xbe2bin

WARNING: FLASHING EXTRACTED FIRMWARE MAY BRICK YOUR CHIP. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

xbe2bin is a Python script intended for extracting STM32 firmware binaries from Xbox Executables (XBE). It is specifically configured for extracting XboxHD+ firmware from the XboxHD+ app but could easily be reconfigured for other applications if necessary.

Currently, it does the following:

• Pulls latest release from XboxHD+ app on GitHub (or alternatively uses a local .xbe file)
• Verifies that the .xbe file is actually an XBE
• Finds the STM32 firmware binary based on a known preamble and verifies that it matches a known pattern and length
• Checks for known strings for extra validation
• Displays version number of firmware (if not already available from GitHub release tag name)
• Displays md5sum of firmware binary
• Saves extracted firmware binary to new file

Syntax

Pull latest from GitHub release page:

python xbe2bin.py

Use local file instead:

python xbe2bin.py firmware.xbe