Hacking USB Loader GX

[Arthas-Sama]

Own3d... xD

I'll install 222 v5 as UsbloaderGX is compatible with it.

uLoader is one of the best loaders, but the GUI is fugly x_x

 

[petspeed]

It would be cool if GX will support Hermes cIOS v5 including NAND emulation for saves like Uloader 4.5 does. Will that be possible in a future release?

 

[Hammyface]

Hi, I have a japanese wii, using USBLoaderGX, for most games it's ok and region usually not a problem, but I cant start Wii Fit Plus(PAL:E), I played with settings a little, I get black screen or it's black&white and jumping. Can someone help me? I need EUR just because they use meters and kilograms, and I don't understand ft. and lb. xD

Thanks.

Some games just plain refuse to run in other vid modes - you'll have to set it to run in PAL mode, and hope your TV supports it.

The TV usually supports it if it's an HDTV and you're using component cables.

 

[rklamer]

Random question -- what if you turn off the Wii during a game installation? Does it screw up something? Will it automatically remove the broken image?

 

[tj_cool]

Random question -- what if you turn off the Wii during a game installation? Does it screw up something? Will it automatically remove the broken image?

The game data will be marked as inactive and will be overwritten next time

 

[rklamer]

Nice. Thanks.

 

[ChokeD]

New cIOS from Hermes is out ! v5b

Can use 222, 223, 224 (base on 37, 57 and 60).

I installed all

222, 38
223, merge 37
224, merge 57

I ran GX, choose Sing It and choose 223, the game freezes so I restart.

Now GX ask me to choose a partition or to format one, I choose the only one partition on my HDD wich is a WBFS partition. It says 80gb free out of 160 but no game is shown.

I quit and try uLoader, it says no WBFS partition is on my HDD.

I quit, connect to my PC and ran WBFS Manager => Cannot found my WBFS drive.
I try also GameManager 1.4, my drive is now unsusable and cannot see a thing in it !

No doubt it doesn't work with v5 and I have 222v4, but 3 days ago I was changing the settings for MOHH2 to 222 and got a code dump and lost my entire drive of games. I've since been working on getting them all put back on my drive. I got the same exact problem. I got a code dump immediately upon choosing the 222 and hitting "back" to the menu. Instantly, I rebooted the Wii, GX don't find the drive, hooked it up to PC and WBFS Manager don't see it or is corrupt. Formatted the drive and now some of my games install real fast and they freeze up the Wii as soon as I attempt to view the disc from the menu. SOME of my games are fine but others just freeze, I don't even get to see the disc spin, blue light comes on at the slot and it just sits there letting me use the hand in the GX browser and scroll and all that, just can't click on nothing.

No I didn't get a pic of the code dump but if it happens again I will and you can bet your ass I'll post it.

Wasn't going to say nothing cause I thought it was freak but when I read the above I had to say something.

249v17
222v4
3.2U

 

[beemisc]

I have a single NTFS partition USB HDD, yes no other partition (stop me right here if GX doesn't support this scenario).

GX always hang at Initialize usb device. If I plugin the HDD after GX loads, then it couldn't find WBFS partition which is correct since I don't have one. It allows me to select but it can't find anything (Cfg Usb Loader does find out the ntfs after this step. I'd like to try out GX but failed).

Does anyone hit this? Care to share a tip?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Scuba156]

I have a single NTFS partition USB HDD, yes no other partition (stop me right here if GX doesn't support this scenario).

GX always hang at Initialize usb device. If I plugin the HDD after GX loads, then it couldn't find WBFS partition which is correct since I don't have one. It allows me to select but it can't find anything (Cfg Usb Loader does find out the ntfs after this step. I'd like to try out GX but failed).

Does anyone hit this? Care to share a tip?

Thanks in advance!

Do you also have a SD card to store Config Files and such?

 

[beemisc]

GX loads from SD card but I don't see any config file created. Do I have to create the config file manually? If so, where could I get the template.

Thanks Scuba156.

 

[VashTS]

I have a single NTFS partition USB HDD, yes no other partition (stop me right here if GX doesn't support this scenario).

GX always hang at Initialize usb device. If I plugin the HDD after GX loads, then it couldn't find WBFS partition which is correct since I don't have one. It allows me to select but it can't find anything (Cfg Usb Loader does find out the ntfs after this step. I'd like to try out GX but failed).

Does anyone hit this? Care to share a tip?

Thanks in advance!

