Robin Hoods Playground

Good News!!!!!
Not quiet a soft unlock but close enough

http://rs117.rapidshare.com/files/13443 ... Unlock.rar" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Turorial:
1. Unrar the file
2. Burn the CD Image, I used ImgBurn....

3. Put 79 in Mode B
3. Insert the CD in the 79 and play the track, wait for it to finish...
4. Then press play again and straight away pause it, you should hear some noise
5. Eject the disk, using the eject button not the PC ( it does something different)
6. Run the the command in a command window
Unlock79 h
// where h is the drive letter of the 79
// this will error regardless, ignore the error

7. If all went well bit 4 of (0x5BD) should be set and the drive should be unlocked
8. Drive will dump and flash with Toolbox...
9. This is a tempory unlock, (0x5BD) is in RAM and would need to be done each time you power the drive, although I've posted how to by pass this with the drive unlocked with a passkey.....

10. Has not been extensively tested but worked on 6 drives to day so far...

Thanks to OggyUK, mp3boy, Antman1 with the testing.... Also RKO Pheonix needs a mention as he unwittingly leant his 360 to Oggy today.... and Seventhson for the help early on and his fabulous blog

..............Details to follow... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

dbeerman27 wrote:ok I have 3 79s sitting around here....



The files that I see after I unrared the the 79 unlock file are


plsics
79unlock
image vlc media file(.bin)
Image Vlc media file(.cue)
Image.cdt
memdump79


what file should I burn to cd
How do i put the drive in mode b
and whould the xbox be hooked up to my pc when i play the cd?

Sesshomaru wrote:It sounds like you unrared the iso. Disable the "hide extensions for known file types in windows" option through windows explorer. You can access it through tools-->folder options-->view in Windows. Uncheck the box then click apply. Check the extension. If it's an iso, simply burn the iso with ImgBurn or your favorite burning software. If it's not an iso, copy and paste all the files you extracted and burn a UDF/ISO CD with Nero.

dbeerman27 wrote:ok I have 3 79s sitting around here....



The files that I see after I unrared the the 79 unlock file are


plsics
79unlock
image vlc media file(.bin)
Image Vlc media file(.cue)
Image.cdt
memdump79


what file should I burn to cd
How do i put the drive in mode b
and whould the xbox be hooked up to my pc when i play the cd?

• slax to modeB
  boot into windows
  run the audio cd // follow procedure for play then replay & emediatly pause
  eject the disc via switch on drive (not pc eject)
  open dos prompt, cd to dir of unpacked files & run command > unlock79 h (change h to your hitachi drive letter)
  
  if success proceed to firmware toolbox for dumping & flashing

NeoRio wrote:the Hitachi V79 is now flash'able with no passkey?--and no soldering?

NeoRio wrote:Wow this is amazing news...all in one day. If I understood correctly, the Hitachi V79 is now flash'able with no passkey?--and no soldering? Has the flash been done yet successfully? (I've owned 2 360s that had the V79 which I had to sell!)

dbeerman27 wrote:what kind of disk shoud you use dvd+r dl or cd or dvd?


Also if you change your directory in dos to h: than type unlock h comand the other unlock files are on the desktop how does it know where they are it is going to look for the unlock file on the h drive

• so.. for example // unzip the files to >> c:\79unlock
  then open dos prompt & >> cd c:\79unlock
  
  "basic dos"
  
  then > unlock79 h (replace h with the drive letter asscoaited with the hit79)