Hacking Hackmii - Nintendo is charging a fine for repairing a softmoded Wii

Screemer · Apr 23, 2009

bushing has posted an articel over at hackmii which proof that ninti changed their way they handle hacked wiis.

http://hackmii.com/2009/04/warranty/#more-536

in my eyes it's ridiculous to charge a fine if they mark a wii as hacked if any other hardware/software failure out of warranty is covered by a 80€ fee.

SanGor · Apr 23, 2009

Nintendo is now charging huge amounts (210Eur) for repairing Wiis who have _any_ kind of homebrew or softmod installed.

more detailed on

http://hackmii.com/2009/04/warranty/

Blue-K · Apr 23, 2009

Lol..you and someone other posted the same thing at the same time:
http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=150886

Anyways, that took loooong until it hit GBATemp...I was wondering how long it would take....longer than I thought...I made my comment on HackMii already...

Someone has the care to develope an App that deletes everything (custom Channels/cIOS/etc...) from the Wii

?

Screemer · Apr 23, 2009

hehe -> same time post : http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=150...p;#entry1932506

Vidboy10 · Apr 23, 2009

This Sucks... i think its kinda stupid how theyre doubleing you euro's for software.

But hey, i still have preloader installed

Screemer · Apr 23, 2009

little bit hard to uninstall stuff if you are bricked

the best way to get a out of warranty repair for the regular rate is frying the mainboard.

Vidboy10 said:
This is BULLSHIT!!

your post is. buddy you should keep your crap for yourself. it's proven to be legit.

Vidboy10 · Apr 23, 2009

Your right, i sound kinda like a douche.

Edited my post.

dun4cheap · Apr 23, 2009

Another reason to buy your Wii from Costco.

The Teej · Apr 23, 2009

Threads Merged

I'll keep both your original posts, it's only fair

lakaiskateboarding · Apr 23, 2009

Making a Wii doesn't even cost half of that money.

And yes it is true what I am saying, Nintendo lowered the production costs.

wiin00b22 · Apr 23, 2009

lol dude FORMAT and give it back to Nintendo,those guys wont notice a thing

lakaiskateboarding · Apr 23, 2009

wiin00b22 said:
lol dude FORMAT and give it back to Nintendo,those guys wont notice a thing

How? It is bricked dude.

stinkoman · Apr 23, 2009

nintendo's costumer service sucks
cycle of fail:
error code entered: email them
emailed: call them
Called: input error code
FAIL.

mhadf · Apr 23, 2009

So you're going to need a mains supply and some bare cable........

lakaiskateboarding · Apr 23, 2009

One thing is for sure: it isn't gonna work against softmodding, so why do they do it? They will only get a bad name. Especially if the non-gaming folks with a Wii are against you, you're dead.

kedest · Apr 23, 2009

They totally have the right to do this, but still, it's insane to charge that much. 40 euro's more buys you a brand new wii.

FenrirWolf · Apr 23, 2009

The good news is that it looks like BootMii is almost done except for the SD card issue. Even then I'd by a new SD Card for it in a heartbeat if I had to. Far better than paying up the wazoo if I ever brick my Wii.

frogcloset · Apr 23, 2009

I believe this is what is called a deterrent.

just remember

money saved, enjoyment and enhancements > possible nintendo wallet thrash.

m00k · Apr 23, 2009

well obviously this isnt great news but i have to say, i have an original wii ( bought on release ) which i have treated very badly (e.g. no triwing screwdriver, so used a drill instead :E their are other stupid stories i could mention, but lets just say i like to hack in the traditional sense

) and i havent had any issues with my console in general. Of course not all wii's are as tough as mine but im sure there arnt a huge amount of recalls anyway.

That said, I would never rely on a warranty on any product that i own that i have meddled with (which is pretty much all of them). the home brew channel is not nintendo software, and so i'd say that when you install it, you've already relinquished any right you had for nintendo to help out. Lets face it, they could just turn around and say, "we dont fix consoles out of warranty at all". Im pretty sure there is no law which would hold them to fixing consoles that they didnt want to fix out of warranty.

what it did make me think tho, is maybe nintendo dont see any real way of stopping the usb loader or the like, in which case this sort of deterrent kind of makes sense.

Bladexdsl · Apr 23, 2009

just don't brick your wii!

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