Hacking Wii U Hacking & Homebrew Discussion

[xXDungeon_CrawlerXx]

Yes, a hacked savefile would be stored on the eMMC and launching it would exploit the system.

Like the nonpublic method to exploit the Wii U with a modified SMBU Save

 

[zecoxao]

does anyone have an idea of how nintendo catches wind of something once it's released? I know they must have a piracy control group or copyright group that hassles youtube jerks, do you think they track it down? Do they really have hands on deck that go through the exploit find something that they need to patch, then package it all up in an update that's released to millions of WiiU owners? That has to feel pretty cool being responsible for forcing a company as big of nintendo to pour so much time and effort fixing something you worked hard on, thus transiently effecting millions of people. Smealum got over on the guys behind Cubic Ninja though I suppose by kicking em off eShop. He also greatly increased their used cartridge sales, so if they had any inventory they hadn't berried in a land fill at that point they could finally cash in.

this exploit was found by them pure and simply by browsing the forums ( yes, it was already posted in one of these threads, specifically in here: https://gbatemp.net/threads/update-5-3-0.373967/page-4#post-5156261 )
if you don't blabber around too much then it doesn't get fixed

 

[BullyWiiPlaza]

this exploit was found by them pure and simply by browsing the forums ( yes, it was already posted in one of these threads, specifically in here: https://gbatemp.net/threads/update-5-3-0.373967/page-4#post-5156261 )
if you don't blabber around too much then it doesn't get fixed

It's crazy how this guy actually was right. I thought he was some fake or something but the bug really was quite obvious after all. Luckily it works till 5.3.2 and there is stuff to look forward to.

 

[gamesquest1]

It's crazy how this guy actually was right. I thought he was some fake or something but the bug really was quite obvious after all. Luckily it works till 5.3.2 and there is stuff to look forward to.

well technically he was saying 5.3.0 patched it....while it was actually patched much later, if your going to reveal something you should at least make sure that what your revealing is in fact patched

 

[BullyWiiPlaza]

well technically he was saying 5.3.0 patched it....while it was actually patched much later, if your going to reveal something you should at least make sure that what your revealing is in fact patched

Hmm yeah, so this idiot might have benefited us after all xD

 

[gamesquest1]

Hmm yeah, so this idiot might have benefitted us after all xD

yeah cant say im sad about it even if that was why/how it got patched, at least us normal folks have something to play with now and its not the end of the world the devs have more stuff that they can work with

 

[Bruno Nakayasu]

the current focus of most of our exploit developers (me, Hykem, Matt) is IOSU.

This is what i wanted to hear (in this case read).
Keep it up MN1.

I don' get it why people keep rushing the developers for a release.
i was on 5.4.0, and i updated to 5.5.0, and i am patiently wating. For me online trumps homebrew at the moment.
at the moment that i heard that a firmware update is exploitable, i'll update, the scene now has nothing that i would use anyway.
It will be release when its ready, and im not complaining, i rather wait than have a wii u as a paper weight.
Its like batman arkham knight for pc.

 

[TotalInsanity4]

does anyone have an idea of how nintendo catches wind of something once it's released? I know they must have a piracy control group or copyright group that hassles youtube jerks, do you think they track it down? Do they really have hands on deck that go through the exploit find something that they need to patch, then package it all up in an update that's released to millions of WiiU owners? That has to feel pretty cool being responsible for forcing a company as big of nintendo to pour so much time and effort fixing something you worked hard on, thus transiently effecting millions of people. Smealum got over on the guys behind Cubic Ninja though I suppose by kicking em off eShop. He also greatly increased their used cartridge sales, so if they had any inventory they hadn't berried in a land fill at that point they could finally cash in.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that if something is public enough, they'll catch wind of it via news sources. If you spend time on gaming sites outside of GBAtemp you'll realize that news about exploits is by no means isolated to us

 

[Mega-Mew]

Thats very funny, but how you do that ?

Secret...
If you need more fun:

 

[nastys]

Mii Maker has access too, and apparently the Wii U Menu does (I didn't think so, but that's what crediar told me). To everyone, USB storage access does not seem like it will be possible without IOSU access. Other USB devices probably work fine, but MCP has a lock on USB storage devices.

So you need any app with USB access? Then any app launched from a USB drive should work. From there it's possible to run the browser exploit or maybe exploit the game itself.

 

[soniczx123]

Anyone have any information of how file replacement is working for games like MK8 and Smash Wii U? @soneek hasn't reported back here in a while so information has been barren...

 

[TheZander]

Yes, a hacked savefile would be stored on the eMMC and launching it would exploit the system.

At this point there is not much else ( edit :not sure what tbis was saying this forum leaves drafts and i guess forgot to delete or finish the thought)

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that if something is public enough, they'll catch wind of it via news sources. If you spend time on gaming sites outside of GBAtemp you'll realize that news about exploits is by no means isolated to us

That's the thing the way i first heard of cubic ninja was on my google now feed. The guy did interviews and everything I had never seen anything like it before.

 

[YugamiSekai]

Good for 5.4 people though

Glad I updated to 5.4.0!

 

[Skeet1983]

Is it good to be on 5.3.2? I read it is good to be on 5.4 instead? Am confused

 

[Mr. Mysterio]

Secret...
If you need more fun:

I just figured out that hack too! I may share my version eventually, after I finish working on the items.

 

[TotalInsanity4]

I just figured out that hack too! I may share my version eventually, after I finish working on the items.

(*Cough* Future UWizard feature? *cough*)

 

[Mr. Mysterio]

(*Cough* Future UWizard feature? *cough*)

*cough*Uwizard will be a souped up TCP Gecko with pointer searches and GCT codes soon!*cough*

 

[YugamiSekai]

Is it good to be on 5.3.2? I read it is good to be on 5.4 instead? Am confused

If you're on 5.3.2 you already have access to the WebKit exploit and the Kernel Exploit. It's also good to be on 5.4 because they are currently focusing on it (I think...)

 

[TotalInsanity4]

*cough*Uwizard will be a souped up TCP Gecko with pointer searches and GCT codes soon.*cough*

*cough* Thanks that was the other thing I was going to ask about *cough*

 

[NWPlayer123]

Got my precious saves back, now I can have some fun with Super Mario Maker
http://pastebin.com/Age4bfkG