Hacking Semi Bricked, not sure what version

[bedake]

My apologies for the noobish questions.

I have a semi bricked wii and I am not sure what version it is or what exactly caused the semi brick. I was wondering if anyone could tell me a way to determine what firmware is installed and whatever was installed over it that caused the semi brick. This happened a while back without my realization and I have since forgotten much about the issue. At one point I downloaded the semi brick rescue disc but I had no luck with that.

Thanks for the help.
EDIT:
Would I be able to use a new game that contains the 4.0 update to fix my wii?

 

[FenrirWolf]

Are you able to get into the Wii's recovery menu at all (via Savemiifree or if you had the Starfall hack installed)?

 

[Soplox]

what exactly happen with your wii, what was the last thing you did on it?

 

[bedake]

Thanks for the quick responses.

Are you able to get into the Wii's recovery menu at all (via Savemiifree or if you had the Starfall hack installed)?

I don't think I have starfall installed, but how does one use it to access the recovery menu? and I havent been able to try savemiifree until I get my hands on a gamecube pad. That should be happening here soon.


QUOTE(darkdsguy @ May 20 2009, 03:41 AM) what exactly happen with your wii, what was the last thing you did on it?

No idea what caused it to be honest, this occurred a long time ago and I kinda got complacent using my wii just as a media center with geexbox haha



I'll try and use a gamecube remote here soon and try that out. Thanks for all the input.

 

[Soplox]

No idea what caused it to be honest, this occurred a long time ago and I kinda got complacent using my wii just as a media center with geexbox haha

You can enter to the Homebrew Channel?

 

[bedake]

No idea what caused it to be honest, this occurred a long time ago and I kinda got complacent using my wii just as a media center with geexbox haha

You can enter to the Homebrew Channel?

Yes, I can enter the homebrew channel fine but I can not enter the system settings menu.

 

[Soplox]

your wii is PAL or NTSC?

 

[bedake]

your wii is PAL or NTSC?

NTSCU, sorry for not mentioning that. The last version I knew for sure I used was 3.2u but Im not sure If i ever upgraded from that and what I installed that bricked it

 

[revolution]

If you can access the hbc can't you just run cios downgrader to install a different system menu and then go from there.

 

[Soplox]

Just install this thought Homebrew Channel

http://wiibrew.org/w/images/d/db/AnyRegion_Changer.zip

say no to the korean disc stuff and yes to the hacks

 

[bedake]

Just install this thought Homebrew Channel

http://wiibrew.org/w/images/d/db/AnyRegion_Changer.zip

say no to the korean disc stuff and yes to the hacks

I have tried this before but was never able to find any success. I'll try it again right now and see if I can get any results.

 

[Vidboy10]

do you have HBC installed?

 

[Soplox]

Just install this thought Homebrew Channel

http://wiibrew.org/w/images/d/db/AnyRegion_Changer.zip

say no to the korean disc stuff and yes to the hacks

I have tried this before but was never able to find any success. I'll try it again right now and see if I can get any results.

what you mean by no success?

 

[muck chucker]

you will need to install iso249 first one of the latest ones then run anyregion changer

 

[Soplox]

did you fixed it?

 

[SifJar]

well if you're semi-bricked, i assume you installed an update off an out-of-region disc. just get Punch-Out!! from your own region and run it and update using it and you're sweet. If it happened a long time ago, then you wont be on 4.0, so it'll make you update, which is what you want. HBC will still work fine and you can still install DVDx and BootMii on 4.0 if you use the HackMii installer. I'd recommend installing BootMii as boot2 if possible and taking a NAND dump in case of a future brick.

 

[bedake]

Sorry for such a delayed response. I ran anyregion changer and reverted the wii back to 3.1u. This fixed the problem! Then a few days later the homebrew channel notified me I could update it. I did so, as well as installed or updated DVDX as it also gave the option to do so.

After the programs did their things, the system rebooted and now I cannot access the homebrew channel at all. Anyone have any idea what happened? Also, should I make a new thread since this is now off topic?

Thanks for all the help.

well if you're semi-bricked, i assume you installed an update off an out-of-region disc. just get Punch-Out!! from your own region and run it and update using it and you're sweet. If it happened a long time ago, then you wont be on 4.0, so it'll make you update, which is what you want. HBC will still work fine and you can still install DVDx and BootMii on 4.0 if you use the HackMii installer. I'd recommend installing BootMii as boot2 if possible and taking a NAND dump in case of a future brick.

If I went and got punch out, would this solve this problem?


Just some more info on the situation not sure of what value it is.
I had gamma channel installed and i can still boot games with it.

I just tried to play my actual mario kart game disc and it wants to update my wii. can I allow it to do so?
EDIT AGAIN:
I just allowed the update and the game runs and my wii is still in the same position with no access to homebrew channel. Still just takes you to a black screen.

 

[Kixy]

Can you remember how you installed the Homebrew Channel in the first instance?

Use that same method (Twilight Hack, or BannerBomb) to run the HackMii 0.2 boot.elf

Uninstall the Homebrew Channel.

Then use the (Twilight Hack or Bannerbomb) again to install an older version of the Homebrew Channel, one which you know was working.

EDIT: Or, check this post out: http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=158...p;#entry2019427



And out of interest, are your Wii Settings still ok after installing the Mario Kart update?

 

[bedake]

Can you remember how you installed the Homebrew Channel in the first instance?

Use that same method (Twilight Hack, or BannerBomb) to run the HackMii 0.2 boot.elf

Uninstall the Homebrew Channel.

Then use the (Twilight Hack or Bannerbomb) again to install an older version of the Homebrew Channel, one which you know was working.

EDIT: Or, check this post out: http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=158...p;#entry2019427



And out of interest, are your Wii Settings still ok after installing the Mario Kart update?

the settings are still working fine




Do I have to reinstall using the same method as before? I used the twilight hack but I do not have access to the twilight princess anymore. Could I just delete the channel and then install using bannerbomb, or just reinstall over it?

 

[bedake]

Sorry for the double post but I have an update to the situation.

I just attempted to install the HBC through banner bomb with the hackmii installer and I have the same problem as when I initially updated it.

the wii loads the hackmii installer and I attempt to install the HBC, after it is done, the system attempts to reboot and just gets stuck at a black screen. I manually reboot the machine and the HBC is now on my menu again. If i attempt to launch the HBC, it just takes me to a black screen.

Is there any way I can install an earlier version of the HBC with bannerbomb? the hbc website only links to hackmii...