Soft mod ???
 

Are we allowed to speak of this sort of Mod on the forums i'm unsure so asking first.

yea u are
but its glitchy and it sucks
anymore questions?

^^^ I second that

The only reason I'd do a softmod, is to flash the tsop.

i wouldnt even do it. Such a pain its quicker just to get a modchip and usially cheaper :)

YES, there is soft modding...

First off, Soft Mod is not modding. Modding is opening your xbox n modifing it. Second off, Soft Modding is cheaper than modding with a Mod-Chip! Using a Mod-Chip is risky. You can get caught by Xbox Live and get you account deleted.
Soft modding is modding your xbox digitaly. You do not open your Xbox or do anything to the insides of your Xbox.

You will need...
Action Replay,
Computer,
Router,
A FTP program,
007: Agent Under Fire, Mech Assault, or Splinter Cell 2
and the exploit that will allow you to soft-mod your Xbox
Those games are the ONLY games as of right now that will get you started on soft modding.


All together this will cast you only about $25 bucks... you rent the gave for about $5 ballors, and the Action Replay is $20 at Target.

I will NOT! tell you how to soft mod your xbox so dont email me!

softmod is modding....the internal files, boot procedure...
it is not cheaper, you must have AR, or a copy of a game that has been exploited (splinter cell, mechassult, 007). Renting is not too typical, if you want to go online or remove it. Costs more than a standard chip, not to mention it is easier to mess up an xbox in a way that you will have to buy a chip to fix.

Using a chip is not risky. The most popular bios prevents logging onto xbox if you hit it on accident. And there is a disable switch on just about every chip. You can't even use live with a softmod, unless you want to do alot of work to remove it (which if you didn't spen 20 bucks to buy a game, you have to spend 5 more to rent one).

well
theres a couple diff ways to soft mod
yea one is exploits which require no opening up
the other is flashing tsop.. that requires soldering skills and openin up
but they are faaaaaulty
just go with a chip
if ur still lookin at this thread

Soft mod is NOT glitchy! And NOT expensive. I have softmod about 15 xbox's now and they all perform perfectly. + they all have warranty intact.

Yea,my friend and I have did 3 i really have'nt noticed any diffrence compared to my chipped Xbox as far as performance goes.
problem i see is it's a little more work than chipping.

which method?

splinter c3ll Xploit.

I was going to try the HD Hot swap method someday, just for the hell of it. Doesn’t cost anything but requires the cover removed, of course.

i have a modded xbox.. i am currently awaiting an xbox i just purchased wich may be broken but if i can fix it i wouldn't mind softmodding! I could then do a review of the differences between softmodded and modded xboxs!
my question is that if i have a modded xbox is there an easier way to softmod?
thanks

Well....I am an avid Modcip supporter....BUT in the recent weeks, I have experimented with this option....The main reason is because I do not mod the boxes, my friends, friend does......And he has screwed up a bunch of them.....Which is weird....Because I HAVE done a couple and they were easy...I just don't have the time. And he already had everything you need.. Well...I leave the option up to the consumer..."aka guy who wants his box modded"

I love my Xenium ICE, because of the OS on the chip and the funtions it has....
But some people are sketchy about the opening the box thing and soldering to their $300-$200 box...Whatever they paid for it back in the day......And as far as the warranty goes.....If you load the MA,SC, or 007 hack or TSOP flash, or whatever way you decide to SOFTMOD....The warranty HAS been voided....Just not visible to the Wal-MArt or EB Games guy....Or whoever.....Any modding of the hardware or SOFTWARE is the voiding thingy....If you ever sent that box back, after you screwed up the softmod, MS would know.... So, again....you decide what is best for you....Me...I like chips.....But that's why we have options and choices...It makes it interesting... :)

If you mess something up...it is probably because you did NOT read all you could....There is ALOT that can go wrong with the softmod....If you transfer the wrong font, xbe, whatever...and you put it in the wrong place....your DONE....If you use a method that is not compatible with your Kernel or Dashboard...Your DONE!!!!!....And the only way to fix it is either get a chip or put it next to your Commodore 64 and call it a day...hehe......Hope this helps someone out there.....

Oh........If you have a modded box......then all you need is a memory card and the files in question......AR is for if you do not have a method to get the files onto the card.....With a modded box, you can ftp to the box and transfer files to the memory card and then put that card in the unmodded box. Loke for UDE or Ltools...that should get you somewhere....But again.....Keep your options open and learn to solder....Support the Modchips...If it wasn't for those companies...Where would we be? :o