Hacking [Release] Regionhax Installer (Noob friendly)

[vickdu31]

Regionhax Installer 1.0

A very simple script to make your Wii U region free.

Informations :
You don't need this anymore if you are using REDNAND or booting your FW.img everytime you play. IOSUHAX include region free since 20-nov-2016, compile a new fw.img from now on.


Included in the tool :
- Modified wupclient.py
- A tool to find your Wii U IP adress (windows only).
- You will be able to see the what the script did, just open sys_prod.xml (the new one) and sys_prod.xml.bak (the one you had).

IMPORTANT : You need to reboot you Wii U if you used haxchi installer just before (or just after).

What do you need ? :
- Install Python 2.7 (only support 2.7 atm).
- A Wii U 5.5.1 EUR/JAP/USA
- fw.img (sysnand or rednand) on the root of your SD card and HBL and CFW Booter.
- Boot your fw.img
- Extract regionhax_installer_v1.0.zip in a folder.
- Doubleclick regionhax_installer_v1.0.py
- Follow instructions
- One program is closed, reboot your Wii U.


Notes :
Be very careful the the region you select, it has to be your CONSOLE region.
I am not responsible if you Wii U Brick. I did many test to make sure this script is safe.
DO NOT MODIFY THE SCRIPT

Reasons for possible brick :
- Your wifi connexion or your PC crash during file upload (0.1s)
- You modify my script for fun..


Credits :
NETOOBUNTU for finding this
smealum for iosuhax/wupserver

 

[proflayton123]

Wasn't this already uploaded and a thread made for it? :v

 

[vickdu31]

The other one is to install haxchi, this one will only install regionhax. I think its better to make 2 different script because you need to run this one only once.

 

[proflayton123]

The other one is to install haxchi, this one will only install regionhax. I think its better to make 2 different script because you need to run this one only once.

Aah okay got them mixed up, nice work

 

[Conn0r]

Nice, you figured it out.

 

[vickdu31]

Nice, you figured it out.

Yeah its pretty easy, but first i wanted to make sure its 100% brick safe. So i tested couple times until im sure ^^ that's why i didnt publish before.
Edit : Just realized i made mistake in the name of the .zip to download... Nothing bad

 

[Robmead23]

Nice work

 

[peteruk]

this is a great help, cheers

 

[KeyZiro]

I followed all instructions so now i can install any region game with wup installer without brick ?

 

[karloz25]

Is this permanent? or does it need to be loaded everytime you power on your console?

 

[plyscho]

Works like a charm! Thanks a lot!

I followed all instructions so now i can install any region game with wup installer without brick ?

Any game from Japan, USA, Europe, China, Korea or Taiwan. (I doubt someone has tried installing games from China, Korea or Taiwan, actually.)

Is this permanent? or does it need to be loaded everytime you power on your console?

It's permanent.

 

[KeyZiro]

Any game from Japan, USA, Europe, China, Korea or Taiwan. (I doubt someone has tried installing games from China, Korea or Taiwan, actually.)

Did you try with JAP games ?

 

[karloz25]

I am going to do this tonight. Thank you.

 

[plyscho]

Did you try with JAP games ?

I also just installed it. But it should be safe, according to this thread:
https://gbatemp.net/threads/regionhax-how-to-get-regionfree-on-wiiu.448468/

Could you recommend any Japan only games that also have english language?

 

[KeyZiro]

I also just installed it. But it should be safe, according to this thread:
https://gbatemp.net/threads/regionhax-how-to-get-regionfree-on-wiiu.448468/

Thanks !

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Could you recommend any Japan only games that also have english language?

Monster Hunter Frontier G maybe

 

[karloz25]

would this work as the fw.img?

fw.img (contains sysnand patch + wupserver by fix94)

 

[kingraa777]

just did it no brick time to install taiko for testing

 

[kingraa777]

all looked ok the installer quit i restarted the wii u installed taiko and it says i cant use software from other regions ? any idea ? using the fw image that cam with cfw booter ?

 

[skydancer93]

how do I get fw.img and CFW Booter. You're VERY vague in your steps. Not "noob friendly" at all

 

[KingMuk]

all looked ok the installer quit i restarted the wii u installed taiko and it says i cant use software from other regions ? any idea ? using the fw image that cam with cfw booter ?

I had the same issue on my second wiiu.
The problem was that I entered the wrong IP address.

Double check your wiiu's IP address.
Use the tool that's supplied to you in the OP.

Edit: make sure you also launch your CFWBOOTER via homebrew launcher too before trying to play games. I also had to do this for some of my out of region games.