Hacking USB Loader GX

[tj_cool]

the loader has a wad uninstall function? is that dangerous? i run my loader unlocked.

which reminds me of a request i was going to suggest:

can we have more granularity on the parental lock please.. over which features get locked.. e,g, i'd like to leave the install games button, but hide the game settings.. things like that. at the moment its all or nothing i think, or was last time i looked.

I already suggested a system where you can choose what gets locked, but they probably haven't seen it ...

Did you raise it as a feature request issue on the code site?

I thought noone wanted it and don't need it myself actually so I didn't do the request.

And about the wad question: It has to uninstall the old channel wad before installing the new one


If someone wants me to do the request on google code, just tell (I will do other requests too if they are good)

 

[danderl]

Not too clued up on changing the languages. Have you read the readme:
Perhaps its something to do with changing the path?

thanks, but i have read i9t ;-9
and if the paths would be wrong, i wouldn`t see the german languae file tu choice, isn`t it?

maybe the file is corrupt?!?!

i try this on the original dl site...answer comes later, if it works

 

[tj_cool]

Not too clued up on changing the languages. Have you read the readme:
Perhaps its something to do with changing the path?

thanks, but i have read i9t ;-9
and if the paths would be wrong, i wouldn`t see the german languae file tu choice, isn`t it?

maybe the file is corrupt?!?!

i try this on the original dl site...answer comes later, if it works

use the one snoozer posted
I said that a few posts back

 

[giantpune]

And about the wad question: It has to uninstall the old channel wad before installing the new one

^ no sir. mama's wrong again^

The new channel just installs over the old one like cIOS. The wad installing/uninstalling is just one of those features for advanced users. There is no button to click on to install a wad from within the loader. So your kids will not be able to install stuff without being smarter than most of the users of this. I put it in mainly for myself, but I'm sure word will get out about how to use it and probably 5 tutorials and 5 more threads about people asking how it works also so there's no point in me explaining it.

 

[tj_cool]

And about the wad question: It has to uninstall the old channel wad before installing the new one

^ no sir. you are wrong again^

The new channel just installs over the old one like cIOS. The wad installing/uninstalling is just one of those features for advanced users. There is no button to click on to install a wad from within the loader. So your kids will not be able to install stuff without being smarter than most of the users of this. I put it in mainly for myself, but I'm sure word will get out about how to use it and probably 5 tutorials and 5 more threads about people asking how it works also so there's no point in me explaining it.

I was wrong ... NOOOOOOOO

what do you think of the 'let users choose what gets locked' feature btw?

 

[ChokeD]

NTSC-U
3.2u FW
channel forwarder
rev14
249
r661.boot (fresh install)
1TB MAXTOR one touch III
1 partition of FAT32 wfsb formatted
bottom usb slot
2GB sd card (fresh format)



See my post on page 600 for pics and problems from last time I troubleshooted this error:


After extensive testing I came to a conclusion:

I reformatted my sd stick,

I then started with the 1.0v on the first page and could not download any covers of course so I jumped up to the only .dol I had handy which was r653.

Then I updated from server by wifi to r661.

Then I re-download covers from scratch and after downloading covers the problem happened again.

I got lucky and reloaded the sd stick immediately from the GX menu when the characters appeared and it fixed the problem instantly.

I scrolled up and down numerous times through the names and could not get it to freeze.

I then re-downloaded the disc images and the problem happened again with the funky characters.

It did not freeze right away and I was fortunate enough to be able to reload the sd from the GX menu again which fixed the problem, again.

I scrolled up and down through the names and could not get it to freeze.

I then went to download covers "initialized the network" and then hit NO after it asked me to download the 2 I was missing that the server don't have and yes it happened again with the characters.

I went to reload the sd card, problem fixed again.


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CONCLUSION:
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The sd card needs to be refreshed after "Initializing the Network" every time or it freezes or has the funky characters for me, whether I download anything or not.

Could a refresh/reload be needed/implemented after the "Initializing the Network" for the people like me that may have a lot of images/info on the stick to see if that would help ?????

 

[spinneruk]

Currently on system menu 3.4 is it safe to do a sstem update and still use Usb loader.

Excellent loader , not had any issues with updating or using the loader apart from the issue with strange characters but that was sorted with the last revision.

 

[Logan]

NTSC-U
3.2u FW
channel forwarder
rev14
249
r661.boot (fresh install)
1TB MAXTOR one touch III
1 partition of FAT32 wfsb formatted
bottom usb slot
2GB sd card (fresh format)



See my post on page 600 for pics and problems from last time I troubleshooted this error:


After extensive testing I came to a conclusion:

I reformatted my sd stick,

I then started with the 1.0v on the first page and could not download any covers of course so I jumped up to the only .dol I had handy which was r653.

Then I updated from server by wifi to r661.

Then I re-download covers from scratch and after downloading covers the problem happened again.

I got lucky and reloaded the sd stick immediately from the GX menu when the characters appeared and it fixed the problem instantly.

I scrolled up and down numerous times through the names and could not get it to freeze.

I then re-downloaded the disc images and the problem happened again with the funky characters.

It did not freeze right away and I was fortunate enough to be able to reload the sd from the GX menu again which fixed the problem, again.

I scrolled up and down through the names and could not get it to freeze.

I then went to download covers "initialized the network" and then hit NO after it asked me to download the 2 I was missing that the server don't have and yes it happened again with the characters.

I went to reload the sd card, problem fixed.


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CONCLUSION:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The sd card needs to be refreshed after "Initializing the Network" every time or it freezes on me, whether I download anything or not.

