the guide is old, and has not been updated when 5.5.2 was released.
If you understand what the guide is doing, you'd understand that 5.5.2 is working.
This step is essentially "Launch the homebrew launcher" by visiting and URL to trigger the browser exploit. it's now possible to launch homebrew with 5.5.2, so just adapt the guide to launch the homebrew launcher based on your console's version.
Method1 works with 5.5.2, BUT not with the link provided in the guide.
you need to follow the actual "5.5.2 browser exploit" guide/website, instead of the "5.5.1 browser exploit" URL provided in this guide.
it's not hard to find the url for 5.5.2
all the other things are the same, you just need a different URL to visit to trigger the browser exploit to get into the Homebrew Launcher. Once into the Homebrew Launcher, every steps are identical.
And these steps are ONLY if you don't already have Haxchi, CBHC, or any other way to launch the Homebrew launcher.
if you already know how to access the homebrew launcher, just do it your way.
there is one, but it's old and not updated anymore. the wiki says you have to use the alternate server (edit the config)
unfortunately, the sources are not available, so we can't make our own host either.
(maybe edit the dol with hexeditor?)
http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Homebrew_Browser
stay away from all system tools as they are designed for Wii, not vWii.
Thanks for the quick reply. Despite my incorrect use of USB, it wasn't a flash drive. It was a 125gig hard drive that is extremely old, and just behaving very badly. I did later try with a 16 gig flash drive and got the same problem, so I see where you're coming from.
I am a bit confused why flash drive is an issue now on vWii. my hacked wii was running off of a 64 gig flash drive for many years. A lot has changed though so if you need an HDD now, I guess that's where we're at.
I have a 1tb HDD arriving today with a y-cable so we'll see how that goes.
Thanks for the quick reply. Despite my incorrect use of USB, it wasn't a flash drive. It was a 125gig hard drive that is extremely old, and just behaving very badly. I did later try with a 16 gig flash drive and got the same problem, so I see where you're coming from.
I am a bit confused why flash drive is an issue now on vWii. my hacked wii was running off of a 64 gig flash drive for many years. A lot has changed though so if you need an HDD now, I guess that's where we're at.
I have a 1tb HDD arriving today with a y-cable so we'll see how that goes.