Gaming How To Play AP2.5 Games Without LT + (All Drives)

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My apologies if this is obvious but I cant really find the answer im looking for anywhere...

Without knowing any of this, i tried a copy of NFS HP in my xbox which updated my dash to 12416 and then promptly gave me a cant read disc error.

Is any of this going to work for me or do I just need LT + now?

Thanks
 

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slickric33 said:
i had updated my dash before i knew about this exploit (2 days) and the person that flashed my 360 is hard to get in touch w/ and on the other side of the state. i would like this done b4 christmas to get the kids kinnect, so is there any way to patch any of the kinnect games to work w/out lt+ flash fix if there is could u guide me to a tutorial , also i know this person flashes a lot so what if he didnt save my keys am i screwed thanks
There will be keys on the dvd drive, you could still read it back even though its flashed. Either you're going have to find someone else or flash it yourself. Also some Kinect games do not have AP2.5.
"JungleFlasher Tutorial" should be all, tutorial wise.

ganons said:
have the lt fw the one before this new lt+?
with this method, will games still need to be patched?
If updating with this method, your games do not need to be patched. not xbox live safe obviously. However I suggest you at least patch the AP2.5 onto it with abgx360 or what not. Reason is because when a new dash comes out again this "exploit" will most likely not work, and you will probably need LT+ then and patched AP2.5.

QUOTE(prongs @ Dec 1 2010, 04:34 PM)
My apologies if this is obvious but I cant really find the answer im looking for anywhere...

Without knowing any of this, i tried a copy of NFS HP in my xbox which updated my dash to 12416 and then promptly gave me a cant read disc error.

Is any of this going to work for me or do I just need LT + now?

Thanks

LT+ Required and AP2.5 patched on disc before burning.
 

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Hello...

Many moons ago i flashed my fathers (banned) 360 with ixtreme 1.4 no stealth in order to be able to play all games regardless of wave or stealth etc.

Now he has the kinect what would be the best course of action in order to play it?

Can he simply just update the dash? or will he need to follow the tutorial in the original post?

Ive read about the leaked dash running fine on banned consoles and there also seems to be a kinect update without the ap2.5 available too..

I'm quite confused to say the least lol and would appriciate so much any help anyone could give!!

so to summarise

Old 360 ( if i remember right its a Benq or tosh, havent touched it in years)
Has the old ban (one of the first etc that just stopped live access)... before the new ban crippled things etc
running ixtreme 1.4 no stealh...
not sure of the dash right now...

so best course of action??

Thank you all so much in advance!!
 

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You have three option

If it is a toshiba/Samsung or Hitachi it may not matter how you update it as AP2.5 does not apply for some of these drives
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/2513/wh...our360drive.jpg

You can update the dash with this method on this thread and be fine for a while but when a new dash comes out via games you may have to flash your drive later.

You can update your drive firmware to iXtreme LT+ (Toshiba/Samsung, BenQ and Lite-on drives). You may also have to update when new dash comes out with a new protection.
 

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I have an old Samsung ms25 running a pretty old version of ixtreme (something like 1.4 or 1.5 or 1.6, it doesn't require wave-patching or using the activate disc). I thought that Samsung drives didn't have ap25 checks, but AC:B doesn't seem to work for me. Do I need to upgrade my FW?
 

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If you spoofed it to a samsung from an AP25 compatible drive then things get tricky.

If it is was originally a samsung you more likely need to update the dashboard- Assassin's creed brotherhood likes to have somewhat later dash.

If you are on a samsung and are going to upgrade the drive firmware then go to "1.6 NS" aka 1.6 non stealth- it was hack or 1.6 and although it lacks AP25 support your drive lacks it as well.
 

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Thanks, it's an old actual Samsung that's still chugging along, miraculously
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If I update the dash, can I just use the official MS update then, instead of this workaround? Can I also skip updating my FW as well? My 360 is flagged for a ban, so I'm just interested in a FW that's the simplest to work (no wave-patches, using the disc, or worrying about future updates), which is what I have going for me right now
 

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If you have a samsung there was never any need for this workaround- the drive can not do AP2.5 checks even if it wanted to. Yes you can skip the DVD firmware update* if yours works.

Yeah you can use the official dash update. http://www.xboxhacker.org/index.php?topic=9414.0 has them in case you do not want to use MS servers or want an older one.

*if you wanted to update though 1.6NS is probably the best available and least likely to need updates (at least with a samsung)- wave issues should be a thing of the past (it was a check that went over the mark), the disc just disables checks and future updates.... technically you should not have had to worry about them at all but MS surprised people with AP2.5 (well the threat was looming for a long time but it appearing then was a shock). The only reason I do not suggest you go to LT is because it requires splitvid discs and they were not mandatory for a long time so your existing discs might not work.
 

