Tutorial Modify ANY Wii 4.3 & below

[roup]

upgrading from 3.2U to 4.1......stuck on step one!

"Run bannerbomb by going to the SD Card menu and choosing yes to load boot.dol
This runs the Hackmii Installer from which you should install the Homebrew Channel, DVDX, and Bootmii as IOS and boot2 if possible."

How do you get to "SD Card menu"? Also the folder has boot.elf not .dol as stated above...does this matter.

Uh oh, xzxero made a mistake there
the old guide (3.x to 4.1) should use the old bannerbomb, cause SD card menu is only for 4.0 and up! (so doesn't work on below 4.0)

you can find the old one here
instead of SD menu, go to data management and then to channels > SD card

Thanks Tj_cool. I emailed simplemod for the zip package for upgrading 3.X to 4.1. Are you saying the bannerbomb in this package will not work?

 

[tj_cool]

Thanks Tj_cool. I emailed simplemod for the zip package for upgrading 3.X to 4.1. Are you saying the bannerbomb in this package will not work?

I haven't gotten the time to download the pack myself yet
But the one I gave should work

 

[ydhuldhoya]

Hi, one of the FAQ responses:

Bannerbomb freezes/does not work on me everytime.
Update through the settings and try again.

I'm facing this problem despite trying all the v1 version since I'm onb 4.0U. Also I'm unable to run anything from HBC since it freezes as well. You've indicated to "update through settings and try". Which settings need to be used to update? Thanks.

 

[roup]

Thanks Tj_cool. I emailed simplemod for the zip package for upgrading 3.X to 4.1. Are you saying the bannerbomb in this package will not work?

I haven't gotten the time to download the pack myself yet
But the one I gave should work

I went to the link you sent and have downloaded and unzipped the packages per the instructions. I renamed the "private" folder that was on my card (from the package I requested from simplemod).

From the steps on the link you sent (shown below) there is no "installer.elf" but rather a boot.elf in the "hackmii_installer_v06" directory. Since I already have HBC can I just run this boot.elf from HBC channel?

# Go download the HackMii installer. Copy installer.elf to the root of the SD card, and rename it to boot.elf.
# Press (Wii), Data Management, Channels, SD. Then insert the card. It should either pop up Load boot.dol/elf? or freeze.

 

[tj_cool]

I went to the link you sent and have downloaded and unzipped the packages per the instructions. I renamed the "private" folder that was on my card (from the package I requested from simplemod).

From the steps on the link you sent (shown below) there is no "installer.elf" but rather a boot.elf in the "hackmii_installer_v06" directory. Since I already have HBC can I just run this boot.elf from HBC channel?

# Go download the HackMii installer. Copy installer.elf to the root of the SD card, and rename it to boot.elf.
# Press (Wii), Data Management, Channels, SD. Then insert the card. It should either pop up Load boot.dol/elf? or freeze.

If you want bootmii, run the boot.elf with the HBC
else, start with the actual step 1 below

 

[roup]

I went to the link you sent and have downloaded and unzipped the packages per the instructions. I renamed the "private" folder that was on my card (from the package I requested from simplemod).

From the steps on the link you sent (shown below) there is no "installer.elf" but rather a boot.elf in the "hackmii_installer_v06" directory. Since I already have HBC can I just run this boot.elf from HBC channel?

# Go download the HackMii installer. Copy installer.elf to the root of the SD card, and rename it to boot.elf.
# Press (Wii), Data Management, Channels, SD. Then insert the card. It should either pop up Load boot.dol/elf? or freeze.
If you want bootmii, run the boot.elf with the HBC
else, start with the actual step 1 below


OK looks like I'm in business. Making a NAND backup right now. Thanks for the the help.

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QUOTE(roup @ Oct 9 2009, 10:23 PM)

I went to the link you sent and have downloaded and unzipped the packages per the instructions. I renamed the "private" folder that was on my card (from the package I requested from simplemod).

From the steps on the link you sent (shown below) there is no "installer.elf" but rather a boot.elf in the "hackmii_installer_v06" directory. Since I already have HBC can I just run this boot.elf from HBC channel?

# Go download the HackMii installer. Copy installer.elf to the root of the SD card, and rename it to boot.elf.
# Press (Wii), Data Management, Channels, SD. Then insert the card. It should either pop up Load boot.dol/elf? or freeze.

If you want bootmii, run the boot.elf with the HBC
else, start with the actual step 1 below

OK looks like I'm in business. Making a NAND backup right now. Thanks for the the help.

 

[roup]

Where does the NAND backup get stored?

When it completed I had a directory "Bootmii" which had 3 files, armboot.bin, bootmii.ini and ppcboot.elf. None of the three are more than 200kb. Is this typical and all that's required for a successful backup?

 

[erikk1]

root of the sd card has 2 files: keys.bin and nand.bin.

