Hacking Best Way to Mod Any Wii: ModMii for Windows: Official Support Thread

Liberty · Sep 9, 2010

Have you already update ModMii for these new IOSes?
http://gbatemp.net/t252780-system-update-9-7-2010

XFlak · Sep 9, 2010

working on it, its mostly done

gf3k · Sep 9, 2010

question.
I just ran modmii 4.2.5 again this morning. 4.2virgin to 4.2modded wizard
At the end it came up with 29 invalid files.
Above you said the invalids would be safe to install.
Is this still the the case or should i use a different method to softmod this wii?

XFlak · Sep 9, 2010

can u please tell me what files were invalid?

gf3k · Sep 9, 2010

yeah give me a few and i'll run it again and grab the screen

edit

wizard

y,4.2,u,4.2,a,y,y,d,y

result 2x now

<a href="http://img227.imageshack.us/i/modmii2.png/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/7417/modmii2.png" border="0" class="linked-image" /></a>

md5log

5f03c5970ecf064bc520f4a11a0d3a34 *WAD\Mii-Channel-NUS-v6.wad
ba88843d7d5d8090c6cce2c822965299 *WAD\Photo-Channel-1.1-NUS-v3.wad
70e5368e09e25bf01bd6ca7aa5a4eec0 *WAD\Shopping-Channel-NUS-v19.wad
434356a447bc01f10ea6a3289521d127 *WAD\Opera-Internet-Channel-NUS.wad
3c6c857751770fdcf3a80facbbfe3be4 *WAD\Weather-Channel-NUS-v7.wad
c9fff95d6a4ca9f04dcd1fe3b28cc83a *WAD\NEWS-Channel-NUS-v7.wad
0c48ace121c73f1703e8790a494712bb *WAD\Wii-Speak-Channel-NUS.wad
b81f3fe9912ac711b3e6423116420bc1 *WAD\IOS9-64-v1034.wad
117829bec9bddf83292356a08be186bc *WAD\IOS12-64-v525.wad
95173b01e0b7867c418145fdff8f0b45 *WAD\IOS13-64-v1031.wad
be8660dc6a7dae37d79e8a5c7836ccc0 *WAD\IOS14-64-v1031.wad
027938ec6e15f1b8f4c89f0fb4255a7f *WAD\IOS15-64-v1031.wad
0ab4aa75fca871320988f4fa8a459062 *WAD\IOS17-64-v1031.wad
0707195ab1dc8d1c522962bee688d3ef *WAD\IOS21-64-v1038.wad
d82e16702fe3371a8c41ba851d1dec2e *WAD\IOS22-64-v1293.wad
a305788950ce1433ecde2ee2d6573bb9 *WAD\IOS28-64-v1806.wad
ed3a6214c68c37db4c24a0dcadf53ff0 *WAD\IOS31-64-v3607.wad
9c51dbb1ff67c01030a8559521233e1f *WAD\IOS33-64-v3607.wad
8778db1418f06971875e7ec7dafbdabd *WAD\IOS34-64-v3607.wad
1c20b2d72254fb3a853a4fafe4a3f201 *WAD\IOS35-64-v3607.wad
47ef27d46fc581c520f8215f39f11ecb *IOS36-64-v3351.wad
a02bc94736ab31c9f4f1f97a65c9137d *WAD\IOS36-64-v3607.wad
8f905b7002e01fbb9950265ba2931d2c *WAD\IOS37-64-v5662.wad
21c06e48bfe98012e28165c2c8261f46 *WAD\IOS38-64-v4123.wad
cdf6e98cdb8fef49ff83514c2a6d2c30 *WAD\IOS50v5121(IOS50v4889[FS-ES-NP]).wad
b2440898e60eb457cc2113c217dd8946 *WAD\IOS53-64-v5662.wad
914ce492bbee80420f30c52b1a3172af *WAD\IOS55-64-v5662.wad
1ab773dc324ccac079d9f544e4360ae9 *WAD\IOS56-64-v5661.wad
b3c387fbca8e16ef09466b903557321b *WAD\IOS57-64-v5918.wad
1c67427069e0a3781fae3be7df1e3fec *WAD\IOS58-64-v6175.wad
67563398753c9d3a1cba696316afb283 *WAD\IOS60v6401(IOS60v6174[FS-ES-NP]).wad
2146691f86fd2cc23ab085a48a9f456c *WAD\IOS11v257(IOS60v6174[FS-ES-NP]).wad
0edf328f8ea8ac566b48896ee5753d57 *WAD\IOS20v257(IOS60v6174[FS-ES-NP]).wad
3484503ec75e9ff64d26d06049a90705 *WAD\IOS30v2817(IOS60v6174[FS-ES-NP]).wad
5c8deaef0fb0d0a8d5530a9cef21f4e5 *WAD\IOS61-64-v5661.wad
8faafd4589916ab2514541ddc5cf98d3 *WAD\IOS70v6913(IOS70v6687[FS-ES-NP]).wad
d846f2c07c0a3be6fadca90dbb7356a7 *private\wii\title\aktn\content.bin
739192c45ee31b7db00eda671a775ffa *apps\mmm\boot.dol
8dcada755a608c70ed171ced7f9ef2f3 *apps\HackMii_Installer\boot.elf
e0f60917bb275814c6d42c12adb7c870 *apps\IOS236\boot.dol
ffc88e71d10e92660f5b4a02088156b7 *WAD\usbloader(s)-(emulators)-IDCL.wad
30ea349eeb532229a73529b40ca60be5 *apps\Priiloader\boot.dol
adeb7f5f6758ed4f866bd180b2180ed2 *hacks.ini
990272c4d04566df668df994d7b06647 *WAD\cIOS223[37-38]-v4.wad
1946fa59e0a851f54c10988b04ce3928 *WAD\cIOS222[38]-v5.wad
0b4bf426a9a682e3899b8590ca701e0f *WAD\cIOS224[57]-v5.wad
dfe18d152c3cca198d69110cba740091 *WAD\cIOS202[57]-v5.wad
405c509051f6a2a441ce92572b256822 *WAD\cIOS250[37]-v19.wad
f50ac643ce9f31a888a1b147ee0dff69 *WAD\cIOS249[57]-v19.wad
3ea68908f6fdea52de2a2a2561074660 *WAD\RVL-cmios-v4_WiiGator_GCBL_v0.2.wad

