Hardware Wiikey recovery disk 1.9b

[Bruinbaard]

[07-09-25] 1.9b Recovery Disc
The recovery disc for wiikey 1.9b has been added to the Resources section. If the upgrade process is interrupted before reflashing is completed the wiikey chip will be left in an inoperable state where it cannot load GC/Wii discs. The Recovery disc can be used to restore its firmware

From the official wiikey site.
I don't really get this is it a disk to install 1.9b update or is it to reinstall the leaked 1.9b?

Bruin

 

[Samutz]

This is the recovery disc. Not an update.
I think the last site update before this said that the update wasn't supposed to be released until the recovery disc was released too.

 

[UchihaE]

Het is een recovery disc. Dus het is alleen maar voor als er iets mis is gegaan tijdens het flashen naar 1.9B (bijv dat je je Wii uitdoet) want dan is je Chip niet bruikbaar meer, maar deze Disc hersteld je Wiikey chip en dan moet hij het weer doen als het goed is. ze zeggen dat als je alles goed doet je die Recovery Disc niet nodig hebt.

Its a recovery disc.You only need it if something goes wrong while flashing your Wii to 1.9b (for example you turn off your wii) Cause then your chip won't work properly, But this disc will restore your Wiikey chip and it should work fine after that. If you do everything right you won't need the recovery Disc.

 

[Bruinbaard]

dank u

Ty

 

[dsbomb]

But we still need the configuration disc. I guess they've gotten some people pissed that they tried updating and fried their chip.

 

[Don Andy]

Hum, looks like the leaked 1.9b release is as official as it will get.

 

[SomeGuyGG]

 .------------------------------------------------------------------.
| Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â - wiiKey recovery disc v1.9b - Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â|
| Recovering from a bad flash                   Â|
| --------------------------- Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â|
| Please note that this is an emergency procedure which should not |
| have to be performed. If the flashing was interrupted for any  Â|
| reason the chip is left in a state where it cannot operate fully.|
| Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â|
| Burning the recovery disc image                 Â|
| ------------------------------- Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â|
| As media support in Recovery Mode is limited we recommend you  Â|
| use DVD-R only for the recovery disc. Burn it with Toast, Image Â|
| Burner, or cdrecord. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â |
| Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â|
| Performing the update                      Â|
| --------------------- Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â|
| Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â|
| - Switch on Wii and eject any disc in drive           Â|
| - Insert recovery disc and reset Wii               |
| - Wait for at least 3 minutes. There will *not* be any sign that |
| the wiikey is recovering, and the recovery disc will not appear Â|
| in Wii menu. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â |
| - Power off the Wii and switch it back on again. wiiKey should  |
| now have recovered its firmware, and EEPROM will be restored to Â|
| default settings. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â|
| Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â|
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[imgod22222]

yeah, but how does it work if you don't run it? Is this part of what the wiikey team considers to be stealth?

 

[dsbomb]

Perhaps it uses the Wii looking for the little logo to put in the box to somehow send the firmware down to the Wiikey again. It sounds strange. If they can do that, without running the disc, Nintendo could too.

 

[Don Andy]

Perhaps it uses the Wii looking for the little logo to put in the box to somehow send the firmware down to the Wiikey again. It sounds strange. If they can do that, without running the disc, Nintendo could too.

I'm sure Nintendo will start running little bricking programs, that run when you put in a game, based on that technology