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[EatChildren]

Any idea why I might have patched IOS36 Clipper? I've had my Wii soft modded long before the GAF wiki came along, and long before the USB loaders. Was it something used ages ago?

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

i have a question, i had homebrew and usbloader and every installed in my wii a while ago, but i back it up to an sd card, so when i dont need to use it i usually take it out from the wii, and now my sd card is missing (surprise) and my homebrew channel is gone as well

do i need to reinstall every thing from scratch again??

I guess you never upgraded HBC before upgrading the Wii? That's the only thing that would have deleted the HBC. If that's the case, the only thing left on your Wii is probably IOS250. That means you have to do everything again, but not all of it from scratch.

I'm not sure if you or I am reading gimz's post correctly, but my take wasn't that he's upgraded and lost the capability--just that his only way to launch Homebrew Channel was through an SD card which he's lost. If that's the case I'd think all he'd need to do is the step of reinstalling the HBC?

 

[Lkr]

is the wiki down? i can't seem to get on
two questions:
just installed homebrew channel. can i install homebrew apps from a usb drive now instead of an sd card?
how can i update the wii shop channel?

 

[Clipper]

Any idea why I might have patched IOS36 Clipper? I've had my Wii soft modded long before the GAF wiki came along, and long before the USB loaders. Was it something used ages ago?

Many other tutorials out there used to Trucha Bug your IOS36. The same will happen if you're running on old firmware that still has the original bug from Nintendo. I guess I should have mentioned that if you're still on 3.2 or an early 3.3 then you can experience this problem too, apparently.

I'm not sure if you or I am reading gimz's post correctly, but my take wasn't that he's upgraded and lost the capability--just that his only way to launch Homebrew Channel was through an SD card which he's lost. If that's the case I'd think all he'd need to do is the step of reinstalling the HBC?

I'm pretty sure you can't and have never been able to launch the HBC from the SD card. Although now I do see that I possibly misread the post as gimz might have been saying he moved the HBC from the Wii to the SD card using the Wii Menu.

gimz, if you did move the HBC from the Wii to the SD card, then you were already in the position that you needed to reinstall the HBC. If you have updated your Wii in the meantime, then you will also need to reinstall the IOSes as I originally stated. If you haven't updated your Wii, then you only need to reinstall the HBC. If you have forgotten whether you have updated or not, just reinstall everything from scratch. You need to update the IOSes anyway.

is the wiki down? i can't seem to get on
two questions:
just installed homebrew channel. can i install homebrew apps from a usb drive now instead of an sd card?
how can i update the wii shop channel?

The wiki is working fine. It might have been down for a while, earlier, I guess.

Yes you can install homebrew apps from a drive. You just place them in the same directory structure on the first FAT partition of the drive. You will need to have the SD unplugged for HBC to try to access the drive first, or you can push 1 and then tell it to used the USB.

As for the Wii Shop, you can either safely upgrade to 4.2 or just upgrade the shop.

 

[Lkr]

confusing issue here. my usb drive is configured as fat and i want to use it as a usb loader. so i have the configurable usb loader app on my flash drive and load it, but it freezes at the splash screen. can i not have it on the same usb as i have games or what?

 

[Clipper]

confusing issue here. my usb drive is configured as fat and i want to use it as a usb loader. so i have the configurable usb loader app on my flash drive and load it, but it freezes at the splash screen. can i not have it on the same usb as i have games or what?

No, that should work.

Did you follow all the instructions in the Wiki including the "what you should install first" part? You also should have installed the 57b or 57b-222 version of the .dol. If you did all that and it still doesn't work, try the other one (of 57b or 57b-222).

 

[DonMigs85]

Has anyone confirmed if homebrew works on the new US black Wiis?

 

[Clipper]

Has anyone confirmed if homebrew works on the new US black Wiis?

Yes.

 

[DonMigs85]

Yes.

