How to RGH3 a Xbox 360 Slim (Corona) - Chipless RGH 3.0 Tutorial!

[@masterchef2408]

If you are getting “Header is Wrong” using the PicoFlasher and maybe other flashers… it’s because your wires from the flasher to the Xbox are to LONG. I made this mistake, my wires were around 20inches long and I was get this error. They are now around 6-9 inches long and it works perfectly fine now. Please pass this along, that the NAND wires need to be short…. Maybe at most 10 inches long. P.S. Thank you for sharing this video with us all.

[@alfredmanner6881]

I can confirm 30cm works fine, I've used some old wires from an old TV and it worked fine

[@alank3174]

Thank you for sharing this

[@bigpaco996]

I’ve been modding consoles since my preteens and this BY FAR is the most thought out, thorough, and enjoyable guide. Really, thanks a bunch:D

[@MrMario2011]

Glad it helped!

[@PRMWeldz]

​@MrMario2011 Hey there, I have a question I can't find anywhere. Do I need to factory reset before RGH3 install? Like do I have to back anything up on my personal console before taking apart and adding things to the drive? Please lmk as I'm lost on this question.

[@legoboy-ox2kx]

Another thing to mention, the process does differ a bit from your guide if you're doing a 4GB Corona with the Picoflasher. You don't see the drive on the computer, just read the NAND in JRunner like the 16MB.

[@etienne18777]

I have zero solder skills and looking at investing in all the kit to do this on my old Xbox 360. But I just have to say, watching you work and how easy you make it look which I'm 110% sure it is NOT easy. This is a masterpiece of a video.

[@MrMario2011]

Thanks! In regard to difficulty, indeed it might look easy on camera thanks to the shots I got, but it is all much smaller and more difficult in person. I would only recommend someone does this after good practice.

[@etienne18777]

@@MrMario2011 Any advice on what I can practice on to develop the skills needed before I move onto the Xbox 360? Also are you using some sort of magnifying glass or do you just have very sharp eyes?

[@Felipe77646]

@@etienne18777 theres fake pcbs with a bunch of solder joints on them to pratice with that you can buy

[@chadblows]

Yeah if you've never soldered, the PLL point is expert level. I had to use a microscope.

[@toastyyy2458]

all the dislikes are from people who broke the trace near PLL_BYPASS

[@MrMario2011]

Oof

[@the_mancavewithjacob]

😳😳😳

[@kingalnaghem8494]

I swear man I broke 2 xbox 360 slims trying to expose the pll bypass

[@JOHNSMITH-sj3lg]

@@kingalnaghem8494 i also broke 2 today i try the third one wish me luck guys😘

[@ghosty3034]

@@JOHNSMITH-sj3lg you could try fixing the trace with a little solder and some very thin wire, i did that with old snes games to fix dead traces, not sure if its the same though..

[@SkullatorNZ]

What an absolute beast of a video! MrMario delivers the legendary content the people need, even in the face of adversity. We’re not worthy 🖐🤓🤚

[@MrMario2011]

LOL, I appreciate you, my dude 🖤

[@WittyFoal844]

Mr Mario and everyone who contributed towards the RGH3 project i thank you to the moon and back god bless you for these guides and all the information. I successfuly modded my first trinity today and i used kapton tape around the point we have to scrape did not scratch a thing thank you man it worked

[@MrMario2011]

Good idea!

[@hikaniko7371]

Damn that would’ve been smart lol

[@the_mell0nator]

I normally don’t comment on videos but this has to be the best tutorial I’ve ever watched. 1st time try worked on soldering, even the point I had to scrape off on my V2. I honestly think the 4GB NAND points are easier to solder than the 16MB because they already have a decent amount of solder on them and accept new solder with ease. IF YOU ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH JRUNNER NOT RECOGNIZING THE NAND AS “REMOVABLE TYPE” UNPLUG POWER TO THE CONSOLE! As simple as it sounds I was stuck for 30 minutes thinking I bricked my system because Jrunner would see the device, but not the allocated space or drive letter. When plugging the Xflasher into your PC, If your computer doesn’t assign it a drive letter and give the pop up to format the drive, you need to unplug power from the console and give it a few seconds and plug in the console, then the Xflasher. I had to repeat this twice after writing the ecc for my computer to recognize it again correctly. The only thing I missed the first time was writing the ecc. I forgot to check the RGH3 option and thought I bricked it when I couldn’t get a video signal. Just plugged Xflasher back in and wrote the correct ecc and I saw Xell this time! A RECENT UPDATE TO JRUNNER has changed the labels of the buttons from that shown in the video, but they are still in the same place and do the same thing. They just say “Write Xell” now instead of write ecc.

