Greetings, it's been a while since I've checked out the Wii Homebrew scene. I was really into it last summer but haven't kept up on it much since. Last night I got around to updating my apps and everything homebrew on my Wii, which was easy to do for most of it with Homebrew Browser. But a few apps I have aren't available on HBB so I have to update them manually.
One of these is DOP-Mii. I'm still on v12, and as I understand, v15 is now available. v12 allowed me to update my Shop Channel to v20 last night, but now I get a "002 Error" when I try to access the channel. Searching online for the cause of the error, it seems I need to update IOS56 to v5662. However DOP-Mii, which I would normally use for this purpose, doesn't have that version of that IOS available to update to. So, I think, and correct me if I'm wrong, I need to update DOP-Mii (or find a different app but nevermind that) to download the latest version of IOS56.
This is where I run into some confusion. I see that DOP-Mii has three different builds available simultaneously these days. One is for developers. I understand that. But the difference between the other two is where I'm unclear.
From what I can gather (again correct me if I'm wrong): the standard edition is just like my old version 12 (with improvements obviously), whereas the WiiBrew edition has taken out "any functionality relating to patching or installing patched IOSs".
- Are there other differences I don't know about?
- How does WiiBrew v15 work now without cIOS36 when v12 had to have it?
- If I don't need cIOS for DOP-Mii anymore, then I don't need cIOS for anything I do with Homebrew. So I should update to the latest WiiBrew version instead of the latest standard version, right? Or would that mean missing out on other useful functionality?
- If I update from standard version 12 to WiiBrew version 15, will I run into any issues with having previously patched IOSs?
- Once I've updated, can I safely restore IOS15, 36, and 202 (I think that was all of them) to non-cIOS versions?
- And back to my original issue: can DOP-Mii WiiBrew v15 update IOS56 to v5662, and will that get rid of my Shop Channel "Error 002"?
TIA Arikado or anyone with enough knowledge to answer that barrage of questions.