Homebrew I broke my wii software plz help

[worm28]

Hi I'm back

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Omg i thought of a fix

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Put the newest wii menu version on a flash drive or an SD card

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Or putting it on a ssd

Not without priiloader or bootmii as boot2 if you dont have one or the other its done for if you do have one or the other it can be fixed.

 

[tkhn23]

I could try

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Where is the internal storage in the wii

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goodnight

 

[KleinesSinchen]

Hope I got through this thread without too many errors in my mind in the morning.

@tkhn23
Please extract the archive from here on a FAT32 formatted SD. If you have BootMii installed in boot2 it will show up. If not… well there is probably no way to repair that Wii in Software.
The only thing that gets repeated over and over again – also in this thread – is "Just get another Wii" which is, at least in my opinion, not really an intelligent answer since they are out of production and will get more expensive over time (especially if people actively try to reduce the number of working units).
Sadly it is nevertheless probably the only option for the casual user as the required steps, needed hardware and skills are a high hurdle (I surely couldn't do it).

Showing up here on GBAtemp after making such mistakes is a bit like locking the stable door after the horse has bolted. Ask for advise before such things. The only thing that remains looks unfriendly and reminds of the schoolmaster figure: . I have no intentions to come across rude. Just want to prevent you do make a similar mistake again (and maybe prevent others, who stumble on this thread, from making the same mistake).


Gaining full control (via software exploits) over a device, which was previously a closed system, gives the user full power – including software side destruction. It is not possible to intentionally cause software damage on a Wii by default. It should just work, even for completely not tech-savvy people. There is no need for a way of the end user reinstalling the software like Windows 98 on a PC, so there is no way to do it.
Once you get full system control, and therefore the power to damage things, you have to read in advance to make sure you understand what you are doing. In the case of a Wii this means protecting against software bricks with:

• Priiloader (any Wii) → Allows access to recovery options as long as the System Menu IOS is operational
  • Gets overwritten when reinstalling, upgrading or downgrading System Menu
  • Does not work when the corresponding IOS is missing/damaged
• BootMii → Creates NAND backup images, which can be restored in case of catastrophy
  • Only the oldest Wii can have BootMii in boot2. Such Wii consoles are pretty much immortal then
  • NAND image can be restored with hardware flashers (needs very good soldering skills)
  • In conjunction with Priiloader BootMii as IOS is also helpful
  • NAND restore with BootMii doesn't work on RVL-101 and RVL-201

Even when having the essential two protections it is mandatory to read before trying things out blindly. A site dedicated to preserving stuff is not responsible for curious users just installing WADs without knowing what they are doing.

You said you don't like emulators. Fine. You don't have to marry one. You should still try out unknown things on Dolphin rather than on real hardware. If you brick the NAND image on Dolphin it is two clicks for undoing… and not a bricked console.

In any case:
Good luck

 

[tkhn23]

Hope I got through this thread without too many errors in my mind in the morning.

@tkhn23
Please extract the archive from here on a FAT32 formatted SD. If you have BootMii installed in boot2 it will show up. If not… well there is probably no way to repair that Wii in Software.
The only thing that gets repeated over and over again – also in this thread – is "Just get another Wii" which is, at least in my opinion, not really an intelligent answer since they are out of production and will get more expensive over time (especially if people actively try to reduce the number of working units).
Sadly it is nevertheless probably the only option for the casual user as the required steps, needed hardware and skills are a high hurdle (I surely couldn't do it).

Showing up here on GBAtemp after making such mistakes is a bit like locking the stable door after the horse has bolted. Ask for advise before such things. The only thing that remains looks unfriendly and reminds of the schoolmaster figure: . I have no intentions to come across rude. Just want to prevent you do make a similar mistake again (and maybe prevent others, who stumble on this thread, from making the same mistake).


