[TUTORIAL] HACK Wii 4.2E

Post by **dinguo7** » Sat 23 Jan 2010 10:01

Thanks this might debug my console

Post by **gegec** » Sat 23 Jan 2010 10:30

thanks for the tutorials

Post by **binyamin** » Sat 23 Jan 2010 11:38

thanks

Post by **blady80** » Sat 23 Jan 2010 11:44

thanks great work

Post by **VINCE69003** » Sat 23 Jan 2010 12:32

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Post by **FLippO** » Sat 23 Jan 2010 13:25

thanks for this tutorial

Post by **ing** » Sat 23 Jan 2010 14:08

thanks for this tutorial! good work

Post by **mikal0905** » Sat 23 Jan 2010 15:13

Thanks for this very well detailed tutorial! :')

Post by **angelio** » Sat 23 Jan 2010 15:15

thx for the tuto

Post by **malone59** » Sat 23 Jan 2010 15:17

thanks i'm going to try this tutorial

Post by **malone59** » Sat 23 Jan 2010 15:23

thanks

Post by **dede01** » Sat 23 Jan 2010 15:36

cool thanks

Post by **machoire** » Sat 23 Jan 2010 15:42

darkscad wrote: Image unavailable (removed by its host)
[align=center]This Tutorial works just as well for a Black 4.2E wii as for a White one.[/align][/color]

TUTORIAL UPDATE IN PROGRESS

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 held responsible for what you do.
To be done if you don't have two left hands but a brain that works!!!

You've fallen for NEW SUPER MARIO BROS WII,
or you've fallen for the internet update, your finger slipped and you agreed to do it...
before you hacked your wii you're now on 4.2E
Don't panic, softmodding for 4.2E exists by doing some simple steps.

HACK WII 4.2

SD Preparation

1- Starting the HACK
Spoiler
Format your card (minimum 1GB recommended) in FAT!
avoid SDHC cards.
Download the 4.2e pack (write a message to unlock the message)
Complete HACK WII 4.2E v.4 pack
Hidden message

[align=center]Homebrew Channel Installation[/align]

Spoiler
Now that you've properly prepared your SD
go to the SD card icon

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:
- Installation of the homebrew channel
- Installation of DVDX
- Installation of BOOTMII in BOOT2 as shown in the image or in IOS (in that case the line will be purple)
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install all 3 choices.
Press [continue] => [install the homebrews channel] => [yes,continue] => [continue]
do the same with DVDX
and above all Bootmii depending on the option offered.(boot2 or ios)
above all don't forget to create the bootmii files on the SD card.

External content (video or audio) hidden: it sets its own cookies.
ps: it's pointless to put Bootmii in ios if you installed it in boot2 as shown in the video.

Tutorial by webs modified by me

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

what is the NAND??
it's the wii's internal memory it contains all your wii's information,
such as your game saves, VC games (virtual console) and Wiiware ones as well as all the IOS or Cios built into the system.
You could picture the Nand backup as a TIMECAPSULE created at a given moment T.
In case of trouble (brick), we reinject the Nand via bootmii and we end up back at that moment T.
so the saves and everything else... will be from the time of THE BACKUP.

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

Important information
* boot2 being impossible to install on the newer Wiis... (white and black)
* leave a minimum of 528mb free on the SD card.
* i'd recommend a 1gb or 2gb max non-SDHC SD card formatted in FAT to do the nand dump.
*SD compatible with BOOTMII

Spoiler

The wiimote isn't recognized in the BootMII menu
To navigate the BootMII menu using the front panel buttons
- Power button to move (to the right)
- Reset button to confirm

or with the Gamecube controller
- directional pad to move
- 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 must 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 to the SD (it's normal to find bad blocks)

checking the NAND.

Check OK, press any button to exit

Well done 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 making another backup at the end of the tutorial!
that way you'll have 2 Nands. (before and after the 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 might have connection problems...
you need the following files at the root of the SD:
(available on the forum)
Warning, when patching ios 36 the third option (patch nand permission)
must be enabled to be able to continue the tutorial.

