Bricked Wii? You can fix it, we can help!http://forum.wiibrew.org/list.php?22Wed, 22 May 2013 22:01:02 +0200 Phorum 5.2.7 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,72917,72917#msg-72917 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,72917,72917#msg-72917 mahdi FixMiiSun, 19 May 2013 01:10:18 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,72848,72848#msg-72848 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,72848,72848#msg-72848 blahblahblah FixMiiSat, 20 Apr 2013 04:36:25 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,72834,72834#msg-72834 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,72834,72834#msg-72834 Hmbrwman FixMiiFri, 19 Apr 2013 18:14:27 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,72813,72813#msg-72813 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,72813,72813#msg-72813

edit- does anyone have a copy of the nand formater that only installed wads and did not format?

edit2- nand formater eventually installed a valid ios, but crashed on system menu install. cboot2 was able to load the installed ios and get the rest of the menu installed. System setting restore was able to fix the setting.txt restoring the menu. Boot2 bootmii and ios both still load to a black screen with blinking blue led drive light. In addition loading hackmii v1.0 via BB2 also results in a black screen with blue led drive light. HBC 1.03 was installed and is working, all apps and games appear to work as they should.

Is it possible to use nandbincheck on a nand dump from realwnd and the keys from a bootmii dump? Or use the keys to convert the realwnd dump to a proper nand.bin for bootmii to evaluate with nandbincheck?

Other than bootmii and hackmii, everything seems to work as it should.]]> mauifrog FixMiiMon, 08 Apr 2013 17:02:00 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,72797,72797#msg-72797 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,72797,72797#msg-72797 Thatguyz FixMiiWed, 03 Apr 2013 09:35:43 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,72772,72772#msg-72772 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,72772,72772#msg-72772 gugu FixMiiTue, 02 Apr 2013 06:09:52 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,72754,72754#msg-72754 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,72754,72754#msg-72754I modded it, attempted to set it up for backing up games to a usb drive.
will only launch half of my games from CD all are RETAIL COPIES (cant play SSB Brawl but i can play pokepark) i dont burn games.
and the wii locks up for a hard reboot when trying to run apps from HBC]]> Nolyfeking FixMiiFri, 29 Mar 2013 04:18:35 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,72740,72740#msg-72740 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,72740,72740#msg-72740 gugu FixMiiWed, 27 Mar 2013 02:33:14 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,72722,72722#msg-72722 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,72722,72722#msg-72722
So here are my basic symptoms:

A couple of notes first: BootMii is installed as boot2, and I made a NAND backup of the system when I first installed it, so when I learned of the problem I wasn't too worried as I thought I could easily recover. However....

- When the power button is pushed, the disc drive light flashes once, pauses briefly, then flashes twice. I'm not completely sure, but it seems to me that this is a different pattern than the "modded" flash pattern that I'm used to seeing indicating that BootMii is working. Correct me if I'm wrong.

- As soon as the flashes end, the Wii emits a loud buzzing noise which I think is coming from the disc drive. It lasts 2-3 seconds and sounds louder and more rattle-like than usual.

- A black screen appears on my TV. No health warning, just black. I've read about some types of bricks where the health warning does appear and one can access "maintenance mode" or something. Clearly this isn't the case for me.


So at this point I went about researching how to fix this myself. I happily found my backup folder from when I ran HackMii, complete with nand.bin, keys.bin and the bootmii folder. No sweat, right? Sadly, here's what happened when I started up the Wii with all of this on an SD card inserted:

- The drive light flashes only once this time.
- The same loud buzzing noise happens.
- Nothing appears on the TV at all. At least the black screen indicated the Wii was outputting a video signal, but now my TV just stays in the blue "not receiving a signal" state. So even worse than before, in other words.


So to sum up, black screen on startup, trying to preload BootMii doesn't seem to work even thought it is installed as boot2. (Unless I did that part wrong? copied keys.bin, nand.bin + bootmii folder with armboot, etc to root of SD card and inserted it into the Wii). Reading about other types of bricks and ways to fix them, none seem to apply to my situation.

