Tutorial Modify ANY Wii 4.3 & below

[ripitback]

Hello,

Any help would be much appreciated. I was working in the modify 4.2 section of the guide. I installed Homebrew, DVDx, and Bootmii as boot2 and IOS with no problems. I rebooted the wii and it came to the bootmii menu, so far so good. I then completed the NAND backup and verified the backup successfully. I then copied the contents to my computer and deleted the NAND backup files from the card. I got through the Trucha restorer and deleted stub ios's. I then started installing the cIOS and my controller lost contact and would not re-sync with the wii. I then rebooted and got the black screen, it wont even boot into the bootmii menu so I can do a restore from the NAND. I was on version 4.2 before all this. Thanks in advance!

 

[grumbles]

I'm a first-timer with all of this. Following the guide, and so far no major issues. Until now.

I did the NAND backup thing, and I was ready to do the following:
"Backup the Bootmii folder, NAND.bin, & keys.bin elsewhere & erase from the sd card. [or rename it.]"

Only now when I insert my SD card into a Mac or PC, it is unreadable. The PC tells me I need to format the drive. What happened? What should I do?

Thank you very much for your help, and for setting up this guide.

 

[Deleted-119707]

I'm a first-timer with all of this. Following the guide, and so far no major issues. Until now.

I did the NAND backup thing, and I was ready to do the following:
"Backup the Bootmii folder, NAND.bin, & keys.bin elsewhere & erase from the sd card. [or rename it.]"

Only now when I insert my SD card into a Mac or PC, it is unreadable. The PC tells me I need to format the drive. What happened? What should I do?

Thank you very much for your help, and for setting up this guide.

you COULD format it and make another backup of the NAND. but i dont think that is neccessary. try using a different card reader.

 

[grumbles]

I'm a first-timer with all of this. Following the guide, and so far no major issues. Until now.

I did the NAND backup thing, and I was ready to do the following:
"Backup the Bootmii folder, NAND.bin, & keys.bin elsewhere & erase from the sd card. [or rename it.]"

Only now when I insert my SD card into a Mac or PC, it is unreadable. The PC tells me I need to format the drive. What happened? What should I do?

Thank you very much for your help, and for setting up this guide.

you COULD format it and make another backup of the NAND. but i dont think that is neccessary. try using a different card reader.

The SD card (2GB non-SDHC) was originally formatted FAT32 on a PC. I then used a Mac to transfer the update/modify files to the SD card.
I just now tried to format the SD card on a PC to FAT32. It was going well and finished, but after clicking OK the PC told me it could not be formatted. Now it still is not readable under Mac.

 

[sarelc]

Sup guys I installed cIOSCorp 3.5 but I still can't play my japanese games from the Disc channel. I played with priiloader hacks and settings, even forced disc games to use ios 249. Which is the one i installed in the guide v14. Can anybody with cIOSCorp experience help me out.

P.S. I'm not new to cIOSCorp I've used it on 4.0 perfectly.

You don't mention what firmware you're using, but 4.2 + modchip will not allow other region games to be played from the disc channel. You must revert to System Menu 4.1. Follow the steps in the "4.2 to 4.1" section in the OP. If you're not using a modchip, then I'm not familiar with the procedure to get the disc channel to run them, sorry.

 

[zeedds]

Why is there a step to upgrade to 4.2. Doesn't the regular system update from Nintendo work as well?

you really should stay away from official Nintendo updates.
The Update to 4.2 step in this pack works great, stick with that.

I updated mine with the Nintendo updates before I realized I was going to mod it.
So, because of this and having update 4.2u is there a chance my modification with this will fail?

my wii was officially 4.2U updated from nintendo and i followed xzxeros guide and it worked fine.only problem i had was 1 code dump when doing the trucka bug restore and having to install preloader 29 before 30.

 

[EeZeEpEe]

I'm a first-timer with all of this. Following the guide, and so far no major issues. Until now.

I did the NAND backup thing, and I was ready to do the following:
"Backup the Bootmii folder, NAND.bin, & keys.bin elsewhere & erase from the sd card. [or rename it.]"