* IOS15-64-v257.wad
* IOS15-64-v266.wad
* IOS15-64-v523.wad
* IOS36-64-v3094.wad
* IOS36-64-v3351.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. relaunch
11. select ios15 with left on the wiimote then press A
12. wait then press 1
13. select "IOS36 menu"
14. tick every option to YES

WARNING don't forget this step of the tutorial...
check carefully that you've ticked every option to YES with the wii remote's directional pad.
otherwise you won't be able to install cios 249
and therefore continue the tutorial!
15. press A (getting rev 3351)
16. press A to install (Installing.... done)
17. press A to exit
18. relaunch
19. press A (default IOS36)
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.

IOS STUB 249

D - Removing ios 249 (stub)
an IOS STUB: Is an empty ios created by NINTENDO to prevent the installation of custom IOS.

Tona's software modified by redsquirell
AnyTitleDeleter mod6b

Warning very dangerous software!
Advice: Take it slow, take your time, deleting a useful IOS could brick
your wii Only delete the ios 249
it's very important to prepare your SD card in advance.

Spoiler
the wii must be connected to the internet.

1 - Now you're going to launch "AnyTitleDeleter" in the Homebrew channel
Selectios36 then confirm with "A".

2 - Select the "System Titles" menu and confirm with "A"
(errors -1017 and -116 may appear, they have no effect,
just press "A" to skip past them).

3 - Find IOS249 in the list and press "A" to delete it
and "A" again to confirm the deletion.

4 - Now that you've deleted IOS 249
press the "HOME" button on the controller.
so the Wii restarts into the Homebrew Channel.

Now move on to the next step
directly without leaving the homebrew channel:
Installing cios 249 rev17

Cios rev 17 by Waninkoko
*if you'd already installed cios249 rev14 don't delete it just do another install,
the cios will be replaced automatically by rev17.(overwritten)

3- Installing Cios 249 rev 17
(required for Wiiflow ... and many other hacks...)
rev 17 is compatible with Neogamma... (well )

* Installation without internet:
Place the file IOS38-64-v3867.wad at the root of your SD
using the wii remote's arrows set to "Wad Installation" then A.
(.wad included in the hackwii 4.2 pack)
then choose to install it withIOS36
Then confirm with "A", the installation starts... the wii's light comes on and a 'rock' tune plays!

* Installation with internet: choose "internet installation" then confirm with A
the installation starts with a nice blue light on the wii! etc...

at the end you'll get a [SUCCESS] message!
there you go you succeeded
Press any key... to exit.

Warning:
- The D3/D2nothing (new wii drive) makes installing IOS harder. If your Wiimote freezes during the rev17 installation, it's because either ios15 or ios36 is badly installed. Go back to step 2-A.

WARNING
If you get this image...
it's because you botched the Flash of your WII
Spoiler
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Or you need to lay off the DRUGS!!
PS: thanks Shunite for that laugh!

[align=center]IOS STUB 222/223[/align]

4 - Removing HERMES STUB Cios. (optional)

If you don't have Guitar hero i'd advise you to skip this Optional step.

Warning very dangerous software!
Advice: Take it slow, take your time, deleting a useful IOS could brick
your wii Only delete the ios 222 and 223
Spoiler
it's very important to prepare your SD card in advance.
the wii must be connected to the internet.

A - Now you're going to launch "AnyTitleDeleter" in the Homebrew channel
Selectios36 then confirm with "A".

B - Select the "System Titles" menu and confirm with "A"
(errors -1017 and -116 may appear, they have no effect,
just press "A" to skip past them).

C - Find IOS222 in the list and press "A" to delete it
and "A" again to confirm the deletion.

D - Find IOS223 in the list and press "A" to delete it
and "A" again to confirm the deletion.

E - Now that you've deleted IOS 222 and 223
press the "HOME" button on the controller.
so the Wii restarts into the Homebrew Channel.

F - Now move on to the next step
directly without leaving the Homebrew Channel:
Cios installer v4 by Hermes!

Cios Hermes

5 - Installing Cios 222, 202 and 223 by HERMES

- to play dvd videos on wii. (202)
- to play games that don't work with Cios 249. (222 and 223)
GAMES with guitar mic drum accessories etc...

