Hacking Bricked WiiU?

[retrofan_k]

The more I read about cbhc brick stories the more I want to uninstall it. Yes I'm careful, but there's always a remote chance. Is rednand still the only way to make a band backup?

It is safe, if installed correctly. It's people less educated with it (don't research/read instructions) or generally piss around with it that suffer. The OP has probably done something that was not documented here that resulted in a brick.

 

[WeedZ]

where are you people getting your info from?

I went back and double checked the faq. It actually said not to install haxchi with a coldboot method already installed. My bad.

 

[bendevnull]

The more I read about cbhc brick stories the more I want to uninstall it. Yes I'm careful, but there's always a remote chance. Is rednand still the only way to make a nand backup?

Yes. And then you have to backup your redNAND regularly too

 

[DeadlyFoez]

The OTP is a roughly 300 byte string that has nothing to do with recovery. You have NO way of recovering from here because you didn't have a NAND backup.

That is not true. Since the per-console keys are stored in the OTP it is possible to dump the NAND and eMMC, unencrypt them, fix the mistake, re-encrypt, reflash the fixed flash image, and it is fixed.

Sadly, no one has made an easy enough method to do this yet.

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Yes. And then you have to backup your redNAND regularly too

That is not true either. You can back up the flash memory using a hardware flasher.

Can you please stop throwing around wrong information. You are gonna be the reason someone bricks their device with you not knowing what you are talking about.

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NOTE: Yes; your Wii U is bricked. This is why I don't mess with Haxchi or CBHC

Absolutely nothing wrong with Haxchi. CBHC yes, but just Haxchi alone has no problems and no brick potential at all.

I gotta say, you rather suck ass with your information because every post you made in this thread has had wrong info in it.

 

[Deleted User]

I remember reading guide, was it FilmFlam's one?
They said to install it on a clean FW, not in FW like Mocha CFW etc. [CBHC doesn't count obviously since you get it after you installed CBHC]

Either i'm high or it's clearly written there.

 

[DeadlyFoez]

Either i'm high or it's clearly written there.

Why not both?

Why not Zoidberg?

 

[digipimp75]

It is safe, if installed correctly. It's people less educated with it (don't research/read instructions) or generally piss around with it that suffer. The OP has probably done something that was not documented here that resulted in a brick.

I uninstalled it just to be safe. My daughter uses the Wii U all the time, and even though I doubt she'd poke around and mess something up, it's just not worth the risk. If I change my mind later, can CHBC be reinstalled the same way it was originally installed (on top of Haxchi)?

 

[Carlos_DobleC]

That is not true. Since the per-console keys are stored in the OTP it is possible to dump the NAND and eMMC, unencrypt them, fix the mistake, re-encrypt, reflash the fixed flash image, and it is fixed.

Sadly, no one has made an easy enough method to do this yet.

So, technically is it possible that someday I can repair my console?

 

[retrofan_k]

I uninstalled it just to be safe. My daughter uses the Wii U all the time, and even though I doubt she'd poke around and mess something up, it's just not worth the risk. If I change my mind later, can CHBC be reinstalled the same way it was originally installed (on top of Haxchi)?

Yes. Also, just make a empty folder, move the channel icon into it and put the folder to the furthest right of the screen. I doubt you're child would mess with or see it there.

 

[digipimp75]

Yes. Also, just make a empty folder, move the channel icon into it and put the folder to the furthest right of the screen. I doubt you're child would mess with or see it there.

Yeah that's what I did initially. I created a folder and placed the icon in there, then moved it all the way to the last page on the sys menu screen. I'm sure it would have been fine, but there was just no real benefit other than saving one extra step. Thanks!

 

[DeadlyFoez]

So, technically is it possible that someday I can repair my console?

Yes.

 

[GBA rocks]

That would make the OP the first user to brick because of CBHC with no screw-up on the user side, right?

On the other hand if someone was really desperate for any kind of help he could omit a really obvious mistake on his part to avoid getting "lol u screwed up dude" responses only.

Also in a shared household who's to say nobody else used the WiiU.

About VC injects with the same title ID of your haxchi title, maybe it would be wise to skip VC injects at all to be on the safe side if you use CBHC.

Still trying to figure out how installing DLCs could screw-up CBHC. I'm no expert but that sounds weird. On the other hand, I'm not hacking vWii for the life of me. Too easy to just grab a real Wii.

To recap
- start from a WiiU in the cleanest state possible (no hacked vWii, no other CFWs)
- don't use crappy SDs or USB thumbdrives
- stick to games downoaded straight from NUS (no VC injects)
- never never never batch install a crapton of games/updates/DLCs, especially DS titles of course
- hide the haxchi title in a folder to the far right
- try haxchi before installing CBHC
- use a UPS to power the WiiU to avoid power failure during boot?

and, I don't know, you should probably be safe with CBHC. Mostly. Or that's how I do it.

 

[Kafluke]

This is interesring. I agree with @GBA rocks . If you read the brick report all reported were users doing something that they have instructed not to do.

I'm a big proponent of CBHC. I like my 5 kids and wife being able to just turn on the Wii u and play (before I gave it to my brother). In terms of past system hacks i am very comfortable with the brick risks as they don't even come close to comparing the risks with an xbox360 or PS2 mod. I've restarted and used CBHC ever since it came out. I've even formatted my Wii U in order to test proper CBHC removal.

