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For general discussion of and help with Wii homebrew and Wii hacking.
Re: Updates? - 4 days ago
You can install HBC just fine. No Wii has ever been bricked from installing HBC, or having HBC installed during an update. (At worst, the update removes HBC. If you wait a few days/weeks before updating, you can usually update HBC first and have it stay through the update, and there hasn't been an update in a long time)by SifJar - Getting Started
Re: how will I unbrick my wii? - 10 days ago
Quote:mahdiWill NAND flashers work? Unlike save mii, they go in the USB port of the wii.No they don't. They get soldered directly to the NAND chip inside the Wii. (There may be some solderless ones which clip on, but they still need to be attached to the NAND chip inside the Wii, meaning the Wii must be disassembled).by SifJar - FixMii
Re: force a wii 4.3u to play dvds - 10 days ago
Quote:mahdiI only use iOS for something like iOS 249, iOS 253, or stuff like that. I use backups to backup my wii NAND to protect it from bricks. I do not support piracy. That is unfair to business men that sell video games or stuff like that. Off topic: do 4.3u wiis have GameCube ports and slots?If not, do they have any lid to open? Again, iOS is not the same as IOS. Yoby SifJar - Homebrew General
Re: force a wii 4.3u to play dvds - 12 days ago
No made any reference to iOS, the OS that runs on iPhones and iPads. If you meant "IOS" (which is not the same thing), there is nothing wrong with IOS, the problems are with modifying IOS, which is an unnecessary procedure recommended by pirates for their warez. Backups are bad because 99% of the time, people talking about "backups" are lying and actually talking about pirated crap they have nby SifJar - Homebrew General
Re: how to createa channel from on sd apps? - 12 days ago
First off, only make one thread. Secondly, here's the software to use: And here's a guide to using it: (this page deals with simple channel creation, there's more complicated stuff covered on that site as well)by SifJar - Homebrew General
Re: confusion - 18 days ago
As long as you're careful, there is little to no risk in using homebrew. Always read plenty about what you're about to do, and if you're not sure about something, feel free to ask here. There'll usually be someone happy to help you within a day or two (these forums aren't all too active these days).by SifJar - Getting Started
Re: confusion - 18 days ago
You cannot install BootMii/boot2 on new Wiis. The changelog entry is referring to a bug which stopped "newer" Wiis (that were still old enough to install it) from installing it.by SifJar - Getting Started
Re: BootMii as Boot2 HELP - 6 weeks ago
I assume you mean can only be installed as IOS, it is BootMii so "installed as BootMii" makes no sense. And in that case, you cannot install BootMii/boot2, which does indeed mean you can't get the improved brick protection it offers. But there's a great alternative called "common sense" i.e. not running random rubbish on your Wii without knowing exactly what it is supposed to do, and why youby SifJar - Getting Started
Re: BootMii as Boot2 HELP - 6 weeks ago
Easiest way for you to know is for you to run the HackMii Installer and see what it says. It will tell you if you can or not and won't let you install it if your Wii is too new. Anything else will be a guess.by SifJar - Getting Started
Re: Looking for a USB Gecko - 7 weeks ago
To build your own, you'd probably need a decent knowledge of electronics (you'd need to be able to read the schematics, understand them, find the components, put them together correctly ). As for NEEK, it's main purpose is using the SD card or a USB device as the Wii's "NAND" (it stands for "NAND and ES Emulation Kit"), but it does also have features involving debug logging to the SD card/USBby SifJar - Offtopic
Re: How can I format nand on fully brick wii? - 7 weeks ago
There are various hardware NAND flashers available. One that was popular was the Infectus, but I don't think it's officially available for sale any more. You might still be able to find one, otherwise there are other options. I think the Progskeet can be used, for example. It costs €40-45 (about $50-60 I think). It may be harder to find information regarding the use of the Progskeet with the Wiby SifJar - FixMii
Re: How can I format nand on fully brick wii? - 7 weeks ago
Quote:metroid_maniacIf you do not have the nand keys, I do not think you can flash anything to the nand chip to fix it.It depends if the Wii is old enough to allow BootMii/boot2 installation. If it is, this can be done using a hardware NAND flasher, then it can be used to extract the keys, which can then be used to create a clean NAND to flash. If it's too new for that, nothing can be done. Toby SifJar - FixMii
Re: Upgrading old Homebrew System - 8 weeks ago
Download the HackMii Installer, run it from your existing HBC installation (put it on either an SD card or a USB drive; the folder structure should be like this: /apps/hackmii_installer/boot.elf ), choose to update HBC. Once it has finished updating, simply update your Wii normally (i.e. from the Wii Settings menu in the System Menu) and HBC will survive the update and you will have both HBC andby SifJar - Getting Started
Re: Preloader failed to get root aborting misson - 8 weeks ago
Well, like I said, preloader is old and outdated, no one should be using it anymore. There is a newer version by a different developer which is called "priiloader", but it has a very bad reputation and has caused a lot of bricked (i.e. broken) Wiis. I would personally advise against installing it, but it does exist and should install on a fully up-to-date Wii.by SifJar - Getting Started
