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Gold, 1 month left though.
I think the update is tied to the serial number of your Xbox (that's what the app on your Xbox is for), but it's worth a try for sure.
AndyMoogle
Member
Have you tried removing the network cable and/or HDD?
specialguy
Banned
I am having a hell of a time getting my 360 repaired under warranty, simply because I am in this beta. The website process wont allow it and sends me to the connect site. The connect site has no obvious place for service, writing in a generic help form ends up with no reply. Finally I called MS, even the tech on the phone after 30-45 minutes hits a brick wall, tells me they'll escelate it and get back to me in a few days.
Kind of really stupid. Has anyone in a Xbox beta program had success scheduling a warranty repair and how did you do it?
It's really stupid that being in the beta, which I dont even really care about, apparantely means you simply cant have your Xbox serviced.
Another annoying thing, and they may be related, is that MS doesn't really recognize "extremely loud disc drive" as a problem. Ever since I got my new slim the disc drive is unnaturally loud when it spins, enough to be annoying when playing games, and WAY louder than my older Jasper unit I had before it. I figured it will only get worse and I'd like to take care of it now while under warranty right? Well, even apart from the beta dash issue, MS is pretty reluctant to do anything. The phone girl kept trying to tell me it's normal, the slims have loud disc drives, and all this crap, over and over, that they have to preselect a reason to do a warranty repair and loud disc drive isn't an option, etc. It was tough to even get her to try a repair order (at which point we run into the beta dash brick wall described above)
Kind of really stupid. Has anyone in a Xbox beta program had success scheduling a warranty repair and how did you do it?
It's really stupid that being in the beta, which I dont even really care about, apparantely means you simply cant have your Xbox serviced.
Another annoying thing, and they may be related, is that MS doesn't really recognize "extremely loud disc drive" as a problem. Ever since I got my new slim the disc drive is unnaturally loud when it spins, enough to be annoying when playing games, and WAY louder than my older Jasper unit I had before it. I figured it will only get worse and I'd like to take care of it now while under warranty right? Well, even apart from the beta dash issue, MS is pretty reluctant to do anything. The phone girl kept trying to tell me it's normal, the slims have loud disc drives, and all this crap, over and over, that they have to preselect a reason to do a warranty repair and loud disc drive isn't an option, etc. It was tough to even get her to try a repair order (at which point we run into the beta dash brick wall described above)
God that sounds awful, don't make me scared :/
The Beta forum is a mess, it seems like the team does nothing or answer anything.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
They read the forums. You can't honestly expect them to reply to every post?
not every post no. But some heads ups would be nice.
Let's say my problem is my HDD, what do I do? how do I get the file from my HDD ? .. How do I get all my other files back?
No, they allow up to three consoles per profile.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
You fill out the hardware support form on the Connect site.
Monkeylord
Member
I have one in the bedroom and one in the living room. I just redownloaded the app from my download history.
Worked a treat.
I'm sure that when I registered on the Connect site it asked how many xboxes I had.
Thanks, I also contacted the xbox support chat, seems like this issue is well known.
oh man, if they released PSO2 as f2p on the 360 someone would have to pry the controller out of my hands.
i havent had a problem with wifi since the latest update.
AndresON777
shooting blanks
what is this happy wars beta you speak of? is it a game?
RedAssedApe
Banned
look under the beta section. apparently its a xbla game available to beta testers.
blackdevil
Member
Happy Wars is a Free2Play game.
specialguy
Banned
Can you link it? Where is that? I dont have any link like that on my connect site.
Blue Ninja
Member
Was our typing area always in qwerty? I seem to remember it being in azerty, but now it's not, and I'm not sure. :lol
you can change it in the language options, qwerty has been an option for years, its only now just been set to default
twinturbo2
butthurt Heat fan
I'm in. Got my console registered, I hope they fix the loading times (lol).
that will probably be your hdd cluttered, format and reinstall your stuff, fixes it usually
AndyMoogle
Member
Yup. I did that yesterday and it made a huge difference.
Silly.Mikey
Banned
Why not just add a defrag option instead? I mean, it is a HDD after all and it would save a shitload of time rather than reinstalling everything.
OdysseusVA
Banned
Modded lobbies in a beta? lol
Either that or it was a weird, but fun bug.
Either that or it was a weird, but fun bug.
Cuban Legend
Member
its a glitch that I encountered as a cleric. im lvl 30 because of it.
where the arrow cannon will rebuild and destroy itself instantly over and over again in a loop , giving you thousands of XP
Damn, wish this glitch would happen to me haha.
OdysseusVA
Banned
Yeah, I believe I was a cleric as well.
Were all the other characters blinking/flashing? Seemed like everything was going uber fast.
rangersfan414
Member
I've been asking this forever! Where can i change it? I'm stuck with qwerty right now and want to change it back to abc keyboard.
CreateNowSleepLater
Member
They really need to fix this guest account issue. It affects all games, CoD, Halo and Gears.
under the language settings on the console, there should be english and english (qwerty) or something
yeah its been up for a week or so. the interface is much better now than the last craptastic update. i still havent checked into it enough to see if its back to its former glory though.
im thinking it still has some glaring flaws left over from the last fuck up. i noticed some categories seem to be completely missing so far, not sure what else sucks yet.
good that they are working on improving it though. the last update sucked a dick.
rangersfan414
Member
Somebody already told me this. I'm on normal english and i have a qwerty keyboard still and i only got the qwerty keyboard after getting the new dashboard.
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Deleted member 13876
Unconfirmed Member
Fairly sure it was azerty. Wait no, it was actually set as ABCD...for me.
Silly.Mikey
Banned
I read that 3 times and i still dont know what ur saying.
rangersfan414
Member
If you are playing on live when the update comes out. (Lets say you are in the middle of playing a public Call of Duty match). It'll just say Disconnected From Xbox Live. You're kicked out of the game, your xbox live party etc... Then when you push Connect to Xbox Live. It says update available and you have to push yes to install in order to play online. Then, it takes a good 5-6 mins to install. Then, you get back online and explain to ur friends why u magically disappeared for no reason mid sentence of you talking lol.
He's saying that being disconnected from Xbox Live (probably while in the middle of a multiplayer game) and forced to install these updates is an inconvenience.
Manp
Member
my unremovable pins are still there. still broken here
scratch that. after completely unistalling IE (both the app ant the settings files) and redownloading it those pins were loaded into IE as bookmarks and i was finally able to unpin them!
You shouldn't have signed up for this beta then.
nah, most of us know the deal but that doesn't mean we can't point out that getting disconnected can be still be irritating sometimes.
Got theupdate finally.
Explorer is pretty awesome
Dashboard much more cleaner now
Thos pin things are ok, I was hoping you could pin things on your main dashboard when you start the console or at least one or two of them but I guess MS just wants to rape me with those ads instead.
Explorer is pretty awesome
Dashboard much more cleaner now
Thos pin things are ok, I was hoping you could pin things on your main dashboard when you start the console or at least one or two of them but I guess MS just wants to rape me with those ads instead.
rangersfan414
Member
Agreed. The updates should come out at like 4am or so, not 7pm on Friday Nights.
The beta updates get pushed live to all members at the same time. So if they choose a time that suits you it would be in the middle of my gaming time here in Europe.
That's just not how it works. And it is really not a big deal. If it irritating for you don't sign up in the first place. You know this going into the beta.