Great! Maybe I won't need to sacrifice my precious Smash Bros and Mario Kart Wii saves after all.

 

[Clipper]

Great! Maybe I won't need to sacrifice my precious Smash Bros and Mario Kart Wii saves after all.

I'm not sure online stuff transfers to other Wiis properly due to the difference in console ID. I recommend against it.

 

[Dartastic]

Ok, I need some help. I have the HBC channel installed and updated to the newest version. My Wii is up to date as well. I'm trying to install the DVD loader (that'll let me play movies) but it's not working. I basically just need a bit of help finding/using/whatevering a program that'll let me watch DVD's on this stupid console. I just want to be able to watch movies in my bedroom. =(

 

[EatChildren]

So after the last 10 or so attempts at booting CFG through the HBC it only manages to work once, giving me the previously mentioned black screen every other time.

I havent tried the IOS36 restoration yet, but its gotten significantly more frequent and I'm really wondering if something somewhere in my Wii, or the SD, is on the way out. Its never been this bad and its pretty goddamn annoying.

 

[secretanchitman]

hey guys! im about to take "advantage" of the $50 black wii bundle offer at gamestop...and there is only one thing holding me back - getting my brawl save off of my current wii and onto a sd card/hard drive onto the new black wii. ive backed up all my other saves to my sd card, and i dont have any vc stuff, so im all good to go on that.

im updated to 4.1 and run my games off of my external/laptop hard drive (i only have brawl installed because the load times kill me), and of course, brawl's save wont transfer. i read that waninkokos savegame extractor/installer will work, but its quite old (2 years old today, i believe)? is there any better way to get non-transferrable saves (like mario kart and brawl) copied onto an sd card and restore it back knowing that it'll work?

thanks in advance guys!

 

[Speevy]

Just a general question; why does Wii homebrew seem to have slowed down so much over the last couple of years?

 

[fernoca]

hey guys! im about to take "advantage" of the $50 black wii bundle offer at gamestop...and there is only one thing holding me back - getting my brawl save off of my current wii and onto a sd card/hard drive onto the new black wii. ive backed up all my other saves to my sd card, and i dont have any vc stuff, so im all good to go on that.

im updated to 4.1 and run my games off of my external/laptop hard drive (i only have brawl installed because the load times kill me), and of course, brawl's save wont transfer. i read that waninkokos savegame extractor/installer will work, but its quite old (2 years old today, i believe)? is there any better way to get non-transferrable saves (like mario kart and brawl) copied onto an sd card and restore it back knowing that it'll work?

thanks in advance guys!

Waninkoko works fine..at least for the saves I've tried..
Well, if you're not too attached to your own save..
There are a few saves at wiisave.com; with everything unlocked and can be transferred from the SD to the Wii, with no problem.


Anyway..
Question time!
Lately I've been interesting into ways, so the front light is always on...
Most solutions require modding/opening the console..

I've seen a few USB loaders that have the option to leave the light on, as long as you're playing a game...is such option possible with Configurable USB?

 

[EatChildren]

Just a general question; why does Wii homebrew seem to have slowed down so much over the last couple of years?

I wouldnt say its slown down, more that a lot of the goals have now been met. We've got a USB loader, audio and video file players, image loaders, FTP apps, and an abundance of other applications for other small features. Most of the developers who made these things are no doubt focusing on improving their applications.

Everything else that I think would really improve the Wii are either far too difficult or impossible to make.

 

[Clipper]

Ok, I need some help. I have the HBC channel installed and updated to the newest version. My Wii is up to date as well. I'm trying to install the DVD loader (that'll let me play movies) but it's not working. I basically just need a bit of help finding/using/whatevering a program that'll let me watch DVD's on this stupid console. I just want to be able to watch movies in my bedroom. =(

I'm not sure if MPlayerCE is still the best app for this, but that is what you will need. You will also need to install IOS202 if you want to use it to read files off USB, I think. Be warned that playing DVDs can apparently harm the laser on the Wii, lowering its lifetime.

