Hacking Help with Bricked Wii

[kingspam8]

I've been working on this for awhile, and am turning here for help.

I have an older Wii, with an original WiiKey and Homebrew Channel. The Wii was running 4.3U, and everything had been working. I hadn't played in awhile and moved the console, when it seems to have failed.

I do not have bootmii or priiloader installed, and don't have NAND backup. (I'd been running since launch day without a much of a problem, and don't use Homebrew all that often, usually only for games.)

Press Power, I get the Health/Safety Warning Screen, Press A to continue. Wii mote is connected, and even tried replacing the Bluetooth. After pressing A, or waiting for it to auto press, the screen goes black. (Ghost image of Health/Safety screen is sometimes seen.) Sound of the click is working.

Pressing 1+2 and A for Maintenance mode has not worked.

Using a Game Cube controller (savemefrii) to get into recovery mode does work. Shows 4.3 USA on bottom right.

Purchased a WODE Jukebox, installed and set to autoboot flat, or from uSD card ISOs.
-- Have tried Autoboot AnyTitle Deleter and Autoboot MultiModManager from the WODE SD card. Both seem to start, say the have read the disk, but the 4.3 never leaves the screen. If I'm not it recovery mode and one of these boots, then I get "An error has occurred, Press the Eject Button and remove disc...."

With WODE Autoboot Flat, from recovery SuperSmashBros Disck seems to autoboot, but I never get graphics, or enter the game/program. The disk just spins, and the 4.3 disappears from the screen. This was an attemp to auto upgrade from 4.3, but I know that 4.4 doesn't exist.

Is my wii NAND fried, or is there any other program/process of getting back into the wii. My main goal was to get the save files, Virtual Console, and Transfer Program for a WiiU. Now I'm just stuborn and want to make this work somehow.

Any help would be great.

 

[mauifrog]

Use super smash bros brawl pal with the swap disc trick. Using the starfox demo from ssbb-usa has worked well with wode, and Castlevenia AFAIK. When loading from the wode be sure to add the title id of your modified disc to the wode dl list, usually 0SBE. The method is detailed in the 003 fix guide, not your issue but it will work for you all the same.
003 fix

Spoiler

THANK YOU GIANTPUNE
Smash stack pal/kor has been release- SmashStack PAL/KOR

What does this mean for your 003 wii? It can be fixed.
What you will need, 1:1 iso of SSBB-PAL
A game that installs a channel or A game that reboots to the safety screen
What you will do, load SSBB-PAL on your 4.2/4.3u/e/j 003 bricked wii
How will you load SSBB-PAL on your U/J wii? You will use Giantpunes mariokart pawns method.
A gamecube controller
A dvd drive capable of reading burned disc, or a wode (new wii dvd drives will not work, you may need to replace it.)
A modchip or a wode

Error 003 is caused by system menu 4.2/4.3+ and ios70/80 on region changed Korean wiis

The FIX- You need to install ios60-v6174 into ios slot 70, 80, 90. Then Never ever update from Nintendo again. Be sure to install priiloader to block updates. If you follow my softmod guide, your wii will be fixed when your done. Alternatively, you can use modmii to install the need patched ios.

Download- Smash-Stack.zip
Extract to a formated standard SD card 1-2g
SDHC will not work


4.2/4.3u 003 wiis- Download error 003-USA.zip
-Extract to your pc in folder \003
-Do MarioKart-PWNS or SwapDisc-PWNS

4.2/4.3j 003 wiis- Download error 003-JAPAN.zip
-Extract to your pc in folder \003
-Do MarioKart-PWNS or SwapDisc-PWNS
-Currently 003 J wiis can not be fixed with SSBB. SSBB-PAL/KOR will not load under the JAP language setting. At this moment only 003 Jap wiis can be fixed using the cioscorp method, which only works on Jap wiis with cioscorp installed.

4.2/4.3e 003 wiis- Patch your SSBB-PAL.iso to autoboot with bootme
-Autoboot SSBB-PAL and run the smash stack.
-Hackmii loads, install HBC, bootmii, make a nand backup
-follow my Guide: Softmod Any Wii to fix
Mario Kart PWNS
This will allow you to load Smash Stack PAL on a non pal wii
You can do this via channel install
What you need-
A game in the region of your wii
The game must install a channel, that is not currently installed on your wii
Games that install channels- Mario Kart, Wii Fit, Rabbids Go Home

Mario Kart- tested and working
Wii Fit- not working for me
Rabbids Go Home- not working for me

Copy your Super Smash Bros. Brawl PAL ISO to folder /003
Copy your channel installing game to folder /003
Navigate to folder /003
Rename your Super Smash Bros. Brawl PAL ISO -> ssbb-pal.iso
Rename your channel installing game -> channel.iso

Run MarioKart-PWNS.bat
Let wit do its thing

wit mix channel.iso channel.iso ignore "@ignore.txt" select DATA as chan --dest disc1.iso --overlay
wit edit disc1.iso --id=0SBE01 --name "MarioKart-PWNS" --region USA --modify=DISC
wit mix disc1.iso header region ignore "@ignore.txt" ssbb-pal.iso select DATA as chan --dest disc2.iso --overlay