Only now when I insert my SD card into a Mac or PC, it is unreadable. The PC tells me I need to format the drive. What happened? What should I do?

Thank you very much for your help, and for setting up this guide.

you COULD format it and make another backup of the NAND. but i dont think that is neccessary. try using a different card reader.

The SD card (2GB non-SDHC) was originally formatted FAT32 on a PC. I then used a Mac to transfer the update/modify files to the SD card.
I just now tried to format the SD card on a PC to FAT32. It was going well and finished, but after clicking OK the PC told me it could not be formatted. Now it still is not readable under Mac.

I'm a fellow Mac user. Does it still show up in Disk Utility? If so format it with that and try again.

 

[sarelc]

@xzxero: I upgraded from 3.2U + Wiikey v1 and no cIOS', to 4.2U using Waninkoko's Firmware Updater 4.2. HBC still worked, and everything else was fine - no stub IOS, etc. Of course then I discovered that region-free Disc Channel loading gets broken, and I wanted to go to 4.1.

Now the notes for that updater are not explicit about what it actually changes, other than adding the Trucha bug to (?something?), and I did try using PimpMyWii at some point as well to make sure the bugs were added to all IOS, but following your guide's 4.2 to 4.1 section did not work at first. I'm not sure if either of those apps enable IOS NAND access or if that was my issue, but WAD Manager wouldn't install either of the files mentioned in the guide regardless of what IOS I was loading it with. I believe it was giving an error 1053 or similar, but I didn't write it down.

So anyway, I just wanted to mention that depending on how people have upgraded to 4.2, they may need to follow the steps in the Modifying 4.2 section before they're able to downgrade. In retrospect it seems like common sense, but things can get pretty muddled when you're not sure what the requirements of each portion are. I'd like to suggest adding a quick note in there like "If you cannot install these files, follow the 'modifying 4.2' section as best you can". Thanks for the great guide.

 

[grumbles]

I'm a first-timer with all of this. Following the guide, and so far no major issues. Until now.

I did the NAND backup thing, and I was ready to do the following:
"Backup the Bootmii folder, NAND.bin, & keys.bin elsewhere & erase from the sd card. [or rename it.]"

Only now when I insert my SD card into a Mac or PC, it is unreadable. The PC tells me I need to format the drive. What happened? What should I do?

Thank you very much for your help, and for setting up this guide.

you COULD format it and make another backup of the NAND. but i dont think that is neccessary. try using a different card reader.

The SD card (2GB non-SDHC) was originally formatted FAT32 on a PC. I then used a Mac to transfer the update/modify files to the SD card.
I just now tried to format the SD card on a PC to FAT32. It was going well and finished, but after clicking OK the PC told me it could not be formatted. Now it still is not readable under Mac.

I'm a fellow Mac user. Does it still show up in Disk Utility? If so format it with that and try again.

I actually got it to work by using a different SD card reader and formatting the SD card to FAT on a PC. Everything else worked as it should.

 

[AncientPower]

For some reason, after I updated to 4.2 via the NSMBWii disc update, the HBC remained and still works. Are there any hacks I need to/should use? I'm thinking about installing a backup loader, but I just want to play it safe.

 

[sixfootsideburns]

can anyone tell me how to update Preloader?

 

[EeZeEpEe]

For some reason, after I updated to 4.2 via the NSMBWii disc update, the HBC remained and still works. Are there any hacks I need to/should use? I'm thinking about installing a backup loader, but I just want to play it safe.

HBC 1.0.6 is System Menu 4.2 compatible. That's why it remains. Bootmii and cIOS 249, 250, 222, 223) get removed. Honestly don't play it safe. There are plenty of people here, including myself, who are on 4.2 and hacked with disc and USB loaders. It's totally worth it.

