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

Meowayne · Apr 23, 2009

They're actually checking each individual Wii?

Now, I certainly think they have the right do to this; send them a Wii you did things to they expressively forbid in terms you agreed to? They don't even need to fix these at all, but they do, even if they charge almost as much for it as it would cost you to buy a new console.

But I am surprised that they plan to check each individual console for traces of homebrew. Surely that must cost them?

thc42O · Apr 24, 2009

for that price i could buy a fuckin new one lol which considering i always mod my consoles chances are if i happened to some how brick any of them, ide just replace and wait 4 a fix to come fro m the community.

ineedhelpbad · Apr 24, 2009

Shouldn't a warranty of merchantability cover legit defects (i.e. not caused by installing homebrew or wads etc.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implied_warranty

Sebastian25 · Apr 24, 2009

Nintendo's warranty states that if you modify ur system in any way the warranty is VOID.

It only costs Nintendo 90 at most to make the Wii.. they've been relishing in positive margins since the beginning (the technology is 8 years old... and A LOT cheaper to produce now especially). It is an overpriced gamecube.

Ur better off buying a second hand wii off of someone that decided is a worthless piece of crap... look on eBay or craigslist.

ineedhelpbad · Apr 24, 2009

But a warrant of merchantability should supersede their warranty after all I never bought my wii "as is" or "with all faults" so if you can prove your wii was defective when you bought it they should have to fix or replace it at their cost. (Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer. I just watch way too much "The Peoples Court").

franky86 · Apr 24, 2009

modding a console in in any way voids your warranty. thats old news. nothing new.

once you void your warranty they can then charge you whatever they want to fix it. i am not surprised they put that price right under the cost of a new wii. people will either pay up, buy a new wii, fix it themselves, pay a third party to fix it, or abandon it. in all cases nintendo wins. they are no longer losing money repairing bricked wiis caused by 3rd party software.

it sounds like it is mainly to deter idiots from modding their wiis without knowing what they are doing, bricking them, and then sending them in to be reformatted by nintendo.

its also being used as a scare tactic to keep noobs from modding their wiis at all if they want to keep their warranty. thus forcing them to go out and actually buy games instead of pirating them, again, more money for nintendo.

i am not surprised by this at all, its what any other business would do in a similar situation.

mod your wii? it voids your warranty, even if the mod isn't the cause for device failure, your warranty is still void.

Wilson735 · Apr 24, 2009

/\ /\ Yeah, but how can you possibly prove that your Wii was defective when you bought it? You would've returned it soon after you bought it instead of waiting until now..

ineedhelpbad · Apr 24, 2009

Well if you bought ssbb and found out it wouldnt play DL discs I think you could make a case that its a preexisting defect and should be fixed under warranty. It might work if you threaten a class action lawsuit against them

Sebastian25 · Apr 24, 2009

^ are you retarded. u are aware that u violate the terms and conditions. technically the system doesnt belong to u, u are paying for the right to use it. according to a court of law, they'd laugh in ur face.

just like modding ur xbox 360 VOIDs are under warranty repairs. its not THAT hard to grasp.

thc42O · Apr 24, 2009

IF U BRICK UR WII
especially with PRELOADER AVAILABLE adn fuck b4 that star fall

YOU SHOULDNT SOFTMOD

and your an idiot. its not even hard to softmod a wii like fuck u copy a ssave game and run a game oooo ahhh we're uber haxxors. -.-

fuck even an xbox orig is harder to mod then this pos console is.

ineedhelpbad · Apr 24, 2009

no you are buying the system i.e. the hardware you are paying for the right to use the network. I never agreed to any terms and conditions and I really dont like being called retarded just because you happen to disagree with me.

gamerjr · Apr 24, 2009

ineedhelpbad said:
Well if you bought ssbb and found out it wouldnt play DL discs I think you could make a case that its a preexisting defect and should be fixed under warranty. It might work if you threaten a class action lawsuit against them

I have one of those wii's it takes 1/29 tries for my wii for it to boot, It sucks but i cant send it back due to the HBC.

Bladexdsl · Apr 24, 2009

why dont you just delete the hbc than you can send it in?

ineedhelpbad · Apr 24, 2009

gamerjr said:
I have one of those wii's it takes 1/29 tries for my wii for it to boot, It sucks but i cant send it back due to the HBC.

If you use anytitledeleter you should be able to send it back with no trace but they will probably upgrade you to 4.0 so you might want to wait until someone comes up with a solution to the 4.0 problem.

bootsector · Apr 24, 2009

Bladexdsl said:
why dont you just delete the hbc than you can send it in?

Because it's bricked and you can't delete it?

ineedhelpbad · Apr 24, 2009

bootsector said:
Bladexdsl said:

why dont you just delete the hbc than you can send it in?

Click to expand...

Because it's bricked and you can't delete it?

i thought he said it boots every 1 in 29 times but maybe i misunderstood.

antiaverage · Apr 24, 2009

Couldn't you just fry the NAND if it's bricked and you want to clear any trace?

Edit:

QUOTE said:
I still maintain that a bricked Wii — one that boots to a black screen, or won’t boot discs — can’t be examined enough to tell what was installed on it

-bushing

wolffangalchemist · Apr 24, 2009

gamerjr said:
I have one of those wii's it takes 1/29 tries for my wii for it to boot, It sucks but i cant send it back due to the HBC.

you can buy a new/refurbished/used or the like dvd drive for the wii it's only about $50.
that's not bad considering Nintendo will now charge out the ass for repairing a hacked wii and or upgrade it to 4.0 compared to that it's not that hard to open a wii up and pop in a different dvd drive.
also sounds like your bluetooth module is loose or dieing if it only boots your wii to system menu 1/29(or do you mean it only boots DL games every so often?), you can replace them also pretty cheap.

Shadowluigi323 · Apr 24, 2009

How did you brick your wii anyways Screemer? How did the brick look?

Bladexdsl · Apr 24, 2009

bootsector said:
Bladexdsl said:

why dont you just delete the hbc than you can send it in?

Click to expand...

Because it's bricked and you can't delete it?

it still boots just takes longer he said. when it does boot i'd delete the hbc than send it in.

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