Hacking Noob Starter Guide

[Zworba]

wrong threat delete this, thx again for the great info ^^

 

[john1010_ma]

Thanks to the above poster for bumping this thread back to existence. I feel like shafuing the mod who removed this from the stickies. I have relied on this guide whenever I need a refresher.

 

[nabster92]

Out of curiosity, what does shafuing entail?

 

[prowler]

Thanks to the above poster for bumping this thread back to existence. I feel like shafuing the mod who removed this from the stickies. I have relied on this guide whenever I need a refresher.

It was a supervisor actually, and the Wii Hacking board was a mess, only one guide is needed.

 

[ProtoKun7]

Thanks to the above poster for bumping this thread back to existence. I feel like shafuing the mod who removed this from the stickies. I have relied on this guide whenever I need a refresher.

It was a supervisor actually, and the Wii Hacking board was a mess, only one guide is needed.

Better off generally calling them staff anyway; that term covers all bases.

So, the Wii section was being refreshed, like the PSP section then?

 

[john1010_ma]

Out of curiosity, what does shafuing entail?

means "fxxxing" but in a more gamer appropriate manner. A term i heard used in cheapassgamer forums when one is highly pissed with someone like how i'm pissed with this certain mod or supervisior or staff for making the search of this thread even more difficult.

Thank you again for the great article.

 

[john1010_ma]

I have been trying to avoid doing a restoremii to restore my Nand but had to do one recently bcoz of a faulty dop-ios Syscheck (b4 lunatik gave a fix). So this question has been bugging me: After a Nand restore, does it "degrade" the Wii in anyway? Sorry to ask but bad experience with Window's Restore feature has given me the generalized feeling that a restore on a Wii won't make it like how it used to be.

 

[nabster92]

I have been trying to avoid doing a restoremii to restore my Nand but had to do one recently bcoz of a faulty dop-ios Syscheck (b4 lunatik gave a fix). So this question has been bugging me: After a Nand restore, does it "degrade" the Wii in anyway? Sorry to ask but bad experience with Window's Restore feature has given me the generalized feeling that a restore on a Wii won't make it like how it used to be.

It should write everything back to exactly how it was when you made the backup. It's possible that something may not have fully written properly, but you should be able to just try restoring it again to see if it did. It shouldn't really write anything the second time you try since I believe it checks for anything different between what's on the NAND and on the backup and just writes the differences.

 

[tj_cool]

I have been trying to avoid doing a restoremii to restore my Nand but had to do one recently bcoz of a faulty dop-ios Syscheck (b4 lunatik gave a fix). So this question has been bugging me: After a Nand restore, does it "degrade" the Wii in anyway? Sorry to ask but bad experience with Window's Restore feature has given me the generalized feeling that a restore on a Wii won't make it like how it used to be.

Running the SysCheck of DOP-IOS MOD v11.5 will fix the channels.
Can't you launch HBC with bootmii or preloader
Or launch DOP-IOS MOD with bannerbomb

 

[ASTEROTH]

LISTEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I gotta say... I am not such a noob at wii now.... thanks to you! I do desire to not brick my wii, so I figured I would write you all a note. I have done the bootmii and nand backup. Added the trucha bug. But now I wish to stop for a while to absorb the information I have already been reading for days now.... When I got my wii for christmas, I was broke and hungry.... So I almost put it in a pawn shop in the unopened box. Glad I didn't before I tryed the bowling on wii sports disc first. Then I started looking around and found this forum as a result. Then I saw what wii was. Through your efforts, I can pop bubbles in a new channel called homebrew. Hours of fun! LOL Now I just want to ask for help in brick protection before I go crazy with dop mod. I have read all instructions and have read several.... prolly not even close to all link messages in my travels.... I am just a little confused about what to do next.... I saw zxzero's tut and didn't want to go to 4.1 as I am 4.0 and scared to brick mii. My QUESTION is can you make a simler package for noobs to have all files and apps and wads in a torrent file.... numbered and listed for ease of use. Let the step by step be a rarred document...... And GOD DAMN GLAD TO FIND YA GUYS AND GALS!


