Hacking NOOB PARADISE - ask away

[Praxis]

Hey guys. I was once fully up to date on Wii homebrew, but I've stopped checking up. I'm on 4.0, running cIOS...v12 I think? USB Loader and a disc loader channel installed. No BootMii or Preloader.

I'd like to get up to date with 4.2 and the current version of cIOS, and maybe gain the ability to run burned GameCube games because I want to get some discontinued games like Donkey Konga (I have the bongos).

What do I need to do to upgrade? Thanks for the help!

http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=171901
Just use that guide to Upgrading to 4.2

and i HIGHLY suggest getting bootmii

This guide is for people already on 4.2. Should I just update through Nintendo and then follow the guide?

 

[bevardimus]

thanks pablo i'll give it a shot!

 

[rolloverminutes]

Please help. ok I have a wii 4.2 and upgraded it with bannerbomb v2. I followed the instructions on how to soft mod it, so I used the trabucha restorer, deleter etc. I use to be able to play backed up games but when I played skate it, it froze. I use NeoGamma R7 and now whenever I load a game, backed up or a bought copy, I get a dvd error 1101.


Someone please help me as I have little siblings who use the wii and I feel like a failure.

 

[bnwchbammer]

Quick question!
So I've backed up my NAND using BootMii, and it says a few (3) blocks can't be copied. Is this an issue if I'm ever screwed and have to reinstall my NAND?

 

[DarkMatterCore]

Quick question!
So I've backed up my NAND using BootMii, and it says a few (3) blocks can't be copied. Is this an issue if I'm ever screwed and have to reinstall my NAND?

Do you mean those bad blocks (the black ones)? Don't worry. That's totally normal, because every NAND flash chip comes at least with one from factory, and up to 80. They don't interfere with the console's operation.

 

[meleshanna]

Quick question, I haven't messed around with my wii in ages, as I was bored. The last time i updated anything was when waninkoko released his 1.1 usb loader.

It's at 3.2 w/ starfall. Should I upgrade, or leave it at the version it's already at, and just uninstall starfall, and install preloader, and update my ios's and stuff? or what?

 

[monkeyboy24_7]

Any help on my issue would be greatly appreciated.

I have a 2007 Wii, with an original Wiikey that has served me well.
My current Wii firmware is 3.3E (PAL).
I have homebrew channel installed (using twilight hack) and Gecko OS loader, which I have to use for SSBB to work, because it is the original NTSC version

Now, I haven't updated it in a couple of months, as the only games I play are older ones.

Anyway, I'm planning on selling it to a friend, who is not so great with computers/homebrew/etc. So what is my best option to ensure that my Wii is fully updated and my friend has no chance of bricking it, while still being able to play backups using the normal disc channel? Should I just update my Wiikey (it's currently at 1.9g i think) and will it serve it's purpose to play future backups? My friend has no need for fancy homebrew/emulators/channels.

Thanks in advance.

 

[j0shuakane]

maybe the wrong section, sorry if it is but i really need to find answers without reading the 58 page thread, i have a newborn so i dont have time to study this anymore...

what is the latest version of mplayer-ce?

is there a wad for it?

do i still need dvdx to playback dvds?

 

[EeZeEpEe]

maybe the wrong section, sorry if it is but i really need to find answers without reading the 58 page thread, i have a newborn so i dont have time to study this anymore...

what is the latest version of mplayer-ce?

is there a wad for it?

do i still need dvdx to playback dvds?

Congrats on the newborn but just typing Mplayer CE in Google and the first thing you'll find is the Wii Brew page.

Version 0.75
Yes
Yes

 

[j0shuakane]

didnt think of just typing that i always added crap at the end like "wad" or "newest", thanks for the answers and reminding me to keep my searches simple

 

[j0shuakane]

wait...all i can find are forwarders, thats like a wad where you still need an sd card right? is there no stand-alone wad or am i not looking hard enough?

sorry but i feel like i keep going in circles 8(

 

[DarkMatterCore]

Quick question, I haven't messed around with my wii in ages, as I was bored. The last time i updated anything was when waninkoko released his 1.1 usb loader.

