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

[icw35]

X,
Bulk game extractor isn't working with Spanish keyboards/region settings.

I used your test.bat and this is what I get:

126 archivos 153.448.514 bytes
6 dirs 8.437.768.192 bytes libres

as you can see the dirs hasn't got any () around the 's'. don't know if that's the prob. Anyways, always says I don't have space. I already tried changing my regional settings to english, but with same results

OK. Found WiiJManager which looks like it can do it for me in the meantime.

 

[XFlak]

@petspeed, I didn't know that about DIOS MIOS requiring BC (makes sense, but I haven't been following DIOS MIOS that closely). I'll add BC to emulated nands built by ModMii in its next update (it will be so easy for me to add, its honestly just adding 1 line {8 characters} to the code

)

@icw35, I really appreciate your error report because it is obvious that you read my older ModMii posts where I discussed this problem in detail including how to report errors properly. I've already fixed the problem in the latest ModMii beta for Spanish keyboards/region settings because you reported everything I needed perfectly on your first try. I really appreciate that, usually trying to get a proper error report is like "pulling teeth", but you did everything perfectly. And as a result, I'm certain the next ModMii update will work for your language settings

If you really need to use the bulk extractor right away and cannot wait for the next update, as a token of my appreciation, I'll email you the latest ModMii beta, just pm me with your email address (and it goes without saying that I don't want you discussing ModMii's new features publicly until it is officially released

)

 

[petspeed]

@petspeed, I didn't know that about DIOS MIOS requiring BC (makes sense, but I haven't been following DIOS MIOS that closely). I'll add BC to emulated nands built by ModMii in its next update (it will be so easy for me to add, its honestly just adding 1 line {8 characters} to the code

)

Thanks

 

[Zod]

hello again. After usingModmii everything is perfect. I used syscheck to view what i have installed and this is what i have:


sysCheck v2.0.1 by Double_A
...runs on IOS58 (rev 6176).

Region: PAL
System Menu 4.2E (v482)
Hollywood v0x11
Console ID: 122373050
Boot2 v4

Found 261 titles.
Found 46 IOS on this console. 5 of them are stub.

IOS3 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS4 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS9 (rev 1034): No Patches
IOS10 (rev 768): Stub
IOS11 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug NAND Access
IOS12 (rev 526): No Patches
IOS13 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS14 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS15 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS16 (rev 512): Stub
IOS17 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS20 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug NAND Access
IOS21 (rev 1039): No Patches
IOS22 (rev 1294): No Patches
IOS28 (rev 1807): No Patches
IOS30 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug NAND Access
IOS31 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS33 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS34 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS35 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS36 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS37 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS38 (rev 4124): No Patches
IOS41 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS43 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS45 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS46 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS48 (rev 4124): No Patches
IOS50 (rev 14889): Trucha Bug NAND Access
IOS51 (rev 4864): Stub
IOS53 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS55 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS56 (rev 5662): No Patches
IOS57 (rev 5919): No Patches
IOS58 (rev 6176): No Patches
IOS60 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug NAND Access
IOS61 (rev 5662): No Patches
IOS70 (rev 16687): Trucha Bug NAND Access
IOS202 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug NAND Access USB 2.0
IOS222 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug ES Identify NAND Access USB 2.0
IOS223 (rev 4): Trucha Bug ES Identify NAND Access USB 2.0
IOS224 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug NAND Access USB 2.0
IOS236 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug ES Identify NAND Access
IOS249 (rev 20): Trucha Bug NAND Access USB 2.0
IOS250 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug ES Identify NAND Access
IOS254 (rev 65281): BootMii
BC v6
MIOS v4

Report generated on 2010/11/25.





I hope that this is correct... I have all that i want working, including mics...
Could anybody tell me if is anything wrong or if i need to install anything else?
I was in 4.2 and choosed 4.2 as virgin(was not) and i updated all ios with Modmii

 

[davebaol]

Yes your system is perfect.
Only IOS80 is missing but you don't need it at all since you're in 4.2 and it is the system ios for 4.3.

 

[rookrook]

hi just a question or two when running the update of thesytem channels and system menu install i have did it a few times different wii's and most times the system menu fails to install in the batch instalation ,would this throw up any problems installing the system menu after all the other files ? , should i be installing the system menu alone then the other files ? is it just me this happens to ? , also i have asked the question else where on gba what should i set the firmware to if i cannot find the system menu number in the wii settings section of wii (it isnt presnt ,plz dont say its in top right corner this wii has had a chip installed which has removed system settings with a blank internet page ).any help apperciated

 

[davebaol]

Do you mean you have an opera error when entering wii settings?
If so it's just a semibrick.
Post a syscheck report so we can look inside your system.