So after the last 10 or so attempts at booting CFG through the HBC it only manages to work once, giving me the previously mentioned black screen every other time.

I havent tried the IOS36 restoration yet, but its gotten significantly more frequent and I'm really wondering if something somewhere in my Wii, or the SD, is on the way out. Its never been this bad and its pretty goddamn annoying.

Does the waiting until the network light stops flashing trick work for you?

Waninkoko works fine..at least for the saves I've tried..
Well, if you're not too attached to your own save..
There are a few saves at wiisave.com; with everything unlocked and can be transferred from the SD to the Wii, with no problem.


Anyway..

One other thing I'd add is to delete your online profile before transferring. I think there are issues if you transfer that part. Transferring the rest using Savegame Manager should be fine.

Question time!
Lately I've been interesting into ways, so the front light is always on...
Most solutions require modding/opening the console..

I've seen a few USB loaders that have the option to leave the light on, as long as you're playing a game...is such option possible with Configurable USB?

It's not possible with Cfg, no. What's the point? It just seems to be wasteful, to me.

 

[Rich!]

Has anyone confirmed if homebrew works on the new US black Wiis?

Worked on the Black PAL Wii I set up for a friend when she got it at christmas.

 

[fernoca]

Awww..I like the light.. ..


As for DVD-playing..well..yeah, keeping in mind what Clipper said (about 202 and possible damages to the laser)....also that I think you need DVD-X installed on it too...

I can recommend WiiMC (www.wiimc.org)..plays DVDs with menu, though some are really slow, so it's better to choose the option to avoid menus and play the movie straight...

One thing..
Tried the 1.0.1 version a few days ago with one DVD quickly..worked fine..
Then tried yesterday and noticed there was an update (1.0.2), updated it..and the DVD played..with no sound, even after changing the options....so erased it and downloaded 1.0.1 from their site again and tried it..
Worked darn fine actually..One problem I had with other similar players is that after sometime the movies just stop playing, probably because of cache....also the movies looked badly compressed (probably because of the whole streaming thing)

But yesterday, tried on 1.0.1 ..The Final Destination (3D side -1.5 hours), Avatar (nearly 3 hours) and the first 15 minutes of HP and The Half blood Prince..and no problems..awesome quality too (no artifacts, Avatar fill the entire screen and looked amazing)..

It also allows for SD Cards, USB storages and network (SMB and FTP)..maybe others will have better luck with the recent version..so try the updated one from the Homebrew Browser..if not, download the previous one from their site.

 

[EatChildren]

Does the waiting until the network light stops flashing trick work for you?

Just gave it a shot. Five boots of CFG, each time waiting until the HBC network icon stopped flashing. CFG booted twice, and I got a black screen the other three times.

Its not a problem exclusive to CFG. MPlayerCE had the same problem, though its maybe only happened a couple of times with WiiMC. WiiMC and CFG are the only apps I tend to use, but I've had my Wii softmodded for a looong time, so god knows what IOS related crap I've done to it. Im pretty sure I 202'd for DVD player, despite never using it.

I cant try the IOS36 patching until I'm back at home at the end of the week, but it does seem weird that this problem has become more frequent over the last few weeks. CFG is failing to boot more often than actually working, and I ended up deleting MPlayerCE as it wouldnt boot at all.

 

[Overlee]

Maybe you can help me on this one Clipper:

My girlfriend updated my modded Wii to 4.2 by accident so I'm unable to use USB Loader anymore. So I go through the steps of adding IOS249 and I get as far as step 2. I load up IOS15 (Rev 257) and follow all the steps to install IOS36 into IOS249. I choose to "download IOS from NUS" and the installation starts up then fails and says this:

ES_AddTitleStart returned: -1035
Has your installed IOS36 a higher revision than 3351?
IOS36 installation failed.
Press any button to exit...

