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Preloader DOES BRICK a console with a 3.4 firmware! Few days ago I went this way and got semi-brick, i.e. the system menu was completely unaccessible

Fortunately the preloader itself was preserved so I managed to return to 3.4 and proceed with upgrading to 4.1...
 

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the said:
Preloader DOES BRICK a console with a 3.4 firmware! Few days ago I went this way and got semi-brick, i.e. the system menu was completely unaccessible

Fortunately the preloader itself was preserved so I managed to return to 3.4 and proceed with upgrading to 4.1...
euhm
what?
if priiloader worked then everything should be fine except for maybe some minor ios issues....

what was the error you got from system menu?
 

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the said:
Preloader DOES BRICK a console with a 3.4 firmware! Few days ago I went this way and got semi-brick, i.e. the system menu was completely unaccessible

Fortunately the preloader itself was preserved so I managed to return to 3.4 and proceed with upgrading to 4.1...
lmao, u contradicted yourself in the same message!

u say preloader bricks... then u say "Fortunately the preloader itself was preserved so I managed to"... fix it!

its obvious to me, that u were using an older version of preloader, and u did not have a properly patched system menu IOS

if u were able to use preloader to solve your problem, can u really blame preloader?
 

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I am not sure what I am doing wrong. I am on Wii version 4.2U and I am trying to get my Backup Launcher to run but every time I do it just goes to a black screen and never loads.

I am on version 1.0.6 running IOS61 v21.29 if this helps anyone. Do I have an older version that needs to be updated?
 

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Jugiatsu said:
I am not sure what I am doing wrong. I am on Wii version 4.2U and I am trying to get my Backup Launcher to run but every time I do it just goes to a black screen and never loads.

I am on version 1.0.6 running IOS61 v21.29 if this helps anyone. Do I have an older version that needs to be updated?
Dude at least u installed a Cios that what u need to use backups.
I hope someone help me with my problem. When installed Priiloader 0.15 to have a safe way to install wads, now all i get is the priiloader menu at start even not pressing reset; i cant acces system menu however i can to HBC and know is not a bannerbrick cuz already uninstall the wad.
Will it be safe to install priiloader again or should install system menu again?
Is it posible to be a Mailbrick? cuz i have wiconnect on as is described in this thread http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=199396&st=0
By the way is a LU73 4.2u Wii using Cios 202,22,223 rev4 and Cios249 Rev14.
Any help will be really apreciated
 

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@Daco, I got "System files are corrupted" error message, and nothing else was possible to do.

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The same story is presented here System files are corrupted - v3.4 - GBAtemp.net

Daco said:
euhm
what?
if priiloader worked then everything should be fine except for maybe some minor ios issues....

what was the error you got from system menu?
@xflak40, you'd better read posts more carefully
I said I got semi-brick due to priiloader's incompatibility with sm34, and semi-brick means that it means!
And I don't blame priiloader, I posted confirmations (warning) for others who might follow this way having the same sm34.

xflak40 said:
QUOTE(the @ Jan 18 2010, 09:09 AM) Preloader DOES BRICK a console with a 3.4 firmware! Few days ago I went this way and got semi-brick, i.e. the system menu was completely unaccessible

Fortunately the preloader itself was preserved so I managed to return to 3.4 and proceed with upgrading to 4.1...
lmao, u contradicted yourself in the same message!

u say preloader bricks... then u say "Fortunately the preloader itself was preserved so I managed to"... fix it!

its obvious to me, that u were using an older version of preloader, and u did not have a properly patched system menu IOS

if u were able to use preloader to solve your problem, can u really blame preloader?
 

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