Tutorial Modify ANY Wii 4.3 & below

[dai_uk]

Thank You

Worked a treat on my Old pal Wii on 4.2e, with an Argon chip installed - did all the steps but ommited dvdx

My wii was old enough to take bootmii on boot2 which makes me happy as I now have a way out of a brick

Thanks again

 

[elistan]

Really appreciate the work done here.

NVM : Could anyone direct me to the files needed to make 4.2 to 4.1 for ntsc wii other than megaupload ? Megaupload is not available here in our parts of the world.

Played around with with NUS Downloader and figured it out.

Thanks.

 

[Hammyface]

It is really hard to read through 150 plus pages so forgive me if this has been asked a million times.

I have modded two Wii's now with this method and both I followed the guide exactly. Both systems are successfully modded, but they both have upside down Homebrew Channels and no bannerbomb exploit at all (tried all of them) will work.
If anyone could give me a clue so the next system I do doesn't get this I'd appreciate it.

 

[xzxero]

It is really hard to read through 150 plus pages so forgive me if this has been asked a million times.

I have modded two Wii's now with this method and both I followed the guide exactly. Both systems are successfully modded, but they both have upside down Homebrew Channels and no bannerbomb exploit at all (tried all of them) will work.
If anyone could give me a clue so the next system I do doesn't get this I'd appreciate it.

update to 4.2 via the update.zip
then reinstall HBC.
you will need to patch IOS36 again
and reinstall preloader if you had it before

 

[Niktout]

Hello,
When i choose IOS249 in wad manager, my wii freezes so i can't downgrade it and i can't uninstall/install anything:
like & my wii is on 4.2e
Select IOS222 & press A to delete.
Select IOS223 & press A to delete.
Select IOS249 & press A to delete.
Select IOS250 & press A to delete.

I always have ERROR! = -2011

 

[MKayZ]

sorry if that has been asked before, but is it possible to get the files from a different location? megaupload is banned in my region so I can't get the needed files.

Thanks

 

[megadeoxys]

Ok, I've done everything, but now there are two problems:
1. The mail dosent send me the modify.zip files for some reason, and i still have the HBC installed.
2. Now NSMBW banner bricks my wii. I solve it by holding reset when it boots, but the game did wirk before.
I don't really remember what i did to make it work in the first place but my system was 3.2 then.

EDIT:
Ok, I'm an idiot. Ill try to modify and if the thing with NSMBW is still there I'll come back.

 

[greengrass]

Hi,

I have an US wii with LU38+ serial number and 3.4 system menu. I need to backup my games on USB HDD and play from it. I have following questions:

1. Should I Update my Wii to 4.2 before I start modding it?
2. Can updating Wii to 4.2 elminate chance of installing Mii on boot2?
3. I am thinking of installing configurable installer, is there any advantages of usb loader gx over this one?

Thanks for help in advance and keep up the good work!

 

[OCWesCoast]

Hello Everyone,

I need help please....OK, so I followed this guide step by step. Everything was going flawlessly until I went to the Enable System Menu Hacks part. When I click on Preloader in the HBC it says, "GOT ROOT! Unable to read ticket, aborting mission....". What did I do wrong? Can anyone please help!? I'm so close.... Thanks in advance!

P.S. Is this step really needed if I just want to load games from my External Hard Drive? Thanks again!

 

[megadeoxys]

I'm back.
I've done everything but uninstall IOS249 because it had an error.
Now my wii dosent read discs at all. what should i do? I hvae a modchip.
Ok scratch that. Some games work, others dont. seems that newer games don't work.
mario kart didnt work, and then i used DOP IOS to install ios36 and it still dosent work.
What should i do?

 

[Hammyface]

It is really hard to read through 150 plus pages so forgive me if this has been asked a million times.

I have modded two Wii's now with this method and both I followed the guide exactly. Both systems are successfully modded, but they both have upside down Homebrew Channels and no bannerbomb exploit at all (tried all of them) will work.
If anyone could give me a clue so the next system I do doesn't get this I'd appreciate it.

update to 4.2 via the update.zip
then reinstall HBC.
you will need to patch IOS36 again
and reinstall preloader if you had it before

Thanks, but on both Wii's (one was launch), when I update to 4.2 via update.zip, that's when Bannerbomb stops working. My Wii freezes up using your zip file. Then I tried every single bannerbomb file on his site and they either gave an error or froze the machine.

 

[schadow]

hi i ned a little help..im on 3.3 e and i installed Hbc 6 months ago and i want to uppgrade to 4.2 do i need to uninstall hbc before i uppgrade--and does it matter if i got the wii connected to internet?


thx

 

[Zorobabel]

Just bought my Wii last night. Serial LU71, version 4.0U. Followed the walkthrough step-by-step and everything worked perfectly, save the optional preloader software (and yes, I tried version .29 but it wouldn't load). It took me about 4 hours, but I finally got everything figured out and now have backups running off my external HDD.

Just want to say thanks to everyone who contributed in making the software, and thanks xzxero. You guys are awesome.

 

[dai_uk]

Thank You

Worked a treat on my Old pal Wii on 4.2e, with an Argon chip installed - did all the steps but ommited dvdx

My wii was old enough to take bootmii on boot2 which makes me happy as I now have a way out of a brick

Thanks again

Sorry got a quick noob preloader question, I got bootmii on boot2, is there any benefit to installing it ?

 

[XFlak]

if u have bootmii as boot2, u have more brick protection that priiloader can ever offer.

However, priiloader has many other features, such as customizing how ur wii boots up, and running system menu hacks etc. I personally have bootmii as boot2 and IOS, and I have priiloader set to run crazy intro when my wii boots up

 

[dai_uk]

Thanks from what I'd read I thought as much, sorry I've overloaded on what I've read but following this guide would bootmii have already installed some protection against system updates, I want to use internet for wiiflow etc but not at the cost of meaning someone in my family may accidentally update it

I'm happy to brick-block disks and of course wbfs manager will strip them if I choose too

 

[swarmster]

BTW Rev15 fails. It is broken. Stay on 14

Sorry, but what is broken about Rev15? Just because WiiPower says he's too stubborn to change his loader? From what I've heard it works fine with GX.

Besides, it's Rev14 that's broken. It can't load Brawl or other large games.

 

[riahc3]

Is this a offline guide? Or is a net connection required?

 

[Rion]

I have followed this guide to the letter but how do i update to the latest `"CIOS38 rev 15"? Do i just runt the "cIOS Installer v38 rev 15" and it overwrites to old one or is there anything else i need to do before?

QUOTE(iamwally @ Nov 14 2009, 07:18 PM) XZXero are you going to replace the cios38 rev14 with the newly released cios38 rev15? Can I replace it myself for now till kit files are updated? Also, would you recommend updating wii that has already been done using you method to rev15?

Thanks,

iamwally

Sorry to ask this again but "Me" and "iamwally" did not get an answer to this question..

 

[XFlak]

rev 15 has some bugs when it comes to loading backup disks via neogamma and softchip. For this reason, I would recommend remaining on rev 14 (until the cios and the apps become compatible again).

There is a whole thread on this topic, if u want more info, check that out.