According to DOP-Mii's "SysCheck" I have IOS36 (v3351) with everything enabled except for "flash." Is there something I'm doing wrong?

 

[Clipper]

Maybe you can help me on this one Clipper:

My girlfriend updated my modded Wii to 4.2 by accident so I'm unable to use USB Loader anymore. So I go through the steps of adding IOS249 and I get as far as step 2. I load up IOS15 (Rev 257) and follow all the steps to install IOS36 into IOS249. I choose to "download IOS from NUS" and the installation starts up then fails and says this:



According to DOP-Mii's "SysCheck" I have IOS36 (v3351) with everything enabled except for "flash." Is there something I'm doing wrong?

Looks like you're my first guinea pig for the new instructions (they changed earlier today).

OK... firstly, you should have noticed that there is a special section for reinstalling after an official update which is a little easier that you could have followed. However, I'd appreciate it if you can continue in your from scratch method here (it won't hurt you and it will help me).

Next, are you absolutely sure you downloaded the correct version of TBR? It was updated today and I changed the instructions significantly to match only the new version (1.12).

If you did have the right version, then can you try installing the patched IOS36 to IOS236 instead? It is possible that the fix that was made to allow you to replace the stub isn't valid (in which case, I need to chat to the creator). If you can install to IOS236 but not IOS249, then that would be the issue. If the install to the 236 slot works, then continue using 236 instead of 249 for the remainder of that page of the tutorial (you could also go the updating steps instead).

If you have the right version and it can't install to 236 either, then you should satart again as it means you likely made a mistake when downgrading IOS15.

 

[Overlee]

Looks like you're my first guinea pig for the new instructions (they changed earlier today).

OK... firstly, you should have noticed that there is a special section for reinstalling after an official update which is a little easier that you could have followed. However, I'd appreciate it if you can continue in your from scratch method here (it won't hurt you and it will help me).

Next, are you absolutely sure you downloaded the correct version of TBR? It was updated today and I changed the instructions significantly to match only the new version (1.12).

If you did have the right version, then can you try installing the patched IOS36 to IOS236 instead? It is possible that the fix that was made to allow you to replace the stub isn't valid (in which case, I need to chat to the creator). If you can install to IOS236 but not IOS249, then that would be the issue. If the install to the 236 slot works, then continue using 236 instead of 249 for the remainder of that page of the tutorial (you could also go the updating steps instead).

If you have the right version and it can't install to 236 either, then you should start again as it means you likely made a mistake when downgrading IOS15.

I was actually using TBR 1.12 earlier tonight (it now gives you 4 options to select "yes" when patching). Just tried installing to 236 and the first time it failed and gave me an error message but it worked the second time I tried!

Thanks for the help, hopefully everything else goes without a hitch.

edit: everything's working once again, only issue now is my home brew channel is completely flipped upside down :lol .

 

[Clipper]

I was actually using TBR 1.12 earlier tonight (it now gives you 4 options to select "yes" when patching). Just tried installing to 236 and the first time it failed and gave me an error message but it worked the second time I tried!

Thanks for the help, hopefully everything else goes without a hitch.

edit: everything's working once again, only issue now is my home brew channel is completely flipped upside down :lol .

This is proof that you've been seeing other tutorials... Aah, how could you?!

Seriously, though, you've been doing some bad stuff to your Wii there. You now have a hodgepodge of IOSes from Nintendo and some other sort of crap (probably cIOScorp crap). It now makes sense why your 36 was all patched up even though you were on 4.2. Could go a long way to explaining why you had trouble with the reinstall too.

If you want to correct things, you need to restore most of your Nintendo IOSes to their real versions. Use Dop-Mii and just install the latest versions of the non-stubbed IOSes. Also, seriously reconsider what you are putting on your Wii in future.

