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[Stumpokapow]

I think IOS Downgrader is the one that re-inserts the trucha hooks into all the IOSes, so he should be safe.

 

[Clipper]

I think IOS Downgrader is the one that re-inserts the trucha hooks into all the IOSes, so he should be safe.

Now that I had time to do more searching, it seems this is the case. I could only find references to Custom IOS Downgrader before.

IOS Downgrader seems almost the same as cIOSCORP, so there is still a good chance of Wii bricking here, unfortunately. If it's a boot2v4+ Wii, then I think it's bricked for certain. Otherwise it should be OK.

 

[Mejilan]

IOS Downgrader re-patches the trucha (fake sign) bug into various legitimate Nintendo IOSes. It's generally as safe as these kinds of apps can be. I had the misfortune of experimenting with my sister's LU64 Wii a month or two ago, and while it did screw things up in that I couldn't launch ANY homebrew (black screen freeze), I was able to remedy the situation by simply performing a Nintendo update. That restored all of the IOSes to a modern, working state, and as for me, lesson learned.

cIOS Downgrader is the one for downgrading a Wii's firmware. The uninitiated can very easily brick a newer Wii by using that one.

 

[G.O.O.]

As far as I can tell, it is meant to have a menu. It seems like you have just downgraded your Wii in some way. Good luck with that, hopefully you haven't bricked your Wii.

For future reference:

In fact, the "menu" is a note about warranty etc. Then you press A to launch or B to go back. I didn't remember it to work this way, that's how dumb I am.

The wii works (phew), now I'm pretty sure that I don't have the needed IOS D) so I can just follow what this website says, thank you.

Or maybe I should check/reinstall something else ?

cIOS Downgrader is the one for downgrading a Wii's firmware. The uninitiated can very easily brick a newer Wii by using that one.

Shit, that was close D:

 

[Clipper]

In fact, the "menu" is a note about warranty etc. Then you press A to launch or B to go back. I didn't remember it to work this way, that's how dumb I am.

The wii works (phew), now I'm pretty sure that I don't have the needed IOS D) so I can just follow what this website says, thank you.

Or maybe I should check/reinstall something else ?

I would upgrade your Wii by the official channel first, just in case, then install the IOSes via the methods specified in the tutorial. Even if you have them already, you can just install the latest versions over the old using the same method, so just assume they aren't there and go for it.

 

[G.O.O.]

I would upgrade your Wii by the official channel first, just in case, then install the IOSes via the methods specified in the tutorial.

Update via the update option on the wii menu, right ? (sorry, I don't want to make another mistake)

 

[Clipper]

Update via the update option on the wii menu, right ? (sorry, I don't want to make another mistake)

Yep.

 

[G.O.O.]

Thanks, it seems to be OK now.

Time for me to install bootmii aswell. The homebrew tutorial is really great btw.

 

[autobzooty]

I just got a new USB 2.0 HDD so I can start ripping my games to hard disk. Last time I tried this I had a problem with the compatibility of my harddrive. Apparently I had one of the few that were not compatible with the Wii. :lol

I finally got a new one though and I wanted to ask GAF if it would work before I open the package. The harddrive as a My Passport Essential 250 GB. This should work, right?

Also, as a side note, I heard that installing Metroid Prime 3 to HDD virtually eliminates all the nasty load times in the game. I sometimes find myself waiting upwards of 5 to 10 seconds just for a door to open while the game loads it. Is this true? If so, will it also cut down on the load times of the Metroid Prime Trilogy version?

Thanks in advance for the info.

 

[Pancakes R Us]

I have a WD My Passport 320GB HDD and it works without any issues (so far, anyway). I can't answer your question on MP3 I'm afraid, as I've only ever played it via the disc

 

[wii_HD]

I believe the extra stuff you need is DVDX which is part of the HackMii installer (used for BootMii and the HBC). It won't brick your Wii.

@ Clipper

Recap - Japanese wii 4.1 - mplayer CE installed - want DVD enabled.