 

[rookrook]

heres my results
sysCheck GX v1.0.0 by Erik Spyder

sysCheck GX is running under IOS61 (rev 4890).

Console ID: 50145224.
Region: PAL.
Hollywood v0x11.
Boot2 v4.
System Menu v449 (4.1U)
MIOS v9.


Found 71 titles.
Found 22 IOS and 8 IOS Stubs on this console.


IOS 4 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS 9 (rev 521)
IOS 10 (rev 768): Stub
IOS 11 (rev 256): Stub
IOS 12 (rev 12)
IOS 13 (rev 16)
IOS 14 (rev 263)
IOS 15 (rev 266)
IOS 16 (rev 512): Stub
IOS 17 (rev 518)
IOS 20 (rev 256): Stub
IOS 21 (rev 525)
IOS 22 (rev 780)
IOS 28 (rev 1293)
IOS 30 (rev 2816): Stub
IOS 31 (rev 3092)
IOS 33 (rev 2834)
IOS 34 (rev 3091)
IOS 35 (rev 3092)
IOS 36 (rev 3094)
IOS 37 (rev 3612)
IOS 38 (rev 3610)
IOS 50 (rev 5120): Stub
IOS 51 (rev 4864): Stub
IOS 53 (rev 5149)
IOS 55 (rev 5149)
IOS 56 (rev 4890)
IOS 60 (rev 6174)
IOS 61 (rev 4890)
IOS254 (rev 65281)

Report generated on 2007-08-28.
now what ?
thanx for any help
how do i proceed ???????? with softmod the wii has the mod chip removed >System Menu v449 (4.1U).

 

[davebaol]

You have a semi brick, i.e. usa system menu on a pal wii.
It happened because you have updated your wii with a ntsc game.
Just download the wad of System Menu v450 (4.1E) and install it with any wad manager.

 

[rookrook]

can i just update the wii with mod mii telling it i have a 4.1e wii and i want to go to 4.2 e i know its prob best on 4.1 but id rather be on 4.2 thanx again for your quick response and help

 

[davebaol]

Yes you can.

 

[rookrook]

thanx again for all your help

 

[tizon]

i followed all the instructions, got to art room and spoke with guy on left. a screen appears with message than I have not SD card loaded or not found. i tried with 4GB and 8GB SD cards and nothing. dont know what to do now.

 

[Jebs]

Ok.. So I've downloaded everything and generated the below guide to update from 3.xJ to 4.1J. It seems like I was able to run through it all with no problems.

All I wanted to do for now is run games from AU (PAL?) on the wii but I'm unable to do so. It does not recognise the disc at all (backup discs don't work anymore either). Any clues? My next step is to try running via USB loader but that will take a few hours at least. I'm assuming since I'm on 4.1J now ,that I can format the hdd in NTFS? Thanks in advance.

EDIT: Got PAL game working now via Gecko OS, but my backup games still aren't working..

Spoiler

ModMii 4.3.5 Custom Guide
Generated on Fri 26/11/2010 - 19:21:51.20
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 3.XJ
* Desired firmware is 4.1J

* Download Photo Channel
* Download Internet Channel
* Download Weather Channel
* Download News Channel
* Download Mii Channel
* Download Wii Speak Channel

* Download Extra Brick Protection
* Update active IOSs



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 v1 by going to Settings, Data Management, Channels, SD Card 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 'ModMii 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.

VERY IMPORTANT!
In the Homebrew channel, if you do not have a working internet connection already set up, you will see an icon flashing in the bottom right corner of the screen indicating its inability to initialize the network. You MUST wait for the icon to stop flashing OR let it flash for 30-60 seconds before proceeding otherwise this app will error shortly after being launched. If you encounter this harmless error, power off the Wii and repeat this step from the beginning. To increase your chances of success, add a working internet connection to your Wii via the official Wii Settings Menu, but be sure to say "No" when asked to perform an update.

After waiting 30-60 seconds for the HBC to attempt to initialize the network, launch "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 loading 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 from 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 the WADs in the folder. Then Press A twice to install them all.
If any files fail to install properly, they will remain marked for installation, so just retry installing those files.


