I am currently on firmware v3.2u. What is the best firmware to be on at this time? Can you also give reasons why.
One advantage of 3.2 is that it gives the best brick protection. If you update and lose bootmii and preloader then you can still install a modchip and run a trucha signed recovery disc. You can also leave the twilight hack save installed (later system menus delete/block it) If you update above 3.2 then you can't do that.Nevernever said:I am currently on firmware v3.2u. What is the best firmware to be on at this time? Can you also give reasons why.
This.Wever said:link with version history.
IMO, it doesn't matter much. Most games and all homebrew run on all versions of the firmware itself. And if not, they simply need a certain IOS or cIOS installed. The system menu might be a bit faster, but honestly: it's not something I notice. The only real improvement I can see is the SDHD-card support (firmware 4.0 and onward).
Personally, I use 4.2. But for a very stupid reason: it is BECAUSE the upgrade to it removes any homebrew installed. I've read quite some stories on this site from people who were smart enough not to upgrade themselves, but who let their sister, family relative, dog or friend to come near their wii. And as it is with "other people": they ALWAYS manage to screw things up. That's why I took precautions and updated it myself (safely). I don't want them to see a pop-up that basically reads "click 'yes' to brick your wii".
TCJJ said:4.2 is just a piracy and homebrew stopper as far as I know, so one would only want to go as far as 4.1 at the moment. There is no point in using 4.2.
Any way to increase the difficulty in getting homebrew is a way to increase the difficulty of piracy.Jacobeian said:those are only selected constatations based on a few wiibrew articles and user reports, there is nothing new here : this does not change the fact that you cannot say for sure what has been added/fixed without totally disassembling the code (and I'm pretty sure some people did, those would be the ones to trust, not wikipedia quoting random articles)
Now, considering how much it must cost to Nintendo to provide a new system update, it's more reasonnable for me to think they wouldn't do it just to fix a few security issues, especially considering how easy it was to get over those "fixes". I guess "piracy fixes" come as a side effect and they have some kind of "release plan" for system menu updates (it would explain why they sometime took months to fix a single bug allowing piracy).