Fishaman P said:
I had never made a NAND backup until I was completely done softmodding.
I didn't see the need as I couldn't install Bootmii as Boot2.
seriously? I hope now that you've gained some experience u see the error of your ways.
Honestly, making a nand dump is even more important when u can only install bootmii as IOS, and I'll tell u why.
If u brick you're wii and u don't have a nand dump:
1) w\ bootmii installed at boot2: You'll be able to launch bootmii and then launch homebrew apps to undo whatever u did to brick. This doesn't require a nand backup, but having one is still useful because sometimes u can't always figure out what went wrong.
2) w\ bootmii installed only as IOS: You're screwed with absolutely no way to recover
If you have a nand backup, bootmii installed as IOS and
not @ boot2, and priiloader, u will be able to recover (without the use of any hardware) from all types of bricks except ones that stub\delete\corrupt your system menu or system menu IOS. So basically, pretty damn good protection all things considered.
If you have a nand backup and no other protection whatsoever and u brick, you will be able to recover using an infectus (or by paying DeadlyFoez to do it for you).
Seriously, a nand backup is probably the easiest and most important part of the softmod process! I'm glad u made one eventually, better late than never... but if u lost power when installing a system menu or system menu IOS or priiloader BEFORE having a nand backup, your wii would be a paperweight right now.