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False. It can also be obtained through using nusdowloader with the vwii common key. (Aka a compiled nusdownloader with the vwii common key embedded) and then downloading the vwii files. (vwii files are not the same title id as wii files) (it cannot be packed into a .wad if you just do the key change. But you can decrypt it). But I can say doing this does work as that was how I restored the original system menu on my vwii.

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I'll add this also. You need to run wupclient to fix permissions to the vwii folder.
1. download https://github.com/FIX94/wuphax/blob/master/python/wupclient.py#L29
2. install python 2.7 (make sure you add to path)
3. edit the .py and replace the 29th line with your wiiu ip adress.
4. run mocha cfw
5. run the python script. Make sure you use command prompt and use "py -i wupclient.py
6.Enter "
mount_sd()
mount_slccmpt01()
def do_folder(path):
results = w.ls(path, return_data = True)
for result in results:
w.chmod(path + '/' + result['name'], 0x666)
if not result['is_file']:
do_folder(path + '/' + result['name'])

do_folder('/vol/storage_slccmpt01')
unmount_slccmpt01()
unmount_sd()"
That should fix things in regards to permissions. (I may have linked the wrong wupclient.py if you get a error saying no line exists. Look for a different github with a file called wupclient.py)
Won't that cause issues with updating the Wii U though? IIRC the data will be fakesigned, and although it will work fine, when trying to update it will error once it detects that there are fakesigned IOSes. Plus if you do that to IOS58, HBC will be upside down.
Anyway I guess it's better than a non working vWii.
 

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False. It can also be obtained through using nusdowloader with the vwii common key. (Aka a compiled nusdownloader with the vwii common key embedded) and then downloading the vwii files. (vwii files are not the same title id as wii files) (it cannot be packed into a .wad if you just do the key change. But you can decrypt it). But I can say doing this does work as that was how I restored the original system menu on my vwii.

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I'll add this also. You need to run wupclient to fix permissions to the vwii folder.
2. install python 2.7 (make sure you add to path)
3. edit the .py and replace the 29th line with your wiiu ip adress.
4. run mocha cfw
5. run the python script. Make sure you use command prompt and use "py -i wupclient.py
6.Enter "
mount_sd()
mount_slccmpt01()
def do_folder(path):
results = w.ls(path, return_data = True)
for result in results:
w.chmod(path + '/' + result['name'], 0x666)
if not result['is_file']:
do_folder(path + '/' + result['name'])

do_folder('/vol/storage_slccmpt01')
unmount_slccmpt01()
unmount_sd()"
That should fix things in regards to permissions. (
Oh really? Wow well I’ll definitely give it a try. I hope I can figure it out hahahaha by thank you so much
 
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Won't that cause issues with updating the Wii U though? IIRC the data will be fakesigned, and although it will work fine, when trying to update it will error once it detects that there are fakesigned IOSes. Plus if you do that to IOS58, HBC will be upside down.
Anyway I guess it's better than a non working vWii.
Maybe. But then again, I highly doubt the wiiu is ever going to get a new update. It's worth a shot tbh. Getting a dump of someone elses vwii (especially for the right region) can be a bit of a challenge. I didn't run into too many issues (mainly because i did get a dump of someones vwii. But it was heavily modded. Also wii shop likes to bark a error code at me when I load it. But it downloads things that ive own just fine.)
 
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Maybe. But then again, I highly doubt the wiiu is ever going to get a new update. It's worth a shot tbh. Getting a dump of someone elses vwii (especially for the right region) can be a bit of a challenge. I didn't run into too many issues (mainly because i did get a dump of someones vwii. But it was heavily modded. Also wii shop likes to bark a error code at me when I load it. But it downloads things that ive own just fine.)
Good thing IOSes are region free :P
I think someone on the forum has a copy of all the IOSes that they're willing to share. @Cyan might know ;)
 

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Doing NUSD for vWii might work, but like you said it can create issues.
The good thing is that he already has yawmm in a VC inject on wiiu, which means he has the fixing method ready, he only needs clean IOSes to reinstall.
I have done all the clean vIOS backup (like said to do in hacking guides) and other system file dumps (not said, but done by simple logic), but I don't have them online. IOSes alone are taking more than 100MB

You didn't tell which wad you installed and need to replace, only IOS, or other channels ? system menu ? miimaker, etc. ? some wads are big


Why people are skipping the safe part in guides?
Why nobody follow the "dump your IOS !!!!!! you'll be thanking me later" steps?
not talking about the full nand dump which nobody will ever restore as it requires a flasher, but the IOS are essential part of backup for this kind of situations.
 