[@MrMario2011]

All little oddities of working on a Corona right here, glad you got it working!

[@Xenon_VA]

Went through a viciously troublesome period with a 0031 error on a Corona 360 E. Figured out that there was a bridge between the PLL point and the resistor next to it! The point is so incredibly small! But now that I resolved the bridge, I was able to perform the RGH 3! I just want to give my thanks to you for your incredible guides and to Octal for all his brilliant resources.

[@Xenon_VA]

@@the2ds 100% necessary.

[@Night__Mail]

Thank you so much for this guide - clear, easy to understand and the close up shots were really useful, particularly demonstrating how to position the postfix adapter.

[@MrMario2011]

Glad it was helpful!

[@TomassZnotins]

Hey mate, I went into this with minimal soldering experience and pulled it off without a snag on a 4gig and a pico. I cannot thank you enough for making such a well though out tutorial, you are a gentleman.

[@MrMario2011]

Nice work!

[@Claasic]

It’s crazy how over the years modding has just gotten so much better people are smart to figure out things like that , imagine if this was found in 2012

[@claycummins9829]

MrMario to the rescue. My 360E would not boot after the RGH3 mod. Then I watched your video and discovered WINBOND! Thank you for noting that in your comprehensive video. It saved my sanity.

[@MrMario2011]

SUPER glad that tip helped you! A big shout-out to Octal for that one, I've never run into a Winbond console but he watched an early cut of this video and suggested putting that in. Looks like you're the first person it has helped out 😁

[@speedlolita]

Literally just finished an RGH3 install on a Corona V1 unit with a Pi Pico. Your post RGH3 install guide was most helpful. :)

[@MrMario2011]

Woo!

[@Goodgamer78]

Got it all done thanks to this guide. My earlier issue was soldering related. Went in, re-did it, tore a pad, did trace repair and it all works. Thank you!

[@MrMario2011]

Glad it helped

[@Tieigo0]

When you see him shaking while soldering, you can really appreciate and see how hard of a ducking job this is to solder, it's classified as an advanced soldering job. Props to you, i will follow this guide as a reference. Saw some other videos of yours and can't recommend enough.

[@MrMario2011]

No ducks here, my hands aren't steady and I've been open about it. Nothing wrong with it, most people don't have steady hands, but that hasn't stopped me from doing intricate work with some slight shaking!

[@Tieigo0]

​@@MrMario2011followup. Thanks to you i now have a Slim R2D2 with RGH3. I cannot stress enough how hard it is to solder all those tiny points. I'm the Average modder but with your help i did it!

[@sumbigboi4386]

2nd xbox 360 guide of yours ive tried (1st was a failed 1.2 rgh falcon) and this actually worked! thank you so much!

[@MrMario2011]

Glad it worked!

[@arve1978]

Excellent guide, MrMario! Successfully modded 16Mb Corona X360E. Thank you very much!

[@bigdillan9612]

Barely ever soldered before thought id give it a try for a bit of fun seeing as this video is so well put together. Completed it without a hitch, hats off to you sir!

[@zakiuddin3120]

Thanks, the postfix positioning explanation was exactly what I was looking for!

[@MrMario2011]

Glad it helped!

[@timnmarylinder]

I'm so confused on the post fix install, @MrMario said you can solder to pretty much any point on there, but on my V1 adapter none of the points share continuity, point 1 goes right to the spring post which i THINK is what i need to solder to, and do you actually solder to all the little caps or diods or whatever they are to the left of the post? I saw one guy soldering all those to the adapter, but there was no mention of soldering these down on any other videos. I'm on a 16mb Corona V6 I believe with no traces

[@sakitoshi]

thanks for the guide! picoflasher didn't want to work for me on a corona v2 4gb, had to go the sd card route. luckily had one that i knew it was gonna work since i used it for reading 3ds nands. btw, i used a 3.3k resistor for the ppl wire since that's what i had at hand and it worked just fine.

[@jingledfriskies5048]

Ik this comment is a year old, but I'm working on a Corona right now and was wondering. Is your console with the 3.3k resistor is still working?

