MS Ban Hammer - 10.30.09

This is one of the methods I asked about in another thread but nobody responded. What I'm wondering is, if you try this and find that you are banned, will it still corrupt your game saves/profile and affect hard drive installs when you connect your hard drive back to the console, or do you actually have to try and sign into Live properly with your gamertag so that you receive the ban message and then that's where the game save/profile corruption and blocked install thing happens?

I can't really believe that MS would leave this loophole open, so people can check for bans without suffering any of the side effects (other than losing the ability to connect to Live obviously). It just seems too easy.

 

who hasnt been banned?????

 

from what the guy in the video said, you don't get banned until you actually log on live. but I am too skeptical of this it just seems too easy... or maybe they will fix it soon when word gets around...

 

What we need is someone that's unbanned and has stayed offline who is willing to test this theory. If the connection test says that they're banned and hard drive installs etc. still work, then we're good. Any takers?

 

i have a ps3 i hate it. just use it to play blu ray. but thats not the point i heard it was a way to play xbox 360 on a network thats not xboxlive

 

I heard the checking to see if xbox 360 is banned doesnt work. They say it will ban your console anyways. I havent tried it though, does it ask to update everytime you test xbox live connection?

 

Only if you haven't installed the latest update.

 

Someone commented on that youtube video saying

maybe they found out?

 

Me, but I'm not too confident still. I have decided to disconnect from Live for the time being.

 

Anyone still playing tekken 6, forza 2 and using activate.iso to play wave 4 games still not banned? I just scanned both of these burned games with abgx and they are stealth patched and everything.

 

if this did work, would this allow you to still play games on the "Banned" xbox and transfer over to a non-banned box so you can get achievements and all?

 

Someone on 360Mods.net said they found this on a forum today... He thinks iextreme.net but not sure... I hope this is true, I think it would prove my theory correct if the firmware actually is not detectable.

 

That's the million dollar question.

Morreale - I'd be sceptical of that info. If they did do sweeps that could pretty accurately detect modded consoles or copied games being played, why only do sweeps for 1-2 weeks per year and not all the time?

 

I'm still unbanned.

Country: Sweden
FW: Lite on 1.6
Latest game played: Cod 4
Game before: Forza 3(online)

I have had my xbox for about 2 months and I got it flashed.

 

Cause I'm sure it costs money... Why not just let the system flags stack up and and then ban everyone just before Christmas so they can ask Santa for a new console? Microsoft is a stupid company after all, I'm sure they'd hold a mass ban wave now just to boost sales.

Although I think many will be asking Santa for a PS3 this time around...

 

Nevermind. Brain fart.

 

But what if the flags that block hard drive installs and trigger the gamertag/save corruption thing were in NXE all along? This is the first post-NXE ban wave, so it's a possibility. If you do a connection test and it says you're banned, that could trigger those flags. I can't believe that with all the people posting on forums like this one, nobody can confirm the answers to any of these questions! lol.

 

Well even on the new consoles with memory it should ask before installing the update no?

 

Haven't been banned...