Hi everyone! I'm obviously new here, and spent the day struggling to understand my options and want to make sure I haven't missed anything. And maybe this run-through list will help someone in the future. I'm hoping folks here can verify my troubleshooting logic and provide some advice?
So...here's the circumstances:
1. I have a WiiU Deluxe, completely umodded. I'm the original owner and I've kept it in top shape.
2. Was using it every other day for the last month, and as of last month know it was able to connect to the internet because I updated it to Ver. 5.5.5 and removed some internet apps that I knew no longer worked like Netflix.
3. I was attempting to update to 5.5.6
4. Stopped at 76% for 90 min. I have a decent internet speed
5. Verified it was no longer connected to my router. Disconnected the router anyway, hoping it would eventually complain about a loss of internet and prompt me to update again
6. Another 80ish minute later, had a power brownout and of course, it was quite unhappy. I don't think it would have mattered if it was a brownout or me pushing the power button at that point.
7. Would only reboot holding down the power key/unplugging. Could get to the complaint about using the power button, and then would stick on "Please wit"
8. A few boots after that, was able to get to the WiiU title screen with startup music for a few seconds. It would briefly connect to the internet for a few seconds on 2.5GHz has expected, then freeze
9. Currently, after swapping to a new battery (or coincidence) I can turn it on with gamepad, wiimote, or power button, but does not connect from there to tv or gamepad, or internet. Gamepad complains it can't connect and to move closer, and the Wiimote doesn't stay connected. The devices's red/blue lights seems normal, I can hear the drive fire up and it can accept and eject a game disc. It'll stay on the blue light.
What I've done to troubleshoot:
1. Verified the device had permissions to connect to my wifi
2. Verified my HDMI cable is okay as well as the port on my tv
3. Tried to boot to the Wii menu holding down the B button on both wiimote and gamepad
4.. Moved the gamepad to another room and rebooted the WiiU while connected to the tv
5. When it was still booting to the WiiU title screen, left it there for two hours
6. Unplugged, waited some minutes, held the power button down for 15 seconds, reconnected power
7. Changed the battery and after that...
8. With no visible connnection now, still left it on for some hours
From what I understand:
1. Since I can't reach the internet, I can't factory reset or use Tiramisu
2. I can't hardmod because I don't have a backup of otp.bin or slc.bin, and that's because I can't launch from the Wii menu?
3. Bluubomb probably won't work for this type of issue because I don't have a preloader already on the machine?
I'm not sure exactly what went wrong, but with the timing of the issue am fairly sure it wasn't (initially) any sort of hardware failure. So, I'm not quite sure of what to research next, or if I'm at the end of my options. Thanks for any help in advance!
So...here's the circumstances:
1. I have a WiiU Deluxe, completely umodded. I'm the original owner and I've kept it in top shape.
2. Was using it every other day for the last month, and as of last month know it was able to connect to the internet because I updated it to Ver. 5.5.5 and removed some internet apps that I knew no longer worked like Netflix.
3. I was attempting to update to 5.5.6
4. Stopped at 76% for 90 min. I have a decent internet speed
5. Verified it was no longer connected to my router. Disconnected the router anyway, hoping it would eventually complain about a loss of internet and prompt me to update again
6. Another 80ish minute later, had a power brownout and of course, it was quite unhappy. I don't think it would have mattered if it was a brownout or me pushing the power button at that point.
7. Would only reboot holding down the power key/unplugging. Could get to the complaint about using the power button, and then would stick on "Please wit"
8. A few boots after that, was able to get to the WiiU title screen with startup music for a few seconds. It would briefly connect to the internet for a few seconds on 2.5GHz has expected, then freeze
9. Currently, after swapping to a new battery (or coincidence) I can turn it on with gamepad, wiimote, or power button, but does not connect from there to tv or gamepad, or internet. Gamepad complains it can't connect and to move closer, and the Wiimote doesn't stay connected. The devices's red/blue lights seems normal, I can hear the drive fire up and it can accept and eject a game disc. It'll stay on the blue light.
What I've done to troubleshoot:
1. Verified the device had permissions to connect to my wifi
2. Verified my HDMI cable is okay as well as the port on my tv
3. Tried to boot to the Wii menu holding down the B button on both wiimote and gamepad
4.. Moved the gamepad to another room and rebooted the WiiU while connected to the tv
5. When it was still booting to the WiiU title screen, left it there for two hours
6. Unplugged, waited some minutes, held the power button down for 15 seconds, reconnected power
7. Changed the battery and after that...
8. With no visible connnection now, still left it on for some hours
From what I understand:
1. Since I can't reach the internet, I can't factory reset or use Tiramisu
2. I can't hardmod because I don't have a backup of otp.bin or slc.bin, and that's because I can't launch from the Wii menu?
3. Bluubomb probably won't work for this type of issue because I don't have a preloader already on the machine?
I'm not sure exactly what went wrong, but with the timing of the issue am fairly sure it wasn't (initially) any sort of hardware failure. So, I'm not quite sure of what to research next, or if I'm at the end of my options. Thanks for any help in advance!