Gaining full control (via software exploits) over a device, which was previously a closed system, gives the user full power – including software side destruction. It is not possible to intentionally cause software damage on a Wii by default. It should just work, even for completely not tech-savvy people. There is no need for a way of the end user reinstalling the software like Windows 98 on a PC, so there is no way to do it.
Once you get full system control, and therefore the power to damage things, you have to read in advance to make sure you understand what you are doing. In the case of a Wii this means protecting against software bricks with:

• Priiloader (any Wii) → Allows access to recovery options as long as the System Menu IOS is operational
  • Gets overwritten when reinstalling, upgrading or downgrading System Menu
  • Does not work when the corresponding IOS is missing/damaged
• BootMii → Creates NAND backup images, which can be restored in case of catastrophy
  • Only the oldest Wii can have BootMii in boot2. Such Wii consoles are pretty much immortal then
  • NAND image can be restored with hardware flashers (needs very good soldering skills)
  • In conjunction with Priiloader BootMii as IOS is also helpful
  • NAND restore with BootMii doesn't work on RVL-101 and RVL-201

Even when having the essential two protections it is mandatory to read before trying things out blindly. A site dedicated to preserving stuff is not responsible for curious users just installing WADs without knowing what they are doing.

You said you don't like emulators. Fine. You don't have to marry one. You should still try out unknown things on Dolphin rather than on real hardware. If you brick the NAND image on Dolphin it is two clicks for undoing… and not a bricked console.

In any case:
Good luck

It's been months since I have broken my wii but ya bootmii is installed but my wiimote unpaired when I open bootmii

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But KleinesSinchen like I said that i installed a wii menu wad so my os won't work

 

[KleinesSinchen]

It's been months since I have broken my wii but ya bootmii is installed but my wiimote unpaired when I open bootmii

So you have access to BootMii? Nice!
The remote can never be used on BootMii. That is expected (Bluetooth is not initialized).
It can be used with a GameCube controller or by pressing the buttons on the console (power is cycling through the options, reset is choosing an option.

Try opening Homebrew Channel from BootMii. If this works it should be possible to repair quite easily.

 

[linuxares]

https://wii.guide/bootmii.html

Here are the controls.

Can you open Homebrew Channel? If so, we can get a normal system menu installed!

 

[tkhn23]

You said you don't like emulators. Fine. You don't have to marry one.

Haha funny joke I the middle of it

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https://wii.guide/bootmii.html

Here are the controls.

Can you open Homebrew Channel? If so, we can get a normal system menu installed

Well yes and no so when it boots up the green light is on and the disk drive spins up but no image or sound but my wiimote pairs and connects

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And if yall remember yesterday I said that my wiimote disconnected in bootmii

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Later to day or tomorrow I'll send video

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I was using wii mod lite to install wads

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I have no control over the wii now

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So you have access to BootMii? Nice!
The remote can never be used on BootMii. That is expected (Bluetooth is not initialized).
It can be used with a GameCube controller or by pressing the buttons on the console (power is cycling through the options, reset is choosing an option.

Try opening Homebrew Channel from BootMii. If this works it should be possible to repair quite easily.

LIKE I SAID my wii has a black screen now so how do I open the hb channel

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Yall know how I said in another forum adding b3313 to the 3ds well I played b3313 on not 64 on the wii

 

[linuxares]

Controllers won' work in Bootmii, never will. You need GC controller or just use the front panel buttons.

So if you go to HB Channel in Bootmii. What happens?

 

[a_username_that_isnt_cool]

Controllers won' work in Bootmii, never will. You need GC controller or just use the front panel buttons.

So if you go to HB Channel in Bootmii. What happens?

Black Screen. It's probably a System Menu Brick if that's happening. But since we can access BootMii, he could generate a blank NAND using something in ModMii (i did that) and get access to his wii (albeit without basically anything)

 

[KleinesSinchen]

Black Screen. It's probably a System Menu Brick if that's happening. But since we can access BootMii, he could generate a blank NAND using something in ModMii (i did that) and get access to his wii (albeit without basically anything)

Before trying drastic things like Ohneschwanzenegger (←Curse that name! *cringe*) there should be at least a backup of the current status to possibly extract save data (needed for the keys anyway).

LIKE I SAID my wii has a black screen now so how do I open the hb channel

Above you said BootMii still works (at least I understood it like that). Without BootMii@boot2 there is no way to repair that in software.

