Hello everyone! I've been reading this forum for a long time, but I haven't found a solution that will work for my particular problem. Here is the situation:
-Wii appears to be full bricked
-BootMii 1.1 is installed as boot2 and can be loaded
-downside is I have no nand backup
-could not boot to system menu or homebrew channel, so I tried using nand formatter 2.0. It formatted my nand but always hangs when trying to install the necessary .wad files to restore a clean 4.1U
-After nand formatter failed, the info screen in BootMii showed "unknown" for the system menu...this is probably to be expected since the nand was formatted.
-I have since then tried using ohneswanzenegger_r85 to build a new nand with 4.1U. After following the steps and loading the new nand through BootMii, the info screen now says 4.1U is installed, however the Wii still goes to a black screen when trying to load the system menu
-I've also tried reinstalling the homebrew channel via Hack Mii. The only access I have is through BootMii, so I've tried using bootmini.elf to start Hack Mii. When I try to launch bootmini.elf, the system hangs and the drive light blinks steadily.
-I've also tried cboot2, which passes the IOS load but then fails to initialize the SD, regardless of which SD I use (have tried with 3 different cards).
-I've tried the SaveMiiFrii method and I'm getting a black screen with the steadily blinking drive light. EDIT: I tried this again and got the version number to appear in the lower right. The only official games I have that I am aware include updates are Skyward Sword and Metroid Other M, which I believe both have 4.3. Should I try using one of these to update?
I have a working, modmii hacked Wii, but I was hoping to get this one working to give to a friend. It's been so long since I last used this Wii that I'm not sure what caused the brick in the first place, however I don't think modmii was a thing back when I hacked it, so I'm sure I probably did some horrible things to it.
So what do you think? Any ideas as to what might be the problem? The fact that I can consistently get into BootMii is encouraging, but I seem to be extremely limited as to what I can do to work from there. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
-Wii appears to be full bricked
-BootMii 1.1 is installed as boot2 and can be loaded
-downside is I have no nand backup
-could not boot to system menu or homebrew channel, so I tried using nand formatter 2.0. It formatted my nand but always hangs when trying to install the necessary .wad files to restore a clean 4.1U
-After nand formatter failed, the info screen in BootMii showed "unknown" for the system menu...this is probably to be expected since the nand was formatted.
-I have since then tried using ohneswanzenegger_r85 to build a new nand with 4.1U. After following the steps and loading the new nand through BootMii, the info screen now says 4.1U is installed, however the Wii still goes to a black screen when trying to load the system menu
-I've also tried reinstalling the homebrew channel via Hack Mii. The only access I have is through BootMii, so I've tried using bootmini.elf to start Hack Mii. When I try to launch bootmini.elf, the system hangs and the drive light blinks steadily.
-I've also tried cboot2, which passes the IOS load but then fails to initialize the SD, regardless of which SD I use (have tried with 3 different cards).
-I've tried the SaveMiiFrii method and I'm getting a black screen with the steadily blinking drive light. EDIT: I tried this again and got the version number to appear in the lower right. The only official games I have that I am aware include updates are Skyward Sword and Metroid Other M, which I believe both have 4.3. Should I try using one of these to update?
I have a working, modmii hacked Wii, but I was hoping to get this one working to give to a friend. It's been so long since I last used this Wii that I'm not sure what caused the brick in the first place, however I don't think modmii was a thing back when I hacked it, so I'm sure I probably did some horrible things to it.
So what do you think? Any ideas as to what might be the problem? The fact that I can consistently get into BootMii is encouraging, but I seem to be extremely limited as to what I can do to work from there. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