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

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

Spoiler
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'll get to the installation menu for cIOS 222, 223, 202.
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* the 222 as IOS38 merged with ios 37,
* the 223 as IOS38,
* the 202 as IOS38 merged with IOS60

Confirm the installation with the A button on the wiimote, the installation of the chosen cIOS starts and if all goes well you should end up with the result "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

Patch ios70

5- It seems a new problem has appeared with the latest consoles on 4.2,
which prevents installing preloader and other priiloaders etc...
to fix this and avoid this error we're going to patch ios70
(used by preloader on 4.2)

A) Get Pimp My Wii v1.32
B) Install it in the apps folder on the SD
SD: apps/pimpmywii/boot.dol

C) Launch PimpMyWii v1.32 from the Homebrew Channel
D) Use the Manual Installation option
E) Accept the network initialization
F) You'll get a list of all the ios with the possible changes to make.
By default, Installation is set to No, so that if you press A,
you move on to the next Ios without anything being installed.
G) Skip all the Ios until you reach ios 70, where you'll need to set installation to Yes,
and ES_Identifier to Yes as well, the rest must stay on No.
Then press A.
H) Skip all the other Ios, the installation of the patched ios 70 with the ES_Identifier starts.
When it's done, exit.

Tutorial by Pando.

Priiloader
*if you already have preloader you can update to priiloader rev46
warning: no DVD IN THE WII and DISABLE all the system's hacks.ini.

5- Installing Priiloader rev46 + hacks.ini in FR
HACKS.INI ONLY FOR 4.2E
To avoid updates via DVD etc..
To install PRESS "+" on the wii remote.
To launch the Priiloader menu press the "RESET" button and start the WII.

-video coming soon-

What the Hacks. in the 4.2E hacks.ini file mean
Warning i wouldn't advise enabling a Hack without knowing what it corresponds to.

Spoiler
Click on "System Menu Hack" and enable/disable whatever you want....
don't forget to save your changes.

[Disable HAXX,DVDX,RZDx checks]

[Block game updates]
*avoid the DVD update.

[Disable anti-copy protection]

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

[Disable background music]

[No system menu sound at all]

[Recovery mode (RIGHT on GC pad port 4)]

[Standard recovery mode]

[No diagnostic disc check]

[Disable the health warning]

[Reload IOS249]
*to avoid

[Disable GC games region check]

[Disable channels region check]

[Black screen when loading the system menu!]
does your priiloader launch when the wii starts up? that's normal...
Spoiler
to fix that go into the "setting" menu
then set the options:

"Autoboot": to "system menu"
as well as
"return to": to "system menu"

save and exit!
To go back to Preloader afterwards,
Turn on the console while keeping RESET pressed!!! there you go
There are other protections besides preloader..., priiloader, startpatch...
but not knowing the software, i won't talk about it.
you can install whichever one you want as long as the program and the hacks.ini are for 4.2E
** preloader, priiloader and starpatch are incompatible with each other **

[align=center]Ciospack[/align]

Now look at your wii's serial number and do the test to find out
whether your wii drive is the GC2-D3 which can't use Ciospack 3.5,
so recent black or white wiis forget it!!!
Do the test HERE by Jiiwah and Oops.

otherwise you can 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 upright.
This tutorial is very useful for Ciospack users for example. Because you'll be able to use the whole range of CIOS while keeping the homebrew channel upright!

Tutorial by Tgames HERE
Tutorial by Baordeur HERE

Advice

Spoiler
From now on, you can congratulate yourself!
you've completely finished hacking your wii.
now you can breathe because the best is yet to come.
you can post on the forum that you succeeded.

WARNING: My last piece of advice is Avoid any future update
**For wiis NOT connected to the internet:
If you decide to connect it Nintendo will necessarily offer you an update!
just refuse it!
**for wiis connected to the internet:
(Nintendo sometimes sends you a message to encourage you to update your wii
via the internet, just refuse it and delete that message you never know with your kids etc...).
Also avoid any Downgrade you don't know how to handle (brick),
Never Format otherwise Brick.

AND one last thing keep your NAND safe make a copy on your computer...
you're now on a 4.2E softmod which lets you run...

[align=center]WIIFLOW[/align]

But everyone's talking about wiiflow... but what is it?
a video to give you a taste of it...

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

Wiiflow tutorial by Oops!

For OpenWiiflow: continuation of wiiflow it's here Tutorial by Jiiwah!

Question:
If i understood correctly there's no way to play non-original games from the DVD drive,
but launching non-original games copied by a PC onto a Hard Drive is possible or not?

Yes, it's possible to transfer your ".ISO games" 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 to H.D.D.
on the other hand you'll necessarily need a compatible hard drive
i'd recommend getting a 2.5 hard drive (self-powered).

