Hacking Guide to Safely UPDATE your SOFTMOD!! Fixes most compatibility issues

portugeek · Apr 1, 2018

As far as I know, ModMii was never made available to Mac users. There's even an April fool's day gag going on today about a new version of ModMii available for Mac and Linux.

You should be fine on System Menu 4.0. All you'd need to update is cIOS249. cIOS250 is only needed if you have problematic Homebrew that is experiencing issues with 249.

I don't remember which SM added IOS58. I know that a lot of current Homebrew runs off of that. If it was SM 4.1 that added IOS58 then you might want to find a friend with a Windows laptop/PC that you can use ModMii on.

You should post a SysCheck here so we can see what might need to updated. Maybe you don't need much, and can do it without ModMii.

GreyWolf · Apr 1, 2018

He already did that on another thread but abandoned it for this thread after I told him how to upgrade and install d2x using Cyan's pack. I'm not sure why...

Original thread: https://gbatemp.net/threads/channel-forwarders-wont-load-wii-4-0-ios60.499967/

Dcep1501 · Apr 2, 2018

GreyWolf said:
He already did that on another thread but abandoned it for this thread after I told him how to upgrade and install d2x using Cyan's pack. I'm not sure why...

Original thread: https://gbatemp.net/threads/channel-forwarders-wont-load-wii-4-0-ios60.499967/

Sorry Grey Wolf, I didn’t abandon that thread. I just didn’t get a repose over the weekend. Im going use a windows laptop and run ModMii and try to update my SM that way.

segasonicfan · Apr 20, 2018

Portugeek, YOU ARE A GOD!!
6 hours of banging my head on the wall trying to revive a screwed softmod that had broken Bootmii (fixed previously) and black screen freeze on both mymenuify and mymenuifyMod. Followed your instructions to a T and everything is perfect now. Thank you!

joybroekema · Apr 28, 2018

portugeek said:
From here, ModMii will show you a list of IOS's/cIOS's you'll need to download and install to successfully update your Wii.

So I am now at the step of updating the IOS/cIOS. So how do I do this? You say I have a list, where do I find the list and what do I do with it. Is it in the WAD folder? I need help please!!

Do I need to go to Modmii and choose the option: Download page 4?

XFlak · Apr 29, 2018

Either use Modmii's syscheck updater or the main modmii wizard, and follow its auto generated guide

deim2page · Apr 30, 2018

portugeek said:
There are a lot of outdated Softmod Tutorials currently floating around the internet. These outdated tutorials can lead to unnecessary issues and headaches. It's especially frustrating after you've "successfully" completed a tutorial, thinking that everything went smoothly, only to later learn that nothing's working as it should. This thread is an attempt to properly help those gamers with outdated softmods, to get their Wii Softmod up to speed, and help minimize future headaches.

>> dude, thank's a lot for giving usefull guide to newbie like me. it really handy and also helpfull.

once again, thanks

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joybroekema said:
So I am now at the step of updating the IOS/cIOS. So how do I do this? You say I have a list, where do I find the list and what do I do with it. Is it in the WAD folder? I need help please!!

Do I need to go to Modmii and choose the option: Download page 4?

the lost of iOS/cIOS need to update (after using SysCheck), you can find it on the root of ur SD Card folder. there will be two files:
IOSsyscheck.txt and sysCheck.csv

joybroekema · May 2, 2018

You guys are the best!! @XFlak @deim2page \

It worked and I can finally play the wii again after not knowing for so long why my modded wii didn't work anymore.

Thank you so much <3333

deim2page · May 4, 2018

joybroekema said:
You guys are the best!! @XFlak @deim2page \

It worked and I can finally play the wii again after not knowing for so long why my modded wii didn't work anymore.

Thank you so much <3333

>> u r welcome.
glad I could help.
if u had problems, u know who to ask

Fantom7 · Jul 3, 2018

I did this but my usbloader don't show games and wiiflows dont load them...

AzzidReign · Sep 17, 2018

portugeek said:
ModMii - removed bc system thinks I'm spamming links (Once downloaded, install it onto your PC) **updated Jan 16, 2018**

Direct link to removed bc...system thinks I'm spamming links of ModMii.

I have been trying to download and install this for the last hour or so (minus a couple days ago when I tried). Browser blocks it from even getting through. Got a friend to send me it as a rar file, browser again detected it but since it was a rar, I was able to say "keep the file". I went to install it and it keeps telling me something is wrong with the internet connection or my firewall settings.

Unless I don't know something about my system...like a hidden firewall that I don't know about it...I've disabled all the windows defender firewall and virus protection (was previously disabled to allow malwarebytes to run without an issue) and disabled all the malwarebytes real time protection. Added the file as an exclusion for windows defender (both firewall and av protection) and malwarebytes. Which shouldn't matter since they are both disabled and popping up messages saying that I'm not protected.

