[Lost case] Saving a bricked Wii U (without anything)

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I tried to boot into recover mode a few times.

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This was the best I could get. If I can get it to work however, what should I do then ?
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Rick Astley said:
I tried to boot into recover mode a few times.

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This was the best I could get. If I can get it to work however, what should I do then ?
Thanks
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Hello! Did your wii u work as usual before the system update? I ordered a Wii U with the same problem and with system version 5.5.1 and I hope I can hack it without updating. I'll write here about my results later.
 
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Dump the system crash logs, so we can see the details. 5.5.1 should be exploitable. If you neither get the Browser exploit nor DNSpresso to work UDPIH should still work
 
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I don't have a Wii U yet, it should arrive in a couple of days. If I can successfully resolve error 160-2215 for this post, I will proceed further and write about it here
 
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I'm facing the error "can't write simple pairing mode: input/output error (5)". I tried running bluubomb on a PC, on two laptops and on a steam deck and I always get this error. I tried to disable simple pairing mode according to the instructions on github, but that didn’t help either. maybe there is a solution?
 
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SDIO said:
The Browser exploit or DNSpresso or UDPIH would be easier. Which ones did you try?
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so far i'm trying to use only the bluubomb method, my wii u gives error 160-2215 when entering mii maker and starts all over again. I'm ready to buy a raspberry pi pico and use the UDPIH method. Is it possible to replace wup files using DNSpresso?
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makarona77 said:
so far i'm trying to use only the bluubomb method, my wii u gives error 160-2215 when entering mii maker and starts all over again. I'm ready to buy a raspberry pi pico and use the UDPIH method. Is it possible to replace wup files using DNSpresso?
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I was able to run DNSpresso! but I don't know if it's possible to replace the wup mii maker. when I select the wii u menu I am again asked to create a mii and the same error comes out
 
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