[TUTORIAL] HACK Wii 3.0E to 4.1E

Post by **Quentin** » Wed 30 Dec 2009 08:01

Oops wrote:
Quentin wrote:I have a new problem this time during the installation of the Custom IOS

Everything goes fine until the installation and it gives an error "Install ERROR! (ret=-2011)"

I redid the Trucha Bug restoration but got the same error

Does anyone know why?

Thanks!

which ios did you choose when installing cios249 rev14? normally if you followed the TBR part correctly you should choose ios36

I did choose IOS 36 :/ (at the start IOS 15 for the downgrade then IOS 36 then I restore IOS 15...
And I did put "yes" on the 3 options
And for the .wad names it asks me for exactly the same thing as in the tutorial
I have no errors at this step
(I'm going through an SD card: I don't have a wireless connection and besides it's rubbish)

Post by **mafia_leccese** » Wed 30 Dec 2009 08:09

hi did you put these ios at the root of your sd??
* IOS15-64-v257.wad
* IOS15-64-v266.wad
* IOS36-64-v3094.wad

Post by **destroy51** » Wed 30 Dec 2009 08:25

Hi,
Very good tutorial, I'm going to try it on my Wii...
John.

Post by **mafia_leccese** » Wed 30 Dec 2009 08:27

yes very very good tutorial but be very very careful follow the tutorial properly

Post by **Quentin** » Wed 30 Dec 2009 08:29

I have 6 .wad files on my card:
IOS15-64-v257
IOS15-64-v266
IOS15-64-v523
IOS36-64-v3094
IOS36-64-v3351
IOS38-64-v3610

Post by **mafia_leccese** » Wed 30 Dec 2009 08:34

follow the tutorial properly it's very well explained the extra wads put them in a file for now follow the tutorial and you'll get there

Post by **Quentin** » Wed 30 Dec 2009 08:42

Ok I'll try without the extra files then!
Thanks

Post by **d80040** » Wed 30 Dec 2009 09:00

thanks for the tutorial

Post by **Quentin** » Wed 30 Dec 2009 09:06

I have a problem if I don't put IOS 15 v523
It looks for the file when I want to do the downgrade
(Couldn't open file: sd:/IOS15-64-v523.wad)
And so downgrade failed

(that's why I had added this file)

Any idea for a solution?

Post by **mafia_leccese** » Wed 30 Dec 2009 09:09

well listen when it asks you to downgrade you choose sd and not via internet
Trucha Bug Restoration
Downgrade with Trucha bug restorer 1.11
the wii must be connected to the internet.
otherwise faster and safer for those who might have connection issues...
you need the following files at the root of the SD:
(available on the forum)
Attention, during the ios 36 patch the third option (nand permission patch)
must be enabled to continue the tutorial.

* IOS15-64-v257.wad
* IOS15-64-v266.wad
* IOS36-64-v3094.wad

All the .wad files are available HERE

Post by **Quentin** » Wed 30 Dec 2009 09:14

I'm doing all that ...
I chose via SD, it even looks on the SD card for the files since the file address is SD:/.......
And I do choose ios 36
All 3 files are present at the root
I don't see the problem :/

Post by **mafia_leccese** » Wed 30 Dec 2009 09:27

weird then try with the ios it asks for IOS 15 v523

Post by **Quentin** » Wed 30 Dec 2009 09:34

I add that wad file: it works
But I again have the same issue at step 15. press A (getting rev 3351)
Since I don't have the wad36 v3351 on my SD card
And I get the same error message!

Post by **anthony123** » Wed 30 Dec 2009 09:38

Indeed, mine is exactly the same...

It's also asking me for IOS 523..

I downloaded it, I'm going to test it I'll keep you posted.. But I'm scared to go full kamikaze here. Keep me posted to know if that's the right solution!

Thanks so much.

Post by **anthony123** » Wed 30 Dec 2009 09:44

So Quentin?

How's this Hack going, does it work or not?

