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

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

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2026 update: this topic dates from 2009 and the tools have changed since. The up-to-date method is in our tutorial Bricked Wii in 2026: identifying the problem and fixing it (Priiloader, BootMii, error 003).

TUTORIAL by LosS:

How to unbrick a bricked Wii, even without the "twilight hack" save,
only with "3.2E" and for the 4.0E,4.1E and 4.2E:
FOLLOW THIS TUTORIAL:
Unbrick for firmware 4.0E, 4.1E and 4.2E
WARNING: this tutorial is for people who have already installed "CISCORP V1/V2" and "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.
-System menu that freezes.
-For those who mix up PAL and NTSC files like: "00000042.app" and "00000045.app"
etc..........


The main thing when you brick your wii, the first things to check before drawing any conclusion:

-Having already installed "cioscorp" or "chip".
-Homebrew Channel already installed.
-Check first if it's not your graphics card, video that simply gave up.(black screen on TV)
-The connections, yeah that can happen.
-The cause of the brick if you knew it.(installation, flash etc...)


-Download the iso pack:
Spoiler
WAD-MANAGER-ISO_AUTOBOOT_2.rar
-Burn the downloaded iso to dvd-r,
-burn at x4 speed preferably the "verbatim" brand with "imgburn" or "nero".
-The downloaded iso is an "autoboot wadmanager v1.1", I won't explain it more, you should know "wadmanager" lol :93:.

Download the following files with NUS
-IOS16-64-v257
-IOS30-64-v1040
-RVL-mios-v5
-RVL-bc-v2
-SystemMenu-v290

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

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

Otherwise for those who were on 3.3E and 3.4E:
Follow this TUTORIAL:
Install in the order listed :
IOS16-64-v257.wad
IOS30-64-v1040.wad
RVL-mios-v5.wad
RVL-bc-v2.wad
SystemMenu-v290.wad


There you go, you've just downgraded your wii without internet to 3.2E



STEP on "HBC":

And now your Wii is on 3.2E
Now you restart fresh with this tutorial :
Tutorial launching backups on wii from A to Z


-The rest of the installation is up to you depending on your setup: "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 done and done well too ^^.

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


Bonus video:
Summary of my brick:
While trying to install a "csm" found online, I simply bricked my wii, black screen, the controller didn't respond anymore and moreover I didn't have the "twilight hack" save just "starfall" and "ciscorp installed on it and of course "HBC".
The video I made, I bricked the express wii 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 it on starfall and you'll see when I inserted the original zelda game that I didn't have the twilight hack save and that I just installed "SystemMenu-v290.wad.", because I just bricked the banner and nothing else and I finished the rest of the installation on the "HBC".
Enjoy watching everyone.

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


For me, I've had, to this day, my wii brick 8 times since December 2008, the bricks I've had are not all the same, due to my bad custom, preloader brick, corrupted system file anyway we can say almost the whole thing ^^ plus the worst I had a fright I didn't have the "Twilight hack" save anymore imagine the panic!!!!!! lol

PS: To download the packs you must post and follow up on your problem, whether "yes" or "no" it unbricked your wii.
Last edited by Tgames on Sat 10 Oct 2026 20:13, edited 38 times in total.
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thanks for the tutorial, it'll help a lot of people ;)
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dang I just sent my Wii to Nintendo repair, if I'd seen this I would have kept it but anyway I hadn't installed CIOSCORP

Next time it bricks my Wii I'll use this tutorial
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I'll test that right away
Wii 1ère génération en 4.0E + Wiikey 1 màj 1.9s
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hello is it the same method for those who are on 3.3?
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yes up to 3.4E for now,
if you already had the chip or ciscorp installed before the brick,
and additionally you downgrade directly to 3.2E without the net ^^
but each brick has its own case which is why I'm asking for feedback from your brick experience, normally I made a video of my brick but the problem youtube is buggggg to death????
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so me who has the chip, am I not obligated to install anything at all before the brick?



Do I need to put the zelda save on the Wii like that
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does it not work if we were on 4.0 before the brick?
Wii 1ère génération en 4.0E + Wiikey 1 màj 1.9s
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Thanks, awesome tutorial it helped me a lot.
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we're going to try it (without the zelda save and without cIOScorp, just HBC if possible)

hmmm, but the autoboot iso is invalid with imgburn?? is it just me or....(I'm starting to think I have bad luck lol)
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Thanks! Plus I rigged myself up a Savemii Frii to be even more protected ^^'

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there, youtube isn't bugging anymore
so I put the brick video on the tutorial, enjoy watching ^^
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Thanks that can always be useful...
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Re: [TUTORIAL] How to "Unbrick your Wii" in case of brick!!!!!!!!!!!

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Alright I'll try your technique and see how it goes but you don't mention how to boot the iso
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thanks a ton for your tutorial
going to go test that

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Thanks and :accord: :74:

as soon as possible I'll test it thanks
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well I tried, impossible to boot from the iso, I think I have a full brick
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hilo wrote:well I tried, impossible to boot from the iso, I think I have a full brick
hi
for your brick did you have ciscorp installed on it or the chip??
and your Wii version is a 4????
what's your full brick like??
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Does it work for a low level brick???(I don't think so but well....)
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thanks a lot, that could always be useful
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thanks for this excellent tutorial but is it good for me? the Wii wasn't really my thing but given the price of games and my kids who keep asking for them I got into it and like a fool on my kids' Wii I did the update to version 4.1
can I go back with your excellent tutorial? because I'm losing the few hairs I have left on my head with my kids' Wii, I did it for all the little neighbors but I'm stuck with mine, thanks for your answer
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Re: [TUTORIAL] How to "Unbrick your Wii" in case of brick!!!!!!!!!!!

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excellent tutorial thanks

hi which tutorial to use for a low full brick???
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Re: [TUTORIAL] How to "Unbrick your Wii" in case of brick!!!!!!!!!!!

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I have a black screen following an update with mario power tennis, before that I was on 3.2 or 3.4 I don't remember anymore, I have a Wii with wiikey with the homebrew channel but without cios V1 or 2 and so I'd like to unbrick it

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

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Do you have preloader?
But...I think it's dead: black screen ===> Low level brick or boot brick if you prefer. :(
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I downloaded everything fine but impossible to burn the wadmanager autoboot iso, since I got an unsupported format with imgburn and with nero, it only burns to cd

how do I do it???

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