Hacking Missing Icons

Doctor_U · Jun 24, 2017

godreborn said:
I'm not sure if the default icons r located in the mlc or not. they may be. formatting should correct that if that were the case though, so they may be located elsewhere. with formatting, they would've been recreated by some flash file or simply untouched. it's difficult to say really.

downgrading can't be done afaik. what happens with the 3ds is that it detects missing tiles and redownloads them. there's no downgrading involved. that's y I suggested it. I've never heard of this problem either, so I'm just guessing at this point.

last week i have formatted my wiiu and didnt appears the icons

before i created this topic i seen two similars
https://gbatemp.net/threads/help-lost-some-system-menu-icons.459469/
https://gbatemp.net/threads/disc-and-wii-icon.451387/

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Kafluke said:
@godreborn is correct. I'd backup all your save games that you care about and reformat your Wii u. Then use my guide (in my sig and in the stickies) to setup the latest hacking methods.

so i format my wiiu again?

worm28 · Jun 24, 2017

The reason your disc and wii channels are not showing is because you region changed your Wii U you need to change it back to the real region for the channels to show.

godreborn · Jun 24, 2017

strange. I modified the sys_prod.xml to make my system region free in both redNAND and sysNAND (I checked in system config tool on both NANDs). everything went well, and I didn't have this issue of missing icons. did u modify the sys_prod.xml? if so, I could take a look at it if u like.

if u want to backup your saves, I'd suggest saviine. it's very easy to use. just make sure to click okay or whatever it says on the pc or the system may appear to freeze (since it's waiting for ur command on the pc side). what may be even easier, and faster, is system config tool. it can't inject saves for some reason, but it can back them up all one-by-one without having to open the game. note, it may look like the system freezes when going to this feature. this happens if u have A LOT of games installed. it reads over the entire hdd as it doesn't use the metadata indexer which I learned is called tiles.list.

Doctor_U · Jun 24, 2017

worm28 said:
The reason your disc and wii channels are not showing is because you region changed your Wii U you need to change it back to the real region for the channels to show.

and how i do that?

godreborn said:
strange. I modified the sys_prod.xml to make my system region free in both redNAND and sysNAND (I checked in system config tool on both NANDs). everything went well, and I didn't have this issue of missing icons. did u modify the sys_prod.xml? if so, I could take a look at it if u like.

if u want to backup your saves, I'd suggest saviine. it's very easy to use. just make sure to click okay or whatever it says on the pc or the system may appear to freeze (since it's waiting for ur command on the pc side). what may be even easier, and faster, is system config tool. it can't inject saves for some reason, but it can back them up all one-by-one without having to open the game. note, it may look like the system freezes when going to this feature. this happens if u have A LOT of games installed. it reads over the entire hdd as it doesn't use the metadata indexer which I learned is called tiles.list.

if it necessary to format i wont backup any save cause i already have backup

godreborn · Jun 24, 2017

this is what the important portion of my sys_prod.xml (I backed up the original file and store it on an external hdd) looks like:

<game_region type="unsignedInt" length="4" access="700">2</game_region> change the 2 to whatever region ur in. I only remember region 1 being Japan, region 2 being USA, the rest is exponential, so the next one I believe is 4 which I don't know what location that is.

Doctor_U · Jun 24, 2017

godreborn said:
this is what the important portion of my sys_prod.xml (I backed up the original file and store it on an external hdd) looks like:

<game_region type="unsignedInt" length="4" access="700">2</game_region> change the 2 to whatever region ur in. I only remember region 1 being Japan, region 2 being USA, the rest is exponential, so the next one I believe is 4 which I don't know what location that is.

which program i need use to do this? and how can i edit????

godreborn · Jun 24, 2017

Doctor_U said:
which program i need use to do this? and how can i edit????

notepad++ will do the trick. that's what I used. I don't know which region to edit it too. I'd suggest u read up on regionhax for the wii u.

Doctor_U · Jun 24, 2017

i will try right now and then i update my progression

godreborn · Jun 24, 2017

Doctor_U said:
i will try right now and then i update my progression

I hope it works for u.

