Hacking Modding a Wii in 2017

Cyan · Dec 30, 2018

if it's 4.3U it means you already have IOS58 installed on your console.
the problem you have is only that the Homebrew Channel (use to launch other homebrew) was installed before updating to 4.3 (ios58 was released with 4.3) and therefore installed a version working on another IOS (IOS61 which existed before 4.3).
what you have to do is re-install the homebrew channel, it will detect that you have IOS58 and will install/overwrite it with a version using IOS58 instead of IOS61.

you don't need to go through all the process of installing homebrew again, only the homebrew channel. follow the direction I told you on the previous post.

neogamma is really old, WBFS formatted drives too.
I don't remember what loadmii is.

If your console still has very old homebrew, I suppose it has a very old installed softmod files.
I would recommend to use modmii to update both HBC and the softmod files. (IOS and cIOS)

If you are not sure what you must do, don't do anything!
only update hbc for now.

Then, you can run syscheck (guide in my signature) and post the result here. Based on the content of that report we will see what you need to do.

Budsixz · Dec 30, 2018

Cyan said:
if it's 4.3U it means you already have IOS58 installed on your console.
the problem you have is only that the Homebrew Channel (use to launch other homebrew) was installed before updating to 4.3 (ios58 was released with 4.3) and therefore installed a version working on another IOS (IOS61 which existed before 4.3).
what you have to do is re-install the homebrew channel, it will detect that you have IOS58 and will install/overwrite it with a version using IOS58 instead of IOS61.

you don't need to go through all the process of installing homebrew again, only the homebrew channel. follow the direction I told you on the previous post.

neogamma is really old, WBFS formatted drives too.
I don't remember what loadmii is.

If your console still has very old homebrew, I suppose it has a very old installed softmod files.
I would recommend to use modmii to update both HBC and the softmod files. (IOS and cIOS)

If you are not sure what you must do, don't do anything!
only update hbc for now.

Then, you can run syscheck (guide in my signature) and post the result here. Based on the content of that report we will see what you need to do.

sir i tried to install homebrew channel again and it did show successfully installed but when i went into homebrew channel, it still shows ios61
so i ran the syscheck that you mentioned and here is the result :

SysCheck HDE v2.4.0 HacksDen Edition by JoostinOnline, Double_A, R2-D2199, and Nano
...runs on IOS61 (rev 5405).

Region: NTSC-U (original region: KOR)
System Menu 4.3U (v513)

Drive date: 02.13.2007
Homebrew Channel 1.1.2 running on IOS61

Hollywood v0x21
Console ID: 97780470
Console Type: Wii
Shop Channel Country: United States (49)
Boot2 v4
Found 126 titles.
Found 44 IOS on this console. 3 of them are stubs.

IOS3 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS4 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS9 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS10 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS11 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS12 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS13 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS14 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS15 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS16 (rev 54321): Flash Access
IOS17 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS20 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS21 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS22 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS28 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS30 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS31 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS33 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS34 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS35 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS36 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS37 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS38 (rev 3867): No Patches
IOS40 (rev 3072): Stub
IOS41 (rev 2835): No Patches
IOS43 (rev 2835): No Patches
IOS45 (rev 2835): No Patches
IOS46 (rev 2837): No Patches
IOS50 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS51 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS52 (rev 5661): No Patches
IOS53 (rev 5406): No Patches
IOS55 (rev 5406): No Patches
IOS56: Skipped
IOS60 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS61 (rev 5405): No Patches
IOS70 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS80 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS202[57] (rev 65535, Info: hermes-v5.0): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS222[38+37] (rev 4, Info: hermes-v4): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS223[38] (rev 4, Info: hermes-v4.0): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS236 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, Beer Ticket
IOS249[38] (rev 17): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS250 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS254 (rev 65281): BootMii
BC v65535
MIOS v65535
Report generated on 06/05/2011.

SysCheck HDE v2.4.0 HacksDen Edition by JoostinOnline, Double_A, R2-D2199, and Nano
...runs on IOS61 (rev 5405).

Region: NTSC-U (original region: KOR)
System Menu 4.3U (v513)

Drive date: 02.13.2007
Homebrew Channel 1.1.2 running on IOS61

Hollywood v0x21
Console ID: 97780470
Console Type: Wii
Shop Channel Country: United States (49)
Boot2 v4
Found 126 titles.
Found 44 IOS on this console. 3 of them are stubs.

