Hacking Upgrading Advice

[djb77]

OK, this is my current Wii atm:

- 4.1E
- HBC 1.0.3
- IOS 202, 222 / 223, 249 / 250
- Preloader 0.29 (no BootMii installed)

Its been a while since I did any serious updating, and I was wondering what I should do...
Is it worth going up to SystemMenu 4.2 or HBC 1.0.6 at all, and also is it worth installing BootMii?

Thanks in advance.

 

[HiBit]

I suggest to install bootmii and make a NAND backup. Also you can update the HBC but sysmenu 4.2 is useless at this moment.

 

[G0dLiKe]

It´s def worth to install BootMii.

You should also make a backup of your Nand with BootMii just for the case...

Its not that 4.2 brings any special for you or your Wii, if you want to upgrade, follow the safe 4.2 guide by zektor here in the forums.

Also make sure that HBC 1.0.6, DVDx v2 and BootMii(if possible as boot2 and IOS) are installed before updating.

EDIT: Damn, beaten by HiBit again.

 

[djb77]

If I make a NAND backup and then proceed to update HBC / DVDX (and maybe even SM 4.2) I can always revert back to my previous setup right?

 

[erikk1]

bootmii as boot2 (if possible) is always a good idea, just so you can make a nandbackup and can always restore if something goes bad. You will not even notice it is there if you set it to autoload the system menu.

Updating to 4.2 is not needed at all. There's no advantage. But if you use the 4.2 safe updater guide, it shouldn't hurt either. Except you might have to reinstall HBC and also a jodi-patched version of preloader. And you'll need to es_identify ios70 for preloader to work with it. I would just leave it alone.

 

[G0dLiKe]

If I make a NAND backup and then proceed to update HBC / DVDX (and maybe even SM 4.2) I can always revert back to my previous setup right?

Yes, if you have BootMii installed on boot2, the IOS installation is not recommended for restoring but it works too.

 

[djb77]

OK I have the safe v4.2 updater now.

So this is the process I will do tomorrow morning in order to update:

- Clean up all my USB Loader channels (for a nice clean backup)
- Launch HackMii 0.6 via HBC 1.0.3
- Install BootMii preferably as Boot2 and IOS
- Make a backup of my NAND
- Install HBC 1.0.6 and DVDX v2
- Update to 4.2E.
- Trucha Patch IOS70 with DOP-IOS
- Re-Install Preloader 0.29 (with new 4.2E hacks.ini file)

Should I remove my old DVDX before installing v2, and is there anything i need to do prior to installing Preloader again?

 

[djb77]

*BUMP*

Just about to do this now, just wanna make sure I'm right with what I'm gonna do.

 

[longtom1]

sounds ok but i would install hbc and dvdxV2 before nand backup and would get preloader0.29JODI patched and use the new hacks.ini don't need to uninstall the old dvdx i think the hackmii installer removes the old dvdx and hbc when installing the new versions

 

[djb77]

Yes when I re-install Preloader I'll use the JODI version of it.

But still, won't I need to do this AFTER my 4.2 update?

 

[longtom1]

Yes when I re-install Preloader I'll use the JODI version of it.

But still, won't I need to do this AFTER my 4.2 update?

yes that's what i mean just making sure you had the right one

 

[djb77]

Cool. I'm off to do the update now...

 

[djb77]

OK, everything went well up to the point of installing 4.2E.

I read on how to change IOS36 temporarily to install Preloader 0.29, however after I installed Preloader and changed the IOS36 back to 3351 the System Menu doesnt work.

I can still access Preloader however, so I'm running the safe v4.2 updater again to start fresh.

So, my question is, whats the exact process on installing Preloader on 4.2E?

 

[djb77]

*BUMP*

Can anybody please offer any assistance with this?

 

[djb77]

OK i was looking at this guide here: http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=171901

At the moment my Wii is at the point of having 4.2E installed, along with the new HBC, DVDX, and BootMii (only as a IOS unfortunaetly, wouldnt allow Boot2 install).
IOS 202, 222, 223, 249, and 250 are installed properly as I used the safe v4.2 updater not the Nintendo updater. I have also used DOP-IOS to patch IOS70.

1a] Run Trucha Bug Restorer
Press B to choose No IOS Reload.
Wait till it says Press 1 then press it.
Go to Downgrade IOS15.
Press A to downgrade.
Everytime it says "load IOS from SD" press A.

1b] Run Trucha Bug Restorer
Choose IOS15 and press A. (Important)
Wait till it says Press 1 then press it.
Choose IOS36 menu. In there use these settings:
Install IOS to slot (36)
Hash check (trucha) YES
ES_Identity YES
Nand Permissions YES
Then press A on install patched IOS36.
Everytime it says "load IOS from SD" press A.

1c] Run Trucha Bug Restorer
Choose IOS36 and press A.
Wait till it says Press 1 then press it.
Then Choose restore IOS15.
Press A to restore.
Everytime it says "load IOS from SD" press A.

** Skip step 2, 3, and 4 as I already have IOS 249. 202, 223, and 224 on my Wii **

7] [optional] Run Preloader to enable system menu hacks.
Run Preloader .29 to install preloader onto your system
Run the Preloader Updater to update it to version .30
Enable desired hacks and go into the settings and make sure the system menu is set to load with IOS70

So is this what I should be doing next??

 

[djb77]

*BUMP*

 

[djb77]

Everything is going fine

I found the new preloader 0.30 installer and used that, after making sure that IOS 36 and 70 were properly patched.

So now I have preloader with 4.2E !!

Thanks to all the GBATemp members for putting up with me and the great tutorials you guys provide.