Homebrew Can't Get Backups To Load Through Homebrew

[kpoman]

Okay, at my wits end here. I can't seem to get a backed-up game to play. Here is what I have done:

1. Installed Homebrew using the Twilight Hack
2. Downloaded and place these files on my SD card: cios_fix.wad, IOS16-64-v257-prod.wad, and WAD MANAGER V3.wad.
3. Installed the IOS16-64-v257-prod.wad file through Homebrew
4. Installed the cios_fix.wad file through Homebrew
5. Ran the IOS downgrader through Homebrew
6. Installed Shop IOS51 through Homebrew
7. Installed WAD MANAGER V3.wad through Homebrew via the Wad Manager
8. Downgraded my firmware from 3.4U to 3.2U through Homebrew (didn't have to, but did anyway)
9. Installed and ran Starfall to prevent system updates.

Everything seems to be working okay, except for actually loading backed up games! I used Wii Dumper to backup my Lego Indiana Jones via my network and it worked great. I verified that the .iso was the correct size of 4.37 GB (4,699,979,776 bytes) and burned it with Imgburn at 1X, with THREE different media types: Verbatim DVD-R, Sony DVD-R, and Verbatim DVD+R. I've popped the different discs in the Wii and have tried to us both the Gecko 1.07 and the Wii Gator .3 gamma Backup Launchers through Homebrew with no luck. With Gator, the screen goes black and the Wii just sits there and tries to read the disc for a very long time. With Gecko, it states: Error, no DVD, a green screen briefly flashes and I'm booted back to the Wii menu. What am I doing wrong? How can I get the backup to load? Please help. Thanks.

 

[ddp127]

geckoOS doesn't load backups

 

[AkGBA]

err... Did you install the cIos ??? This step seems to be missing...

 

[Blue-K]

geckoOS doesn't load backups

This one and...

Where is your cIOS 249 rev7 from Waninkoko?

 

[WiiPower]

Step 2-9 are not backup launching related. And step 1 is not directly backup launching related, it's just required for homebrew and everything else. Read the Gamma relase notes again.

 

[Cermage]

your missing the CIOS

crucial part in making backup launcer work.

 

[Golfman560]

Follow THIS and you'll have everything you need.

 

[WiiPower]

Follow THIS and you'll have everything you need.

There's just EVERYTHING inside that guide. If you want backups, why not 1. install the cIOS and 2. run the launcher, period?

 

[Golfman560]

I just don't feel like try to find a link to the CIOS so I jsut felt I should link to a quide that does.

 

[kpoman]

Yes! Thank you! That is what I was missing! I ended up following that guide (thanks Golfman560) while I was waiting for the response here and I had discovered that I missed that step. Thank you again for your help. I ended up installing the Gamma Launcher Channel and am able to run backups straight from there. You know, all these guides out there tell you WHAT to do, but they never explain WHAT these file are actually doing to your Wii while you install them. Can you guys help with this? For instance:

Why install the IOS16-64-v257.wad file and what does it do?
Why install the cios_fix.wad file and what does it do?
I installed the IOS downgrader, but why? What does it do?
Why install the Shop IOS51?
What does installing the cIOS36_rev7-Installer.dol do?
I understand why I installed the WAD Manager (to run WADS from a channel) but was it necessary?

Also, I never knew the Backup Loader blocked updates - thanks for that. The reason I installed Starfall was because my original SSBB wanted to update my Wii.

Understanding why we do things will go a long way. Thanks

 

[WiiPower]

Why install the IOS16-64-v257.wad file and what does it do?
To get IOS16 on 3.4 firmware, it's the only IOS you can use on 3.4 which has the trucha bug, which is needed to install trucha signed stuff like ALL cIOS, channels and everything else you get in .wad form which is not directly 1:1 from nintendo.

Why install the cios_fix.wad file and what does it do?
To get WAD Manager working, but even the people who write the guides don't know that you can skip a few steps if you use Waninkoko's cIOS directly.

I installed the IOS downgrader, but why? What does it do?
Install? You USE it to get version of some IOS which have the trucha bug

Why install the Shop IOS51?
To be able to acces the shop

What does installing the cIOS36_rev7-Installer.dol do?
It overwrites cios_fix(that's part of why cios_fix is not needed), and is >90% of the backup launching

I understand why I installed the WAD Manager (to run WADS from a channel) but was it necessary?
Install? Or did you mean use? If you want to install a .wad to get the channel, you need to use the WAD Manager to install the channel, i don't understand the question

 

[kpoman]

Thanks for the clarification. I actually used Wad Manger to install a channel that will load Wads. Didnt really need to do it I guess.