Ok, first let me, like everone else has done with all this mess, tell you my setup:
1.) Modded a vr. 1.4 Xbox with X3. Upgraded HDD to 250 GB Hitachi
2.) Tried 2 month trial XBL the night after Halo 2 came out (first time on XBL)
3.) Played FINE up until this week. This week I modded a friend's stock xbox JUST like mine (Xecuter3 and new HDD) except he HAD played on XBL before. I warned him but he said go ahead with it--we'll try another eeprom if it fails.
4.) He did an Account Recovery on MY Xbox before we modded his. I did this thinking that after we modded his Xbox, we'd do an Account Recovery on his Xbox and they might not notice the new HDD (stupid thought, oh well)
5.) We did all of #4 and that night it worked! Next night he got banned.
6.) I got on my Xbox for the first time since the Account Recovery and after he got banned. Of course there was still his account on my Xbox. I started Halo 2 and ACCIDENTALLY pushed his name to sign-in. No password was associated--we never set one. Instantly the network troubleshooter dialog came up--I'm banned.
So, I decided that his name being tied to my Xbox was the only reason I got banned. I have PLENTY of friends who are still on XBL with my same setup (so BEWARE: Do not let anyone put their account on your Xbox if they've been banned! I guess this works the same with memory card transfers?) I called XBL Customer Support. I acted dumb telling them I didn't know what a mod was and that I wanted my account reset. The guy walked me through the following to get some information. For those of you with modded banned boxes you can try this:
1.) Turn Xbox on, Mod off (no games in DVD-ROM)
2.) Try to go to Xbox Live (it will give you the network troubleshooting error). Go ahead with it.
3.) It will verify everything and then jump to the screen with the Xbox Mod Error. Back out of that error screen back to the troubleshooting screen.
4.) At this point you should see that it had checked for everything and Connecting to Xbox Live FAILED.
5.) Press Y. Some information comes up (this is what they wanted)
6.) Press A. More information will eventually come up (more info they wanted).
All this to say maybe someone from Team Xecuter can analyze these numbers and tell me what they mean? Maybe we can share these codes and find differences/similarities or IS THIS EVEN WORTH LOOKING AT? I dunno. I wonder if regular non-modded Xboxes would show these same numbers? If so does that mean the X3 is doing a good job? Any input on this would be helpful! For right now, XBL Customer Support says they don't see anything and they are transferring me to "Level 2" support. If anyone has any experience with THIS let me know!
1.) Modded a vr. 1.4 Xbox with X3. Upgraded HDD to 250 GB Hitachi
2.) Tried 2 month trial XBL the night after Halo 2 came out (first time on XBL)
3.) Played FINE up until this week. This week I modded a friend's stock xbox JUST like mine (Xecuter3 and new HDD) except he HAD played on XBL before. I warned him but he said go ahead with it--we'll try another eeprom if it fails.
4.) He did an Account Recovery on MY Xbox before we modded his. I did this thinking that after we modded his Xbox, we'd do an Account Recovery on his Xbox and they might not notice the new HDD (stupid thought, oh well)
5.) We did all of #4 and that night it worked! Next night he got banned.
6.) I got on my Xbox for the first time since the Account Recovery and after he got banned. Of course there was still his account on my Xbox. I started Halo 2 and ACCIDENTALLY pushed his name to sign-in. No password was associated--we never set one. Instantly the network troubleshooter dialog came up--I'm banned.
So, I decided that his name being tied to my Xbox was the only reason I got banned. I have PLENTY of friends who are still on XBL with my same setup (so BEWARE: Do not let anyone put their account on your Xbox if they've been banned! I guess this works the same with memory card transfers?) I called XBL Customer Support. I acted dumb telling them I didn't know what a mod was and that I wanted my account reset. The guy walked me through the following to get some information. For those of you with modded banned boxes you can try this:
1.) Turn Xbox on, Mod off (no games in DVD-ROM)
2.) Try to go to Xbox Live (it will give you the network troubleshooting error). Go ahead with it.
3.) It will verify everything and then jump to the screen with the Xbox Mod Error. Back out of that error screen back to the troubleshooting screen.
4.) At this point you should see that it had checked for everything and Connecting to Xbox Live FAILED.
5.) Press Y. Some information comes up (this is what they wanted)
6.) Press A. More information will eventually come up (more info they wanted).
All this to say maybe someone from Team Xecuter can analyze these numbers and tell me what they mean? Maybe we can share these codes and find differences/similarities or IS THIS EVEN WORTH LOOKING AT? I dunno. I wonder if regular non-modded Xboxes would show these same numbers? If so does that mean the X3 is doing a good job? Any input on this would be helpful! For right now, XBL Customer Support says they don't see anything and they are transferring me to "Level 2" support. If anyone has any experience with THIS let me know!
