Hacking Wii U Homebrew Situation and FAQ

[loco365]

I wouldn't. If an update slips through your filters somehow, standby and quickstart will automatically install it. Better safe than sorry.

It shouldn't, as the URL I used covers multiple IP Addresses. As long as that update address doesn't change, I'm fine. And even then, it's hardcoded into the system, so it cannot change, and therefore, cannot slip through. Only if my access point was factory reset (And even then, I'd have to set it up again) would I be screwed.

Edit: It just tried to download the update again, and errored out with the code 108-0066.

 

[filfat]

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I think you should link to the Homebrew Development discussion as it will provide people who wants to know more the right materials

 

[Rinnux]

It shouldn't, as the URL I used covers multiple IP Addresses. As long as that update address doesn't change, I'm fine. And even then, it's hardcoded into the system, so it cannot change, and therefore, cannot slip through. Only if my access point was factory reset (And even then, I'd have to set it up again) would I be screwed.

Edit: It just tried to download the update again, and errored out with the code 108-0066.

I wouldn't leave standby on if I were you. I had the updates blocked by my router and somehow the 5.1 update slipped through. It's really not worth the few seconds that the quickstart menu cuts out. For the record my wii was failing to update as well so I know it was working.

 

[Nurio]

I think I am screwed. I am on 5.0 and it just told me that an update is ready, even though I had all those addresses blocked in my router.
I even tested if the blocking feature worked in my router by blocking google.com, which did prevent me from accessing Google.

 

[EthralSSB]

vWii isnt affected by any updates from what I've read here is this true? If i need to update when hyrule warriors comes out will the update mess anything up?

 

[NWPlayer123]

vWii isnt affected by any updates from what I've read here is this true? If i need to update when hyrule warriors comes out will the update mess anything up?

Yep, vWii still works like a charm. Cafe mode on the other hand...

 

[EthralSSB]

Yep, vWii still works like a charm. Cafe mode on the other hand...

Okay I see thanks for the Info! What is cafe mode? I've never heard of it before until now lol.

 

[Ryanrocks462]

Okay I see thanks for the Info! What is cafe mode? I've never heard of it before until now lol.

its WiiU mode but the code name is cafe mode

 

[Nossi]

I wanted to stay on 5.0.0 but I gave in to my craving of playing online with my friends

Future proof exploit please!
Great work by the way. And it says on the first post that you haven't been granted access to the kernel yet. Hasn't Chadderz and MrBean35000vr already done this? :/

 

[NWPlayer123]

I wanted to stay on 5.0.0 but I gave in to my craving of playing online with my friends

Future proof exploit please!
Great work by the way. And it says on the first post that you haven't been granted access to the kernel yet. Hasn't Chadderz and MrBean35000vr already done this? :/

1) Future-proof is impossible until we can get a more permanent exploit IE being able to install stuff. For now we're just gonna have to exploit bugs in WebKit
2) Yes but they haven't shared it with anybody so we're trying to find our own.

 

[Nossi]

1) Future-proof is impossible until we can get a more permanent exploit IE being able to install stuff. For now we're just gonna have to exploit bugs in WebKit
2) Yes but they haven't shared it with anybody so we're trying to find our own.

when you do get access to the kernal, will you be able to install things on to cafe?

 

[Marionumber1]

when you do get access to the kernal, will you be able to install things on to cafe?

No, we'd need to get full access to the filesystem and defeat IOSU's signature checking somehow.

 

[Nossi]

No, we'd need to get full access to the filesystem and defeat IOSU's signature checking somehow.

if we did that, would be able to create a homebrew channel?

 

[Marionumber1]

if we did that, would be able to create a homebrew channel?

Once we have a PPC kernel exploit, we'll already be able to make a homebrew channel. It just won't be persistent, so it'll have to be launched from the browser each time.

 

[Nossi]

Once we have a PPC kernel exploit, we'll already be able to make a homebrew channel. It just won't be persistent, so it'll have to be launched from the browser each time.

i mean will we be able to install one on the system

 

[Relys]

i mean will we be able to install one on the system

You're quoting the answer to that exact question...

 

[Nossi]

You're quoting the answer to that exact question...

i meant if they did this: No, we'd need to get full access to the filesystem and defeat IOSU's signature checking somehow.

 

[fredajt]

Hello everybody, i have one question : we have acces to what the webkit has acces but we don t have access to the file system. That i don t understand because i suppose the browser must put some files in cache on the storage or by dowloading ? like games ?
Thank you for lighting me

 

[NWPlayer123]

Hello everybody, i have one question : we have acces to what the webkit has acces but we don t have access to the file system. That i don t understand because i suppose the browser must put some files in cache on the storage or by dowloading ? like games ?
Thank you for lighting me

Yes, as was discussed in the aptly named "Wii U Hacking Discussion" thread, no, we don't have access to the filesystem, but the files being used are stored in the memory when the browser is running, allowing us to dump all the data from the memory and find the files.

 

[fredajt]

thank you for very fast answer and explanations. Next time i ll post on the other threat