Hacking Unsoftmoddable Wii

[bubsexton]

I have had 6 of the LU64 wiis fail on me over a 2 day span and I have done more than 50 mods for various people and never seen a problem like this. Almost everything gets a black screen and wont load. And if it does load it will give errors like region changer for example. Only thing that acts like it is working is customer wad manager. Evene then Custom WM will not install the needed ios's offline and I got an error on every single one. That how bad it is.

 

[icefireicefire]

From what I can tell, I think it is blocking the setuid(0) command (remove that "user id") that we all use to get full access to the wii, no matter WHAT IOS we are on. This is just a guess, but it would explain it...

 

[ether2802]

wich IOS are failling to install..?? cause you only need IOS30.wad and SysMenu.wad to get it downgraded....!!!

 

[icefireicefire]

This makes perfect sense to me, actually. If someone PMs me that has an unsoftmodable wii, I can try my "other" downgrade method.

 

[fogbank]

From what I can tell, I think it is blocking the setuid(0) command (remove that "user id") that we all use to get full access to the wii, no matter WHAT IOS we are on. This is just a guess, but it would explain it...

Does WadManager 1.3 use setuid(0) when you use it to install IOS16? Does Custom Wad Manager use setuid(0) when you use it to install cIOS?

 

[icefireicefire]

cIOS uses it by default IIRC, and Custom WAD Manager uses it to install WADs (to get the permissions necessary). This is just a theory, but it might be it. Would explain ATD/ARC screwing up too, as I am SURE those use it.

 

[Skarface05]

Bob Slob - PM me when you come on please or email me as I havent been able to speak with you since the other night.

Did you get any further?

 

[WiiPower]

wich IOS are failling to install..?? cause you only need IOS30.wad and SysMenu.wad to get it downgraded....!!!

Are you able to overwrite an IOS on your Wii with IOS16 Wad Manager? Don't try this with IOS30. I think i remember it doesn't work, which is why all guide have the cIOS in them.

 

[icefireicefire]

skar, can you get on IRC?

 

[WiiBlaster]

wich IOS are failling to install..?? cause you only need IOS30.wad and SysMenu.wad to get it downgraded....!!!

Are you able to overwrite an IOS on your Wii with IOS16 Wad Manager? Don't try this with IOS30. I think i remember it doesn't work, which is why all guide have the cIOS in them.

right thats why the cios was there because it wouldn't overwrite the ios's when installing unless your Wad Manager was loaded off a CIOS, which is blocked right now

this is true when downgrading that way

 

[icefireicefire]

Try this:
http://www.mediafire.com/?ijm4mzmtm5f

Run from HBC "one", then "two", then "three". In "three", install "cIOS36.wad" and then reboot to the HBC. Then, try using AnyRegion Changer to install 3.2. Please report working or not.

 

[adidas77]

Just tried it and step one works, but when I get to step two I'm getting an error : Identifying as the system menu failed. press Home to exit. Tried to skip to step three but getting and error -2011 when I try to load CIOS36.WAD.

 

[fogbank]

cIOS uses it by default IIRC, and Custom WAD Manager uses it to install WADs (to get the permissions necessary). This is just a theory, but it might be it. Would explain ATD/ARC screwing up too, as I am SURE those use it.

If Custom WAD Manager uses it then it must not be blocked entirely. There's more to it than meets the eye I think...

 

[bellevillerc]

Try this:
[url=http://www.mediafire.com/?ijm4mzmtm5f]http://www.mediafire.com/?ijm4mzmtm5f[/url]

Run from HBC "one", then "two", then "three". In "three", install "cIOS36.wad" and then reboot to the HBC. Then, try using AnyRegion Changer to install 3.2. Please report working or not.


Same here.... I just tried it, and....

Step one works, but when I get to step two I'm getting an error : Identifying as the system menu failed. press Home to exit

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QUOTE(icefireicefire @ Mar 20 2009, 03:56 PM) Try this:
[url=http://www.mediafire.com/?ijm4mzmtm5f]http://www.mediafire.com/?ijm4mzmtm5f[/url]

Run from HBC "one", then "two", then "three". In "three", install "cIOS36.wad" and then reboot to the HBC. Then, try using AnyRegion Changer to install 3.2. Please report working or not.

Same here.... I just tried it, and....

Step one works, but when I get to step two I'm getting an error : Identifying as the system menu failed. press Home to exit

 

[icefireicefire]

Hmmm...

 

[bellevillerc]

yeah that's what i say too.... hmmmmmmm.... along with a few other choice words that probably shouldn't be used here

 

[icefireicefire]

Well, this does shed some light.

can someone run ARC Mod5 and tell me what the EXACT errors are?

 

[bellevillerc]

not to sound like an idiot... but what is ARC Mod5?? maybe it's just the short form thing that's messing me up... sorry...

 

[icefireicefire]

anyregion changer mod5

 

[WiiBlaster]

ARC MOD5 download

http://wiibrew.org/w/images/d/d5/AnyRegion...rce_and_dol.zip