Post by **Quentin** » Wed 30 Dec 2009 09:49

Well no I have the same problem with a file it asks for after ...
If I put all the requested files on my card it works perfectly but I get an error at the next step (Installing Cios 249 rev 14)

Post by **anthony123** » Wed 30 Dec 2009 09:52

Ok, but did you properly put the WAD file requested for the REV14, namely, IOS38-64-V3610.wad?

Tell me where that's at.

Post by **Quentin** » Wed 30 Dec 2009 09:59

Yes I did put that file in addition.
Now I'm waiting for a solution, I can't help you, this is my first hacking attempt just like you

Post by **Quentin** » Wed 30 Dec 2009 10:15

I did it!
Anthony if you have the same problem as me, you need to add the files IOS15-64-v523 and IOS36-64-v3351 to the 3 requested in the tutorial.
You follow what the tutorial asks and it goes without a problem.

For the next step, what I did was remove my 5 wad files from my SD and only add the one requested in the tutorial: IOS38-64-V3610.wad

After that, you continue the tutorial with Installing Cios 249 rev 14. There it asks you which version you're using and you choose 36 and it works

I don't know what mistake I made yesterday (I had left the 5 wad files and I'm not sure anymore that I put version 36 for the Cios)

Good luck and a big thanks for your help!

Post by **anthony123** » Wed 30 Dec 2009 10:47

Ok, but I don't understand one thing... When I want to install the REV14, I don't know which IOS I should be on???

Would you have an idea my friend

Post by **anthony123** » Wed 30 Dec 2009 10:51

No I said nothing haha. I hadn't seen your message my friend, you're a killer

.

Thanks so much my friend, right now I'm at the installation of the HERMES thing I don't really know what to do (lol)

I'll keep you posted as soon as I've finished Hacking my little BLACK WII

Post by **sahhhh** » Wed 30 Dec 2009 10:52

how do I see the links of hidden messages?

Post by **sahhhh** » Wed 30 Dec 2009 10:54

where can I download the Full HACK WII 4.1E v.2 pack
thanks

Post by **thierry88** » Wed 30 Dec 2009 10:58

darkscad wrote: [align=center]This Tutorial works just as well for a black 4.1E Wii as for a white one.[/align][/color]

[align=center]happy end of year holidays[/align]

Disclaimer:
Warning: everything you do can be dangerous for your WII
neither me nor the forum administrator nor anyone from the TGAMES forum
will be responsible for what you do.
To be done if you don't have two left hands but a brain that works!!!

[align=center]HACK WII 4.1[/align]

I would recommend staying on 4.1E (without Downgrading) and doing simple operations.
upgrading to 4.2 doesn't bring anything more than an update to the shop channel,
(tutorial to get it is on the forum)
and stub ios's! (empty) that you'll need to get rid of...
So the hacking method has more steps, so it's more dangerous...

SD Preparation

1- Starting the HACK
Spoiler
Format your card (minimum 1GB recommended) in FAT!
avoid SDHC.
Download the 4.1e pack (write a message to unlock the message)
Pack complet de HACK WII 4.1E v.2
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[align=center]Homebrew Channel installation[/align]

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Now that you have properly prepared your SD

Turn on your wii, go to [option] => [Data Management] => [Channels] => [sd card]
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you'll get this image, confirm with A on the YES prompt
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confirm with "1" on the wii remote.

you'll have 3 choices:
- Homebrew channel installation
- DVDX installation
- BOOTMII installation in BOOT2 as in the image
or in IOS (in this case the line will be purple)

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install all 3 options.
Press [continue] => [install the homebrews channel] => [yes,continue] => [continue]
do the same with DVDX
and especially Bootmii according to the option offered.(boot2 or ios)
above all don't forget to create the bootmii files on the SD card.

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ps: there's no need to set Bootmii to ios if you installed it in boot2 as in the video.