 

[roup]

first i've updated my wii via Waninkoko's updater from 3.3e to 4.0e than 4.1e. than followed instructions.

it was fine till step
3] Run Dop-IOS MOD
Choose IOS249 and press A.

ios249 is not there. shall i skip this step and keep going. there is ios249 @step4

4] Run Wad Manager [this step can be skipped if already on 4.1]
When it opens choose use IOS249. (it is probably already set to that)

@xzxero
do you have an idea about my issue. i've skipped 3] Run Dop-IOS MOD thing and completed rest. it looks ok now.

I'm having the same problem...it's 249 is not there to select....should I also skip this....if so, do I come back to this step? Not sure how to proceed. Can someone help?

 

[Okami Wolfen]

Do you have BootMii installed as an IOS?

EDIT: So what files can I delete off my SD card without my GC Backup Loader not working? Are all those IOS WADs still needed on there?

 

[roup]

Do you have BootMii installed as an IOS?

It's installed as boot2

 

[roup]

first i've updated my wii via Waninkoko's updater from 3.3e to 4.0e than 4.1e. than followed instructions.

it was fine till step
3] Run Dop-IOS MOD
Choose IOS249 and press A.

ios249 is not there. shall i skip this step and keep going. there is ios249 @step4

4] Run Wad Manager [this step can be skipped if already on 4.1]
When it opens choose use IOS249. (it is probably already set to that)

@xzxero
do you have an idea about my issue. i've skipped 3] Run Dop-IOS MOD thing and completed rest. it looks ok now.

I'm having the same problem...it's 249 is not there to select....should I also skip this....if so, do I come back to this step? Not sure how to proceed. Can someone help?

OK I'm getting into a mess here. I tried skipping over Dop-IOS step and went to the wad manager step. 249 was there but I got an error -1036....anyone have a suggestion what to do next?

 

[Okami Wolfen]

Maybe try not skipping over the DOP-IOS step?

EDIT: Ack, forgot that you already tried not skipping it. XD

Maybe you gotta use Waninkoko's cIOS installer to get IOS249?

http://wiibrew.org/wiki/CIOS_Patchmii_Installer

 

[roup]

Maybe try not skipping over the DOP-IOS step?

EDIT: Ack, forgot that you already tried not skipping it. XD

Maybe you gotta use Waninkoko's cIOS installer to get IOS249?

http://wiibrew.org/wiki/CIOS_Patchmii_Installer

My Wii is not connected to the internet.

 

[Okami Wolfen]

http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=168890

Go down to Patching IOS36. They have a link for if your Wii has no internet.

 

[MrLeche]

Hello there.

very old reader but new poster here. I've got a bit of a problem:

I have a softmodded Korean wii that has 4.0U (bought with it) but now I can't watch nintendo channel due to a 4.2 upgrade, and I wanted to have flash lite 3 too. So now the things is, the guide on the first page shows you to re-virginize your Wii by updating it to 4.2u officially. I couldn't take my chanes since my Wii is Korean. I think majority of Wii's sold in the Philippines are Korean. How do I get to update it to 4.2U but I want to virginize it first. is there a safe virginizer of some sort? (i'm not the one who softmodded my 4.0u Korean Wii).

 

[konner920]

kso. apparently i was updated to 4.2U so thats why safe update didnt work. Im shocked my wii was working. I thought it was over heating because it wouldnt startup. It would act like it was turning on but all it did would blink blue on the drive.

 

[mle]

For those who are already softmodded and would like to try this guide to update your cIOS and whatnot, i actually recommend to update via Nintendo to get to a virgin 4.2. I mean, when it first came out, it was not recommended at all to update, only if you wanted a headache. But know with the new updated applications it's safe to say you can easily mod 4.2 wii's now. The only thing i recommend is for cIOScorp users wanting to update to 4.2 should install a clean IOS30 via DOP-IOS to avoid any problems with the hackmii installer.

I'm currently on 3.3 virgin (unmodded). So with the this recommend, I shoud :

1) update to 4.2 directly via Nintendo
2) start at the begining of the section "4.2 Method"


Could someone confirm it please?

 

[xzxero]

For those who are already softmodded and would like to try this guide to update your cIOS and whatnot, i actually recommend to update via Nintendo to get to a virgin 4.2. I mean, when it first came out, it was not recommended at all to update, only if you wanted a headache. But know with the new updated applications it's safe to say you can easily mod 4.2 wii's now. The only thing i recommend is for cIOScorp users wanting to update to 4.2 should install a clean IOS30 via DOP-IOS to avoid any problems with the hackmii installer.

I'm currently on 3.3 virgin (unmodded). So with the this recommend, I shoud :

1) update to 4.2 directly via Nintendo
2) start at the begining of the section "4.2 Method"


Could someone confirm it please?

yes.
confirmed.

 

[erikk1]

But you still risk bricking your wii cause of a bad nintendo boot2 update... ?