Your unique list of wads to install are as follows:

* IOS11v16174(IOS60v6174[FS-ES-NP])
* IOS20v16174(IOS60v6174[FS-ES-NP])
* IOS30v16174(IOS60v6174[FS-ES-NP])
* IOS50v14889(IOS50v4889[FS-ES-NP])
* IOS60v16174(IOS60v6174[FS-ES-NP])
* IOS70v16687(IOS70v6687[FS-ES-NP])
* System Menu 4.1J
* cIOS202[57]-v5
* cIOS223[37-38]-v4
* cIOS222[38]-v5
* cIOS224[57]-v5
* cIOS250[38]-v20
* cIOS249[56]-v20
* RVL-cmios-v4_WiiGator_GCBL_v0.2
* Mii Channel (Region Free)
* Photo 1.1 (USA/PAL/JAP)
* Internet (JAP)
* Weather (JAP)
* News (JAP)
* Wii Speak (JAP)
* IOS9v1034
* IOS12v526
* IOS13v1032
* IOS14v1032
* IOS15v1032
* IOS17v1032
* IOS21v1039
* IOS22v1294
* IOS28v1807
* IOS31v3608
* IOS33v3608
* IOS34v3608
* IOS35v3608
* IOS36v3608
* IOS37v5663
* IOS38v4124
* IOS41v3607
* IOS43v3607
* IOS45v3607
* IOS46v3607
* IOS48v4124
* IOS53v5663
* IOS55v5663
* IOS56v5662
* IOS57v5919
* IOS58v6176
* IOS61v5662
* USBLoader(s)-ahbprot58-SD-USB-IDCL
This is a forwarder channel that will load the first file it finds from the following list:
SD:/apps/usbloader_cfg/boot.dol
USB:/apps/usbloader_cfg/boot.dol
SD:/apps/usbloader/boot.dol
USB:/apps/usbloader/boot.dol
SD:/apps/usb-loader/boot.dol
USB:/apps/usb-loader/boot.dol
SD:/apps/usbloader_gx/boot.dol
USB:/apps/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 a disc based exploit

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) INSTALL PRIILOADER

Launch Multi-Mod Manager (MMM) via the Homebrew Channel

Note: IOS236 should be loaded automatically.
If it isn't, select "Load another IOS" and select IOS236
(or any IOS you know is patched).

In Multi-Manager Mod's main menu, go down to select "App Manager",
Then select the "Priiloader installer".
After the Priiloader Installer loads, press + to install it using the loaded IOS.

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

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>


6) REINSTALL THE HOMEBREW CHANNEL (if applicable)

Earlier you should have checked what IOS is used by the Homebrew Channel (HBC). If the IOS used by your HBC 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 HBC is upside-down, you should reinstall the HBC.

Launch the HackMii_Installer via the HBC.
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 the HBC is failing to load the HackMii_Installer (just blackscreens), instead launch the Hackmii Installer using the method described in the First Step


7) AFTER MODDING

After you are done modding your Wii, you can optionally delete any unnecesarry files
by using ModMii's "File Cleanup" Feature.

If you choose not to use the File Cleanup feature, in order to avoid having your Wii freeze when accessing the SD Card Menu, you should delete the 'aktn' folder where bannerbomb is saved (SD:\private\wii\title\aktn), or rename the entire 'private' folder.

At this point you're 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)

 

[wkrogers]

Well I modded my wii a while back it's a 4.2u. sometimes games lock up on it and when I first modded it I think I had a couple issues I thought I got straightened out. I figured I'd try this Modmii tutorial seems easy enough. Only question I have is I read that you can mod a modded wii just confirm that it is a virgin when setting it up, I was just wondering will it mess anything up if I already have the differient ios's installed or will it just wipe everything out and start over? I have a nand backup from first mod. I also read that others have over writen their old softmods, but also have read people have problems afterwards.

Thanks alot.

 

[Porobu]

i followed all the instructions, got to art room and spoke with guy on left. a screen appears with message than I have not SD card loaded or not found. i tried with 4GB and 8GB SD cards and nothing. dont know what to do now.

try 2 GB or less SD cards

 

[rahoul102]

hi XFlak,
thought i'd post here instead of sending a pm.

since my wii is hacked and i can't update it, what ios and shop channel version would i need to make the shop channel work?

 

[davebaol]

- IOS56 v5662
- Shopping Channel v20

 

[tizon]

i followed all the instructions, got to art room and spoke with guy on left. a screen appears with message than I have not SD card loaded or not found. i tried with 4GB and 8GB SD cards and nothing. dont know what to do now.

try 2 GB or less SD cards

will do and repost any news. Thanks,

 

[Dent]

Hey Xflak,

Just wondering why there is not an option to use Waninikoko's cIOSx rev20b with a base of 37 or 57. There is only the options for a base of 38 or 56 with the rev20b.