Bypassing first-boot DRM efforts

[Released: 2013] Moving away from its predecessor's PowerPC-based architecture, the Xbox One marks a shift back to the x86 architecture used in the original Xbox; it features an AMD Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) built around the x86-64 instruction set.

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Bypassing first-boot DRM efforts

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Hello everyone,

I have a pair of day-one and overall old Xbox one PHAT consoles that were never used. They were never booted and therefore, when turning them on now, request you to establish an internet connection, link an account, and update the console's firmware. This is a DRM problem that affects not only unused consoles, but also factory-formatted consoles, which afaik also require you to update them and link an account. This is a huge preservation and repairability problem.

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