[@osamaal-humaimidi1481]

Just a suggestion, sometimes even the 30AWG wires cant solder properly on the tiny pads, especially the PLL via, so the best way to do it is to take one of those stranded wires, cut a small piece of it and slice it open, then take about 3 to 5 strands and twist them until they become one very thin wire, make 4 of them. now solder each of those thin wires to the tips of both wires, make them short so that you dont have lots of exposed conducting wires, put a little solder on the tips of those thin wires then solder them on the pads. you will notice that its much easier to solder them on the pads and you wont risk yanking those pads out of place if you move the wires in the wrong direction, as the thin wires at the tip are very soft and will just break if you pull on it, keeping the pads intact. also dont go with a very high temperature on the soldering iron, start at 280C then slowly go up, those pads/vias are so delicate to the point the iron would basically burn them. i learned it the hard way after destroying the SMC_PLL point on my trinity, so I had to connect the points on both sides of the SMC_PLL with thin wire strands

[@jayc.landgraf6828]

I did it perfectly fine with solid core 30 AWG and 350° C a little over a year ago and it worked great.

[@grimwhistler9272]

I did ISO hot swapping a lot and I got really good at taking apart the Xbox 360's, that will be the the easiest part of this experience. I am doing as much research as I can. I almost bought the 10 k resistor and you are recommending the 1 k resistor for this revision, I watched the the Trinity revision guide first... Glad I did more research!

[@MrMario2011]

You are taking all the right steps so far, I applaud you for that!

[@fivepercentfornothing]

just did it on an E with a corona postfix adapter and pico flasher, haven’t done much soldering before, it was incredibly difficult but i managed to do it :) thanks for the great guide

[@MrMario2011]

Nice work!

[@marmo_lada]

Just worth mentioning.. to read/write 4GB nand on Coronas you don't even need a programmer, a cheap 1$ sd card reader can do. You can either solder wires directly to the reader or to sd/micro sd adapter.

[@pompuyoytspunbytails9907]

How do I do that?

[@marmo_lada]

@@pompuyoytspunbytails9907 i.imgur.com/B710P4Jm.jpg

[@timoarrg]

It's far easier with a programmer, if it's hard or expensive to get one a Raspberry Pi Pico will get the job done

[@Akatski1998]

Tried so many ways with SD & been very hit & miss.

[@MahmoudYahyaoui]

YOU ROCK ... thank you so much for this legendary , detailed tutorial

[@MrMario2011]

Thanks!

[@techn1kal1ty]

I didn't have a post fix adapter, and I was unwilling to wait... so I found some wire with heavy strands, cut one off, cleaned and tinned it, slid it under the APU touching ball 4 from the right corner, heated it up a bit until it slid under a tiny bit more... works great! I will admit I have some experience (and I took a big risk), but this was more about me being impatient and cheap. Thanks for all you do!!

[@MrMario2011]

Nice work!

[@GW2_Live]

With the help of your videos I have successfully RGH3'd 2 Trinity and one Corona V1/2 4GB. had minor issues each time but it was usually my own mistakes or lack of soldering skill, luckily I have a good magnifier i can hold in my eye like a monacle, made that micro-soldering possible, although having my face that close to the iron was... exciting. On the corona I forgot to check off the RGH3 box and i spent over an hour troubleshooting that thinking I'd killed it!

[@MrMario2011]

Good to hear you got it!

[@randominternetbro6562]

Holy crap I found a disassembled (but everything is there) corona buried in my closet from back in my 360 modding days. I'm so excited. I haven't worked on a 360 in forever! EDIT: OH MY GOD I HAD NO CLUE RGH3 EXISTED UNTIL NOW. I ONLY EVER DID JTAG, 2, and 1.2 WOW EDIT 2: WHATTTT YOU CAN DIY A FLASHER WITH A PICO?!?!??! WHY DID I EVER LEAVE THE MODDING SCENE WTF

[@MrMario2011]

The real time reactions here are great 😂

[@toastyyy2458]

I DID IT! thank you so much for this easy to follow tutorial!

[@MrMario2011]

Woo!

[@pandellic]

dudeee i was trying to find this so badly yesterday, you're a godsend. thank you so much!!

[@MrMario2011]

Well you're here now!

[@JamiePineappleWyatt]

For those stupid reverse faced clips on the end shrouds, you can use a hook to lift the tab from the back side so they pop off super easy. A hook can be made by grinding down the end of an old trash screwdriver and then shaping the tip with a bit of heat. Quench it then you've got a new pick tool. Have to say hooks are seriously underrated tools for console modding. I've got three coronas sitting next to me and theyve been collecting dust, you've inspired me to pull out the ol kit and throw some of my older aliexpress chips in.

[@Payaso_M13]

This guy is a Wizard!

[@MrMario2011]

I'm no wizard, I just have a camera hah

[@shadouraito7935]

Finally a vid that answered all my questions. Very detailed and easy to follow. Thank you so much. A quick question tho, if I'm using a pico flasher do I need to remove the wires from the console or the pico itself? I feel like it's annoying to have to desolder and resolder the wires.

