Tutorial Modify ANY Wii 4.3 & below

[frailimbnursry]

I just have 1 issue with Modify 4.2. Guide. Ive gotten to the very end to enable system menu hacks but i cannot get the preloader 30 or 29 to install. Bootmii is installed as an IOS - was the only choice i had with this 4.2U.

I got the aborting mission error, like it says, but the preloaderv0.29-jodi.dol wont load. How to install the 29-jodi version first?

The other question I have also is regarding the hacks.ini file, do you need to delete what you dont want for every version. AND what version MUST be there for a NTSC Wii??

Rename the original boot.dol in the preloader folder to something else (i.e. preloaderv03.dol) and rename preloaderv0.29-jodi.dol to boot.dol. Follow the instructions for installing preloader. When that is finished, replace the boot.dol with the one renamed earlier (the original preloader .30 dol).

The process should go something like this:
Rename boot.dol -> whatever.dol
Rename preloaderv0.29-jodi.dol -> boot.dol
Install preloaderv0.29-jodi
Rename whatever.dol -> boot.dol
Install preloaderv0.30r4

As far as the .ini file. You can enable and disable the hacks from within the preloader menu. I didn't manually add or edit anything.

 

[XFlak]

or u can get the newest preloader, which is now called priiloader

preloader is history, its all about priiloader!

 

[TripleHHH28]

Might be a good idea to tell people to make a Nand backup before doing the next steps.

i see in your signature it says to use cios to upgrade.....what one do you do? is there a tut for it?

 

[pakrat]

I just have 1 issue with Modify 4.2. Guide. Ive gotten to the very end to enable system menu hacks but i cannot get the preloader 30 or 29 to install. Bootmii is installed as an IOS - was the only choice i had with this 4.2U.

I got the aborting mission error, like it says, but the preloaderv0.29-jodi.dol wont load. How to install the 29-jodi version first?

The other question I have also is regarding the hacks.ini file, do you need to delete what you dont want for every version. AND what version MUST be there for a NTSC Wii??

Rename the original boot.dol in the preloader folder to something else (i.e. preloaderv03.dol) and rename preloaderv0.29-jodi.dol to boot.dol. Follow the instructions for installing preloader. When that is finished, replace the boot.dol with the one renamed earlier (the original preloader .30 dol).

The process should go something like this:
Rename boot.dol -> whatever.dol
Rename preloaderv0.29-jodi.dol -> boot.dol
Install preloaderv0.29-jodi
Rename whatever.dol -> boot.dol
Install preloaderv0.30r4

As far as the .ini file. You can enable and disable the hacks from within the preloader menu. I didn't manually add or edit anything.

Thanks for the reply, I did pretty much what you had said, I renamed original boot.dol to 30r4.dol tried to install 029-jodi but it just sits at the first screen forever. I had B AND + held down to install but it does nothing. Its the only thing from the 4.2 modify guide that hasnt installed.

 

[XFlak]

to install preloader 0.29 - jodi, u need to press 1 twice to get past the disclaimer

afterwards I recommend upgrading to Priiloader from here

 

[DutchHeatWave]

Sorry if this is a question that has been answered a million times, but it's kinda hard to Google on these keywords

I am trying to mod a 3.2E Wii and I got stuck on this part of the tutorial:

"When it opens choose IOS36. (it is probably already set to that)"

I get a list of IOS's to choose from in Wadmanager, but it goes from IOS35 to IOS37 when I use the keys to switch. I've checked, the IOS36-64-v3351.wad file IS on the SD card, I downloaded a few other "36" versions, but wadmanager just won't show me IOS36 as an option.

What am I doing wrong?

 

[pakrat]

to install preloader 0.29 - jodi, u need to press 1 twice to get past the disclaimer

afterwards I recommend upgrading to Priiloader from here

thanks for that tip It worked !!

 

[Social0]

Thank you so much for this guide. Worked great on a Wii with 3.1E

 

[Slimmmmmm]

Nice guide.

 

[perom]

Went from 3.2E to 4.2E with this guide.

Thank you very much!

 

[monolove]

thanx a bunch. tried like 10 guides before this to remodify my wii after I chose to update to 4.2 (i know, what was i thinking) and now it seems to work. gotta install cioscorp tho. can't live wothout my modded rock band songs. again. thank you.