 

[Synless]

With Galaxy 2 coming out soon, I decided it might be time to update my Wii and get everything running solid. I installed Boot2v4 so that I could upgrade to 4.2 firmware the safe way. Before that I was following the directions so that I could get Bootmii back on the system and none of the bannerbomb things are working for me. I can't seem to get Bootmii back on my system now. Any ideas?

 

[Clipper]

With Galaxy 2 coming out soon, I decided it might be time to update my Wii and get everything running solid. I installed Boot2v4 so that I could upgrade to 4.2 firmware the safe way. Before that I was following the directions so that I could get Bootmii back on the system and none of the bannerbomb things are working for me. I can't seem to get Bootmii back on my system now. Any ideas?

Please note that you don't need Bannerbomb to install BootMii if you still have the HBC on there. There are instructions for upgrading or reinstalling BootMii as part of the page (I just changed the title of that section to include "reinstalling").

 

[Synless]

Please note that you don't need Bannerbomb to install BootMii if you still have the HBC on there. There are instructions for upgrading or reinstalling BootMii as part of the page (I just changed the title of that section to include "reinstalling").

I must have missed that. Ill check that out when I get home, thanks!

 

[fernoca]

Silly..dumb question..
When it comes to HDDs and Wii..is there any specific way of ..like..turning off/on the system and that the HDD is not affected??

Is that I read...in so many places that you have/need to "safely remove" the HDD from your computer, to avoid damaging data and stuff...and all that mumbo jumbo...yet on the Wii, well..there's no such thing as "safely removing an HDD"..

So I feel..bad every time I turn off the Wii..as if I was damaging the HDD...little by little... :lol

Or..everything's going to be all right?

 

[InfiniteNine]

Silly..dumb question..
When it comes to HDDs and Wii..is there any specific way of ..like..turning off/on the system and that the HDD is not affected??

Is that I read...in so many places that you have/need to "safely remove" the HDD from your computer, to avoid damaging data and stuff...and all that mumbo jumbo...yet on the Wii, well..there's no such thing as "safely removing an HDD"..

So I feel..bad every time I turn off the Wii..as if I was damaging the HDD...little by little... :lol

Or..everything's going to be all right?

No, it will implode on itself calling upon the heat of a thousand suns in it's malfunction, then a phoenix will rise from it's ashes and brick your Wii.

Spoiler

It'll be fine as long as you don't turn it off while it's writing to it.

Also getting my second Wii soon! Excited since I've missed out on what came out since I traded my old one for a PS3 when they where $500.

 

[fernoca]

No, it will implode on itself calling upon the heat of a thousand suns in it's malfunction, then a phoenix will rise from it's ashes and brick your Wii.

Spoiler

It'll be fine as long as you don't turn it off while it's writing to it.

I KNEW IT! ;p
Thanks.

 

[RetroMG]

I have a laptop hard drive that I put into an enclosure, and formatted to WBFS, and loaded my games on. It's been working just fine, but when I first turn on the Wii to play, if I go to USB Loader GX of CFG loader, it doesn't start up correctly. (GX gives me a blank menu, and CFG hangs at the loading screen.) I can solve the problem by having the drive unplugged, and plugging it in to the Wii while the loader is searching for the drive, but I'd like to know if there's anything I can do to just make it start up the first time.

Also, thanks for the Homebrew Wiki. I looked for my answer in there and didn't find it, but I found a lot of other things I want to look into.

 

[Clipper]

I have a laptop hard drive that I put into an enclosure, and formatted to WBFS, and loaded my games on. It's been working just fine, but when I first turn on the Wii to play, if I go to USB Loader GX of CFG loader, it doesn't start up correctly. (GX gives me a blank menu, and CFG hangs at the loading screen.) I can solve the problem by having the drive unplugged, and plugging it in to the Wii while the loader is searching for the drive, but I'd like to know if there's anything I can do to just make it start up the first time.

Also, thanks for the Homebrew Wiki. I looked for my answer in there and didn't find it, but I found a lot of other things I want to look into.

