Defective disc drive.

The CD drive on my wii is not working properly. I had a bit of an accident with my wii and I believe it has caused my system to not read certain discs. How would I remove homebrew channel and any other traces of homebrew e.g. custom IOS or whatever? Please help as I am already in the process of sending my wii in for repairs. I just need to make sure its all clean etc. Thank you very much.

Ive read in various places that the game Wii Fit Plus needs to have system menu 4.2 in order to work. I still have mine at 3.2 or 3.4 I believe with homebrew installed and all my channels and what not are updated. Should my system be giving a "can't read disc error?" Please help.

To remove all traces, I think you could:

1.) Launch Dop IOS MOD through the HBC, and install the newest versions of all IOSs without patches.
2.) Load the hackmii installer, and uninstall the HBC, etc.

OK thanks. I will give that a try. If anyone else has suggestions I would be grateful for any insight.

Thanks again dude.

jlenoconel



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/08/2010 02:21AM by jlenoconel.

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WaxyPumpkin72
To remove all traces, I think you could:

1.) Launch Dop IOS MOD through the HBC, and install the newest versions of all IOSs without patches.
2.) Load the hackmii installer, and uninstall the HBC, etc.

Additionally, you must delete all custom channels and cIOSes if you have them. This should be done with AnyTitle Deleter. Also, check your play log. If any homebrew is listed there (custom channels if you have them, the Homebrew Channel if you ever launched official games or channels through homebrew launched from the Homebrew Channel) you must delete your play log. Formatting the wii should delete this. There could be a better way to do this, but I'm not aware of it.

If your wii is old enough to install Bootmii as boot2, I recommend that you make a NAND backup before deleting anything. Then, after getting your wii back, you can reinstall Bootmii and restore the NAND backup, restoring everything to the way it is now.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/08/2010 03:32AM by jbc007.

OK thanks. I will start on all this as soon as I can. Does wii fit by any chance need a 4.2 update? It worked with my wii once and then after that it didn't. I may have to ask how to make a NAND backup if I come up stuck when I go to do all this.

Thanks for all the info guys.

jlenoconel

Oh no. I updated to 4.2 and put the homebrew channel on and everything. Wii Fit Plus worked the first few times I tried it then it stopped :(

Anyway, I am a little confused on how to use anytitle deleter because I am afraid to delete the wrong ios. I have no idea which ios is which to be honest and I am not sure how to tell the difference. Sorry. Also, I tried IOS Mod and I guess I downgraded/updgraded, who knows lol, without patching like I was told. I honestly thought wii fit was working with system menu 4.2 but I guess not. This is terrible.

Anyway, I will at least delete homebrew channel, dvdx, and bootmii again and hope for the best, otherwise it looks like I'll be buying a new console. Thanks for you help and any more advice would be greatly appreciated.

James.

Did you ever install cIOSes or custom channels (other than the Homebrew Channel)? If not, you certainly don't need to delete them. Check the Hackmii Installer log. It is on the root of your SD card and is called installer.log or something like that. It lists all the IOSes on your wii. After the version number of each IOS, there is either a period (.), which means that the IOS is unmodified, or an asterisk (*), which means that that IOS was patched. If none of the IOSes are patched, you don't need to do anything to them. If you have cIOS (asterisk in the Hackmii Installer log) 202, 222, 223, 224, 249, or 250, simply delete it. If you have patched IOSes in lower slots, you need to replace them with unmodified IOSes, which you can do with Dop-Mii.

Other than that, make sure that no homebrew appears in the play log. If you installed anything else, you should mention it so someone can tell you how to delete it. Otherwise, there shouldn't be any issues.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/09/2010 01:55AM by jbc007.

OK I will check all that and I appreciate all the help I really do. I hope I can get my wii fixed soon :)

p.s. I think I understand everything except what lower slots is. I think I'm really good otherwise. Sorry for being a noob. I am just trying not to take any risks with my system.

Also, I did play around with CIos a few weeks ago but have no idea whats on there. I was trying to install wads. Just so I don't leave people in the dark.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/09/2010 03:00AM by jlenoconel.

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jlenoconel
I think I understand everything except what lower slots is.

What I mean is if you have a patched IOS lower than the common cIOSes (202 is the lowest) it probably belongs on your wii, but in unpatched form. You would need reinstall it without patches.

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jlenoconel
Also, I did play around with CIos a few weeks ago but have no idea whats on there.

You will have to check your Hackmii Installer log to find out. Alternately, you may be able to use Dop-Mii to scan your wii. However, I don't have any experience with that since it gives me a code dump whenever I try it.

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jlenoconel
I was trying to install wads.

What you need to do to remove them depends on the sort of WADs you installed. Assuming the WADs are legal, I can explain how to remove them if you tell me what they are. If you installed illegal WADs, please leave. We don't support those here.

