Need some help with a brick Hey guys, I modded my friend's Wii with a chip a long time ago, probably when they first came out, with I believe a wiikey. He since updated to 4.2 and wanted to go back to 3.2. Before I did the downgrade, I installed bootmii to boot2 and backed up the nand to the sd card which was successful. After doing the downgrade, I tried updating to the homebrewable 4.0 and it failed. I restored the nand and got it booting again, downgraded, tried to update to 4.0 again and it failed again. Seeing that the update wasn't going to work at all, I did the nand restore again but when I went to reboot, it just shows blank screen. I tried to do the nand restore again, however all but 3 of the blocks are grey and doing the restore on the 3 green blocks does nothing. It still boots to bootmii, however I cannot launch the HBC or the Wii system menu. What are my options at this point? I tried cloning my Wii using betwiin, but it fails during the clone saying filesize not divisible by 2112. Any help is greatly appreciated.http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51397#msg-51397Sat, 11 Jul 2026 10:13:01 +0200 Phorum 5.2.23 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51876#msg-51876 Re: Need some help with a brickhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51876#msg-51876Edit have i posted in wrong section sorry if i have]]> dazzy1984 FixMiiFri, 02 Apr 2010 12:59:04 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51753#msg-51753 Re: Need some help with a brickhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51753#msg-51753 AceMilo FixMiiWed, 31 Mar 2010 07:18:16 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51750#msg-51750 Re: Need some help with a brickhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51750#msg-51750 AceMilo FixMiiWed, 31 Mar 2010 06:00:42 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51746#msg-51746 Re: Need some help with a brickhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51746#msg-51746this one, and the readme claims that it actually formats the NAND. If it doesn't, maybe you could find one that does.

If the the NAND formatter does format the NAND, you won't have to do anything else to fix it.]]> jbc007 FixMiiWed, 31 Mar 2010 04:08:25 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51744#msg-51744 Re: Need some help with a brickhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51744#msg-51744 AceMilo FixMiiWed, 31 Mar 2010 03:22:20 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51737#msg-51737 Re: Need some help with a brickhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51737#msg-51737
Now to get it fixed. I have no idea how the wii now has 4.1, but in any case, it explains why autoboot discs don't work. First of all, Nindendo's disc (which is illegal to download, by the way) doesn't work because you have the stub IOS 16. Other discs don't work because they are fakesigned. Try installing IOS 30 v1040 and system menu 3.2 WADs with Comex's NAND Formatter. If that works, you will be able to boot fakesigned discs.

Here is the ISO for an autoboot AnyTitle Deleter disc. I haven't tested this myself, but it will probably work. However, like all other fakesigned discs, it won't work unless you downgrade to 3.2 or lower.

If you successfully downgrade and are able to boot AnyTitle Deleter, go to the channels section and delete everything except the homebrew channel and all channels from Nintendo, since those are not the cause of this problem. AnyTitle Deleter will only tell you the title IDs of the channels, so you may need to refer to the Title Database. However, it will likely be obvious which ones to delete, since they probably stand out from the rest. If you accidentally delete WW or VC games, you won't be able to redownload them without paying again, but all other channels can be reinstalled without difficulty if you delete the wrong ones.

About autobooting Brawl, if your mod chip can autoboot games, configure it to autoboot. Then you will be able to launch all games, including Brawl. Most likely, the game would start when you turn on your wii with the game inserted. If your chip does not have this feature, it will be easier to use an autoboot AnyTitle Deleter disc than to patch the game itself to autoboot.]]> jbc007 FixMiiWed, 31 Mar 2010 01:42:49 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51736#msg-51736 Re: Need some help with a brickhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51736#msg-51736
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Um, I'm not trying to pirate anything, all I want is to get this thing unbricked.
Lol fail. Asking for someone to e-mail you an ISO that you don't have the right to own is piracy.]]> WaxyPumpkin72 FixMiiWed, 31 Mar 2010 01:14:07 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51735#msg-51735 Re: Need some help with a brickhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51735#msg-51735 AceMilo FixMiiWed, 31 Mar 2010 00:30:37 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51734#msg-51734 Re: Need some help with a brickhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51734#msg-51734
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If you could send me another iso to try I'd appreciate it.

Do you not see the BIG RED LETTERS all over the place telling you that piracy isn't supported here?]]> cactusjack901 FixMiiWed, 31 Mar 2010 00:23:18 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51724#msg-51724 Re: Need some help with a brickhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51724#msg-51724
I don't know what you mean by autobooting brawl. I haven't been following the Wii hacking scene at all since I never even use the one I own except when a game I want to play comes out which is like once a year. If you could send me another iso to try I'd appreciate it. Like I said, it's not my Wii so I really want to get it working again for him.

