Hi there!
To kick off this post Id first like to get one thing clear about priiloader. When I go to "System menu hacks" and then enable "Region free channels", does that mean that I can run NTCS .wad Wiiware or virtual console games on my PAL wii? And are these settings to be used for PAL wii's too? Since Startpatch had different versions for NTCS and PAL. I have a bunch of NTCS vc games and Ive always been running them on USB Loader GX beceause when I try to run an NTCS on the default wii menu I get a "channel cant be used" line and itll kick me back to the wii menu. Im running low on space so I want to move all that stuff to my SD card (32gb SDHC Sandisk card). I cant run stuff thats on my SD card from USB Loader GX so that means Ill have to get rid of the region locked thingy.
Final question (on this part of the post): If I enable the "region free channels" (or the "Region free EVERYTHING") will I get rid of the "cant use this channel" and be able to just run the game on the wii system (and thus also the SD card)?
Now the next part is gonna be one long-ass thing, so bear with me please.
I used a pretty old guide on Youtube on how to softmod my Wii. I know I shouldnt have done it but I didnt know any better and managed to update pretty much everything manually. Everything went fine and it also made me install Priiloader (0.7 and not the latest 0.8, Ill get to my questions about updating it in a bit) and bootmii as IOS. I didnt even know what those apps were at the time but they gave me no issues so I didnt bother much with them.
As of now Im actually wanting to use both these programs. I want to use Priiloader to (hopefully) be able to just move all my vc games and wiiware to my SD card and use Bootmii to make a NAND backup in case anything goes wrong (and its never bad to have a backup anyway aint it?). As I already mentioned both my Priiloader and Bootmii are outdated or flawed.
Lets first get to the Priiloader part.
I currently have Priiloader v0.7 (r138) installed and it works pretty much like it should. Holding down the reset button while pressing the power button kicks me straight into Priiloader.
I just checked on https://sites.google.com/site/completesg/system-hacks/priiloader and saw that the latest version is 0.8. Now I want to update this since its always better to have the latest versions of programs. How exactly am I to do this? Can I just run the installer on the Homebrew channel and will it replace the old files for me and update as it should? Do I first need to delete or replace anything?
Up next is Bootmii.
When I was following the guide it made me install Bootmii as IOS. The "Launch Bootmii" option is there when I click the home button on the Wii remote. However, for some reason it takes me to MMM (MultiModManager). The screen goes black and shows the following line of text: cboot2 DOL loader v16. A bunch of text will show up and then itll load up MMM. This ALSO happens when I try to load Bootmii with the "Bootmii IOS" option in my Priiloader. I currently dont seem to be able to load up Bootmii in any way. How can I fix this? Can I re-install Bootmii as "boot2"? Are there any files I should delete before installing anything consulting Bootmii to prevent things from interfering with eachother?
As of now, trying to do anything with Priiloader without being able to load up Bootmii to restore a NAND backup seems like a foolish thing to do. Chances are always small that anything will go wrong but I dont wanna be a part of the 1% where things messed up and then being unable to unbrick my Wii.
Congratulations and thanks for taking the time to read this boring post and I really hope you can help me out! I tried my hardest to give as much info as I could and make this a well structured post.
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks a hella lot in advance and have a nice weekend!
To kick off this post Id first like to get one thing clear about priiloader. When I go to "System menu hacks" and then enable "Region free channels", does that mean that I can run NTCS .wad Wiiware or virtual console games on my PAL wii? And are these settings to be used for PAL wii's too? Since Startpatch had different versions for NTCS and PAL. I have a bunch of NTCS vc games and Ive always been running them on USB Loader GX beceause when I try to run an NTCS on the default wii menu I get a "channel cant be used" line and itll kick me back to the wii menu. Im running low on space so I want to move all that stuff to my SD card (32gb SDHC Sandisk card). I cant run stuff thats on my SD card from USB Loader GX so that means Ill have to get rid of the region locked thingy.
Final question (on this part of the post): If I enable the "region free channels" (or the "Region free EVERYTHING") will I get rid of the "cant use this channel" and be able to just run the game on the wii system (and thus also the SD card)?
Now the next part is gonna be one long-ass thing, so bear with me please.
I used a pretty old guide on Youtube on how to softmod my Wii. I know I shouldnt have done it but I didnt know any better and managed to update pretty much everything manually. Everything went fine and it also made me install Priiloader (0.7 and not the latest 0.8, Ill get to my questions about updating it in a bit) and bootmii as IOS. I didnt even know what those apps were at the time but they gave me no issues so I didnt bother much with them.
As of now Im actually wanting to use both these programs. I want to use Priiloader to (hopefully) be able to just move all my vc games and wiiware to my SD card and use Bootmii to make a NAND backup in case anything goes wrong (and its never bad to have a backup anyway aint it?). As I already mentioned both my Priiloader and Bootmii are outdated or flawed.
Lets first get to the Priiloader part.
I currently have Priiloader v0.7 (r138) installed and it works pretty much like it should. Holding down the reset button while pressing the power button kicks me straight into Priiloader.
I just checked on https://sites.google.com/site/completesg/system-hacks/priiloader and saw that the latest version is 0.8. Now I want to update this since its always better to have the latest versions of programs. How exactly am I to do this? Can I just run the installer on the Homebrew channel and will it replace the old files for me and update as it should? Do I first need to delete or replace anything?
Up next is Bootmii.
When I was following the guide it made me install Bootmii as IOS. The "Launch Bootmii" option is there when I click the home button on the Wii remote. However, for some reason it takes me to MMM (MultiModManager). The screen goes black and shows the following line of text: cboot2 DOL loader v16. A bunch of text will show up and then itll load up MMM. This ALSO happens when I try to load Bootmii with the "Bootmii IOS" option in my Priiloader. I currently dont seem to be able to load up Bootmii in any way. How can I fix this? Can I re-install Bootmii as "boot2"? Are there any files I should delete before installing anything consulting Bootmii to prevent things from interfering with eachother?
As of now, trying to do anything with Priiloader without being able to load up Bootmii to restore a NAND backup seems like a foolish thing to do. Chances are always small that anything will go wrong but I dont wanna be a part of the 1% where things messed up and then being unable to unbrick my Wii.
Congratulations and thanks for taking the time to read this boring post and I really hope you can help me out! I tried my hardest to give as much info as I could and make this a well structured post.
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks a hella lot in advance and have a nice weekend!
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