[@MrMario2011]

Glad it helped! And I'd only desolder the Pico if the console isn't booting up after flashing it.

[@shadouraito7935]

@@MrMario2011 Ok. Thanks a lot man!

[@cxrmodz_yt]

Dude this is cool can’t wait to watch this man great work

[@cxrmodz_yt]

Your the 4th KZbinr to like my comment on a video already got brennen Taylor Sam and Colby faze teeqo and mori you are literally one of my favorite KZbinrs there is only a select few I watch and man you are high on that list keep up the great work have you ever thought about opening an online shop for people that want to get their Xbox’s rgh’d or jtagged like your work is amazing anyways Mario we all love and support you some more than others lol

[@hmello3250]

PicoFlasher never works for me when trying to read 4G Corona. I always get mismatch errors. I tried two consoles already.

[@ZXFVJ]

Same situation PicoFlasher won't work with 4Gb Corona.

[@ventrue6516]

Not even with phat consoles.

[@MrMario2011]

I've had better luck with my xFlasher for the 4G.

[@hmello3250]

@@MrMario2011 The WeekendModder guy managed to get two identical reads tho. I don't know what he did differently. Jrunner also says the nands I get from Xell and Simple Nand Flasher are different. I think it has more to do with Jrunner than the Pico.

[@EtienneCK]

@@hmello3250 I did manage to get 2 good read, my issue came after writing the glitch,ecc, my corona 4gb powers on fine, but no image, no xell....

[@EtienneCK]

Great tutorial as always! Although I'm having an issue and maybe you would be able to tell me a few things to check; I followed your instructions, then wasn't able to boot in xell after writing the ECC with the Pico Flasher. The nand reads were fine. I checked the solder points and everything seems fine, the multimeters shows continuity. I also tried with AND without the resistor... The console powers on, with a normal green indicator as well.... I really don't know what to check at this point...... thanks! btw, I have a Corona 4gb, no need for QSB according to your information in the video. Another detail, somehow, I haven't seen any pop up asking for a format when I plugged my pico falsher...

[@EtienneCK]

@@angelobuoro i haven't found anything that works yet on this 4gb Corona; in the meantime i had success with 3 other type of motherboard....

[@EtienneCK]

@@angelobuoro I did use the Pico and it worked well. The thing you have to remember is to disconnect it completely from the board when you first start Xell. You plug it back when you are ready to flash the mod. It seems obvious but since the Pico doesn't come with 'plug n play' wires, it's easy to forget and leave it connected/soldered to the board. In order to make this step easier, I used Dupont connexions.

[@EtienneCK]

@@angelobuoro I think it's annoying to have different needed diodes or resistors for each type of MB though lol But it's better than having to buy a chip i suppose

[@Hudee1985]

Great tutorial again! I've only done it once, about 7 months ago on a phat, with a Falcon motherboard. The NAND programmer was a old PC with a parallel port (yikes!). So next time I definitely invest in a Pico! 😀

[@MrMario2011]

Hey, at least it worked!

[@justaregularguy3071]

I just bought a Raspberry Pi Pico to do it! Great video, I knew hacking for Xbox 360 slim was possible but I didn't find a good video explaining it... Until now! Thank you very much!!

[@MrMario2011]

Have fun!

[@haiqalhaziq9735]

Hey MrMario2011. MANY Thanks for the video . But i have some problem. I can't use my Picoflasher or Raspberry Pi Pico to read nand no matter what i do. i think all viewer that have tried using Picoflasher also facing this problem. Maybe the software doesn't fully support 4GB Corona. But if you have something on your mind that maybe the solution, please reply for all your viewers. And again, THANKS FOR THE VIDEO!

[@MrMario2011]

I didn't have much luck on that front with my own 4G, although I do know it's possible. Best to report it to balika011 on his GitHub repo for it if it can be replicated.

[@buddyjojo1948]

I had no such issue with Picoflasher on my 4gb corona v2, perhaps the issue is with newer revisions?

[@TipsYkelele]

@@buddyjojo1948 I tried it with my Corona V2 and it has failed over 10 times, only solution is the homemade SDCard Nand Reader🧐

[@buddyjojo1948]

@@TipsYkelele Huh weird, now I'm wondering why I didn't have a problem lol. Are you guys using the new pico w by any chance?

[@hmello3250]

@@buddyjojo1948 the problem is that it says the nands are not the same, if you do only 1 read you won't get any problem technically

[@juliotattoo]

Dude , this tutorial is by far the best tutorial i ever watch in youtube history !!! THANK YOU !!!

[@MrMario2011]

You're welcome!

