Xbox 360 Mods Banned From Xbox Live |
Until recently Xbox 360 owners were able to download a firmware hack which allowed them to play backed-up games and essentially boot-legged copies of games on their game console. They were also able to participate with them on Xbox Live seemingly without any notice from Microsoft, but that appears to have changed.
Apparently with the recent Spring Update earlier this month and coinciding with the beta release of Halo 3, Microsoft has shown that they are able to detect and ban those consoles with modified firmware. When consoles with the modified firmware is detected users will receive an error code (Status Code: Z: 8015 - 190D). As a result, Microsoft is permanently banning modified console from the Xbox Live service, but they are not banning the individual user account. When trying to connect through the modified console the screen will state text beginning with, “This console has been banned for violations of the Terms of Use…”.
Microsoft posted on the Gamerscoreblog that they are doing this in an effort to keep Xbox Live fair, stating “We have stated in the past that customers can only enjoy access to the Xbox LIVE community through the use of a genuine, unmodified, Xbox console and we will continue to enforce this rule to ensure the integrity of our service, the protection of our partners and the benefits of our users.”.
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I have been banned also as of 13 December 2007. Now, before I draw the animosity of the crowd that says “good, you deserve it,” I would like to state that I do not mod my Xbox 360 through any hardware, software, or other means. I do not cheat, make racial remarks, or otherwise do anything against the TOU (Terms of Use). And after many times on the phone with Xbox Live customer support, the only answer they have given me reads to this effect, “Due to the nature of your ban, we are unable to restore the rights to your console or take your console in for repairs to verify that no modding has occurred. We are also unable to tell you the reason for your ban or find any remedy to your solution. We know how frustrating this may be, but it seems your only solution is to buy another Xbox 360 unit.”
I find this kind of behavior from a company appalling, as I’m sure many would, and hope that others will step forward, go to consumer protection agencies, and get their voice into a public space to keep such unconscionable trade practices from occurring. I hope that you will post this in your blog as well and encourage other legitimate users to step forward and oppose Microsoft’s trade practices.
-Y-
ive just had a ban from xbox live for haveing an untouched-unmodded xbox 360,whats all that about.microsoft say we stand by our customers,”YEH RIGHT”.its all down to MONEY,go buy another console,like ive got afew hundred pound to throw at “BILL GATES”this close to xmas.WHY.! for playing on live with a legal xbox 360.MICROSOFT wonder why the nintendo WII has taken over in the sales.MICROSOFT might be good at making consoles,SOMETIMES but your not very good at handerling your LOYAL CUSTOMERS.innecent people are getting caught up in the banning crossfire & your not willing to listen.all your interested in is our money.
I totally agree i think its all just a plot to try and recover money from there whole red ring of death incident but hey thats microshit for u
This is not true. I haven’t been banned on 360 as I have an untouched xbox. If you think yours is untouched, then customer support will help you out, unless you are a sony fanboy and just want to say something negative. I have seen ppl on xbox live with modded xboxes and cheating. If you really want to mod your xbox then think again or buy a core console and do whatever you want to do it.
Its quite fair in my opinion. Everyone knew that they can get banned for modding.
This only happens if you have firmware right, this shouldn’t come up if I modify the case and controller case, I mean they have no way of knowing if i’ve opened the case. If you could get back to me, I would appreciate it
my xbox live account was cancelled. they said my console was modified it wasn’t touched. so i bought a brand new xbox elite and hooked it up and i was still banned even with a brand new console. why?
Microsoft is a cancer…..!
I agree with you Yuriy, their trade practices are a little more then shady. The Federal Gov. tried to make them play ball with other stuff and they turned their nose up.
Gree rules humanity, its ashame.
Did you know if you try to insert the gamer tag of Linux or any variation of the word Linux, xBox Live (or Microsoft) wont let you.
WTF is with that? Where is my constitutional right to choose whatever gamer tag I know. To voice my opinion about anything (of course as long as it does not incite violence or anything else that is deemed “bad” in society) The word Linux isnt profane, lude, indecient, racial, discrimitory. Its FREE.
Ya know, the other day, this guy was complaining. About a game that wouldnt work. It said “Requires Windows 95 or better..” he told me he installed Linux.