You can try using the other version (e.g., of 57b or 57b-222) to see if the other IOS type helps you out. Also try using a forwarder, as you might have better luck.

Finally, look around your drive manufacturer's website to see if they have a tool that disables 'spin down'. If so, that might get it working.

 

[Lkr]

is there a way to watch hulu on wii?

 

[lostinblue]

Am I the only one who noticed a big decrease in performance on the Snes9x GX emulator last version?

The 1.52 Snes9x core seems to take a bigger tool on the hardware; specially with the h2qx filters applied. (and I always wondered why no 2xSal was available on the emulator)

 

[Rich!]

Am I the only one who noticed a big decrease in performance on the Snes9x GX emulator last version?

The 1.52 Snes9x core seems to take a bigger tool on the hardware; specially with the h2qx filters applied. (and I always wondered why no 2xSal was available on the emulator)

All I know is that Earthworm Jim 2's sound doesn't work anymore. Up until this release it worked perfectly, and now it's fucked up again. Shame.

 

[Dwight Schrute]

I have a slight problem so I figured out I might ask here.

I have Hombrew channel installed since a long time (I used it for region free purposes), and I upgraded when 4.2 was released with some program that let me use the homebrew channel. So it's not official 4.2 update I think.

But I just bought Muramasa, and when booting the game it says I must update my Wii.

Of course, I didn't updated and tryied to load the game with Gecko Os, but it returned a #002 error.

I read the GAF wiki, but really, for a "newcomer" (I didn' read all homebrew stuff since a long time), it's hard to understand what's going on with all thoses OSes and revisions.

So here is my question :

How to update all OSes (and other stuff ?) to the last versions (and play my original Muramasa) WITHOUT losing my homebrew stuff ?

Thanks a lot !

 

[Clipper]

I have a slight problem so I figured out I might ask here.

I have Hombrew channel installed since a long time (I used it for region free purposes), and I upgraded when 4.2 was released with some program that let me use the homebrew channel. So it's not official 4.2 update I think.

But I just bought Muramasa, and when booting the game it says I must update my Wii.

Of course, I didn't updated and tryied to load the game with Gecko Os, but it returned a #002 error.

I read the GAF wiki, but really, for a "newcomer" (I didn' read all homebrew stuff since a long time), it's hard to understand what's going on with all thoses OSes and revisions.

So here is my question :

How to update all OSes (and other stuff ?) to the last versions (and play my original Muramasa) WITHOUT losing my homebrew stuff ?

Thanks a lot !

Best thing in your situation is to do the Safe Upgrade method (using Method 1 of PART 2).

In any case, the update in Muramasa is just an IOS and it won't install any new firmware.

 

[Dwight Schrute]

Best thing in your situation is to do the Safe Upgrade method (using Method 1 of PART 2).

In any case, the update in Muramasa is just an IOS and it won't install any new firmware.

So I can just install muramasa's update and won't loose homebrew ?

Thx a lot.

EDIT : Update says it could find and delete any unauthorized software...

Isn' there any way to update IOSes to play new games without loosing homebrews ?

 

[Mejilan]

Download and use the newest DOP-Mii from wiibrew.org.
That'll allow you to independently update IOSes by downloading them straight from Nintendo's update servers. To a certain extent, you're able to download just about any revision (I think it defaults to the newest available), and if applicable, apply various patches. Updating to the newest ones released without any patches is the equivalent of installing them officially.

 

[lostinblue]

All I know is that Earthworm Jim 2's sound doesn't work anymore. Up until this release it worked perfectly, and now it's fucked up again. Shame.

Yup, the emulator definitely got worse with this release; if anyone needs the last 1.51 based-build just ask, I was lucky to have a backup of it and downgraded.

The prompt for "a new version is available do you want to download it?" should be able to be disabled too; it appears each time I start it up.

 

[Synless]

Please note that you don't need Bannerbomb to install BootMii if you still have the HBC on there. There are instructions for upgrading or reinstalling BootMii as part of the page (I just changed the title of that section to include "reinstalling").