[@MissCircle616]

I wouldn't be surprised if these videos start blowing up with the 360's store closure

[@MrMario2011]

Ew!!!!!

[@simon_96]

For people watching in the future: To avoid cutting the trace PUT A STRIP OF KEPTON TAPE ON THE TRACE The tiny via to scrape is no joke one should consider using a microscope for that Great video thanks so much

[@kirusyaga]

21:55 you don't need to touch that black plastic plane at all. All tabs are accessible as is. You just need some thin tweezers because of very narrow tab on the left from HDD tray. To access the tab on top of HDD tray you need to slightly move down plastic from the frame UPD: 24:30 you can first remove 5 long black screws with big flat cap to unlock the top of console without stressing the tabs on front and your neurons

[@justindavid571]

Another excellent tutorial. Just RGH 3'd my 4GB Corona with picoflasher and it works perfectly. In depth, but easy to follow tutorial. Thanks.

[@MrMario2011]

Awesome to hear!

[@legoboy-ox2kx]

I have a corona v1/2 that needs a SB reflow anyways, so I'm going to try and mod that with a picoflasher. Super cool that this works without a chip!

[@legoboy-ox2kx]

SUCCESS! The corona board ended up being unusable, but I found a trinity with a dead DVD drive in my stack of consoles and was able to mod that one using your other guide. Now I just need to flash a new drive with the DVD key from it lol.

[@legoboy-ox2kx]

I also ran into a weird issue with JRunner, XeBuild kept saying there were problems with my NAND, but it just wasn't pulling the lockdown value properly, I knew it was 6, but it kept trying to put in 1 when I ran XeBuild, so I used the Donor creation tool to force it to use 6 instead and just used the extracted files from the NAND dump to create the "donor"

[@legoboy-ox2kx]

I'm now waiting on a postfix adapter for my corona v4 lol

[@saresiu]

Best tutorial I've seen on KZbin on this topic.

[@MrMario2011]

Thanks!

[@saresiu]

@@MrMario2011 I flashed my xbox 360 16mb corona v3 with picoflasher according to your guide, thanks again

[@imainengineertf2]

Hey, just wanted to check back in! I owe many thanks, managed to RGH my 16MB corona smoothly. Once again, thanks for the tutorial!

[@MrMario2011]

Beautiful!

[@is5000]

I did RGH3 on trinity using previous tutorial Now I will get corona XBOX 360 for this tutorial.

[@MrMario2011]

Have fun!

[@RoamPT]

Once again you nailed it dude 👌 Keep it up!

[@MrMario2011]

Thank you, it means a lot!

[@MrBlingBlingNr1]

Finished one corona console with the pico flasher. Thanks for the great video tutorial!

[@MrMario2011]

Have fun!

[@natanteam]

It is so good it has a full movie length! 🍿

[@MrMario2011]

I had to get EVERYTHING in there

[@Yuyu-Krispy]

I've been waiting for this since i scored one of the coronas very recently

[@MrMario2011]

Hope it helps!

[@jamesboyce7467]

I Just wanted to say thanks! another happy customer. My 16mb 250gb xbox 360 s is up and RUNNING!

[@MrMario2011]

Great to hear!

[@gehx]

Good Vid! Tip: if you've wired your 360 to your LAN you don't need to enter the IP address to pull the CPU key into JRunner from Xelll...use the 'Scan IP' button.

[@FPChris]

15:47 I used a small diamond file when I followed your Trinity video. Worked well.

[@jcross72500]

I've done almost 4 Xboxs now. I think I am gonna make my own tutorial for zephyr. I got one working. Rgh2 with eh boot times but they're consistent. I only found 2 video tutorials. The one had horrible pictures and video quality so you can't even make out what you need to do. Then the other one is completely in Spanish. Surprisingly it was the better video to understand due to way better picture quality. Hopefully it helps people as much as your videos have. I learned rgh 3 from you so I wanna pay it back!

[@MrMario2011]

I'm all for it!

[@slawomirklucznik7940]

Fantastic job as usually brother. Cheers.

[@MrMario2011]

Thanks!

[@toastyyy2458]

just finished all the rgh3 wiring, just need to wait for the pico to arive!

[@MrMario2011]

Woo!