Well I tried installing DVDX ( both versions ) through HB Browser and get some errors and
looking into this I think I need to wait for a newer version of DVDX otherwise its a case of doing a bunch of IOS installs that might brick the wii anyway.

Its just not worth the risk for me.

 

[autobzooty]

I have a WD My Passport 320GB HDD and it works without any issues (so far, anyway). I can't answer your question on MP3 I'm afraid, as I've only ever played it via the disc

Cool. It worked, installing Metroid Prime Trilogy now. Hope it continues to go smoothly and that it helps the load times.



Now that the Wii main menu is more or less obsolete for me, is there a way to make the Wii boot straight into the homebrew channel?

 

[autobzooty]

Uh, so I installed Metroid Prime Trilogy and it launched jut fine (it asked me to insert a disc to play, but ANY disc would work; I used Pikmin 2 :lol ), but when I went to launch the actual game out of MPT's menu, it went to the "Now Loading Metroid Prime 3" screen, flashed green, and then reset me to the Wii's main menu.

Now, I know that MPT is a weird game for this since it's technically three games in one and that might confuse the thing, but can anyone confirm if it's possible to run this off of HDD?

P.S.: The loader I'm using is called Backup Loader. Is there a better one I should try or something?

 

[Mejilan]

I don't feel like repeating myself, or searching through this thread, but the answer to your question has been answered here. It involves the alternate .dol boot method, basically a must for any Wii compilation disc. I have no idea if your loader supports it, but I did type up specific MPT instructions (more or less) for Cfg USB Loader within the last few pages of this thread.

Honestly, this is one of the games where it's probably better/easier to just run it off the discs, and to hell with the usual improvements that come with loading from HDD.

 

[autobzooty]

I don't feel like repeating myself, or searching through this thread, but the answer to your question has been answered here. It involves the alternate .dol boot method, basically a must for any Wii compilation disc. I have no idea if your loader supports it, but I did type up specific MPT instructions (more or less) for Cfg USB Loader within the last few pages of this thread.

Honestly, this is one of the games where it's probably better/easier to just run it off the discs, and to hell with the usual improvements that come with loading from HDD.

Yeah, I've been doing a ton of digging and it just seems like more trouble than it's worth.

It's a real shame, I should have just started my playthrough of MP3 on my Corruption disc instead of the trilogy disc. Waiting for the doors to open while getting my ass shot to hell is really trying my patience, but oh well.

 

[Fuzzy]

Honestly, this is one of the games where it's probably better/easier to just run it off the discs, and to hell with the usual improvements that come with loading from HDD.

That's what I decided to do after reading your posts.

 

[Dash Kappei]

Yeah, I've been doing a ton of digging and it just seems like more trouble than it's worth.

It's a real shame, I should have just started my playthrough of MP3 on my Corruption disc instead of the trilogy disc. Waiting for the doors to open while getting my ass shot to hell is really trying my patience, but oh well.

May I suggest you restart your playthrough using the Corruption disk and ripping that one instead?
Yeah I went there and it's that much better playing Corruption via HDD.

 

[Clipper]

Wow, I just made an awesome discovery with Configurable USB Loader. The video_patch option allows you to force some games that don't support 480p when playing via disc to support it. It's always irked me that my PAL Mario Party 8 and Dragonball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 2 have always used 576i on my console, despite my 480p setting. However, they seem to work perfectly in beautiful progressive scan mode with the "video=ntsc" and "video_patch=all" options set within the game options.

I don't know if this is only on the PAL versions of the games or because it's a PAL console, but can somebody else please try this out to see if it's a universal fix?

@ Clipper

Recap - Japanese wii 4.1 - mplayer CE installed - want DVD enabled.

Well I tried installing DVDX ( both versions ) through HB Browser and get some errors and
looking into this I think I need to wait for a newer version of DVDX otherwise its a case of doing a bunch of IOS installs that might brick the wii anyway.

