Bypassing a lost Xbox360 Parental Controls pass-code

What to do if you've bought a second hand Xbox360 with an unknown Parental Controls code, or forgotten your own, and can't reset it? Luckily, the Xbox360 has no lockout for multiple retries, so a brute-force attack is a viable alternative. That's what I did to this console, using a Teensy2.0++

NOTE: If you've just forgotten your own code, there may be an easier way:
https://beta.support.xbox.com/help/xb...
But this assumes your Xbox360 is registered to your (adult) Microsoft account, under your name.
If not, you may have to do what I did here....

0:00 - Introduction
0:40 - Testing a locked-out game
1:25 - What to do?
3:41 - Demonstration of the program
7:57 - Did it work?
9:48 - Murphy's power management ruins everything
11:25 - Reset and try again
13:15 - The morning after
15:50 - Second time's the charm?
17:00 - Ideas on alternative implementations
20:49 - Conclusion


Code: https://agent24.yolasite.com/resource...

Arduino IDE: https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software
Teensyduino Arduino add-on files: https://www.pjrc.com/teensy/td_downlo...
V-USB library: https://www.obdev.at/products/vusb/in...

Original article: https://hackaday.com/2013/07/06/brute...
Original video:    • Override parental control on the xbox...  
Original website: https://www.sistemasorp.es/2013/07/05...
Original code: https://www.sistemasorp.es/blog/Keybo...