Tutorial Setup Custom Firmware w/ SigPatches

[icw35]

I just dumped my sysNAND and it says everything worked fine and then rebooted the WiiU. Great.

But when I try to use sdio nand extractor I keep getting this message:

Dumping \\.\PhysicalDrive3 -> D:\Downloads\slc.full.img
Source file cannot be opened \\.\PhysicalDrive3! Error 5

Any idea why this wouldn't work?

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I just dumped my sysNAND and it says everything worked fine and then rebooted the WiiU. Great.

But when I try to use sdio nand extractor I keep getting this message:

Dumping \\.\PhysicalDrive3 -> D:\Downloads\slc.full.img
Source file cannot be opened \\.\PhysicalDrive3! Error 5

Any idea why this wouldn't work?

Trying again...whilst dumping it says ...read code (which changes), write code 00000000 (never changes)....so I guess for some reason it's not writing anything to disk?

I have an 8GB WiiU, can I use any size card? (m trying with a 64GB card).

 

[CatmanFan]

I just dumped my sysNAND and it says everything worked fine and then rebooted the WiiU. Great.

But when I try to use sdio nand extractor I keep getting this message:

Dumping \\.\PhysicalDrive3 -> D:\Downloads\slc.full.img
Source file cannot be opened \\.\PhysicalDrive3! Error 5

Any idea why this wouldn't work?

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Trying again...whilst dumping it says ...read code (which changes), write code 00000000 (never changes)....so I guess for some reason it's not writing anything to disk?

I have an 8GB WiiU, can I use any size card? (m trying with a 64GB card).

About that last question you said about the "size card", yes, you can use any SD card as long as it is over or equal to 16GB, because the SD card needs twice the Wii U NAND size (16GB for 8GB Wii U, 64GB for 32GB Wii U). Oh, and make sure your SD card is FAT32; the Wii U can only accept FAT32 SD cards.

 

[Ory25]

I just dumped my sysNAND and it says everything worked fine and then rebooted the WiiU. Great.

But when I try to use sdio nand extractor I keep getting this message:

Dumping \\.\PhysicalDrive3 -> D:\Downloads\slc.full.img
Source file cannot be opened \\.\PhysicalDrive3! Error 5

Any idea why this wouldn't work?

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Trying again...whilst dumping it says ...read code (which changes), write code 00000000 (never changes)....so I guess for some reason it's not writing anything to disk?

I have an 8GB WiiU, can I use any size card? (m trying with a 64GB card).

Make sure you are running sdio nand extractor as admin.

 

[icw35]

Make sure you are running sdio nand extractor as admin.

Doh! F*** me. That was it

Thank you!

 

[James Fisher]

can you install a Japanese game with this mod on a north America wiiu

 

[snails1221]

can you install a Japanese game with this mod on a north America wiiu

Yes, but you need to Repack the game to run on your console.

 

[James Fisher]

how do you do that

 

[snails1221]

how do you do that

On the first page of this thread under the extra stuff category It says how.

 

[CesarTFW]

Thanks for this buddy, you are my hero! Really hoping the homebrew scene picks up with this. Some better emulators would be awesome (VC sucks lemons, let's be honest here)!

 

[DKB]

When I press the power button after running CFW Booter, it just turns off my Wii U off normally. What is going on?

 

[iAqua]

When I press the power button after running CFW Booter, it just turns off my Wii U off normally. What is going on?

Judt tap the consoles power.

 

[DKB]

Judt tap the consoles power.

If I do it correctly does a pop up occur or something? Because I'm tapping it and it's doing nothing.

 

[haloboy]

Not sure if I did everything correctly because I dumped rednand completely(took forever), my system restarted and then when I go to boot rednand in cfw booter(after backing up the SD), my pad says IOSUHAX. There is no red tiles or messages that say welcome to rednand. Did I install rednand correctly? Or is it only booting IOSUHAX? How can I verify rednand is installed so that I can use the systemconfig tool without bricking?

 

[DocAmes1980]

Not sure if I did everything correctly because I dumped rednand completely(took forever), my system restarted and then when I go to boot rednand in cfw booter(after backing up the SD), my pad says IOSUHAX. There is no red tiles or messages that say welcome to rednand. Did I install rednand correctly? Or is it only booting IOSUHAX? How can I verify rednand is installed so that I can use the systemconfig tool without bricking?