Its just not worth the risk for me.

I said you needed to use the HackMii installer. You can either use bannerbomb, or manually create a subdirectory in your apps directory and copy boot.dol into there (e.g., sd:/apps/hackmii/boot.dol) so that the HBC can run it. I don't believe that version is available on the Homebrew Browser, and I'm actually surprised that there are any versions of DVDX on there at all.

Now, I know that MPT is a weird game for this since it's technically three games in one and that might confuse the thing, but can anyone confirm if it's possible to run this off of HDD?

P.S.: The loader I'm using is called Backup Loader. Is there a better one I should try or something?

You've already gotten your answer about the USB loading, but for the other question on whether there is a better loader, then yes. Configurable USB Loader is the best for compatibility, stability and personalisation. Wiiflow, which just released, is extremely pretty and almost certainly the best looking loader of the whole bunch. It appears to be nearly as stable as Configurable, too.

 

[EphemeralDream]

May i ask which is the best media player for playing .avi from a Pendrive?

Pen drive? I'm assuming it's a type of flash drive? Well I've only worked with SD cards on the Wii but MPlayer CE has been the king for months now. All the other apps are no longer actively updated and don't have the same level of functionality.

 

[Clipper]

So I discovered that my PAL version of Kororinpa also works in 480p using Configurable USB Loader and the settings mentioned in my previous post (as do The Simpsons Game and Spider-Man 3). Could someone with the NTSC version please give this a go to see if it's just PAL or not? It's the first version of it which is in question, aka Kororinpa: Marble Mania.

The only problem I can find with any of the games is that Spider-Man 3 seems to crop short some of the menus and the Home screen because it seems it truly expects 576 lines of rendering space. It seems perfectly playable despite this minor bug, though.

 

[EatChildren]

Wow, I just made an awesome discovery with Configurable USB Loader. The video_patch option allows you to force some games that don't support 480p when playing via disc to support it. It's always irked me that my PAL Mario Party 8 and Dragonball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 2 have always used 576i on my console, despite my 480p setting. However, they seem to work perfectly in beautiful progressive scan mode with the "video=ntsc" and "video_patch=all" options set within the game options.

I tried "Video = NTSC" and "Video Patch = On" for MadWorld and my LCD just said it couldn't display the image. Maybe it works, but my LCD just doesn't support the mode *shrug*.

Downloading WiiFlow now to give it a whirl. I hope it has various loader options like Configurable does, as I need to tweak some settings to get some games working.

 

[wii_HD]

Thanks Clipper.

All okay now.

 

[Clipper]

I tried "Video = NTSC" and "Video Patch = On" for MadWorld and my LCD just said it couldn't display the image. Maybe it works, but my LCD just doesn't support the mode *shrug*.

The video_patch needs to be "all" to force 480p, not "on".

 

[EatChildren]

The video_patch needs to be "all" to force 480p, not "on".

Ok, tried "all" for video_patch and "ForcePAL60" for MadWorld. Game appears to boot and run, but my LCD gives a "Unsupported Mode" error. This error pops up whenever a signal, usually resolution related, is sent to the screen via an input the LCD wont work with. I've ran into this error before when I had my PC hooked up, as a selection of resolutions wouldn't display on the screen.

In this case though I'm positive the game is running, as when I press "home" on the remote I can feel the rumble as I move the pointer over the various buttons on the home menu. The game is there, I just cant see it.

Whether this is a problem with the function and game compatability, or its just my LCD, I do not know. Somebody else should give it a shot; Video Patch = All, Video Mode = PAL60.

Oh, and I have Wiiflow installed. It's pretty damn good and compatability seems inline with CFG. I've had a few ERROR 002 problems, but I can just enable the fix in the options menu.

