Hacking Wii U Hacking & Homebrew Discussion

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It probably doesn't affect people on 5.5 and below, but for future updates to the Wii U, you guys (meaning the Wii U scene) might want to be on the lookout: on the 3DS, Nintendo added a remote killswitch of sorts to the web browser on firmwares 9.9 and up. It phones home when you connect to a URL, asking if the browser is up to date, and refuses to let you use the browser from then on if it's not, until the entire system is updated.

If you want more details: https://gbatemp.net/threads/browserhax-is-dead-on-any-firmware.400930/page-11#post-5761864
 
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It probably doesn't affect people on 5.5 and below, but for future updates to the Wii U, you guys (meaning the Wii U scene) might want to be on the lookout: on the 3DS, Nintendo added a remote killswitch of sorts to the web browser on firmwares 9.9 and up. It phones home when you connect to a URL, asking if the browser is up to date, and refuses to let you use the browser from then on if it's not, until the entire system is updated.

If you want more details: https://gbatemp.net/threads/browserhax-is-dead-on-any-firmware.400930/page-11#post-5761864

With all of that, it would make sense to release any Wii U 5.5 hacks asap otherwise everyone's going to get screwed when they find they were updated to 5.6 even with Tubehax and router blocks.
 

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It probably doesn't affect people on 5.5 and below, but for future updates to the Wii U, you guys (meaning the Wii U scene) might want to be on the lookout: on the 3DS, Nintendo added a remote killswitch of sorts to the web browser on firmwares 9.9 and up. It phones home when you connect to a URL, asking if the browser is up to date, and refuses to let you use the browser from then on if it's not, until the entire system is updated.

If you want more details: https://gbatemp.net/threads/browserhax-is-dead-on-any-firmware.400930/page-11#post-5761864

thanks for the heads up! Time to block my WiiU and 3DS MACs in my router :blink:
 

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Thanks great post. I did not check 3DS forums of recent date.
My 3DS was saved.&WiiU future?:)

Well, I can't promise Nintendo will use that exact URL for the Wii U if and when they add this "feature" to the browser, but it's better to be safe than sorry.
 

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It probably doesn't affect people on 5.5 and below, but for future updates to the Wii U, you guys (meaning the Wii U scene) might want to be on the lookout: on the 3DS, Nintendo added a remote killswitch of sorts to the web browser on firmwares 9.9 and up. It phones home when you connect to a URL, asking if the browser is up to date, and refuses to let you use the browser from then on if it's not, until the entire system is updated.

If you want more details: https://gbatemp.net/threads/browserhax-is-dead-on-any-firmware.400930/page-11#post-5761864
Thanks for the info. We should be safe from that considering TubeHax DNS now covers
cbvc.cdn.nintendo.net (according to your linked post). Do you happen to know all of the URLs that TubeHax DNScovers?

@NWPlayer123 TexHaxU doesn't want to work at all. :(
Can you make a more detailed tutorial? The command line isn't working.
TexHaxU definitely works.
 
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@NWPlayer123 TexHaxU doesn't want to work at all. :(
Can you make a more detailed tutorial? The command line isn't working.
TaxHaxU works fine :)

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i was thinking the exact same thing, after a quick google....its a texture editing tool
release in May it's not realy new :P
 
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@NWPlayer123 I got this error:
Code:
Texture Hax Script by NWPlayer123

Usage: hax.py file.dds file.bfres minmip texpos
minmip is minimum mipmap size(IE, generate until dimensions <= NxN)
texpos is texture position in BFRES
Use: hax.py file.bfres

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "hax.py", line 100, in <module>
    ftex = [m.start() for m in re.finditer('FTEX', bfres)]
  File "c:\python\32-bit\3.4\lib\re.py", line 215, in finditer
TypeError: can't use a string pattern on a bytes-like object
Hmm... I'm using Python 3.4.3.
 
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