Xbox One Warning for the Xbox One 4Chan Backward Compatibility Prank

[diamondback8]

Guys, keep note of this and if you know anyone with Xbox Ones, tell them this as well.

BBC reports that there's a prank going on from 4Chan that claims with the right set of sequences, you can play Xbox 360 games on the Xbox One. But as you know, despite that sounding too good to be true, it's not true.

"To be clear there is no way to make your Xbox One backwards compatible and performing steps to attempt this could make your console inoperable," wrote Larry Hryb, director of programming for Microsoft's Xbox Live network in a tweet.

The prank originated on a forum on 4Chan - a humour and discussion site known for playing tricks and pranks on the naive and gullible. A message posted to one of its forums adapted a series of button presses, menu choices and ID details required to turn an Xbox One into a device that can be used by developers who need to test games for the console.

We all know we shouldn't be following stuff like this but unfortunately,...

Some tech news sites excerpted messages posted to the original thread on 4Chan, which suggest several people have destroyed their console this way. In the UK the console costs about £429.

You don't need to ask me my thoughts: don't always believe what people say on the Internet. Unless the info comes from the actual legit source, don't take the advice. I mean, 4Chan was the source of that prank where they advertised you'd make your iPhone water-proof if you upgraded to iOS 7. And some people actually believed that, wrecking apart many iPhones. Now, some people are wrecking their new consoles with this prank. Keep your consoles safe and warn others as well.

Source: BBC

 

[MetalSwift]

I remember that iOS 7 prank. I also scratched my head at it. Nothing about that made sense and people still attempted it. At any rate, don't go ruining your Xbox Ones attempting to get BC.

 

[thedoodseven]

I remember that iOS 7 prank. I also scratched my head at it. Nothing about that made sense and people still attempted it. At any rate, don't go ruining your Xbox Ones attempting to get BC.

I know right? I heard about that when it was announced in UK and I'm like, "nobody will fall for that right?". Hours later, my local news says people actually attempted it, and they ruined their iPhones. OUCH. Seriously... Gotta be careful with pranks these days.

 

[marthyrocks]

I remember that iOS 7 prank. I also scratched my head at it. Nothing about that made sense and people still attempted it. At any rate, don't go ruining your Xbox Ones attempting to get BC.

Ah, that prank. Damn... I can't believe would really believe that. One minute of hearing that, I just laugh it off. But then when I heard some people fell for it, I just went blank. HOW CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?! Now I'm hoping nobody falls for this one.

 

[spark_777]

i'm just hoping not a lot of people fell for the prank. It's inevitable that people will fall for this prank so I really hope not many or not all will fall for this. It's cruel and bad to fool people to do this kind of thing. They spent so much money on the consoles and now they fool people to this? Shame on this!

 

[badbanana]

Yeah, I have to check with a buddy of mine at work that mentioned it to me. I told him that I didn't think that was possible but he said he was going to try it and would let me know. I wonder if he ever did.

 

[thecreed4life]

Yeah, I have to check with a buddy of mine at work that mentioned it to me. I told him that I didn't think that was possible but he said he was going to try it and would let me know. I wonder if he ever did.

Aww damn dude. You'd better call that buddy of yours and tell him to not to do it. Seriously, if he does it, who knows what's gonna happen. He's going to lose $499 worth of a console if he does it. It might not brick his console but still, it's not safe. Let us know if he actually did. This will be useful for other users here who think it's possible to do this.

 

[Derek H]

How could someone fall for this trick? this blows my mind because if you really believed this could work, why wouldnt someone doublecheck microsofts website or make sure its a official message. Ive never heard of the iphone in the water prank but again if you tried that what else would you expect to happen lol

 

[Gyrfalcon]

I know people seem astonished that someone would fall for this prank but I actually know a guy who attempted it. Yeah, didn't work out so well. Thanks for the warning though, diamondback. It's always good to know there are people out there watching your back.
On the topic of 4chan, it's generally a good rule of thumb to just assume everything that comes out of that place is a blatant lie.

 

[Gringo]

Doesn't surprise me a bit. If it's on the internet it must be true, right.

 

[Derek H]

What is microsoft doing for people with bricked consoles?

 

[andrewt]

So by using this you destroy your Xbox for good? If so, why did you post the instructions here? That makes no sense! I understand the fair warning, but there are people that seem to read a different story than what is actually written and may try it. You should remove the picture...

 

[KN1GHTMARE]

So by using this you destroy your Xbox for good? If so, why did you post the instructions here? That makes no sense! I understand the fair warning, but there are people that seem to read a different story than what is actually written and may try it. You should remove the picture...

Agreed so i ruled on the side of precaution and removed the photo.

 

[MetalSwift]

What is microsoft doing for people with bricked consoles?

That's a good question. I would think they're fixing them, but I wouldn't be surprised if they weren't. They did say NOT to do it and it's basically intentionally breaking your console by attempting something that if Microsoft wanted you to do it, it wouldn't have an instructional strip...it'd be ready to use. It isn't the same as shoddy craftsmanship making the console unusable.

As for why people would attempt this, no backwards compatibility (or a method that doesn't include rigging your Xbox One and 360) didn't sit well with some.

 

[KN1GHTMARE]

What is microsoft doing for people with bricked consoles?

My understanding from what I heard on various Podcast is that the process is reversible just not easily so.

 

[StreetShark]

Oh it might be reversible? I thought once it got into that rebooting loop that was it then.

 

[marthyrocks]

I know people seem astonished that someone would fall for this prank but I actually know a guy who attempted it. Yeah, didn't work out so well. Thanks for the warning though, diamondback. It's always good to know there are people out there watching your back.
On the topic of 4chan, it's generally a good rule of thumb to just assume everything that comes out of that place is a blatant lie.

He actually went for it? Tsk tsk. Well, I hope he doesn't do something like that again. But yeah, it's just sad. Why do some people go for this prank anyway? Well, we all got to remember that not everything in the internet is true. Some people just want to screw with you, and these kind of pranks prove it.

 

[diamondback8]

So by using this you destroy your Xbox for good? If so, why did you post the instructions here? That makes no sense! I understand the fair warning, but there are people that seem to read a different story than what is actually written and may try it. You should remove the picture...

Wait a sec... I don't remember putting a photo there. As far as I remember, I just put quotes there but never did I put a picture. Maybe KN1GHTMARE put it there or another moderator. But glad it's out, 'cuz somebody could've done the instructions despite my warning there.

Agreed so i ruled on the side of precaution and removed the photo.

I don't remember putting a photo there. All I did was submit the thread and that's it, didn't have a photo above it.

 

[WHITE 4ND N3RDY]

Any admin might want to go back to xboxone news and rumers under the thread Xbox on dev kit. I was the one to originally post this and I explained how this was done AND NOT TO DO IT. Just throwing this out there.

 

[Jedioutcast]

Yeah, considering the amount of damage you can do to your system, probably don't need to even post instructions... Just the FYI.

J