Ok, so I have a launch Wii and used to have Bootmii as a boot2 install. After I updated to 4.2 using the methods in the wiki I attempted to use your reinstall method. The problem is that it now says "Failed (-1)" as it is trying to do it. This happens right after it says Mounting SD card. I have tried a couple different SD cards and the same results happen. Any ideas?

*Edit* I think the error is because I am actually on 4.2. I think I need to reinstall it using the methods outlined in the 4.2 or above section.

 

[peppermints]

So yesterday I was at a friend's place helping him do a safe update to 4.2U so he could update his store channel to buy some stuff.

We were using two SD cards, one his and one mine. The only thing I did with my card was transfer everything off of it onto his computer so we could do the update from it and then transferred everything back.

Well, when I get home later that night I try to put my card into my Wii and at the SD card menu I get an error saying something like "The device inserted cannot be read". It works fine when connected to my computer (can both read and write to it) and I tested my roommate's card and his works in my Wii as well, so I know it's not the reader on the Wii. Additionally, the Homebrew Channel never loads the apps on it either.

Any idea on why it won't read all of a sudden when it worked just fine on my friend's?? I am on 4.2U and it's a 2GB micro-SD card inserted into the bigger converter card.

 

[Glix]

So yesterday I was at a friend's place helping him do a safe update to 4.2U so he could update his store channel to buy some stuff.

We were using two SD cards, one his and one mine. The only thing I did with my card was transfer everything off of it onto his computer so we could do the update from it and then transferred everything back.

Well, when I get home later that night I try to put my card into my Wii and at the SD card menu I get an error saying something like "The device inserted cannot be read". It works fine when connected to my computer (can both read and write to it) and I tested my roommate's card and his works in my Wii as well, so I know it's not the reader on the Wii. Additionally, the Homebrew Channel never loads the apps on it either.

Any idea on why it won't read all of a sudden when it worked just fine on my friend's?? I am on 4.2U and it's a 2GB micro-SD card inserted into the bigger converter card.

The lock switch might have been pushed by accident. Happens to me all the time. Some SD cards have a little slider that locks/unlocks writing to the card.

Stealth Edit - oh, it can't read it?? You may have pulled it out of your friends wii/computer while it was writing and now it is corrupted?

Gah, I have to read better, it works fine in the pc... Sorry, I'm an idiot.

 

[peppermints]

The lock switch might have been pushed by accident. Happens to me all the time. Some SD cards have a little slider that locks/unlocks writing to the card.

Stealth Edit - oh, it can't read it?? You may have pulled it out of your friends wii/computer while it was writing and now it is corrupted?

Gah, I have to read better, it works fine in the pc... Sorry, I'm an idiot.

I've put the lock switch both ways.

I've also tried formatting it completely (to FAT32, of course) and still no luck. I formatted it on a Mac, but I doubt that matters.

 

[Clipper]

So I can just install muramasa's update and won't loose homebrew ?

Thx a lot.

EDIT : Update says it could find and delete any unauthorized software...

Isn' there any way to update IOSes to play new games without loosing homebrews ?

You can use DOP-Mii as suggested, but trust me, the warning is a lie. The update on Muramasa did delete stuff at some stage, but as long as your HBC is up to date, it won't do anything to you now.

Ok, so I have a launch Wii and used to have Bootmii as a boot2 install. After I updated to 4.2 using the methods in the wiki I attempted to use your reinstall method. The problem is that it now says "Failed (-1)" as it is trying to do it. This happens right after it says Mounting SD card. I have tried a couple different SD cards and the same results happen. Any ideas?

*Edit* I think the error is because I am actually on 4.2. I think I need to reinstall it using the methods outlined in the 4.2 or above section.

Yes, you need a different bannerbomb if you are on 4.2. However, I take it you failed to notice the section titled "Upgrading or Reinstalling BootMii if the HBC is still installed". Do that section instead. Much easier.