The newest iosuhax has a splash screen instead of flashing red and saying "Welcome to redNAND!" After you boot the CFW make a folder on the Wii U called "You're in redNAND" (or whatever you want to name it). Power cycle the console and see if that folder appears on the home screen after you reboot. If it doesn't that means you were in redNAND. I'm sure you were in fact in redNAND, but it's nice to make a folder as a sanity check.

 

[haloboy]

The newest iosuhax has a splash screen instead of flashing red and saying "Welcome to redNAND!" After you boot the CFW make a folder on the Wii U called "You're in redNAND" (or whatever you want to name it). Power cycle the console and see if that folder appears on the home screen after you reboot. If it doesn't that means you were in redNAND. I'm sure you were in fact in redNAND, but it's nice to make a folder as a sanity check.

Sysconfig is installed thanks to you mah dude. Thats an excellent way to gauge if rednand is installed. Should have been included in the tutorial as a reference for verification purposes. Cant wait to play some imports.

 

[DocAmes1980]

Sysconfig is installed thanks to you mah dude. Thats an excellent way to gauge if rednand is installed. Should have been included in the tutorial as a reference for verification purposes. Cant wait to play some imports.

Awesome. The folder thing wasn't my idea but it seems to be something that most people do. I have one named "You're in sysNAND" for sysNAND as well. Although once you install SystemConfigTool it's presence or it's absence on the Wii U menu will tell you which NAND you're in.

 

[buhdiego]

Is there a way to unlink nands without formatting? I've dumped my NAND and i'm using rednand emulated nand, but when i did it, i had some games installed on sysNAND and they all came together on the NAND dump... so... i wanted to uninstall them to free up space on redNAND's internal memory to use for other games.... result: a lot of "?" on the blocks where the games were installed before...

(tried to redo the dump 3 times to test if it would happen again when i delete the games from rednand's internal memory, i think that, as the nands are linked, every game that remains on the sysNAND when you delete them on redNAND, it will create "?" on the blocks where they were installed before... i'll attach a picture)
I've also notices that the "?" only appears when i restart the wii u.

I don't want to format my sysnand 'cause I have a lot of original bought eShop games and i don't want to have all the work to reinstall them all over again after formatting... (thus my internet connection is not that good)

so.... is there a way?

 

[iAqua]

Is there a way to unlink nands without formatting? I've dumped my NAND and i'm using rednand emulated nand, but when i did it, i had some games installed on sysNAND and they all came together on the NAND dump... so... i wanted to uninstall them to free up space on redNAND's internal memory to use for other games.... result: a lot of "?" on the blocks where the games were installed before...

(tried to redo the dump 3 times to test if it would happen again when i delete the games from rednand's internal memory, i think that, as the nands are linked, every game that remains on the sysNAND when you delete them on redNAND, it will create "?" on the blocks where they were installed before... i'll attach a picture)
I've also notices that the "?" only appears when i restart the wii u.

I don't want to format my sysnand 'cause I have a lot of original bought eShop games and i don't want to have all the work to reinstall them all over again after formatting... (thus my internet connection is not that good)

so.... is there a way?

I mean, you can just toss them into a folder, if you want to get rid of them move them from usb to nand on redNAND, since nand on redNAND is the sd card.

 

[buhdiego]

I mean, you can just toss them into a folder, if you want to get rid of them move them from usb to nand on redNAND, since nand on redNAND is the sd card.

1. I'm not using USB... i just want to have different games on sysNAND and redNAND, but it seems that every game i still have on sysNAND creates "?" blocks on redNAND when i remove them.

2. that's exactly what i'm doing... I'm tossing them into a folder... but in my head, it still bothers me lol

thanks for the reply

 

[iAqua]

1. I'm not using USB... i just want to have different games on sysNAND and redNAND, but it seems that every game i still have on sysNAND creates "?" blocks on redNAND when i remove them.

2. that's exactly what i'm doing... I'm tossing them into a folder... but in my head, it still bothers me lol

thanks for the reply

Yeah, sorry, I don't have any other solutions, enjoy your folder!