08/10/2013 UPDATE:
Wow, it's been nearly two years since my last post! So much for posting those SysCheck logs "ASAP", heh...
Anyhow, I did finally get CFG Loader working great back then, and I've really enjoyed having all my Wii games in one place. However, I never did get around to truly updating my Wii - it's firmware is still 3.2U, so I'm missing some features and some Homebrew (such as Save Game Manager) does not work.
So, first thing I need to do is update my Wii.
- I'm guessing I should update to 4.1U, but how? Via "System Update" in the system menu...?
- I got a Wii U recently. Is it safe to transfer my purchased Virtual Console games and save data to it, even though I've hacked my Wii? Could I make a NAND backup, transfer, and then restore the NAND backup to have the VC games on both systems?
Second, I've got a friend who wants me to help him hack his Wii, too. Around a year ago, I started the process, using Multi Mod Manager. Problem is, I don't remember what I installed, exactly... I do still have the files I used, though, including a NAND backup.
Here's the SysCheck logs of both systems, recorded today:
My Wii:
Friend's Wii:
If someone could take a look at those, and get me back on track, I'd REALLY appreciate it! I've been reading guides here and there, but I'm not sure if they're outdated... Which is why I'm asking for help here.
Note: I'm still unable to run retail Wii discs from the Disc Channel. They work fine when launched from Gecko OS or CFG Loader, though.
Thanks for your time!
Goals:
- Get my Wii and Friend's Wii updated and working with CFG Loader & Devolution
- Look into UNEEK, Triiforce, QuadForce, and DIOS MIOS (use it without replacing cMIOS?)
--- OLD STUFF BELOW ---
OLD UPDATE: I'm back, and now I just want to get my Wii able to play backups of my games via a USB drive. I've got a 320GB, I just need to format it... I'm going to follow to these instructions unless someone tells me they're outdated. A few questions:
- How much space should I leave in the FAT32 partition? It's a 320GB drive.
- Is it still recommended to have a WFBS partition, or should I just go 100% FAT32?
I'm going to try getting this done later today. BTW, the only things I've done since my last post was:
- played Super Mario Galaxy 2 and New Super Mario Bros. Wii via Gecko OS - installed the required .wad files when prompted
Speaking of which, ever since I installed the .wad files from SMG2, I haven't been able to boot discs through the disc menu. I can only boot discs via Gecko OS now. Anyone know why that is?
Thanks much for any advice, especially regarding backing up my Wii games to a USB drive!
---
Hello again, everyone. I've been out of the Wii hacking scene for a long time, but now I've finally got some time to get back into it.
Honestly, I didn't do that much to begin with... All I did was:
- Installed the Homebrew Channel via Bannerbomb
- Installed BootMii to boot2 somehow, and made two NAND backups
- Updated the Wii Shop Channel files so I could access the shop without updating
That's it. My Wii is still on 3.2U. My first objectives are to:
- Block update prompts that come up when I play newer games (Preloader??)
- Get my Wii (unofficially?) updated so it can play newer games, like Little King's Story and Super Mario Galaxy 2
- Figure out how to extract my Super Smash Bros. Brawl Save data (I'm mostly into the Brawl modding scene right now)
- Figure out how to save my games to a Hard Disc Drive so I don't have to swap discs
- Decide which HDD to use with my Wii: Western Digital 320GB Essential Edition external or Western Digital 500GB internal
I'm reading through the FAQs and guides now, but any advice and/or links to relevant instructions from you all would greatly help me along. I'm still really new to this.
Thanks in advance for any help!
P.S.: I remember reading that there's some mod out there that prevents some of Brawl's modes from working properly. Seeing as Brawl and its mods are the main games I play on the Wii, please let me know if any suggested mods/hacks will affect it, and if there are workarounds.
Wow, it's been nearly two years since my last post! So much for posting those SysCheck logs "ASAP", heh...
Anyhow, I did finally get CFG Loader working great back then, and I've really enjoyed having all my Wii games in one place. However, I never did get around to truly updating my Wii - it's firmware is still 3.2U, so I'm missing some features and some Homebrew (such as Save Game Manager) does not work.
So, first thing I need to do is update my Wii.
- I'm guessing I should update to 4.1U, but how? Via "System Update" in the system menu...?
- I got a Wii U recently. Is it safe to transfer my purchased Virtual Console games and save data to it, even though I've hacked my Wii? Could I make a NAND backup, transfer, and then restore the NAND backup to have the VC games on both systems?
Second, I've got a friend who wants me to help him hack his Wii, too. Around a year ago, I started the process, using Multi Mod Manager. Problem is, I don't remember what I installed, exactly... I do still have the files I used, though, including a NAND backup.
