Alternative Firmware for Samsung SH-D162C V0.60 Unveiled

Indeed, variety is the spice of life – and if you think that Commodore4eva‘s Xtreme firmware can do with a little competition, then kreon has got something for you. As he said some weeks back, he’ll be coming up with an alternative firmware for Samsung SH-D162C – and he stays true to his word with Alternative FW for Samsung SH-D162C V0.60.

This release may not be the biggie Xbox 360 users with the SH-D162C drive are waiting for as there is still no SS extraction feature, yet kreon decided to release it anyway. As he explained, “why wait releasing something good just because something else hasn’t been completed.” If that’s okay with you, go ahead and try kreon’s creation and get the following features:

– Two types of unlock for XBOX 360 game discs. One for making xtreme style images and one for making wxripper style images. Both types of iso can be made using isobuster. As of the moment, there is no support for ripping using wxripper.
– A ‘lock’ function that will cancel any enabled unlock state. This can be very useful for custom applications.
– ‘Error skipping’ which basically speeds up the error handling of the drive. A complete wxripper style image (including video) can be obtained in 15-16 minutes, when error skipping is enabled. Getting through the critical area of LBA 19408-20479 will take you more than 20 minutes alone, if error skipping is disabled.
– Read and decrypt of SS. The SS returned from the drive is complete except for the missing C/R data at offset 0x200. This is very handy since you can compare the SS from the game in the drive to a SS found on the internet. No more coasters due to an incorrect SS.
– A much more streamlined command interface, which is good news if you intend to write an application that makes use of the drives extra features.
– The drive will default to unlock state 2 and error skip enabled when a 360 media is inserted. You can in other words use isobuster to obtain a wxripper style image without issuing any commands to the drive.
– RPC1 support (RPC-2 actually but with automatic change of drive region and RCE support).

A few reminders from kreon: when using a program like DVDinfo, you might see the drive reportsas RPC-2…don’t fret, it’s not a bug. As the developer explains, “The drive changes it’s region setting according to the media inserted. The region code listed in DVDinfo (and other software like it) is the current region setting of the drive and it should match the region of the inserted media. If the media allows playback in more than one region, the drive region will be set to the region with the lowest number.”

Another thing, don’t bug him about when he’ll be releasing the C/R part, “it doesn’t help the process in any way,” he says. But you can be assured that C/R is “progressing quite well”, kreon is just not sure when it will be completed. If you do have any other queries or suggestions though, feel free to speak up via the comments.

kreon says that full challenge/response functionality can be expected in next releases. He also noted that credits go to FlexyZ for helping him test the firmware.

Via Xboxhacker

Indeed, variety is the spice of life – and if you think that Commodore4eva‘s Xtreme firmware can do with a little competition, then kreon has got something for you. As he said some weeks back, he’ll be coming up with an alternative firmware for Samsung SH-D162C – and he stays true to his word with Alternative FW for Samsung SH-D162C V0.60.

This release may not be the biggie Xbox 360 users with the SH-D162C drive are waiting for as there is still no SS extraction feature, yet kreon decided to release it anyway. As he explained, “why wait releasing something good just because something else hasn’t been completed.” If that’s okay with you, go ahead and try kreon’s creation and get the following features:

– Two types of unlock for XBOX 360 game discs. One for making xtreme style images and one for making wxripper style images. Both types of iso can be made using isobuster. As of the moment, there is no support for ripping using wxripper.
– A ‘lock’ function that will cancel any enabled unlock state. This can be very useful for custom applications.
– ‘Error skipping’ which basically speeds up the error handling of the drive. A complete wxripper style image (including video) can be obtained in 15-16 minutes, when error skipping is enabled. Getting through the critical area of LBA 19408-20479 will take you more than 20 minutes alone, if error skipping is disabled.
– Read and decrypt of SS. The SS returned from the drive is complete except for the missing C/R data at offset 0x200. This is very handy since you can compare the SS from the game in the drive to a SS found on the internet. No more coasters due to an incorrect SS.
– A much more streamlined command interface, which is good news if you intend to write an application that makes use of the drives extra features.
– The drive will default to unlock state 2 and error skip enabled when a 360 media is inserted. You can in other words use isobuster to obtain a wxripper style image without issuing any commands to the drive.
– RPC1 support (RPC-2 actually but with automatic change of drive region and RCE support).

A few reminders from kreon: when using a program like DVDinfo, you might see the drive reportsas RPC-2…don’t fret, it’s not a bug. As the developer explains, “The drive changes it’s region setting according to the media inserted. The region code listed in DVDinfo (and other software like it) is the current region setting of the drive and it should match the region of the inserted media. If the media allows playback in more than one region, the drive region will be set to the region with the lowest number.”

Another thing, don’t bug him about when he’ll be releasing the C/R part, “it doesn’t help the process in any way,” he says. But you can be assured that C/R is “progressing quite well”, kreon is just not sure when it will be completed. If you do have any other queries or suggestions though, feel free to speak up via the comments.

kreon says that full challenge/response functionality can be expected in next releases. He also noted that credits go to FlexyZ for helping him test the firmware.

Via Xboxhacker