Hacking Hacking the WiiU: A Simple Progress Guide

[ChainsawPolice]

Ah, I see. It technically is, but not out-of-box

"native" means out-of-the-box. Nintendont is neither; it's third party/homebrew software

 

[Rolie129]

Hey guys, my Wii U is past 5.3.2, what should I do?

 

[YugamiSekai]

Hey guys, my Wii U is past 5.3.2, what should I do?

Is it 5.4, 5.5, or 5.5.1?

 

[Rolie129]

Is it 5.4, 5.5, or 5.5.1?

It's 5.5.1

 

[YugamiSekai]

It's 5.5.1

You can only use the browser exploit.

 

[jonnyfresh]

I don't really understand how this mod hasn't been released. Last I knew, Hykem was hoping to release it by Christmas, then February, then March. Now it's April and he's "not signing in until it's done."

Troll level = Expert

 

[TotalInsanity4]

I don't really understand how this mod hasn't been released. Last I knew, Hykem was hoping to release it by Christmas, then February, then March. Now it's April and he's "not signing in until it's done."

Troll level = Expert

Have some class, dude, for what we know he may very well be sitting somewhere in jail and/or with all his accounts frozen

 

[Acerio]

I'm super excited for the day when homebrew for the Wii U really becomes homebrew.

 

[Pikachuk]

i tried to use dumpiine to have the rpx from mario maker but the game freezes

 

[WildPyro]

Hey all,

I am looking to purchase a Wii U that have the correct firmware to exploit. My question is, how do I know which console comes with which firmware if the box is un-opened. For my 3DS I went by the copyright date on the back, can the same be said with the Wii U? Does anyone have a particular place to look? (I've been searching ebay/amazon) Also, does the Basic/Deluxe version even matter if I'm going to put a bigger hard drive in it? Is that even possible? (It was with the PS3 and XBOX360) Sorry, new to the community here, but really been keeping an eye on this thread to see when the console officially becomes "hacked"

-Pyro

 

[TotalInsanity4]

Hey all,

I am looking to purchase a Wii U that have the correct firmware to exploit. My question is, how do I know which console comes with which firmware if the box is un-opened. For my 3DS I went by the copyright date on the back, can the same be said with the Wii U? Does anyone have a particular place to look? (I've been searching ebay/amazon) Also, does the Basic/Deluxe version even matter if I'm going to put a bigger hard drive in it? Is that even possible? (It was with the PS3 and XBOX360) Sorry, new to the community here, but really been keeping an eye on this thread to see when the console officially becomes "hacked"

-Pyro

Right now, any off-the-shelf Wii U is exploitable. Buy them while they're hot

 

[Motobug]

Hey all,

I am looking to purchase a Wii U that have the correct firmware to exploit. My question is, how do I know which console comes with which firmware if the box is un-opened. For my 3DS I went by the copyright date on the back, can the same be said with the Wii U? Does anyone have a particular place to look? (I've been searching ebay/amazon) Also, does the Basic/Deluxe version even matter if I'm going to put a bigger hard drive in it? Is that even possible? (It was with the PS3 and XBOX360) Sorry, new to the community here, but really been keeping an eye on this thread to see when the console officially becomes "hacked"

-Pyro

Every Wii U version has a kernel exploit as of today. And the Wii U can use external hard drives, but they have to be formatted for the Wii U specifically and cannot be used for anything else, and can't be accessed even with kernel access

 

[wiimanofthenorth]

I accept, I don't know everything, but why does the first post talk about 5.5.3? I thought the latest was still 5.5.1? At least, that's what the ninty .co.uk site still says...???

 

[WildPyro]

Thank you guys so much for the quick responses, I'll go pick one up after work today :-)

-Pyro

 

[muskieratboi]

I accept, I don't know everything, but why does the first post talk about 5.5.3? I thought the latest was still 5.5.1? At least, that's what the ninty .co.uk site still says...???

Cause I made a typo.

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Updated with news about IOSUhax. GG, Smea!

 

[Miles54321]

So the hack FINALLY came out, thank god for hykem, i am back after ages of waiting

so im on 5.5.0, do i need to upgrade to 5.5.1

 

[TotalInsanity4]

So the hack FINALLY came out, thank god for hykem, i am back after ages of waiting

so im on 5.5.0, do i need to upgrade to 5.5.1

It was a Kexploit leak, not an IOSU release. The Kexploit works on most firmwares up to the current one, you should be fine where you are. Read the Definitive Guide for upgrade advice

 

[Miles54321]

It was a Kexploit leak, not an IOSU release. The Kexploit works on most firmwares up to the current one, you should be fine where you are. Read the Definitive Guide for upgrade advice

Yeh, i cant do the java jar server bit

it says: "java" is not recognized as an internal or external command

 

[Angelita Perez]

Question: after launching loadiine and playing a game for long time,
the Wii U is online all that time (turning wifi off = can't load another game) is that wise?
I have tubehax set but my router doesn't have any blocking features though

Does disabling all the parental control except "browser" of course, does anything?
like is it better protected from updates?

So in short, when playing with loadiine does loadiine or hack protects the wii u from updates?

Thanks in advanced!

 

[netovsk]

It would be great if the guide added 2 progress updates fields so we can do a quick check: 1 - can we run Wii U games from USB? 2 - Can we hack vWii without any wii old discs? Thanks in advance.