Tutorial Modify ANY Wii 4.3 & below

[zizer]

http://sites.google.com/site/completesg/

 

[Sir Eagle]

Thanks.

 

[F. Lobot]

That guide is criminally out dated, why do people still recommend it? cIOS rev 17 from NUS Downloader, really?

 

[zizer]

cIOS rev 17 is good for triiforce

 

[JoostinOnline]

cIOS rev 17 is good for triiforce

For some reason 222,223, and 249 were updated recently though. I can see 249 (although I still use rev17 for older apps that won't use new ones), but it is widely known that hermes v4 has better compatibility than v5/5.1. That's why 222 and 223 are usually kept at v4 as a fallback from 224.

It's not my guide, so I understand none of this is my decision, but I don't get why the author would tell people to use System Menu 4.2 and hermes v5.1. Newer does not always mean better.

 

[Genyus]

I'm sorry guys but I'm a little confused. I'm running my Wii on 4.1E right now and supposedly if I want to mod it I should update it to 4.3E first and then use one of the game exploits? That's the only way to softmod if you are in version 4.1E?

Thanks in advance!

 

[robjanssen]

I'm sorry guys but I'm a little confused. I'm running my Wii on 4.1E right now and supposedly if I want to mod it I should update it to 4.3E first and then use one of the game exploits? That's the only way to softmod if you are in version 4.1E?

Thanks in advance!

DON'T UPDATE TO 4.3E!
When you have 4.3E you HAVE to use a game exploit.
With 4.1E you can softmod without a game exploit.
In this tutorial you are advised to update to 4.2E first. BUT NOT WITH THE Wii update function! Use this guide to update to 4.2E!
And then softmod your Wii

 

[Genyus]

I see, thanks. I also found out after a bit of research myself now.

Sadly, I was wrong about 4.1E, I'm actually on 4.3E. Now I have to buy myself SSBB again, ah well.

edit: Does anyone know if there's a softmod in the make for 4.3E that doesn't require a game exploit?

 

[burritoboy9984]

I see, thanks. I also found out after a bit of research myself now.

Sadly, I was wrong about 4.1E, I'm actually on 4.3E. Now I have to buy myself SSBB again, ah well.

edit: Does anyone know if there's a softmod in the make for 4.3E that doesn't require a game exploit?

No, there isn't.

Also, I apologize the guide hasn't been touched in a while. I've been working crazy hours lately...

-Erik

 

[batrachian]

I am able to get the link and files by sending email to the address below. However, I cannot find the up42x.zip file described in the tutorial to upgrade my current 3.3U. I do see up42e up42j up42u & up42u42already.zip. Which file should I use for my upgrade? Thanks.


Update to 4.2
Follow this if you're on a firmware

 

[luminalace]

OK today I used Modmii to update my neighbours Wii from 3.4E to 4.2E. Everything worked well. Installed IOS 58 and latest HBC.

I was about to hand it back but I noticed that I get a Black Screen when I access his Wii Shop Channel or Opera browser.

Any ideas guys what I have missed?

 

[JoostinOnline]

OK today I used Modmii to update my neighbours Wii from 3.4E to 4.2E.

What? Not only is this the wrong guide, but when you have the choice to pick the menu you want, why would you choose 4.2 over 4.1?

 

[zizer]

OK today I used Modmii to update my neighbours Wii from 3.4E to 4.2E. Everything worked well. Installed IOS 58 and latest HBC.

I was about to hand it back but I noticed that I get a Black Screen when I access his Wii Shop Channel or Opera browser.

Any ideas guys what I have missed?

update wii shop channel and internet channel (use again modmii)

 

[luminalace]

@JoostinOnline - My own Wii is on 4.2 ...so better the devil you know IMO! Also my post was meant to be posted in the Modmii thread but I made a mistake.

Anyway back to my problem. I tried Dop Mii & reinstalling the shopping channel wad but both failed! The internet browser is working, so is the News and Weather Channels. All is fine except the shop channel! I even tried Wiiscu but don't work.

UPDATE: It's Fixed... I needed IOS 56 for some reason!