To understand how to use WBFS Manager perfectly,
Formatting your hard drive, installing games etc...
check out Pocchami's tutorials!!!
WBFS Manager 1 and WBFS Manager 2
with that you have no more excuse!

Bonus Forwarder channel
Spoiler
Image unavailable (removed by its host) your wii desktop is empty?
fill it up with the wadmanager software and .wad channels as forwarders
(which use the files present on the SD card)

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

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

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

to delete a channel press "-" on the remote then "A" to confirm.
wait for the writing to finish... then "HOME" to go back to the Homebrew channel.
to cancel just press B.

Channel roundup: Wii channel by Baordeur.
Roundup of USB loader channel by Jiiwah
[align=center]Darkmenu 4.2E Theme[/align]
Spoiler
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.

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 mymenuify homebrew
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 DarkWii42e file * (tested and compiled by murigny64 )
there are 3 different versions for you to test! it would be cool if someone could give me some screenshots!
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- to go back to the original the file is sysmenu4.2e.app
*This file is only for 4.2E

file tested by Clioman.
[align=center]ISO Forwarder[/align]

Spoiler
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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 is a centralization of ISOs

Tutorial by Jiiwah.

If you succeeded, feel free to make a DONATION to the Tgames forum
so this forum can keep going! HERE (by SMS or PAYPAL)

Thanks again
Oops for your help putting the tutorial together and your preloader files!

there you go see ya ( if you succeeded with my tutorial say so! )
ps: i'll keep completing this Tutorial so it's as complete as possible.

Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Post by **JAMES0611** » Sat 23 Jan 2010 15:47

darkscad wrote: Image unavailable (removed by its host)
[align=center]This Tutorial works just as well for a Black 4.2E wii as for a White one.[/align][/color]

TUTORIAL UPDATE IN PROGRESS

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 held responsible for what you do.
To be done if you don't have two left hands but a brain that works!!!

You've fallen for NEW SUPER MARIO BROS WII,
or you've fallen for the internet update, your finger slipped and you agreed to do it...
before you hacked your wii you're now on 4.2E
Don't panic, softmodding for 4.2E exists by doing some simple steps.

HACK WII 4.2

SD Preparation

1- Starting the HACK
Spoiler
Format your card (minimum 1GB recommended) in FAT!
avoid SDHC cards.
Download the 4.2e pack (write a message to unlock the message)
Complete HACK WII 4.2E v.4 pack
Hidden message

[align=center]Homebrew Channel Installation[/align]

Spoiler
Now that you've properly prepared your SD
go to the SD card icon

you'll get this image confirm with A on the YES prompt
Image unavailable (removed by its host)

confirm with "1" on the wii remote.

you'll have 3 choices:
- Installation of the homebrew channel
- Installation of DVDX
- Installation of BOOTMII in BOOT2 as shown in the image or in IOS (in that case the line will be purple)
Image unavailable (removed by its host)
install all 3 choices.
Press [continue] => [install the homebrews channel] => [yes,continue] => [continue]
do the same with DVDX
and above all Bootmii depending on the option offered.(boot2 or ios)
above all don't forget to create the bootmii files on the SD card.

External content (video or audio) hidden: it sets its own cookies.
ps: it's pointless to put Bootmii in ios if you installed it in boot2 as shown in the video.

Tutorial by webs modified by me

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

what is the NAND??
it's the wii's internal memory it contains all your wii's information,
such as your game saves, VC games (virtual console) and Wiiware ones as well as all the IOS or Cios built into the system.
You could picture the Nand backup as a TIMECAPSULE created at a given moment T.
In case of trouble (brick), we reinject the Nand via bootmii and we end up back at that moment T.
so the saves and everything else... will be from the time of THE BACKUP.

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

Important information
* boot2 being impossible to install on the newer Wiis... (white and black)
* leave a minimum of 528mb free on the SD card.
* i'd recommend a 1gb or 2gb max non-SDHC SD card formatted in FAT to do the nand dump.
*SD compatible with BOOTMII

Spoiler

The wiimote isn't recognized in the BootMII menu
To navigate the BootMII menu using the front panel buttons
- Power button to move (to the right)
- Reset button to confirm

or with the Gamecube controller
- directional pad to move
- 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 must 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 to the SD (it's normal to find bad blocks)

checking the NAND.

