[acefire]

This is a warning to every one who visits the marketplace often and installs cracked apps.

In the past, all MS does is prevent you from updating your cracked apps.

Now, when it detects you have a cracked app, your game in "Xbox Live Tile"(this applies even if you did not activate XBL) will be faded out with an error message "Attention Required." You will be unable to play the game as well as uninstall it.(I have no idea why MS does not let you uninstall it) This happened to me, so I know.

There IS however, a LOOPHOLE. The trick is to pin all of your cracked apps/games to your home screen. So in case your app gets blocked by MS, you can just start it from you home screen. Note that it takes slightly longer to load, but it bypasses the block.
(No, you cannot pin to home screen after MS has detected it's cracked. You have to do it BEFORE)

If you guys don't believe me, try it for yourself. Download a cracked app, let's say NFS Undercover. Open marketplace, search NFS Undercover and press that to load detailed info about the game, screenshots, reviews etc. Press "Update" and you will get an error. Go to your XBL Games hub and see what happens.

So in short, the SAFEST way is to make sure you 1. Pin all your cracked apps to home screen. 2. NEVER press "Update All" when you have update notifications as it may check BOTH your legit and cracked apps. Update them manually.

Sources: My experience.

[stillriza]

That's very interesting. I know that you can't 'update' a cracked game or app, but didn't know you'd end up getting stuck with the app on your phone in limbo status.

[acefire]

Update: Found a much simpler way to fix it. How dumb of me lol.

1. Press the app which says "Attention Required."

2. On the next screen that pops up, press and hold the app.

3. Select "Cancel Download"

4. Problem Solved

Update: Found a much simpler way to fix it. How dumb of me lol.

1. Press the app which says "Attention Required."

2. On the next screen that pops up, press and hold the app.

3. Select "Cancel Download"

4. Problem Solved

Comes back a day or 2 later. My Marketplace app always shows a number on it for apps that need updates (only for my hacked/cracked ones)

[acefire]

Update: Found a much simpler way to fix it. How dumb of me lol.

1. Press the app which says "Attention Required."

2. On the next screen that pops up, press and hold the app.

3. Select "Cancel Download"

4. Problem Solved

Comes back a day or 2 later. My Marketplace app always shows a number on it for apps that need updates (only for my hacked/cracked ones)

All cracked apps will always show an update even though its the latest version, this is due to the patch applied so MS thinks its not up to date.

Even if your marketplace app shows updates( for me it shows 5) all the time, just be sure not to update your apps. If you do just simply cancel the download and your apps should be usable again.

I jailbroke my LG Optimus 7 last week and tried to update all Xbox games, I got an error that attention was required even when connected to WiFi. But I can still play all my Xbox games fine. Is this problem only with Mango? Because I haven't updated to it yet.

[acefire]

I jailbroke my LG Optimus 7 last week and tried to update all Xbox games, I got an error that attention was required even when connected to WiFi. But I can still play all my Xbox games fine. Is this problem only with Mango? Because I haven't updated to it yet.

I think you will only encounter this problem on Mango. But no fear, if you read the thread I have posted solutions to overcome this.

so i will get problems with my XBL account, when i update a cracked app, even the app is not a xbl game? so mybe navigon, gmaps pro etc.

[acefire]

As of now, this only affects Apps/Games located in the XBOX Live Game Hub.

Other apps are unaffected by this.

ok, thanks