The only other possibility I can think of is that it's a hardware failure of the disc drive. The louder, more rattling-sounding noise it makes since the brick happened might be evidence for that. I don't know if a disc drive failure causes the symtoms I'm having. It wouldn't totally surprise me though, as my Wii is very, very old (probably one of the launch units, in fact).

Thanks a whole lot in advance for any advice you can give me. Cheers.]]> shbomb FixMiiMon, 25 Mar 2013 07:36:40 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,72629,72629#msg-72629 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,72629,72629#msg-72629
I have my NAND and backup if that helps at all. How can I get this unbricked when I dont even know the problem? Any suggestions or theories?

So to sum it up. I played a game, turned off my wii, and its bricked (I played this game before!)


(GAAAH Wasted 100 dollars on an external hard drive... Please help)]]> Ravesavager FixMiiFri, 08 Mar 2013 15:58:31 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,72595,72595#msg-72595 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,72595,72595#msg-72595
I was hesitant to install Bootmii for fear of not being able to revert to the original settings (Is there anything out there for this?)
When I loaded the Homebrew Browser (that I extracted to a new folder I created called "apps") from the Channel. It then failed after some dialogue screen that was "Extracting the image files". I now cannot use either of the MotionPlus controllers or the regular controller to bypass the Health/Safety warning and no cursor shows on the Wii 4.3 Menu.

Is there a way I can install Bootmii? Is this what I would need to do? Presently unable to use any of the 3 controllers I have. Desperate for a fix. Pardon the play on words. Please help?!]]> bowsermutant FixMiiTue, 26 Feb 2013 01:02:04 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,72593,72593#msg-72593 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,72593,72593#msg-72593I was happy homebrew user, 4.2u. I updated to 4.3u (I think :p). Unfortunately I decided to Install homebrew for 4.3u by following some strange and questionable youtube tutorial. It worked well. I then made the fateful and dumb decision that my system menu needed to be black. I installed the Korean system menu and it semi-bricked my Wii. I followed Internet tutorials to download and install programs that were usually chuck full of bugs n' errors; I tried to fix my Wii. The programs included DOP-MII, Priiloader, and WAD Manager (Please don't delete this topic if any of those programs or the files involved are illegal, I'm posting this hoping to gain this knowledge.) I was prompted to use these programs to install/replace a slew of system files. My semi-bricked Wii was not fixed, but turned to a brick of a higher caliber in the process (booting the system menu at all results in a black screen.) Because of BootMii, I can still access homebrew channel... But a program that launches disks from the homebrew channel at a 75% success rate still leaves a hole in the heart of my over-all Wii experience. I WANT MY WII BACK :'( I heard that any software fix could be done as long as I have bootmii and the homebrew channel... (Which I do)... Some of you kind folk I know are mighty savvy with the Wii... Can anybody offer a solution? Thank you. :)]]> thomasthenook FixMiiSun, 10 Mar 2013 05:32:50 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,72563,72563#msg-72563 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,72563,72563#msg-72563But when i try to load a game using usb loader it does not find the drive.
So any ideas what i can do?
is it possible just to reload everything over the top?
cheers in advance]]> weezypenguin FixMiiSun, 17 Feb 2013 04:42:51 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,72510,72510#msg-72510 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,72510,72510#msg-72510 standbyman FixMiiWed, 06 Feb 2013 02:01:51 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,72441,72441#msg-72441 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,72441,72441#msg-72441
It came back with a note that Nintendo had found "the homebrew channel" on the Wii, which voids the warranty and it wouldn't be repaired. Fair enough. But they also nerfed the Wii to the point where I can't take it online.

Here's the message.
[www.youtube.com]

The problem is, I have spent hundreds of dollars in the Wii shop and I want to transfer those purchases to my Wii U. I can't download the wii to wii u transfer on my Wii, so I had to download it on my wii u and then move it to the sd card. I then popped the sd card in my wii and ran the transfer program off the sd card. Heres the bummer, I get a "This system cannot perform this operation" message as soon as it boots?

