Hi everyone,
I thought it would be a good idea to open a thread where we could all try to provide useful information in regards to working out or start pursuing a possible Wii U System restore option/hack. I'll give you a brief scenario of my situation, which sadly, I'm very positive many others already had, have or will have; so as to try to just give you a very real and feasible impression of what could happen to just about anyone that owns a Wii U... yes, including you! Having said that, I would like to mention that the sole purpose of this thread is to bring to notice the real need for a backup/restore hack that hopefully would/could prevent further bricks/semi bricks or fix either.
I bought a Wii U deluxe console last July at Best Buy California and had a relative bring it to Argentina where I currently live only to brick it after less than 24hrs due to a power outage (edited) during the initial download/install update. I didn't even get the chance to play any of the games I had purchased (Nintendo Land, Black Ops II)... much less to hack the vWii and use it with my 500gb HD full with all my backups!
I obviously called Nintendo USA, since there is NO Nintendo in Argentina, and was told that I would need to bring it back to the States and they would either fix it or replace it. Shipping it to the USA from Argentina (oneway) costs US$250+ (UPS). So that's not an option for me since I would end up paying US$500+ including the return. What really upsets me though, is the fact that Nintendo has this system update downloading and installing all AT THE SAME TIME, which raises the failure rate significantly! since the update takes between 1hr-3hrs depending on your ISP and Nintendo's servers. I can imagine how many people had to return their bricked Wii Us beacuse of this. I asked them if they had a disc or a downloadable fix or if they could connect to my Wii U (since it does turn on either with the power button from the console or the Gamepad but there's no video output only the constant power-indicator blue light (NOT blinking) and a screen in the Gamepad that says it couldn't connect, etc.)... they said NO!
Now, this is not just a firmware issue but a SYSTEM update issue... so Nintendo should provide/have provided some sort of SYSTEM backup/restore disc/partition/flash/downloadable image, specially, since you are substantially at risk of bricking your Wii U not just with the initial update but any further updates.
To conclude, luckily I will travel to the States in December and I have already contacted Best Buy and they will replace my Wii U for a new one but then again I'd have to wait... and I will. But just wondered, now that the Wii U has been apparently hacked by overfl0w, would it be possilbe to have a system restore option? even for those that have already hacked their vWiis or want to... wouldn't it be great to have the ability to restore the system in case a future update semibricks your vWii or in a worse scenario, if you have a similar situation like mine and end up with a bricked Wii U?
Anyway,
I hope the right persons read this and that something can be done.
Best Regards
Pepois
I thought it would be a good idea to open a thread where we could all try to provide useful information in regards to working out or start pursuing a possible Wii U System restore option/hack. I'll give you a brief scenario of my situation, which sadly, I'm very positive many others already had, have or will have; so as to try to just give you a very real and feasible impression of what could happen to just about anyone that owns a Wii U... yes, including you! Having said that, I would like to mention that the sole purpose of this thread is to bring to notice the real need for a backup/restore hack that hopefully would/could prevent further bricks/semi bricks or fix either.
I bought a Wii U deluxe console last July at Best Buy California and had a relative bring it to Argentina where I currently live only to brick it after less than 24hrs due to a power outage (edited) during the initial download/install update. I didn't even get the chance to play any of the games I had purchased (Nintendo Land, Black Ops II)... much less to hack the vWii and use it with my 500gb HD full with all my backups!
I obviously called Nintendo USA, since there is NO Nintendo in Argentina, and was told that I would need to bring it back to the States and they would either fix it or replace it. Shipping it to the USA from Argentina (oneway) costs US$250+ (UPS). So that's not an option for me since I would end up paying US$500+ including the return. What really upsets me though, is the fact that Nintendo has this system update downloading and installing all AT THE SAME TIME, which raises the failure rate significantly! since the update takes between 1hr-3hrs depending on your ISP and Nintendo's servers. I can imagine how many people had to return their bricked Wii Us beacuse of this. I asked them if they had a disc or a downloadable fix or if they could connect to my Wii U (since it does turn on either with the power button from the console or the Gamepad but there's no video output only the constant power-indicator blue light (NOT blinking) and a screen in the Gamepad that says it couldn't connect, etc.)... they said NO!
Now, this is not just a firmware issue but a SYSTEM update issue... so Nintendo should provide/have provided some sort of SYSTEM backup/restore disc/partition/flash/downloadable image, specially, since you are substantially at risk of bricking your Wii U not just with the initial update but any further updates.
To conclude, luckily I will travel to the States in December and I have already contacted Best Buy and they will replace my Wii U for a new one but then again I'd have to wait... and I will. But just wondered, now that the Wii U has been apparently hacked by overfl0w, would it be possilbe to have a system restore option? even for those that have already hacked their vWiis or want to... wouldn't it be great to have the ability to restore the system in case a future update semibricks your vWii or in a worse scenario, if you have a similar situation like mine and end up with a bricked Wii U?
Anyway,
I hope the right persons read this and that something can be done.
Best Regards
Pepois