HackMii v0.6 installer starting up
PVR = 00087200
running under IOS 36 rev 0xd17
66 titles are installed
Found IOS 254: revision: 0x7a6a*
Found IOS 250: revision: 0xff00.
Found IOS 249: revision: 0xff00.
Found IOS 223: revision: 0xff00.
Found IOS 222: revision: 0xff00.
Found IOS 57: revision: 0x161d.
Found IOS 56: revision: 0x151d.
Found IOS 70: revision: 0x1a1f.
Found IOS 61: revision: 0x151d.
Found IOS 60: revision: 0x1900.
Found IOS 16: revision: 0x200.
Found IOS 55: revision: 0x151e.
Found IOS 53: revision: 0x151e.
Found IOS 51: revision: 0x1300.
Found IOS 50: revision: 0x1400.
Found IOS 38: revision: 0xf1b.
Found IOS 37: revision: 0xf1d.
Found IOS 36: revision: 0xd17*
Found IOS 35: revision: 0xd15.
Found IOS 34: revision: 0xd14.
Found IOS 33: revision: 0xc13.
Found IOS 31: revision: 0xd15.
Found IOS 30: revision: 0xb00.
Found IOS 28: revision: 0x60e.
Found IOS 22: revision: 0x40d.
Found IOS 20: revision: 0x100.
Found IOS 17: revision: 0x307.
Found IOS 15: revision: 0x20b.
Found IOS 14: revision: 0x208.
Found IOS 13: revision: 0x111.
Found IOS 12: revision: 0x10d.
Found IOS 11: revision: 0x100.
Found IOS 10: revision: 0x300.
Found IOS 3: revision: 0xff00.
Found IOS 21: revision: 0x30e.
Found IOS 2: revision: 0x1e1.
Found IOS 9: revision: 0x30a.
Found IOS 4: revision: 0xff00.
IOS versions: Installer: 34, HBC: 61, DVDX: 35
launching IOS for the installer...starting preparationsCalling boot2_run(1, 34)
Waiting for boot2 to load ...
boot2 loaded, waiting for IOS
IOS loaded: IOS34 v13.20
IPC started (518)
parsing last generation bootmap
found valid boot2 blockmap at block 1 (pos 0x627c0), submap 0, generation 2
found valid boot2 blockmap at block 5 (pos 0xe67c0), submap 0, generation 3
parse_blocks: found 2 valid blockmaps
found 2 valid blockmaps
using generation 3
boot2 blocks: 00 01 02 03 04 05 06
boot2bin @5,0 (blocks=0,1 - bootmii=0)
bootmii@-1,-1
boot2 blocks: 06 05 04 03 02 01 00
boot2bin @5,1 (blocks=6,5 - bootmii=0)
boot2 block layout: 2 2 1 1 1 0 0
Assembling boot2 in RAM
copyright size = 34
copyright text = 'Copyright 2008,2009 Team Twiizers.'
tmd ends at 0x80295dac, data starts at 0x80295de0
bootmii version = '1.1'
prepare_bootmii: bootmii_check_boot1 failed: -2
preparations done!The test results are in:

 Using IOS versions: Installer: 34, HBC: 61, DVDX: 35

The Homebrew Channel: Can be installed
DVDX: Can be installed
BootMii: Can only be installed as an IOS
 The installed boot1 version prevents a boot2 install (-2)

I got this guys. So I guess I should go ahead and delete those with Astrix. Do I need to replace them with anything else? Man I am such a noob. Thanks a lot for the help though.

Run Dop-Mii, have it run on IOS 36, and install the latest stub IOS 254 and the latest version of IOS 36 without patches. You must also delete any WADs you installed except IOS and system menu WADs. This must be done with AnyTitle Deleter, since deleting custom channels in data management does not remove all traces of them (this must be done before reinstalling IOS 36, or it won't work).

I don't have the wads on my system. I was testing them out to see if it was possible for my wii to accept them but I have no interest in them currently soooo...

I just want to get my wii to its original state and am having a hard time. I have only ever used the homebrew channel for the most part and was only experimenting with custom ios to see how they worked and what not. Please help.

jlenoconel

p.s. I tried deleting those particular files and it wouldn't let me so I'm not sure what to do about that. Are Nintendo really likely to notice this anyway? That I have like two files that may be custom IOS. This is frustrating. It not your fault on here, its just my wii being a pain. I don't want to end up deleting something and it brick my wii. I will try a few other things and see what my results are. Thanks again.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/09/2010 04:25AM by jlenoconel.

