Fall 2010 Update Coming Monday Nov 1st

**Raptor** · 31st October 2010

The date is now official! The new Kinect/Fall2010 Update is coming tomorrow (Monday Nov 1st). Microsoft announced this via e-mail [xbox.com]:

On November 1, 2010, there will be a mandatory service update to Xbox LIVE. This update will both add new features to your service and also enhance the interface, navigation, and responsiveness of Xbox LIVE.

Q: Is there anything I need to do to start the update?
A: Beginning on November 1, 2010, you will receive a notification that an update to Xbox LIVE is available as soon as you start your Xbox 360 console. Use your controller to accept the update according to the on-screen instructions.
Q: What if I decline the service update?
A: If you decline the update, you will not be able to connect to Xbox LIVE until the update is accepted. You will still be able to use all of the offline features of your Xbox 360 console. Xbox LIVE features will be unavailable until the update is complete.

X-S Note: With the confirmation from C4E that the latest beta fall2010 dashboard has new AP2.5 checks and SSv3 with new games, we 'suggest' anyone with a modified FW stay away from the update and these new games (Fable3, ...) for now if you don't want to be part of the 'MS November 2010 BanHammer'

JTAG 360s (do I need to remind this?) should of course also not update, it will break the JTAG/SMC hack forever. You will have to wait for a new rebooter (freeBOOT/XBReboot).

Full Story: xbox.com

**silentbob10** · 31st October 2010

Hmm... I'm a bit thick whe it comes to these things (and I know nothings guaranteed and nobody really knows how ms detects/bans) but...

I've been playing a verified rip of fable 3. Am I right in thinking that the new checks are only done with the new firmware, so as long as we stay off the new games when on the new firmware we should be relatively ok ( I mean, as ok as we would with any other games), or does the fw somehow retrospectively check the logs for failures?