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[smarf]

Followed the simplistic mod guide and my jap wii is running 4.1J with the custom ios etc

Installed some wiiware games today but found out that the menus for are all in japanese :/ Is there a way to force the menus to english without changing my region settings?

My wii is also chipped and i'm not even sure what type it is... so i don't want to risk region changing until i figure it out.

 

[Black_Knight]

Still need help with my issue.

Okay, let's give this shot. Need to install the correct IOS to update my Homebrew to 1.0.6

Information on my case.

• Currently updated to 4.2 through 'approved' means.
• Had to change my IOS to IOS61 v19.26, (I used IOS61-6-v4890.wad) through WAD Manager v1.5 on Homebrew, because my HB menu was upside down.
• Now when I try to update, the HackMii Installer v0.6 says 'There is no known vulnerable IOS installed on this Wii'

Doing some quick research, should I just use IOS36 and install it as a wad to make an acceptable IOS for Hackmii and not have my Homebrew Menu revert to being upside down?

 

[DaMaster121]

i'm currently on 4.1e, but everytime i go to wad manager and select ios249 as the ios the remote dies and the same thing happens if i attempt to install cios 3.4 and my usb loader no longer loads up.

anyone? tia

 

[erikk1]

Maybe your ios249 is stubbed. Delete it with anytitledeleter and reinstall 249 with the cios38 rev14 installer.

 

[DaMaster121]

but im guessing i have to choose ios249 with cios38 aswell, how would this work?

 

[erikk1]

You can run the cios38rev14 installer from HBC and it does not require 249 to be installed. That wouldn't make sense, cause it's used to install 249.

You need a fakehash signed (trucha)/es_identity ios36 for it. It runs of that I guess.

Basically, it's steps 1-3 from the 4.2-guide in http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=17190

 

[killmoves]

If you try to load the system menu through preloader but it gives you the corrupted file message
Thanks erikk1, that's exactly what is happening.

QUOTE(erikk1 @ Oct 12 2009, 09:48 PM) you probably have to es_identify patch your system menu ios. Dop IOS can do that.

My system menu is v385.
I'm sorry, but i don't know what is "Dop IOS", can you explain it, please?

 

[erikk1]

v385 is 3.4 it seems. I don't know which ios 3.4 uses, but you should be able to find that with google or something

Dop IOS is an application you can run from homebrew to redownload a IOS and apply the needed patches to the ios. You will have to google/search on these forums to find more info. Or hope someone else is gonna spoon feed it to you

 

[killmoves]

v385 is 3.4 it seems. I don't know which ios 3.4 uses, but you should be able to find that with google or something

Dop IOS is an application you can run from homebrew to redownload a IOS and apply the needed patches to the ios. You will have to google/search on these forums to find more info. Or hope someone else is gonna spoon feed it to you

Thanks man, that was the quickest answer ever.

For now i think thats enough.

 

[DaMaster121]

You can run the cios38rev14 installer from HBC and it does not require 249 to be installed. That wouldn't make sense, cause it's used to install 249.

You need a fakehash signed (trucha)/es_identity ios36 for it. It runs of that I guess.

Basically, it's steps 1-3 from the 4.2-guide in http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=17190

I tried that using trucha bug restorer but when i try to downgrade ios15 which is the first step, it comes back with an (-1035) error.

 

[Bravostar]

Hello from a wii noob. I've had the console for a week now and thanks to a great guide from this forum I was able to install HBC and am currently using NeoGamma 7 for starting up backup discs (burnt ISOs).

Without fully understanding what I'm doing, I also installed PreLoader and now when I turn on my wii, I get the PreLoader screen. I try to launch HBC from it and get a message:

Error autobooting HBC, maybe title not installed? (what I also see on the screen is IOS v30, Systemmenu v354 and Preloader v0.29)

I dont know should I worry about this because when I select Systemmenu and activate it, wii menu loads normally, I go to HBC and start a game with NeoGamma.

1. So my first question is - should I just ignore this or is sth wrong with my preloader that I should try to fix?

2. A question about hacks.ini - after reading about it, it seems to me I should open this file on my PC, copy in the lines of hacks code and then save it to SD card and activate from PreLoader menu... is this correct? If so, does that mean hacks stay active at all times or do I need to load them each time I start the console?

3. I already tried playing backups of NTSC and PAL games via NeoGamma and they both work. That means I should not bother with a "region free" hack, right?

4. If I use hack for skipping disc check, that means that if I get a game that would normally try to update firmware, it won't be able to do so so I'm safe from game updating firmware and bricking my console, right?

5. Since those games that require firmware update don't really require firmware update but new IOSes, I can download and install those IOSes via WAD manager and those games will play normally, but because I have a hack that stops disc check, I'm safe from bricking?

