New XBox 360 Downgrade hack

Posted Aug 25th 2007 11:35PM by Will O'Brien
Filed under: xbox hacks

[Paul] let me know about a new way to get a hacked kernel on a XBox 360. A new timing attack will soon allow you to install an older kernel ~~with~~ without having the CPU key which was the catch 22 situation before. The proof of concept ressurected a bricked XBox by doing some interesting things to one of the NAND (memory) blocks on the machine.
Great news for the homebrew/hacking scene!

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1. looks like bricks are slowly fading away

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Posted at 1:33AM on Aug 26th 2007 by thegreenbutcher

2. "...install an older kernel with having the CPU key"
Surely you mean without the key?

Looks like the advent of proper x360 homebrew, awesome!

Posted at 1:37AM on Aug 26th 2007 by Bungadunga

3. I love seeing people reverse engineer consoles like this. I wonder what the xbox360 engineers think... its gotta be amusing to see how people break into something you've designed to keep people out :)

Posted at 9:20PM on Aug 26th 2007 by Colin

4. Really good news.

Posted at 12:02AM on Aug 27th 2007 by tiuk

5. It should be rather exciting to see all the new things folks will be able to develop... HD Media centers... HD-DVD archivers....

Let your imaginations run wild, boys! (and girls...)

Posted at 10:33AM on Aug 29th 2007 by srilyk

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Let your imaginations run wild, boys! (and girls...)
....ya right

Posted at 10:56PM on Sep 1st 2007 by Frogz

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