 

[Hakoda]

Hey there if anyone could be kind to help a first time Softmodder. I've been a longtime WiiKey v1 user but I've had reason to make a hybrid machine. (NSMB) I've followed your guide to each exact point (except installing preloader). Every time I launch a specific homebrew, my Wii crashes. (black screen, wiimote looses connection) This includes Neogamma R8 Beta 7, WAD Manager 1.5, (prolly more, just haven't tried.) Coincidentally, every time I select IOS249 to be used to load whatever application I'm using, it will either A) freeze up B) give me an error then freeze up. My n00b-hunch is that for some reason cIOS didn't install correctly the first time thus corrupting IOS249. I've tried reinstalling cIOS38 rev14 numerous times using IOS38 & IOS36 to load off of. No difference. I've also tried to trucha patch IOS53 & IOS70 with DOP-IOS MOD so that a patched NSMB will run straight from the disc channel. No luck with that either. Wii will do 1 of 2 things. 1) state "The Disc cannot be Read" (majority of the time) or 2) Black screen error: "An error has occurred..." (rare). Can anyone help me out, please?

Specs: Wii 4.2U, cIOS38 rev14, IOS36 Patched (TBR), IOS53 & IOS70 Patched (DOP-IOS MOD), Bootmii as boot2.
Problems: Some homebrew won't boot. NSMB won't boot off of Disc Channel. (I've tried an already patched ISO and one that I patched manually using the main.dol from the orignal site which the NSMB hack was found using wiiscrubber 1.4. both were BrickBlocked and RegionFriid before burning and both failed.)

If you can help out, thanks. Also noticed that cIOS rev15 may be released on Fri. 13th. (maybe that would fix my problems?) In the meantime I will try to uninstall the cIOS i have and reinstall it again on a lower version. Or try GeckOS. (if it runs)

~ Jon

EDIT: Sorry my inner noob was showing. 1) this was suppose to go under the "Fully Softmod Any Wii" Guide. 2) realized Nintendo put stub IOS249 on system menu, uninstalled it, reinstalled cIOS. Everything's working flawlessly. Wow softmoding a wii is easier than I thought.

 

[wiihacker3000]

please help me in my thread.

http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=190605

 

[bosman]

OK - used this guide to modify a virgin 4.2 wii.

All worked - couple of notes.

TBR downgrade IOS15 - good
If you try to patch IOS36 straight afterwards, got a code dump
Reboot
TBR - Patch IOS36 - good
If you try to restore IOS15 straight afterwards, got a code dump
Reboot
TBR - Restore IOS15 - good

The rest of the install went fine.

 

[battlebas]

I've got one question that's somewhat related to the modding. When I finished the guide, (everything worked, thnx!) I want to add channels for my emulators and neogamma 8 beta 9. You need to install them as .wads with wadmanager but can you make these channels yourself or are there any available already? Would be easy to have them as insta selectable through the system menu.

 

[CAFlynn]

Awesome guide! I had previously softmodded my Wii, but got the urge to re-virginize my Wii and try this out. Worked like a charm! Fast, easy and in about 10 minutes I was ready to go. Thanks for the great guide!

 

[wok]

Awesome guide! I had previously softmodded my Wii, but got the urge to re-virginize my Wii and try this out. Worked like a charm! Fast, easy and in about 10 minutes I was ready to go. Thanks for the great guide!

I'm in the same boat, I've previously softmodded my Wii a long while back and I'm just returning to it now and would like to 'start fresh' if it's possible. How did you go about re-virginizing the Wii? or did you just start this guide using your previously softmodded Wii? Thanks!

 

[bjorno]

Can someone please the 4.2 modify.zip? Thanks, i emailed zero too.. but no response..
[email protected]

 

[giorgosh]

Can someone please the 4.2 modify.zip? Thanks, i emailed zero too.. but no response..
[email protected]

Done!

 

[bjorno]

Can someone please the 4.2 modify.zip? Thanks, i emailed zero too.. but no response..
[email protected]

Done!

Got it

, thanks for your help. Now the only thing that i need, is a WII ROFL!!, its at ninty, since 4 November. But im 80% sure they will patch it to system menu 4.2, so once again Thanks!