Re: Preloader failed to get root aborting misson - 8 weeks ago
Nothing. preloader is old and outdated, it won't install on an updated Wii. You probably don't really need it anyway - was there a specific purpose behind you installing it? What were you hoping to achieve?by SifJar - Getting Started
Re: is it bricked? - 8 weeks ago
No, it is not bricked. Bricked means completely non-functional i.e. like a brick (of the sort used to build houses etc.). And this belongs in the "FixMii" section, not the "Feedback & Support" section. F&S is for talking about WiiBrew (i.e. these forums and the wiki), not for talking about actual Wii stuff. I shall move the thread accordingly. Also, please read the rules before posting furby SifJar - FixMii
Re: Wii Bricked Black Screen System Menu - 8 weeks ago
Quote:guguyes anyone there?Wait more than 5 minutes next time.by SifJar - FixMii
Re: Mysterious brick, no luck fixing. - 2 months ago
I don't think a disc drive failure would prevent the Wii from booting. Can you turn on the Wii with a Wii remote, or do you have to use the power button on the console? If you can't do it with a remote, it could be the bluetooth module is gone. From what I've seen, this would prevent the Wii booting properly (although I thought BootMii still worked in this case).by SifJar - FixMii
Re: Looking for a USB Gecko - 2 months ago
I think Dolphin can do that, but I also believe that Dolphin isn't ideal for development purposes, as there are things which can crash Dolphin which work fine on a real Wii, and there are various other inaccuracies between how Dolphin works and how an actual Wii works.by SifJar - Offtopic
Re: Easy Wii Linux: Tutorials and help. - 2 months ago
It is quite possible that Android does not include the necessary binaries. Android is not a full Linux installation, and as such does not include every tool that a regular Linux installation will include. My advice would be just do it on a regular Linux distro (run it in a virtual machine if you don't want to install as second OS on your computer just for this).by SifJar - Wii Linux
Re: Looking for a USB Gecko - 2 months ago
For what it's worth, I think many devs get by without a USB Gecko. You can always rely on stack dumps for some help with debugging, and of course you can also add extra outputs (printf statements or outputting to a file) for debugging purposes. Not quite as convenient as a USB Gecko, perhaps, but you should be able to debug a lot of errors with a combination of those if you can't get your hands oby SifJar - Offtopic
Re: [Tutorial] Porting Preloader hacks.ini - 2 months ago
Yeah, that's right.by SifJar - Homebrew General
Re: [Tutorial] Porting Preloader hacks.ini - 2 months ago
Quote:mauifrogAny suggestions for porting hacks.ini to hacks_hash.ini?Sure. If you follow this guide up to the point where you have found the original value in the first SM (just choose any SM that has the hack you want in a hacks.ini) , you then want to copy the 4 bytes from that address onwards (the values to be patched), and write them in the format 0x######## (e.g. if you got the values 1F 2Eby SifJar - Homebrew General
Re: Homebrew channel doesn't recognize SD card - 2 months ago
"forcing the sd card into the slot"; yeah that sounds like a hardware problem.by SifJar - Homebrew General
Re: wii won't play any ssbb disc - 2 months ago
If it is indeed an IOS problem, installing a clean copy of the latest version of IOS36 should fix the problem I think (I'm nearly certain SSBB uses IOS36 anyway). A regular online update should do the trick, or failing that you could try something like dop-Mii.by SifJar - Homebrew General
Re: WiiBrew Feedback - 2 months ago
"I call what those companies do piracy". I cannot see how preventing you from playing DVDs on their hardware (a perfectly legitimate decision, resulting in lower production costs and ultimately therefore cheaper retail price) is "piracy", by any definition (copyright piracy or ship-based piracy). They are not redistributing any copyrighted material without the necessary permission, nor are theyby SifJar - Feedback & Support
Re: WiiBrew Feedback - 2 months ago
Quote:bnesbitt0I call what those companies do piracy.I fail to see how you reach that conclusion, but I am glad you were able to get your Wii doing what you wanted.by SifJar - Feedback & Support
Re: My Wii is a mess, and I don't know correct terminology! - 2 months ago
You could also try running "nandbincheck" on a NAND dump from your Wii in it's current state. This should point out any problems preventing the Wii from booting, and in that way you may be able to fix without having to rebuild a NAND from scratch with Ohneschwanzenegger (which would mean losing all your save data, channels , Miis etc.).by SifJar - FixMii
Re: My Wii is a mess, and I don't know correct terminology! - 2 months ago
Huh, that's odd. Seeing as you clearly have BootMii/boot2, do you have a NAND backup from any point in the past? If so, now might be the time to restore it...by SifJar - FixMii
Re: Playing music while playing games? (Re-Incarnated) (DEVELOPERZ ONLY) - 2 months ago
In addition to what bg4545 has mentioned, I believe that the "Home" menu is actually found on the disc of each individual game; it's not a case of patching something on NAND and suddenly having a modified Home menu in every game, you have to patch it in every game, and I'm not completely sure on this, but I don't think one universal patch would work for all games. There may be slightly differentby SifJar - Homebrew General