# Correction 002 — `KickXboxMediaAuth()` Semantics

## Correct Interpretation

`KickXboxMediaAuth()` does not perform the Xbox authentication handshake.

It sends a custom command understood by patched firmware. The patched firmware then unlocks the Xbox partition directly, bypassing the handshake.

## Project Status

- experimental;
- patch-specific;
- deemed unnecessary in Branch A;
- not part of the canonical authentication path;
- must not be used as evidence that normal authentication succeeded.

## Merge Consequence

The semantic merge may retain the helper as an optional diagnostic or patched-firmware utility, but it must remain isolated from the normal authentication state machine and regression criteria.
