I Bought A Broken Xbox Series X On eBay And It All Went Horribly Wrong!

[@TheCod3r]

***** Spoiler update alert ***** I did contact the seller and open a dispute, where I eventually decided to take a £50 partial refund. The reason was I couldn't really be bothered to wait 10 days with eBay for a resolution. To be clear, the seller should have noted all the issues in the description. After contacting the seller they claimed it went to a repair shop, again that should have been in the description and it wasn't! I still truly believe this was intentional deceit but £120 for a couple of donor boards, a disc drive, psu, fan, battered case and a working SSD ( which is worth £150 alone) isn't too bad of a deal.

[@Classic80sFanboy]

These clowns need to be banned from selling any gaming device/accessory on ebay...period!.

[@Consolerepairstore]

That's some bullshit.. I hate when eBay sellers are not up front and honest about what they sell. I always contact them with many questions before I purchase.. that's on anything I buy especially if they have a return policy if what they are selling is not legit. I feel for you man.

[@Crippledsasquash]

I used to repair all consoles phones and laptops but I stopped 8 years ago unless for friends and family. eBay sellers were just becoming worse and worse and the amount of people over paying for broken rubbish was crazy. Everytime I think about having another look on eBay I watch your videos and they bring me back to my senses thanks for that lol anyway good luck for the future better luck next time take care

[@stansteez]

"I've opened it but can't see what the problem is". :D Next time, ask for detail pictures of the board…

[@fink32]

At least you got a partial refund and broke even. Frustrating for you to receive a console in this state. There is no reason that the ssd should be locked to the console when ssd’s start reaching EOL the console is as good as dead.

[@carletonrutherford1799]

8:17 "All the wrong screws in all the wrong places" Sounds like a country song.

[@TheCod3r]

Haha yep maybe we should come up with a hit single 😂

[@beverlyhyso7553]

That makes me sad, whoever did that does not care about the work they do and should never work on anything ever again. It makes me glad there's people like us that care about the repair work they do.

[@TheCod3r]

I agree mate. Hopefully they don't last long in the industry and I can imagine they probably won't

[@beverlyhyso7553]

@@TheCod3r I hope your right

[@TheCod3r]

@Ellis The DJ I agree mate we're always going to get rogue traders in every profession. Sadly, it's just part of life 😪

[@Godslayer1975]

Lol poor retards do this throw it trash buy new one, makes u sick yet I bet American far left . This guy is fucking twat buys used crys dent go buy it new or shut up

[@RetroTechCorner]

@15:58 I guess it's an art... Or equivalent of "modern art" to be more precise (as opposed to classical art) ;) One of the (many) reasons I enjoy electronics repairs is that it never stops - you'd thing you saw it all but nope. Another day, another surprise ;)

[@AussieYobbo83]

Don't stress I think I speak for all your viewers when I say you haven't wasted our time. Yes that was a waste of money but not a wasted video you made great discoveries and have informed your loyal viewers of buyers discretion when it comes to items like this. Great work keeps it up.

[@PhilC1982]

I know I joke a lot when watching your lives, it’s part of the reason why I enjoy your channell because you have that connection with your viewers but jokes aside.. I want to say I am loving these new edits, the extras you have added are really cool, and it really helps your videos stand out. Thank you for the entertainment and education

[@TheCod3r]

Cheers mate I really appreciate that, thanks for taking the time to let me know you like the changes. Feedback really helps and I try to listen and action any feedback I get. Much appreciated buddy

[@yomomisabia]

Just wanted to say, You're a super dope guy. Really digging the channel man. Glad i found you after watching a tronicsfix video lol. Instantly subbed. I appreciate the fact that you document your repairs and explain them in an understandable way for us that aren't as well versed in board repair. I can honestly say that my skill and knowledge have both greatly improved since I started watching your videos. Thanks, man!

[@TheCod3r]

Thanks mate I really appreciate that

[@ajaks7636]

Every video and live stream you do is educational. It's never a waste of time. Keep up the Great work! Thank You.

[@TheCod3r]

Thanks mate really appreciated

[@pault4955]

Pairing the SSD, that's like something I'd expect from the likes of apple. Hugh Jeffreys has some good videos on the difficulty of fixing the new iPhones.

