Hacking The Definitive vWii Hacking Guide!

[xxgugu123xx]

update nintendont (and maybe even USBLoaderGX, I don't know which revision you are using, but latest official is 1262 from my signature, latest non official is Greywolf's 1263 you can find it in official thread's first post, download section)

I am using gxloader 1262... Also, I am using Nintendont from this thread. Last but not least, I didnt create any file directory either on my hdd. All I Done is dump a Wii game, and it worked properly. I did not anything else on my hdd. Did you heard about this problem and updating nintendont solved the issue?

 

[xxgugu123xx]

update nintendont (and maybe even USBLoaderGX, I don't know which revision you are using, but latest official is 1262 from my signature, latest non official is Greywolf's 1263 you can find it in official thread's first post, download section)

Now I got it to work, but when I press home to leave the program, I am greeted with a Black screen Exception (DSI) occurred, and my Wii U freezes. What could be causing this?

 

[Cyan]

no idea

 

[skullpatch]

Can anyone help me figure out whats wrong with USB loader GX? Whenever go to homebrew channel and launch USB Loader the darn thing stalls on the "Initializing USB Device"
I did a syscheck

SysCheck HDE v2.4.0 HacksDen Edition by JoostinOnline Double_A R2-D2199 and Nano
...runs on vIOS58 (rev 6432).

Region: NTSC-U
System Menu 4.3U (v609)

Drive date: 06.28.2011
Homebrew Channel 1.1.2 running on IOS58

Hollywood v0x21
Console ID: 608785250
Console Type: vWii
Shop Channel Country: United States (49)
Boot2 v0
Found 53 titles.
Found 35 IOS on this console. 0 of them are stubs.

vIOS9 (rev 1290): No Patches
vIOS12 (rev 782): No Patches
vIOS13 (rev 1288): No Patches
vIOS14 (rev 1288): No Patches
vIOS15 (rev 1288): No Patches
vIOS17 (rev 1288): No Patches
vIOS21 (rev 1295): No Patches
vIOS22 (rev 1550): No Patches
vIOS28 (rev 2063): No Patches
vIOS31 (rev 3864): No Patches
vIOS33 (rev 3864): No Patches
vIOS34 (rev 3864): No Patches
vIOS35 (rev 3864): No Patches
vIOS36 (rev 3864): No Patches
vIOS37 (rev 5919): No Patches
vIOS38 (rev 4380): No Patches
vIOS41 (rev 3863): No Patches
vIOS43 (rev 3863): No Patches
vIOS45 (rev 3863): No Patches
vIOS46 (rev 3863): No Patches
vIOS48 (rev 4380): No Patches
vIOS53 (rev 5919): No Patches
vIOS55 (rev 5919): No Patches
vIOS56 (rev 5918): No Patches
vIOS57 (rev 6175): No Patches
vIOS58 (rev 6432): USB 2.0
vIOS59 (rev 9249): No Patches
vIOS62 (rev 6942): No Patches
vIOS80 (rev 7200): No Patches
vIOS236 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug ES Identify NAND Access
vIOS249[56] (rev 21010 Info: d2x-v10beta52-vWii): Trucha Bug NAND Access
vIOS250[57] (rev 21010 Info: d2x-v10beta52-vWii): Trucha Bug NAND Access
vIOS251[58] (rev 21010 Info: d2x-v10beta52-vWii): Trucha Bug NAND Access
vIOS512 (rev 7): No Patches
vIOS513 (rev 1): No Patches
Report generated on 08/19/2017.

My games are stored on an 1TB external HDD connected to a Wii U via this Y-cable
https://www.amazon.com/Micro-B-Exte...s=inten+dual+USB+3.0+type+a+to+mircro+B+USB+Y
its the same Y cable i use to connect my other HDD to the wii u to play wii u games stored on it

 

[xxgugu123xx]

no idea

Last question. Also, do I have to create a folder (games) inside the hdd to be able to read gamecube games with Nintendont? Can I do this, because my hdd is fat32 mbr?

 

[Cyan]

yes, place gamecube games on your first FAT32 partition of the drive, and put them in /games/<game title and/or GameID here>/game.iso
only change the part inside the <......>
keep the game's filename as "game.iso" (not mario.iso or zelda.iso, but game.iso)

 

[skullpatch]

Anyone?

 

[godreborn]

Anyone?

could be the fact that you're using a y cable or the drive may be incompatible. your cios/ios look good.

 

[skullpatch]

could be the fact that you're using a y cable or the drive may be incompatible. your cios/ios look good.

If thats the case then I have no problem returning it. Do you have any suggestions for what HDD's have the best compatibility?

p.s. = if i plug in the HDD during the 20 second window where USB loader is asking me to do so, the app doesn't freeze and i can see and launch my games. even the gamecube games seem to boot up perfectly. but its just when launching USB Loader GX while the HDD is plugged in that the console freezes on the initializing USB option.

 

[Cyan]

you tried to use IOS58, like many other users? it's explained in many posts above yours.
I may have to edit the guide to add that information until I find time to update the loader's boot procedure to automatically try IOS58 if present.