Is there anyway to get around this? Any help would be seriously awesome.]]> ultimodragon64 FixMiiSat, 02 Feb 2013 08:54:34 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,72361,72361#msg-72361 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,72361,72361#msg-72361
Actually , when i try an american game ( an old game ) , weirdly , it's playable , so does that means , i can play any american game ? ( new like the "last story" & old ? )

Thank you very much!]]> shiki FixMiiTue, 05 Feb 2013 16:59:25 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,72322,72322#msg-72322 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,72322,72322#msg-72322 Kathryn1909 FixMiiThu, 10 Jan 2013 23:45:17 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,72189,72189#msg-72189 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,72189,72189#msg-72189While I was away from home, my father and brother bought a new game called "NBA 2K11" which required a software update. They accepted the update and the wii displays only a black screen(bricked?) after rebooting.
I luckily got the the wii working again by restoring a file that I've backed up(backed up long time ago) in my SD card through BootMii. But I don't know how to update my wii software to play the game.
I tried updating from the game disc, but the same thing happened (black screen) and I restored it again using the same backup in the SD card.
I'm not sure if I have a CIOS installed or not because my "USB Loader GX" says it requires 'at least cios 222 or 245-250' which I believe was the whole point of why I have Dop-mii and cios installers.

I just want help on how to update my wii without losing homebrew and if possible, custom configurations]]> bippity FixMiiMon, 31 Dec 2012 10:48:11 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,72146,72146#msg-72146 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,72146,72146#msg-72146
I have two different power bricks (both official Nintendo products) and have done the brick cycle trick to no avail. The problem seems somewhat unique and I cannot find any specific info on it by googling around. I made a short video showing what exactly happens - you can see it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmNono0IotA&feature=youtu.be

Basically when plugged in the power indicator is red, when you press the power button the indicator goes green and the disc tray lights up blue for about one second then the system just dies. If you cycle the power the same thing occurs. I cannot get it to do anything else besides this.

So, is this a brick? if so what kind of brick? If it isn't necessarily a brick does anyone have any ideas on how to go about repairing it? Any help will be greatly appreciated!

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What happens when your Wii boots up? (How far it gets, does the Wii remote work, does the system freeze, go black, etc.)Nothing, Wii will not boot at all.

What Version of the System Menu is installed on the Wii?
- I'd say 4.1

Is the Homebrew Channel, the Twilight Hack, Indiana Pwns, Yu-Gi-Oh Exploit, Smash Stack, Bathaxx, Return of the Jodi, or Eri HaKawai installed on the system?
- Homebrew channel via Indiana Pwns

Does your Wii have a Drivechip?
No, softmodded only

Have you been able to boot homebrew in any way?
No

Do you have BootMii/boot2 or Preloader (Priiloader) installed?
no.


Thank you for reading!]]> Surrealist FixMiiWed, 09 Jan 2013 05:32:31 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,72111,72111#msg-72111 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,72111,72111#msg-72111
I'm new to homebrew.

I have a Wii on 4.3U and I'm trying to install homebrew (mainly for the opensource tools & games)

I've copied the letterbomb.zip contents to fat32 formatted sd-card and I can start the letterbomb process. It goes thru the 1st screen and states it sees a valid boot file. Then it takes me to a warning message about not paying for letterbomb and ask "Press 1 to continue". However when I try nothing happens. If I try to resync the remote it will not sync. I have 2 remotes and neither respond.

After I power cycle the Wii the remotes works fine, but when I open the letterbomb the remotes stop working again and I can not install homebrew. Is this a known issue? any workarounds.

BTW. I created to zip file by providing the Wii's MAC and version # and tried creating the zip twice. Same issue,

thanks in advance

G]]> gps1539 FixMiiTue, 01 Jan 2013 01:44:28 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,72084,72084#msg-72084 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,72084,72084#msg-72084
but what i'm running into is the data in my /private folder on the wii cannot be read by wii nor computer if its from a wad i install myself. demos and games i've purchased and downloaded from the wii shop channel work fine on the SD card, but i cannot for the life of me get any backups or homebrew wads, ANYTHING else to work (if it wasn't downloaded through wii shop). anything sent to SD is sent to its grave. i can never move/copy it back to wii system memory.