[@xavierayayaell546]

Love the raging mate, refreshing to see someone tell it how it is. Top man.

[@daveshork2797]

right to repair is going to be a huge fight for consumers.

[@1xICExVIPERx1]

I'm not going to lie I can't repair any Electronics but I found your page as a recommended Channel and I subscribe to you after I watch you fix PlayStation 4 you're amazing keep doing what you do

[@TheCod3r]

Thanks very much, I appreciate that 😊

[@fenman1954]

This annoys me with some seller's, I have a shed full of cardboard boxes and packaging materials to send items to buyers. I have never had a item I have sent arrive damaged. Also I am always honest on my listings.

[@TheCod3r]

I've had one or two here and there either go missing or turn up crushed, but yeah, it's so annoying when the seller doesn't even try to protect them

[@tyronenelson9124]

When I find random screws in things that I am disassembling, I always expect the worst.

[@TheCod3r]

Yeah I had a bad feeling too as soon as I saw the random screws. Same old story mate

[@tyronenelson9124]

@@TheCod3r Yea to be honest send the xbox right back and maybe warn others of this seller.

[@andreasallberg8487]

Can't you use partition recovery software on Xbox ssds to restore the partitions?

[@TheCod3r]

Possibly, I'll be looking into that soon :)

[@JamezGrimm]

Bought a new Jabra headset case since I didn’t have the parts to fix my roommates. The seller sold it as “new” it arrived in a bag wrapped in plastic wrap. 😑

[@TheCod3r]

I'd have definitely sent that back immediately mate

[@JamezUK123]

You could try testdisk to recover the deleted partitions. I haven’t tried this myself, but it’s worth a shot.

[@WickerMan73]

There are very little honest people left, lady luck will shine on you soon, keep up your great work

[@TheCod3r]

I agree, cheers mate

[@jhdd5334]

At 9:33 where is the metal plate covering the socket back?

[@CrazyMan_Engineer]

so no way to recover data from the erased partitions?

[@pjpleiss]

Does MS still format the internal storage with XTAF with signatures to secure the data?

[@TheCod3r]

From what I've seen they're using an encrypted partition formatted as XBFS. That partition contains just over 130MB of data which appears to contain some highly encrypted keys (but we can't see the contents of the partition). It seems to me like at least RSA 2048 or RSA 4096 encryption so cracking that may be impossible

[@TABSF1]

Pretty insane Microsoft locks the system to the SSD. These drives could be dead in 10 years and no more Xbox Series X. I get how they are paired in iPhone etc (even then it should be optional) for security, but a game consoles. Mind blown! Microsoft has security for Windows 11 but you can recover it, insane!

[@TheCod3r]

Yeah I agree, all these drives will die eventually and Microsoft had absolutely no reason to pair them to the console

[@jasonemanuel9070]

Love this channel don't get down bro,your too funny for that,chin up from stoke!

[@kevinhamlett1400]

Same case with the Disc drive. The mainboard inside drive is assigned. I used to fix consoles.

[@Unchained_Alice]

I was thinking I'd probably do that if I tried but I don't think I'm that bad. But then I'd never attempt to work on a modern console either. Idk how someone can make such a mess of something and think they should be allowed near a soldering iron. We all have to start out somewhere, but that's why you work on easier things or use practice kits. Been binge watching your videos and it's making me want to get back into learning again. Had to stop due to health issues but I think I can start again now

[@nigelpratt1831]

Yeah I feel for you phill I bought xbox one x off ebay and the seller said it was an unknown fault and not loading games and it turned up with no disk drive with the usual e code so it was a brick without the drive. After going through the process finally got my money back and best was they said I took out the disk drive I hate ebay scammers and it must be very hard for a good guy like yourself to keep sane over these people and their antics. i wish you all the best you are good at what you do shame about the "have a go crew" out there thanks so much for all the good content you bring us take cheers mate 👍

[@samanthagriffinv2.08]

You probably could’ve ran that sdd though a recovery program it probably would’ve recovered the partition cuz idk if you know this but once you delete something it actually does get deleted the data is still physically there still most likely

[@shanebrookes1878]

Super work from previous owner!!

