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[Iacobellis]

Why did Microsoft leave a debug mode in the retail OS, anyways? At least make the button combination a little harder to figure out.

 

[Marvel]

This gif USED TO BE f'n fantastic.

Edit: what in the fuck? You ninja-edited the duck gif? Not cool!

Why you think I ninja'd? it's good but overused.

 

[Megasoum]

Why did Microsoft leave a debug mode in the retail OS, anyways? At least make the button combination a little harder to figure out.

It's not a debug mode.... It's a screen that lets you access the debug mode. Anybody that goes in there but that doesn't have the proper entitlement on the Microsoft server won't be able to do anything special.

 

[Gaz_RB]

Why did Microsoft leave a debug mode in the retail OS, anyways? At least make the button combination a little harder to figure out.

The plan is to eventually offer the XB1 itself as a dev kit, I believe.

 

[InfYn]

Well that's just evil and shitty.

Well, some people fell for iOS7 making your iPhone waterproof. The bar is pretty low.

Seriously?

 

[phierce]

Why you think I ninja'd? it's good but overused.

I added the "used to be" part after you ninja'd lol. Duck > Adam. No contest!

 

[Savitar]

Yeah that's a pretty shitty thing to put out there, I could see quite a few kids failing prey to this including the common not knowing better older type.

 

[Iacobellis]

It's not a debug mode.... It's a screen that lets you access the debug mode. Anybody that goes in there but that doesn't have the proper entitlement on the Microsoft server won't be able to do anything special.

And the difference is...

 

[Megasoum]

And the difference is...

The difference is that nobody can't do anything in there unless Microsoft let them do it.

It's like if you have access to the console in a PC game but none of the commands work.... Sure you can see "dev stuff" but you can't actually do anything with it.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Well, the kind of folks that would fall for a ruse like that may not be watching this thread so I wanted to be clear.

I want to know your organization's rationale for leaving such a dangerous developer menu so easily accessible in retail consoles.

 

[Gaz_RB]

The difference is that nobody can't do anything in there unless Microsoft let them do it.

It's like if you have access to the console in a PC game but none of the commands work.... Sure you can see "dev stuff" but you can't actually do anything with it.

Except put your console into an infinite reboot loop

 

[onQ123]

Why did Microsoft leave a debug mode in the retail OS, anyways? At least make the button combination a little harder to figure out.

Because every Xbox One is a devkit.

 

[oVerde]

I.. want.. to .. try.

The dev kits could use fightsticks from X360, I won't use frezone.blablabla, I just.. *sigh*

 

[Gaz_RB]

I want to know your organization's rationale for leaving such a dangerous developer menu so easily accessible in retail consoles.

Natural selection

 

[MaverickHunterAsh]

I don't plan to ever own an Xbox One, but this is awful. Tweeting and posting it to my Facebook feed with a warning now. No one should be victimized by this, even if it is caused in part by the victims' own ignorance. Not everyone is tech-savvy enough to know their way around shit like this, and not everyone should have to be.

Shame on Microsoft for even making this possible for users to do on retail Xbox Ones, though. Hopefully a future firmware update will fix that.

 

[kingofthedead45]

Except put your console into an infinite reboot loop

Lol right? Yeah you can't do anything with it except you know, for making your console entirely useless, but nahhh, you can't do anything with it.

 

[kick51]

Jesus christ Xbone, I've had enough, stop delivering the lulz

 

[erawsd]

I want to know your organization's rationale for leaving such a dangerous developer menu so easily accessible in retail consoles.

The reason is because any Xbox can serve as a dev kit, which is a pretty cool feature for indies. I do agree there should be better safe guards.

 

[Iacobellis]

The difference is that nobody can't do anything in there unless Microsoft let them do it.

It's like if you have access to the console in a PC game but none of the commands work.... Sure you can see "dev stuff" but you can't actually do anything with it.

What's this thread for again?

Microsoft should have not left this portion of the OS included in retail boxes until ID@Xbox is ready to go.

 

[New002]

Just checked the OP. This is going to get messy

I hope MS addresses this ASAP.

 

[Rulp]

Glorious.

 

[Megasoum]

What's this thread for again?

Microsoft should have not left this portion of the OS included in retail boxes until ID@Xbox is ready to go.

The reason it's like that right now is because that's how all the devkits have been working since the beginning.

 

[NullPointer]

Makes me a little sad to see people actually enjoying this.

Damn it, humans.

 

[kick51]

Makes me a little sad to see people actually enjoying this.

Damn it, humans.

I'm sad for the guy who falls for it, but laughing at this mess of a console.