IOS3 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS4 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS9 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS10 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS11 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS12 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS13 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS14 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS15 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS16 (rev 54321): Flash Access
IOS17 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS20 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS21 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS22 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS28 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS30 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS31 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS33 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS34 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS35 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS36 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS37 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS38 (rev 3867): No Patches
IOS40 (rev 3072): Stub
IOS41 (rev 2835): No Patches
IOS43 (rev 2835): No Patches
IOS45 (rev 2835): No Patches
IOS46 (rev 2837): No Patches
IOS50 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS51 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS52 (rev 5661): No Patches
IOS53 (rev 5406): No Patches
IOS55 (rev 5406): No Patches
IOS56: Skipped
IOS60 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS61 (rev 5405): No Patches
IOS70 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS80 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS202[57] (rev 65535, Info: hermes-v5.0): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS222[38+37] (rev 4, Info: hermes-v4): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS223[38] (rev 4, Info: hermes-v4.0): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS236 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, Beer Ticket
IOS249[38] (rev 17): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS250 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS254 (rev 65281): BootMii
BC v65535
MIOS v65535
Report generated on 06/05/2011.

also the syschecker did stop ios56 and 57 which i had to skip by changing some lines in the xml file
what do i do now?
I really appreciate your help

scooby74029 · Dec 30, 2018

u need ios 58 installed then re install hbc

kuwanger · Dec 31, 2018

Cyan said:
priiloader, in case you plan to do stupid things to your console's file system

Well, I'm not sure I'd go as far as saying "stupid things" since changing home menu themes or installing channels risks bricking the system, and priiloader allows you to readily recover from all that. Then again, perhaps that just makes me stupid because I've ran into those sorts of situations.

XFlak · Dec 31, 2018

Budsixz said:
sir i tried to install homebrew channel again and it did show successfully installed but when i went into homebrew channel, it still shows ios61
so i ran the syscheck that you mentioned and here is the result :

SysCheck HDE v2.4.0 HacksDen Edition by JoostinOnline, Double_A, R2-D2199, and Nano
...runs on IOS61 (rev 5405).

Region: NTSC-U (original region: KOR)
System Menu 4.3U (v513)

Drive date: 02.13.2007
Homebrew Channel 1.1.2 running on IOS61

Hollywood v0x21
Console ID: 97780470
Console Type: Wii
Shop Channel Country: United States (49)
Boot2 v4
Found 126 titles.
Found 44 IOS on this console. 3 of them are stubs.

IOS3 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS4 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS9 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS10 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS11 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS12 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS13 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS14 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS15 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS16 (rev 54321): Flash Access
IOS17 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS20 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS21 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS22 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS28 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS30 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS31 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS33 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS34 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS35 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS36 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS37 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS38 (rev 3867): No Patches
IOS40 (rev 3072): Stub
IOS41 (rev 2835): No Patches
IOS43 (rev 2835): No Patches
IOS45 (rev 2835): No Patches
IOS46 (rev 2837): No Patches
IOS50 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS51 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS52 (rev 5661): No Patches
IOS53 (rev 5406): No Patches
IOS55 (rev 5406): No Patches
IOS56: Skipped
IOS60 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS61 (rev 5405): No Patches
IOS70 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS80 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS202[57] (rev 65535, Info: hermes-v5.0): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS222[38+37] (rev 4, Info: hermes-v4): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS223[38] (rev 4, Info: hermes-v4.0): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS236 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, Beer Ticket
IOS249[38] (rev 17): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS250 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS254 (rev 65281): BootMii
BC v65535
MIOS v65535
Report generated on 06/05/2011.

SysCheck HDE v2.4.0 HacksDen Edition by JoostinOnline, Double_A, R2-D2199, and Nano
...runs on IOS61 (rev 5405).

Region: NTSC-U (original region: KOR)
System Menu 4.3U (v513)

Drive date: 02.13.2007
Homebrew Channel 1.1.2 running on IOS61

Hollywood v0x21
Console ID: 97780470
Console Type: Wii
Shop Channel Country: United States (49)
Boot2 v4
Found 126 titles.
Found 44 IOS on this console. 3 of them are stubs.

IOS3 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS4 (rev 65280): Stub
IOS9 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS10 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS11 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS12 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS13 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS14 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS15 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS16 (rev 54321): Flash Access
IOS17 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS20 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS21 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS22 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS28 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS30 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS31 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS33 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS34 (rev 3608): No Patches
IOS35 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS36 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access
IOS37 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS38 (rev 3867): No Patches
IOS40 (rev 3072): Stub
IOS41 (rev 2835): No Patches
IOS43 (rev 2835): No Patches
IOS45 (rev 2835): No Patches
IOS46 (rev 2837): No Patches
IOS50 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS51 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug
IOS52 (rev 5661): No Patches
IOS53 (rev 5406): No Patches
IOS55 (rev 5406): No Patches
IOS56: Skipped
IOS60 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS61 (rev 5405): No Patches
IOS70 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS80 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug
IOS202[57] (rev 65535, Info: hermes-v5.0): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS222[38+37] (rev 4, Info: hermes-v4): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS223[38] (rev 4, Info: hermes-v4.0): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS236 (rev 54321): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, Beer Ticket
IOS249[38] (rev 17): Trucha Bug, ES Identify, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS250 (rev 65535): Trucha Bug, NAND Access, USB 2.0
IOS254 (rev 65281): BootMii
BC v65535
MIOS v65535
Report generated on 06/05/2011.

