Hacking Wii U Bricked and backup lost 0.o

[Hikari06]

How important is the data on that hdd? The clicking sounds are more than likely internal mechanisms warping over time, it's probably recoverable professionally at extreme cost (a new wiiu will probably be cheaper).

However, and this really really would be a last ditch suicide mission, there is a way of sometimes recovering it just long enough to pull some data.

If you can seal the drive in a sandwich bag or similar and freeze it it can shrink the internal mechanism and potentially allow movement again.

It will kill your drive. It probably wont work. If its not sealed it could short the circuit boards/the rest of your p.c.

I have tried this on 3 hdd. It has never worked lol. My colleague reckons he's got it working once long enough to grab some photos off and I doubt he would lie.

It might be worth a try if the data is important and your just going to bin it.

Well ofc I'm not going to bin the drive xD I know by experience though that recovering a hdd drive isn't an easy process. I'm pretty sure the data inside got corrupted anyway, but you know, I'm keeping it just in case.

 

[subcon959]

Hopefully you'll be able to get it sorted if it's just the eMMC but just in case it's not succesful the replacement consoles are only about £40 on ebay. I'm sure it would take all of 5 mins to raise that considering how many people use and enjoy your app.

 

[Hikari06]

Hopefully you'll be able to get it sorted if it's just the eMMC but just in case it's not succesful the replacement consoles are only about £40 on ebay. I'm sure it would take all of 5 mins to raise that considering how many people use and enjoy your app.

Yeah I know it's no big deal. But this got me curious so maybe we'll be able to learn something from it xD
All I can say for now is : DO NOT install custom CA certs

 

[Risingdawn]

Well ofc I'm not going to bin the drive xD I know by experience though that recovering a hdd drive isn't an easy process. I'm pretty sure the data inside got corrupted anyway, but you know, I'm keeping it just in case.

Recovering data isn't so bad if it's the circuit board or bad sector's, it's been a while but we often used ERDcommander.
That clicking sound though is mechanical and more than likely only fixable by taking it apart and if you try that without a proper environment it's game over, you can't do it at home.
Good luck with it anyway bro, genuinely hope you unbrick your wiiu.

 

[DocAmes1980]

Yeah I know it's no big deal. But this got me curious so maybe we'll be able to learn something from it xD
All I can say for now is : DO NOT install custom CA certs

Oh. You're Wii U USB helper developer guy person! I used your app to download all the Wii U games that I'm entitled to backups of because I own the physical copy. Great app! I'll donate to the cause if you can't unbrick your Nintendo box.

 

[fuxawii]

wii u are pretty cheap now (just for console) mabey you should invest in couple cheap ones to mess with?>

 

[Hikari06]

Hey guys just a quick udpdate. I've been trying all day to dump the eMMC but to no avail. I have tried on several SD Card readers.
When the sd is plugged, the WiiU will not boot anymore but I'm unable to mount the mlc chip. I have followed this guide https://www.reboot.ms/forum/threads/guide-emmc-nand-dump-backup-restore.530/, the only thing is that I've used metallic pins instead of soldering. I've checked the setup with a multimeter and it seems okay but I just can't see the mlc chip on my computer. Am I missing something?

 

[Leeful]

For harmodding the new 3ds and 2ds only certain card readers will work. I had to buy a Anker USB 3.0 reader to hardmod my new 3ds whereas on my original 3ds most common readers worked.
This might be the same problem for the WiiU.
here is a link to the 3ds nand dumping page with a list of compatable readers.

Hope you manage to sort it out.

 

[Deleted-19228]

Hey guys!

I was experimenting with my Wii U today (trying to inject some custom SSL certificates to spoof the Nintendo Network) when I think I've obviously done something I shouldn't have. I figured I would be okay if anything went wrong since I had dumped my nand and put it on an external drive. Well, that was until I realized my Wii U wouldn't work anymore and neither would my drive (talk about bad luck) .

So now I'm left with a bricked Wii U and probably no way to get it back.

That said, I am wondering, since I still have my otp file somewhere, would it be possible for me to dump my eMMC nand by means of harmodding, decrypt the image with the key from the otp, revert the changes I have made (the file I was working on isn't checksummed it's just that I've commented by mistake a line so it would only require me to change one or two bytes) with a hex editor and then encrypt and inject it back into the eMMC? Sounds pretty far-fetched but is there any chance this could work ?

Why didn't you test this on rednand?

 

[Hikari06]

Why didn't you test this on rednand?

I don't have a 64GB sd card. What's more I didn't think what I was doing was going to brick. I had been modifying the file for a few days without any issue

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For harmodding the new 3ds and 2ds only certain card readers will work. I had to buy a Anker USB 3.0 reader to hardmod my new 3ds whereas on my original 3ds most common readers worked.
This might be the same problem for the WiiU.
here is a link to the 3ds nand dumping page with a list of compatable readers.

Hope you manage to sort it out.

I see,thanks. Any reasons why only some readers work ?

 

[punderino]

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Did you try asking to Smea if he can give you some clue or some help, a couple weeks ago he bricked his Wii U and bring it back with hardmod, there is a video and picture where he show that, perhaps he can help you in something....

Weeks? You mean months lol like half a year

 

[Leeful]

I see,thanks. Any reasons why only some readers work ?

I dont know, sorry. but I think it was something to do with the compatability with the chipset that the card reader used.
Maybe someone could explain more.