 

[godreborn]

yeah, it's odd that it freezes there, but works under the condition u specified. I'm using usb loader gx myself, and I've never encountered any issues. it seems like a lot of people have problems with it.

 

[skullpatch]

you tried to use IOS58, like many other users? it's explained in many posts above yours.
I may have to edit the guide to add that information until I find time to update the loader's boot procedure to automatically try IOS58 if present.

Okay i did as you said and switched the loader settings to IOS58. Exited out of USB Loader and succesfully got back inside without getting hung up on the "Initializing USB" screen, thanks!

But now theres a new issue. Upon entering USB Loader I'm greeted with an "Error: USB not initialized. Switching to channel list mode." What should i do to remedy this issue?

 

[Cyan]

hmm, that mean it didn't work.
that mean it didn't find the HDD at all, so using IOS58 is not really fixing your issue, and you can't say thank you for that.

are you sure it's connected in the right port? did you connect the Y-cable correctly ? (data to port 0, power to port 1, and port1 is near the edge of the console)

 

[natanqb]

Hi im trying to install apps on my virtual wii, but for some reason the apps don't show on the vwii homebrew launcher. The apps are on the same card and the same folder used to store the wiiu apps and they are working fine on the wii u, does anyone have any idea on how to solve this? Thank you.

 

[xxgugu123xx]

Can anyone help me figure out whats wrong with USB loader GX? Whenever go to homebrew channel and launch USB Loader the darn thing stalls on the "Initializing USB Device"
I did a syscheck

SysCheck HDE v2.4.0 HacksDen Edition by JoostinOnline Double_A R2-D2199 and Nano
...runs on vIOS58 (rev 6432).

Region: NTSC-U
System Menu 4.3U (v609)

Drive date: 06.28.2011
Homebrew Channel 1.1.2 running on IOS58

Hollywood v0x21
Console ID: 608785250
Console Type: vWii
Shop Channel Country: United States (49)
Boot2 v0
Found 53 titles.
Found 35 IOS on this console. 0 of them are stubs.

vIOS9 (rev 1290): No Patches
vIOS12 (rev 782): No Patches
vIOS13 (rev 1288): No Patches
vIOS14 (rev 1288): No Patches
vIOS15 (rev 1288): No Patches
vIOS17 (rev 1288): No Patches
vIOS21 (rev 1295): No Patches
vIOS22 (rev 1550): No Patches
vIOS28 (rev 2063): No Patches
vIOS31 (rev 3864): No Patches
vIOS33 (rev 3864): No Patches
vIOS34 (rev 3864): No Patches
vIOS35 (rev 3864): No Patches
vIOS36 (rev 3864): No Patches
vIOS37 (rev 5919): No Patches
vIOS38 (rev 4380): No Patches
vIOS41 (rev 3863): No Patches
vIOS43 (rev 3863): No Patches
vIOS45 (rev 3863): No Patches
vIOS46 (rev 3863): No Patches
vIOS48 (rev 4380): No Patches
vIOS53 (rev 5919): No Patches
vIOS55 (rev 5919): No Patches
vIOS56 (rev 5918): No Patches
vIOS57 (rev 6175): No Patches
vIOS58 (rev 6432): USB 2.0
vIOS59 (rev 9249): No Patches
vIOS62 (rev 6942): No Patches
vIOS80 (rev 7200): No Patches
vIOS236 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug ES Identify NAND Access
vIOS249[56] (rev 21010 Info: d2x-v10beta52-vWii): Trucha Bug NAND Access
vIOS250[57] (rev 21010 Info: d2x-v10beta52-vWii): Trucha Bug NAND Access
vIOS251[58] (rev 21010 Info: d2x-v10beta52-vWii): Trucha Bug NAND Access
vIOS512 (rev 7): No Patches
vIOS513 (rev 1): No Patches
Report generated on 08/19/2017.

My games are stored on an 1TB external HDD connected to a Wii U via this Y-cable
https://www.amazon.com/Micro-B-Exte...s=inten+dual+USB+3.0+type+a+to+mircro+B+USB+Y
its the same Y cable i use to connect my other HDD to the wii u to play wii u games stored on it

See Cyan's previous responses to my previous questions. I had maybe the same problem, and all I had to do was setting the usb loader to work with ios 58 instead of ios249.

 

[Cyan]

Hi im trying to install apps on my virtual wii, but for some reason the apps don't show on the vwii homebrew launcher. The apps are on the same card and the same folder used to store the wiiu apps and they are working fine on the wii u, does anyone have any idea on how to solve this? Thank you.

Are you sure HBC is reading the app list from SD?
it can be set to USB too.
press 1 or 2 on the wiimote to access the settings/layout option, select SD card as source.

if it still doesn't display, verify the card is FAT32 (or FAT16)
verify the files are still there, not corrupted. if you see random characters, the FAT table is corrupted and you'll have to format the SD.

if nothing work, try formatting the SD card anyway.
use Panasonic SD Formater 4 (or newer if available)

 

[xxgugu123xx]

patching IOS80 is useful only to play installed pirated WAD on the official SD menu.

there is another, safest way to play eShop games : EmuNAND.
EmuNAND is a copy of your NAND (your Wii limited 512MB memory size) to a HDD or SD card to expand the available free space to the HDD or SD size (up to few TB instead of 512MB!)

