[TUTORIAL] How to "Unbrick your Wii" in case of brick!!!!!!!!!!!

Post by **Trymeon** » Wed 26 Aug 2009 20:53

Is this method valid for version 4.1E because by overwriting cios files I managed to brick my Wii

thanks

Post by **atupac** » Wed 26 Aug 2009 22:30

Thanks LosS for the tutorial! A few small questions:

- put the "autoboot wadmanager DVD" in the wii along with your "SD" card:
-> should I put in the DVD and turn off the wii, then turn it back on?

-If everything goes well the "autoboot wadmanager DVD" launches all by itself...:
-> do we need to hold down some button when powering on the wii with the dvd inside? (reset, eject, B on the GC controller,...)

-> If we have a chip (I have a Wiikey 2), do we need to set the "Autoboot" option to ON in the chip's menu using the config/update dvd?

- ..., a "wadmanager v1.1" menu will appear along with the files found on the "SD" card, the ".wad":
-> Are we REQUIRED to have the SD card (with the wad folder) in the wii?

Thanks.

Post by **madplayer** » Thu 27 Aug 2009 19:39

hello everyone
I just bricked my Wii by mistake.
I had firmware 3.1E installed.
and while updating my Wii to play wii sport resort it turns on but there black screen and nothing.

Post by **t1b4ut** » Sat 29 Aug 2009 10:37

thanks a lot
I'm going to try doing it I'll let you know if it works or not!

Post by **smok** » Mon 31 Aug 2009 16:54

wii 3.4E bricked
I have prelaoder V0.29
I'm testing the tutorial with the SD

Post by **leportos76** » Tue 1 Sep 2009 07:12

LosS wrote:TUTORIAL by LosS:

How to unbrick a bricked Wii, even without the "twilight hack" save,
only in "3.2E - 3.3E - 3.4E" and to be confirmed for the 4:
ATTENTION: this tutorial concerns people who had already installed "CISCORP V1/V2" and a "CHIP" before their brick.

The cause of the brick:
-Bad flashing of the xxxxxx.wad.
-Bad installation of a "cSM" theme.
-Corrupted system menu file.
-Semi-brick or full brick (doesn't work for all "full brick" cases).
-Preloader.
-Frozen system menu.
-For anyone who mixes up the pal and ntsc file like: "00000042.app" and "00000045.app"
etc..........

The principle when you brick your Wii, the first things to check before any conclusion:

-That you've already installed "cioscorp" or a "chip".
-Homebrew channel already installed.
-First check if it's not your graphics/video card that simply gave out.(black screen on the tv)
-The connections, oh yes that can happen too.
-The cause of the brick if you knew it.(installation, flash etc...)

-Download the iso pack:
Hidden message

-Burn the downloaded iso onto a dvd-r,
-preferably burn at x4 with the "verbatim" brand using "imgburn" or "nero".
-The downloaded iso is an "autoboot wadmanager v1.1", I won't explain it further, you must already know "wadmanager" lol .

-Download the pack for the "SD" card:
Hidden message

Copy to the root of your "SD" card.
The method I'm showing you is to put your wii system back to 3.2E without the net of course by using "the wadmanager autoboot".
-When you're done burning, put the "autoboot wadmanager DVD" in the wii along with your "SD" card.
-If everything goes well the "autoboot wadmanager DVD" launches all by itself, a menu "wadmanager v1.1" will appear along with the files found on the "SD" card, the ".wad".
The "autoboot wadmanager DVD" serves precisely to install the wads without going through "HBC" since it boots automatically at the wii's startup provided that before the brick you had already installed "cioscorp" or the "chip".

For those who were on 3.2E before the brick :
Just install the:
5-SystemMenu-v290.wad
There you've just put your system menu back to 3.2E,
for the rest of the installation go directly to STEP on "HBC"
Personally I redid it from scratch

Otherwise for those who were on 3.3E and 3.4E:
Follow this TUTORIAL:
Install in order one after the other :
1-IOS16-64-v257-prod.wad
2-IOS30-64-v1040.wad
3-RVL-mios-v5.wad.out.wad
4-RVL-bc-v2.wad.out.wad
5-SystemMenu-v290.wad
Anyway I numbered it, you can't go wrong.
There you've just downgraded your Wii without the net to 3.2E

STEP on "HBC":

And there your Wii is on 3.2E
Now you're starting fresh again with this tutorial :
Tutorial to launch backups on the wii from A to Z

-The rest of the installation is up to you depending on your config: "HBC, ciscorp, starfall, preloader, backup launcher etc......"
-I didn't include it since it's already on the "Tgames Forum" site and several tutorials have been made, and made well too ^^.