Check OK, press any button to exit

Well done 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 making another backup at the end of the tutorial!
that way you'll have 2 Nands. (before and after the 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 might have connection problems...
you need the following files at the root of the SD:
(available on the forum)
Warning, when patching ios 36 the third option (patch nand permission)
must be enabled to be able to continue the tutorial.

* IOS15-64-v257.wad
* IOS15-64-v266.wad
* IOS15-64-v523.wad
* IOS36-64-v3094.wad
* IOS36-64-v3351.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. relaunch
11. select ios15 with left on the wiimote then press A
12. wait then press 1
13. select "IOS36 menu"
14. tick every option to YES

WARNING don't forget this step of the tutorial...
check carefully that you've ticked every option to YES with the wii remote's directional pad.
otherwise you won't be able to install cios 249
and therefore continue the tutorial!
15. press A (getting rev 3351)
16. press A to install (Installing.... done)
17. press A to exit
18. relaunch
19. press A (default IOS36)
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.

IOS STUB 249

D - Removing ios 249 (stub)
an IOS STUB: Is an empty ios created by NINTENDO to prevent the installation of custom IOS.

Tona's software modified by redsquirell
AnyTitleDeleter mod6b

Warning very dangerous software!
Advice: Take it slow, take your time, deleting a useful IOS could brick
your wii Only delete the ios 249
it's very important to prepare your SD card in advance.

Spoiler
the wii must be connected to the internet.

1 - Now you're going to launch "AnyTitleDeleter" in the Homebrew channel
Selectios36 then confirm with "A".

2 - Select the "System Titles" menu and confirm with "A"
(errors -1017 and -116 may appear, they have no effect,
just press "A" to skip past them).

3 - Find IOS249 in the list and press "A" to delete it
and "A" again to confirm the deletion.

4 - Now that you've deleted IOS 249
press the "HOME" button on the controller.
so the Wii restarts into the Homebrew Channel.

Now move on to the next step
directly without leaving the homebrew channel:
Installing cios 249 rev17

Cios rev 17 by Waninkoko
*if you'd already installed cios249 rev14 don't delete it just do another install,
the cios will be replaced automatically by rev17.(overwritten)

3- Installing Cios 249 rev 17
(required for Wiiflow ... and many other hacks...)
rev 17 is compatible with Neogamma... (well )

* Installation without internet:
Place the file IOS38-64-v3867.wad at the root of your SD
using the wii remote's arrows set to "Wad Installation" then A.
(.wad included in the hackwii 4.2 pack)
then choose to install it withIOS36
Then confirm with "A", the installation starts... the wii's light comes on and a 'rock' tune plays!

* Installation with internet: choose "internet installation" then confirm with A
the installation starts with a nice blue light on the wii! etc...

at the end you'll get a [SUCCESS] message!
there you go you succeeded
Press any key... to exit.

Warning:
- The D3/D2nothing (new wii drive) makes installing IOS harder. If your Wiimote freezes during the rev17 installation, it's because either ios15 or ios36 is badly installed. Go back to step 2-A.

WARNING
If you get this image...
it's because you botched the Flash of your WII
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Or you need to lay off the DRUGS!!
PS: thanks Shunite for that laugh!

[align=center]IOS STUB 222/223[/align]

4 - Removing HERMES STUB Cios. (optional)

If you don't have Guitar hero i'd advise you to skip this Optional step.

Warning very dangerous software!
Advice: Take it slow, take your time, deleting a useful IOS could brick
your wii Only delete the ios 222 and 223
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it's very important to prepare your SD card in advance.
the wii must be connected to the internet.

A - Now you're going to launch "AnyTitleDeleter" in the Homebrew channel
Selectios36 then confirm with "A".

B - Select the "System Titles" menu and confirm with "A"
(errors -1017 and -116 may appear, they have no effect,
just press "A" to skip past them).

C - Find IOS222 in the list and press "A" to delete it
and "A" again to confirm the deletion.

D - Find IOS223 in the list and press "A" to delete it
and "A" again to confirm the deletion.

E - Now that you've deleted IOS 222 and 223
press the "HOME" button on the controller.
so the Wii restarts into the Homebrew Channel.

F - Now move on to the next step
directly without leaving the Homebrew Channel:
Cios installer v4 by Hermes!

Cios Hermes

5 - Installing Cios 222, 202 and 223 by HERMES

- to play dvd videos on wii. (202)
- to play games that don't work with Cios 249. (222 and 223)
GAMES with guitar mic drum accessories etc...

