[OUTDATED] Protect your Wii from brick risks with Starfall

Step-by-step Wii tutorials: mod your Wii, install the Homebrew Channel, cIOS and a USB Loader, back up and unbrick your console.
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[OUTDATED] Protect your Wii from brick risks with Starfall

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[DEPASSE] Protéger sa Wii des risques de brick avec Starfall Here is a little tutorial showing you how to protect your beloved Wii from bricking risks with Starfall!
PS: This tutorial also allows you to block updates and launch import games on your Wii directly from the disc channel.



Please excuse me for spelling mistakes.

IMPORTANT : Neither I nor the Tgames forum can be held responsible for problems resulting from the use of this tutorial. Know then that you use it at your own risk.


Required materials:

- A European Wii in 3.2.
- A Gamecube controller.
- An SD card.
- A way to read your SD card via your computer.
- The Zelda: Twilight Princess game.
- The Homebrew Channel. (See HERE to install it
- An internet connection on your Wii.
- The pack to download.



The pack contains: (Download the pack:Pack Ready To Use By Wantose.rar - 0.86MB)


- Starfall.
- cIOS Downgrader.
- cIOS Rev7 (It is compatible with "Backup Loader 0.3 Gamma" by Wiigator and with Starfall).
- The European Twilight Hack save.




I) SD card preparation:

- Place the folders: "Starfall", "cIOS Downgrader", "cIOS Rev7" in the "apps" folder on your SD card.
- Place the "private" folder at the root of your SD card.



II) Starfall preparation:


- Put your SD card in your Wii.

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- Go to the "the homebrew channel" channel.

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- Launch "Starfall".
- After reading the text, press simultaneously "B+1" and not "B+2" (It's a programmer's error)

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- A new menu appears.

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- In this menu, select the last 3 options and press "A" on each one to display "Install".
- Once the last 3 options have been applied, press "2".
- Starfall is installed, exit the application by pressing A or Home.


How to verify that Starfall is properly installed?


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- Turn off your Wii.
- Plug in your Gamecube controller.
- Turn on your Wii while holding down the "Y" button on the controller.
- A black screen appears showing "3.2E".
- There Starfall is properly installed!


III) What to do if my Wii is bricked?

- Put your SD card in your computer.
- Delete everything on your SD card.
- Copy/paste to the root of your SD card the file "boot.dol" which is in the "cIOS Downgrader" folder
- Put the SD card in your Wii.

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- Turn off your Wii.
- Plug in your Gamecube controller.
- Turn on your Wii while holding the "Y" button pressed.
- Launch the "Twilight Hack" save

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- Talk to the person in front of you.

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- Follow the instructions.

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- Downgrade or Upgrade your console to the desired version but in "E" version.
- Your Wii is now repaired.



Do not delete the "Twilight Hack" save if you want to recover your Wii. :angel:
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Re: [OUTDATED] Protect your Wii from brick risks with Starfall

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Thanks for the tutorial ;)

Here are some images to help illustrate it:

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Re: [OUTDATED] Protect your Wii from brick risks with Starfall

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Okay no problem, I'll put them in. :D



Could you come on MSN Tgames, please?
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Re: [OUTDATED] Protect your Wii from brick risks with Starfall

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Well there you go! if that's not nice! I'll repeat myself but good work Wantose! ;)
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Re: [OUTDATED] Protect your Wii from brick risks with Starfall

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Thank you very much.

PS: nice new signature and new avatar!
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Re: [OUTDATED] Protect your Wii from brick risks with Starfall

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Well done for this tutorial
It's perfect, with this we should be safe from bricking :bravo:
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Re: [OUTDATED] Protect your Wii from brick risks with Starfall

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Thanks, if it can help, that's cool :D
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Re: [OUTDATED] Protect your Wii from brick risks with Starfall

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excuse me I'm totally new, but doesn't pressing "y" at startup delete all the data (saves, channels etc...)??

thanks in advance.?
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Re: [OUTDATED] Protect your Wii from brick risks with Starfall

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Nah nah don't worry, actually that lets you launch zelda twilight to trigger the exploit ;)
don't worry, your data isn't touched at all.
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Re: [OUTDATED] Protect your Wii from brick risks with Starfall

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and if I already have the zelda exploit do I need to put that one in its place??
and for the cios I set up to make wiigator's gamma backup launcher work, do I need to uninstall it and install this one or do I leave wiigator's?

thanks for your help
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Re: [OUTDATED] Protect your Wii from brick risks with Starfall

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Actually you need to keep the twilight hack save on the wii and install starfall
That will let you, in case of a brick, launch the zelda game with the Y button to access the exploit and downgrade your wii. do you understand??
SO BASICALLY IF YOUR WII IS BRICKED IT WILL BECOME USABLE AGAIN!!!
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Re: [OUTDATED] Protect your Wii from brick risks with Starfall

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thank you very much for your help and your explanations ;)
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Re: [OUTDATED] Protect your Wii from brick risks with Starfall

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Say so if you understand, don't worry we're not going to eat you :p
If you don't understand some of the vocabulary all this involves...
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ok that's nice thanks again
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Re: [OUTDATED] Protect your Wii from brick risks with Starfall

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In starfall, there's a region free wii games section....

Could this section make pal games work on an ntsc wii and vice versa? That would need to be tested!
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Re: [OUTDATED] Protect your Wii from brick risks with Starfall

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Yes KornBoy, it lets you launch games directly from its disc channel.
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Re: [OUTDATED] Protect your Wii from brick risks with Starfall

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and does it work with backup launcher 0.3 gamma?

thanks for the tutorial it's great
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If you're talking about the backup launcher's CIOS, yes it's compatible ;)
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Re: [OUTDATED] Protect your Wii from brick risks with Starfall

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hi, I saw that you need to be on 3.2 to install Starfall!
I'm on 3.1 and I don't have internet access with the Wii, how can I get to 3.2 and install Starfall?
thanks ;)
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Re: [OUTDATED] Protect your Wii from brick risks with Starfall

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Unfortunately you can't. :(
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Re: [OUTDATED] Protect your Wii from brick risks with Starfall

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isn't there a 3.2 update embedded directly in games like mario kart or others? :(
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Re: [OUTDATED] Protect your Wii from brick risks with Starfall

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Yes!
There's one in Mario Kart.
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Re: [OUTDATED] Protect your Wii from brick risks with Starfall

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Hi everyone
I'm coming to you because I don't want to screw things up

I have a buddy who has a US console that's on 3.2U. I installed starfall for him to avoid him installing PAL updates on a US Wii. I saw that in starfall's options, there was region free, can I install it on his wii so he can play all games without issues for compatibility

Otherwise I was thinking of switching his whole wii to PAL version, is that possible with waninkoko's tools???
have you already tested that?? because it's still risky if it ever crashes?

Is the hardware inside the US wii the same as the PAL one??? I have big doubts about that

Basically is it better to turn region free On in starfall or is it better to change the IOS to PAL version?

Thank you very much for your help
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Re: [OUTDATED] Protect your Wii from brick risks with Starfall

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No you can't do that.

That would semi-brick the Wii.

You can just change the video mode to PAL.
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Re: [OUTDATED] Protect your Wii from brick risks with Starfall

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Thanks for your answer wantose but what can't I do?
activate region free or install starfall?

Otherwise is it possible to switch the wii to European version instead of US with Wii Region Changer v1.0 or IOS downgrader 1.0?

Thanks for the help

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