wizard guide

ModMii 4.2.5 Custom Guide
Generated on Thu 09/09/2010 - 12:57:53.73
Check for updates at tinyurl.com/ModMiiNow

This Guide was generated using the following parameters:

* Wii is currently a virgin (un-modified)
* Current firmware is 4.2U
* Desired firmware is 4.2U

* Download Photo Channel
* Download Internet Channel
* Download Weather Channel
* Download News Channel
* Download Mii Channel
* Download Shopping Channel (and IOS61)
* Download Wii Speak Channel

* Download Extra Brick Protection

This software is not for sale. If you paid for this software or a "bundle" you have been scammed.

THIS PACKAGE COMES WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, NEITHER STATED NOR IMPLIED.
NO ONE BUT YOURSELF IS TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE THIS MAY CAUSE TO YOUR NINTENDO WII CONSOLE!
USE THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK!

IMPORTANT NOTES:

*This guide does NOT require a Wifi connection on your Wii.
*An SD card formatted to FAT(32) required (Best results are with non-SDHC cards, SDHC will only work on 4.0 or above).
*If you get errors during any of the steps reformat your SD card as FAT or FAT32
*Turn off WiiConnect24 and take out all gamecube memory cards/controllers when modding the Wii (unless instructed otherwise).
*If your Wii ever freezes, hold the power button on the Wii for 5 seconds to power it off then try again.
*Don’t ever accept a new Nintendo update without first googling to see if it’s safe. The last update (to 4.3) was released in late June 2010 and is NOT safe to accept. If you accept an official Nintendo update after modding the Wii, you may lose some or all of your modifications.
*Never uninstall a system menu or IOS
*Do not install untested wads/themes without Bootmii or Priiloader installed.
*This custom guide is great start, but Wii modding is always evolving. Check for updates online, and remember, google is your friend.
*If you have questions, a more detailed guide can be found here: <a href="http://www.completesoftmodguide.tk" target="_blank">http://www.completesoftmodguide.tk</a>

1) INSTALLING THE HOMEBREW CHANNEL (HBC) AND BOOTMII

Run BannerBomb v2 by selecting the SD Card Button on the main system menu screen and choosing yes to load boot.dol/elf
Note: If it doesn't work for you, visit <a href="http://bannerbomb.qoid.us/" target="_blank">http://bannerbomb.qoid.us/</a> for more variations of either version of bannerbomb.