 

[brausm08]

I am able to get the link and files by sending email to the address below. However, I cannot find the up42x.zip file described in the tutorial to upgrade my current 3.3U. I do see up42e up42j up42u & up42u42already.zip. Which file should I use for my upgrade? Thanks.

...that's cuz there is no up42x.zip... the 'x' in this case is a placeholder for whatever region your wii is. if your NTSC (North America), then use up42u....if you're PAL (European), use up42e....use up42j for Japanese console....

 

[Briadark]

I have hacked more kind of wii's on 4.2E and 4.3E

 

[fattest]

I am preparing an sd card to mod someone's wii, and noticed that the up42u.zip contains ios58v6176 but 42mod.zip (which is installed after up42u) contains ios58v6175. i downloaded these files a few months ago and try to update them myself when necessary, but i don't think i ever touched ios58 in either of the archives so this may be an oversight.

I also want to prepare a folder for wads related to channel forwarders that is installed after the softmod. I wanted to put the just dance 2 store hack as well but the wad installation is designed to be unsuccessful, so should i make sure it's named something like zzzz.wad so that it's installed last and doesn't prevent other wads from being installed?

 

[xzxero]

I am preparing an sd card to mod someone's wii, and noticed that the up42u.zip contains ios58v6176 but 42mod.zip (which is installed after up42u) contains ios58v6175. i downloaded these files a few months ago and try to update them myself when necessary, but i don't think i ever touched ios58 in either of the archives so this may be an oversight.

I also want to prepare a folder for wads related to channel forwarders that is installed after the softmod. I wanted to put the just dance 2 store hack as well but the wad installation is designed to be unsuccessful, so should i make sure it's named something like zzzz.wad so that it's installed last and doesn't prevent other wads from being installed?

some people don't have to use up42u.zip so they could possibly miss the installation of IOS58.
so we put it in the 42mod.zip to make sure no one misses IOS58.
it doesn't matter if it gets installed twice.

as for the channel forwarders, you can just throw them in the WAD folder with the cIOS in the 42mod.zip and they'll all get installed at the same time.

im pretty sure that hacked store WAD's for music games use a special WAD manager, so i would stick with that program to avoid any issues.

 

[burritoboy9984]

I am preparing an sd card to mod someone's wii, and noticed that the up42u.zip contains ios58v6176 but 42mod.zip (which is installed after up42u) contains ios58v6175. i downloaded these files a few months ago and try to update them myself when necessary, but i don't think i ever touched ios58 in either of the archives so this may be an oversight.

I also want to prepare a folder for wads related to channel forwarders that is installed after the softmod. I wanted to put the just dance 2 store hack as well but the wad installation is designed to be unsuccessful, so should i make sure it's named something like zzzz.wad so that it's installed last and doesn't prevent other wads from being installed?

I actually put a slightly older version in the mod42, good catch. I doubt N really made any changes, so it shouldn't really matter. But I will be updating the packs soon, and will fix it then

I'm not that familiar with the hack for just dance 2, but if it fails to install, the batch wad installer should continue on to the next wad.

-Erik

Edit: I forgot to hit reply earlier (I typed this about 3 hours ago), I see xz already replied...

 

[XFlak]

I actually put a slightly older version in the mod42, good catch. I doubt N really made any changes, so it shouldn't really matter. But I will be updating the packs soon, and will fix it then

You're right, it doesn't really matter which version you have installed. All the IOSs from the June 2010 4.3 update (ie. IOS58v6175) are the exact same as the IOSs from the September 2010 4.3B update (ie. IOS58v6176) except for one change; and that change was to disable the old method of restoring the trucha bug (ie. trucha bug restorer method, or any method without requiring ahbprot). In fact, it was one of these updates (4.3B I think) that began installing IOS4X IOSs onto all region Wii's (prior they were only installed to Korean Wii's), and this prevented users from installing an older version of IOS4X on non-Korean Wii's which could then be used to run the trucha bug restorer. But now that we have apps like IOS236 Installer, who cares if trucha bug restorer doesn't work anymore