Hacking Successfully dumped WiiU EMMC nand with hardmod.

[Leeful]

Can't get the wire tinned. Seems to be some trashy solder wire I got there...

Your best bet is to use single strand kynar wire. search ebay for "kynar mod wire"

You will have nothing but problems if you do not have a clean strong joint.

 

[CosmoCortney]

Your best bet is to use single strand kynar wire. search ebay for "kynar mod wire"

You will have nothing but problems if you do not have a clean strong joint.

got it all soldered. pass through tested with a multimeter. for some reason win32diskmanager doesn't recognize the drive when the sd is inserted.
EDIT: the Wii U's Power LED alternating flashes blue and red. is this because the CLK track is cut?

Is there another point on the MB where I can test the CLK passthrough?
EDIT2: It now only flashes blue

 

[Anonyamalious]

got it all soldered. pass through tested with a multimeter. for some reason win32diskmanager doesn't recognize the drive when the sd is inserted.
EDIT: the Wii U's Power LED alternating flashes blue and red. is this because the CLK track is cut?

Is there another point on the MB where I can test the CLK passthrough?
EDIT2: It now only flashes blue

I was getting blinking blue light too after I fixed a joint, could mean short. After I desoldered everything it became solid again and the optical drive boots.

 

[CosmoCortney]

@Leeful got it dumped
It was a weird procedure. Got the Logilink SD card reader. As I turned on the Wii U it sometimes told me the directorynames cannot be read or that no action can be performed.
Then I rebooted my computer while the SD card was still connected. The computer was stuck in a loop at the Acer logo. As I powered the Wii U back on it the computer booted up and I could dump it
Now I will go for SLC

 

[Leeful]

@Leeful got it dumped
It was a weird procedure. Got the Logilink SD card reader. As I turned on the Wii U it sometimes told me the directorynames cannot be read or that no action can be performed.
Then I rebooted my computer while the SD card was still connected. The computer was stuck in a loop at the Acer logo. As I powered the Wii U back on it the computer booted up and I could dump it
Now I will go for SLC

Great to hear you got it working.
It looks like it is very fussy about which card readers work with it. It was the same on the 3DS, Especially the New3DS.

You probably already know but Kafluke has compiled all the needed steps from this thread into a great guide for the WiiU hardmod here. That will make dumping your SLC much easier.

 

[Kleyon]

Hi guys,

Maybe it's a stupid question but someone I know dumped his 5.5.1 NAND but accidentaly update to 5.5.2 when WiiU get back to system. Question is simple : is that hardmod allow us to restaure any NAND dump ? Even a 5.5.1 dump over a 5.5.2 NAND please ? (I mean his own dump naturally) Or this will be limited to an equal or superior NAND version ?

 

[aut0mat3d]

If you dump back EMMC and NAND it should probably work - has to be proofed
But transferring Dumps between different consoles is not possible

 

[Kleyon]

That was I thought concerning origin of dump, that's why I specified it was his own dump ^^

So theoretically it should works, but nobody tried it this far ?

 

[Valery0p]

Hi guys,

Maybe it's a stupid question but someone I know dumped his 5.5.1 NAND but accidentaly update to 5.5.2 when WiiU get back to system. Question is simple : is that hardmod allow us to restaure any NAND dump ? Even a 5.5.1 dump over a 5.5.2 NAND please ? (I mean his own dump naturally) Or this will be limited to an equal or superior NAND version ?

Please wait, a method to install haxchi on 5.5.2 is coming soon...hardmod downgrade is almost impossible.
https://gbatemp.net/threads/i-have-a-question-to-5-5-2-update.477983/#post-7458493

 

[CosmoCortney]

@Leeful @Tommy084 @Kafluke does someone of you possible know a guide on how to set up my teensy (windows side)?
It's all soldered on the board now but I can't find any well explained information on how to program my teensy and start dumping.

 

[Kafluke]

@Leeful @Tommy084 @Kafluke does someone of you possible know a guide on how to set up my teensy (windows side)?
It's all soldered on the board now but I can't find any well explained information on how to program my teensy and start dumping.

The programming instructions are in my unbrick guide. Along with all the links to the software needed

 

[CosmoCortney]

The programming instructions are in my unbrick guide. Along with all the links to the software needed

Took me a while to find it. Sorry. For some reason I don't have "Ports" listed on my device manager.
But I have found this information about my Teensy:

Does Port_#0004 refer to the COM Port?

 

[CosmoCortney]

Took me a while to find it. Sorry. For some reason I don't have "Ports" listed on my device manager.
But I have found this information about my Teensy:
View attachment 93375
Does Port_#0004 refer to the COM Port?

yes, its on port4. But I keep getting this error:

 

[Kafluke]

Took me a while to find it. Sorry. For some reason I don't have "Ports" listed on my device manager.
But I have found this information about my Teensy:
View attachment 93375
Does Port_#0004 refer to the COM Port?

Did you load the serial drivers? If you have it installed correctly there will be a USB serial device and a second device under ports

 

[CosmoCortney]

Did you load the serial drivers? If you have it installed correctly there will be a USB serial device and a second device under ports

As I powered on the Wii U and plugged it back in I got pop up messages saying that a PS3 modding device has been installed. Now I can also see the Teensy under the described branch on the Device Manager. But the error is still the same

 

[aut0mat3d]

Look at device Manger/Serial(com) Ports to figure out on which Com Port your Teensy is available.
You figured out (screenshot) on which physical Port (USB Port #4) your Teensy is plugged in which is probably not the Serial Port the Driver provides

 

[CosmoCortney]

Look at device Manger/Serial(com) Ports to figure out on which Com Port your Teensy is available.
You figured out (screenshot) on which physical Port (USB Port #4) your Teensy is plugged in which is probably not the Serial Port the Driver provides

It is COM Port 4. As I powered on the Wii U i could find the "Ports" entry in the device manager and it says COM4

 

[aut0mat3d]

weird, did it on linux, phps you have to use a admin-shell - just guessing
btw: did you flash the teensy with the relevant .hex? https://github.com/littlebalup/WAY-launchers

 

[EyeKey]

yes, its on port4. But I keep getting this error:
View attachment 93376

You don't have the serial python module
Run
pip install pyserial
If you don't have pip, run this python script first: https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py

 

[CosmoCortney]

You don't have the serial python module
Run
pip install pyserial
If you don't have pip, run this python script first: https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py

installed it. for some reason the wii u doesn'T turn on anymore. the LED stays red

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nvm.
attempting to dump it results in this error: