- Added: Keyvault dumping/decryption, thanks to LegendaryFire for his NandApi source!
- Added: I've added support for canceling downloads, the app will no longer crash when you close the program whiles it's downloading something...
- Added: You can now select if you want to have verbose output from xeBuild rather then having minimum (this will cause the log to be full of information)
** NOTE: Verbose output from xeBuild is only available in Advanced mode... **
- Fixed: The app no longer overwrites an already existing log, it'll read the old log and put it infront of the old one...
- Changed: i've rewritten the warning messages about formatting your drive along with adding an extra check just to make sure you don't automaticly click yes as this WILL remove ANY data you have on the device!
- Fixed: When formatting a usb drive using the avatar updater it will no longer lock the drive, it will however clear any label you have on it...
- Added: Support for building ECC images aswell, this disables ALL options except for those related to the app itself and of course motherboard/type, if you need to use CDjasper, just select jasper, otherwise select which ever one you like that isn't disabled ;) NOTE: i have made NO modifications to the build.py script (apart from adding 1BLKey) so it should work to switch it out at a later time without problems, but do remember to copy over the 1blkey if it's needed ;))
** NOTE: If your Jasper has CB 6751 it'll automatically enforce using a donor CB 6750 **
- Added: Semi automatic selection, if you are doing an upgrade the app will now automaticly select all the options for you when you select source nand (it cannot select JasperSB(if 16mb dump) or Jasper256/Jasper512(if 66mb dump))
** NOTE: You can disable this feature if you like, but this requires that you first start the progam without loading any nand! OR manually editing the default.xml file**
- Added: The app can (and will if the files are missing) download and install dashfiles for you meaning even if the files aren't with the release it can download them for you if you have internet and you don't have to look for them yourself! :D
** NOTE: It won't start the download on it's own, just prompt you to do it ;) **
- Changed: When checking the motherboard version etc. it'll now tell you what type of jasper you have
- Changed: Jasper 16Mb SB is now limited to advanced to make it easier for newbies to understand it's for advanced users if you have a machine that requires this you should know about it already, thus be a more advanced user ;)
- Changed: Updated launch.ini to reflect changes in new dashlaunch...
- Changed: CPUKey is now grabbed the same way the console does from fuses :)
- Changed: When reading cpukey.txt it reads the last 32 characters of the first line if it starts with "CPUKey" or the 32 first characters in all other cases
- Added: The gui now checks the exitcode of xeBuild to instead of checking for output, if it gives an error of any kind it'll tell you what it probably is...
- Added: The app can now generate launch.ini for you (NOTE: This feature is limited to advanced mode)
- Changed: The app now use dashlaunch 2.29
- Removed: The app now accepts ANY value for temperature tresholds; BEWARE! i take NO responsibility for damage on your console due to bad settings, the feature of customizing xeBuild settings is limited to Advanced mode because you should really know what you are doing before you go about changing stuff here!
- Added: 7zip is now Embedded in the app making it ALOT harder for you to mess with the parts that deal with downloading/unpacking zip/rar files
-=*=- There are probably more changes i've done that i can't think of right now, consider them easter eggs ;) -=*=-
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Official Site: n/a, by Swizzy
Download: n/a (might be illegal under DMCA/EUCD)
News-Source: logic-sunrise.com / xbins.org
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(Monday 13 February 2012 00:50 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by:: )


 

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