The author of this guide always said "nobody wants to play eShop games because I don't, and everybody is doing what I am doing", so there's no written emuNAND section in his guide.
I asked him few time to write one but he always refused. that's his choice.

Edit;
Now I have time to write a quick guide.

- launch USB loader GX and go to settings > user paths > EmuNAND channel folder : by default it's sd:/nand/ you have to set it to usb1:/nand/ if you want it to USB, or choose another folder. Be sure the path is not too long or it will not work. (like .. 10 letters max?)
- go to Settings > features > Dump NAND > full > if asked select "emuNAND channel folder".
- after the dump is done, you can see your NAND copy's data by doing this : go to main screen, top menu, 4th icon, select "EmuNAND Channel". it will list the channels installed on emuNAND (the same one installed on your vWii, as you just made a copy, except it's now loaded from SD or USB, instead of your console's internal memory).

- to install a wad to emuNAND :
Settings> Features > EmuNAND WAD Manager > install > select the file or folder to install


Note that there is not 100% game compatibility. (more around 80%)
Note that d2x v10 alt is not the best for emuNAND, you should pick v10 (non alt, the r52)
Note that d2x v10 r52 doesn't work with Ustealth drives, but there exist a d2x v10 r52 Ustealth compatible version.



It's exactly the same procedure, except that if you want to hack vWii using WUPHax method you will use Haxchi* instead of the browser+website URL to launch the homebrew launcher.
if you hack vWii using a Wii game disc, then nothing is different.


* I'm the one who wrote the WUPHax guide on the first post, I guess I should update it to tell users they can use Haxchi if they already have it installed instead of relying on the buggy browser exploit.

Edit:
Done !
I added v5.5.2 warning to WUPhax method
I added Haxchi method to launch the homebrew launcher
I added the installed Homebrew channel method to launch itself.

If I do the Sneek vwii thing, do I need to do the tutorial you wrote here, or don't?

 

[Cyan]

which tutorial (I wrote a lot of things)?
if you talk about dumping your NAND, then yes, you'll need it too.
neek is another way to launch that NAND copy, instead of being done from cIOS it's done from kernel.

if you talk about cIOS install, that's not required to use neek.

emuNAND guide :
https://gbatemp.net/threads/how-do-...properly-utilize-emunand.437521/#post-6592730
neek install guide (for Wii !!)
https://gbatemp.net/posts/5508831

for vWii, you might have to look on WiiU section, I don't have the direct link to that tutorial.
it's written by JoostinOnline.

 

[xxgugu123xx]

which tutorial (I wrote a lot of things)?
if you talk about dumping your NAND, then yes, you'll need it too.
neek is another way to launch that NAND copy, instead of being done from cIOS it's done from kernel.

if you talk about cIOS install, that's not required to use neek.

emuNAND guide :
https://gbatemp.net/threads/how-do-...properly-utilize-emunand.437521/#post-6592730
neek install guide (for Wii !!)
https://gbatemp.net/posts/5508831

for vWii, you might have to look on WiiU section, I don't have the direct link to that tutorial.
it's written by JoostinOnline.

So, I need to follow the emunand guide above, and then search for a neek wiiu tutorial, maybe this:
http://www.hacksden.com/showthread.php/8119-Compiling-a-vWii-compatible-version-of-SNEEK

I am asking this because I have to dump another Nand, I think just NAND, not emunand, and I don't want getting confused. I will need two dumps, right, and the process there is completely different from yours. The another process involves installing a load of programs on my pc.

Also, if I followed this guide (definitive vwii hacking guide), do I have d2x cios?

 

[skullpatch]

Okay, so i tried a bunch of things to fix the initialization issue, and i did them twice to switch the ports around to see if it worked
I Tried putting a disk in the system while booting USB loader
I tried unplugging my (official nintendo) gamecube USB adapters because i read somewhere that things in the USB could interfere with the loader
I switched from loader IOS 249 to IOS 58 to IOS 250 tried launching from all of those while also switching the ports the Y cable was plugged into.
Reformatted that Hard drive and tried all of the options again.
Returned that Hard drive and bought a different one (same brand different model) after and did everything above all over again.

it doesn't work. it either hangs on Initializing USB or it boots up properly but doesn't read the drive at all. if i plug in the drive during the 20 second window everything works fine. But i don't want to have to plug and unplug the drive for USB loader GX to load properly

At this point im convinced its just the hard drive giving me issues. somebody please...
PLEASE
TELL ME WHAT MODEL HDD THEY'RE USING SO I CAN RETURN MINE AND BUY THAT ONE TO TRY AGAIN. ANYTHING IS BETTER THAN THIS CONSTANT TRIAL AND ERROR TROUBLE SHOOTING. I WOULD RATHER PURCHASE SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE ELSE HAS CONFIRMED SUCCESS WITH.