If the OP has indeed experienced the first brick without user error, then I'm concerned and would like to know more.

1. Did you follow a YouTube guide (never do this. Always come to gbatemp and ask)
2. In whatever guide you followed did you first boot to a CFW when installing CBHC?
3. Are you 100% certain that you removed all USB when installing CBHC?
4. What is the name of the eshop title that you bought and what are the VC injects titles that you installed? (If any). I'm talking about stuff you might have downloaded from mega etc.

I constantly recommend CBHC because it's the most hassle free way to set up your Wii U. If this is something that can now "randomly corrupt" then I'd like to know. For my own sake and for those I've recommended this method to.

 

[Carlos_DobleC]

This is interesring. I agree with @GBA rocks . If you read the brick report all reported were users doing something that they have instructed not to do.

I'm a big proponent of CBHC. I like my 5 kids and wife being able to just turn on the Wii u and play (before I gave it to my brother). In terms of past system hacks i am very comfortable with the brick risks as they don't even come close to comparing the risks with an xbox360 or PS2 mod. I've restarted and used CBHC ever since it came out. I've even formatted my Wii U in order to test proper CBHC removal.

If the OP has indeed experienced the first brick without user error, then I'm concerned and would like to know more.

1. Did you follow a YouTube guide (never do this. Always come to gbatemp and ask)
2. In whatever guide you followed did you first boot to a CFW when installing CBHC?
3. Are you 100% certain that you removed all USB when installing CBHC?
4. What is the name of the eshop title that you bought and what are the VC injects titles that you installed? (If any). I'm talking about stuff you might have downloaded from mega etc.

I constantly recommend CBHC because it's the most hassle free way to set up your Wii U. If this is something that can now "randomly corrupt" then I'd like to know. For my own sake and for those I've recommended this method to.

1. No, I followed the respective topics of GBATemp
2. I tried Haxchi, it worked and I turned the console off. I did it a second time and turned the console off again. Finally I installed the coldboot and it worked for a few hours.
3. Yes
4. Brain Training and I did not install any VC

 

[fenderjaguar]

It has chance to corrupt itself, especially when it was installed while being in CFW. [Which is pretty common if you did that, Install it on a clean FW next time.]

I didn't read anything in the Official CBHC v1.6 post by fix94 saying not to install this while in patched sysmenu.

I installed CBHC a few days ago and it was definitely after I had lauched haxchi and was in patched sysmenu (because that's the way I got to the homebrew launcher to launch the CBHC installer).

Should I uninstall CBHC, then reinstall it with no patched sysmenu?

Again, I didn't realise you were supposed to launch the homebrew launcher only through the web browser, before you installed CBHC...he even says make sure haxchi works first and even says to install directly over the top of it. He never said anything about "make sure you don't launch haxchi before you install it"?

 

[nikeymikey]

There seems to be a lot of scaremongering about CBHC... I am also now wondering if i should revert back to normal haxchi?????

 

[fenderjaguar]

Is "error 160-0101" the code one would expect to be issued with, when a real CBHC brick happens?

If not, maybe it's possible that this is a hardware failure that would have happened anyway, and it's just a remote coincidence that CBHC was installed just hours earlier?

Also, I supposes that a game could become corrupt at any time. And under normal circumstances, the game could simply be deleted and reinstalled. But if you run CBHC, we're running the risk of a brick with this

 

[Deleted User]

Is "error 160-0101" the code one would expect to be issued with, when a real CBHC brick happens?

If not, maybe it's possible that this is a hardware failure that would have happened anyway, and it's just a remote coincidence that CBHC was installed just hours earlier?

Also, I supposes that a game could become corrupt at any time. And under normal circumstances, the game could simply be deleted and reinstalled. But if you run CBHC, we're running the risk of a brick with this

Yes, it will say "There was a problem with system memory" otherwise, it's hardware related like "Optical drive not found" and some stuff like that

DS VC doesn't corrupt that easily unless you're using redNAND [Which fucks up everything on stock sysNAND] or you're just doing power outages for fun. [Which basically can kill off your Wii U, not really CBHC related but this can corrupt your NAND]

 

[Modi]

You brick your Wii U 100%. Bad news is that if you have copy of your nand make from rednand there is no 100% that you will unbrick your Wii U , try hardmod few time rewrite nand stli some error 160-0101.
Try solve it but it take time .... by fake sd card write nand 32gb take 1 h 30 min. Try make full nand backup by hardmod+Win32DiskImager them make brick try if this will fix problem

 

[Kafluke]

You brick your Wii U 100%. Bad news is that if you have copy of your nand make from rednand there is no 100% that you will unbrick your Wii U , try hardmod few time rewrite nand stli some error 160-0101.
Try solve it but it take time .... by fake sd card write nand 32gb take 1 h 30 min. Try make full nand backup by hardmod+Win32DiskImager them make brick try if this will fix problem

Love to have you here but many of your posts make little sense. I don't know if you're using Google to translate but if you are it's not working very well. You're English is very hard to understand on most of your posts. Don't know if any other users have told you. Wanted to let you know not as a jerk I just think your translator must suck