Me too, God called me up one day and said I was banned
the next day, the Devil said the same thing
I asked “now what? If I die where do I go”
and then Bill Gates phoned me and said “You’ll be working at the xbox 360 repair center”
… and yeah I bought three other 360 consoles and got banned too,..then I bought a Wii and it banned me and then I bought a PS3 and some japanese showed up at my door and bitch-slapped me and said “your banned, period!”
i also have been banned from xbox live but not for modding my xbox.
i was banned like 6 days ago either because of my gamertag (sittingboob) which i dont find in any way offensive to any age group or it could be an arguament that occured between me and an american scum bag that openly abused me because of my nationality and skill in a game, i called him a stress head via text and i faced around 5 responses of abuse and then i got banned!
i think microsofts customer service is apauling and should be scrapped because i have sent an email requesting to know why i have been banned and it said i would here a response with in 2 working days. from last thursday when i sent the email it is now the next wednesday and i havnt heard from them.
enough of the nicetys they can fuck themselves as their service is shit. especially when i have tryed to log on to xbox live, it said i had to change my gamertag, when i tryed this it said i had to be logged into xbox live! i tryed changing my gamertag on xbox.com and it wouldnt let me, so i say burn bill gates alive after making him watch all his money get stolen by the working classes.
over all i found the ps2s customer service allot better (im not a fanboy) and i wish i had baught a ps3 instead of the piece of shit
ok i have mod 360 i play burned games . price on 360 games are too big in my country 260lt convert to dollars you will see. was playing on live for 5 mounths and november 11 2008 was banned frome live… i think they could lover prices world wide so every one could buy games for normal price not 250lt u can live 3 weeks whit this money (food)..
i got banned yesterday as well just to make you feel better but its bullshit if your warrenty still exists wrap a towel around it and blow it uop and take it back or change the case blow it and send it back to ms
Modding is so stupid. I know over 20 players that got kicked 4 no damn reason. They say they got kicked because of modding but they were just really good.
spoonman you are dumb they didnt get kicked cause they are good. retard
I modded my 360 and it red rigned. I sent it in and got back a new one
F#$k M$
Real helpful, kj, real helpful.
For your information, Microsoft, we’ve successfully gotten past your damned protection. SS/PFI/DMI sector checks, c/r speed, drive inquiry, disk capacity, and drive timing are all covered. You probably have something else we haven’t found, but we’ll find it. It’s like the 50 monkeys and the typewriter. We’ve got all the time we need.
my xbox is chipped and i cant go online it says xbox live failed.does that mean i cant go online anymore .is there a way round this.
i am currenlty pissed at being banned i have contacted customer services on xbox.com and guess what kind of bulls$#t they say that i have my xbox modded when it has never even been modded i mean WTF is up with that i agree with u guys they just want to get f$#~in money back from thier services stupid man i might aswell get a f@#$in f%#k s3%t! PS3 omfg!
my newley repaired xbox 360 with a liteon drive got banned and its not even modded,boo and hisss at you microsoft, but what i will say is that it was modded and i reverted the flash to normal as i buy all my games but they still catch up with the serials of modded consoles, so to all be it upon your self if you get an xbox that was flashed or stick with a untouched out of the box one thats safe and pay your way to the microsoft gates.
Or if you have all the money in the world the laws of the land meen nothing to you and you can do what you want and ban anyone or anything that you dont like, im sure there has been WARS faught over less than this and then they were shot,hung,beheaded,exiled etc, its about time the uper crust pay for the evil they spread out to us all. laws are for the rich to punish the poor!
bring on judgement day.
craP i got banned
all you got to do is f#%k up ur 360 relly bad wth the read lights n stuff send it to microsoft and get a new one mod t again then it works yeyeye also use stelfed games
my xbox got ban the other day because it had the intercooler on it. now i didnt realize that it would get me ban seeing how i was told by gamestop it would help cool my stupid xbox down. i called xbox and they said since i had it and it wasnt made by microsoft its against the TOU. well.. fck, its not like i was cheating in games or have a modded xbox. but since it was using TOO much power.. and i read their tou.. it didnt say i couldnt use the intercooler. wtf. well anyways i’ve called and email they haven’t given me a real reason. for a whole week while my internets been going off and on, i was able to go on live but since my net connection is stable im ban.
f$*k it, mod ur 360 - play copied games. Maybe sum of the scum that bans u guys will lose there jobs!
ok, do any of you know any common sense……or laws? They have every right to do this to any one of us, it say it in the TOS….yep, now you guys regret that you dont have the capacity to read more than 10 words. IT IS CALLED COPYRIGHT PROTECTION AND EVERY SINGLE COMPANY OUT THERE DOES IT, JUST NOT ALWAYS IN THE SAME WAY.
