Hacking Wii U Homebrew Situation and FAQ

[NWPlayer123]

Is this only applicable for people waiting for WII U ISO loading? I will only be ever interested in WII ISO loading, can I skip the big "Stay lower than 5.2.0" and update for the sake of Smash?

This has nothing to do with piracy, this is strictly for game mods and homebrew. Emulators, Project M for Smash 4, etc.

 

[Deleted member 340473]

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[NWPlayer123]

Thanks, so I take it as this WIP exploit to be released for 5.1.0 FW is only meant to allow the things you say in the future but it has nothing to do with HC running and loading of USB-loaders for Wii?

If so, then why cannot emulators or such be ran in the current state of the hacking (Return of the Jodi etc)?

Or can you enlighten me more please on this exploit, will it be useful for hacking "Wii U mode"?

yes, it's irrelevant to the vWii and homebrew channel, you can update as you please if that's all you care about (see the first FAQ question on the first post in this thread). As for Wii U mode, that's exactly what it sounds like - what's running when you boot it up before you go into vWii (virtual wii, it's sandboxed so you have the exact same specs as a normal wii so nothing goes wrong), and yes, you can still run basically anything from the homebrew channel, but you won't have the full processing power that the Wii U has since it's locked down, which is the main appeal of upgrading to a Wii U from a Wii.

 

[NWPlayer123]

Anything you can do on a Wii, you can do on a Wii U, this is concerned with the extra power the Wii U has since the vWii is locked down to be essentially a Wii, both hardware and software wise.

 

[Deleted member 340473]

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[NWPlayer123]

Thank you. So it means this exploit in-progress you describe using the WebKit engine is a potential hack to the Wii U mode and that's it?

Basically, yes.

 

[Deleted member 340473]

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[Skeet1983]

Will the WIP exploit work on 5.2.0?

 

[the_randomizer]

Will the WIP exploit work on 5.2.0?

I wish I knew for certain, it might not be for even longer...

 

[Adeka]

I wish I knew for certain, it might not be for even longer...

Seriously it's killing me. Forced to update to 5.2.0 for smash and I hope we aren't screwed

 

[the_randomizer]

Seriously it's killing me. Forced to update to 5.2.0 for smash and I hope we aren't screwed

Yeah, I'm on 5.2.0 as well, no way am I going to 5.3.0 (screw Amiibo). still, I hope someone can clear the confusion. Perhaps NWPlayer123 or Marionumber1 can...?

They told us not to update to 5.3.0, I'm pretty sure, but...ugh....

 

[Akdul]

Yeah, I'm on 5.2.0 as well, no way am I going to 5.3.0 (screw Amiibo). still, I hope someone can clear the confusion. Perhaps NWPlayer123 or Marionumber1 can...?

They told us not to update to 5.3.0, I'm pretty sure, but...ugh....

NWPlayer has already answered that here.

As for me, I'm going to stay on 4.1, since I can play smash at my cousin's house.

 

[the_randomizer]

NWPlayer has already answered that here.

As for me, I'm going to stay on 4.1, since I can play smash at my cousin's house.

Well shit, that's it then, we're screwed. Why the hell did they say "if you're on 5.2.0 ,don't go to 5.3.0"? Damn, damn, double damn. Well, might as well give up while the getting's good. Yep, those on 5.1.2 and 5.2.0 are SOL. Fan-freaking-tastic.

 

[Akdul]

Well shit, that's it then, we're screwed. Why the hell did they say "if you're on 5.2.0 ,don't go to 5.3.0"? Damn, damn, double damn. Well, might as well give up while the getting's good. Yep, those on 5.1.2 and 5.2.0 are SOL. Fan-freaking-tastic.

Well, NWPlayer said that you are fine on 5.2.0, it's just that it's going to take a while to make it work for that version. MN1 mentioned that developing their userland exploit was time consuming.

 

[the_randomizer]

Well, NWPlayer said that you are fine on 5.2.0, it's just that it's going to take a while to make it work for that version. MN1 mentioned that developing their userland exploit was time consuming.

I hope so, I really do....


Edit:

The entryway was completely patched in 5.3.0 so 5.2.0 SHOULD be safe

This quote was in the 5.3.0 thread

Be sure to disable all internet connection settings and don't let any children near your Wii U, they might update it.

 

[Adeka]

The entryway was completely patched in 5.3.0 so 5.2.0 SHOULD be safe

This quote was in the 5.3.0 thread

This update fixes a known bug in the function OSDriver:CopyToSaveArea in the coreinit library, thus closing a hole many people were using to develop kernel exploits. Updating will make you lose your ability to run homebrew in the future.


Have fun, those who haven't! <3

 

[NWPlayer123]

Yeah, most of the time was spent finding a usable bug to exploit, once we have some place to start it's rather easy to make it work the way you want it to.
As for versions, even though that one guy said that the one part of the kernel exploit was fixed, there's no evidence that that's actually the case. HOWEVER, until we know for sure I'd avoid 5.3.0, as has been said before. I'd hate to have anyone update and then have to wait for this whole process to happen again. But yeah, 5.2.0 at least seems fine to be on.

 

[Adeka]

Yeah, most of the time was spent finding a usable bug to exploit, once we have some place to start it's rather easy to make it work the way you want it to.
As for versions, even though that one guy said that the one part of the kernel exploit was fixed, there's no evidence that that's actually the case. HOWEVER, until we know for sure I'd avoid 5.3.0, as has been said before. I'd hate to have anyone update and then have to wait for this whole process to happen again. But yeah, 5.2.0 at least seems fine to be on.

Such good news.

Thankfully Nintendo shipped smash with the last (known) working firmware. Arn't we all lucky?

Mewtwo

 

[Akdul]

I'm still not risking it and going to stay on 4.1, I really want those sweet smash mods and that glorious DS emulator

 

[DvdBos]

Whoooooooo!
I just discovered this.
I'm on 5.2.0 too... Hopefully it's not too late.