It's at 3.2 w/ starfall. Should I upgrade, or leave it at the version it's already at, and just uninstall starfall, and install preloader, and update my ios's and stuff? or what?

Update to 4.2 through Ninty and follow the xzxero's guide (it's on "Stickies").

QUOTE(monkeyboy24_7 @ Oct 27 2009, 11:58 PM) Any help on my issue would be greatly appreciated.

I have a 2007 Wii, with an original Wiikey that has served me well.
My current Wii firmware is 3.3E (PAL).
I have homebrew channel installed (using twilight hack) and Gecko OS loader, which I have to use for SSBB to work, because it is the original NTSC version

Now, I haven't updated it in a couple of months, as the only games I play are older ones.

Anyway, I'm planning on selling it to a friend, who is not so great with computers/homebrew/etc. So what is my best option to ensure that my Wii is fully updated and my friend has no chance of bricking it, while still being able to play backups using the normal disc channel? Should I just update my Wiikey (it's currently at 1.9g i think) and will it serve it's purpose to play future backups? My friend has no need for fancy homebrew/emulators/channels.

Thanks in advance.

Comex's NAND Formatter or update to 4.1? If so, he wouldn't need to update and, mostly, won't have problems with games.

 

[Julian Sidewind]

If i'm still on 3.2u, can i just use waninkokos firmware updater to go to 4.2(i went to 4.1 with it) and still have everything work fine and have wii motion plus support. I was out of the loop for a while and a whole bunch of other loaders came out and im still using a force ntsc gamma loader. Will this loader load newer games that require motion plus, the latest game i tried was dead space extraction and it worked.

Thanks

 

[EeZeEpEe]

wait...all i can find are forwarders, thats like a wad where you still need an sd card right? is there no stand-alone wad or am i not looking hard enough?

sorry but i feel like i keep going in circles 8(

Yes forwarders need an SD card. I thought I've seen stand-alone Mplayer CE channels but can't find them.

 

[meleshanna]

Quick question, I haven't messed around with my wii in ages, as I was bored. The last time i updated anything was when waninkoko released his 1.1 usb loader.

It's at 3.2 w/ starfall. Should I upgrade, or leave it at the version it's already at, and just uninstall starfall, and install preloader, and update my ios's and stuff? or what?

Update to 4.2 through Ninty and follow the xzxero's guide (it's on "Stickies").

Okay, thanks. I just wasn't sure,
I remember when 3.2 was the safest firmware to be at... heh.


EDIT: It says I have to email them, and I did.. but still nothing. would you happen to have the ntsc mod.rar file? If not, could i just use this guide vs the xzxero one?
http://sites.google.com/site/completesg/

 

[EeZeEpEe]

Quick question, I haven't messed around with my wii in ages, as I was bored. The last time i updated anything was when waninkoko released his 1.1 usb loader.

It's at 3.2 w/ starfall. Should I upgrade, or leave it at the version it's already at, and just uninstall starfall, and install preloader, and update my ios's and stuff? or what?

Update to 4.2 through Ninty and follow the xzxero's guide (it's on "Stickies").

Okay, thanks. I just wasn't sure,
I remember when 3.2 was the safest firmware to be at... heh.


EDIT: It says I have to email them, and I did.. but still nothing. would you happen to have the ntsc mod.rar file? If not, could i just use this guide vs the xzxero one?
http://sites.google.com/site/completesg/

It's a really good guide. You could use either one. xzxero has contributed to it.

 

[meleshanna]

Okay... thanks

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EDIT:

ANOTHER question.. ha. So i followed the guide, and it said bootmii could be installed as boot 2, so i prepared my sd card, and then intsalled it as boot 2, i installed dvdx/hbc beforehand, and when I clicked return to main menu, then exit, the wi irestarted and then went to the HBC, so i took out the sd card, powered down the wii, and deleted the folders in private like it said, but my wii doens't power up into bootmii, it goes to the healthwarning and then the main menu of the wii, where it has the channels and stuff.. so did i do it wrong? :/

And, i Have the LU56 ver of the wii, which I think is like the first version, as I got it within a week of the wiis coming out in NA.