ohh man that that can ruin a day ;p
i have modded my 360, i have over 200 games and i won’t be using xbox live because it’s shizzen i pay £2 for a game usually weeks before its release date, screw microsoft you want the full price? release some good games you wastes of space
hey homos i hav a modded xbox and all my games are modded and i play games that art even out yet and im never getting banned bcuz i know a way that xbox cannot pick up on so hahahahahahaha if u wana know how to do thiz just add my gamer tag “A BAG OF PURP” and go ahead and report me i wont get cought anywayzzzz hahahahaha
How bait…
Ive had mine modded for well over a year, played games online that were 6 days before release, and im still gaming online with pirated copy’s of games.
Recheck your games and make sure they’re exactly 1:1 ratio copy, otherwise you’ll be crying like everyone here.
ok..i used to have your basic 360 loved it to death!!!!! used to play it all day and almost all night. then i wake up one morning to play some madden and guess what happened?? sorry your banned!!!!! i was like what the heck!! so doing what any normal guy would do i reset it and then i got the ring of death…what are the odds of that huh?? i should of played the lottery!! and i can honestly say mine was not modded at all i even had official xbox controllers!! but hey why argue with the system that microsofts marketing dept. has used with windows!! (especially vista)..lets just drop insane amounts of money with commercials and none in helping our customer…cant say its the american way but its the rich way!!
so i took it to your local game store and exchanged all accessories and all 20 games (yes i was a diehard) and now i could not be more happier with the ps3!! i know i dont need to list the pros on it haha especially the built in wifi haha..oh Gates..is this why you got pushed out cause you though of doing something for the customer? but it was to late haha.. and your partners were not going to support your mid-life crisis haha.. sorry your not tony starks you dont get a second chance haha…
i moded my 360 love it! im online live every day no problem
other units rrod every 20 hours fuck you ms 60 bucks for crappy games no way
wii is kicking your ass consoles 360’s are junk
its pretty simple unplug ur network connection when your playing your backups. my xbox360 has a win lose situation the memory inside the xbox360 doesnt work but the hdd does . there4 non of the games i play get saved on my xbox unfortunately neither do any of my personal settings my avatar gamerscore stuff like that but i havent been ban yet the problem occurred like 1 year ago .
I have modded the hell out of my xbox and they havent banned me yet…. they must like me or something
It is funny. All you people who have moded xbox systems are a bunch of loosers. If you don’t have the skill to win a game honestly then you don’t have the balls to step up and be a man. If you are banned for modeds system then you get what you deserve. I can not believe all the cry babies on here. Here is some advise for you. Grow up, get a job and get a life. Damn. I got an xbox but my life does not suck so bad I have to mod it or play it every hour of every day.
Laughing at cry babies Says
Stop crying! Every one here is talking about playing backups of game and saving money. Just worry about yourself and do you. If you don’t want to hack then don’t. Keep moven
I don’t know My modded my Xbox fimnware last year and it hasn’t been ban but I did get the RROD and sold it to buy a ps3. What happens that noobs play Halo at the wrong times.
If you live in the pacific then know that Ms is awake the same time you are
don’t play your legally own back up copies at 7 am………..
But yeah I hated how people were already playing gears of war 2 a week before it came out.
i have my console modded and used it on xbxox live before and havent been banned. supposedly it’s only people they suspect to be cheating in a way get banned, or the majority anyway.
But still, i dont know why they think they can just ban u coz it’s net their console so what the f&*#? if i get banned they’ll never hear the end of it.
someone should b workin on a firmware for the drive to prevent it from been discovered. i would but i have no f*&%$n idea how to do that
honestly i think microsoft deserves every modded console, filthy cheater, illegitimate back up, and enraged consumer that comes their way…they are nothing more than con artists, first you buy their 360 (~200-300$) and their warranty, and by the time your three years are up you’ve had to send in your 360 so many times (with fail after fail after fail on MSes part) your time with it has been cut into thirds, which brings me to my next point…why purchase the warranty if you’ll only really be using it for about a year either way? because if you don’t purchase the warranty, eventually you’ll get caught up either (A) trying to fix the damn thing yourself or (B) sending it back to microsoft after digging in your wallet and HOPE it will last more than 3 weeks with RRODing your ass…but hey, let’s just figure the price of getting a new 360! cause we all know that’s what microsoft really wants, EVEN MORE MONEY!!! because i will admit, a new 360 will last longer because let’s face it…MS like to quick fix things…and after 3-4 xboxes your gonna get sick of them…my solution? fix it yourself:
email me:
zudoripley@yahoo
omg ive just been banned for like 1 day wot the hell is that all about i mean ive been on xbox for 2 yrs and this is my 1st time i think its the fact that i had no 48b is not my tit size i mean thats not that bad is it? if they ban my again il guna cancel my direct debit fuk them good job i didnt pay for 12 months this time eh
Microsoft is an American company. You should support them, not steal their stuff you idiots!