[@TheCod3r]

Indeed, I'd definitely trust them with my consoles lol

[@Andorianin]

Может быть там удалены просто заголовки разделов, а сами данные ещё остались в каком-то виде? Есть такой шанс?

[@akittsy]

Can you not use restore software on the drive similar to undelete of photos ?

[@DevilbyMoonlight]

Professionals are predictable... but the world is full of dangerous amateurs..

[@TheCod3r]

Definitely mate

[@jcbdiggers1]

How do you know he did not😮 swopped the case or even the same xbox

[@GhostMotley]

I'm really surprised they lock the SSD per console. I swapped the HDD in an Xbox One X a few years ago and I had to format the HDD with a script, so it had the right GUID values but once this was done it installed OSU fine. Surprised something like this doesn't work with the Series X|S

[@TheCod3r]

Yeah the xbox one consoles were perfectly fine, this is nothing more than a deliberate attempt by Microsoft to prevent repair. There was no reason to ever lock them down but they did it anyway. They're asking for trouble because the only reason people have never hacked the xbox one consoles is because they had no reason too. Easy emulation and easy to repair, yet these ones people have a reason to try and they will very likely succeed. There are much smarter people in the world than the boffins at Microsoft and I truly hope they inflict a world of pain on them for their corporate greed

[@GhostMotley]

​@@TheCod3r I've no doubt a workaround will be found, the repair community finds a way around most artificial locks.,

[@TheCod3r]

@@GhostMotley fingers crossed mate, a few of us ( I can't say who) are looking into it

[@border056]

I just purchased a high value Game Boy game on eBay that was listed as “doesn’t read”. I took it apart to find that the previous owner destroyed several legs on the RAM module when changing the battery. How would you handle that? I was able to swap the ROM to a $4 donor and the game is fully functional and is worth more than what I paid for it. I sent the seller a message asking if they knew it was physically damaged.

[@TheCod3r]

That's a tough one, but I'd say as you've attempted a repair there's not really much you can do

[@wastelander89]

Is it possible to buy a used xbox series x with just a broken disc drive for a good deal? I can't afford a new one and don't use disc's anyway.

[@dazhigh9208]

I don't get why they formatted the SSD????

[@jstro-hobbytech]

I have a series x with light water damage. Never opened or turned on. I live in nova Scotia. System had nothing plugged in at the time. I will be posting it on kijiji cape Breton ns as interesting trades excepted.

[@jonthecont]

I used to buy xbox 360 on ebay for RROD, the amount of junk I would get sent, where all screws missing and differed DVD drives, damage to the board, it wasn't a sustainable way to make any money, so I gave it up. I'm not surprised this sort of behaviour is still going on now.

[@TheCod3r]

Yeah seems it's been happening for years. Luckily ebay are wising up to it though

[@harry9889]

the person who has done this to a expensive console and formating the SSD not researching it first and not knowing that it's paired to the console a discrace. Why are there people even doing work like this that don't have a clue how to repair consoles. if mine went faulty i would always come to people like you TheCod3r with you i know it gets the job done professionally.

[@TheCod3r]

I agree mate, some people are just too stupid to be honest

[@andysierra6934]

Doesn't British postage have insurance here in the states anything over a pound is insured for $100 and you can get more insurance, you can't blame the seller for damage caused by the people shipping your package.

[@TheCod3r]

They do depending on the service, but most people just use the cheap ebay shipping option or don't pay extra for insurance. Technically it is the sellers fault though. I've sent several Series X consoles to customers and never had one damaged because I package them correctly

[@KingPinTheBowler]

I feel like Xbox should make it to where you can format the SSD because of right to repair or at least do something where you can’t erase the data on the SSD unless it is in the Xbox it cane with

[@gjp_1987]

Truely shocking mate. It’s nice to see people do something about it though, there’s too many people that say “that’s the risk with eBay”. If it’s not as described then you still have rights whether it was listed as spares/repairs or not.

[@dschultz9466]

Makes me wonder if you actually got the same console in the ad

[@Nas_Allie]

What’s annoying is that the ssd is pair to the console what 😅 so if the ssd completely fails & isn’t recoverable your Xbox is dead for good ??

[@jayer898]

this might be a shot in the dark but cant you use a data recovery tool to try and recover the data that was on the SSD before it was formatted, could that even work? Excellent Content by the way keep it up.