Could a refresh/reload be needed/implemented after the "Initializing the Network" for the people like me that may have a lot of images/info on the stick to see if that would help ?????

When you say a lot, how much do you have on the stick? What are you using by the way? The best SD card to use is a Sandisk 2GB that is just a regular SD card.

My card is half full. I have 112 games on my disk. It all works perfectly. Your problem seeems like it could be fixed with a better SD card.

 

[Logan]

oooh GIEV!!11!!1

 

[ChokeD]

A blue Sandisk 2GB is what I have. I am currently holding 192 covers and 168 disc images with approxamately 81mb on the stick right now. The problem of "Initializing the the Network" does not happen if I say no and don't download any images with a virgin r661 install. It only happens after I have images installed on the stick fiom the server ONLY and then return to the GX menu from "Initializing the Network" whether I choose "yes or no".

 

[Logan]

A blue Sandisk 2GB is what I have. I am currently holding 192 covers and 168 disc images.

Hmm.

What hard drive? There must be loads of people with 200+ games on their HDD including their artwork on the SD using GX without this issue. Something has got to be up.

 

[Jaz808]

r661 doesnt work for me, returns to hbc on any game i try to load, (dol)
r662 doesnt work for me, go to black screen any game i try to load (dol)
Old r516 installed as a channel work fine (wad)
I deleted all config files

My Wii = Pal, 4.0e, Rev14, 2gig sandisk, WD 2.5 500gig passport, (pri 50gig fat32, pri rest of drive wbfs)

 

[ChokeD]

I'm going to try a white wii 2gb stick and see if I can reproduce it.

 

[Logan]

r661 doesnt work for me, returns to hbc on any game i try to load, (dol)
r662 doesnt work for me, go to black screen any game i try to load (dol)
Old r516 installed as a channel work fine (wad)
I deleted all config files

My Wii = Pal, 4.0e, Rev14, 2gig sandisk, WD 2.5 500gig passport, (pri 50gig fat32, pri rest of drive wbfs)

Another one with problems in the later revisions that has a HDD partitioned with WBFS and FAT32. Hopefully the devs are investigating this because quite a few of you now.

Only solution for the time being is to have the one WBFS partition as far as I can tell.

 

[Snoozer]

Not too clued up on changing the languages. Have you read the readme:
Perhaps its something to do with changing the path?

thanks, but i have read i9t ;-9
and if the paths would be wrong, i wouldn`t see the german languae file tu choice, isn`t it?

maybe the file is corrupt?!?!

i try this on the original dl site...answer comes later, if it works

maybe i should repeat myself:
USE THIS ONE: german.lang (this one is extended by my girlfriend)
the original one is hardly translated. Therefore it won't change anything in your mostpart english loader!

 

[jono@home]

QUOTE(jono@home @ Jul 27 2009, 11:47 PM) using 639... works fine

next one I used was 648.. and came across same problems..

cant find any revisions for anything over 639...

so anything from 640 onwards could be problematic!

EDIT: narrowed it down some more..

rev 647 works fine.. so the problem lies from rev648 onwards...


see my post #8976

nope it don't work.. tried it..

dual partitioned drives will not load any games on USB Loader GX with cios rev 14 from rev 648 onwards.. use rev 647..

Although nice ideas and features... why o why, are more features being added to this loader when this is a bit of an issue that clearly needs fixing...

obviously what was changed in rev 648.. broke the basics of the loader..

at the end of the day I just want a good solid loader that plays the games...

 

[tj_cool]

maybe i should repeat myself:
USE THIS ONE: german.lang (this one is extended by my girlfriend)
the original one is hardly translated. Therefore it won't change anything in your mostpart english loader!

I'll post it in the languages topic when I'm done updating the dutch.lang
Then they'll update it on the server

 

[ChokeD]

I'm going to try a white wii 2gb stick and see if I can reproduce it.I still get the problem with characters and freezing with a white wii 2gb sandisk
NTSC-U
3.2u FW
channel forwarder
rev14
249
r661.boot (fresh install)
1TB MAXTOR one touch III
1 partition of FAT32 wfsb formatted
bottom usb slot
2GB sd card (fresh format)

QUOTE(Jaz808 @ Jul 28 2009, 03:11 PM) r661 doesnt work for me, returns to hbc on any game i try to load, (dol)
r662 doesnt work for me, go to black screen any game i try to load (dol)
Old r516 installed as a channel work fine (wad)
I deleted all config files

My Wii = Pal, 4.0e, Rev14, 2gig sandisk, WD 2.5 500gig passport, (pri 50gig fat32, pri rest of drive wbfs)

Another one with problems in the later revisions that has a HDD partitioned with WBFS and FAT32. Hopefully the devs are investigating this because quite a few of you now.

Only solution for the time being is to have the one WBFS partition as far as I can tell.

I had to format my 1TB to 1 partition instead of 2 when that happened. Try the fat32 format tool in my signature. It works real well.

 

[Jaz808]

Thx Logan, ok only one partition with newer version above r647.

try the fat32 format tool in my signature. It works real well.

Why do i need to format the Fat32 partition ?

 

[ChokeD]

Thx Logan, ok only one partition with newer version above r647.

try the fat32 format tool in my signature. It works real well.

Why do i need to format the Fat32 partition ?

I was suggesting you format the entire drive to 1 partition with the FAT32 tool instead of 2 partitions on the drive. Then format with wbfs 3.0 and put your games back on the drive with wbfs 3.0.