Hacking Screwed up bad, please help! vWII cIOS screw up!

[Jeremy Pettes]

Did you name it boot.elf and put it in the SD root?

Yup! I took the .elf file you sent me and put that on the root of the sd card. There are no other files present on the sd.

 

[Jeremy Pettes]

I feel like my situation is truly a lost one... I might consider selling this wii u on Craigslist or something for cheap and buying a whole new unit...

 

[JoostinOnline]

It should detect the boot.elf file no matter what. Try another SD card.

 

[Dr.Hacknik]

The vWii Virtual NAND is somewhat like the original wii's NAND, altho the IOS architecture is a little different. So in other words installing a IOS for the Wii on vWii is very dangerous, but of course it will not brick or damage the Wii U OS (Cafe OS/Firmware). Altho resetting the Wii U will cause vWii to be completely wiped and reset. So try uninstalling all the cIOS's, and reinstalling the one's designed for vWii, not Wii!

Hope this Info helps in any way.

I feel like my situation is truly a lost one... I might consider selling this wii u on Craigslist or something for cheap and buying a whole new unit...

Bad idea, no body is going to buy a Wii U with a bad vWii Mode!

 

[Jeremy Pettes]

It should detect the boot.elf file no matter what. Try another SD card.

This sounds like hope but will it really work? Can you run me through this process, i'm afraid i may screw myself again. Can someone also confirm that this is also a possible viable solution.

 

[Jeremy Pettes]

The vWii Virtual NAND is somewhat like the original wii's NAND, altho the IOS architecture is a little different. So in other words installing a IOS for the Wii on vWii is very dangerous, but of course it will not brick or damage the Wii U OS (Cafe OS/Firmware). Altho resetting the Wii U will cause vWii to be completely wiped and reset. So try uninstalling all the cIOS's, and reinstalling the one's designed for vWii, not Wii!

Hope this Info helps in any way.


Bad idea, no body is going to buy a Wii U with a bad vWii Mode!

Well i mean i would advertise it only works with wii u games and would sell it for possibly around 100-150$.

 

[Dr.Hacknik]

Well i mean i would advertise it only works with wii u games and would sell it for possibly around 100-150$.

Seems reasonable, it's your Wii U were talking about here.

 

[JoostinOnline]

This sounds like hope but will it really work? Can you run me through this process, i'm afraid i may screw myself again. Can someone also confirm that this is also a possible viable solution.

It's not something I've ever tried before. You have a cIOS, which means you should be able to install custom channels. However, as you know from experience, a normal IOS doesn't work properly on a Wii U because of the new drivers. You can do SOME stuff with it though. What it comes down to is, can IOS249 (based on an IOS from a real Wii) run the installer properly.

If it works, this will be a whole new way to recover from a vWii semi-brick.

 

[JoostinOnline]

I have another idea. Extract this to your apps folder and load WiiMod like you did before, and load the HBF installer through App Manager.

 

[kender]

can someone PM me IOS58-64-v6432.wad please?

 

[JoostinOnline]

can someone PM me IOS58-64-v6432.wad please?

How do you plan to install it?

 

[kender]

How do you plan to install it?

SmashStack
Homebrew Launcher, not the hackmeinstaller
Using the Wad Manager

Or maybe a better way? I made a mistake to install the 6175 version, so the HBC is no longer working and can't install it with HackMeInstaller (hang on scam screen)
Others things to do after reinstalled the oringal IOS58?
THanks for reply

 

[JoostinOnline]

SmashStack
Homebrew Launcher, not the hackmeinstaller
Using the Wad Manager

Or maybe a better way? I made a mistake to install the 6175 version, so the HBC is no longer working and can't install it with HackMeInstaller (hang on scam screen)
Others things to do after reinstalled the oringal IOS58?
THanks for reply

You still shouldn't be able to install it, but check your inbox in a few minutes.

 

[kender]

You still shouldn't be able to install it, but check your inbox in a few minutes.

thank you

 

[kender]

forgot to say... My WiiU is European (PAL) version.
Does it matter?

 

[Jeremy Pettes]

It's not something I've ever tried before. You have a cIOS, which means you should be able to install custom channels. However, as you know from experience, a normal IOS doesn't work properly on a Wii U because of the new drivers. You can do SOME stuff with it though. What it comes down to is, can IOS249 (based on an IOS from a real Wii) run the installer properly.

If it works, this will be a whole new way to recover from a vWii semi-brick.

I gave this a shot but it immediatly hung up on me.

 

[JoostinOnline]

forgot to say... My WiiU is European (PAL) version.
Does it matter?

No. IOS's aren't region specific.

I gave this a shot but it immediatly hung up on me.

Do you mean you gave loading through WiiMod a shot? If so, do you mean it hung as soon as you selected the HBF?

 

[Jeremy Pettes]

No. IOS's aren't region specific.

Do you mean you gave loading through WiiMod a shot? If so, do you mean it hung as soon as you selected the HBF?

Correct! there is actually an apploader inside WiiMod that allows me to run apps. I believe the problem lies with everything trying to run IOS58 and crashing due to it not being the proper IOS.

 

[JoostinOnline]

Correct! there is actually an apploader inside WiiMod that allows me to run apps. I believe the problem lies with everything trying to run IOS58 and crashing due to it not being the proper IOS.

No, it wasn't using IOS58. I tried to load IOS249 and run from there. Unfortunately, it seems because 249 was based on a Wii IOS it didn't work.

PS: I know there is an app loader, I was the one who told you to use it.

 

[Jeremy Pettes]

No, it wasn't using IOS58. I tried to load IOS249 and run from there. Unfortunately, it seems because 249 was based on a Wii IOS it didn't work.

PS: I know there is an app loader, I was the one who told you to use it.

So i tried to launch WiiModLite from the app loader and it showed some glitchy crap on my screen and it went to the DSI error screen and said Reloading and sent me back to the wii menu.