[@WcaVR]

awesome! i'm was planning to buy all the 360's on Sunday at cashconverters, so a glitchless RGH is welcome :)

[@MrMario2011]

LOL amazing! Although to correct you: glitch is still happening, it's just chipless 😁

[@WcaVR]

​@@MrMario2011 shoot i forgot to add the "board/chip" after glitchless but i concede in my mistake and will now rock back and forth in the corner :P lolz :P

[@kazuhirasomiller4622]

We got scammed like 7 years ago with my late dad and bought an S 360 with a destroyed CD Drive that ejected itself and wouldn't read disks. Also the tech guy that had a look told me that the previous owner attempted to JTAG it and ripped everything away before selling it, rendering it non-modable through the disk drive. I didn't have the heart to give it away for parts etc. I now study electronic engineering and just came across your videos, I will surely give this a go for science, thank you very much! Just one question, during the last steps before getting the cpu key, is it necessary to "unplug" the raspberry as well?

[@KL-zt6jx]

I personally don't unplug the Pico. I just unplug the USB cable from the computers side and that is more than enough. Have you tried the hack already? Good luck anyways.

[@MixGaming25]

the end scene with the dog is my favorite part of the video😁

[@MrMario2011]

She helped!

[@HighFidelityFox]

1:16:53 - 360E Winbond RAM when you said that XELL and XEBUILDwill NOT work unless you check WB 2K, this is partially true. XELL will still work perfectly without WB 2K However you will be unable to boot into any dash after Xell, unless you write NAND with WB2K. i initially missed this part, didn’t do it for XELL and it booted up, but after writing XEBUILD, it would stay on a solid green light with no video. took me forever to realise i did NOT enable WB 2K… assumed i didn’t need it since XELL worked. excellent guide thanks ❤

[@MrMario2011]

That was all thanks to Octal who let me know of that issue 🙂

[@BX56_YT]

I'll definitely use this tutorial to get my Xbox 360 RGH'd. Don't know when, but once I do, I'll follow this. I know someone who can solder and he said he's happy to help me out with the mod.

[@MrMario2011]

Best of luck!

[@BX56_YT]

@@MrMario2011 Alright, update time! I've finally gotten all the parts I need. I managed to find most of the parts really easily at my local hardware store. It was mostly just a waiting game because I had to order some of the things on Ebay. I'll try and get the mod done this weekend!

[@omg.uly--Vexnorz]

@@BX56_YT update?

[@thomasdupre572]

Thank You MrMario, I was lost with the Seven Sins guide, it was so unclear about the resistor values and the fact that they just say if you have a corona v4 you need a post fix adapter (and not a single clue on how to install it nor a pic of it installed or anything) I usually avoid video guides but this one is well done, with the timestamps etc so you can skip the other configurations parts. I successfully glitched using a JR Programmer, it was way slower than your chip and the drivers installation gave me a headache ( and i had a very suspicious message when finishing the NAND write ) But it turned out fine. Next step i’m doing my switch OLED. Cheers

[@MrMario2011]

Glad this helped!

[@dwayneellis2003]

3rd console RGH3 of the day for me and I was about to just walk into the ocean with all of my clothes still on, until I remembered that my Corona was a V3 and I didn't bridge resistor 6 & 7.Wouldn't boot at all until I did and when I remembered about the bridging, I realized that the NAND was still write-protected. No probs after that, but next time mod first and THEN drink beer....great tutorial!

[@MrMario2011]

Cool to hear! However with RGH3, bridging resistors 6 and 7 doesn't matter since those are for i2c glitch chip methods such as S-RGH. Anything that relies on PLL like RGH 3.0 or RGH 1.2 doesn't use the pads those two resistors are connected to, you just need resistor 10 bridged, which I covered in the video.

[@dwayneellis2003]

@MrMario2011 I used a pico pi and for some reason, it just wouldn't boot until I did that. It would turn on automatically and not do anything and then turn itself off after about 30 seconds and wouldn't come on again until I removed the power. No telling, honestly, but it's working at least!

[@Goodgamer78]

You mentioned the resistor is optional on corona boards. Why does every other guide mention a resistor is REQUIRED? I'd like to not purchase another thing for this mod if I don't have to, can I just solder the wire directly? What's the difference with the resistor? Thanks.

[@MrMario2011]

I'm not speaking on other guides, only the ones I've made. I went according to the RGH3 documentation, which states a resistor on Corona boards is optional.

[@Goodgamer78]

@@MrMario2011 Gotcha. What's the benefit to having the resistor?

[@lizzielyly]

Very great video!! i wish there's a video that how to flash original NAND

[@MrMario2011]

Flash the original flashdmp.bin, not much to it.

[@hamed_9012]

inroducing mr mario the most hard cored jailbreaker in the world, every device fears him thanks for the effort man legend

[@MrMario2011]

LOL I'm far from that, but thanks 🤣

[@hamed_9012]

@@MrMario2011 your most welcome bro

[@mimkyu718]

I absolutely love that you have lil peep in your recommended videos. 😍 great video by the way!

