How to softmod an original xbox without a game

This will take about 15 minutes or so as the files aren't simply copied, but 'injected' onto the thumbdrive. So crack a cold one and throw on something to pass the time it was Hulu for me :D and yes i am in Canada, but i know a way around that ;. Once the Files have completed injecting onto the stick, you can now plug it into the XBox. You will want to access the Memory section of the Dashboard, then select the area where the thumbdrive is recognized in the case of my install, it was Controller One.

Now this will take a while again to copy, so its good to have something to do. This should take about ten minutes blame the USB 1. When this is done, exit all that then remove the thumbdrive.

Now load your Game and on to the next step! Ok, no worries the long parts are past us, as the files are now on your hard drive!

Boot the Game now hit start to skip past the opening. Go to the Start Game Screen, and select the "Linux" profile. You will now only have a few simple steps to follow. First, in case something like a power outage or other Act of Randomness inturrupts the install, select "Back up C Drive" first off!

Confirm by selecting Yes after you start the backup process, and this will only take maybe a minute it's all being done on the hard drive now so it's a LOT faster!

When that is completed, select "Install Softmod". This will load into a different screen where you will see a scroll down menu. Then back it up to the E Drive. This will take a second. Then select "Install Softmod". Then select "Restart XBox". Just restart the XBox now and enjoy the payoff! Now i do not recommend playing movies off of the USB as it is only 1. Network or DVD Drive is recommended that may be in another tutorial. Question 1 year ago on Step 1.

Hi, I have a controller connection to usb cable, should this work for the usb formatting? Many Thanks. All you have to do is install DriveDroid on your phone, copy the files to your phone memory and loaded it into DriveDroid. On your xbox copy the files from the "memory card" to the HDD of the xbox.

Load SplinterCell. NTSC and load the linux save file. Bsod does not come up. It takes me to a black screen saying contact microsoft with green words Reply 4 years ago.

Just thought I'd add a comment as I softmodded my original xbox last night and used this guide as a basis. Obviously things have changed a little since it was posted but overall this was a good guide. Firstly, I struggled to find a flash drive that would be recognised by the Xbox. I think everything I tried was probably too new USB 3. I found an ancient mb flash drive that was detected ok but that was too small for the exploit to copy on to. In the end I used an old mb memory card plugged into a USB Card reader and that was detected and erased by the Xbox fine.

Secondly, the download link for the softmod installer was no good for me, I think it only has part of what you need. I googled for "Splinter Cell soft mod NTSC" and eventually found this site that had the files I needed and a little more detail on which ones to copy onto the flash drive. If you actually have a 'Live' account you probably don't need to do anything as your Dashboard will be up to date.

Time to Load our save game: Start the 'Mechassault' Game, once in the game and it's loaded select the option to load a saved game. Make sure it loads from the hard-drive and if needed delete any existing save games that you may have had before you copy the game save exploit over. The save game should start to load, after a wait of about 10 seconds it should load the UnleashX dash.

If this doesn't work try starting over, there's a chance your game is newer and patched to fix the exploit hole. You should see the UnleashX dash which looks like the photo below.

From the main menu, you should see 'Waffle Zone Tool' press 'A' to enter this menu and you should now see the options as the above photo. If you're not sure just eject your game disk and power off the Xbox after two minutes, this should be more than enough time to create the EEPROM backup.

The first thing you should do is FTP into your Xbox using the IP address shown on your dashboard username:xbox password:xbox. Verify that your Xbox will Play an Original game and then try a back-up version.

If these test work, you have successfully applied the UXE package. To reset your Xbox to the Microsoft Dashboard simply choose 'Waffle Zone Tools' press 'A' to enter this menu and now select 'Backup Menu' and press 'A' the next item to select is 'Restore Unmodded Backup' press 'A', the script will start copying the needed files, after it is done reboot and play the Games you want online of course you need the Original game.

A possibility exists that Microsoft will eventually implement a check for these type of exploits and when discovered will Ban your Xbox from be able to use the 'Live' service. When you want to revert back to the Softmod you basically repeat the steps to do the exploit the first time with the exception that you should choose 'WaffleTools' then 'Backup Menu' NOT Install UXE Package now here simply choose the option 'Restore Modded Backup' this will copy the files needed to revert your box to the UnleashX dash, once complete reboot your Xbox and you should be back to the UnleashX dashboard.

Any Ideas? Reply 1 year ago. I'm Just going to Save the rest of you and Hope you look here first!!!! Got mine modded today! Reply 10 years ago on Introduction.

As long as it has a way to connect the memory card to the computer, it should work. No, cause the exploit is for original XBox only. You'd have to look up Jtag for or something like that. My instructable has been updated on Thursday July 29,