ASTEROTH

 

[john1010_ma]

Do you see the above post yours that says in RED "Completesoftmodeguide" - it's one of the best out there if you are patient

 

[ASTEROTH]

HEY eeee developer..... wouldge ya make an anti brick app... something that sees an error being made. a new app pleezzeee
thankz

 

[nabster92]

Wat...

Not being stupid is the best anti brick. For anything else there's already Priiloader and boot2 bootmii.

 

[Krestent]

HEY eeee developer..... wouldge ya make an anti brick app... something that sees an error being made. a new app pleezzeee
thankz

What the? No app can run side by side with another!!!

 

[Devil May Cry]

Hey guys, I got a question about the NUSD mentioned in the Trucha Bug Restorer section. I'm up to this point (thanks for the info BTW) and I'm waiting till I can get my WEP key again. I was wondering if NUSD comes with the Trucha Bug Restorer or is it something I need to install/make a channel.


Thanks again guys. This site has helped me with NDS and PS2 modding and helped with PSP questions. Glad to add the Wii to my collection. Can't wait to add the Xbox and Xbox 360 too.

 

[nabster92]

Hey guys, I got a question about the NUSD mentioned in the Trucha Bug Restorer section. I'm up to this point (thanks for the info BTW) and I'm waiting till I can get my WEP key again. I was wondering if NUSD comes with the Trucha Bug Restorer or is it something I need to install/make a channel.


Thanks again guys. This site has helped me with NDS and PS2 modding and helped with PSP questions. Glad to add the Wii to my collection. Can't wait to add the Xbox and Xbox 360 too.

I'll say it again don't use this to actually follow when you're modding your wii. The other guide in the stickies have easier packages to do everything set up for you. Just read through this to get an understanding of everything.

Anyways, NUSD isn't a Wii application. It's a PC application you can use to download legit/official IOS/system menu wad's and such so that you can install them with wad manager or put them in whatever folder some other application would need it depending on what you're doing.

The Trucha Bug Restorer just uses some IOS wad's from the root of the SD card if you want to do an offline installation but you can also just have the TBR download the IOS's it needs automatically if you're connected to the internet.

But again, the apps posted in xzxero's guide are a bit more up to date and easier to use so just finish reading this and go use that guide.

 

[bentbob]

Yes Im a noob, a confused noob, there is so much to take in, Im not quiet sure where to being.

Lets say I went down to the store today and bought a Wii and wanted to softmod it.

1) I guess it would be 4.2? If so I would use bannerbombv2, does that sound right?

2) And lets say that I wanted to use a HD loader (they might be called a USB loader) there seems to be quiet a few
which one would I use?

3) And is that it? that would let me load Wii games from a USB Hard drive? Is there anything that Im missing?

Over the past few days Ive read several guides and the more I read the more it seems I get confused, as some are clear then some guides
will counter what the first or other guide says.

Thank you for taking the time to read this post.

 

[longtom1]

Yes Im a noob, a confused noob, there is so much to take in, Im not quiet sure where to being.

Lets say I went down to the store today and bought a Wii and wanted to softmod it.

1) I guess it would be 4.2? If so I would use bannerbombv2, does that sound right? Yes

2) And lets say that I wanted to use a HD loader (they might be called a USB loader) there seems to be quiet a few
which one would I use? It's your choice of which loader you use you can try them all and use which one you like best

3) And is that it? that would let me load Wii games from a USB Hard drive? Is there anything that Im missing? Just follow the sticky'd guide at the top of the forum and you can't go wrong. You'll have everything needed to play games from Hdd

Over the past few days Ive read several guides and the more I read the more it seems I get confused, as some are clear then some guides
will counter what the first or other guide says.

Thank you for taking the time to read this post.

 

[bentbob]

Thank you so much for the quick answer

Ive been wanting to do this since my other Wii went on the fritz, and the local guy who does the softmodding charges
a whopping $75

 

[longtom1]

any problems just post in the guides thread and someone will help you out