6. If I'm correct in no 5. that means that it's not really necessary to ever update firmware for new games, just add new IOSes?

I appologise if some of my questions are fuzzy to understand, but my knowledge of wii and all this is fuzzy to, so bear with me.

I thank you in advance, whoever chooses to provide me with an answer to any of this

 

[erikk1]

You can run the cios38rev14 installer from HBC and it does not require 249 to be installed. That wouldn't make sense, cause it's used to install 249.

You need a fakehash signed (trucha)/es_identity ios36 for it. It runs of that I guess.

Basically, it's steps 1-3 from the 4.2-guide in http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=17190

I tried that using trucha bug restorer but when i try to downgrade ios15 which is the first step, it comes back with an (-1035) error.

Did you use TBR 1.0 or TBR 1.1

 

[DaMaster121]

1.0

 

[Grendel23]

Sorry to be a broken record, but it sounds like I'm not the only one with this dilemma- Is there any way to reset my Wii to the out of the box factory settings? I've on 4.1U with Preloader .29 and the latest version of the homebrew channel. I'm assuming doing the NUS 4.2 system update will brick it. Could I just do the 'Format Wii' option under settings? Any other options?

Thanks!

 

[erikk1]

If you are on 4.2, you need to use 1.1

 

[DaMaster121]

If you are on 4.2, you need to use 1.1

same problem is says when downgrading ios15
"setting the revision to 0...
Error: ES_AddTitleStart returned -1035, maybe you need an updated downgrader"

btw i cannot install a patched ios36 either in TBR because it says my rev might be higher then what is been installed and the top right corner in TBR is says my ios36 is rev 65535 which seems wrong.

 

[Mrstevo22]

Alrighty well I havent picked up my wii in a good few months and i guess alot of people have upgraded from using version 3.2u and (starfall). What firmware should I upgrade to and how should I go about doing this. For some reason im having a tough time trying to find a guide for an already softmodded wii. Will I lose any feature from making the upgrade?

Thanks
- Steve

 

[transam81]

Hello from a wii noob. I've had the console for a week now and thanks to a great guide from this forum I was able to install HBC and am currently using NeoGamma 7 for starting up backup discs (burnt ISOs).

Without fully understanding what I'm doing, I also installed PreLoader and now when I turn on my wii, I get the PreLoader screen. I try to launch HBC from it and get a message:

Error autobooting HBC, maybe title not installed? (what I also see on the screen is IOS v30, Systemmenu v354 and Preloader v0.29)

I dont know should I worry about this because when I select Systemmenu and activate it, wii menu loads normally, I go to HBC and start a game with NeoGamma.

1. So my first question is - should I just ignore this or is sth wrong with my preloader that I should try to fix?

2. A question about hacks.ini - after reading about it, it seems to me I should open this file on my PC, copy in the lines of hacks code and then save it to SD card and activate from PreLoader menu... is this correct? If so, does that mean hacks stay active at all times or do I need to load them each time I start the console?

3. I already tried playing backups of NTSC and PAL games via NeoGamma and they both work. That means I should not bother with a "region free" hack, right?

4. If I use hack for skipping disc check, that means that if I get a game that would normally try to update firmware, it won't be able to do so so I'm safe from game updating firmware and bricking my console, right?

5. Since those games that require firmware update don't really require firmware update but new IOSes, I can download and install those IOSes via WAD manager and those games will play normally, but because I have a hack that stops disc check, I'm safe from bricking?

6. If I'm correct in no 5. that means that it's not really necessary to ever update firmware for new games, just add new IOSes?

I appologise if some of my questions are fuzzy to understand, but my knowledge of wii and all this is fuzzy to, so bear with me.

I thank you in advance, whoever chooses to provide me with an answer to any of this

1. you need to install preloader v0.29 Jodi this version will find your HBC
2.Hacks.ini belongs on the root of you SD card only no where else
3.you are correct on neogamma
4.there is a hack in preloader to block disc update so there is no need to mess with any ios or firmware update

 

[cloud33092]

Newbie to modding the wii
I was thinking about getting a modchip for my wii.. I opened my wii to check the serial # on the IC chip but the chip didn't have a serial #.
Does this mean I can't modchip my wii and will need to do a softmod?
Wii serial # starts with LU70 and running FW 4.0u

 

[transam81]

Newbie to modding the wii
I was thinking about getting a modchip for my wii.. I opened my wii to check the serial # on the IC chip but the chip didn't have a serial #.
Does this mean I can't modchip my wii and will need to do a softmod?
Wii serial # starts with LU70 and running FW 4.0u

But if you have a virgin 4.0u Wii it is free to softmod. why would you prefer chip over softmod?