And hhhhheeeere is my linstaller.log file.

Spoiler

HackMii v0.6 installer starting up
PVR = 00087200
running under IOS 36 rev 0xd17
68 titles are installed
Found IOS 250: revision: 0xff00.
Found IOS 223: revision: 0xff00.
Found IOS 222: revision: 0xff00.
Found IOS 61: revision: 0x151d.
Found IOS 60: revision: 0x1900.
Found IOS 57: revision: 0x161d.
Found IOS 56: revision: 0x151d.
Found IOS 70: revision: 0x1a1f.
Found IOS 38: revision: 0xf1b.
Found IOS 0: revision: 0x0*
Found IOS 249: revision: 0xff00.
Found IOS 16: revision: 0x200.
Found IOS 254: revision: 0x104.
Found IOS 10: revision: 0x300.
Found IOS 50: revision: 0x1400.
Found IOS 55: revision: 0x151e.
Found IOS 53: revision: 0x151e.
Found IOS 51: revision: 0x1300.
Found IOS 37: revision: 0xf1d.
Found IOS 36: revision: 0xd17.
Found IOS 35: revision: 0xd15.
Found IOS 34: revision: 0xd14.
Found IOS 33: revision: 0xc13.
Found IOS 31: revision: 0xd15.
Found IOS 30: revision: 0xb00.
Found IOS 28: revision: 0x60e.
Found IOS 22: revision: 0x40d.
Found IOS 20: revision: 0x100.
Found IOS 17: revision: 0x307.
Found IOS 15: revision: 0x20b.
Found IOS 14: revision: 0x208.
Found IOS 13: revision: 0x111.
Found IOS 12: revision: 0x10d.
Found IOS 11: revision: 0x100.
Found IOS 21: revision: 0x30e.
Found IOS 2: revision: 0x1e1.
Found IOS 9: revision: 0x30a.
Found IOS 4: revision: 0xff00.
IOS versions: Installer: 34, HBC: 61, DVDX: 36
launching IOS for the installer...starting preparationsCalling boot2_run(1, 34)
Waiting for boot2 to load ...
boot2 loaded, waiting for IOS
IOS loaded: IOS34 v13.20
IPC started (524)
parsing last generation bootmap
found valid boot2 blockmap at block 1 (pos 0x627c0), submap 0, generation 4
found valid boot2 blockmap at block 3 (pos 0xa47c0), submap 0, generation 6
found valid boot2 blockmap at block 5 (pos 0xe67c0), submap 0, generation 5
parse_blocks: found 3 valid blockmaps
found 3 valid blockmaps
using generation 6
boot2 blocks: 02 03 04 05 06
boot2bin @3,0 (blocks=2,3 - bootmii=1)
bootmii@2,3
boot2 blocks: 06 05 04 03 02
boot2bin @3,1 (blocks=6,5 - bootmii=0)
bootmii detected, parsing previous generation bootmap
found valid boot2 blockmap at block 1 (pos 0x627c0), submap 0, generation 4
found valid boot2 blockmap at block 3 (pos 0xa47c0), submap 0, generation 6
found valid boot2 blockmap at block 5 (pos 0xe67c0), submap 0, generation 5
parse_blocks: found 3 valid blockmaps
found 3 valid blockmaps
using generation 5
boot2 blocks: 00 01 02 03 04 05 06
boot2bin @5,0 (blocks=0,1 - bootmii=0)
boot2 blocks: 06 05 04 03 02 01 00
boot2bin @5,1 (blocks=6,5 - bootmii=0)
boot2 block layout: 2 2 1 1 1 0 0
Assembling boot2 in RAM
copyright size = 34
copyright text = 'Copyright 2008,2009 Team Twiizers.'
tmd ends at 0x80295dac, data starts at 0x80295de0
bootmii version = '1.1'
Ok for boot2 install
preparations done!The test results are in:

 Using IOS versions: Installer: 34, HBC: 61, DVDX: 36

The Homebrew Channel: Can be installed
DVDX: Can be installed
BootMii: Can be installed
A BootMii install requires a SD card.

Runtime files will be written, these are required to
properly boot BootMii.

