Running Applications, Emulators, Linux, File browser capabilities, loaders for XEX (the 360 executable file), Copying Games from DVD to HDD and much more. Homebrew code allows the Xbox 360 console to do extended features outside what was planned by the manufacturer (Microsoft). The hack allows you to run unsigned code also known as homebrew.
A computer with a LPT(printer) port or a USB Flasher. This version must be lower than 2.0.7xxx, otherwise homebrew won't work.ģ. On the right side you'll see the Dashboard bum nuts To find out what dashboard you have, turn on the System and navigate to the Settings. Although some consoles with the 7371 kernel have already been patched to stop the JTAG hack. The hack requires a console that has not been updated to the August09 dashboard. For now, all we need to know is that this is a new way to exploit the well-known 4532 kernel, in a way which also works on updated machines, unless they have been updated by the summer '09 update. This is a new hack which can boot homebrew code in less than 5 seconds.
3 What does the JTAG hack allow me to do?.