[@MrMario2011]

Peep Forever 🖤🖤🖤

[@InDoMiNuS]

I'm having this issue with reading the NAND - Checking Console... Version: 10 Flash Config: 0xFFFFFFFF Unrecongized Flash Config IoTimedOut IoTimedOut:No more bytes! Wrong Version

[@18norbe1974]

Thanks Mr Mario, I manage to RGH3 my slim Corona.

[@MrMario2011]

Based

[@KL-zt6jx]

Thanks for mentioning R2C10!!! I was getting nowhere with the readings and already quadruple checked my NAND soldering. (I was following weekendmodder's guide and guess that he maybe forgot to mention the resistor.)

[@MrMario2011]

Glad it helped! Octal was a HUGE help on giving the knowledge for taht.

[@KL-zt6jx]

@@MrMario2011 Octal is great. I might try his ext_clk on a xenon that I have. I read through weekendmodder's site and he didn't mention the resistor on the guide page, but did on the pico flasher page. (Hopefully someone will be able to add the ability to flash glitch chips with the pico.)

[@stansteez]

What this guide doesn't really tell you: unless you have incredible eye sight, you need a microscope to attach a cable to that one via. I've had had a look at it on my console, for me this is imposssible to do without a microscope. We are talking about tip of a needle territory here as far as dimensions are concerned!

[@MrMario2011]

Certainly possible to do without magnification, but definitely one of the harder if not the hardest RGH point to hit due to how small it all is. I personally can only hit it with confidence because of my microscope setup.

[@triggeredpanda2939]

Luckily, I bought a microscope 😅😅

[@mozza1983]

Another great tutorial. thanks Mr M

[@MrMario2011]

Thank you!

[@nicholasjjacob]

Amazing video as always! thannk you for your time and attention to detail! I was wondering where you got those NAND wire extension things at. I could really use those! thanks again!

[@MrMario2011]

I have a video covering how to upgrade nand wires, give that a watch.

[@nicholasjjacob]

@@MrMario2011 Will do thank you!

[@Hellraiser988]

Hot air works better with shrink wrap I used my hot air gun and it took seconds

[@linuxlonestar4796]

Hey MrMario2011! I'm trying to mod a Corona 4gb xbox 360 s. i have been using the pico flasher in combination with jrunner. When I plug in the pico flasher it does not pop up as a drive, but the nand reads just fine. I can write the stock nand back to it, but when i write the Ecc/xell, it does not boot. it shows the green light, but no video or audio. I tried using the Ethernet method as well, to no avail. From my understanding, I gathered that it must be the pico flasher firmware, due to my problem matching several other commenters. I believe that the pico flasher needs some more develeopment with the corona 4gb nands. Is there anything I can do in the meantime? its impossible to get an xflasher, and I tried and failed to make a working sd tool out of a micro sd card adapter. Is it really just the pico flasher? thanks!

[@Lann-stood]

I'll cry The fact that i have to buy a Nand reader just so i can do that makes me wanna cry

[@MrMario2011]

Gotta read it somehow!

[@alexcismaru713]

if anyone is struggling to remove the xclamp without a tool, r tweezers work perfectly. Took me like 3 seconds to remove with no effort

[@IrusuuX]

Pog. Can finally stop looking for just trinity consoles.

[@MrMario2011]

I mean I'd still recommend a Trinity, but that's personal preference hah

[@IrusuuX]

@@MrMario2011 ye i've done 2 now so i might try a corona tbh for the challenge

[@Skeeeewoah]

I wish the day would come when we could soft mod this thing like a Wii

[@MrMario2011]

Unfortunately this will probably never happen.

[@louiscocksman7114]

Appreciate the tutorial. But god, I really hope a soft mod comes out soon. This is an area where PS3 is much easier right now.

[@MrMario2011]

I appreciate the wishful thinking, just don't bet on a softmod ever happening.

[@BlakeSosa]

amazing work, just the best

[@MrMario2011]

Thanks a lot!

[@chikotud]

A Raspberry pi 3 can be used in place of the pi Zero?

[@MrMario2011]

Not unless you're willing to port the code over!

[@chikotud]

@@MrMario2011 ok... I meant to say pi pico not 'zero' sorry

[@philipboggs3372]

Thank you for this video! I got my R2D2 360 modded with it. :D

[@MrMario2011]

Woo!

[@WittyFoal844]

God bless you and modded warfare for all the guides and information love you all, PS use kapton take to cover the trace area around the little point u gotta scratch at. itll cover the trace so nothing could be scraped!

[@MrMario2011]

Good idea!