Personally I finished installing it like this:
6-Cioscorp V1(21 patched wad)
7-Custom Rev 9 --- you need "IOS36-64-v1042.wad"
at the root of your card if you're using it without the net.
8-Starfall (Antibrick -anti update -Region Free)
9-Miospatcher 3(GameCube_Games)
10-The last installation step is to reboot the wii.

Bonus video:
Summary of my brick:
By trying to install a "csm" found online, I simply bricked my Wii, black screen, the controller stopped responding and on top of that I didn't have the "twilight hack" save just "starfall" and "ciscorp" installed and of course "HBC".
The video I made, I bricked the wii live to show you the tutorial and the steps to follow, in the video you'll see a GC controller that's normal I wanted to reboot into starfall and you'll see when I inserted the original zelda game you should notice that I didn't have the twilight hack save and that I just installed "SystemMenu-v290.wad.", because I only bricked the banner and nothing else and I finished the rest of the installation on the "HBC".
Go ahead, enjoy watching everyone.

External content (video or audio) hidden: it sets its own cookies.

As for me, to this day, my wii has bricked 8 times since December 2008, the bricks I've had aren't all the same, due to my bad custom, preloader brick, corrupted system file basically pretty much everything ^^ plus the worst scare I had was when I no longer had the "Twilight hack" save imagine the panic!!!!!! lol

PS: To download the packs you have to post and follow up on your problem, whether "yes" or "no" it unbricked your wii.

Post by **porthi** » Wed 2 Sep 2009 11:25

thanks

Post by **lanzani** » Fri 4 Sep 2009 15:08

low level brick after virtual tennis update please help

Post by **sonbook** » Sun 6 Sep 2009 18:43

Thanks );

Post by **rikta77** » Mon 7 Sep 2009 08:21

hello I have a wii 3.2e black screen after update on wii sport resort could you help me please thanks

Post by **stef2002** » Mon 7 Sep 2009 19:36

thanks

Post by **eloid73** » Tue 8 Sep 2009 09:40

thanks for the tutorial

Post by **loujiano** » Thu 10 Sep 2009 15:44

Received a chipped Wii bricked after an update...Will this pack work???

Post by **eastman** » Fri 11 Sep 2009 10:59

Thanks

Post by **dlerital** » Mon 14 Sep 2009 21:06

thanks and well done

Post by **Fred9595** » Mon 14 Sep 2009 21:24

thanks

Post by **gilouforever** » Tue 15 Sep 2009 15:51

thanks I'm going to test it black screen for me
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Post by **keuloud** » Tue 15 Sep 2009 22:21

Curious to see how this could work on a 3.3 or 3.4 (trucha no longer being available).

I'll test it and keep you posted.

Update:

As with all 3.3 & 3.4, without trucha, unofficial autoboots don't work, so it's impossible to boot into wadmanager (even with a chip that accepts autoboot).

If anyone has managed to unbrick a 3.3EU without a TP save, without starfall & all that jazz, just with a chip and an autoboot, let them get in touch, I'm interested.

Post by **xouabita** » Fri 18 Sep 2009 18:37

Thanks a lot. My Wii is bricked I had it in the a**. But now thanks to this tutorial...

Post by **xouabita** » Fri 18 Sep 2009 18:37

Thanks a lot. My Wii is bricked I had it in the a**. But now thanks to this tutorial...

Post by **sulli1289** » Sat 19 Sep 2009 18:09

Post by **alex10** » Sat 19 Sep 2009 18:47

THANK

Post by **tutur6214** » Tue 22 Sep 2009 11:06

thanks I'll keep it just in case

Post by **Dosce** » Tue 22 Sep 2009 21:01

Er, I only semi-bricked my Wii, meaning when I turn it on, it's the Preloader that opens, the system menu can't launch, and I can access the homebrew channel.
Wouldn't there be a less "heavy" method than the one proposed in the tutorial to help me? (Actually it would bug me to waste a DVD, and if someone can help me without formatting my Wii, so I don't have to reinstall everything, that would be great

)

Post by **equaliseur** » Tue 22 Sep 2009 21:25

Thanks always good to have on hand

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