Homebrew Removing Every Trace of Homewbrew

[LemonBubble]

So recently I've been debating with myself if I should keep homebrew or delete it. I don't use homebrew at all so I figured I should just delete it. But then here comes the problem, I don't know exactly how to do that. I want to just have a clean Wii with no trace of homebrew if that is possible. Help would be appreciated.

 

[godreborn]

no trace of homebrew or hacking? if it's hacking, it's possible, but I've heard it's really difficult to clean the NAND of all traces.

 

[LemonBubble]

no trace of homebrew or hacking? if it's hacking, it's possible, but I've heard it's really difficult to clean the NAND of all traces.

Sorry if this sounds really dumb but what's the diff between homebrew and hacking?

 

[godreborn]

removing cios and making your system stock is what I'm talking about.

 

[JuanMena]

Sorry if this sounds really dumb but what's the diff between homebrew and hacking?

I think unless you have a COMPLETELY CLEAN RIP OF YOUR NAND you won't be able to restore it... well... completely clean.

Besides... there's nothing wrong in having the Homebrew Channe even if you don't use it. It's not like it's taking huge chunks of memory of your Wii in order to work.

 

[LemonBubble]

removing cios and making your system stock is what I'm talking about.

making it stock

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I think unless you have a COMPLETELY CLEAN RIP OF YOUR NAND you won't be able to restore it... well... completely clean.

Besides... there's nothing wrong in having the Homebrew Channe even if you don't use it. It's not like it's taking huge chunks of memory of your Wii in order to work.

Is there any risks though?

 

[godreborn]

I've heard it's possible, but very difficult. I don't know exactly what's involved.

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I think it was @GreyWolf who told me that, cuz I also thought it was impossible.

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flashing a clean NAND might be a way, but I'm talking about cleaning a tainted NAND

 

[LemonBubble]

I've heard it's possible, but very difficult. I don't know exactly what's involved.

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I think it was @GreyWolf who told me that, cuz I also thought it was impossible.

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flashing a clean NAND might be a way, but I'm talking about cleaning a tainted NAND

how to do that?

 

[godreborn]

I think you can flash the nand with bootmii. I don't know what will happen going from hacked to stock though. do you have a clean NAND?

 

[LemonBubble]

I think you can flash the nand with bootmii. I don't know what will happen going from hacked to stock though. do you have a clean NAND?

Nope

 

[godreborn]

then, I have no idea what to do about cleaning the NAND. if it's difficult, it may not be worth it, because since you're messing with the NAND, it could brick.

 

[LemonBubble]

then, I have no idea what to do about cleaning the NAND. if it's difficult, it may not be worth it, because since you're messing with the NAND, it could brick.

Is there any risks having homebrew though?

 

[godreborn]

not really. I left region hax on my wii u, even though it can cause a "brick" sorta where nothing works. I did it correctly, and I have a backup of the sys_prod.xml without the modification, but I just left it since it's not hurting anything. that's what I'd do in your case even if you don't want to use homebrew.

 

[LemonBubble]

not really. I left region hax on my wii u, even though it can cause a "brick" sorta where nothing works. I did it correctly, and I have a backup of the sys_prod.xml without the modification, but I just left it since it's not hurting anything. that's what I'd do in your case even if you don't want to use homebrew.

Ok. Thank you. Although, do you know how to delete channels?

 

[Alexander1970]

Hello.

If you know what you are doing:

You can create with an Nand Backup from that Wii a complete "Out of the Package" Wii with Ohneschwanzenegger.

https://wiibrew.org/wiki/Ohneschwanzenegger

http://spawn.link/factory-reset-revirginizing-your-wii/

Please Note: EVERYTHING is gone after that Process.Downloaded Channels/Forwarders and so on....


If you do not have any idea what Hacking or a Nand Backup is,please leave it.

Thank you.

 

[JuanMena]

Ok. Thank you. Although, do you know how to delete channels?

You run absolutely no risks on leaving the Homebrew Channel. To delete any channel you want, you have to use Any Title Deleter, which is a homebrew based software that looks for installed channels on your home menu.

Or if you want it more extreme, I think with a Wad Manager and the Wad containing the channel you want to delete.

For instance, if you want to remove the Photo Channel, you must get a Photo Channel of the region of your console in WAD format, and use a Wad Manager to select that WAD and uninstall the WAD. It sounds trivial, but that's how it used to be back then... I mean 2009-2010

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BUT OF COURSE, DELETING CHANNELS COULD TURN YOUR CONSOLE IN A NICE AND FANCY PAPERWEIGHT.... SO THERE'S THAT.


You could be like that cool hipster that uses a Wii to keep papers in place. You'll be the cool kid in your neighbourhood. I betcha you'll get many friends when they go to see your Fancy Hipster Paperweight. You could even brag about it claiming: "I did it myself"



Of course... I'm joking. Don't do it, unless you want to be that cool hipster.