[@TheCod3r]

Cheers bud, yeah I do plan to try that in Linux, but I have a feeling even if I can restore the partitions I might not get the full unique encrypted key back 😮‍💨

[@kikihun9726]

I wonder what is the difference between two freshly installed drives. Can you dd 2 series drive and hex compare them? Maybe the hardcoded serial is the only difference.

[@TheCod3r]

There is a 136MB file located on a partition at the start of the drive but as of now it's unreadable. The partition type is set as XBFS and also encrypted so at the moment we can't do hex comparisons, but it's being worked on

[@idko5452]

If SSD was only formated and no data was writen to it, there is possibility that You will be able to recovery almost all files from it and if You know about file that You are looking for, You will be able to tell imidiately after recovery if it was success or fail... I really hate people wich are doing this, or repair shops wich are removing parts (and not installing them back) as You said, they make non repairable expensive brick...

[@iitsbrad7987]

Really enjoy your content buddy, keep up the great work 💯!! Here's to 100k+ subs.

[@TheCod3r]

Thanks bud, hopefully we keep growing and building a solid community 👍

[@shaunmckay8550]

Damn, I seen some but not like that! Just abused it and you are right there with the sdd card. This person should be fired for it or by chance a business owner should close the shop permanently. Great Scott!!!

[@markhitchen5489]

Hi Phil is there any chance of using recovery software to recover the key ?

[@TheCod3r]

It depends really mate, because the partitions have been deleted it depends how the controller on the SSD handles that. If it just marks the partition as deleted until another partition overwrites it then maybe, but if it actually deletes it immediately then that's very unlikely to be recoverable. Conventional drives mark the space as deleted but don't delete anything until it needs that space and then it'll overwrite the old data, but these controllers could be doing anything. I will be trying it though to see how far I can go with conventional tools to recover the data

[@stinker1000000]

Can MS re-pair a new SSD to it?

[@thetechgenie7374]

You know it going to be a basket case when half the screws are missing and in the wrong spot. It would have been returned as soon as noticed the damage tech did. The SSD being format is a huge NO for me. Just don't mention you open it and state it came damage from poor shipping to get money back. As soon as you mention you open it the seller could state it been tamper and eBay will side with him. So state it came damaged due to shipping. I know this video is two years old, but is for anyone else that has to deal with consoles that were poorly repaired and not in mention in listing.

[@u4ia_fubar_75]

It sucks you couldn't fix it Phill🙁. Hopefully you make your money back big man 🤞

[@TheCod3r]

It does mate but I should at least make my money back on the parts. I ended up with a £50 partial refund so that makes it easier to cover my losses

[@BerfroidMorzen]

I can feel your pain mate :(. Personally I'm not a fan of Xbox but I hope that in some future hackers could find an exploit where allow us to replace the SSD for a brand new one without needing to clone the corrupted one.

[@TheCod3r]

Yeah I hope so too mate just for the sake of repairing these things. Microsoft have really screwed us over. Hopefully they get punished because they're giving hackers a reason to work on them

[@Discretesignals]

Maybe the best thing to do would be to clone a backup after the warranty expired, so if the original ever did take a dump, you're not up shit creak without a paddle.

[@BerfroidMorzen]

@@TheCod3r besides, I think that the fact that Microsoft decided to put a removable SSD is way better than a soldered SSD just like in ps5.

[@Tysman909]

It's still better then a ps5. Microsoft again is one step ahead with a more durable console with less led of death and no annoying liquid metal.

[@CrazyMan_Engineer]

If i was not on the other side of the pond i would buy the case for the price you mentioned.

[@ashfrost2050]

Found this a really interesting video to be honest even though it wasn't a repair as such 👍🏻

[@bblod4896]

So when the SSD with the operating system is installed, it's mated permanently to the console? What would happen if the SSD failed in the future? Actually, you answered the questions on the video. Thank you.

[@TheCod3r]

Yeah if the SSD fails completely it's GG! I've had one instance where I had an SSD die with only 1hr of use. Luckily I managed to get it working just long enough to clone the keyed partition by reflowing the IC. Unconventional but it did work enough to get the boot partition and be able to install a new SSD

[@bblod4896]

@@TheCod3r I'm not a gamer (back in the 70s, yes...today, too complicated) but that fact Microsoft has such a lock on ownership of equipment just makes it an easier decision to never to purchase Microsoft branded hardware.