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

without internet: Hidden message
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'll get to the installation menu for cIOS 222, 223, 202.
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* the 222 as IOS38 merged with ios 37,
* the 223 as IOS38,
* the 202 as IOS38 merged with IOS60

Confirm the installation with the A button on the wiimote, the installation of the chosen cIOS starts and if all goes well you should end up with the result "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

Patch ios70

5- It seems a new problem has appeared with the latest consoles on 4.2,
which prevents installing preloader and other priiloaders etc...
to fix this and avoid this error we're going to patch ios70
(used by preloader on 4.2)

A) Get Pimp My Wii v1.32
B) Install it in the apps folder on the SD
SD: apps/pimpmywii/boot.dol

C) Launch PimpMyWii v1.32 from the Homebrew Channel
D) Use the Manual Installation option
E) Accept the network initialization
F) You'll get a list of all the ios with the possible changes to make.
By default, Installation is set to No, so that if you press A,
you move on to the next Ios without anything being installed.
G) Skip all the Ios until you reach ios 70, where you'll need to set installation to Yes,
and ES_Identifier to Yes as well, the rest must stay on No.
Then press A.
H) Skip all the other Ios, the installation of the patched ios 70 with the ES_Identifier starts.
When it's done, exit.

Tutorial by Pando.

Priiloader
*if you already have preloader you can update to priiloader rev46
warning: no DVD IN THE WII and DISABLE all the system's hacks.ini.

5- Installing Priiloader rev46 + hacks.ini in FR
HACKS.INI ONLY FOR 4.2E
To avoid updates via DVD etc..
To install PRESS "+" on the wii remote.
To launch the Priiloader menu press the "RESET" button and start the WII.

-video coming soon-

What the Hacks. in the 4.2E hacks.ini file mean
Warning i wouldn't advise enabling a Hack without knowing what it corresponds to.

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Click on "System Menu Hack" and enable/disable whatever you want....
don't forget to save your changes.

[Disable HAXX,DVDX,RZDx checks]

[Block game updates]
*avoid the DVD update.

[Disable anti-copy protection]

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

[Disable background music]

[No system menu sound at all]

[Recovery mode (RIGHT on GC pad port 4)]

[Standard recovery mode]

[No diagnostic disc check]

[Disable the health warning]

[Reload IOS249]
*to avoid

[Disable GC games region check]

[Disable channels region check]

[Black screen when loading the system menu!]
does your priiloader launch when the wii starts up? that's normal...
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to fix that go into the "setting" menu
then set the options:

"Autoboot": to "system menu"
as well as
"return to": to "system menu"

save and exit!
To go back to Preloader afterwards,
Turn on the console while keeping RESET pressed!!! there you go
There are other protections besides preloader..., priiloader, startpatch...
but not knowing the software, i won't talk about it.
you can install whichever one you want as long as the program and the hacks.ini are for 4.2E
** preloader, priiloader and starpatch are incompatible with each other **

[align=center]Ciospack[/align]

Now look at your wii's serial number and do the test to find out
whether your wii drive is the GC2-D3 which can't use Ciospack 3.5,
so recent black or white wiis forget it!!!
Do the test HERE by Jiiwah and Oops.

otherwise you can 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 upright.
This tutorial is very useful for Ciospack users for example. Because you'll be able to use the whole range of CIOS while keeping the homebrew channel upright!

Tutorial by Tgames HERE
Tutorial by Baordeur HERE

Advice

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From now on, you can congratulate yourself!
you've completely finished hacking your wii.
now you can breathe because the best is yet to come.
you can post on the forum that you succeeded.

WARNING: My last piece of advice is Avoid any future update
**For wiis NOT connected to the internet:
If you decide to connect it Nintendo will necessarily offer you an update!
just refuse it!
**for wiis connected to the internet:
(Nintendo sometimes sends you a message to encourage you to update your wii
via the internet, just refuse it and delete that message you never know with your kids etc...).
Also avoid any Downgrade you don't know how to handle (brick),
Never Format otherwise Brick.

AND one last thing keep your NAND safe make a copy on your computer...
you're now on a 4.2E softmod which lets you run...

[align=center]WIIFLOW[/align]

But everyone's talking about wiiflow... but what is it?
a video to give you a taste of it...