also the syschecker did stop ios56 and 57 which i had to skip by changing some lines in the xml file
what do i do now?
I really appreciate your help

For an idiot proof solution (not calling you one, just an expression) use Modmii's hackmii solutions wizard/guide

Cyan · Dec 31, 2018

"stupid things", as in : deleting the system menu, or installing a wad of an old version of system menu while the required IOS is stub, deleting IOSes with anytitledeleter, etc.
Using modmii can both fix an issue, and also prevent some (like replacing old stub IOS with working one to prevent bricking by downgrading the system menu).

Budsixz · Dec 31, 2018

Cyan said:
"stupid things", as in : deleting the system menu, or installing a wad of an old version of system menu while the required IOS is stub, deleting IOSes with anytitledeleter, etc.
Using modmii can both fix an issue, and also prevent some (like replacing old stub IOS with working one to prevent bricking by downgrading the system menu).

Thank you ill try that after work

Cyan said:
"stupid things", as in : deleting the system menu, or installing a wad of an old version of system menu while the required IOS is stub, deleting IOSes with anytitledeleter, etc.
Using modmii can both fix an issue, and also prevent some (like replacing old stub IOS with working one to prevent bricking by downgrading the system menu).

Alright so now I went to homebrew channel and loaded bootmii then created a nand backup.
So now should i try to install ios58?

Cyan · Dec 31, 2018

yes.
either use this homebrew : http://wiibrew.org/wiki/IOS58_Installer
It's not the latest version of IOS58 which will be installed, but will work fine.

or use modmii to generate the IOS58 wad file, and install it with a wad manager (not "wad manager 1.7" because it'll patch it. Use this YAWMM for example)

then, re-re-install HBC. this time it'll work

Edit:
but based on your syscheck log (which I missed, sorry), ALL your files are patched. This is not very good.
you could use modmii to re-download and update ALL your IOS instead of just IOS58. choose "I want to re-softmod my console" in modmii menu, it'll download all necessary wad files and generate a tutorial to follow based on your answers.
It will also update your softmod (cIOS 249/250 are outdated, using rev17 instead of 21 mod8 or mod10r52)

Budsixz · Dec 31, 2018

Cyan said:
yes.
either use this homebrew : http://wiibrew.org/wiki/IOS58_Installer
It's not the latest version of IOS58 which will be installed, but will work fine.

or use modmii to generate the IOS58 wad file, and install it with a wad manager (not "wad manager 1.7" because it'll patch it. Use this YAWMM for example)

then, re-re-install HBC. this time it'll work

Edit:
but based on your syscheck log (which I missed, sorry), ALL your files are patched. This is not very good.
you could use modmii to re-download and update ALL your IOS instead of just IOS58. choose "I want to re-softmod my console" in modmii menu, it'll download all necessary wad files and generate a tutorial to follow based on your answers.
It will also update your softmod (cIOS 249/250 are outdated, using rev17 instead of 21 mod8 or mod10r52)

THANK YOU SO MUCH SIR!!!!!
Bootmii took me through many steps after which i have IOS58 and USB loader as well (havent tried it yet. Will report after testing)
Nintendont works YAY!
Really appreciate your help.
Also thank you to @scooby74029 and @XFlak for very helpful replies. Cheers

Budsixz · Dec 31, 2018

Cyan said:
yes.
either use this homebrew : http://wiibrew.org/wiki/IOS58_Installer
It's not the latest version of IOS58 which will be installed, but will work fine.

or use modmii to generate the IOS58 wad file, and install it with a wad manager (not "wad manager 1.7" because it'll patch it. Use this YAWMM for example)

then, re-re-install HBC. this time it'll work

Edit:
but based on your syscheck log (which I missed, sorry), ALL your files are patched. This is not very good.
you could use modmii to re-download and update ALL your IOS instead of just IOS58. choose "I want to re-softmod my console" in modmii menu, it'll download all necessary wad files and generate a tutorial to follow based on your answers.
It will also update your softmod (cIOS 249/250 are outdated, using rev17 instead of 21 mod8 or mod10r52)

Sir so sorry for this but Ive run into another problem now. That Neogamma app that i was using to launch wii backups no longer works properly. So i formatted the pendrive to fat32 and used backup manager to put the backups back. But they do not show up in USBloadergx (or Neogamma). USBloader starts up properly initializing the usb but just doesnt detect any games. Did I miss a step somewhere? Does the pendrive need to have a specific allocation size?