[@TheCod3r]

@@bblod4896 agreed mate, it's kinda the same with every console now. The switch, ps5 and xbox all have locked storage

[@joshkelly4682]

I bought a gameboy color from ebay with no power issue, but the seller never listed it had water damage and you couldn't tell from the pics, fuses, and power switch was good, the contacts for the buttons were completely ate off the board there was evidence of water in the screen, not even remotely possible to fix

[@TheCod3r]

That's a tough one because the seller can claim they didn't know. Unless it's had repair attempts previously that haven't been declared ebay may side with the seller

[@joshkelly4682]

@@TheCod3r they said they would give a refund but then started being rude and hateful which leads me to believe they knew it was water damaged, but I took the loss because ebay disputes take too long and I've had an issue with a seller in the past and it took me a month to get my money back. But I guess sometimes we will get bad sellers because I've seen a few people that buy stuff from ebay to repair get ripped off sometimes, and I see they got you as well

[@KennyTheB]

It's probably just an illusion or the angle the solder settled at, but at 16:01 it almost looks like they tried to use a type of small gauge tabbing wire to connect those right leads. Also, at those times when I feel like my own mediocre wiring and soldering skills are sub par, it's comforting to know that there's people out there who are much much worse at it. Years back I used to take scrap electronics from the junk pile at work to teach myself how to do simple things, like take ICs off or swap various parts without destroying them. Starting out was a complete shit show. This thing... Has that same energy. Just to guess, I wonder if this was originally a bricked machine that was used as a practice piece to teach someone new how to do some component replacement/repair. That or someone's XBox broke and had a friend who told them "I know a guy" [that could fix it for cheap].

[@hughblount1983]

I'd be tempted to lightly sand and spray it to make it a custom

[@TheCod3r]

That could be an option mate, maybe make a cool purple or two tone colour

[@hughblount1983]

@@TheCod3r ye go for it possibly use a a little filler on dents if it's that bad

[@dazhigh9208]

After watching full vid, dude fair play thought it was gonna be something else not what happened to you. How did they dare even sell it in ebay in first place?????

[@joehedley6964]

Q does xbox1s 512gig fit a 1trbite box or vice versa

[@paulthatcher563]

You are well within your rights to return it for not as described from the damage to the case alone before you even opened it up. It could well be a different one to the one pictured in the advert

[@totalgaara]

could you maybe use a "recovery patition tool" to fix the ssd or it's deeper than this ? like does formating it "lock it" or something else ? otherwise if the guy only deleted all the partitions and create a new one, well, maybe there is still something to recover?

[@TheCod3r]

It depends really mate, because the partitions have been deleted it depends how the controller on the SSD handles that. If it just marks the partition as deleted until another partition overwrites it then maybe, but if it actually deletes it immediately then that's very unlikely to be recoverable. Conventional drives mark the space as deleted but don't delete anything until it needs that space and then it'll overwrite the old data, but these controllers could be doing anything. I will be trying it though to see how far I can go with conventional tools to recover the data

[@Discretesignals]

Honestly, the housing looks like it would make a nice tissue box or you could use it as a planter and grow some beautiful ferns or lilies.

[@TheCod3r]

Haha a planter sounds good 🤪

[@eeledahc]

Maybe you can use this scenario to attract customers with an option to clone their drives for future failures. But then again if there's an update and the backup is older, would it still work?

[@TheCod3r]

I believe the key changes every time you update, so unfortunately we can't do that 😕

[@Bunceythegreat]

Hey Phil, this sucks for you dude. With regards to the SSD, is there not a way to manually add the partitions, or mimic another ssd, I assume standard ssds in a PC is different. Just when I got a ssd for my laptop, I had to format it and create a new partition, for laptop too work. That's why just curious if there was a way ?

