Hacking Wii U unusable after changing game_region

huma_dawii · Feb 24, 2020

Buy a US Gamepad from eBay, change the region back to EUR and then return the gamepad to ebay

PD. You should make it REGION FREE, that way you dont have to choose.

YOUCANTSTOPME · Feb 24, 2020

huma_dawii said:
... then return the gamepad to ebay

Don't do this, you're just screwing over someone on eBay.

huma_dawii · Feb 24, 2020

YOUCANTSTOPME said:
Don't do this, you're just screwing over someone on eBay.

Nobody loses anything... NOTHING. Maybe time... xD

MikaDubbz · Feb 24, 2020

YOUCANTSTOPME said:
Don't do this, you're just screwing over someone on eBay.

The Gamepad isn't bricked, they'd be alright to resell it on ebay. It's the Wii U itself that is bricked.

YOUCANTSTOPME · Feb 24, 2020

huma_dawii said:
Nobody loses anything... NOTHING. Maybe time... xD

MikaDubbz said:
The Gamepad isn't bricked, they'd be alright to resell it on ebay. It's the Wii U itself that is bricked.

That's not the point; imagine if you were selling a Wii U gamepad on eBay and someone bought it and then returned it to you and wasted your time and money to ship it.

Scdi · Feb 24, 2020

oji said:
Pro Controller is region free, so if you have one, you can try to change your settings back by it.

I tried using the pro controller too, but it wouldn’t still run anything on the console. Am i missing anything ?

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MikaDubbz said:
Did you install CBHC? If so, you might be able to cold boot into the Homebrew Launcher (if you installed that as a channel) and then go into FTP and change back what you changed. Though I think even if you do have all that it very well may not allow you to launch into Homebrew Launcher in this way all the same, I'm pretty doubtful, but it's worth a shot if you have that setup already.

I recall installing Homebrew channel but don’t recall seeing any folder on console. Would I still be able to recover? If yes, how?
Feels so horrible :-(

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YOUCANTSTOPME said:
Don't do this, you're just screwing over someone on eBay.

no I won’t do that. But would buying a US gamepad help in my case?

godreborn · Feb 24, 2020

you'll be able to fix it with ftpii u everywhere for haxchi or mocha (your preference). however, I don't know what to do if no controller works.

huma_dawii · Feb 24, 2020

Scdi said:
I tried using the pro controller too, but it wouldn’t still run anything on the console. Am i missing anything ?

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I recall installing Homebrew channel but don’t recall seeing any folder on console. Would I still be able to recover? If yes, how?
Feels so horrible :-(

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no I won’t do that. But would buying a US gamepad help in my case?

Yes it will help to reverse the console to its original region.. This is if the console is not bricked.. Which you haven't mentioned anything ... the I imagine it boots right? And loads the menu...

Scdi · Feb 24, 2020

huma_dawii said:
Yes it will help to reverse the console to its original region.. This is if the console is not bricked.. Which you haven't mentioned anything ... the I imagine it boots right? And loads the menu...

yes, console boots properly. Here’s what I did - It’s a EUR WIiU, I changed the game region code from EUR to US using ftpii_everywhere, in order to use a Mario US game disc(legit). I don’t have any NAND backup. After doing this, the console boots properly but, I cannot load any app or system settings or game using gamepad or procontroller.
Please let me know how I can reset the game region back to EUR.

huma_dawii · Feb 24, 2020

Scdi said:
yes, console boots properly. Here’s what I did - It’s a EUR WIiU, I changed the game region code from EUR to US using ftpii_everywhere, in order to use a Mario US game disc(legit). I don’t have any NAND backup. After doing this, the console boots properly but, I cannot load any app or system settings or game using gamepad or procontroller.
Please let me know how I can reset the game region back to EUR.

Wait it doesnt enter the settings? what happens when you do that?

Scdi · Feb 25, 2020

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huma_dawii said:
Wait it doesnt enter the settings? what happens when you do that?

that’s correct. It doesn’t enter System settings. I get error 157-1104 for everything I click from the gamepad or procontroller .

piratesephiroth · Feb 28, 2020

You changed the region so now you won't be able to run anything that's already installed.
That's it.

Maybe you can run a disk from this other region you changed to.
If that works, you can then find Mario Kart 8 and use it to launch the Homebrew Launcher
https://maschell.github.io/homebrew/2020/02/11/mk8-exploit.html

SuperDan · Feb 28, 2020

I think you have gone and Fukt it up sunshine ... Fingers crossed you find a fix...

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