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Doing NUSD for vWii might work, but like you said it can create issues.
The good thing is that he already has yawmm in a VC inject on wiiu, which means he has the fixing method ready, he only needs clean IOSes to reinstall.
I have done all the clean vIOS backup (like said to do in hacking guides) and other system file dumps (not said, but done by simple logic), but I don't have them online. IOSes alone are taking more than 100MB

You didn't tell which wad you installed and need to replace, only IOS, or other channels ? system menu ? miimaker, etc. ? some wads are big


Why people are skipping the safe part in guides?
Why nobody follow the "dump your IOS !!!!!! you'll be thanking me later" steps?
not talking about the full nand dump which nobody will ever restore as it requires a flasher, but the IOS are essential part of backup for this kind of situations.
To be fair, I also skipped that step. But I know what I'm doing and if I was ever to mess with system IOSes I would make sure to back them up first. But since I had no plans to, it wasn't a necessary step. For the average user who doesn't really know what they are doing and follows guides blindly, it's important to have backups. But I also think these guides need to inform users better of what they are doing so that they know why they should do it and what not to do.

@RedxZero Read Cyan's reply ;)
 
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Doing NUSD for vWii might work, but like you said it can create issues.
The good thing is that he already has yawmm in a VC inject on wiiu, which means he has the fixing method ready, he only needs clean IOSes to reinstall.
I have done all the clean vIOS backup (like said to do in hacking guides) and other system file dumps (not said, but done by simple logic), but I don't have them online. IOSes alone are taking more than 100MB

You didn't tell which wad you installed and need to replace, only IOS, or other channels ? system menu ? miimaker, etc. ? some wads are big


Why people are skipping the safe part in guides?
Why nobody follow the "dump your IOS !!!!!! you'll be thanking me later" steps?
not talking about the full nand dump which nobody will ever restore as it requires a flasher, but the IOS are essential part of backup for this kind of situations.

the wads that i had installed are
- !!!IOS60-system-compatability-test.wad
-1OS236.wad
-cIOS9-v6174-TED.wad
-cIOS11-v6174-TED.wad
-cIOS16-v257.wad
-cIOS20-v6174-TED.wad
-cIOS30-v6174-TED.wad
-cIOS36-v3094-TEND.wad
-cIOS50-v4889-TED.wad
-cIOS60-v6174-TED.wad
-cIOS70-v6174-TED.wad
-cIOS80-v6174-TED.wad
-cIOS90-v6174-TED.wad
-cIOS202[60]-v5.1R.wad
-cIOS222[38]-v4.wad
-cIOS223[37-38]-v4.wad
-cIOS224[57]-v5.1R.wad
-cIOS245[37]-d2x-v8-final.wad
-cIOS246[38]-d2x-v8-final.wad
-cIOS247[53]-d2x-v8-final.wad
-cIOS248[55]-d2x-v8-final.wad
-cIOS249[56]-d2x-v8-final.wad
-cIOS250[57]-d2x-v8-final.wad
-cIOS251[58]-d2x-v8-final.wad
 

