Hacking RegionHax - How to get RegionFree on WiiU

[Exavold]

Works on my RedNAND , awesome !

 

[Ne2buntu]

Works on my RedNAND , awesome !

fine to know !

have fun with your region unlocked content !

 

[lembi2001]

I take it if we want to do this for sysnand we need FIX94's fw.img first?

I MIGHT look into this at some point over the next week but I really cba to make a rednand for it. Call me lazy but meh!

 

[GodlikeStatus]

boot 0 coldhax incoming

 

[Ne2buntu]

Just FYI I tried for fun to change product_area from 2 (US) to 4 (EU) and it bricked my Rednand. I think it's because the US Firmware doesn't have european languages, only US (i can see US_French, US_English but not EU_French, etc)....

strange, JPN, KOR and TWN worked on my tests. Just was not able to launch any application after setting another game_region

To be safe, always add you game region number to the region you want test (if you want EU + US, put 6 / if you want EU + US + JAP put 7, etc).

But you should just put 119 like in my post, and ALL will be unlocked

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I take it if we want to do this for sysnand we need FIX94's fw.img first?

I MIGHT look into this at some point over the next week but I really cba to make a rednand for it. Call me lazy but meh!

If you REALLY REALLY want do this on sysnand, yep, same instructions than in the post but with the Wupserver fw.img file

If you do that, say me the result here please

 

[Exavold]

strange, JPN, KOR and TWN worked on my tests. Just was not able to launch any application after setting a another game_region

To be safe, always add you game region number to the region who would test (if you want EU + US, put 6 / if you want EU + US + JAP put 7).

But you should just put 119 like in my post, and ALL will be unlocked

JPN, KOR and TWN works for me too.

Spoiler: Proof/Image

 

[Cybernatus]

@Ne2buntu
I thought it would be my time to make my hands a bit durty. And fact is : Applying this patch on sysNAND works perfectely! No more redNAND required to launch foreign titles! Pfiou :3
Thanks once again for the tip, much appreciated.

 

[Ne2buntu]

@Ne2buntu
I thought it would be my time to make my hands a bit durty. And fact is : Applying this patch on sysNAND works perfectely! No more redNAND required to launch foreign titles! Pfiou :3
Thanks once again for the tip, much appreciated.

Many thanks for the feedback

 

[zeldaism]

Just did this on my USA console and can confirm that it's working!

 

[Ne2buntu]

Just did this on my USA console and can confirm that it's working!

Perfect

 

[zeldaism]

Perfect

Thank you for finding this out and sharing. This is awesome dude!

 

[Dr.Aardvark]

I THINK and I stress THINK this mod may make this accessible yes. I'm sure someone more knowledgable than me will correct me if I'm wrong but:

<5ghz_country_code type="string" length="4" access="710">EU</5ghz_country_code>
<5ghz_country_code_revision type="unsignedByte" length="1" access="710">24</5ghz_country_code_revision>

If I'm not mistaken these 2 lines are what control the communication to the gamepad. You just need to find out what the NTSC Values should be. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT try this until it has been confirmed though. I Don't want to feel responsible if you go ahead and brick. If I am wrong I will remove my comment from the thread and apologise.

Can anyone advise any further???

On my NTSC WiiU they are

<5ghz_country_code type="string" length="4" access="710">Q2</5ghz_country_code>
  <5ghz_country_code_revision type="unsignedByte" length="1" access="710">7</5ghz_country_code_revision>

I would advise doing tests on rednand to see if you can get a gamepad of a different region to work on it though.

 

[Ne2buntu]

On my NTSC WiiU they are

<5ghz_country_code type="string" length="4" access="710">Q2</5ghz_country_code>
  <5ghz_country_code_revision type="unsignedByte" length="1" access="710">7</5ghz_country_code_revision>

I would advise doing tests on rednand to see if you can get a gamepad of a different region to work on it though.

Maybe same logic can be appliqued here (to get the RegionFree for Gamepad too )

 

[lembi2001]

On my NTSC WiiU they are

<5ghz_country_code type="string" length="4" access="710">Q2</5ghz_country_code>
  <5ghz_country_code_revision type="unsignedByte" length="1" access="710">7</5ghz_country_code_revision>

I would advise doing tests on rednand to see if you can get a gamepad of a different region to work on it though.

Cannot stress enough that this needs testing on redNAND before you try it on sysNAND.

 

[Ne2buntu]

I dont recommand to test that btw. If by mistake you change region on your gamepad, i dunno if you will be able to go back. Investigations need to be done !

 

[lembi2001]

I dont recommand to test that btw. If by mistake you change region on your gamepad, i dunno if you will be able to go back. Investigations need to be done !

Thats why a redNAND test is recommended. If you screw up redNAND you can just copy your redNAND backup back to your SD Card after. No issues

 

[tabnk]

Nice

 

[Ape8000]

This region free patch is working fine on my sigpatched sysNAND.
Thanks.

Well except that the manuals don't work.

 

[SonicCloud]

This doesn't needs those Cafe Wii U SDK's? Right?

 

[zeldaism]

This doesn't needs those Cafe Wii U SDK's? Right?

Nope.