Here's the SysCheck logs of both systems, recorded today:
My Wii:
sysCheck v2.1.0b19 by Double_A and R2-D2199, Nano
...runs on IOS61 (rev 5405).
Region: NTSC-U
System Menu 3.2U (v289)
Priiloader installed
Drive date: 2006.05.26
Homebrew Channel 1.0.8 running on IOS61
HomebrewFilter ist nicht installiert
Hollywood v0x11
Console ID: XXXXXX45
Boot2 v2
Found 200 titles.
Found 28 IOS on this console. 1 of them are stub.
IOS4 (rev 3): Stub
IOS9 (rev 516): Flash Access
IOS11 (rev 10): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS12 (rev 6): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS13 (rev 10): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS14 (rev 257): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS15 (rev 260): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS17 (rev 512): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS20 (rev 12): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS21 (rev 517): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS22 (rev 772): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS28 (rev 1288): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS30 (rev 1040): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS31 (rev 1040): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS33 (rev 1040): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS34 (rev 1039): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS35 (rev 1040): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS36 (rev 1042): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS37 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS53 (rev 5149): No Patches
IOS55 (rev 5406): No Patches
IOS56 (rev 5405): No Patches
IOS61 (rev 5405): No Patches
IOS236[36] (rev 65535, Info: rev 3351): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS244[57] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v6): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS247[57] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v6): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS248[56] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v6): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS254 (rev 65281): BootMii
BC v2
MIOS v5
Report generated on 2013/08/10.
...runs on IOS61 (rev 5405).
Region: NTSC-U
System Menu 3.2U (v289)
Priiloader installed
Drive date: 2006.05.26
Homebrew Channel 1.0.8 running on IOS61
HomebrewFilter ist nicht installiert
Hollywood v0x11
Console ID: XXXXXX45
Boot2 v2
Found 200 titles.
Found 28 IOS on this console. 1 of them are stub.
IOS4 (rev 3): Stub
IOS9 (rev 516): Flash Access
IOS11 (rev 10): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS12 (rev 6): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS13 (rev 10): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS14 (rev 257): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS15 (rev 260): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS17 (rev 512): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS20 (rev 12): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS21 (rev 517): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS22 (rev 772): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS28 (rev 1288): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS30 (rev 1040): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS31 (rev 1040): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS33 (rev 1040): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS34 (rev 1039): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS35 (rev 1040): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS36 (rev 1042): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, Flash Access, NAND Access
IOS37 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS53 (rev 5149): No Patches
IOS55 (rev 5406): No Patches
IOS56 (rev 5405): No Patches
IOS61 (rev 5405): No Patches
IOS236[36] (rev 65535, Info: rev 3351): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS244[57] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v6): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS247[57] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v6): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS248[56] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v6): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS254 (rev 65281): BootMii
BC v2
MIOS v5
Report generated on 2013/08/10.
sysCheck v2.1.0b19 by Double_A and R2-D2199, Nano
...runs on IOS58 (rev 6176).
Region: NTSC-U
System Menu 4.3U (v513)
Priiloader installed
Drive date: 2006.05.26
Homebrew Channel 1.1.0 running on IOS58
HomebrewFilter ist nicht installiert
Hollywood v0x11
Console ID: XXXXXX38
Boot2 v4
Found 78 titles.
Found 48 IOS on this console. 4 of them are stub.
IOS4 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS9 (rev 1034): No Patches
IOS10 (rev 768): Stub
IOS11 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS12 (rev 526): No Patches
IOS13 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS14 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS15 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS16 (rev 512): Stub
IOS17 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS20 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS21 (rev 1039): No Patches
IOS22 (rev 1294): No Patches
IOS28 (rev 1807): No Patches
IOS30 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS31 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS33 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS34 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS35 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS36 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS37 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS38 (rev 4124): No Patches
IOS40 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS41 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS43 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS45 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS46 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS48 (rev 4124): No Patches
IOS50 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS51 (rev 4864): Stub
IOS52 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS53 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS55 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS56 (rev 5662): No Patches
IOS57 (rev 5919): No Patches
IOS58 (rev 6176): USB 2.0
IOS60 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS61 (rev 5662): No Patches
IOS70 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS80 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS202[60] (rev 65535, Info: hermesrodries-v6): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS222[38] (rev 4, Info: hermes-v4): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS223[38+37] (rev 4, Info: hermes-v4): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS224[57] (rev 65535, Info: hermesrodries-v6): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS236[36] (rev 65535, Info: rev 3351): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS249[56] (rev 21008, Info: d2x-v8final): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS250[57] (rev 21008, Info: d2x-v8final): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS254 (rev 65281): BootMii
BC v6
MIOS v10
Report generated on 2013/08/10.