This runs the Hackmii Installer (and silently/automatically installs BootMii as IOS). Use the installer to install the Homebrew Channel (HBC) and Bootmii as Boot2 if possible. If you cannot install BootMii as Boot2, you also need to 'prepare an SD Card' for BootMii (as the 'BootMii' folder is required to launch BootMii as IOS or Boot2).

Note: If you get a 'no vulnerable IOS' error message, run ModMii again and this time select the 'Hackmii Solutions' option instead of 'Download Wizard' and follow the new instructions before continuing this guide.

After you exit the hackmii installer, you will be taken to the HBC.
Hit the home button. In the top right corner you will see the IOS used by the HBC.

If the HBC is using an IOS other than IOS58 or your homebrew channel is upside-down, make a note of it as it applies later in the guide (you will have to reinstall the HBC).

If it is using IOS58 and your HBC is not upside-down, you can skip the Reinstall The Homebrew Channel step when you get to it.

2) MAKING A NAND BACKUP

While inside the Homebrew Channel, load BootMii by pressing home and clicking Launch Bootmii.
Press the power button on the wii 3 times to get to the last option, then press the reset button. [You can also navigate with a Gamecube controller]

Press reset to choose the first option, then follow the directions on the screen to make your NAND backup. [Bad blocks are no problem.]

Backup the Bootmii folder, NAND.bin, and keys.bin elsewhere and erase from the sd card (or rename it). You'll need these in case of emergencies, so don't lose them.
Go back to The Homebrew Channel.

Note: if Bootmii was installed as boot2, then it will show up as soon as the Wii is turned on AS LONG AS it finds the bootmii folder (mentioned above) on the root of the SD card.

3) Installing a Patched IOS236

Start the Homebrew Channel and use it to load the IOS236 Installer.
Note: This app must be launched using HBC v1.0.7 or higher in order to work properly.

Push 1.
Choose "Load IOS from SD card",
Confirm your choice with the A button,
When prompted, push A to continue the installation.

When asked whether to perform Step 2, Press "2" to skip it.
Then push any button to exit.

4) INSTALL WADS

Load Multi-Manager Mod (MMM) via the HomeBrew Channel.
If IOS236 is not already loaded, select 'Load another IOS', then select IOS236

Note: If this step fails with error -ret 2011 or other, you may need to retry patching IOS236. If the Wii was previously softmodded, you can try using cIOS250 (or others like 202,222,223,224,236,249)

In Multi-Manager Mod's main menu, Go down to select "WAD Manager".

Install the following WADs in the WAD folder (this list of WADs is unique to how you answered the Wizard's questions).

Be careful not to install any additional wads that may have been previously saved in this folder (they may be safe, but I cannot say for sure).

Hold + for 2 seconds to select all wads in the folder. Then Press A twice to install them all.
After the installation finishes read the install report to make sure all the files installed properly.

Your unique list of wads to install are as follows:

* IOS11v257(IOS60v6174[FS-ES-NP])
* IOS20v257(IOS60v6174[FS-ES-NP])
* IOS30v2817(IOS60v6174[FS-ES-NP])
* IOS50v5121(IOS50v4889[FS-ES-NP])
* IOS60v6401(IOS60v6174[FS-ES-NP])
* IOS70v6913(IOS70v6687[FS-ES-NP])
* cIOS202[57]-v5
* cIOS223[37-38]-v4
* cIOS222[38]-v5
* cIOS224[57]-v5
* cIOS249[57]-v19
* cIOS250[37]-v19
* RVL-cmios-v4_WiiGator_GCBL_v0.2
* Mii Channel (Region Free)
* Photo 1.1 (USA/PAL/JAP)
* Shopping (USA/PAL/JAP)
* Internet (USA)
* Weather (USA)
* News (USA)
* Wii Speak (USA)
* IOS9v1034
* IOS12v525
* IOS13v1031
* IOS14v1031
* IOS15v1031
* IOS17v1031
* IOS21v1038
* IOS22v1293
* IOS28v1806
* IOS31v3607
* IOS33v3607
* IOS34v3607
* IOS35v3607
* IOS36v3607
* IOS37v5662
* IOS38v4123
* IOS53v5662
* IOS55v5662
* IOS56v5661
* IOS57v5918
* IOS58v6175
* IOS61v5661
* usbloader(s)-(emulators)-IDCL
This is a forwarder channel that will load the first file it finds from the following list:
FAT:/apps/usbloader_cfg/boot.dol
FAT:/apps_emulators/usbloader_cfg/boot.dol
FAT:/apps/usbloader/boot.dol
FAT:/apps_emulators/usbloader/boot.dol
FAT:/apps/usb-loader/boot.dol
FAT:/apps_emulators/usb-loader/boot.dol
FAT:/apps/usbloader_gx/boot.dol
FAT:/apps_emulators/usbloader_gx/boot.dol
Note: First the SD Card is checked, then your USB Hard Drive (formatted as FAT32).
You should always have at least one forwarder channel installed on your Wii,
that way, in the event of accidental update, you will be able to rehack your Wii
without relying on the Smashstack or Indiana Pwns exploits.