HackMii v0.6 installer starting up
PVR = 00087200
running under IOS 36 rev 0xd17
66 titles are installed
Found IOS 254: revision: 0x3.
Found IOS 250: revision: 0xff00.
Found IOS 249: revision: 0xff00.
Found IOS 223: revision: 0xff00.
Found IOS 222: revision: 0xff00.
Found IOS 57: revision: 0x161d.
Found IOS 56: revision: 0x151d.
Found IOS 70: revision: 0x1a1f.
Found IOS 61: revision: 0x151d.
Found IOS 60: revision: 0x1900.
Found IOS 16: revision: 0x200.
Found IOS 55: revision: 0x151e.
Found IOS 53: revision: 0x151e.
Found IOS 51: revision: 0x1300.
Found IOS 50: revision: 0x1400.
Found IOS 38: revision: 0xf1b.
Found IOS 37: revision: 0xf1d.
Found IOS 36: revision: 0xd17.
Found IOS 35: revision: 0xd15.
Found IOS 34: revision: 0xd14.
Found IOS 33: revision: 0xc13.
Found IOS 31: revision: 0xd15.
Found IOS 30: revision: 0xb00.
Found IOS 28: revision: 0x60e.
Found IOS 22: revision: 0x40d.
Found IOS 20: revision: 0x100.
Found IOS 17: revision: 0x307.
Found IOS 15: revision: 0x20b.
Found IOS 14: revision: 0x208.
Found IOS 13: revision: 0x111.
Found IOS 12: revision: 0x10d.
Found IOS 11: revision: 0x100.
Found IOS 10: revision: 0x300.
Found IOS 3: revision: 0xff00.
Found IOS 21: revision: 0x30e.
Found IOS 2: revision: 0x1e1.
Found IOS 9: revision: 0x30a.
Found IOS 4: revision: 0xff00.
IOS versions: Installer: 34, HBC: 61, DVDX: 36
launching IOS for the installer...starting preparationsCalling boot2_run(1, 34)
Waiting for boot2 to load ...
boot2 loaded, waiting for IOS
IOS loaded: IOS34 v13.20
IPC started (517)
parsing last generation bootmap
found valid boot2 blockmap at block 1 (pos 0x627c0), submap 0, generation 2
found valid boot2 blockmap at block 5 (pos 0xe67c0), submap 0, generation 3
parse_blocks: found 2 valid blockmaps
found 2 valid blockmaps
using generation 3
boot2 blocks: 00 01 02 03 04 05 06
boot2bin @5,0 (blocks=0,1 - bootmii=0)
bootmii@-1,-1
boot2 blocks: 06 05 04 03 02 01 00
boot2bin @5,1 (blocks=6,5 - bootmii=0)
boot2 block layout: 2 2 1 1 1 0 0
Assembling boot2 in RAM
copyright size = 34
copyright text = 'Copyright 2008,2009 Team Twiizers.'
tmd ends at 0x80295dac, data starts at 0x80295de0
bootmii version = '1.1'
prepare_bootmii: bootmii_check_boot1 failed: -2
preparations done!The test results are in:

 Using IOS versions: Installer: 34, HBC: 61, DVDX: 36

The Homebrew Channel: Can be installed
DVDX: Can be installed
BootMii: Can only be installed as an IOS
 The installed boot1 version prevents a boot2 install (-2)


OK so this is the log I have now and I see no asterix. I was about to end up deleting system file menus but it came up with an error so I think it didn't do it :s I guess if something is wrong I can always send it back if it becomes bricked. I am guessing no asterix means success. I hope so because this is a bloody nightmare. Thanks guys.

As long as there is no mention of the Homebrew Channel in the play log, you are done. Your wii has no more traces of homebrew.

OK thank Christ lol. I appreciate the help. I am going to delete the homebrew channel as soon as I get the box to ship the system back. One more question. Do Nintendo really "repair" the wii or do they just send you a new one? I have heard a rumor of just sending a new one.

p.s. I am never installing another CIos again.

Depends on the repair. If it's a drive failure, they replace the drive. Not sure what they do about Bluetooth modules. For anything else, they probably send you a new Wii/replace the board.

OK. I noticed a few weeks a go I had a single "system files corrupted" when I turned the system off at an improper time or something, but have not had it since. Should I be concerned about this? I think for the most part it is the drive because Ive been looking after this dog at my house and he's still a puppy and ended up knocking my wii on the ground, from a medium/high height. Obviously Wii Fit is the first game I have had problems with so obviously I don't know if there was a problem before. I'll let them fix the system. I told them I've been having problems with the colors on my screen too which is true so hopefully they will replace the system. We will see. Thanks again.

The "System files corrupted" error, if it doesn't reoccur frequently, is basically meaningless.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/09/2010 11:03PM by WikiFSX.

OK so I guess it is the disc drive then, or do you mean that it's meaningless to Nintendo??? I am still waiting for the box to send it back but nothing so far.

Chweers,

James.