Hacking Unbrick older Wii in 2020? Priiloader, BootMii and HBC working

Selim873 · Sep 12, 2020

I can't seem to find anything that's not the Wii Mini or the vWii. I'm pretty sure my Wii is bricked. Black screen, can't load any titles from Priiloader or USBLoaderGX, can't load system menu. Priiloader, BootMii Boot2 and HBC are all working. I have an "as-is" NAND backup, and a pastebin of my SysCheckHDE. I thought about using Ohneschwanzenegger but I completely forgot that NUS servers are shut down and I know I'm not allowed to ask for those files here. I'm out of ideas. Last thing I remember doing before it happened was that I was making a NAND backup just to have it in storage and my Wii just blacked out, so I forced a shutdown after waiting a few minutes. It stopped working from that point. The NAND dump I have on hand was the successful backup afterwards.

SysCheck Pastebin: https://pastebin.com/iBPBQL8W

tech3475 · Sep 12, 2020

Did you do anything to cause the brick? Does wifi and BT still work?

Selim873 · Sep 12, 2020

tech3475 said:
Did you do anything to cause the brick? Does wifi and BT still work?

I edited my original post about the last thing I remember doing before it bricked. HBC connects to my wifi, but my Wii remote won't sync, so BT probably doesn't work.

EDIT: Though I will mention that the last thing my Wiimote was connected to wasn't my Wii, it was my WiiU. If I press a button, it just blinks once. I tried syncing with the red buttons but it won't sync to it. I vaguely saw stuff about the wireless module, this is assuming both Wifi and BT use the same module. If Wifi works, I don't know why Bluetooth wouldn't if that's the case.

tech3475 · Sep 12, 2020

Selim873 said:
I edited my original post about the last thing I remember doing before it bricked. HBC connects to my wifi, but my Wii remote won't sync, so BT probably doesn't work.

EDIT: Though I will mention that the last thing my Wiimote was connected to wasn't my Wii, it was my WiiU. If I press a button, it just blinks once. I tried syncing with the red buttons but it won't sync to it. I vaguely saw stuff about the wireless module, this is assuming both Wifi and BT use the same module. If Wifi works, I don't know why Bluetooth wouldn't if that's the case.

Wifi and BT are separate modules, however AFAIK it will only sync on the system menu which complicates things.

Selim873 · Sep 12, 2020

Is there by chance any sort of homebrew that can sync wii remotes that you know of? I have the original remote it came with (I got the system in 2007 I think) and a Wii Motion Plus I bought about a year back. Since I've heard the Motion Plus remotes can have issues.

EDIT: I misread your reply. I'm surprised there isn't any sort of homebrew that can at least sync them in the case of bricks for whatever reason.

EDIT2: Oh, I did find that massive NUS Database backup, I won't say where for obvious reasons. Could I build a brand new NAND with that? What tools could I use to do this if I can?

BouziGolouM · Nov 3, 2020

I do remember and just read it that you should be able to navigate in BootMii menus with a GC controller or the power and reset button... As they are working (and you have priiloader), you should be then able to navigate (but you said black screen, so idk...)

Could also try the Bluebomb exploit, might work.

I don't know if any of theses will work, just throwing ideas after some intensive readings on the wii... I don't have any experience with bootmii (especially when installed as boot2) and priiloader, but from what i've read, with those two, it's virtually possible to unbrick your wii

XFlak · Nov 3, 2020

NUS isn't fully shut down, it may take awhile, but you could proceed with the ohneschwanzenegger route and it should eventually grab the files u need. Someone else I helped just did this maybe 2 weeks ago or so.

If u have a gamecube controller u can use that within the HBC to launch tools allowing u to reinstall your system menu, launch it, and resync your wiimote controller

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