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

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

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it would be nice to give more info about your wii:

- system menu version?
- did you have preloader or priiloader or starpatch (starfall)?
- a chip or cIOScorp or darkcorp?
- do you see your system menu version if you do the savemiifree technique without a dvd in your wii?
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Re: [TUTORIAL] How to "Unbrick your Wii" in case of brick!!!!!!!!!!!

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hello so here it is: wii menu version 3.4
:starfall (installed)
:cios corp (installed)
:black screen when starting the wii
:bootmii (installed)

:no chip
I hope that will help you guide me, I already had this problem before and I solved it with wadmanager autoboot, but this time nothing happens.thanks in advance for your help.
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thanks
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Re: [TUTORIAL] How to "Unbrick your Wii" in case of brick!!!!!!!!!!!

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servity wrote:hello so here it is: wii menu version 3.4
:starfall (installed)
:cios corp (installed)
:black screen when starting the wii
:bootmii (installed)

:no chip
I hope that will help you guide me, I already had this problem before and I solved it with wadmanager autoboot, but this time nothing happens.thanks in advance for your help.
- do you see your system menu version if you do the savemiifree technique without a dvd in your wii? (you didn't answer)
- bootmii in boot2 or in ios?
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Re: [TUTORIAL] How to "Unbrick your Wii" in case of brick!!!!!!!!!!!

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Thank you very much for this post. My Wii is in Black Screen following an unfortunate bad move (Band Heroes update) since Christmas :( but the DVD drive seems to work (Games spin even if nothing appears on screen) I was on 3.2 but no Starfall nor Bootmii. However HBC is installed and CiosCorp present
I hope I'll manage to restart it

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

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sorry, but it's bothering me so much I forget things.so to answer your question:no I don't see the systemmenu,bootmii in boot 2.apparently this would be a full brick.thanks for your patience and your help.but please help me :|
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Re: [TUTORIAL] How to "Unbrick your Wii" in case of brick!!!!!!!!!!!

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try anyway the savemiifree technique with a game cube pad without a dvd in your wii to see if your system menu version displays.
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Re: [TUTORIAL] How to "Unbrick your Wii" in case of brick!!!!!!!!!!!

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I don't have a game cube controller,I don't want to buy one,do you have any other solution :?:
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No :roll: :? For info as soon as you can, a GameCube pad costs 10€ at a supermarket (regardless of the brand).

edit: I just saw that you had posted another message so:

But... but... if indeed you have bootmii in boot2 you don't need a pad. :mrgreen:

so to use bootmii you must have in your SD the bootmii folder and in bootmii the bootmii.ini file
if you open it with notepad for example you should have this:

# BootMii config file

# Video mode, possible settings:
# NTSC, PAL50, PAL60, PROGRESSIVE
VIDEO=PAL50

# Autoboot, possible settings:
# SYSMENU, HBC
#AUTOBOOT=SYSMENU

# Autoboot delay, in seconds:
# Default is 5
#BOOTDELAY=5


then with your SD in your wii turn it on, you should get the bootmii menu

if you change it to the following, you should boot directly to HBC

# BootMii config file

# Video mode, possible settings:
# NTSC, PAL50, PAL60, PROGRESSIVE
VIDEO=PAL50

# Autoboot, possible settings:
# SYSMENU, HBC
AUTOBOOT=HBC

# Autoboot delay, in seconds:
# Default is 5
#BOOTDELAY=5
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Re: [TUTORIAL] How to "Unbrick your Wii" in case of brick!!!!!!!!!!!

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Hello,
I'll explain my problem:

Following a handling error I bricked my wii result: black screen at startup (low level brick)

I installed HBC - a cioscorp but I have neither a Chip, nor bootmii.
Wii system on 3.2

Could it still be possible to save it with this trick - I'm out of solutions

P.s: and 2nd question could Savemiifree work for me in my case?
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Re: [TUTORIAL] How to "Unbrick your Wii" in case of brick!!!!!!!!!!!

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how exactly did you get bricked?

as for savemiifree, the only way to know is to test it :|
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Re: [TUTORIAL] How to "Unbrick your Wii" in case of brick!!!!!!!!!!!

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Well I installed some programs and following that no more access to my wii menu (before I had bootmii) and like an idiot I tell myself: Bootmii must be blocking me from accessing this menu so I uninstall it and there ...

Black Screen!

and looking at several forums I realize that on the contrary bootmii is what lets me access my menu which must be corrupted for sure ... >_>

But I think I bricked my wii with a certain game like Mario Kart or Cerebral academy >_>
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Re: [TUTORIAL] How to "Unbrick your Wii" in case of brick!!!!!!!!!!!

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if I try the trick on this forum do I have a chance of succeeding or is it really just luck since I don't have a chip /:?
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thx
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Re: [TUTORIAL] How to "Unbrick your Wii" in case of brick!!!!!!!!!!!