I'm running win10x64.

Any suggestions? I'm pretty sure I exhausted all that I can think of. Anything extra I should do in the advanced firewall settings? I've looked at the modmii.exe in the advanced settings and there are 4 entries all saying "allow" (not "allow if secure").

Edit: I was able to download a different version here:
gbatemp[.]net/threads/trojan-downloader-with-modmii.302794/page-3#post-3800470

I was able to run this one BUT it said the same thing about not being able to connect the servers or something of that effect. Is there a URL or IP address that Modmii tries to connect to that I can put in an exclusions list?

XFlak · Sep 17, 2018

You want to make sure you are running the latest version of modmii. Try running modmii.bat instead of exe and see if that makes a difference. I never did extensive testing of ModMii on windows 10, while it should work, I've always used windows 7 (or XP).

...
Re-reading your post, have you extracted the contents of the zip file? You shouldn't run directly from the zip itself. Make sure u have the latest version here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/modmii/files/ModMii6.4.8.zip/download

AzzidReign · Sep 17, 2018

XFlak said:
You want to make sure you are running the latest version of modmii. Try running modmii.bat instead of exe and see if that makes a difference. I never did extensive testing of ModMii on windows 10, while it should work, I've always used windows 7 (or XP).

...
Re-reading your post, have you extracted the contents of the rar file? You shouldn't run directly from the rar itself. Make sure u have the latest version here: [removed bc I still can't post replies with links or else I get hit with the spam detector]

Thanks for the response and no, I didn't run the exe through the zip file. The links in all the threads were straight to a exe to install ModMii and the zip my friend gave me contained the exe to install like the one I was trying.

Now...I am at work and on my laptop right now but I was able to download that zip file without a problem and I ran it (while keeping it zipped) without a problem. My wife isn't at home to send me my syscheck file so I'm going to try running this at home from this laptop. If all goes right, I'll even try running it on my computer to see if leaving it zipped while running the exe will actually work and I'll report back.

Thanks for the quick response and support!

AzzidReign · Sep 17, 2018

XFlak said:
Re-reading your post, have you extracted the contents of the zip file? You shouldn't run directly from the zip itself. Make sure u have the latest version here:

That's the file I needed! I guess the links from the other posts are older (including the OP in this thread) and all my Google searches didn't pick up that link. But that link worked, both within the rar as well as I extracted it and ran it. No virus bs. Though...when the kids get to bed tonight I'll re-enable all my AV/firewall settings I had and re-run the program and see if anything happens.

So looking at the guide and the list of WADs, this is saying that literally everything is out of date on my Wii...?

DOWNLOAD LOG

IOS11v16174(IOS60v6174[FS-ES-NP-VP-DIP]).wad: Valid
IOS20v16174(IOS60v6174[FS-ES-NP-VP-DIP]).wad: Valid
IOS30v16174(IOS60v6174[FS-ES-NP-VP-DIP]).wad: Valid
IOS40v16174(IOS60v6174[FS-ES-NP-VP-DIP]).wad: Valid
IOS50v16174(IOS60v6174[FS-ES-NP-VP-DIP]).wad: Valid
IOS52v16174(IOS60v6174[FS-ES-NP-VP-DIP]).wad: Valid
IOS60v16174(IOS60v6174[FS-ES-NP-VP-DIP]).wad: Valid
IOS70v16174(IOS60v6174[FS-ES-NP-VP-DIP]).wad: Valid
IOS80v16174(IOS60v6174[FS-ES-NP-VP-DIP]).wad: Valid
Multi-Mod Manager (MMM) v13.4: Valid
HackMii Installer: Valid
BootMii SD Files: Valid
RVL-mios-v10.wad: Valid
IOS9-64-v1034.wad: Valid
IOS12-64-v526.wad: Valid
IOS13-64-v1032.wad: Valid
IOS14-64-v1032.wad: Valid
IOS15-64-v1032.wad: Valid
IOS17-64-v1032.wad: Valid
IOS21-64-v1039.wad: Valid
IOS22-64-v1294.wad: Valid
IOS28-64-v1807.wad: Valid
IOS31-64-v3608.wad: Valid
IOS33-64-v3608.wad: Valid
IOS34-64-v3608.wad: Valid
IOS35-64-v3608.wad: Valid
IOS36-64-v3608.wad: Valid
IOS37-64-v5663.wad: Valid
IOS38-64-v4124.wad: Valid
IOS41-64-v3607.wad: Valid
IOS43-64-v3607.wad: Valid
IOS45-64-v3607.wad: Valid
IOS46-64-v3607.wad: Valid
IOS48-64-v4124.wad: Valid
IOS53-64-v5663.wad: Valid
IOS55-64-v5663.wad: Valid
IOS56-64-v5662.wad: Valid
IOS57-64-v5919.wad: Valid
IOS58-64-v6176.wad: Valid
IOS61-64-v5662.wad: Valid
IOS62-64-v6430.wad: Valid
cIOS249[56]-d2x-v8-final.wad: Valid
cIOS250[57]-d2x-v8-final.wad: Valid
cIOS222[38]-v4.wad: Valid
cIOS223[37-38]-v4.wad: Valid
cIOS202[60]-v5.1R.wad: Valid
cIOS224[57]-v5.1R.wad: Valid