Tutorial from webs, modified by me

[align=center]BOOTMII?[/align]
[align=center]Nand backup[/align]
Important Warning
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Now we're going to carry out a crucial step, to protect ourselves from bad surprises.(brick)
If you're at this step it's because you installed Bootmii in boot2 or in ios.
We're going to do a DUMP (backup) of the Nand together.

what is the NAND??
it's the internal memory of the wii, it contains all the information of your wii,
such as your game saves, VC (virtual console) games and Wiiware ones as well as all the IOS or Cios built into the system.
To put it visually, you could compare the nand backup to a TIMECAPSULE created at a given moment T.
In case of trouble (brick), you reinject the Nand via bootmii and we find ourselves back at that moment T.
so the saves and other stuff... will be those from the moment of THE BACKUP.

for that, check out Xav91's illustrated tutorial
Perform a Dump (backup) of your NAND of the console with Bootmii.

Important information
* boot2 being impossible to install on the new Wiis... (white and black)
* leave at least 528mo minimum free on the SD card.
* I would recommend a 1GB or 2GB max non-SDHC SD formatted in FAT to perform the nand dump.
*BOOTMII compatible SD

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The wiimote is not recognized in the BootMII menu
To navigate the BootMII menu using the front buttons
- Power button to move (to the right)
- Reset button to confirm

or with the Gamecube controller
- directional pad for movement
- A to confirm

To start, go to this icon with POWER then confirm with RESET.

*NAND backup*
confirm again on this icon with RESET.

you'll arrive at this image.(the background should be green, if it's red you're in Restore mode)

you're now ready to make the copy of the NAND.
Press the RESET button.

Copying the NAND onto the SD (it's normal to find Bad blocks)

verification of the NAND.

Check OK, press any button to exit

Congratulations, you succeeded
make a backup of the NAND file and the Bootmii folder as well as the .key file
Keep these files carefully on your computer.
It will be useful if the WII bricks one day!
I recommend doing another backup at the end of the tutorial!
that way you'll have 2 Nands. (before and after Hack!)

tutorial by xav91

[align=center]TRUCHA BUG[/align][/color]

2 - Restoring the Trucha Bug
Downgrade with Trucha bug restorer 1.11
the wii must be connected to the internet.
otherwise faster and safer for those who would have connection problems...
you need the following files at the root of the SD:
(available on the forum)
Warning, during the ios 36 patch the third option (patch nand permission)
must be activated to be able to continue the tutorial.

* IOS15-64-v257.wad
* IOS15-64-v266.wad
* IOS36-64-v3094.wad

All the .wad files are available HERE

Spoiler
1. launch Trucha Bug Restorer 1.11 mod with the homebrew channel.
2. press B
3. wait then press 1
4. Select "Downgrade IOS15"
5. press A (getting IOS15 rev 523)
6. press A (getting IOS15 rev 257)
7. press A for step 1
8. press A for step 2
9. press A to exit
10. restart
11. select ios15 with left on the wiimote then press A
12. wait then press 1
13. select "IOS36 menu"
14. check all options to YES

WARNING don't forget this step of the tutorial...
make sure you have checked all the options to YES with the wii remote's directional pad.
otherwise you won't be able to install cios 249
and so continue the tutorial!
15. press A (getting rev 3351)
16. press A to install (Installing.... done)
17. press A to exit
18. restart
19. press A (IOS36 by default)
20. wait then press 1
21. select "Restore IOS15"
22. press A (getting IOS15 rev 523)
23. press A to install (Installing.... done)
24. press A to exit
there you go, you succeeded! move on to the next step.
Tutorial by Oops.
Other Tutorial by xav91.

Cios rev 14 by Waninkoko

3- Installing Cios 249 rev 14
(mandatory for Wiiflow ... and many hacks...)
why rev14? rev15 is available...
Because rev 15 isn't compatible with Neogamma and hasn't fully proven itself.

Installation without internet: Place the IOS38-64-V3610.wad file at the root of your SD
with the wii remote's arrows set "Wad Installation" then A.

Warning: - The D3/D2nothing (new wii drive) makes IOS installation difficult. If your wiimote freezes during the rev14 installation, it means either ios15 or ios36 was installed incorrectly. Start over at step 2-A.