sux not to be american huh! we get fukd too but its much easier too deal with microsoft here.
I have had my 360 for 2 years, No RROD No ban touch wood.
My 360 is modded out the back side
Xcm case
Taligen whisper fans
Nyko intercooler
3 individual xcm fans {Inside}
Rapid fire controllers
Modded RF board {Blue lights instead of green}
I love my 360 never had a problem and hope i never do.
Not bothered any way ive got more than 1 360 any way
Update for all the ms haters. My xbox has just gotthe red rings and then blown up
It went pop and now wont turn on
Lucky i have 3
I feel sorry for people who dont
DOESEN’T READING ALL THIS S#*T ABOUT XBOX F$*#G UP MAKE YOU WONDER WHY THE F$*# DONT I GET A F$*#ING PS3 I MEAN COME ON MKA MATE GOT BANNED FOR 10 DAYS FOR HAVING A GAMER TAG AS HAPPYINLOVE! (NOT HOW ITS SPELLED CAUSE HE WILL GET MAD AT ME IF I TOLD) BUT ANY WAYS I AM SWAPING IN ALL MY 7 XBOX 360′S FOR 4 PS3′S SELLING PS3′S AT CRIMBO AND SO ON AND SO FORTH U CAN MAKE LIKE 7000 DOLLARS/QUID IN NO TIME AT ALL
F$*# OF MICROSOFT IF I AM GUNNA GET BANNED FOR F$*# ALL I WOULD MUCH RATHER INVEST MY MONEY IN SONY WHO I AM A F$*#NG LOYAL CUSTOMER WITH ANYWAYS!
wtf i just got rapid fire controller
LMAO at the guy saying if u have a modded xbox you are cheating at a game. all a flashed aka modded xbox does is allow you to play backup games aka games d/led from certain sites. i have had one for over 6 months and never had a problem. f#@% microsoft they can eat a dik because im not giving them any more money to play games. ill pay my 50 a month for live and then 1 dollar a disc to play any game i want to. and i get them a week to a month earlier than anybody to and what is microsoft going to do? not a damn thing thats what because new firmware allows you system to go undetected? so i will keep paying 1 dollar a game while all you chumps pay 60 for a game
i brought a xbox 360 second hand
i got it home plugged it in turned it on to find the console has been banned from xbox live
this is complete f&%king scam its not my fault sumone modded my xbox so why shud i have to pay the price i think im gonna sell it and get a ps3
alot simpler
I would like to ask a question quickly. I have never been on xbox live (kinda not available in South Africa) and modded the xbox on the day after my warranty expired but still kept the original firmware. If xbox live ever comes here and i revert back to the original firmware and then sign up to xbox live will the console get banned?
I bought my son a Xbox 360, got it modified and he plays online all the time without being banned. Why do you have to pay extra for xbox live. It should be like PS3 if yo pay for it you can play online. I know I should not have modified it but getting 30 games for $150 was something I couldn’t pass up. I bought another one yesterday and i’ll be getting it modified this Saturday. Sorry but I gotta do it.
How does MS know if you have been bad or good??? I mean anyone can file a complaint about you even if you did nothing….And i have another ? can you get banned for a MOD controller?
I got robbed also. I was paying monthly with an account and decided to start fresh and make a new account. So firstly I rang up xbox and said cancel my account, he said that I did and that my direct debit has been cancelled. So then I’m happy, buy a year online card and create new account. A year goes by and my membership ran out but then they started charging me for my old account! That I thought I fuckin deleted one year ago. I ring up and all they say is ‘ yes sorry we have made mistake’. And they still tried to get me to keep the account ! Fucking robdogs or what.