 

[jonjosh]

Is there an online version of this guide? I think updating it online is much better than installing each and every single .wad -.-

 

[zi70410]

hello i was following the guide fine, until the installing CIOS part, i open wad manager but when i click SD it says "Retreving file list... ERROR! (ret = -1)" help please? Also side note, it doesn't ask if i want NAND emulator disabledjava script:bbc_pop()

 

[zi70410]

lol nevrmind i figured it out myself, i accidentally cut out the wad folder instead of the bootmii folder, i feel dumb THANK YOU for the great guide

 

[rontonimo]

Hello,

Any help would be much appreciated. I was working in the modify 4.2 section of the guide. I installed Homebrew, DVDx, and Bootmii as boot2 and IOS with no problems. I rebooted the wii and it came to the bootmii menu, so far so good. I then completed the NAND backup and verified the backup successfully. I then copied the contents to my computer and deleted the NAND backup files from the card. I got through the Trucha restorer and deleted stub ios's. I then started installing the cIOS and my controller lost contact and would not re-sync with the wii. I then rebooted and got the black screen, it wont even boot into the bootmii menu so I can do a restore from the NAND. I was on version 4.2 before all this. Thanks in advance!

In what order did you install the IOS, cIOS's

 

[zionfarm]

Sup guys I installed cIOSCorp 3.5 but I still can't play my japanese games from the Disc channel. I played with priiloader hacks and settings, even forced disc games to use ios 249. Which is the one i installed in the guide v14. Can anybody with cIOSCorp experience help me out.

P.S. I'm not new to cIOSCorp I've used it on 4.0 perfectly.

You don't mention what firmware you're using, but 4.2 + modchip will not allow other region games to be played from the disc channel. You must revert to System Menu 4.1. Follow the steps in the "4.2 to 4.1" section in the OP. If you're not using a modchip, then I'm not familiar with the procedure to get the disc channel to run them, sorry.

I'm on 4.2 soft mod, if it means no hardware sodered in.
Can someone please address this, what I'm looking for is staying up to date with 4.2 if I can. Also having the ability to play my burnt/japanese orginals through the disc channel, if it's possible with 4.2.

 

[jonjosh]

Hey Is there an online only version of this guide or an 4.2 firmware updater online?

 

[Clark Kent]

After Modding...

For playing your disc backups, you should either:

1] Download NeoGamma & set it up on your SD card.
2] Download Softchip & set it up on your SD card.

So does this mean you can install BOTH and just choose which one you want to use via menu or will installing both cause conflict? If so which of these 2 currently is easiest to update and allows for the most burned games to WORK!?

Also, another question... when Wii release updates or new games that no longer work on a modded system how is that fixed? What part of the modification needs to be adjusted, and will those fixes be easily updated to the mod? I thought I read someone say you can just continue to download the updates direct from Nintendo... but that doesn't sound right at all.

Thanks.

 

[xzxero]

Is there an online version of this guide? I think updating it online is much better than installing each and every single .wad -.-
http://sites.google.com/site/completesg/

hello i was following the guide fine, until the installing CIOS part, i open wad manager but when i click SD it says "Retreving file list... ERROR! (ret = -1)" help please? Also side note, it doesn't ask if i want NAND emulator disabledjava script:bbc_pop()
try another SD card or USB stick

I'm on 4.2 soft mod, if it means no hardware sodered in.
Can someone please address this, what I'm looking for is staying up to date with 4.2 if I can. Also having the ability to play my burnt/japanese orginals through the disc channel, if it's possible with 4.2.

its not possible downgrade to 4.1 then enable region free wii and gamecube games hacks for 4.1
thats it you dont need to force IOS or anything like that

QUOTE(Clark Kent @ Nov 29 2009, 07:28 PM)

So does this mean you can install BOTH and just choose which one you want to use via menu or will installing both cause conflict? If so which of these 2 currently is easiest to update and allows for the most burned games to WORK!?

Also, another question... when Wii release updates or new games that no longer work on a modded system how is that fixed? What part of the modification needs to be adjusted, and will those fixes be easily updated to the mod? I thought I read someone say you can just continue to download the updates direct from Nintendo... but that doesn't sound right at all.

Thanks.

Yes you can have as many apps on your SD card as you want.

If you have the original game, the update is inside
It's always an IOS update.
That's what read the games.