A-Hackers-Guide
Xbox 360

RGH 3

RGH 3 still demands precise soldering even though it drops the glitch chip. Confirm your motherboard is supported before you begin.

RGH 3 is the newest reset-glitch approach. Its headline advantage is that it needs no dedicated glitch chip at all: the reset-glitch is delivered through wiring on the board itself. That simplifies the parts list and the install on supported consoles, while still reaching the same outcome of booting unsigned code.

How the process is staged

  1. Identify the console
    Check that your motherboard revision is supported by RGH 3.
  2. Read the NAND
    Dump the flash with a NAND programmer and recover the CPU key in J-Runner.
  3. Install the wiring
    Make the board connections that produce the reset-glitch, with no glitch chip required.
  4. Build & write the image
    Have J-Runner build the appropriate image and flash it back.
  5. Boot XeLL
    Confirm the homebrew loader launches at power-on.
  6. Set up a dashboard
    Install a custom dashboard for regular use.

If your console is not on the RGH 3 support list, RGH 1.2 or RGH 2 with a glitch chip remains a solid alternative.