It is highly recommended to install Priiloader only on a Wii with only unmodified IOSs!
how do i check my second handed wii console to see if its ios has been modified or not?
thanks for the help!
It is highly recommended to install Priiloader only on a Wii with only unmodified IOSs!
Because of the occasional HBC network connection bug crash impacting apps loaded with AHBPROT I think the priiloader 236 installer is safer than the AHBPROT onedoesn't priiloader installer use AHB now ? you don't need IOS236 on newer homebrew.
Blueagent : if you are not sure, post your syscheck report and we can tell you if there's any problem.
I'm talking about the installer, not priiloader itself. Priiloader runs off of the system menu IOS but the 236 installer obviously uses 236 (and yes I'm aware it's just a patched 36) and the ahbprot installer uses whatever IOS the HBC is using (ideally 58).Priiloader runs under the system menu IOSes and they do not have AHB access. That IOS 236 is just IOS 36 with the AHB_PROT flag enabled.
That's very old. I run my fork of USB Loader GX as the default HBC IOS (58) all the time and networking works fine.
AHB isn't a brick risk, writing to NAND is. Whether you're running the installer from the patched IOS 36 or the HBC with <ahb_access /> tag in meta.xml it is running in the same mode. Updating officially with a disc or online has the same risk if something goes wrong.
this bug resulted in several full bricks from Priiloader v0.5
But the only chance for this patch to fail is if the IPC reply for the async call comes before patch completion. We're talking about few milliseconds, so from a probabilistic point of view it's almost impossible. Let's say it's 99.99% safe.
Two of my guides involve using IOS's and require patches to install. AHBPROT would be a great choice, but ever since the bug was discovered, I haven't trusted it. I've worked very hard to make sure my guides are safe for newbies, and I'm not going to add a "maybe" factor in there.
there is an issue in the Homebrew Channel that makes crash homebrew apps when you don't have your wii connected to the network and HBC is configured to load apps without reloading IOS, which is the only known way to get AHBPROT access rights.
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There are 2 known workarounds to fix this issue but both have drawbacks.
The 1st way is to force HBC to reload IOS when it loads the app, which also kill any initiated network callback automatically and prevents the apps from crashing.
However this solution makes you loose AHBPROT access rights.
Another solution is to wait about 1 minute on the HBC hoping that the asynchronous call is terminated in the meanwhile.
However experience teaches that this workaround doesn't work always for every Wii out there.
http://www.hacksden.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=154
heres link to download for new priiloader from daco
Thanks for posting the report, sorry I didn't see it sooner as you edited an old message of yours.IOS249[56] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v10beta53-alt): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS250[57] (rev 65535, Info: d2x-v10beta52): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
Thanks for posting the report, sorry I didn't see it sooner as you edited an old message of yours.
Replace your slot 249 with d2x v10 r2, base56.
r53 is bad, will have issues with hardware and games.