The first wave 12 game is out

same thing. put stock back on, wiped everything frm flash except $systemupdate folder, nothin.... took everything out of folder put on root of flash drive nothin... powered on while I held sync button & removed flash drive & hard drive with every single combination, nothin... I even reformatted flash drive & repeated everything I tried & I got nothin...

 

Sorry to hear that man. I'm all out of ideas, but hopefully someone else can help you.

 

thanks for your help anyways... I forgot to add that before it messed up it went to applying update & it went halfway across before all of dis stuff started messing up. don't kno if dat helps any but just thought i'd add dat in there...

 

A bit confused. I have an offline only (banned) BenQ that is on the 2.0.12625 dash, running LT+1.1. Since its banned, I haven't bothered updating the dash or LT as everything up through wave 11 was working fine.

From what I'm reading it sounds like wave 12 will force me to finally update. Just want to confirm that is correct?

If so, I know I need update my firmware to LT+1.91, but what is the recommended process? Flash to stock, update dash, then flash to LT+1.91, or just update dash and flash to LT+1.91?

Or do I need not bother once ABGX is updated?

Thanks in advance.

 

honestly I would patch them to wave 11 or less I wouldn't update unless I had to trust me.. unless you're not worried about the update screen that people have been stuck on here recently...

 

You could try patching the game to an earlier wave as you won't be using Xbox Live, but if that doesn't work, then yes - you're forced to update. Also, wave 13 is out now too which contains the very latest dashboard update, so all games going forward will probably be wave 13 until wave 14 comes along and so on.

Another disadvantage of patching the waves of games is that if your console ever breaks and you get another one, or you just decide to get another unbanned one to use Live, you'd have to repatch and reburn all of your games. It's easier to just tackle it via a dashboard/firmware update and forget about patching every single game you burn to an earlier wave.

If you want to update: -

1. Flash back to stock - not doing this is what's getting lots of people in a mess
2. Update the dashboard to the latest version
3. Flash to LT+ 1.91
4. Ensure that if you have any AP2.5 games, that they are patched with the latest AP2.5 data

 

That's what I figured. So last question, around flashing back to stock. I have the latest 1.91 pack, and I'm looking at a ton of different stock firmware, is there an easy way to pick which I should use? My drive is a BenQ.

I also still have my OFW file from when I first flashed, if that's another option.

 

Whether you can use that backup of your OFW depends on the following.

You CAN use it if: -

1. You have not updated your dashboard at all since dumping it, regardless of the dashboard version.
2. You have updated your dashboard, but you're on dashboard version 2.0.12625.0 or earlier.

EDIT - Reading your earlier post, it seems that the above does apply to you as you're on 2.0.12625, so yes, you can use your OFW backup. Once you have updated the dashboard though, that old backup will no longer be any use as the firmware on your drive will be flashed to a new stock firmware. What you can do is flash back to stock, update the dash, dump the firmware again (and keep that as your new backup as the old one is no longer relevant), then flash with LT+ 1.91.

You can NOT use it if: -

1. You dumped the OFW when you were on dashboard 2.0.12625.0 or earlier, but you have since updated to dashboard 2.0.13146.0 or later. If that's the case, you will need to use stock firmware version 04421C which you can download online, then inject your key into it.

Also, if you have any of the 6 games currently affected by AP2.5, remember to run the burned discs through abgx360 to ensure that the AP2.5 patches are current, because the AP2.5 tables have been updated and if that data is out of date, trying to boot one of those games will immediately flag your console for a ban, even if you're offline.

EDIT - And because you are currently using dashboard 2.0.12625.0, the paragraph above will definitely apply to you, so make absolutely sure that if you have any of the following games, you repatch and reburn them: -

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Halo: Reach
Black Ops
Modern Warfare 2
Need For Speed: Shift
Fable 3

LT 1.91 contains no protection against AP2.5 games that are unpatched, badly patched, or patched with out of date data, so one mistake and your console will be flagged.