XFlak · Jan 1, 2019

Try ModMii's main wizard, and/or USB loader set up wizard/guide

Budsixz · Jan 1, 2019

XFlak said:
Try ModMii's main wizard, and/or USB loader set up wizard/guide

Sir i followed the guide properly but for some reason it doesnt work
it passes the initial loading screen but when i click on the top icon and select wii games it says usb not initialized
i am using a 16gb pen drive, usb loader 3.0 v1271

dont know if this is important but the things on my wii atm are :
disc channel, mii channel, photo,wii fit, wii backup launcher (neo r6 pro), sofchip r99m, news channel, shop channel, neogamma r8 beta 15, forecast, neo gamma channel, homebrew channel and usb loader (not usbloader gx that is launched from hbc)

XFlak · Jan 1, 2019

It's probably your 16GB pen drive that's the issue

Budsixz · Jan 1, 2019

XFlak said:
It's probably your 16GB pen drive that's the issue

It used to work fine when it was wbfs formatted
Anyways thanks for the help I got it working with wiiflow

XFlak · Jan 1, 2019

You should report it to @Cyan so he can improve usbloader gx.

So the same drive works with wii flow but fails with gx? Formatted the same exact way and everything?

Budsixz · Jan 1, 2019

XFlak said:
You should report it to @Cyan so he can improve usbloader gx.

So the same drive works with wii flow but fails with gx? Formatted the same exact way and everything?

Yes
Everything same usb loader gx says USB not initialized when I tick the wii games option
On wiiflow I just selected path for games as usb wbfs and it showed up

Cyan · Jan 1, 2019

flashdrives have issues with the FAT32 libraries and current cIOS version.
you can try either an older cIOS version (but you'll have game compatibility issues if you go below d2x v7), or format the flash drive back to WBFS, or try NTFS.

if it's only a HDD init issue, you can try to set the loader's IOS to 58 instead of 249 in the loader's settings.
but, flashdrives are not recommended in general, they work usually only in read mode. all write mode can freeze (downloading covers, dumping a disc to usb, saving a savegame in nintendont, etc.)
if the flashdrive freeze while writing a file, you'll corrupt your partition. it happen a lot with nintendont saving the memory card when exiting a game.

using wbfs partition is safer, you know you won't use the partition for anything else than wii games, and it should init/mount correctly with cIOS.

Budsixz · Jan 4, 2019

Cyan said:
flashdrives have issues with the FAT32 libraries and current cIOS version.
you can try either an older cIOS version (but you'll have game compatibility issues if you go below d2x v7), or format the flash drive back to WBFS, or try NTFS.

if it's only a HDD init issue, you can try to set the loader's IOS to 58 instead of 249 in the loader's settings.
but, flashdrives are not recommended in general, they work usually only in read mode. all write mode can freeze (downloading covers, dumping a disc to usb, saving a savegame in nintendont, etc.)
if the flashdrive freeze while writing a file, you'll corrupt your partition. it happen a lot with nintendont saving the memory card when exiting a game.

using wbfs partition is safer, you know you won't use the partition for anything else than wii games, and it should init/mount correctly with cIOS.

Well for now I put my wii games on pendrive and most of the emulators and homebrew stuff on the SD card
So if i play emulators via SD card then there should be no problem right ? Gamecube game is on SD card too

Cyan · Jan 4, 2019

yes, ROMs for emulators are fine on SD card. Even the ISO (for PSX games) can be on SD card. Oh, and most emulators are even allowing you to load ROM/ISO from Samba (LAN/wireless to shared folder on computer).

Budsixz · Jan 5, 2019

Cyan said:
yes, ROMs for emulators are fine on SD card. Even the ISO (for PSX games) can be on SD card. Oh, and most emulators are even allowing you to load ROM/ISO from Samba (LAN/wireless to shared folder on computer).

Lol my computer sucks so don't think I am gonna go for that
And didn't know about psx emulator gonna try that
Oh btw on my n64 emulator it doesn't detect the nunchuck for analog. It is the latest version I think. Same thing on both wii64 and not64 . Is there something that I am missing
Again thanks alot for your help and thank you to @XFlak too. You really saved my wii. Feels alot cleaner now.

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