If any failed, make a note of which ones and retry installing them one at time.

Note: Whenever you install a new System Menu, Priiloader is uninstalled. So be sure to reinstall it afterwards (especially if you do not have bootmii as boot2)

5) REINSTALL THE HOMEBREW CHANNEL (if applicable)

Earlier you should have checked what IOS is used by the HBC. If the IOS used by your Homebrew Channel is IOS58 and your HBC is not upside-down, you can skip this step.

If the HBC is using an IOS other than IOS58 or your homebrew channel is upside-down, you should reinstall the HBC.

In MMM's main menu, select 'App Manager' and then select the HackMii_Installer.
Use the Hackmii Installer to fix/re-install the HBC. Once you've successfully reinstalled the HBC, you can move onto the next step of the guide.

If you already exited MMM, you can load the HackMii_Installer from the Homebrew Channel.

If the HBC is failing to load any apps (just blackscreens), instead launch the Hackmii Installer using the method described in the First Step

6) INSTALL PRIILOADER

Run the Priiloader installer from the HBC. On the main menu screen, hold B and press + to install Priiloader using IOS249.
Priiloader may ask for confirmation, say Yes (the installation should go smoothly despite the warning).

Priiloader may give the following two 'yellow' errors. These are expected and are not an issue.
loader.ini couldn't delete error -106
password.txt couldn't delete error -106

Note: If you get repeated errors, first launch MMM via the HBC, then select 'Load another IOS' and Select IOS236 (or any IOS you know is patched). Then use MMM's app launcher to start the Priiloader installer and just press + to install using the loaded IOS.

After successfully installing Priiloader, access it by powering off the wii,
then powering it back and holding reset while it's booting until you see the Priiloader menu.

You should install some system menu hacks now (by going to System Menu hacks option).

RECOMMENDED HACKS: Block Disc Updates, Block Online Updates, Replace Health Screen, Auto-Press A at Health Screen, Disable Deletion of some important channels, Region-Free Everything, remove no copy save file protection, and Move Disc Channel.

The priiloader menu is white by default, you can change it to black in the Priiloader settings if you prefer.

One of the special functions of Priiloader is that it can autoboot any app/file instead of the system menu. Some apps (like crazyIntro) can't be used without it.
For details on how to do so, visit <a href="http://www.completesoftmodguide.tk/system-hacks/priiloader" target="_blank">http://www.completesoftmodguide.tk/system-hacks/priiloader</a>

7) AFTER MODDING

After you are done modding your Wii, in order to avoid having your Wii freeze when accessing the SD Card Menu, you should either delete the 'aktn' folder where bannerbomb is saved (SD:\private\wii\title\aktn), or rename the entire 'private' folder.

Now at this point your practically done.
Now you should be downloading the latest homebrew applications and setting them up on
your SD Card (or FAT32 USB Hard Drive) so they can be launched via the HBC.

