>> We dont have a lot of information yet (it just started, but we try to warn you all as early as possible), but it looks like Microsoft started a new wave of bans against modified DVD firmwares or DVD+/-R DL discs.
Several users on our forums and on IRC report their Xbox 360 has been banned from LIVE today. We get reports of Toshiba-Samsung and Hitachi-LG drives banned with both Xtreme and even the newer iXtreme firmwares. However we also see many reports of people who are currently on LIVE and have no been banned (yet). No reports of banned BenQ drives yet (but few of these drives have been flashed yet).
We dont know yet if Microsoft is detecting the modified firmware or the discs (or maybe only with a specific game?).
If you have the Z Code 8015-190D it means you are banned. As always Microsoft bans the console serial from LIVE, not your LIVE account.
If your console is banned or if you have been playing on LIVE today with modified FW without getting banned, report you findings in this thread (include at least your live status, full drive model (swapped drive?, spoofing?) and firmware version used).
So until we have more info we HIGHLY suggest you dont log in to Xbox LIVE and dont play any games from DVD+/-R DL (even offline, incase MS flags something) if you have a flashed DVD drive.
http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=630440
Tricky Dicky unban method now out there.
Not for the faint hearted though.
QuoteReplace Keyvault Unbans Xbox 360 *update*
>> Legueux of gx-mod.com informed us that Zouzzz managed to unban his Xbox 360 console from LIVE on their forums by swapping the keyvault of his banned Xbox360 with the keyvault of another (not banned) Xbox 360.
However its not something that everyone out there can do (yet) as youll need your CPU key (via Hypervisor Exploit and if you got banned it means youre on the latest kernel so youll need to perform the Timing Attack to downgrade first). Youll also need all the tools to read/flash your Xbox 360 NAND (with the Infectus chip for example).
Here are the things he tried:
* downgrade banned 5787 PAL to 4532 NTSC U, updated again to 5787 via HD. Still banned.
* downgrade banned 5787 PAL to 1888 PAL, updated again to 5787 via HD. Still banned.
* Patched his original 1888 PAL dump with the last number of the Xbox 360 serial in the keyvault (location A0 to AB) changed. Still banned.
* Patched his original 1888 PAL dump with the all the numbers of the Xbox 360 serial in the keyvault changed. Still banned.
* Replaced the full keyvault in his original 1888 PAL dump of the banned console with a keyvault of an unbanned console. Connected to LIVE OK, updated to latest kernel online OK, still connects fine to LIVE.
*update* Zouzzz posted a video showing his banned console and how itll connect fine to LIVE again after he flashes the console with his 1888 dump with patched keyvault of an unbanned console.
Its a bit like the Xbox1 EEPROM hack ... except that (at least for now) its much harder to perform yourself on Xbox360.
More Info: gueux-forum.net (french) | xboxhacker.net
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lol.