 

[Dash Kappei]

Ok, tried "all" for video_patch and "ForcePAL60" for MadWorld. Game appears to boot and run, but my LCD gives a "Unsupported Mode" error. This error pops up whenever a signal, usually resolution related, is sent to the screen via an input the LCD wont work with. I've ran into this error before when I had my PC hooked up, as a selection of resolutions wouldn't display on the screen.

In this case though I'm positive the game is running, as when I press "home" on the remote I can feel the rumble as I move the pointer over the various buttons on the home menu. The game is there, I just cant see it.

Whether this is a problem with the function and game compatability, or its just my LCD, I do not know. Somebody else should give it a shot; Video Patch = All, Video Mode = PAL60.

Oh, and I have Wiiflow installed. It's pretty damn good and compatability seems inline with CFG. I've had a few ERROR 002 problems, but I can just enable the fix in the options menu.

I'll try tonight with Little King's Story.
I would love if MadWorld became not squashed anymore with the 480p thing, but I guess we're out of luck anyway unless the game was in 576i instead of 480i. I don't remeber which one it is, if anybody can have a go at it it'd be awesome, since I've sold the game after the shitty pal debacle.

 

[Clipper]

I'll try tonight with Little King's Story.
I would love if MadWorld became not squashed anymore with the 480p thing, but I guess we're out of luck anyway unless the game was in 576i instead of 480i. I don't remeber which one it is, if anybody can have a go at it it'd be awesome, since I've sold the game after the shitty pal debacle.

All the PAL games that I've found this to work on seemed to be defaulting to 576i on disc, so it is very possible that this would fix this Madworld problem, although I don't know as I don't own the game.

 

[BocoDragon]

So I've been getting black screen freezes on my Wii that require a hard power down. It's probably the result of some downgrading/custom IOS trickery that was once required to hack the Wii at my level of firmware at the time. I was told earlier in this thread, don't remember whom exactly... that I should do a memory format, or something like that.

So how would this work? Do I just "format system memory" in the official Nintendo settings menu? And then hacking from the newest firmware is simple? Or is there some preferred homebrew method of restarting from scratch?

Can I backup my saves and expect them to work? (Fuck the Miis I've got ex girlfriends and shit on there :lol ) I understand I'll have to redownload my 2 VC and 1 Wiiware games... whatever.

I'm kinda clueless... haven't touched my Wii in awhile and I forget the whole process.

 

[Clipper]

So I've been getting black screen freezes on my Wii that require a hard power down. It's probably the result of some downgrading/custom IOS trickery that was once required to hack the Wii at my level of firmware at the time. I was told earlier in this thread, don't remember whom exactly... that I should do a memory format, or something like that.

So how would this work? Do I just "format system memory" in the official Nintendo settings menu? And then hacking from the newest firmware is simple? Or is there some preferred homebrew method of restarting from scratch?

Can I backup my saves and expect them to work? (Fuck the Miis I've got ex girlfriends and shit on there :lol ) I understand I'll have to redownload my 2 VC and 1 Wiiware games... whatever.

I'm kinda clueless... haven't touched my Wii in awhile and I forget the whole process.

There's an app called Savegame Manager or something similar on the Homebrew Browser. It'll copy your 'uncopyable' saves. To put them back, you just need to play the game once to get save data back on the Wii and then use Savegame manager to reinstall them, apparently.

 

[EatChildren]

I think I'm going to stick with WiiFlow for my loader. CFG is great, but WiiFlow has the exact same compatability for the games I own, and just looks extra nice. Although pretty much all, bar one or two, of the extra themes are complete crap, so it's probably better off getting the 'lite' version.

 

[BocoDragon]

There's an app called Savegame Manager or something similar on the Homebrew Browser. It'll copy your 'uncopyable' saves. To put them back, you just need to play the game once to get save data back on the Wii and then use Savegame manager to reinstall them, apparently.

Cool thanks! I think the only save I'll rescue is Zelda. My Wii has been criminally underplayed the last two years and that's the only savegame of note... And I never beat IT either, but there's no way I'm slogging through that opening sequence if I ever go back to it!

