Hi, a friend of mine just gave me his Wii, which he said was bricked a long time ago. I booted it up, and could only get to the System Menu by pressing - & + to enter maintenance mode. There's no HBC, Bootmii is not installed (I have a "prepared" SD card), and Priiloader is not installed. So it seems like I can't run homebrew. The message center is disabled in maintenance mode, so Letter Bomb is not an option.
What's really odd, to me, is that there seems to be absolutely no data on the Wii whatsoever. With it seeming like there was nothing else I could try, I ran the "Format System Memory". I let it run for about an hour, but it appears to be stuck.
What are my options at this point? I have a copy of Lego Batman, so I could try Bathaxx. Do you think I could get HBC installed that way while in maintenance mode? Once I can run homebrew, what should I do? Immediately install bootmii as boot2 and do a backup? Or try to fix the System Menu issue. This looks to me like a "mail brick", but how can I diagnose that?
Thanks for any information or suggestions
What's really odd, to me, is that there seems to be absolutely no data on the Wii whatsoever. With it seeming like there was nothing else I could try, I ran the "Format System Memory". I let it run for about an hour, but it appears to be stuck.
What are my options at this point? I have a copy of Lego Batman, so I could try Bathaxx. Do you think I could get HBC installed that way while in maintenance mode? Once I can run homebrew, what should I do? Immediately install bootmii as boot2 and do a backup? Or try to fix the System Menu issue. This looks to me like a "mail brick", but how can I diagnose that?
Thanks for any information or suggestions