C4eva today confirmed that iXtreme LT+ v3.0 is on the way!
Yesterday, having revealed to the team an idea for countering the recent dae.bin/AP2.5 update, c4eva has today confirmed that he has in fact completely done away with the need for dae.bin/AP2.5 data.
Although it’s early stages, c4eva has successfully completed several tests which validate this new method and classified his solution as the “silver bullet” for AP2.5. Rather than using captured challenge results each time the dae.bin changes, the new method builds a complete set of profile data for each disc and works for all AP2.5 challenges, regardless of how the dae.bin is changed.
As a result, the format of backup ISOs will be changing as the AP25 replay sector will no longer be included and the profile data will instead take its place. Though c4eva noted that it will take some development time as it’s not a quick fix, both he and the team will now be putting their full efforts behind bringing this solution to life in the form of new versions of iXtreme LT+, Xbox Backup Creator, and abgx360.
C4E has released the iXtreme LT+ V2.0 CFW Firmware which includes support for Microsoft's new "XGD3" protection. Also released was the 0800 v3 ('PC ripping FW') for 'BenQ' and 'Fat LiteOn' drives.
iXtreme LT+ v2.0 CFW are now available for the following (fat) DVD drives:
Toshiba-Samsung TS-H943 ('Samsung')
Philips-BENQ/LiteOn VAD6038/1650V ('BenQ')
Philips-LiteOn VAD6039/DG-16D2S ('Fat LiteOn')
The LT+ v2.0 for 'Slim LiteOn', 'Fat/Slim Hitachi' have NOT been released yet.
From the NFO:
* C4E's iXtreme LT+ in association with Team Jungle & Team Xecuter
Official release of the iXtreme LT+ v2.0
Support for XGD3 ixtreme backups using LT-MAX for maximum capacity on standard DVD+R DL discs. Passes all security checks for XGD3 including correct capacity.
Support for large capacity DVD+R DL media (no errors when burning)
I would like to dedicate this fw to the Xbox Live Enforcement Team and the recent false (AP25) bans and subsequent reversal. Keep up the good work guys.
Thanks go to Team Jungle for their hard work and efforts in the development process. Thanks also go to Team Xecuter for their support to this project.
* Team Jungle Presents IXtreme 3.0 0800 firmware for Benq and Liteon drives
IXtreme fw for Benq and Liteon drives!
Features:
Common API designed for easier application use!
Support for SS V2!
Support for AP25!
Support for XGD3 ripping!
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 a dedicated "ripping" drive.
This means:
a. Does not need your DVD key,
b. Does not need spoofing as another drive,
c. Does not need to use the tray half open and
d. Does not need to use the activate.iso to use this firmware on the pc.
Here are some details about the Xbox360 LIVE bans I got directly and indirectly from GaryOPA, Commodore4eva (C4E), Iriez and others. Of course don't take any of this info as 100% confirmed, noone knows exactly based on what data MS is banning ... it's just an analysis of what they think is happening and what MS might/can be checking.
C4E thinks MS is probably detecting and banning consoles from LIVE by tracking usage of backups via timing of the challenge response (c/r) on the drive over the last few weeks or months. A modified FW will reply much faster to the the Challenges requests (stored in a table) than an original firmware (seek on drive). They probably do this test more than once and can ban you if you're above a certain average.
FuzzyLogic also found that microsoft is sometimes doing additional checks on discs: PFI/DMI (so images without these sectors (or if using an old FWs without support for PFI/DMI) can probably be detected easily), drive inquiry (reads ascii string from drive), and capacity (reports capacity of disc) are requested. Strange thing here is MS requests 0x8000 bytes for PFI and DMI, while it should normally be 0x0800 bytes. TheSpecialist pointed out that the remaining 0x7800 bytes contains the relocated SS and PFI on burned discs ... which would make it very easy to detect backups for MS. C4E however told us this would not work on TS drives as its cut off to 0800 even if more data is asked, it's unconfirmed how modified HLG FWs drives respond to this atm.
Redline99 released a new version of Xbox Backup Creator(info) - a tool that will allow you to easily dump, create/patch and burn Xbox and Xbox 360 images with full support for SS, DMI and PFI.
What's new/fixed since v2.2:
* Added - Support for SH-D163A using Kreon's firmware
* Changed - Get Security Sector precedure to retry upto 5 times on failure
* Changed - Stealth Check to include Security Sector
* It also will do an additional check for Xbox One 0x0200 - 0x02CF
Redline99 released a new version of Xbox Backup Creator - a tool that will allow you to easily dump, create/patch and burn Xbox and Xbox 360 images with full support for SS, DMI and PFI.
What's new/fixed:
* Fixed - Some drive/media combinations didn't report Available bytes correctly
* Added - Option to Perform the OPC or not, Default = True
* Added - Option to Perform the Track Reservation or not, Default = True
* Added - Fix for Invalid Xbox One Security Sector (Kreon pre .81 and Hitachi F900)
* Added - Better support for Maximus-Garyopa Hitachi-LG Xtreme v2.2 Stealth 8in1 (limited)
* Added - Support for Frog Aspi v0.29.4, http://www.frogaspi.org/index.html (Included)
* Added - Support for TS-H943A Xtreme v4.0 Game Partition Unlock command
* Changed - Set Write Speed, Hopefully more compatible
* Changed - New method of monitoring the tray status
* Changed - GetMediaStatus routine, to allow for more waiting after closing a disk
* Changed - Increased the File IO read timeout, this puts more responsibility on the burners buffer-underrun tech
* Note: Please start using the Frog Aspi v0.29.4 in ASPI mode. If it works for everyone then I will probabally set that as default next time.
* Note: If you have used the setup version, it should upgrade ok using the new installer. But if you want to stay on the safe side then use the Add/Remove Programs to uninstall the previous version first.
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