Mario Galaxy.. on the other hand... if I ever go back to that I want to start fresh

 

[Dash Kappei]

All the PAL games that I've found this to work on seemed to be defaulting to 576i on disc, so it is very possible that this would fix this Madworld problem, although I don't know as I don't own the game.

Little King's Story is 576i but it doesn't work with this 480p "fix" (->all and force ntsc).
I can hear the sound but the screen is black.
My Panasonic PX80 plasma doesn't miss any compatibility video mode so... at least that's what I know.

To we also need to check "VIDTV patch"?

Also, another matter.

I bought a game used, online.
The fucker gave me a totally scratched disc (this one is going back or I'll block the payment), but I wanted to know if that is why when I tried to install it with CFG, it gave me a "RET - 2 Error (CFG42)?
What kind of error is that? Is there a wiki list of all the errors' meaning?

I also tried to download WBFS Manager 2.5 as well, since these days I'm using a Windows laptop, just to see if my computer's drive could recognize and rip the disc, but it seems the Manager doesn't recognize my USB HDD. I mean, I can see it's under "F:" but it tells me that it's not formatted in WBFS, and it isn't even partitioned!

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

My friend owns a launch Wii. He recently upgrades his firmware and was excited about the SDHC support. I told him to homebrew it and you'd have that support wayy too early!

Since I have no knowledge about the Wii, what is the best software to downgrade the latest firmware?

One simple link would do. I will look up the rest by reading about that software in this thread. Thanks!

 

[Wario64]

Is House of the Dead 2+3 one of those weird games that only work by alternate DOL? On USbloader that is

I find it odd since HOTD2 doesnt want to boot unless I do alternate DOL, but HOTD3 works just loading the game normally through USBloader GX. Is that suppose to be normal?

 

[Mejilan]

Any Wii compilation game is going to come with multiple executables (.dol files), and so would require the alternate .dol method at some point. Most modern loaders allow you to save your preferred .dol as you select it, so that future boots will automatically boot the alternate .dol you selected. I don't know much about that particular USB loader, but perhaps it was configured to run HotD3's .dol by default?

Since I have no knowledge about the Wii, what is the best software to downgrade the latest firmware?

One simple link would do. I will look up the rest by reading about that software in this thread. Thanks!

Why the hell would you want to downgrade the Wii?
Just about everything you need to crack a Wii is here:
http://gwht.wikidot.com/

Also, SDHC support is pretty shite. You're literally better off sticking with regular SD cards. Max compatibility that way.

 

[Dash Kappei]

Is House of the Dead 2+3 one of those weird games that only work by alternate DOL? On USbloader that is

I find it odd since HOTD2 doesnt want to boot unless I do alternate DOL, but HOTD3 works just loading the game normally through USBloader GX. Is that suppose to be normal?

Yeah, just tried it for you with CFG42, HoTD2 gave me a black screen and my Wii froze up.
Didn't try with HotD3 or the alternate .dol method.

 

[Gazunta]

Hey, just a thought, maybe we can have a thread where we discuss Wii Homebrew releases? Demos, games, emulators, that kind of thing.

Or you know we can answer the same four questions over and over again. Either's fine.

The C64 emulator is a pain in the ass without a keyboard. The virtual keyboard keeps forgetting your binding settings and has a horrid colour scheme. Has anyone tried WinUAE? How's it handle mouse emulation?

 

[autobzooty]

So...I'm having trouble understanding the significance of a cIOS, or very well what it even is. I believe I'm on 249, but I'm not sure. Is there a way to check? And if I AM on 249, should I even bother to worry my pretty little head over this or will I be pretty much set forever with this?

 

[piccolosan]

I am having some trouble playing Metroid Prime 1 PAL on my Wii using Gecko OS. It runs just fine when I use the Freeloader on my Gamecube but wondering if I'm doing something wrong. I tried forcing PAL 60 and forcing NTSC in Gecko OS and no luck. Anyone have any idea if I'm doing something wrong?