[@TheCod3r]

There technically is mate but without the original SSD we don't have the ability to pull the original encrypted file needed to get the drive to boot into safe mode. It basically has a 130ish MB installed file on a custom XBFS partition at the start of the drive and the console looks for that when booting up. If it doesn't see the file or if it doesn't match what's stored on the flash rom on board it'll instantly turn back off. Unfortunately that file also mutates every time you reinstall the system too

[@Bunceythegreat]

@@TheCod3r that sucks pal, if only someone had designed a peice kit, that you could pull the motherboard serial with what suppose to be the matching serial and rewrite

[@livekorafor24h]

Hi brother is it ok to let hdmi plugged in ps4 slim all the time ?

[@TheCod3r]

Yeah I don't recommend unplugging the HDMI unless you need to

[@livekorafor24h]

@@TheCod3r thank u

[@sneezyferret6482]

There's a slim chance you might be able to recover data from an SSD even after it's been formatted. Did you try? The only other way would be to extract they key from the CPU, and I don't think anyone's been able to crack open this puppy yet. Agreed, there's absolutely no reason for Microsoft to do this.

[@jamiepowell6655]

I bought a samsung smart watch and the seller said it just stopped charging when i got it the inside looked like it went down with the titanic messaged them and got no reply

[@TheCod3r]

That sucks mate I hope you got your money back

[@jamiepowell6655]

@@TheCod3r no mate bought a new board for it luckily the screen still worked some people just dont give a flying fuck keep up the good work 👍

[@TheCod3r]

@@jamiepowell6655 fair enough mate, I'd definitely have phoned ebay over that but glad it kinda worked out for you. Cheers buddy much appreciated

[@Khashraan]

but even thou you have the spare-parts and donor boards, it's a scam-sell anyways. that is the gamble with ebay nowadays. And this "repair Shop" it went in, should consider to shut the doors permanently. Because obviously they don't know, what they're doing.

[@TheCod3r]

Yeah I agree mate, either way the seller tried to scam someone here. That person who worked on this should be ashamed of himself/herself

[@dean9776]

good jesus that is a mess indeed well & truly' i feel for you mate that does not look like the same console on the picture to me' and i bet it was probably a easy fix to start with before somebody got there hands on it such a shame its wrecked.

[@Sliddon]

Maybe one day like with the 360 we can grab the keys but even with the 360 you needed a hdd.bin to clone hdds unless you chipped it and with the original xbox you needed to lock the hdd unless running a modchip

[@ventrue6516]

If the SSD is married to motherboard, then you may use it (or sell it) as a PC part instead.

[@TheCod3r]

Yeah the SSD will work fine in a PC as there's nothing physically wrong with it

[@timtoomuch]

Wth are people doing with these consoles? I see some that look 10 years old with dents and looks like someone dragged it down the street

[@JonnyFix]

Well wouldn't that just rip your undies! Unfortunately there will always be someone out there learning, as we did, how to fix stuff and they'll do things they weren't aware could brick a device. Once upon a time you could learn your way out of a stuff up and fix what you did but now the way manufacturers are making things one can make irreversible mistakes so easily. It makes for a huge gamble on if you're purchasing someone else's mistakes. Glad you didn't lose out too much in the end.

[@TheCod3r]

Yeah I agree mate. Sucks that Microsoft paired the drive. I don't even blame the last tech for that because the OC and traces can be repaired, but the SSD is the point of no return 🤷

[@wesley071177]

I'd say 99% of the time ebay will side with the buyer. Hence why I've stopped selling spares and repairs items on there. Even with a full disclaimer of what was wrong with the item, an iPhone was returned to me as the buyer just "couldn't fix it". Phil, you got burnt on this occasion but it is just potluck unfortunately. Keep up the good work, for us viewers everyday's a school day and you never put out bad content 😁

[@TheCod3r]

Yeah they do tend to side with the buyer most of the time. I've won a few cases as a seller though. Depends who you speak to on the phone really. Unfortunately ebay policies are messed up sometimes

[@Ghost572]

Yeah people on ebay who don't state that there has been work on a device you are buying are deceptive because they know full well it would lower the price of what they are selling. I don't get who they are kidding either, even if they are saying oh its just for parts, it should state we are selling it for parts becuase we tried repairing it and it didn't work out, that way the buyer can decide whether its worth that value or not.

[@kylelee4209]

You didn't waist my time good to know what to keep an eye put for

[@wybuchowyukomendant]

damn, you would have a ball buying on polish auction sites. Full of cheap dead consoles, easy to return even to the private sellers when somethings not right, free delivery...