For playing your backups off a USB hard drive, run the USB-Loader Setup feature from ModMii's Main Menu

For downloading applications, you should:
* Check out ModMii's batch download pages as it has many popular apps available for download.
* Download Homebrew Browser via ModMii to get many popular apps, but this is an online only Wii application (http://www.completesoftmodguide.tk/how-to-use/hbb)
* For those without internet on their Wii, check out this list of Homebrew applications (wiibrew.org/wiki/List_of_all_homebrew).
Another great resource is webrewwii.blogspot.com

After getting whatever apps you want, you should get a boot.dol file and possibly a icon.png and meta.xml.
For HBC to read your SD/USB correctly, your card must be structured SD:/apps/application name/boot.dol
If you have a *.dol not named boot.dol, rename it boot.dol, otherwise it will not be recognized by the HBC.
(optional: the icon.png and meta.xml should be saved in the same place as the boot.dol)

8) SUPPORT XFLAK

IF ModMii WORKED FOR YOU, PLEASE VOTE IN FAVOUR OF THE PROGRAM HERE (tinyurl.com/ModMiiNow)

DONATIONS CAN OPTIONALLY BE MADE VIA PAYPAL TO [email protected]

CHECK OUT MY TOP CHANNELS HERE (tinyurl.com/topchannels)

CHECK OUT MY CRAZY INTRO VIDEOS HERE (tinyurl.com/crazyintro)

XFlak · Sep 9, 2010

ok... this is becoming very VERY weird...

I am experiencing the same problem as u, and I would be able to fix it except... at least 2 other people report that it is still working fine. The means that for some reason your and I are downloading different base wads than the others (i've analyzed the difference and it is a minor change, just in the ticket). The only thing I can think of to explain this is the files for one of the groups are not being redownloading and instead just being grabbed from cache memory or something.

Until I can figure out what files are being consistently downloaded via ninty's servers I can't do much to solve these problems.

Can u try running it on a different PC to see if the problem goes away?

edit: did u get this problem yesterday and again today? or did u JUST experience this problem today for the first time?

ketufe · Sep 9, 2010

in the end you did it again by typing R ???

gf3k · Sep 9, 2010

yeah i did try to redownload the files. same result.

I am running it again on a different windows 7 pc, and in a VM of XpSp3.

vm test just finished, same options same results, 50 files 21 good 29 bad

oh yeah and this problem started yesterday, the amount of invalids has increased since the problems started.

ketufe · Sep 9, 2010

I just tested it with exactly 4.2, u, 4.2 a, y, y, d, y

and surprise

you must enter both R 1 and then allowed to work if you still have things you do disabled once R

XFlak · Sep 9, 2010

@ wii community! I need your help!

please use ModMii to download cIOS222v5 (from download page 2) and please let me know if u get errors or not.

Based on the answers I get, I should be able to determine whether ALL the files on NUS servers have changed or not.

ketufe · Sep 9, 2010

i have just edit my post

for me he done

gf3k · Sep 9, 2010

no good for me, and i tried redownloading with r 5 times before i posted this.

ketufe · Sep 9, 2010

hum ??, i upload "copy_to_sd" for you

Memino · Sep 9, 2010

No go for me I'm afraid, it won't download. So weird.

XFlak · Sep 9, 2010

Okay, more testing instructions...

download THIS CUSTOM.MD5, and save it to the same folder as modmii.exe
note: when using ModMii, the destination folder must be the default "COPY_TO_SD" otherwise this custom.md5 will not work

then download cIOS222v5 (from download page 2) and see if it downloads properly, if it does not, enter "C" to compare it against the custom.md5 I linked to above.

then report back in the following manner

Download Log
cIOS222[38]-v5.wad - Valid/Invalid

Custom MD5
cIOS222[38]-v5.wad - Valid/Invalid
IOS38-64-v3867.wad - Valid/Invalid

gf3k · Sep 9, 2010

interesting, on the other systems i'm on shaw cable internet and get errors.
i have a netbook and a rogers internet stick,
so i got a fresh copy of modmii and put it on the netbook and on rogers internet.

and the result

so now i'm trying to figure out if the problem is shaw or in the computers.

edit:oops i think you were posting while i was making my post

Memino · Sep 9, 2010

Download Log
cIOS222[38]-v5.wad - Invalid

Custom MD5
cIOS222[38]-v5.wad - Valid
IOS38-64-v3867.wad - Valid

Btw Xflak I'm on a wireless connection on this laptop if that makes any difference to you.

ketufe · Sep 9, 2010

Memino said:
Download Log
cIOS222[38]-v5.wad - Invalid

Custom MD5
cIOS222[38]-v5.wad - Valid
IOS38-64-v3867.wad - Valid

i do not understand your post ??

Memino · Sep 9, 2010

Read Xflaks post, 2 posts behind mine (Post #1135).

TheGaffer · Sep 9, 2010

Download Log
cIOS222[38]-v5.wad - Valid

And thanks for a great piece of software :-)

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