 

[Clipper]

Little King's Story is 576i but it doesn't work with this 480p "fix" (->all and force ntsc).
I can hear the sound but the screen is black.
My Panasonic PX80 plasma doesn't miss any compatibility video mode so... at least that's what I know.

To we also need to check "VIDTV patch"?

I guess not all games work this way. Spider-Man 3 doesn't display menus correctly, but seems fully playable. LKS may not work at all.

Also, another matter.

I bought a game used, online.
The fucker gave me a totally scratched disc (this one is going back or I'll block the payment), but I wanted to know if that is why when I tried to install it with CFG, it gave me a "RET - 2 Error (CFG42)?
What kind of error is that? Is there a wiki list of all the errors' meaning?

The errors are from the IOS and I can't tell you what they mean. It probably is the reason, though.

My friend owns a launch Wii. He recently upgrades his firmware and was excited about the SDHC support. I told him to homebrew it and you'd have that support wayy too early!

Since I have no knowledge about the Wii, what is the best software to downgrade the latest firmware?

One simple link would do. I will look up the rest by reading about that software in this thread. Thanks!

As Mejilan said, don't bother downgrading. There is absolutely no benefit to be gained by downgrading.

Is House of the Dead 2+3 one of those weird games that only work by alternate DOL? On USbloader that is

I find it odd since HOTD2 doesnt want to boot unless I do alternate DOL, but HOTD3 works just loading the game normally through USBloader GX. Is that suppose to be normal?

Yes, HotD2 requires either the alt .dol or 222+Block IOS Reload method. HotD3 doesn't. The alt .dol method is even easier than it used to be in Configurable now, so go check the GWHT to find out how.

So...I'm having trouble understanding the significance of a cIOS, or very well what it even is. I believe I'm on 249, but I'm not sure. Is there a way to check? And if I AM on 249, should I even bother to worry my pretty little head over this or will I be pretty much set forever with this?

The cIOS are like mini operating systems. IOS249 is the predominant homebrew type IOS you will use. IOS222/223 is the only other one you need. You only ever use one or the other, but both can be installed on your Wii. Both also have revision numbers. The latest IOS249 is rev 14, the latest IOS222/223 is v4. You can find out which revision you are using on the Global Options screen of Configurable (push 1 twice). The GWHT also shows you how to get the latest versions of both.

 

[criesofthepast]

Figured here would be best to ask.

Is it worth hooking up the Wii with component on an HDTV? Just got another HDTV in the house where the Wii is hooked up and wondering if it's worth upgrading from composite.

 

[Starwolf_UK]

Figured here would be best to ask.

Is it worth hooking up the Wii with component on an HDTV? Just got another HDTV in the house where the Wii is hooked up and wondering if it's worth upgrading from composite.

Definitely. Makes a huge difference to the clarity and colour depth. Plus you'll get a Enhanced Definition 480p picture.

 

[criesofthepast]

Definitely. Makes a huge difference to the clarity and colour depth. Plus you'll get a Enhanced Definition 480p picture.

Thanks. Will buy the cheap wii component cables from monoprice.

 

[GaimeGuy]

I also tried to download WBFS Manager 2.5 as well, since these days I'm using a Windows laptop, just to see if my computer's drive could recognize and rip the disc, but it seems the Manager doesn't recognize my USB HDD. I mean, I can see it's under "F:" but it tells me that it's not formatted in WBFS, and it isn't even partitioned!

I'm getting a similar error in WBFS manager.

"Error occurred while loading drive. Make sure the drive is not in use or open and that it has been formatted to WBFS format."

I used GParted to downsize my FAT partition and then created a new primary partition (unformatted) using the space that was unpartitioned after the downsizing. Configurable USB loader formatted the new partition to WBFS. I even dumped some of my games to the partition, and they load fine. But in WBFS manager on Windows, it doesn't seem to recognize the WBFS partition exists. Does WBFS manager have trouble looking at separate partitions or something?