[@wanderscuisine1283]

Great video! Guys make sure you have the correct training and understanding I broke my beloved xbox but it was my fault! Then I bought a another xbox turns out I can't rgh3 it so moral of the story make sure ur actually capable and willing to spend money and time I will not give up though because the 13 year old me would be so surprised I'm even trying this! It's been an item on my bucket list for a minute don't give up yall!

[@MrMario2011]

Best of luck!

[@wanderscuisine1283]

@@MrMario2011 thanks for the wonderful videos I couldn't of done it without this wonderful informative video!

[@wanderscuisine1283]

​@@MrMario2011good news after 2 broken xbox's alot wasted money and time I did it! I finally did it! I didn't break it I didn't accidentally cross the nand wires I succeed my long lost dream and I have you to thank for it thank you for this journey I'll be forever greatful

[@ocsanik502]

I cant believe you actually did the Corona 4g........

[@MrMario2011]

Uhhhhh is there something I'm missing where it was expected I wouldn't?

[@ocsanik502]

@@MrMario2011 I just didn't think anyone would be dediced enough to go that far since the 4g Coronas are typically seen as the worst hackable 360 you can get.

[@JohnnyStashh]

AWESOME! You are a Legend! Thanks!

[@MrMario2011]

You're welcome!

[@kurtstone1272]

For those of you looking to do this check which version you have. Good chance you’ll have to order a post adapter

[@MrMario2011]

Good news is that the adapter will work on all Trinity and Corona boards, regardless over whether or not you require it. Great for people who mess up the POST point under the board.

[@espressomatic]

Note for future: Don't use Picoflasher for 4GB Corona v2 (tiny chip) - it won't work to read/write NAND. SD, USB or others should work fine.

[@MrMario2011]

Depends on the eMMC from what I've been told. Will work perfectly fine for some consoles and total bust for others.

[@KuraV12]

MrMario, What microscope do you use? do you use one of those blue cameras with a big lens that plugs to a PC? or do you use a trinocular microscope with a camera attached to it?

[@MrMario2011]

I have it linked in my Amazon shop, linked in the description with the soldering supplies.

[@KuraV12]

@@MrMario2011 Thanks

[@russellg1473]

Tfw the heat shrink ignites 😮

[@MrMario2011]

🤣

[@rikacuni]

Did everything exactly as you said and still got a black screen on first boot - it wasn't just not giving a display output, it seems it doesn't boot whatsoever.* Unsoldered the Pico... still no change. Do the wires have to be completely removed? That shouldn't be the case considering you have to reconnect it to flash after you obtain the cpu key... *I even called and went through everything on my network and none were the xbox. Informative video but this sucks man. It's been over a year of working with it and I don't seem to have any other option than just reflashing the original rom and giving up. I hope that works but I doubt it considering everything. I followed everything correctly...

[@MrMario2011]

Issues with soldering or soldering quality most likely.

[@rikacuni]

@@MrMario2011 the soldering was done by a professional so I doubt it but I suppose its possible

[@MrMario2011]

If it was done by a professional then I would recommend taking it to your professional for further troubleshooting.

[@Apieceofbread09]

Can I use a chromebook to setup the programmer for the pico flasher

[@weareyouare2680]

Some one just gave me a 360. I have little experience soldering, but I'm going to give this a shot. I bought/ borrowed everything i need for just 8 bucks from my schools EE department. I dont have the post restoration piece, as i don't know if it's needed yet. I'll either be really happy or really bumbed out depending on how this goes.

[@theguywhoasked3435]

how did it go?

[@weareyouare2680]

@@theguywhoasked3435 successful! Though, I wouldn't recommend it to someone without soldering experience.

[@emeraldwordcool1023]

Thank you MrMario for this video of yours with it I was able to RGH 3 my Xbox 360 Slim it costed me a lot of pain in the back trying to solder but in the end it was worth it

[@MrMario2011]

Glad it worked! Now go rest that back.

[@goochtobyn]

Hi Mario, Thanks so much for this tutorial. It has been super helpful! I am having one problem though which I don’t see mentioned in the comments. I have recovered the CPU key and written the glitch.ecc but when I try to start the console using the eject button I get nothing. When starting with the power button the console boots up to retail normally. Any suggestions?

[@goochtobyn]

Sorry disregard that! Found it will boot to Xell with the eject button after a few attempts or holding down the eject button.

[@bl1gh7y]

I found out what my problem was, the second pair of pico’s I bought were faulty. Pulled one of my original ones back out of a GameCube and it worked perfectly again. Even repaired all my bricks with it. If your having any problems with a picoflasher and are 100% sure your soldering is good, get another pico.

[@MrMario2011]

Thanks for coming back to share!