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

Wiiflow tutorial by Oops!

For OpenWiiflow: continuation of wiiflow it's here Tutorial by Jiiwah!

Question:
If i understood correctly there's no way to play non-original games from the DVD drive,
but launching non-original games copied by a PC onto a Hard Drive is possible or not?

Yes, it's possible to transfer your ".ISO games" 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 to H.D.D.
on the other hand you'll necessarily need a compatible hard drive
i'd recommend getting a 2.5 hard drive (self-powered).

To understand how to use WBFS Manager perfectly,
Formatting your hard drive, installing games etc...
check out Pocchami's tutorials!!!
WBFS Manager 1 and WBFS Manager 2
with that you have no more excuse!

Bonus Forwarder channel
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fill it up with the wadmanager software and .wad channels as forwarders
(which use the files present on the SD card)

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

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

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

to delete a channel press "-" on the remote then "A" to confirm.
wait for the writing to finish... then "HOME" to go back to the Homebrew channel.
to cancel just press B.

Channel roundup: Wii channel by Baordeur.
Roundup of USB loader channel by Jiiwah
[align=center]Darkmenu 4.2E Theme[/align]
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to get this result we're going to use the files already present on the memory card.

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 mymenuify homebrew
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 DarkWii42e file * (tested and compiled by murigny64 )
there are 3 different versions for you to test! it would be cool if someone could give me some screenshots!
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- to go back to the original the file is sysmenu4.2e.app
*This file is only for 4.2E

file tested by Clioman.
[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 is a centralization of ISOs

Tutorial by Jiiwah.

If you succeeded, feel free to make a DONATION to the Tgames forum
so this forum can keep going! HERE (by SMS or PAYPAL)

Thanks again
Oops for your help putting the tutorial together and your preloader files!

there you go see ya ( if you succeeded with my tutorial say so! )
ps: i'll keep completing this Tutorial so it's as complete as possible.

Post by **nicolas_s0** » Sat 23 Jan 2010 15:48

Thanks great tutorial!

Post by **juan51** » Sat 23 Jan 2010 15:53

thanks to these people who help us not to become cash cows for all these brands!

Post by **bobyb342** » Sat 23 Jan 2010 16:25

thanks

Post by **yanosh1** » Sat 23 Jan 2010 16:28

thanks for this tutorial

Post by **yanosh1** » Sat 23 Jan 2010 17:01

thanks again for this tutorial

but i have a big problem and i don't have the courage to go through the 68 pages of the tutorial

i have a 1st generation white wii on 4.2E

i'm following the tutorial exactly so DL of the pack and unzip onto the SD card

i start the console click on the SD icon

prompt to launch the boot .dol confirmed with yes and........

here's what's shown
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then i'd like some clarification on this sentence: "above all don't forget to create the bootmii files on the SD card."
is it enough to create a file named "bootmii" at the root of the sd??

Post by **gegec** » Sat 23 Jan 2010 18:27

THANKS

Post by **nasyrs** » Sat 23 Jan 2010 18:40

Thanks, i'll test the process.

Post by **amazultra** » Sat 23 Jan 2010 19:09

cool i'll try

Post by **fu2010** » Sat 23 Jan 2010 19:09

Thanks for everything.
FU

Post by **Oops** » Sat 23 Jan 2010 20:41

yanosh1 wrote:thanks again for this tutorial

but i have a big problem and i don't have the courage to go through the 68 pages of the tutorial

i have a 1st generation white wii on 4.2E

i'm following the tutorial exactly so DL of the pack and unzip onto the SD card

i start the console click on the SD icon

prompt to launch the boot .dol confirmed with yes and........

here's what's shown
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then i'd like some clarification on this sentence: "above all don't forget to create the bootmii files on the SD card."
is it enough to create a file named "bootmii" at the root of the sd??

is that you who took this photo? if so you won't be able to install bootmii, hbc and DVDx. you must already have some hacking started on your wii!!??
you need to run wad manager to install this wad then you'll relaunch hackmii installer
wad manager:

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the wad to install:

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to answer your question about "above all don't forget to create the bootmii files on the SD card.", when you install bootmii in boot2 or in IOS you also get the "prepare SD" option

Post by **mouloudia15** » Sat 23 Jan 2010 21:16

Tested and approved on a friend's Wii it works perfectly thanks for this tutorial

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