Thread: Safe Ban Check

QUOTE(toddgei @ Nov 10 2009, 02:44 PM) I just checked and I can no longer install games to my HDD so avoid doing this if you dont want to cripple your drive. other than that it seems okay, xbox live in Australia is worthless because of lag so I am not concerned if I dont have access to it, I will miss downloading from the arcade though but I guess I will just rely on my PS3 now for that side of things (even though XBLA is...

QUOTE(iispyderii @ Nov 7 2009, 08:41 PM) Guys, DO NOT!!! I REPEAT! DO **NOT*** DO THE 'SAFE CHECK' on the xbox live settings on your console!!! I tried to check my Z code and it said i was banned without even connecting to live and I got banned! I didn't have my HDD attached so I will transfer all my my important gamesaves to my HDD and play...

Sorry for the name calling tactical, it's just that you guys need to understand like someone has already said, if you are banned you will be banned even if you wait for a new FW, it's a server side ban. Think of the Matrix, when neo got unplugged from the Matrix itself lol.. Once he got unplugged there was no way to get back unless he bought a new 360.

Someone in a german forum writes that he as banned after the network test. I do the test one time not a second. He also denied the update, the scond time there was no update only a question to submit data to M$. He denied --> bann

QUOTE(keola @ Nov 10 2009, 08:09 PM) okay, so here is what i got when i did the test. i have two flashed xboxs. one xbox i use all the time and the other i haven't used in a couple of months. the xbox that i use cannot be repaired acording to the site. it gives me the error. the other flashed xbox can be repaired. i know it is doing that because i haven't played in a while but I am going to try and...

Not sure about that as I didnt check afterwards, suffice to say I was in warranty and could request a repair just before I flashed back to stock and tried to connect..... banned The advice I am giving my previous customers is "if you played backup online after you accepeted the Oct 28th update then expect to be banned, regardless of what you did to avoid the ban. If you just have to know then understand you will lose your HDD install...

Ok so this test isn't 100% guaranteed to work or maybe it doesn't work at all. What I've seen so far is that only modded consoles are getting this error and unmodded ones don't so maybe consoles that have been flagged are getting the error. What we still need to know is if the banned consoles are getting the same or any error.

QUOTE(blizzard122189 @ Nov 7 2009, 12:45 AM) It is safe to use the old HDD as long as your old machine has not received the ban message yet. Even if it is banned, as long as you have not connected to actually get the message and the NAND flag you are all good. If you connect then you are screwed, and you have to get a new modded machine if you want to switch your profile back and forth. Sounds good. I'll get a new arcade...

I can confirm the online method isnt 100% reliable. One of my mates who got banned 3 days ago, Did the warranty repair thing. Website worked fine no errors and he sent the xbox in today.

QUOTE(AnimeCommander @ Nov 13 2009, 09:39 PM) If you're flagged for ban by any "check", then no new firmware can avoid it. You are banned server side. The box is banned no matter what you do to it after the fact Word