Hacking NOOB PARADISE - ask away

[denclock]

Modmii gets stuck when downloading the files, not when the application is loading. I don't have an issue using it, it just keeps getting stuck. I would really like to not have to update the wii firmware if I don't have too, as 3.4u has been stable for me. I like using discs, and I haven't tried loading from usb or hdd, but it may come to that at some point.

Thanks for the reply person66.

 

[zizer]

if you have internet on wii, you can run cios installer rev20,21

 

[giantpune]

Can anyone give me a quick breakdown on wads? What exactly are they? Furthermore, what do they have to do with wiiware/vc? Thanks guys- just trying to educate myself and couldn't find any posts explaining the basics

wads are a container for a "title". a title can be a channel ( like the mii channel ), an IOS, the system menu, ect. they contain encrypted data along with certs and tickets and whatnot. everything needed to install a given title is in the wad. on you can find official wads in the update partition on a wii game. i dont think there are ANY official WiiWare/VC wads. those are used strictly for piracy. but there is nothing about a wad that is required for piracy, it is just the format somebody decided to use to wrap up the pirated games and it has stuck.

this is probably due to the fact that you can install official wads and unofficial wads all with the same tool.

also note that tools like NUS downloader are able to pack a wad from stuff downloaded from the update servers, but this still is not an official file.

 

[neswii]

im very new at this and i am just wondering what i have to do to get the system update to play black ops on my wii.
it was a 4.3u
i smash stacked to get homebrew
then i downloaded a file group and it put all the usb loaders and other files on it.
im lost from there.

Run it through Neogamma, or install the game to your USB loader

QUOTE(DJ_OPI @ Jan 3 2011, 01:49 PM) I have a small question, I'm on a 4.2E softmodded wii.

Lets say if I download a online play game ie. Black Ops, will I be able to multiplay with the other players?

They can't find out that your Wii is modded unless you cheat.

thats the problem i have usb loader gx and when i click the load disk it just pops up for a sec. and goes away. so i went to usb loader and ripped it onto the hard drive and now when i click to play it it frezes at the loading screen

 

[wannawanna]

Thank you giantpune! I was getting caught up with the wiiware being in wads and labeling everything like that and was afraid all wads were pirating (was afraid to install lol). Thanks again

 

[snaglopski]

When starting up Homebrew Channel, I get the scam warning and then the Wii freezes with the warning on the screen.
...
I think UNEEK is incredible and would really like to use it, but I am really at a dead end here. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

So you copied the ticket from a backup of your real NAND right? How long have you waited at the scam screen? (it happened to me once, I had to wait a few minutes for it to continue)

It could also be your USB drive, I've tried 4 different drives, and all had different results when trying to get the homebrew channel (and other things) to work. So try it with a different drive, or just with regular sneak on an sd card and see if the problem is still there.

Thanks for the response, I copied the ticket from my BootMii NAND backup as the guide instructed.
I have tried this on one USB hard drive and one USB flash drive using uneek, and also with sneek on two different SD cards (1GB and 2GB standard SD, not SDHC). I always get the same results, I wait for over twenty minutes and it still sits at the scam screen.

 

[RoniPunk]

I am not really new to Softmod I have done softmod for over a year and I am sure it is changed alot but i have never had this happen.

So my friend tried to softmod and I guess he messed up. So he brought it to me. He had BootMii as Boot2 that is the great thing. The bad thing is that I can not get to Homebrew Channel or load System menu.

I am not real sure on what System menu he was on, He says 4.2U.

Sometimes it will boot to Homebrew Channel but once I do one thing and I try to reboot the Channel freeze.

What can I do to fix this?

 

[XFlak]

If u have a nand backup, u could just restore it and that is the easiest solution.

If u don't have a nand backup, 1st make one in case u accidentally make things worse trying to fix it. then put the bootmini.elf from the hackmii installer on your sd card, and load it from bootmii's sd menu. Then use it to reinstall your HBC and bootmii itself (bootmii needs to be updated otherwise it wont be able to load the new HBC), then you should be able to access the HBC and fix w/e the underlying problem is (ie. reinstall 4.2U system menu)

 

[Riley]

@RoniPunk

In the hackmii package there should be a file called bootmini.elf

Put it on the root of your sd card and start with the 3rd icon.

Reinstall the homebrew channel. Make a NAND Backup.

Once you have access to HBC load up a wad manager.

Install:
IOS70 v6687.wad
System_Menu_v4.2.wad

You should now be set to mod your wii.
Use
This Application
or
This Guide

EDIT: LOL XFlak beat me too it.