 

[Darvan]

Hi Guys,


Is it okay to update the Nintendo Channel while using homebrew Also is there anyway for the channel to display what game you played instead of one of the home brew apps?

Thanks

 

[Nabs]

i know by using individual game channels, i am able to see playtimes on my message board. you have to find a collection of channel wads for your region, and install with wad manager. super easy to do.

just make sure you back up your nand before you do anything (if you haven't yet).

 

[Clipper]

I'm getting a similar error in WBFS manager.

"Error occurred while loading drive. Make sure the drive is not in use or open and that it has been formatted to WBFS format."

I used GParted to downsize my FAT partition and then created a new primary partition (unformatted) using the space that was unpartitioned after the downsizing. Configurable USB loader formatted the new partition to WBFS. I even dumped some of my games to the partition, and they load fine. But in WBFS manager on Windows, it doesn't seem to recognize the WBFS partition exists. Does WBFS manager have trouble looking at separate partitions or something?

Yes, partitioning it the way in the tutorial does seem to make it harder (but not impossible) for you to use WBFS managers. I actually like that, though. There are very few valid reasons to use a WBFS manager, unless you're a pirate.

Hi Guys,


Is it okay to update the Nintendo Channel while using homebrew Also is there anyway for the channel to display what game you played instead of one of the home brew apps?

Thanks

Yes, updating is fine. To get individual games to show up in the time played, you need to install a channel per game as suggested. However, I strongly recommend against it. Firstly, installing a lot of stuff to your Wii like that comes with a chance of bricking. Secondly, if you want to upgrade your cIOS revision in future, you may need to reinstall every single game on your drive due to incompatibilities.

 

[Starwolf_UK]

i know by using individual game channels, i am able to see playtimes on my message board. you have to find a collection of channel wads for your region, and install with wad manager. super easy to do.

just make sure you back up your nand before you do anything (if you haven't yet).

To be honest it is just as easy to make your own channels (provided you've not been sabotaged in the partition making part) using one of the many tools than it is downloading pre-made ones.

Secondly, if you want to upgrade your cIOS revision in future, you may need to reinstall every single game on your drive due to incompatibilities.

I've yet to have that problem. Though I suppose Super Smash Bros Brawl counts as an incompatibility issue (due to cIOS rev14 not reading the second layer properly*), alt-dol games can be a hassle (if I'm not mistaken channel creators don't support being able to read dols directly off the disc meaning you have to rip the game then stick the alternate dol file onto an SD card).

*-channels which are cLoader based can used a hidden menu to override default settings; that is use IOS 222 instead of 249. But still you'd have to do this every time the game booted (unless the channel was made to default to 222).

 

[BocoDragon]

My Wii freezes often due to the hacking process... When choosing a Wii channel or settings menu, it may occasionally just hang on a black screen. It's bumming me out... these days I'd rather have a perfect Wii experience than the ability to play emulators on it

I had to downgrade before 3.4 was hacked.. I also installed some IOS thingy that let me access the wii shop at the time which required 3.4..... this likely caused the freezing... someone in this thread told me that awhile ago. I dunno if all that stuff has been overwritten by new COS or if its still there causing a problem. I really don't know.

How would you fix this? BootMii? I don't even know how to go about this. I can't even remember how to access bootmii.. I don't think I actually installed it when I had the option.

I want a "reset to factory" option somehow can someone please lend me their advice? Thanks!!

 

[CO_Andy]

BootMii works like a system restore, but because you've never used it before its pointless to use it now since you never saved a backup to begin with.

I guess it may be possible to use someone else's restore point if you install BootMii now. PM me if you'd like to use mine.

 

[BocoDragon]

BootMii works like a system restore, but because you've never used it before its pointless to use it now since you never saved a backup to begin with.

I guess it may be possible to use someone else's restore point if you install BootMii now. PM me if you'd like to use mine.

PM sent!