Mounting SD card...
Creating directory '/bootmii'...
Writing '/bootmii/armboot.bin'...
Writing '/bootmii/ppcboot.elf'...
Writing config file...
Skipped, file already exists

Done.

A BootMii install requires a SD card.

Runtime files will be written, these are required to
properly boot BootMii.

Mounting SD card...
Creating directory '/bootmii'...
Writing '/bootmii/armboot.bin'...
Writing '/bootmii/ppcboot.elf'...
Writing config file...
Skipped, file already exists

Done.

Testing usable NAND blocks...
testing block 3
NAND was not empty at 0x63000: 0x0
block is not empty, backing up before testing
writing test pattern
verifying test pattern
Erasing test pattern
restoring buffer
testing block 4
NAND was not empty at 0x84000: 0x69
block is not empty, backing up before testing
writing test pattern
verifying test pattern
Erasing test pattern
restoring buffer
testing block 5
writing test pattern
verifying test pattern
Erasing test pattern
Calling boot2_run(1, 34)
Waiting for boot2 to load ...
boot2 loaded, waiting for IOS
IOS loaded: IOS34 v13.20
IPC started (504)
Erasing NAND block 3
Writing NAND block 3
Verifying NAND block 3 to block 0 of BootMii
Erasing NAND block 4
Writing NAND block 4
Verifying NAND block 4 to block 1 of BootMii
Calling boot2_run(1, 34)
Waiting for boot2 to load ...
boot2 loaded, waiting for IOS
IOS loaded: IOS34 v13.20
IPC started (503)

 

[DarkMatterCore]

Okay... thanks

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EDIT:

ANOTHER question.. ha. So i followed the guide, and it said bootmii could be installed as boot 2, so i prepared my sd card, and then intsalled it as boot 2, i installed dvdx/hbc beforehand, and when I clicked return to main menu, then exit, the wi irestarted and then went to the HBC, so i took out the sd card, powered down the wii, and deleted the folders in private like it said, but my wii doens't power up into bootmii, it goes to the healthwarning and then the main menu of the wii, where it has the channels and stuff.. so did i do it wrong? :/

And, i Have the LU56 ver of the wii, which I think is like the first version, as I got it within a week of the wiis coming out in NA.

Verify that the "bootmii" folder and its data is on the SD root.

 

[meleshanna]

Okay... thanks

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EDIT:

ANOTHER question.. ha. So i followed the guide, and it said bootmii could be installed as boot 2, so i prepared my sd card, and then intsalled it as boot 2, i installed dvdx/hbc beforehand, and when I clicked return to main menu, then exit, the wi irestarted and then went to the HBC, so i took out the sd card, powered down the wii, and deleted the folders in private like it said, but my wii doens't power up into bootmii, it goes to the healthwarning and then the main menu of the wii, where it has the channels and stuff.. so did i do it wrong? :/

And, i Have the LU56 ver of the wii, which I think is like the first version, as I got it within a week of the wiis coming out in NA.

Verify that the "bootmii" folder and its data is on the SD root.

Already done, I attached the log in the post above.


EDIT AGAIN:

So, out of curiosity, I clicked "check boot2 info" under trucha bug restorer, it said I had version 4, but If i updated to 4.2 via wifi, that the boot 2 would say that, and not to judge it by that if it's the case. Not exact words, butt. So does that mean i have to downgrade boot2 or something... or did me updating make it impossible to have a fully functioning bootmii? :/ I'm sort of confused.

 

[DarkMatterCore]

Already done, I attached the log in the post above.


EDIT AGAIN:

So, out of curiosity, I clicked "check boot2 info" under trucha bug restorer, it said I had version 4, but If i updated to 4.2 via wifi, that the boot 2 would say that, and not to judge it by that if it's the case. Not exact words, butt. So does that mean i have to downgrade boot2 or something... or did me updating make it impossible to have a fully functioning bootmii? :/ I'm sort of confused.

There's not an app that does such a thing... I thought BootMii can be installed on Boot2v4 if the Boot1 version is an old one? My Wii is a LU54 and I have BootMii installed as Boot2 without any prob, though... Maybe someone else can help you.