 

[tkhn23]

I just need to reflash system

 

[a_username_that_isnt_cool]

I just need to reflash system

Good luck. you're gonna need it (if you're saying flashing the NAND, not restoring)

 

[Wire_Firey]

This can be based of the IOS Used, i recommend IOS249 for installing other Regions, if you used IOS58, the System Files is 1/2 Corrupted, and you can restore it trough another Wii by trying to open a File Transfer Tool, what is your device region originally ?, i can talk more about it if i could know your Wii Region and version.

 

[wii_homebrewer]

Hold + and - while botting the wii hardware and unninstall the wad

 

[a_username_that_isnt_cool]

Hold + and - while botting the wii hardware and unninstall the wad

...What?
Anyway, BlueBomb?
Sorry, I don't know if BlueBomb needs system menu to boot (but if it doesn't, we could reinstall current system menu)

 

[KleinesSinchen]

Hold + and - while botting the wii hardware and unninstall the wad

If I remember correctly this is just helpful for corrupted messages on the message board (which gets disabled by this).
System Menu as such has to be functional for this.

...What?
Anyway, BlueBomb?
Sorry, I don't know if BlueBomb needs system menu to boot (but if it doesn't, we could reinstall current system menu)

Normally the system is supposed to sit on the Health and Safety screen for Bluebomb.
System Menu (and therefore the corresponding IOS) has to be mostly functional.
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I was unable to understand if the Wii does or does not still start BootMii. If not, it is toast for average end users → good soldering skills, NAND programmer and knowledge required. I could probably never successfully do that.

 

[a_username_that_isnt_cool]

If I remember correctly this is just helpful for corrupted messages on the message board (which gets disabled by this).
System Menu as such has to be functional for this.


Normally the system is supposed to sit on the Health and Safety screen for Bluebomb.
System Menu (and therefore the corresponding IOS) has to be mostly functional.
=======

I was unable to understand if the Wii does or does not still start BootMii. If not, it is toast for average end users → good soldering skills, NAND programmer and knowledge required. I could probably never successfully do that.

Thanks

 

[BlkQueenofTN]

--UPDATE--

Finally figured it out! thanks, everyone. Str2hax worked.
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I understand your pain, I made a similar mistake

I hacked my Wii around the time homebrew was originally released, which was YEARS ago (about 2010). Some of my roms weren't running, so I attempted to re-install Homebrew. I deleted the homebrew files (a huge mistake) but priiloader is still installed and working.

Please help, I want to re-install HBC !

What I'm dealing with:

- Wii version 4.1U (will not allow me to update to 4.3U) not that I need it...
- Priiloader version v.06, IOS v60
- Priiloader isn't letting me update to its latest version
- Bootmii says the bin file is gone
- I downloaded the supposedly latest version of Homebrew (3.9), put it in my apps folder and the channel isn't installed, nor is priiloader recognizing it.
- I have a Mac, majority of tutorials involve a PC =(
- Still have SD card with old roms and saves ==> 2GB (all i got right now)

Any and all help is appreciated!

 

[finthesecond]

--UPDATE--

Finally figured it out! thanks, everyone. Str2hax worked.
____________________________________________________________


I understand your pain, I made a similar mistake

I hacked my Wii around the time homebrew was originally released, which was YEARS ago (about 2010). Some of my roms weren't running, so I attempted to re-install Homebrew. I deleted the homebrew files (a huge mistake) but priiloader is still installed and working.

Please help, I want to re-install HBC !

What I'm dealing with:

- Wii version 4.1U (will not allow me to update to 4.3U) not that I need it...
- Priiloader version v.06, IOS v60
- Priiloader isn't letting me update to its latest version
- Bootmii says the bin file is gone
- I downloaded the supposedly latest version of Homebrew (3.9), put it in my apps folder and the channel isn't installed, nor is priiloader recognizing it.
- I have a Mac, majority of tutorials involve a PC =(
- Still have SD card with old roms and saves ==> 2GB (all i got right now)

Any and all help is appreciated!

wii.guide/priiloader and wii.guide/site-navigation because you can find various tutorials there + how to update with a homebrewed wii

 

[The Real Jdbye]

I just need to reflash system

No, you don't need to reflash the system. What you need to do is launch into HBC from BootMii and boot into a WAD manager, then install the Wii Menu version you had originally before you bricked your system.