here are some random bits of info hopefully that make sense to some of you experienced folk!

from bootmii:
bootmii v1.2
stub 1.4
mini 0.3

sysmenu 4.3U boot1b boot2v4

from homebrew channel:
1.1.0
IOS58 v24.32


disclaimer: if this turns into a CIOS question i apologize up front! i have no idea what's causing this. lock me down and kick me out XD

thank you (whomever) for any help you can give! my wii constantly runs out of blocks, i can't save anything to SD w/ hopes of it ever working again, not even save games :(]]> cheesewiz FixMiiTue, 18 Dec 2012 05:28:20 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,71721,71721#msg-71721 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,71721,71721#msg-71721
Recently I started the HBC after a lot of time and there was an update available, so I started the update.

I don't know what to do next... do I have to reinstall BootMii? If yes, how?]]> velenero FixMiiThu, 01 Nov 2012 07:06:56 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,71566,71566#msg-71566 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,71566,71566#msg-71566
I was able to make a backup of my NAND through bootmii and it said that 3 blocks were corrupt, so I put that through nandBinCheck and am unsure about the output. I've been playing Skyward Sword and have ran the update included on that as well as running a wii system update while in maintenance mode, but I was already up to date.

Here is the output of nandbincheck. I had to redirect it into a file to copy everything, but it still outputted some information to the command prompt, so I included both the command and it's output and the contents of the files I saved it to

[pastebin.com]

Thanks for your help]]> donovanm11 FixMiiThu, 04 Oct 2012 01:13:15 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,71425,71425#msg-71425 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,71425,71425#msg-71425
With that being said, I used BootMii to softmod my Wii, Followed the instructions perfectly. Got Priiloader, HBC, and some other things, though I haven't used the Wii in a while I don't know all the details, though I can get them for you if need be. What I used my newly hacked Wii for, I will not disclose. My problem is this...

Before modding the Wii, my friend tried Action Replay. That did not work at all, so he wanted to take it back and I told him not to, as the memory card that comes with it is very useful. It acts as a standard SDHC memory card, but you can take the back off to plug into a usb to access the files on it, if you did not have a memory card reader. And what contains all the memory, is a micro SD 2gb card. So with that being said, I wiped what was on the SD card, and used that to mod my Wii with (SD card bootable) And everything went swimmingly.

Well, I had to redo my Android phone as I placed a new rom on it, and I took the memory card from my Wii, and placed my Micro SD card into it and used it as an adapter to wipe my SD card, while setting the Wii one aside. I went back to my Wii after redoing my phone and placed the Wii micro sd back into the adapter and booted up my Wii. What follows is a black screen for about 1 minute, and goes straight to home menu. I try to access my HBC, and can get to it, but none of my apps are showing up. The regular modded menu where you use the Wii hard buttons to navigate no longer shows up.

What happened? Do I have to remod my Wii?]]> hooverxl FixMiiSun, 23 Sep 2012 23:30:18 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,71404,71404#msg-71404 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,71404,71404#msg-71404 Kbra FixMiiMon, 10 Sep 2012 07:29:02 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,71349,71349#msg-71349 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,71349,71349#msg-71349 blackflame FixMiiSat, 01 Sep 2012 20:25:38 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,71317,71317#msg-71317 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,71317,71317#msg-71317
I successfully booted priiloader several times before I was able to unbrick my wii the first time and I'm pretty sure I tested it after I updated aswell.]]> TastyXII FixMiiWed, 29 Aug 2012 20:35:06 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,71309,71309#msg-71309 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,71309,71309#msg-71309 NintendoBoy FixMiiFri, 31 Aug 2012 09:52:14 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,71288,71288#msg-71288 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,71288,71288#msg-71288Do I need a game with 4.3e update to start from there or is there another way?
I did download a universal unbrick disc but it needs wiimotes... and those are not connected anymore.
HELP??

regards Denniz]]> denniz FixMiiTue, 28 Aug 2012 11:53:28 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,71173,71173#msg-71173 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?22,71173,71173#msg-71173 azaciek FixMiiSat, 18 Aug 2012 01:52:54 +0200