 

Thanks for all the help! Yep, my OFW is from before 2.0.12625, so I will use that, go back to stock, update dash, and dump the new OFW.

Out of curiousity, you mentioned injecting my key into the 04421C that came with the pack. Is there a tut on how to do that? I dont see it (or I might be missing it) in the JF tutorial.

 

If you've flashed a console before then you've already done that. Perhaps it's just the terminology I chose.

When you flash a console for the first time, you dump the OFW. Then you have your CFW that you've downloaded, but it doesn't have your console's key in it. In JungleFlasher, or whatever method you use, the key is taken from your OFW and injected into the CFW, then you flash your console with the CFW. That's all I mean. It's not some special process that you have to do now or anything like that.

BTW, go back and read my edits to my last post, particularly the one about AP2.5 at the bottom because it will definitely affect you if you're going from 2.0.12625.0 to 2.0.13599.0.

 

Ah ok. Thanks again for all your help! Regarding the AP2.5 games, the console is banned already, but I'll definitely reburn if I plan to play them again.

 

No problem!

 

so you're saying that I can't use the stock firmware that came with drive when I got the xbox if I've updated my dash to a certain point? so how exactly am I suppose to know what exact firmware to put on my drive? "benq" & another note I unhooked drive from console & it still shows update screen... and on another note its easier to patch all gms if you're not playin online den to accidentally run your xbox into some mess like this unless you play online but that's just my personal opinion tho... but yea I did put old firmware back on so is that y I have no luck?

 

That's correct, although it also depends on the drive.

The reason for that is because dashboard version 2.0.13146.0 reflashes all Lite-On and BenQ drives with a new original firmware. For example, with fat Xbox consoles with Lite-On drives, there's various different types of Lite-On drives and each one used to have its own firmware. Now, all Lite-Ons in fat consoles that have been updated with dashboard 2.0.13146.0 or newer use firmware 02510C, so they're all the same now. If your drive has been flashed to 02510C, then having a backup of the old firmware from before then is no good, although you should still keep it as it has your key in it.

In your case, as you have a BenQ, you need to know which dashboard version you're on. That could be a problem, as the dashboard update failed, so you don't know if your drive has been reflashed or not. You may need to use the old original BenQ firmware. You may need to use the new BenQ original firmware (04421C). As your console is pretty much a brick right now, I would try both, unless someone can suggest a better solution for getting it back up and running. You can download both the old and new stock BenQ firmware from the web, so it's not a problem as long as you have the drive key.

 

Does anyone know if the wave 12 and 13 games will work on a hitachi drive? I think its on ixtreme 1.5 or 1.6.

 

well like I said bedore its somethin I'm not doing right. I didn't know about new stock firmware until now so I will try dat & I still have drive key so dats a plus... so wen I put new stock firmware on I should be able to get to dash? & I know that I had a newer dash b/c it has kinect on display in there somewhere & the old dashes didnt.

 

Ah thanks for the answer. So it only checks firmware while updating? It wont check it every now and then?

Also, if I want to play a wave 12 game on, do I need to patch the game with the video file for wave 12 from abgx - or do I need to patch it with an earlier wave, say 11 or 10?

Thanks

 

As far as i've been told, at the moment it is impossible to play a game that requires the update (ie rugby) without actually doing the dashboard update. Manipulating the wave also wont help - you have to do the update and the safe way to do it is to revert to stock first, then update, then reflash to 1.91 (which will support wave 12).

If you have a slim xbox, updating with modded firmware will lock your console and you'll need to get it unlocked by Microsoft. Older 'fatter' xbox's will revert to original firmware but you should be able to re-flash - but no guarantee's.

Just what i've heard thus far

 

well I guess my 360 is bricked I reflashed with new stock & did everything dat follows & nothin happened.. dumpster time!!!

 

Have you tried formatting your hdd on your pc?