SysCheck HDE v2.4.0 HacksDen Edition by JoostinOnline Double_A R2-D2199 and Nano
...runs on IOS58 (rev 6175).

Region: NTSC-U
System Menu 4.1U (v449)
Priiloader installed
Drive date: 07.14.2008
Homebrew Channel 1.1.0 running on IOS61

Hollywood v0x21
Console ID: [removed]
Console Type: Wii
Shop Channel Country: United States (49)
Boot2 v4
Found 97 titles.
Found 35 IOS on this console. 8 of them are stubs.

IOS3 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS4 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS9 (rev 521): No Patches
IOS10 (rev 768): Stub
IOS11 (rev 256): Stub
IOS12 (rev 12): No Patches
IOS13 (rev 16): No Patches
IOS14 (rev 263): No Patches
IOS15 (rev 266): No Patches
IOS16 (rev 512): Stub
IOS17 (rev 518): No Patches
IOS20 (rev 256): Stub
IOS21 (rev 525): No Patches
IOS22 (rev 780): No Patches
IOS28 (rev 1293): No Patches
IOS30 (rev 2816): Stub
IOS31 (rev 3092): No Patches
IOS33 (rev 2834): No Patches
IOS34 (rev 3091): No Patches
IOS35 (rev 3092): No Patches
IOS36 (rev 3094): Trucha Bug ES Identify NAND Access
IOS37 (rev 3612): No Patches
IOS38 (rev 3610): No Patches
IOS50 (rev 4889): No Patches
IOS51 (rev 4864): Stub
IOS53 (rev 5149): No Patches
IOS55 (rev 5149): No Patches
IOS56 (rev 4890): No Patches
IOS58 (rev 6175): USB 2.0
IOS60 (rev 6174): Trucha Bug
IOS61 (rev 4890): No Patches
IOS236[36] (rev 65535 Info: rev 3351): Trucha Bug ES Identify NAND Access
IOS249[56] (rev 21010 Info: d2x-v10beta52): Trucha Bug NAND Access USB 2.0
IOS250[37] (rev 21010 Info: d2x-v10beta53-alt): Trucha Bug NAND Access USB 2.0
IOS254 (rev 65281): BootMii
BC v5
MIOS v9
Report generated on 09/16/2018.

I'll update you in a couple hours on my progress but I'm hoping that when I go through and install all the wads that I'll be able to load up SSBB through my hard drive instead of having the disc in the Wii and the possibility my kids ejecting it and scratching or breaking it.

Thanks for the help! Much appreciated!

AzzidReign · Sep 18, 2018

@XFlak
Thanks for your help! I successfully went through the whole ModMii guide that popped up. SSBB now works too! I'm super happy right now! After not touching my modded Wii in about 8 years or so, I was a bit scared of doing anything with it, especially since I couldn't remember what I did in the first place. ModMii made life so easy, so thank you for the wonderful program! You did an amazing job with it!

Zap2000 · Oct 19, 2018

I need help I run the skscheck through lastest modmii 6.4.8 but it coming back that hackmii installer is missing. Not sure how I should proceed any help welcome?

Cooljonas0 · Feb 6, 2019

what should i do i have a bad sd card slot and the syscheck.csv won't save to the usb

XFlak · Feb 6, 2019

Run ModMii's main wizard, anything outdated should be overwritten.

PixlJermy · May 4, 2019

Does this Brick my Wii, im pretty scared it would

Ironbass · Jun 11, 2020

Hi there,

I don't know if I should try this ModMii thing... But I have a modded Wii that I bought a few years ago... I don't think I got any of the NAND stuff to repair the problem I am having with it... And I don't know what to do with it...

The console starts may 1/2 of the time correctly. The other times, when I press on the Power button, it powers on, but the, after the initial message where you are asked to press A, the screen turns black and the machine tells me that the files are corrupted. (I believe they refer to this has a banner brick ??)

Sometimes, it does this after closing a game instead of reaching the Wii menu...

Any help, advice, guidance would be awesome !

PS: Is there a way to factory reset the thing if worse comes to worse ? I once did a Wii mod using the letterbomb method and succeeded... And that machine still works good.

THANKS IN ADVANCE !

Ironbass

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