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Ok, I updated to 2.0.12611.0, the latest version from January 19th isn't on that link FAST posted, and the official MS site http://www.xbox.com/en-US/Support/UpdateSteps only seems to go as far as 9199. AC:B still won't read, I've tried a version that wasn't patched for ap2.5 using abgx360 and one that was, but neither work
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. Non-ap2.5 games like Dead Space 2 still read though. Any ideas?
 

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jaxxster said:
Taken from Xbox360iso. Sorry if i shouldnt post this here, just thought id share this for those who havent seen this. Ive tested it myself on my Lite-on with 1.6 installed and its working fine.

QUOTE said:
"The procedure is simple, but has two important requirements: have the dash version 2.0.9199.0 (with another update this method is obsolete, because the KINECT ADVENTURES/ANIMALS updates can not be installed...even with the 12416 beta dash) and LiteOn DVD or BenQ DVD.
The way to avoid the AP25 is (follow the steps one by one, and in order):

Quote:
For those who still have a dash older than the 9199 (8XXX) here is the update to 9199.

OFFICIAL MICROSOFT MIRROR
http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...update9199.zip
This method ensures that all games run at 100%. From the oldest to the newest, even those with AP 2.5 protection. Tested on a Xbox Fat. Need confirmation if it works well in a Xbox Slim.

GETTING STARTED

There is an unconfirmed version, this method doesn't work with spoofed drives. According to the user didera, this updates, will disable all functions of the drive.

1-Install update Kinect adventure. Unzip the file UPDATE-KINECT-ADVENTURES.rar, place it on a pendrive formatted in FAT32, place it on the console and turn on.

MIRROR:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=W9SS12UG or
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SQZ2Z0QQ or
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=T4M5ET74 or
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?2h1zx562vedp5y7

The new dashboard will be the 2.0.12413.0

2-Delete the folder from the pendrive, and unzip the second file UPDATE-KINECT-ANIMALS.rar

3-Install update Kinect animals, in the same way as above.

MIRROR:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DNMV1DA4 or
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5MML02NB or
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2OQA2XMX or
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?dpmh5k0np2p6xo4

The new dashboard will be the 2.0.12416.0

4-Place the DVD of AC: B, will be asked to update. OK, (this update will be changed or something like that, probably a bug or exploit, because you have installed the previous two) and enjoy...

If you have Flash 1.6, use activate.iso, without changing the wave (wave 9).

Edit: don't patch the AC: B, or not be able to install the update included in the game.

Edit 2: if you want to upgrade with the NFS: HP game, also works according to the user dbc.
http://www.xbox360iso.com/showpost.p...&postcount=316

Edit 3: this method didn't flag the console according to the user princepk, after checking it, with the software XVAL. This makes sense, since there is no manipulation of hardware.
http://www.xbox360iso.com/showpost.p...&postcount=310

Edit 4: not recommended connect to xbox live, until the new firmware LT+ is available. If there is any new update on Live, this could be overridden. Do it at your own risk.

Edit 5: for those wondering, it works even after reboot, or turn off the console. It's not temporary.


Edit 6: Solution for those who need to patch to wave 2/3:

1. Install Kinect Adventures Update

2. Install Kinect Animals Update

3. Install the following update:

MIRROR
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PPZHG7FY
or
http://www.mediafire.com/?kyqqd5mkjfw54de

4. Play your Wave 2/3 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood.

Credits to Death260

NOTE: The two updates, were extracted from the iso of each game.

Are breaking the MU links, due to massive downloading. If anyone can re-upload, I update the thread. Thanks.

Microsoft, f *** you!! jajajaja"

Here is my problem i had the old dashboard 9199 i installed the updates then insert my ac b game in the BenQ drive and updated then the game started i played for several hours nice game. So the next day i had dragon age 2 i insert the the disc it asked me to do a system update or else i couldnt play the game so i did when i again put the ac b game in the drive it starts the game and then returns to the dashboard sayin ''UNRECOGNIZED DISC'' CONTACT XBOX/SUPPORT

My xbox is been banned for a year i dont care about that what i dont understand first i could play ac brotherhood and then it says unrecognized disc and now i am stuck with this kinect dashboard.

Has anybody experienced this problem and solved it please tell me what you did or just give me advice i would really appreciate the help

thank you all
 

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i have done this procedure and all of the games work well, the new wwe all stars game has an new update. i'm wondering if applying the update affect anything or will i still be able to play ap2.5 games such as AC:B
 

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The WWE update will overwrite the beta you are at and lose you the ability to play any AP2.5 games* (assassin's creed brotherhood, need for speed hot pursuit, fable 3, cod black ops, cod modern warfare 2 and halo reach).

*the betas of the next dash appear to activate AP2.5 for all games - anything without SSv3 will not work (possibly excluding some of the releases from before/around fifa 09).
 

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thank u for the info. so is there going to be a way to play these games? (either by updating firmware or a workaround in the future)
 

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You can update the DVD drive firmware to LT+ and patch the game iso to use SSv3 (various patches and ABGX360 should work). That allows the AP2.5 games to work.

Only JTAG users can patch around it in software.
 

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