Hello all, I am having a very unique problem with my wii.

I searched hi and low for anybody that might have this problem but did not find anything related.

So yesterday I was installing some channels to my wii using wad manager, everything went ok.

After installation I rebooted wii as instructed.
When the system menu came up, it said wii system memory full --> naturally I went to my data management to free up some blocks.

Here's where my problem started.
I decided to delete the internet channel b/c it takes up alot of room.
During deletion, however, it never completed the process. It was stuck on erasing for over 45 minutes and no luck.

I got tired of waiting that long so i decided to turn it off (holding the power button for 5 secs method).

Again i get the wii memory full message. I then try to go back into my data management and I get a blank white screen with the tabs on top and back button on bottom. None of my channels or wii data came up, nor was I able to press any of the buttons on the screen using my wiimote (i was able to manuever the hand around).

I hit the home button and select Return to system menu. The screen goes black and nothing ever happens after that.
I tried unplugging for 30 minutes and plugging back in and even tried maintenance mode but still got that message. The wii was giving me no options so after countless hours of searching for a solution online (here and other forums), I decide to format my system memory.

I did this hoping it would solve everything but further problems came. I performed the format wii system memory; it took forever so i left it going overnight. I wake up and its still doing the format. I thought that it was ridiculous and i just turn off and on again.

My space was freed up, I could even play my regular wii games again, I thought i was good.
I tried accessing my wii data management like before but again, a white screen with options that cant be selected for some reason.
It wasnt too important to me anyway.
I put the hackmii installer into my SD card to get the homebrew again that i had lost in the formatting.
When I access the SD card menu, it just stays stuck on "loading from SD card" forever with the little blue boxes moving around.
(Note, i've hacked all my friends wiis in these last couple of months)

I take the SD card out and try it on 2 of my friend's wiis and it goes straight into the bannerbomb installation like it should.

I'm at a loss at this point with no idea what to do. I could no longer play backups, install anything thru SD card, manage my save data/channels.

This looks like some kind of data corruption in the filesystem.
I've tried formatting system memory time and time again but it always stays stuck in the process forever.
I could still access my system settings, play original games tho. I'm not sure if this is considered a semi-brick.

If anybody can somehow identify this issue and help me with a possible solution, that would be great.

Wii system menu 4.2 USA

The only thing I havent considered is getting a new game like the New super mario bros and have it update the wii to 4.3 but then I still wont be able to do homebrew or play backups.

I can post videos showing what happens if it makes it easier to understand.

 

Sounds like some sort of filesystem corruption. New Super Mario Bros updates to 4.1, the first game with 4.2 was Endless Ocean: Blue World. You can softmod version 4.2.

Try SaveMiiFrii to boot the game.

 

sounds like a job for comex's nand formatter! google it and research it carefully before using it!

-kitt

 

Use the Stack Smash exploit if you have an original Brawl disc and are in the USA (your profile says you are). Use it to run the hackmii installer, and install bootmii as boot2 and HBC. Make a NAND backup after installing bootmii.

If you cannot install bootmii as boot2, I would not use the nand formatter, since you could have a $200 paperweight if it fails.

 

Crap, so I did the brawl exploit, it worked. I got the homebrew and bootmii goin, the wii was still acting strange so I decide to do the comex's formatter and again similar problem. it says installing ~EULA.wad, it does it then it goes to installing IOS17 and stays stuck there forever.

I really think something is up with the filesystem on this wii, it's like it doesnt let any installation finish.
Good thing I installed bootmii as boot2 so bootmii comes up as soon as I turn on the wii. but when I try the system menu or homebrew I get a wii with black screen (no signal) that does nothing.

I only had a 512mb SD card at the time so I couldn't backup my Nand.

Just now, i got my hands on a 2GB from a friend.

What are my options now?

 

betwiin?

 

Seems like DeadlyFoez answered the Q about bad blocks...

As for Comex's NAND formatter, it's been known to freeze when installing WADs. Happened to a friend's wii when he used it. The only wads required for a wii to boot are:
* System Menu
* EULA
* Region Select
* IOS15, IOS31, IOS36, and the IOS used by the menu (4.0/4.1 needs IOS60, 4.2 needs IOS70).
(The IOS15 and IOS36 are really for the Hackmii installer and HBC. IOS31 is used by the EULA and region select.)

Put only those titles on the SD. Leave the IOS17 and everything else out. Once you get the thing booting, you can install the other stuff with tools like Dop-Mii.

If it fails again...well, there's always cboot2 assuming you can get the IOS36 installed.

 

Thanks alot guys. I'm going to try techboy's choices for IOS since my original choices were different. I was formatting it to install menu 3.2. I'm gonna try the 4.1 with the wads mentioned in your post.

I already downloaded a Nand dump but don't know the keys to my original Nand. I got bootwiin and the programs needed for it to run. I'll take that route after i've tried the comex's formatter again.

As for the version. I've been using 8468 comex's formatter release dated oct 29. Is there a newer version?

 

Hackmii should use whatever IOSes you have installed. It will typically use the highest numbered IOS with a valid signature for the HBC. If you had 3.4 and you have up to IOS55, it'd use that.

I said IOS15 and IOS36 because the installer frequently uses IOS15, and I wanted to be sure an IOS for the HBC existed.

 

Use cboot2 and system settings replace mod, restore the ntsc settings.txt. Or if the fails, restore the pal settings.txt, then fix your region issue.