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External content (video or audio) hidden: it sets its own cookies.
WARNING
If you have this image...
it's because you missed the Flash of your WII
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or that you need to stop the DRUGS!!
ps: thanks Shunite for this craziness!

Cios Hermes

5 - Installing Cios 222, 202 and 223 by HERMES

- to play video dvds on wii. (202)
- to play games that don't work with Cios 249. (222 and 223)

Use the Cios installer v4 by Hermes
perform the installation with IOS 249

without internet:
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Extract the contents of the 00000001 folder to the root of the SD.

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Then launch hermes' installer: cIOS 222 installer via the Homebrew Channel.
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Choose ios 249 for the cIOS installation
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You arrive at the installation menu for cIOS 222, 223, 202.
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confirm your choice with A
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* the 222 in IOS38 merged with ios 37,
* the 223 in IOS38,
* the 202 in IOS38 merged with IOS60

Confirm the installation with the A button on the wiimote, the installation of the chosen cIOS starts and if everything is good you should get this result ending in "DONE".
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Repeat the operation for each cIOS (222, 223, 202)
there you go, your cIOS are perfectly installed.

Tutorial and files by barman47

Preloader

5- Installing the Preloader Jodi 4.1E + hacks.ini in FR
(Ignore the internet update request from the preloader)
ONLY FOR 4.1E
to avoid updates via wii DVD etc..
for Installation PRESS 1 on the wii remote.
To launch the Preloader menu keep the "RESET" button pressed and start the WII.

*preloader installation video.
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External content (video or audio) hidden: it sets its own cookies.
video by Jiiwah
What the Hacks mean. from the hacks.ini file of the 4.1E
Warning I wouldn't recommend activating a hack without knowing what it corresponds to.
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To finish restart on the preloader by pressing POWER while holding RESET and go to system menu hacks:

[Replace the health warning with the menu]

[Disable the health warning]
*replaces the initial health warning with a black screen.

[Avoid game updates]
* to avoid updates via DVD from the wii channel

[Disable background music]
*no music in the system menu

[No system menu sound at all]
*??? I don't see the difference with the one above.

[Move the disc channel]
* allows you to move the Disc channel.

[No diagnostic disc check]

[Autoboot game (RIGHT on the GC pad on port 4)]

[Auto disc start when RIGHT is pressed]

[Autoboot Game]

[Auto disc start]

[Disable channels region-SD card Menu]

[Disable the region of Wii discs]

[Disable the region of Wii games]
* allows you to launch imported wii games directly from the disc channel.

[Disable the region of GC games]

[Disable the region of channels]

[Force the disc's region]

[Disable anti-copy protection]

do save setting then B
:

There are other protections besides the preloader... such as startpatch Tutorial by Tgames!
and another tutorial by starpatch by Kyno.
but not knowing the software, I won't talk about it.
** the preloader and starpatch are incompatible with each other **

Shop Channel update
Spoiler
to be able to install the latest internet channel on wii for free and other Nintendo channels...

TUTORIAL
coming soon...

[align=center]Ciospack[/align]

Now look at your wii serial number and do the test to find out
if your wii drive is the GC2-D3 which is unable to use Ciospack 3.6,
so recent black or white wii forget it!!!
Do test HERE by Jiiwah and Oops.

otherwise you could launch your Backups (burned games) directly from the disc channel
thanks to CIOSPACK 3.5 but first to avoid having the homebrew channel upside down
Here's a tutorial explaining how to change the IOS
used by the homebrew channel to IOS 61. So that, among other things, the channel stays right-side up.
This tutorial is very useful for Ciospack users for example. Because you'll be able to use the entire range of CIOS while keeping the homebrew channel right-side up!

Tutorial by Tgames Ios 61

Tutorial by Baordeur Ciospack

Advice

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There you go, if you calmly follow this Tutorial there won't be any problem.
you'll be able to play original games,
make copies to a hard drive BUT only of original wii dvds...
if the drive is a new anti-copy GC2-D3, forget about ciospack 3.6 dmm
because this drive doesn't allow you to play Backups (burned games) directly.
AND one last thing, keep your NAND carefully, make a copy on your computer...