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hello I managed to debrick my wii, I found on my sd a nand backup that I had made.but I was on 3.4e,and now my wii is on 4.2e,so no more hack,no more homebrewchannel either,and impossible to reinstall it,the only option shown in hackmii installer is exit,and it also says that the installed ios are vulnerable???.how could I do to get the homebrew channel back?I don't know what to do anymore,and I feel like a noob.please help me
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Raddor wrote:Well I installed some programs and following that no more access to my wii menu (before I had bootmii) and like an idiot I tell myself: Bootmii must be blocking me from accessing this menu so I uninstall it and there ...

Black Screen!

and looking at several forums I realize that on the contrary bootmii is what lets me access my menu which must be corrupted for sure ... >_>

But I think I bricked my wii with a certain game like Mario Kart or Cerebral academy >_>
@Raddor: no chip but it seems to me that you said you had the cioscorp so on that side it should be fine. but I repeat that you need a game cube pad to do the savemiifree test.

servity wrote:hello I managed to debrick my wii, I found on my sd a nand backup that I had made.but I was on 3.4e,and now my wii is on 4.2e,so no more hack,no more homebrewchannel either,and impossible to reinstall it,the only option shown in hackmii installer is exit,and it also says that the installed ios are vulnerable???.how could I do to get the homebrew channel back?I don't know what to do anymore,and I feel like a noob.please help me


@servity:
I think you have a problem, a hack in fact on ios34. So, with banner bomb, you're going to launch wad manager and reinstall the original ios34. which will let you reinstall hbc and bootmii.
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if you can't manage that, still with bannerbomb, run signcheck for me, press reset several times until a file is created at the root of your sd. copy/paste the content for me:
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Re: [TUTORIAL] How to "Unbrick your Wii" in case of brick!!!!!!!!!!!

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so I tried installing the ios via wadmanager and I get an error that appears,then I did signcheck and here's the copy paste.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
- <app version="1">
<name>signCheck</name>
<coder>The Lemon Man</coder>
<version>0.3b</version>
<release_date>200907061500</release_date>
<short_description>IOS sanity check</short_description>
<long_description>Features new in 0.3 : [*] Now analyze any ios present on the wii [+] Output a csv report of the wii ios set [+] Usb2, boot2 and flash access test For complaints, bitching or compliments contact me on #wiihelp or #HACKERCHANNEL (EFNET) or on https://www.nextrl.it if you are italian :3</long_description>
</app>
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peace
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Re: [TUTORIAL] How to "Unbrick your Wii" in case of brick!!!!!!!!!!!

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servity wrote:so I tried installing the ios via wadmanager and I get an error that appears,then I did signcheck and here's the copy paste.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
- <app version="1">
<name>signCheck</name>
<coder>The Lemon Man</coder>
<version>0.3b</version>
<release_date>200907061500</release_date>
<short_description>IOS sanity check</short_description>
<long_description>Features new in 0.3 : [*] Now analyze any ios present on the wii [+] Output a csv report of the wii ios set [+] Usb2, boot2 and flash access test For complaints, bitching or compliments contact me on #wiihelp or #HACKERCHANNEL (EFNET) or on https://www.nextrl.it if you are italian :3</long_description>
</app>
no... that's not the signcheck file. the file that's created is at the root of your SD and it's named: signCheck.csv
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Re: [TUTORIAL] How to "Unbrick your Wii" in case of brick!!!!!!!!!!!

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I'm sorry but I did like you said and I don't have any folder at the root of my sd with that name, how long do I need to hold reset for this folder to be created
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until it reboots or until it gets stuck on an ios. note it if it gets stuck.
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Re: [TUTORIAL] How to "Unbrick your Wii" in case of brick!!!!!!!!!!!

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I just tried again I still don't have signcheck.csv, at the root of my sd, is that because I have the cios corp installed on my wii.but at worst I'd need a wad.dol from the homebrew channel if I manage to reinstall it I know that afterwards I'll manage
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relaunch wad manager, and instead of the 36 at the start try another ios. test them all if needed :P
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Re: [TUTORIAL] How to "Unbrick your Wii" in case of brick!!!!!!!!!!!

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problem solved,I put pimp-my-wii's boot.dol at the root of my sd and launched it with bannerbomb,then I ran the test that fixes errors,reinstalled ios 34.then afterwards, I removed pimp-my-wii's boot.dol from the root of my sd,so that
this time it's bannerbomb alone that launches,which let me reinstall the homebrew channel,dvdx,and bootmii,and there miracle it works,well it's not really a miracle...thanks for your answers and the help you gave me thank you very much.
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Thanks a lot for this tutorial which I hope will let me unlock my wii

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