Thanks again.]]> AceMilo FixMiiTue, 30 Mar 2010 19:10:11 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51722#msg-51722 Re: Need some help with a brickhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51722#msg-51722
Anyway, have you tried autobooting Brawl? That is probably the easiest thing to do, since you will then be able to boot AnyTitle Deleter to delete the bad WAD. Alternately, you could make an autoboot AnyTitle Deleter disc, if you know how to do it or someone else can explain it. Or, if you already know what WAD is causing the issue, a WAD Manager disc (I'll PM you the ISO for one if you want).]]> jbc007 FixMiiTue, 30 Mar 2010 16:53:34 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51712#msg-51712 Re: Need some help with a brickhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51712#msg-51712 AceMilo FixMiiTue, 30 Mar 2010 03:16:06 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51568#msg-51568 Re: Need some help with a brickhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51568#msg-51568
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If you can access the HBC, you can run WAD Manager by *Author's Name Deleted* to uninstall the bad WAD(s), or you can run AnyTitle Deleter to delete the bad WAD(s) manually, but you have to know the titleid

If you can't access the Homebrew Channel, you could autoboot Brawl with your chip, if possible, or use BootMe to patch the game itself to autoboot. Then you can use Smash Stack to launch a program to uninstall the WAD (or any other program you need to use).]]> jbc007 FixMiiFri, 26 Mar 2010 14:47:25 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51561#msg-51561 Re: Need some help with a brickhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51561#msg-51561
Another option is to use a version of Comex's formatter that actually formats the NAND, I don't know the location of one, but if need be, I'll install a toolchain and make one for you if someone can point me towards the source (too lazy to look it up right now)]]> cactusjack901 FixMiiFri, 26 Mar 2010 05:00:32 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51557#msg-51557 Re: Need some help with a brickhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51557#msg-51557 AceMilo FixMiiFri, 26 Mar 2010 04:43:39 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51512#msg-51512 Re: Need some help with a brickhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51512#msg-51512 jbc007 FixMiiThu, 25 Mar 2010 05:29:12 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51511#msg-51511 Re: Need some help with a brickhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51511#msg-51511 AceMilo FixMiiThu, 25 Mar 2010 05:11:16 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51459#msg-51459 Re: Need some help with a brickhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51459#msg-51459
If you are unable to locate the cause of the banner brick and remove it, you may need to find another version of Comex's NAND formatter that actually formatts the NAND (I beleve the one I linked to only installs the WADs). Unfortunately, I don't know where it can be found, so unless someone else can link to it, you will have to search for it.]]> jbc007 FixMiiWed, 24 Mar 2010 17:46:13 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51444#msg-51444 Re: Need some help with a brickhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51444#msg-51444 AceMilo FixMiiWed, 24 Mar 2010 07:14:42 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51441#msg-51441 Re: Need some help with a brickhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51441#msg-51441 AceMilo FixMiiWed, 24 Mar 2010 06:46:34 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51432#msg-51432 Re: Need some help with a brickhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51432#msg-51432NUS Downloader to download the four WADs mentioned in the readme. Make a folder called wad on the root of your SD card and put the WADs in it. Place the formatter.elf somewhere on your SD card, go to the SD card section in Bootmii and select formatter.elf.]]> jbc007 FixMiiWed, 24 Mar 2010 04:24:41 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51426#msg-51426 Re: Need some help with a brickhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51426#msg-51426
IOS Version 36 v16 0xblah blah
Failback IOS loaded
sdio_Startup() rv = 0
fat_driver: disk init failed
Init FAT driver failed.
Failed to load boot.dol from front SD card reader.

If anyone knows how to fix this, I feel like it's almost gonna work. I appreciate the help.]]> AceMilo FixMiiWed, 24 Mar 2010 02:51:04 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51412#msg-51412 Re: Need some help with a brickhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51412#msg-51412 AceMilo FixMiiTue, 23 Mar 2010 22:12:34 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51403#msg-51403 Re: Need some help with a brickhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51403#msg-51403 cactusjack901 FixMiiTue, 23 Mar 2010 21:10:58 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51399#msg-51399 Re: Need some help with a brickhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51399#msg-51399Comex's NAND formatter to fix this. Be sure to read the readme first.]]> jbc007 FixMiiTue, 23 Mar 2010 21:05:08 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51397#msg-51397 Need some help with a brickhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,51397,51397#msg-51397
Any help is greatly appreciated.]]> AceMilo FixMiiTue, 23 Mar 2010 20:45:27 +0100