Burn on good Media. Dual Layer media for ssbb-pal.iso, such as verbatim dvd + or minus. I have had good luck with verbatim dl dvd +r 8x and verbatim dl dvd -r 2.4x.
Burn with ImgBurn, @ 4x set the layer break to - 2084960
Burn disc1.iso on a good dvd5 disc
Burn disc2.iso.iso on a good dvd9 dual layer disc
Use a gc controller to enter recovery menu via savemiifrii
Insert the channel disc, the game boots

Use your wiimote and navigate to the channel installer. Select to install the channel, it will tell you this channel uses so many block. When you get to the install confirmation, press [HOME] on the wiimote, eject disc1, insert disc2, press [HOME] on the wiimote, install the channel-
Super Smash Bros Brawl- VC demo menu will load, press [HOME] again, restart-
SSBB strap screen loads. Make a savegame.

Go to the stage builder, delete any custom stages you may have go back to the main title screen
Insert a standard sd card, 1-2g, non sdhc with Smash Stack PAL on it
Go back to the stage builder- Hackmii Installer Loads
Install HBC, Bootmii, make a nand backup
Follow my softmod guide to fix
Guide: Softmod Any Wii
Your wii is alive

Disc Swap PWNS
What you need-
A game in your wii's region that will autoboot- Tested with Castlevania
The game must reset to the strap screen when it is reset via [HOME] on the wiimote [Reset] on the wii screen
Game that reset to the strap screen- many games maybe, you can test, Castlevania works
Game must be kind and load another game for you- Tested with Castlevania, I am sure there are others
Super Smash Bros. Brawl-PAL, 1:1 DVD9 iso

Most games will require you to load to the title screen, press [HOME] on the wiimote, swap discs, press [HOME] and the wiimote and go back to the title screen. Now listen to the wii drive, as soon as the drive clicks to spin up the disc, press [HOME], then click restart on the wii screen. The timing will be different for every game. Some games you can just restart, others need the spin up first.

Games that work-
Castlevania Judgment -with spin up
Dora- Crystal Kingdom -with spin up
BOOM Blocks Bash Party -with spin up
Carnival Games - no spin up
Family Party- 30 great games- with spin up.
Sonic Black Knight

Copy your Super Smash Bros. Brawl PAL ISO to /003
Copy your Swap Disc game to /003
Navigate to folder /003
Rename your Super Smash Bros. Brawl PAL ISO -> ssbb-pal.iso
Rename your swap disc game -> swap.iso

Run SwapDisc-PWNS.bat
Let wit do its thing

wit edit swap.iso --id=0SBE01 --name "SwapDisc-PWNS" --region USA --modify=DISC
wit edit ssbb-pal.iso --id=0SBE01 --name "SwapDisc-PWNS" --region USA --modify=DISC

Burn on good Media. Dual Layer media for ssbb-pal.iso, such as verbatim dvd + or minus. I have had good luck with verbatim dl dvd +r 8x and verbatim dl dvd -r 2.4x.
Burn with ImgBurn, @ 4x set the layer break to - 2084960
Burn swap.iso on a good dvd5 disc
Burn ssbb-pal.iso.iso on a good dvd9 dual layer disc

Use a gamecube controller and load the recovery menu using savemiifrii.
Insert your swap disc, let the game load to the title screen
Press [Home] on the wiimote, eject the swap disc
Insert SSBB-PAL
Now depending on the game, you could press restart or your may need to press [HOME] and load the game title screen again, then very very quickly press [HOME] again, then restart on the wii screen. It will be different for every game
For Castlevania- Load the title screen, Press [HOME], swap discs, press [HOME], wait 0.5-1sec, press [HOME], reset from the wii screen. Timing has to be right.

This should load the VC demo screen of SSBB, press [HOME] and restart again.
SSBB strap screen should load. Make a savegame.
Go to the stage builder, delete any custom stages you may have go back to the main title screen
Insert a standard sd card, 1-2g, non sdhc with Smash Stack PAL on it
Go back to the stage builder- Hackmii Installer Loads
Install HBC, Bootmii, and make a nand backup
Follow my softmod guide to fix.
Guide: Softmod Any Wii
Your wii is alive

Spoiler: Patched ios36 cioscorp method

What does not work:
Smash Stack via SSBB = FAIL
All recovery disks = FAIL
[SDDm NAND fill = FAIL
Wii Fit time change = FAIL
4.2k system update via disk = FAIL
Region Free game = FAIL
Netflix game = FAIL

Update: 4.3 003 error wiis must install cIOS80-v6174.zip. If you updated from 4.2 to 4.3 and received this 003 error, thiis guide should work for you.

Method #1 Mario Kart Channel Install

This guide will fix the 003 error, only if ios36 is patched with the trucha bug.
This would typically require cIOSCORP 3.x to be installed prior to system update
If you where loading backups from the disk channel, you may have cIOSCORP
Give it a try, best of luck.