 

[L.O.R.D]

kotaku just posted it

http://kotaku.com/dont-fall-for-thi...m_source=Kotaku_Twitter&utm_medium=Socialflow

 

[Cabal]

Will MS help anyone who was silly enough to do this? I mean is there any steps to fix this besides sending your console off to MS?

I just wonder if this would be under warranty because of the dev menu being used. My guess is this would be treated just like tampering with the insides.

 

[KHlover]

kotaku just posted it

http://kotaku.com/dont-fall-for-thi...m_source=Kotaku_Twitter&utm_medium=Socialflow

Ahahahaha, this pic is going straight into the collection

 

[RaikuHebi]

Ahahahaha, this pic is going straight into the collection

 

[The Abominable Snowman]

I just did it and yeah, it makes your Xbox keep rebooting.. Fun.

I'll do this to someone I hate.

 

[Dlacy13g]

posted on my facebook hope someone bites

Honestly... there are no words.

 

[Cabal]

I just did it and yeah, it makes your Xbox keep rebooting.. Fun.

I'll do this to someone I hate.

Wait you did this? Were you able to get it to stop?

 

[cdwjustin]

Honestly... there are no words.

first comment was "xbox is so much better than playstation"

 

[Taco_Human]

Any sucker stories yet? If it posted on the chans, someone has bound to be dumb enough to do it and complain online.

 

[QuicheFontaine]

Aww, these pics are precious

 

[Dr. Buni]

Reminds me off this 4Chan prank I saw XD:

LOL hahaha

 

[riskVSreward]

I just did it and yeah, it makes your Xbox keep rebooting.. Fun.

I'll do this to someone I hate.

Such as...….... Yourself!?

 

[L.O.R.D]

Ahahahaha, this pic is going straight into the collection

see this also

sorry if this out of the thread

 

[TheSeks]

How would anyone know something like this? I wonder if a developer or someone at MS put this out there. Seems crazy anyone would run into that by accident.

Well, that bumper code is close to the "Clear system cache"/removing game patches on the 360 one. Not far of a stretch to know it enables dev/console mode on the 720. Then it's a matter of coding knowledge/system knowledge to know the code of "freezone" being some sort-of "sudo" command for the 720 to override prompts or something to ".reboot," obviously reboot the console in an endless loop.

I think Microsoft's intentions of having everybox be a dev kit will bite them in the ass because some people simply do not have the ability to read up on the commands and stuff they are going to do in that mode.

the "code" actually works but it will brick your console unless you have a dev id from MS to put in. they haven't started releasing them yet.

http://gamerant.com/xbox-one-dev-kit-microsoft-warning/

Ah, that explains it. But why not have the system refuse to change modes if you don't have a dev id? Give an error message saying you can't do that instead of outright bricking?

 

[TheSeks]

Whoops.

 

[Kamina]

People just like to be mean...

Just the sound of it "freezeone.reboot" sounds foreboding.

My thoughts exactly.
.reboot doesn't sound like you'd want to meddle with it.

 

[SirVilhelm]

Couldn't you just load the firmward from a flash drive and start over?

 

[Biker19]

Wow, I don't understand how screwing unsuspecting people out of money is fun ):

Yeah, all just to try to get more people to re-buy their console. Sickening.

 

[Face it Tiger..]

Wow, I don't understand how screwing unsuspecting people out of money is fun ):

Watching somebody's world burn down can be fun.


utterly venomous, but fun.

 

[CCIE]

Actually, I believe anyone gullible enough to try this deserves what they get. Sometimes, you just have to weed out the morons or society cannot thrive.

 

[Rebel Leader]

Well, some people fell for iOS7 making your iPhone waterproof. The bar is pretty low.

 

[QuicheFontaine]

Actually, I believe anyone gullible enough to try this deserves what they get. Sometimes, you just have to weed out the morons or society cannot thrive.

Wait, how is this weeding anyone out?

 

[Biker19]

No, you're making this up, no company is that STUPID.

Um, knowingly having faulty hardware with the 360 (RROD) & shipping out the console? Charging people $60 a year to access apps & TV features where they can be accessed everywhere else for free, including on Wii, Wii U, PS3, & PS4?

This is Microsoft we're talking about here.

 

[dodgykebaab]

i'm a dick and posted on twitter in all caps.

I reposted it to facebook, where I'm known by by friends for being a big computer nerd. Someone is defo going to do it!

 

[CadetMahoney]

Wow, I don't understand how screwing unsuspecting people out of money is fun ):

Well MS isn't and never was popular and some ppl see it as fair game because of the DRM and NSA spying etc. To them it's just RROD 2 but with a little help.

 

[OverHeat]

Put it on my Facebook and put a warning on the first post