[@TheCod3r]

I'd love to find some more auction sites to be honest, just never find the time to look

[@MizuhoChan]

At least it wasn't melting someone's limited edition switch after breaking it fully and keeping it for quite a while eh.

[@TheCod3r]

What are you referring to?

[@teknozombie4893]

Another Frankenstien build, All parts of different consoles. So common now.

[@Plan-C]

Annoying mate. There are a lot of scammers on ebay. I won a phone fair and square. When it came to pay, the seller cancelled the auction because they didn't think the price was high enough. I was fuming lol. Some people are just arseholes. Keep up the great videos please.

[@mjc0961]

Not a waste of time. Learned about how stupid this SSD pairing is. And learned never to buy from this absolute clown on eBay. Thank you for not being afraid to name and shame them, BTW. Too many people will complain about something like this but not say who it was so that the rest of us can avoid them.

[@TheCod3r]

Cheers mate. Funnily enough the guy even said if I publish his username he will sue me. Bring on the lawsuit 😂

[@DeathofRats09Gaming]

Glad you got things sorted

[@TheCod3r]

Cheers bud

[@digipimp75]

Omg whoever worked on this console needs to stop immediately. Horrendous work!

[@andymann1231]

Hiya yes spares or repair that means it can be repaired or broken up for its parts and should be discribed as if the unit just fails but in this case you are right to ask for ypur money back good video and informative Ebay needs to set out rules for spares or repair sales keep up the good work mate

[@TheCod3r]

Thanks mate, yeah the seller was definitely intentionally deceptive in this listing. If he had been honest from the start I'd never have bought the console at all

[@RestorationRelaxation]

Microsoft needs to make a way to repair SSD’s available to the public.

[@TheCod3r]

Definitely mate

[@RBKing80]

Pisses me off when people lie on description and fail to package stuff correctly

[@samyhx896]

This is why we need Hackers that's can develop tools to reprogram and unlock "locked" features by Microsoft. Such as unlocking a DVD Drive or copying the Nand. Hopefully they find a way to replace the original SSS with a spare.

[@TheCod3r]

Yeah I agree. I'm sure Microsoft are going to be the target for hackers since they're giving hackers a reason to target them

[@EinGamer22]

Whats the name of this seller?

[@TheCod3r]

Destinburridg-0

[@EinGamer22]

Thanks. Now I know which seller I should not trust.

[@jonthecont]

@@EinGamer22 check his feedback now :D

[@andrasszabo7386]

You say "why does someone format the SSD?" I say why would anyone marry an SSD to a console, making it a non replaceable part?

[@TheCod3r]

Yeah that's a question I've been searching for an answer to since the console was released 😮‍💨

[@Funfax7396]

The person who sold it knew he couldn't not fix it as that noob he is, so he destroyed the components and make sure it couldn't not be made, and got money for it. That is a sad little world, but very nice try to fix it, you are very skilled guy

[@TheCod3r]

Thanks mate, I couldn't agree more

[@alexferraioli4086]

Probably the ssd was formatted bc they connected to the pc,saw that wasn t read as a normal ssd,and formatted it

[@TheCod3r]

Very possible, but very stupid on their behalf

[@alexferraioli4086]

@@TheCod3r a lot

[@wastelander89]

This is why I'm afraid to spend money on broken consoles .cuase they could all be possible like that console Where the seller lies or hides details

[@mrnostalgia1987]

Looks like it's got a skin (sticker) on it in the picture

[@TheCod3r]

It definitely didn't look the same in person :(

[@jontait1095]

That's annoying at least you will get your money back with ebay guarantee you might not need to even send it back its happened to me a few times

[@chrish43291]

You should be able to partition the ssd with xfix xbox one script and use osu1 offline update to reinstall the os back on all xbox including the series s or x.

[@TheCod3r]

Unfortunately it contains a unique partition which is encrypted and cannot be rewritten by any available software. The series x and s drives are paired to the console with a unique key

[@daveh8872]

This looks like someone has taken a load of broken and damaged parts and "built" a machine to maximise their return for otherwise scrap components.

[@TheCod3r]

I agree

[@flyersluver4eva]

Always check feedback. I wouldn’t go nere a seller who sold 3 items,