I am going to be modding a brand new 4.3 Wii very soon. I will be using Smash Stack to install bootmii as IOS. I have some questions about things written on the guide that ModMii wrote up for me.
-The guide reads "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." But that is the firmware the Wii came with. (Or will come with, since I don't have it yet.) What do I do? Should I worry?
-It reads "If using a Forwarder Channel, just save the boot.elf/dol from the app you want to load (ie. SD:\apps\hackmii_installer\boot.elf or SD:\apps\MMM\boot.dol) to the location used by your SPECIFIC Forwarder Channel (ie. SD:\apps\usbloader\boot.dol). Then start the channel and the Hackmii Installer will load allowing you to reinstall the HBC. Note, if your forwarder channel only loads dol's and not elf's, launch MMM's boot.dol, then use its "App Manager" to load the Hackmii Installer." What is a forwarder channel and how do I know if I'm using one or not?
-I noticed the part about the possibility of needing to reinstall the HBC if certain conditions are met. The step to doing so is listed after other steps about installing a bunch of other things. If I need to reinstall it, shouldn't I do that BEFORE I proceed to use it for a bunch of things in the guide?
-What are WADs for? I have a rather long list of them since I selected all of the extra features options. And these feature options look like things that should come with the Wii already. (Ex "Shopping" or "News".) Why do I need to install them again?
-When it talks about Wii Backup Manager, it mentions this step: "To copy ORIGINAL Wii Disc's, insert the disc into your Wii and... - Launch Configurable USB-Loader, and hit the plus sign '+'." Do I do that from my computer with the USB Hard Drive, or do I do that from my Wii?
-Same question for this step: To Configure/Customize your USB-Loader, use the Configurator for Configurable USB-Loader found here: *snip*(file address on computer)". Do I run the Configurator from my computer, or from the Wii?
-If I want to completely undo everything and return my Wii to factory settings, how would I go about that?
-If my Wii bricks, how do I use the NAND to fix it?
Thank you, goodnight.
P.S.: Also, before using ModMii to help me out,
this is the process I came up with. Can someone describe the differences between the way ModMii taught me to do things and the way I worked on myself? I want to make sure I'm not missing anything.