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Chapter 10: The Tools Section
The tools section is basically a collection of modifications and add-ons that can be used on to your Xbox to enhance functionality.
lTools
What is it?
Simply, this is a set of Auto-Installers for softmodding Xboxes. The main draw behind using this program is that all you have to do is load the game save, and then hit a few buttons, and you then have yourself a newly Softmodded Xbox. This tool is feature packed, including up to 4 dashboards (Evox, Avalaunch, MXM, and UnleashX); a choice of the two most popular BIOS packs (X2 and Evox). It also allows you to play backed up and homebrew games.
Who is this for?
Those that want to play backup games without ever having to install a modchip in your Xbox, especially those that are worried about voiding your warranty if you wish not to open it. Of course if something happens and you are not able to get the exploit files off of your hard drive, your warranty will be void; however, you can always run this tool again, and uninstall to the configuration you had before you tried to mod your Xbox.
How is it used in this Auto-Installer?
Basically it only serves the simple purpose of copying itself to your E Drive. This is mainly for users currently with Modchips in their system, so they can easily transfer the game saves to either a compatible USB Memory Stick or Xbox Memory Card, and proceed to perform a Softmod.
PBL (Phoenix BIOS Loader) Metoo Edition
What this does is boot a BIOS file from your Hard Drive, instead of completely using the BIOS on a modchip. This is good if you have an outdated BIOS that doesn’t have the greatest support for IGR (In-Game Reset) like mine does.
The BIOS included in this package is the EvoX M8+, and I’ve pre-configured it so it has the Eject Fix and LBA48 (larger hard drives over 120 gigabytes) support.
I’ve made several versions that will allow the Xbox to boot different drives. So, basically the BIOS will boot the first drive (being the first letter after EvoX M8+), then if it doesn’t find nothing there it will check E, then check F.
The BIOS searches for a evoxdash.xbe file, so if your dashboard isn’t called this, you will have to change it. Here’s a list of the BIOSes that are included:
EvoX M8+ C,E,G
EvoX M8+ C,F,G
EvoX M8+ E,F,G
EvoX M8+ F,E,C
EvoX M8+ G,F,E
There’s also a dual-boot option which will allow you to use a second BIOS when you have your DVD tray open. I have set this to be a Debug (development) BIOS, as I feel it could be handy to a few people.
Even though I have included the Debug BIOS, you will still need to obtain the Xbox Development Kit (XDK) to finalise the installation of your debug setup. More information given in Appendix F on how to set this up. If you wish to use the Debug BIOS as your main, just simply rename xboxrom.bin to xboxrom3.bin (just temporarily), rename xboxrom2.bin to xboxrom.bin, and then rename xboxrom3.bin to xboxrom2.bin. Next time you boot, the debug will be default.
XSelect
This program is great for people that would like to launch a particular application, emulator, dashboard etc. on startup of their Xbox. Even though XSelect does take a little bit of configuring before you have it set the way you want, it’s not too complicated and be done quite quickly.
One small tip though, when setting the search parameters to look for files, make sure you clear the existing list and make it only search for *.xbe files, otherwise you’ll end up with hundreds of possibilities.
The best way to install this is to put it on the drive which is first booted by your BIOS (usually C, but sometimes it can be F). If you need to install a dashboard to the same drive as well, do that first. Then, rename the evoxdash.xbe file to something like evoxdash2.xbe, so that you can install XSelect without any problems. The good thing about XSelect is it will boot any file you want; all you have to do is set up a button to launch it.
UXE
UXE is an exploit package to use with Softmodded machines. It consists of a hacked xboxdash.xbe file, the exploit fonts, plus a BIOS Loader which will boot a dashboard stored on F, E, or C Drive. It originally only had the EvoX dashboard, but I customised this to get better use out of it.
There are two versions, UXE 61 and UXE 71. It’s recommended that you try UXE 71 first as it must be the most versatile. However if this doesn’t work you’ll have to use the UXE 61 exploits.
After this is done, just install a hacked Dashboard to either F, E, or C Drive (remember normal retail Hard Drives only have E and C) and you should be able to boot a dashboard straight away upon turning on your Xbox, after you install a dashboard through the Install Hacked Dashboards option in the main menu.
File Manager
This is a section built into the Auto-Installer which will allow you to have access to your Xbox hard drive. You can move, edit, delete, copy, basically everything you can with a normal windows interface, even view and create ZIP files.
This tool can come very handy while using this installer, especially if you want to rename and move files while installing various applications (for example installing XSelect and a Dashboard in the same root folder of a drive).
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