HUGE QUESTIONS GUYS!!! I MODDED MY XBOX 360 LAST WEEK AND I GOT THE RING OF DEATH..:( MY TECHNICIAN SO TO SAY TAMPERD WITH THE SEAL BUT HE SAID THEY WOULD’NT NOTICE… IF I SEND IT IN WILL THEY KNOW I HAVE THE MODZ AND GIVE ME LEGAL SHIT
TO: Willbeonekenobi
Im in SA and have been on xbox live for almost a year. Just register your live account to a UK address and purchase European LIVE credits.
My xbox is chipped but i only play original games on LIVE. too scared to try copied games online.
HAHA!
fkin pansy’s
I use my 360 everyday modded and I laugh at you fkers that pay 60$ a pop.
I’ll take any of you fkers on any game.
muahahahaha!
damnit they caught me
Will Microsoft catch you if you use ixtreme 1.6?
k one dont mod u r gay if u r realy that despret to beat a game dont buy a system at all go play ps3 r something mod there i am glad u all got banned because this makes it so much esier and dont say u didnt mod cause u did u might be able to hack every system but they will end up biting u in the ass in the end
o and this will probably be the time where u r unimature and start cursing at me woptidu
they will catch u with whatever u use and why would u type that here now they know talk about retarded
I just don’t want to f’ing pay 60 dollars for a game.
I have other things to spend my money on.
He’s right NEED MONEY FOR CRACK!
@reason:
You are a gimp
OMG! i just bought a modded 360 off of EBAY i didn’t realize that i might not be able to play live.. jesuz christ! its getting delivered to me tomorrow.. well all i can do is hope that i dont get banned.. or that it isnt already a banned console, F%#K YOU MS~!
I think if we were not having to pay $60 for a game that costs a whole 10$ to make there wouldn’t be so many people moding their consoles in the first place. The price of games is rediculous. It seems like every year the price of a new game goes up another 10 bucks. Its absolutely stupid. Let me say I have not touched my xbox to mod it and I am not going to… but we should be sending more complaints about the stupid price of games.
Yes xbox cust service sucks.. I agree. I just think that people who mod do know the risks and can’t complain.. the few that dont and get screwed Im sorry and cust svc should at least take the console to look at it.
I just think we need to focus on the main cause of this all… which is the price of games. Its just stupid.
Yuriy, if what you say is 100% true then I think you have room for a legal court battle that would entitle you for some compensation for the mishap..
You guys are f*$#kin rediculous, it doesn’t cost the company $10 per game, and how the hell else are they going to make profit, and for those of you pissed at MS for banning you because you were modding, you shouldn’t be modding you know that, you did it anyway, against their rules, so don’t bitch. And if you like the games you getting for $5 then why would’nt you pay full price, if the company goes broke no more good games. Think again bitches!
Many of my friends and I all have flashed consoles and continue to play on XBox Live with them. I think that it is ludicrous that people think that MS is on to us. We are constantly evolving and updating firmware to prevent these actions. As for the TOU banns…WOW…that is all I have to say. I mean some guy can send me a death treat but if I beat some group of 12 year olds in Vegas 2…they will all flip out and file a cheating complaint…and then I am gone. The banns now go in order 24hours 72hours then life. The good news is that they only ban the console. Which means you can buy another console…then if you know what you are doing you can do a case swap and boom you get your money back. As for the argument about game prices…it is possible that it only cost a company 10$ to manufacture a game…but only if their production costs of creating the game were LOW or have been out weighted by prior sells.
i can fire my G3 on cod4 as fast as my friend who has got a mod, just because im a good player i get banned from live and hes doesnt. this is just stupid! maybe microsoft should sell there games for less so more people will buy them, then they wouldnt have to ban us from live for no reason just to make us buy another xbox and make more money.
banned today. ixtreme 1.6, used abgx on all games burned, and never played a game before it’s release date with the ethernet cable plugged in. im devastated… MY CONSOLE HAS LOST ALL ONLINE CAPABILITIES!!!!! MEIN CONSOLE verloren hat Online-Funktionen!!!!!!
I know how you feel downer.
I just got banned today.
I too went by the modded rules, and still got banned. Just gotta take the good with the bad. Bill Gates isn’t gonna sit back and let mods go unanswered. I don’t believe in cheating, but I do believe in dropping high ass game prices. M$ doesn’t give a F*^# really, as long as you’re spending cash on their products you’re golden.
I got banned for like 3 days lol… for setting my motto to “What it is ho” lol thats dumb as sh*t cause i pay for it and its my own profile so why cant i say what i want? its all bullsh*t