Make sure you are using a rev that supports NTFS. I'm not positive but at least rev899 or better should be ok, I recommend 899 or 910 ( I haven't tested 910 extensively yet but it seemed ok upon initial use). use cios38rev17 and install hermes v4 (222 and 223). I'm using a single 1TB partition for NTFS and it works fine. Also make sure there is a WBFS folder on the root with your games named correctly as well. Use Wii Backup Manager to ensure your titles are named properly. BTW what format are you game files? .iso or .wbfs? Could also be that your drive is not support, its possible. What brand is the drive?

 

[superskid]

My usbloader gx keeps saying no new updates when it is not on the latest revision. I am on 909 it won't update to 910.

I was on 874 and it wouldn't update, downloaded the 909 dol to see if that would fix it but it still won't go to 910. Any ideas?

 

[beemisc]

I have a single NTFS partition USB HDD, yes no other partition (stop me right here if GX doesn't support this scenario).

GX always hang at Initialize usb device. If I plugin the HDD after GX loads, then it couldn't find WBFS partition which is correct since I don't have one. It allows me to select but it can't find anything (Cfg Usb Loader does find out the ntfs after this step. I'd like to try out GX but failed).

Does anyone hit this? Care to share a tip?

Thanks in advance!

Make sure you are using a rev that supports NTFS. I'm not positive but at least rev899 or better should be ok, I recommend 899 or 910 ( I haven't tested 910 extensively yet but it seemed ok upon initial use). use cios38rev17 and install hermes v4 (222 and 223). I'm using a single 1TB partition for NTFS and it works fine. Also make sure there is a WBFS folder on the root with your games named correctly as well. Use Wii Backup Manager to ensure your titles are named properly. BTW what format are you game files? .iso or .wbfs? Could also be that your drive is not support, its possible. What brand is the drive?

Thanks VashTS,

I use GX 910 with Hermes 222/223. Not sure about cios38rev17.
I am using Westen Digital My Book Studio 500GB, format NTFS with wbfs folder at the root. I am also using Wii Backup Manager to transfer games to HDD. I am using .ISO. My drive should support since I can play games with Configurable USB Loader normally.

 

[chrnk]

My usbloader gx keeps saying no new updates when it is not on the latest revision. I am on 909 it won't update to 910.

I was on 874 and it wouldn't update, downloaded the 909 dol to see if that would fix it but it still won't go to 910. Any ideas?

They do not update web site with the link to the latest install. If you want 910 you whould have to download it manually.

 

[chrnk]

I have a single NTFS partition USB HDD, yes no other partition (stop me right here if GX doesn't support this scenario).

GX always hang at Initialize usb device. If I plugin the HDD after GX loads, then it couldn't find WBFS partition which is correct since I don't have one. It allows me to select but it can't find anything (Cfg Usb Loader does find out the ntfs after this step. I'd like to try out GX but failed).

Does anyone hit this? Care to share a tip?

Thanks in advance!

Make sure you are using a rev that supports NTFS. I'm not positive but at least rev899 or better should be ok, I recommend 899 or 910 ( I haven't tested 910 extensively yet but it seemed ok upon initial use). use cios38rev17 and install hermes v4 (222 and 223). I'm using a single 1TB partition for NTFS and it works fine. Also make sure there is a WBFS folder on the root with your games named correctly as well. Use Wii Backup Manager to ensure your titles are named properly. BTW what format are you game files? .iso or .wbfs? Could also be that your drive is not support, its possible. What brPand is the drive?

Thanks VashTS,

I use GX 910 with Hermes 222/223. Not sure about cios38rev17.
I am using Westen Digital My Book Studio 500GB, format NTFS with wbfs folder at the root. I am also using Wii Backup Manager to transfer games to HDD. I am using .ISO. My drive should support since I can play games with Configurable USB Loader normally.

Try using your backup in Wbfs format instead of ISO on NTFS drive. Also wbfs uses less space on hard drive.

 

[VashTS]

ed-zachary.

iso is your problem. convert that to wbfs and youre good

 

[ClockWorK]

Since when is .ISO a problem? They work fine as long as they're named correctly.

I play all my games from NTFS as .ISO. And they are the same size as .WBFS if they're sparse files.

 

[slingshot27]

Since when is .ISO a problem? They work fine as long as they're named correctly.

I play all my games from NTFS as .ISO. And they are the same size as .WBFS if they're sparse files.

Euh sparse files?

 

[smf]

Since when is .ISO a problem? They work fine as long as they're named correctly.

I play all my games from NTFS as .ISO. And they are the same size as .WBFS if they're sparse files.

Euh sparse files?

You can have a 4gb file, that has holes in the middle. It's cool, but copying tends to reflate them. WBFS OTOH will always stay the same size.
If you constantly need to burn ISO's or don't mind the 4.7gb per game then keeping them in ISO format makes sense. Otherwise it's just hassle.

 

[beemisc]

Thanks folks, I'll give it a try with wbfs files.