This will install cIOS70-v6174-v3.6.wad
From cIOSCORP 3.6, which will fix your 003 error

13 confirmed recoveries

Requirements-
Patched ios36, from cIOSCORP 3.x or other method
Possibly ios250 (probably not required)
Mario Kart iso- unscrubbed, in region
A modchip
Must Not Have Installed Mario Kart Channel
A gc-controller
KOR_003-FIX.zip
Wii Bootmii

Extract KOR_003-FIX.zip to the location of your Mario

-Run MakeKeyBin.exe, type 42, click generate

-Run WIIScrubber.exe
Click load ISO, select Mario Kart iso
Double click Partition 2- INSTALLER
Right click RevoKartNR.wad
Click replace
Select cIOS70-v6174-v3.6.wad
Close wiiscrubber

- drag Mario-Kart.iso onto IOSPatcher.exe, type 36 and hit enter, ios250 should also work. If 36 fails, try 250

-Use wii Bootme and set the iso to autoboot

-Burn the Mario-Kart.iso
Use good media, like verbatim dvd -r. Burn it slowly, with imgburn

-With a gc-controller in port 4, boot the wii with disk removed, do savemiifrii to the recovery menu. Hold all 4 directions down on the d-pad, while holding power the wii and keep holding the d-pad down. You should see a black screen with 4.2u/e/j. From here you can autoboot many in region games.
-Insert the Mario-Kart disk, let it boot- be patient.
-If it fails to boot, use Wii Bootme to patch the iso to auto, then try again.

-Once the game boots, click on settings, mario kart channel- Install
-If you get error 003, you don#t have a trucha ios36 and this will not work for you.
-Be sure you patched the iso to 36, or 250.

If you already have the Mario Kart Channel installed, this will not work. You can try to duplicate the process with other games that install channels- such as wii fit (ios33), wii fit plus (ios53), Rabids Go Home (ios33), perhaps wii speak. The game must run on an ios that is patched.

If you do fix your wii, be very happy someone installed cIOSCORP on it.

This technique could also be utilized to fix other banner type bricks when other options fail.

Method #2 Game ISO mod and swap

Example Method- Castlevania Judgment -using cios36
Requirements-
Functional RM via savmii/savmiifrii (gc-controller)
Ios36 must have the fakesign bug, aka trucha bug- probably from cIOSCORP
You will need a modchip, preconfigured to autoboot, region free enabled
Castlevania Judgment, unscrubbed iso- in your region
(tested with ntsc-u version)

Download:
iso-tools.zip
WM_1.4.dol.zip
Extract to the location of Castlevania Judgment iso.

-Use wii Bootme, set the iso to autoboot
-Burn Castlevania Judgment iso, burn it good and proper

-Run MakeKeyBin.exe, type 42, click generate

-Run WIIScrubber.exe
Click load ISO, select Castlevania Judgment iso
Double click Partition 1- data
Right click on main.dol,
Click replace
Select WM_1.4.dol
main.dol name will not change
Exit

-Use wii Bootme, set the patched iso to autoboot

-Burn the patched Castlevania Judgment iso, burn it good and proper

-Boot the wii and load the Recovery Menu via savemii/savemiifrii.
You should see a black screen with your system menu version #

-Insert your Castlevania Judgment disk, it should boot
Let the game load to the intro movie, eject the disk
you will see "error please insert Castlevania Judgment disk"

-Insert you patched Castlevania Judgment disk
The intro movie plays again, goto the main game menu
Push "Home" on the wiimote and click "restart"

-Wadmanager 1.4 will load,
push A to install/uninstall wads, or
push B to exit to HBC

-Now fix your wii, You can use ios36 in wadmanager
Install cIOS70-v6174-v3.6.wad.zip

On 003 Kor wii- this strongly suggests the presence of cIOSCORP, it is likely that all game ios are patched, and many games will work with this method. For the game to work, it must restart to the health screen not the main game menu. Post your results.

Method #3 Indiana PWNS

Users who installed Indiana Pwns prior to the 003 brick can recover by autobooting Lego Indiana Jones and loading wadmanager using ios250, then install cIOS70-v6174-v3.6.wad.
Note: This is also true for users who install Yo-Gi-Vah or Yo-Gi-OWNED

Method #4 Nand Reprogramming
Users who have their nand keys or made a bootmii backup prior to their brick can use that nand backup to have their nand reprogrammed. If you do not have your nand keys or a boobtmii nand backup, you can not reprogram your nand. If you have this, you can reprogram the nand yourself but the precess is complex. Bad-Ad84, Deadlyfoez, and streamlinehd can do the job for you, for less than you should do it yourself.

So just use the wode to load smash stack pal with the swap disc trick. Then do a fresh softmod using modmii. Tell modmii your wii is 4.1u and you wish to update to 4.3u.

 

[kingspam8]

mauifrog, thank you. Though I'm still not sure what fixed it. After getting SSBB and Castlevania, creating the autoboots, following step by step, the disks wouldn't load, just sat spinning on the recovery mode. But during all the trys and resets, the wii rebooted straight to the system menu. I backed up everything I could, rehacked it, installed bootmii/priiloader, and of course dumped the NAND. I'm up and running, and thanks for a great walkthrough guide.

Thanks again.