 

[fattest]

My friend's 4.2U wii is being asked to update black ops (wiiflow r304 IOS224, loaded using IOS249-[57]-v20) even though priiloader 0.4 is set to block disc and online updates. something else he missed?

edit: just realized this may be better suited for Backup Loaders forum, move if necessary.

 

[XFlak]

is it asking u to update from the disc channel? Or is it asking u to update when u try connect to online multiplayer?

 

[fattest]

it wants to update while connecting to online multiplayer. my friend wasn't sure if this was safe to do so he canceled it.

 

[XFlak]

its safe, its an update for the game, not for the Wii

 

[fattest]

ok thanks

 

[RoniPunk]

If u have a nand backup, u could just restore it and that is the easiest solution.

If u don't have a nand backup, 1st make one in case u accidentally make things worse trying to fix it. then put the bootmini.elf from the hackmii installer on your sd card, and load it from bootmii's sd menu. Then use it to reinstall your HBC and bootmii itself (bootmii needs to be updated otherwise it wont be able to load the new HBC), then you should be able to access the HBC and fix w/e the underlying problem is (ie. reinstall 4.2U system menu)

Thanks, he made a NAND backup when he install Hackmii. So we have tried to recover the NAND.

We tried the bootmini.elf but we are getting just a green screen?

Anything else we could try?

 

[person66]

When starting up Homebrew Channel, I get the scam warning and then the Wii freezes with the warning on the screen.
...
I think UNEEK is incredible and would really like to use it, but I am really at a dead end here. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

So you copied the ticket from a backup of your real NAND right?

Spoiler: Snip!

How long have you waited at the scam screen? (it happened to me once, I had to wait a few minutes for it to continue)

It could also be your USB drive, I've tried 4 different drives, and all had different results when trying to get the homebrew channel (and other things) to work. So try it with a different drive, or just with regular sneak on an sd card and see if the problem is still there.

Thanks for the response, I copied the ticket from my BootMii NAND backup as the guide instructed.
I have tried this on one USB hard drive and one USB flash drive using uneek, and also with sneek on two different SD cards (1GB and 2GB standard SD, not SDHC). I always get the same results, I wait for over twenty minutes and it still sits at the scam screen.

What version of the HBC are you trying to install? If it's 1.0.8 that could be the problem, try 1.0.7 that's what I have on my SNEEK NAND right now and it works fine.

 

[SteelNitrous]

Alright guys, heres the deal. I have a Wii with a solderless D2Pro, I updated to firmware 4.2u and now it will not play any PAL back ups. How do I fix this so I can play PAL backups once again? Do I have to downgrade to 4.1u?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

 

[person66]

Alright guys, heres the deal. I have a Wii with a solderless D2Pro, I updated to firmware 4.2u and now it will not play any PAL back ups. How do I fix this so I can play PAL backups once again? Do I have to downgrade to 4.1u?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

You can downgrade, or you could just install priiloader and enable the region free hacks

 

[SteelNitrous]

Would I have to load priiloader each and every time I wanted to play a game? Or would I just have to do it once and it would work from that point on? And if its just a one time install, how do I install it, and set the region free option up?

 

[Dimesyo]

Hi. I read that it is customary to introduce yourself when entering these forums so that I don't just jump into a thread out of left field. I have a newly modded Wii running 4.3U. It is an older Wii that I bought new within a couple months of launch. I used ModMii and selected Virgin Wii to soft mod it using Lego Indiana Jones. I have CFG USB Loader installed and it is working great but I also would like to play gamecube backups. I understand that it is only possible to play gamecube backups through backup discs and not USB loading (yet?). I have been doing a lot of reading to this goal, but I am not certain exactly how to achieve this with my current setup. I would like to use Neogamma (because I understand this is the best for GC backups and ModMii) but I do not know what Modmii exactly installed during the soft mod in terms of patched IOS's and stuff. If I need to install a patched IOS which one is most compatible with Modmii? And which slot would I install it to? And would this impede any functions of the Config USB loader? and I think I would need a patched Mios to run the gamecube backups and I don't know which one to use and how or where to install that. I'm sorry for my noob questions, I have been doing my best to understand, I just need a bit more help. If I am off on anything please correct me. Also since I only have a vague idea of the steps to do this, a list of everything I would need and maybe how to do it would be really great, but I'm not trying to be greedy, any info would be immensely appreciated. Thanks!