From now on, you can congratulate yourself!
you have finished the Hack of your wii.
now you can breathe because the best is yet to come.

WARNING: My last piece of advice is Avoid any update to 4.2
for wiis connected to the internet:
(sometimes Nintendo sends you a message to encourage you to update your wii
over the internet, just refuse and delete this message, you never know).
Also avoid any downgrade that you wouldn't be in control of,
Never Format otherwise Brick.
4.1 is currently the best wii system, the most complete to date... Everything works!
the 4.2 update exists to counter the Hack, so why downgrade / upgrade?
back up your nand file at the root of your SD onto your computer then delete it!
Do another dump of your NAND because your wii is hacked and functional.

[align=center]WIIFLOW[/align][/color]

But everyone talks about wiiflow... but what is it?
a video to make your mouth water...

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

Wiiflow tutorial by Oops!
For OpenWiiflow it's here Tutorial by Jiiwah!

Question:
If I understood correctly no playback of non-original games is possible from the DVD drive,
but launching non-original games copied by a PC onto a Hard Drive, is that possible or not?

Yes, it's possible to transfer your " games.ISO " directly from the PC to a hard drive
with the software "WBFS Manager", thanks to this free software you can use everything needed to format and transfer your games onto a H.D.D.
however you will definitely need a compatible hard drive
I recommend getting a 2.5 (self-powered) hard drive.

to understand how to use WBFS Manager perfectly,
Format your hard drive, Install games etc...
check out Pocchami's tutorials!!!
WBFS Manager 1 and WBFS Manager 2
with that you no longer have any excuse!

Bonus
[align=center]Forwarder Channel[/align]
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Image unavailable (removed by its host) your wii desktop is empty?
fill it with the software Wadmanager 1.4 and .wad channels as Forwarders
(which uses files present on the SD card)

for its use create a "wad" folder at the root of the SD such as
SD: /wad/nomdelachaine.wad

and wadmanager's boot.dol such as
SD: /apps/wadmanager/boot.dol

then launch the Homebrew Channel and launch the Wadmanager software.
for installing a channel "+" on the remote then "A" to confirm.
wait for the writes to finish... then "HOME" to go back to the Homebrew channel.

to delete a channel "-" on the remote then "A" to confirm.
wait for the writes to finish... then "HOME" to go back to the Homebrew channel.
to cancel just press B.
Baordeur's channel collection: here
Collection of usb loader channel by Jiiwah
[align=center]Theme Darkmenu 4.1[/align]
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External content (video or audio) hidden: it sets its own cookies.
to get this result we're going to use the files already present on the memory card.
otherwise I just uploaded a version 2 of hackwii 4.1e

Warning it's recommended to have bootmii in boot2 to do this tutorial,
because it's not without risk.

1- launch the homebrew channel
2- launch the homebrew mymenuify
3- the software asks you for the file, it's located in the "csm" folder at the root of the card
4- press "A" to confirm
5- select the file BlackSYstemMenu.app* (file tested by myself)
6- press "A" to confirm.
7- then EXIT!
8- once on the Homebrew channel press "HOME"
9- then "turn off the wii". (reloading the system menu leads to a brick)
10- and restart and admire the result....
11- and admire the result....

*This file is only for 4.1E
[align=center]ISO Forwarder[/align]

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Would you like to launch the homebrew channel, a homebrew, a WiiWare
or a Virtual Console from your USB Loader?? (wiiflow or other...)

It's now possible!!

How does it work??
You need to inject the homebrew's dol (or a forwarder) into an ISO.

So here's a ISO centralization

Tutorial by Jiiwah.

You succeeded, don't hesitate to make a DONATION to the Tgames forum
so this forum keeps going! HERE (SMS or PAYPAL)

there you go, see ya ( if you succeeded with my tutorial leave a little message! )
ps: I'll add to this Tutorial so that it's as complete as possible.
Oops, I used your files for the preloader! thanks