...runs on IOS58 (rev 6176).
Region: NTSC-U
System Menu 4.3U (v513)
Priiloader installed
Drive date: 2006.05.26
Homebrew Channel 1.1.0 running on IOS58
HomebrewFilter ist nicht installiert
Hollywood v0x11
Console ID: XXXXXX38
Boot2 v4
Found 78 titles.
Found 48 IOS on this console. 4 of them are stub.
IOS4 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS9 (rev 1034): No Patches
IOS10 (rev 768): Stub
IOS11 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS12 (rev 526): No Patches
IOS13 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS14 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS15 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS16 (rev 512): Stub
IOS17 (rev 1032): No Patches
IOS20 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS21 (rev 1039): No Patches
IOS22 (rev 1294): No Patches
IOS28 (rev 1807): No Patches
IOS30 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS31 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS33 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS34 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS35 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS36 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS37 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS38 (rev 4124): No Patches
IOS40 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS41 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS43 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS45 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS46 (rev 3607): No Patches
IOS48 (rev 4124): No Patches
IOS50 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS51 (rev 4864): Stub
IOS52 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS53 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS55 (rev 5663): No Patches
IOS56 (rev 5662): No Patches
IOS57 (rev 5919): No Patches
IOS58 (rev 6176): USB 2.0
IOS60 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS61 (rev 5662): No Patches
IOS70 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS80 (rev 16174): Trucha Bug, NAND Access
IOS202[60] (rev 65535, Info: hermesrodries-v6): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS222[38] (rev 4, Info: hermes-v4): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS223[38+37] (rev 4, Info: hermes-v4): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS224[57] (rev 65535, Info: hermesrodries-v6): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS236[36] (rev 65535, Info: rev 3351): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS249[56] (rev 21008, Info: d2x-v8final): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS250[57] (rev 21008, Info: d2x-v8final): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS254 (rev 65281): BootMii
BC v6
MIOS v10
Report generated on 2013/08/10.
Note: I'm still unable to run retail Wii discs from the Disc Channel. They work fine when launched from Gecko OS or CFG Loader, though.
Thanks for your time!
Goals:
- Get my Wii and Friend's Wii updated and working with CFG Loader & Devolution
- Look into UNEEK, Triiforce, QuadForce, and DIOS MIOS (use it without replacing cMIOS?)
--- OLD STUFF BELOW ---
OLD UPDATE: I'm back, and now I just want to get my Wii able to play backups of my games via a USB drive. I've got a 320GB, I just need to format it... I'm going to follow to these instructions unless someone tells me they're outdated. A few questions:
- How much space should I leave in the FAT32 partition? It's a 320GB drive.
- Is it still recommended to have a WFBS partition, or should I just go 100% FAT32?
I'm going to try getting this done later today. BTW, the only things I've done since my last post was:
- played Super Mario Galaxy 2 and New Super Mario Bros. Wii via Gecko OS - installed the required .wad files when prompted
Speaking of which, ever since I installed the .wad files from SMG2, I haven't been able to boot discs through the disc menu. I can only boot discs via Gecko OS now. Anyone know why that is?
Thanks much for any advice, especially regarding backing up my Wii games to a USB drive!
---
Hello again, everyone. I've been out of the Wii hacking scene for a long time, but now I've finally got some time to get back into it.
Honestly, I didn't do that much to begin with... All I did was:
- Installed the Homebrew Channel via Bannerbomb
- Installed BootMii to boot2 somehow, and made two NAND backups
- Updated the Wii Shop Channel files so I could access the shop without updating
That's it. My Wii is still on 3.2U. My first objectives are to:
- Block update prompts that come up when I play newer games (Preloader??)
- Get my Wii (unofficially?) updated so it can play newer games, like Little King's Story and Super Mario Galaxy 2
- Figure out how to extract my Super Smash Bros. Brawl Save data (I'm mostly into the Brawl modding scene right now)
- Figure out how to save my games to a Hard Disc Drive so I don't have to swap discs
- Decide which HDD to use with my Wii: Western Digital 320GB Essential Edition external or Western Digital 500GB internal
I'm reading through the FAQs and guides now, but any advice and/or links to relevant instructions from you all would greatly help me along. I'm still really new to this.
Thanks in advance for any help!
P.S.: I remember reading that there's some mod out there that prevents some of Brawl's modes from working properly. Seeing as Brawl and its mods are the main games I play on the Wii, please let me know if any suggested mods/hacks will affect it, and if there are workarounds.