So yesterday I was at a friend's place helping him do a safe update to 4.2U so he could update his store channel to buy some stuff.

We were using two SD cards, one his and one mine. The only thing I did with my card was transfer everything off of it onto his computer so we could do the update from it and then transferred everything back.

Well, when I get home later that night I try to put my card into my Wii and at the SD card menu I get an error saying something like "The device inserted cannot be read". It works fine when connected to my computer (can both read and write to it) and I tested my roommate's card and his works in my Wii as well, so I know it's not the reader on the Wii. Additionally, the Homebrew Channel never loads the apps on it either.

Any idea on why it won't read all of a sudden when it worked just fine on my friend's?? I am on 4.2U and it's a 2GB micro-SD card inserted into the bigger converter card.

Did you reinstall BootMii or the HBC via BannerBomb during those steps at all? Seems like you may have missed the following section of BootMii/HBC pages:

After Installing (Either method)

* Go to your SD Card and remove or rename sd:/private. This disable BannerBomb so you can use the SD card for other things. Rename your old private directory back to sd:/private if you had one.

Edit: Oh wait, just saw you formatted it and it still has issues. That would indeed mean it wasn't BannerBomb...

I used to have a problem with one of my SD cards by adapter this way. The Wii doesn't squeeze SD cards the same way PCs usually do. My adapter had a little metal tray above that a Mini-SD slid behind, but that tray wouldn't always be flush, so it sometimes wouldn't push the Mini-SD onto the contacts. I fixed it by applying some gentle pressure to the tray so that it always pushed the Mini card onto the contacts (this made it click into place firmly while it had been a little loose beforehand). Perhaps you need to do the same.

 

[Synless]

You can use DOP-Mii as suggested, but trust me, the warning is a lie. The update on Muramasa did delete stuff at some stage, but as long as your HBC is up to date, it won't do anything to you now.


Yes, you need a different bannerbomb if you are on 4.2. However, I take it you failed to notice the section titled "Upgrading or Reinstalling BootMii if the HBC is still installed". Do that section instead. Much easier.


Did you reinstall BootMii or the HBC via BannerBomb during those steps at all? Seems like you may have missed the following section of BootMii/HBC pages:



Edit: Oh wait, just saw you formatted it and it still has issues. That would indeed mean it wasn't BannerBomb...

I used to have a problem with one of my SD cards by adapter this way. The Wii doesn't squeeze SD cards the same way PCs usually do. My adapter had a little metal tray above that a Mini-SD slid behind, but that tray wouldn't always be flush, so it sometimes wouldn't push the Mini-SD onto the contacts. I fixed it by applying some gentle pressure to the tray so that it always pushed the Mini card onto the contacts (this made it click into place firmly while it had been a little loose beforehand). Perhaps you need to do the same.

No, I noticed it and tried it. That's how I'm getting those errors mentioned in my previous post.

 

[Clipper]

No, I noticed it and tried it. That's how I'm getting those errors mentioned in my previous post.

Oh, sorry. I misread your response. I'm not really sure what's going on there. Try the 4.2 BannerBomb steps, I guess. Also, make sure you don't have the pre-4.2 BannerBomb on the card when you do either method.

 

[Synless]

Oh, sorry. I misread your response. I'm not really sure what's going on there. Try the 4.2 BannerBomb steps, I guess. Also, make sure you don't have the pre-4.2 BannerBomb on the card when you do either method.

Ill give that a shot tomorrow and let you know if anything happens, thanks again.

 

[euro stalker]

is there a program to see the rev's of the iso's i am using ?
Can i update revs by multiple numbers ? rev 7 to rev 17 in one go ?

 

[Mejilan]

The aforementioned DOP-Mii should report what versions of any given IOS are currently installed. You can then compare what you have with what's available on the NUS servers and update them (or not) accordingly.