Thought I'd share my little adventure fixing my Wii, I know this isn't a logical method, because it breaks another Wii but worked good for my purposes, plus I wanted to see if I could do it.
Ok so I've been sitting on this bricked Wii since before Bootmii even got released, by installing a stubbed system menu IOS. Since this was my first Wii I wanted to repair it as cheaply as possible. My plan was to purchase a ProgSkeet. But found it would actually be cheaper to just purchase a donor Wii
First thing to understand when using a donor Wii is that the Boot1 needs to match and the boot2 needs to be equal or greater than the Bricked Wii your fixing. Both Wii's Need to be BootMii Boot2 compatible also for this to work.
Now I done some research on the serial of my bricked Wii and determined it was likely a boot1b. So I found a broken donor Wii on Ebay for $15 that was close as possible to my serial. Donor Wii ended up being a boot1b also, So this worked out. Also this broken donor Wii had a stuck sync button, which needed to be fixed before I could continue. After that here is the steps I took to get the keys and fix my bricked Wii.
1. I first Installed bootmii to boot2 on donor Wii and done a nand backup.
2. Removed both Wii's nand chip and installed the donor Wii nand chip to my bricked Wii.
3. Bricked Wii now able to load bootmii, I performed a nand dump and received the keys from the dump.
4. Used ohneschwanzenegger to rebuild nand with the received keys, then flashed back
5. Loaded System Menu and performed a system menu update.
6. Drink a Coke and play some games. and then wonder why I destroyed a Wii to fix another Wii
Extra- I do have the donor Wii's Nand Backup in case I ever decide to fix it. but doing so will require a Infectus or Progskeet (may not need a infectus or progskeet if Nand Hot swapping is possible, I read it is but haven't tested. May be a good project for later.
Thanks:
Gaintpune- creator of ohneschwanzenegger
DeadlyFoez- Very helpful info needed to complete the task
and to the creators of Bootmii Thanks for a very handy program!
Ok so I've been sitting on this bricked Wii since before Bootmii even got released, by installing a stubbed system menu IOS. Since this was my first Wii I wanted to repair it as cheaply as possible. My plan was to purchase a ProgSkeet. But found it would actually be cheaper to just purchase a donor Wii
First thing to understand when using a donor Wii is that the Boot1 needs to match and the boot2 needs to be equal or greater than the Bricked Wii your fixing. Both Wii's Need to be BootMii Boot2 compatible also for this to work.
Now I done some research on the serial of my bricked Wii and determined it was likely a boot1b. So I found a broken donor Wii on Ebay for $15 that was close as possible to my serial. Donor Wii ended up being a boot1b also, So this worked out. Also this broken donor Wii had a stuck sync button, which needed to be fixed before I could continue. After that here is the steps I took to get the keys and fix my bricked Wii.
1. I first Installed bootmii to boot2 on donor Wii and done a nand backup.
2. Removed both Wii's nand chip and installed the donor Wii nand chip to my bricked Wii.
3. Bricked Wii now able to load bootmii, I performed a nand dump and received the keys from the dump.
4. Used ohneschwanzenegger to rebuild nand with the received keys, then flashed back
5. Loaded System Menu and performed a system menu update.
6. Drink a Coke and play some games. and then wonder why I destroyed a Wii to fix another Wii
Extra- I do have the donor Wii's Nand Backup in case I ever decide to fix it. but doing so will require a Infectus or Progskeet (may not need a infectus or progskeet if Nand Hot swapping is possible, I read it is but haven't tested. May be a good project for later.
Thanks:
Gaintpune- creator of ohneschwanzenegger
DeadlyFoez- Very helpful info needed to complete the task
and to the creators of Bootmii Thanks for a very handy program!
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