Doctor_U · Jun 24, 2017

Reporting back: DIDNT WORKED i did everything you sayed, i changed <game_region type="unsignedInt" length="4" access="700">119</game_region> to <game_region type="unsignedInt" length="4" access="700">2</game_region> but still not appearing im realy sad about my icons not appearing, somebody have a solution? thanks

AmandaRose · Jun 24, 2017

This problem occurs when you use region hax on the WiiU then go and create a new nnid the end result is the disc channels disappear for some reason. To fix this you must delete the nnid and then use region hax to change the region back to the correct region for your console then the missing icons will display again. This has been discussed several times over on the region hax thread and it is one of the reasons you will see me several times in that thread telling people not to use region hax.

godreborn · Jun 24, 2017

also, u may have the wrong region. region 2 is USA, and based on the region u have entered on temp, u don't live in the USA. I have region hax installed, and I don't plan to change that, because I don't have the need to create a new NNID. and, even if I did, I backed up my original sys_prod.xml in case something bad were to happen. I've backed up all important or modded files on my systems. I even included the original vWii theme since I'm using a theme on my system. it's always best to take precautions like this.

Doctor_U · Jun 24, 2017

godreborn said:
also, u may have the wrong region. region 2 is USA, and based on the region u have entered on temp, u don't live in the USA. I have region hax installed, and I don't plan to change that, because I don't have the need to create a new NNID. and, even if I did, I backed up my original sys_prod.xml in case something bad were to happen. I've backed up all important or modded files on my systems. I even included the original vWii theme since I'm using a theme on my system. it's always best to take precautions like this.

I bought my wiiu while i was in New York, so thats make my wiiu region 2 right?

Marko76 said:
This problem occurs when you use region hax on the WiiU then go and create a new nnid the end result is the disc channels disappear for some reason. To fix this you must delete the nnid and then use region hax to change the region back to the correct region for your console then the missing icons will display again. This has been discussed several times over on the region hax thread and it is one of the reasons you will see me several times in that thread telling people not to use region hax.

Can i use Ftpiiu everywhere to change sys_prod.xml?

Doctor_U · Jun 24, 2017

Guys what i need do ? I deleted my NNID and now im change region, look at my sys_prod and tell me what i do now and if my sys_prod is wrong!

godreborn · Jun 24, 2017

ur sys_prod.xml looks correct. I checked each number. the region is also correct if u bought it in New York. I would edit ur post by deleting that link though. the sys_prod.xml contains ur serial number which u didn't mark out.

Doctor_U · Jun 24, 2017

godreborn said:
ur sys_prod.xml looks correct. I checked each number. the region is also correct if u bought it in New York. I would edit ur post by deleting that link though. the sys_prod.xml contains ur serial number which u didn't mark out.

thank you for checking so what i make now? if is correct should appears the icons? right?

godreborn · Jun 24, 2017

u should delete the new NNID first. I think that's what's preventing it from working.

Doctor_U · Jun 24, 2017

godreborn said:
u should delete the new NNID first. I think that's what's preventing it from working.

I already deleted my NNID and didnt appears the missing icons! im starting annoying

EDIT: OMG MY ICONS ARE BACK!!!!

after all this i try make a new account and voala!

Thanks to everyone who helped me

Loko4 · Jan 18, 2018

Doctor_U said:
I already deleted my NNID and didnt appears the missing icons! im starting annoying

EDIT: OMG MY ICONS ARE BACK!!!!

after all this i try make a new account and voala!

Thanks to everyone who helped me

I bought a wiiu without this icons, with a research I belive the guy used region free hax, I would like to know if you used ftp everywhere to edit this file.

Edit: Yep you can use ftp everyhere, edit the file, and create a new account (it is not create a new nnid but a new character)

godreborn · Jan 18, 2018

yeah, if you delete the NNID, the wii and wii u disc icons will disappear. I"m not sure about other game icons. did all icons disappear?

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