Tutorial Modify ANY Wii 4.3 & below

[Clydefrosch]

So...
to be sure i dont do something stupid, i go and use the yugioh exploit to install the homebrewchannel and probably bootmii as IOS (what does that stand for anyway?)
get myself that nand backup (which would be clean at his point?) then install priiloader incase something bricks to be able to still access bootmii and the nand recovery function

and then use the few emulators im intrested in and im mostly on the safe side?

 

[MysticX]

so, what´s one do to to get Black Ops working? Just install cIOS224[57]-v5.1.wad?

just wanna make sure that I won´t fuck anything up.

I would like to know this too please.
Also might be a good idea to update the 42mod/43mod zips now as there are new versions IOS's now I think, also maybe add cIOS 224 [57 Base] v5.1 as part of the install so black ops runs without anyone having to install it seperately after.
I'm not that tech minded and I dont know if this would mess up the mod procedure just an idea, obviously dont change anything thats goin to break it

I have used this softmod a few times now and so far it been fullproof for me

How do you manually install cIOS 224 [57 Base] v5.1

Please Note : The only loaders that support IOS224 are Cfg Loader, Wiiflow and Uloader.

Just use the installer.
http://filetrip.net/g25124395-hermes-cIOS-Installer.html

Should I install that into ISO 236? As per guided?

 

[tj_cool]

Should I install that into ISO 236? As per guided?

If it asks what IOS to use, 236 is good.

 

[burritoboy9984]

@xzxero

The guide for mod42/43 says MMM is version 13.4 but when you download the 42mod/43mod.zip the app is 13.2 (meta.xml) confirms this.

Pretty sure when I used it last week it was showing 13.2 when I launched it.

Cheers

Read the update a couple of days later. Reverted back to ios236 installer, there is no functional difference from 13.2 to 13.4 (as far as the guide is concerned).

-Erik

 

[smurphyzeke]

I am able to run any of the "Stacks" on any version? I have 4.2 and can't run Bannerbomb, the Smash Stack should work, right?

 

[dai_uk]

You can grab the cios.zip, and install whatever wads you want

Wiiflow should work with v19

-Erik

Thanks - should I use MMM to do the install or just the one from last time, and is there any need to upgrade my hbc ?

yes use MMM to install the cIOS.
yes, the hbc update is required for many apps.

Thanks for your help, very easy - I updated HBC within itself and then used MMM to load ios 249 [57] from the cios.zip

Tool me a while to decide which base version to use, went for [57] as I don't have that usb peripheral so thought that'd conflict less, wiiflow still working.

Great guide here, thanks

 

[Pyrate02]

Hey:

I have a question - I read on the guide that this hack will only work on 4.2/4.3 Wii. Is this for a virgin 4.2/4.3 wii? What if a Wii has been softmodded before with older CIOS? Can I just restore the trucha bug on a 3xx Wii by installing a patched IOS236 and then install the latest CIOS?

Thanks...

 

[afnuke]

Thanks again.......2 more hacked with your guide. The 236 installer code dumped because I wasnt online on the first attempt but worked the second try. Thanks again for all the work

 

[RchUncleSkeleton]

If anyone is having problems with homebrew giving you a DSI Exception error(Black Screen with many numbers) and you are not connected to the internet through your wii, connect your sd card/hard drive to your computer and try going into the apps folder and the folder of the homebrew(s) that are giving you problems and right click the meta.xml file and select edit and delete the line "", then go to file and save it. Remove the card/hard drive from your computer and put it back into the wii, the homebrew should load fine with no crashes after that. The Problem lies in a bug with the homebrew channel trying to find an active internet connection and therefore when none is present it crashes. Thanks to ekeeke over at wiibrew.org for this info!

 

[burritoboy9984]

I am able to run any of the "Stacks" on any version? I have 4.2 and can't run Bannerbomb, the Smash Stack should work, right?

Yes. But bannerbomb does and should work. You would be better off finding out what you are doing wrong.

Hey:

I have a question - I read on the guide that this hack will only work on 4.2/4.3 Wii. Is this for a virgin 4.2/4.3 wii? What if a Wii has been softmodded before with older CIOS? Can I just restore the trucha bug on a 3xx Wii by installing a patched IOS236 and then install the latest CIOS?

Thanks...

It says it is for hacking 4.2 and 4.3 wii's. The reason it says that is so we know you are using the latest ios's more or less. But to answer your question, it should work fine on a

 

[Pyrate02]

Thanks Erik.

 

[RchUncleSkeleton]

If you do that, then ios236 installer (which is the only program in this pack that uses it), won't work, so I wouldn't recommend that.

-Erik

So if I delete that line from the meta.xml files for my emulators then the ios installer won't work? I don't understand, what one have to do with the other?!
Besides that...the instructions have you install everything in the pack before loading any homebrew apps and also it should only be removed from apps which are experiencing the DSI exception error.

 

[burritoboy9984]

If you do that, then ios236 installer (which is the only program in this pack that uses it), won't work, so I wouldn't recommend that.

-Erik

So if I delete that line from the meta.xml files for my emulators then the ios installer won't work? I don't understand, what one have to do with the other?!
Besides that...the instructions have you install everything in the pack before loading any homebrew apps and also it should only be removed from apps which are experiencing the DSI exception error.

No, you never specified which homebrew to edit the file for, and you posted right after someone had replied about a black screen (in the ios236 installer) due to the bug, saying to remove the no ios reload tag. I don't want people getting confused and a ton of posts saying "I was told to remove this, and now the ios236 installer won't work".

-Erik

 

[melodical]

Hi all,

Was just going to write the following (below in italics) when I fixed my problem.
I was originally using a 2gb sandisk standard sd card (non sdhc) which was a mini sd card in an adaptor and it woould not work at all.

To fix
I got another 128mb sd card and put an apps folder on the root of the sd card and put the iso236 folder inside there.
Also put the IOS36-64-v3351.wad in the root of the sd card and hey presto it installed first time. I am noing going to switch back to the 2gb sd card to finish the rest of the modding!

Hope thishelps!

WHAT I WAS GOING TO WRITE before fix:
I followed the 42e update guideand installed bootmii as boot 2 & ios.

Just followed the guide for a friend and updated it to a 4.2 pal and when switching to the 42mod it is refusing to run the ios236 installer through homebrew channel. I have set up a wifi connection and have waited for longer than 30 secs and for the light to stop flashing.
I have tried about 10-15 times now and every time I get the initial screen loading and press 1 and it says patching ios then black screens with a Exception DSI screen. The IOS36-64-v3351.wad file is definately on the root of the sd.

Can someone help me out please? Is there a workaround?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Clydefrosch]

why would i want the homebrew channel going online anyway?

seems to me its only causing problems :/

 

[Porobu]

why would i want the homebrew channel going online anyway?

seems to me its only causing problems :/

HBC tries to connect always and if in the wiithere is a WiFi connection but not working set up homebrew apps using HW_AHBPROT will crash

 

[Clydefrosch]

yeah, but why would they even do something like that?
couldnt they make the connection optional so it stops bothering people?

 

[Porobu]

its a bug in HBC

 

[yondaiime]

I used this guide, followed every step but I wasn't able to make games work with HDD+usb. My wii is 4.2U, serial LU74. I tryed with usbloaderGX and wiiflow. In both loaders, the games were recognized, but I wasn't able to start them (in USBLoader the loader just stop, and in wiiflow the loader freezes at "loading")...

 

[burritoboy9984]

try config. Also, are multiple games freezing? Try multiple games.

-Erik