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the wads that i had installed are
- !!!IOS60-system-compatability-test.wad
-1OS236.wad
-cIOS9-v6174-TED.wad
-cIOS11-v6174-TED.wad
-cIOS16-v257.wad
-cIOS20-v6174-TED.wad
-cIOS30-v6174-TED.wad
-cIOS36-v3094-TEND.wad
-cIOS50-v4889-TED.wad
-cIOS60-v6174-TED.wad
-cIOS70-v6174-TED.wad
-cIOS80-v6174-TED.wad
-cIOS90-v6174-TED.wad
-cIOS202[60]-v5.1R.wad
-cIOS222[38]-v4.wad
-cIOS223[37-38]-v4.wad
-cIOS224[57]-v5.1R.wad
-cIOS245[37]-d2x-v8-final.wad
-cIOS246[38]-d2x-v8-final.wad
-cIOS247[53]-d2x-v8-final.wad
-cIOS248[55]-d2x-v8-final.wad
-cIOS249[56]-d2x-v8-final.wad
-cIOS250[57]-d2x-v8-final.wad
-cIOS251[58]-d2x-v8-final.wad
https://gbatemp.net/threads/guide-softmod-any-wii.265016/
You must have followed some derivative of this guide, as that first WAD is mentioned there.
Anyway, from what I can gather, that system compatibility test WAD should have prevented you from installing the others. It installs to slot 236, after which the WAD manager is supposed to reload IOS, and if it's incompatible with your console, which it is, that would cause the WAD manager to freeze before it installs any of the others. Did that not happen to you?
I guess it would depend on the WAD manager used though, and if you followed a video tutorial or something those often don't explain the steps, they just tell you "do this, do that", which is why we see a lot of people with problems arising as a result of following video guides and why no one here would ever recommend them. Anyway the meaning of that file might have gotten lost at some point, maybe the guy who made the version you followed didn't know its purpose or didn't bother to explain it.
 
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https://gbatemp.net/threads/guide-softmod-any-wii.265016/
You must have followed some derivative of this guide, as that first WAD is mentioned there.
Anyway, from what I can gather, that system compatibility test WAD should have prevented you from installing the others. It installs to slot 236, after which the WAD manager is supposed to reload IOS, and if it's incompatible with your console, which it is, that would cause the WAD manager to freeze before it installs any of the others. Did that not happen to you?
I guess it would depend on the WAD manager used though, and if you followed a video tutorial or something those often don't explain the steps, they just tell you "do this, do that", which is why we see a lot of people with problems arising as a result of following video guides and why no one here would ever recommend them. Anyway the meaning of that file might have gotten lost at some point, maybe the guy who made the version you followed didn't know its purpose or didn't bother to explain it.
I think the guide I followed was on YouTube I think it was TechJames. I didn’t realized or didn’t think it mattered that it was Wii.
 

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The reason why I had installed those wad files was because I was having trouble with WiiFlow. And I was trying to find a way to get the games to work better.
 

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so i followed the python steps the best i could but im not exactly positive if im doing it correctly.
could someone break it down for me on everything i have to do please.
 
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I'll add this also. You need to run wupclient to fix permissions to the vwii folder.
1. download https://github.com/FIX94/wuphax/blob/master/python/wupclient.py#L29
2. install python 2.7 (make sure you add to path)
3. edit the .py and replace the 29th line with your wiiu ip adress.
4. run mocha cfw
5. run the python script. Make sure you use command prompt and use "py -i wupclient.py
6.Enter "
mount_sd()
mount_slccmpt01()
def do_folder(path):
results = w.ls(path, return_data = True)
for result in results:
w.chmod(path + '/' + result['name'], 0x666)
if not result['is_file']:
do_folder(path + '/' + result['name'])

do_folder('/vol/storage_slccmpt01')
unmount_slccmpt01()
unmount_sd()"
That should fix things in regards to permissions. (I may have linked the wrong wupclient.py if you get a error saying no line exists. Look for a different github with a file called wupclient.py)
Thank you for this guide. However, I am stuck with this error when opening wupclient.py:
Capture 12.PNG

Any solutions? Thanks
 
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Use python 3. Also don't use python.exe (I believe that causes issues. Make sure python is added to path.)
Tried using python 2.7 and added it to path. Then ran the py -I wupclient.py command. But I keep getting the same struct error.
 

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It really couldn't help me, but when you unbricked your vWii, you just said "guys i unbricked my vwii" and that was it. How did you unbrick it?
 

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and, what is your problem ?
you just said "I couldn't fix it" and that was it too, you didn't explain either.

Do not follow guide specific to other user's problem, yours could be different.
please, explain all you did, what you installed or replaced or deleted, which package content you used, and what is the current situation and we will see what we can do to help.
 
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