Firmware Cracking Idea

GuitarAddict · 01-23-2008, 10:20 PM

Hey, even tho i mite be new to ZuneBoards, dont you think itd be possible to hack the zune firmware with a hex editor? if someone can help me get a copy of zune firmware in just a file i'll start on it. Ive got a 4GB Zune2, so i think if anyone can get me the firmware and maybe we can make a team and start this F*%&er right!

CameleonMK · 01-24-2008, 04:11 AM

I don't think it would be possible.

Nurta · 01-24-2008, 06:57 PM

lol

No, if that were the case, this would have been done over a year ago. You can try modifying the firmware that way, but good luck getting the Zune to use it in 2^80 repetitions (unless you're lucky)

Bman22 · 01-28-2008, 03:19 PM

you really should spend some time looking at what has already been said and atempted before posting ideas. this one has been around alot

Gregory · 01-28-2008, 03:41 PM

At this point the firmware cannot be hacked/cracked.

Feel free to try though.

SarcasticJerk · 01-28-2008, 05:48 PM

Too bad

nathanlawliet · 01-28-2008, 08:37 PM

I wish we could get some custom firmware on the Zune. I wouldn't do it unless something really good came out, but it'd be nice to know we aren't under Microsoft's control.

But why can't someone try to decrypt it? Rob(hacker) says it could take months, but can't someone just get a really good PC lying around the house and dedicate it to hacking it?

...Now I sound like a moron.....

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Originally Posted by Myself

but can't someone just get a really good PC lying around the house

Napoleon Iven Quinnly · 01-31-2008, 08:12 AM

well even that isnt as simple as it sounds because one would need to make a key generator plus a key tester, and at about 3 tries a second it could take up to a year unless u were lucky

lpxxfaintxx · 01-31-2008, 08:24 AM

We really should get a whole bunch of people and distribute the work.

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SarcasticJerk Jr. Zuner Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 31 Reputation: 10	Too bad

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