How do I softmod my wii?

whatsamsn

I have a launch date nintendo wii and am looking to mod it.
I never would of tackled it myself until i heard of the soft mod going about. I looked at the FAq on here and all i seem to have is an SD card.

But .. i cant seem to find a tutorial out there on how to do so?
can anyone link me to one? if its not against forums rules.

thanks

Stuxnet

hi, your best bet is to be on/get on firmware 4.0 - 4.2, then you want to use the BannerBomb hack !! any other firmwares require special game save hacks and you will need the games also !!

ill p,m you the link for a wicked info site, we used post it before, but not allowed anymore !

yup all you need is a memo card, youll install whats called the HomeBrew Channel (hbc) this is your launch pad for installing all sorts of goodies be sure to install BootMii as soon as youve hbc installed, and make a copy of your nand to your memo card and copy it on pc or somewhere safe, this is your brick protection, and in the unlikely case of mess ups in the future, you will always be able return to this safe state by reinstalling it !!

rocksolid

iPwnage wrote: »

hi, your best bet is to be on/get on firmware 4.0 - 4.2, then you want to use the BannerBomb hack !! any other firmwares require special game save hacks and you will need the games also !!

ill p,m you the link for a wicked info site, we used post it before, but not allowed anymore !

yup all you need is a memo card, youll install whats called the HomeBrew Channel (hbc) this is your launch pad for installing all sorts of goodies be sure to install BootMii as soon as youve hbc installed, and make a copy of your nand to your memo card and copy it on pc or somewhere safe, this is your brick protection, and in the unlikely case of mess ups in the future, you will always be able return to this safe state by reinstalling it !!

Maybe you would pm me the link to that site too if you wouldnt mind?? Bin searching a for good walk through site for a while now.........

Myrddin

iPwnage wrote: »

hi, your best bet is to be on/get on firmware 4.0 - 4.2, then you want to use the BannerBomb hack !! any other firmwares require special game save hacks and you will need the games also !!

ill p,m you the link for a wicked info site, we used post it before, but not allowed anymore !

yup all you need is a memo card, youll install whats called the HomeBrew Channel (hbc) this is your launch pad for installing all sorts of goodies be sure to install BootMii as soon as youve hbc installed, and make a copy of your nand to your memo card and copy it on pc or somewhere safe, this is your brick protection, and in the unlikely case of mess ups in the future, you will always be able return to this safe state by reinstalling it !!

We can't link to it because of:

CHARTER wrote:

DO NOT POST ANYTHING IN RELATION TO BACKING UP/RIPPING GAMES. THIS INCLUDES WHERE/HOW OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION RELATED TO DOWNLOADING GAMES
DO NOT LINK TO SITES THAT HAVE INFORMATION ON THE ABOVE.

So whoever allowed it in the past, obviously didn't read that the way I do.

Stuxnet

:rolleyes:
ya i know :rolleyes:

LighterGuy

Thanks Ipawnage.

Oh for the record my wii already has a cyclowiz chip in it from 2007. Some guy put it in for me. Stupid chip stopped working in 2008. Havent really played the wii since.

Since this chip is no longer working, it shouldnt stop the soft mod process, right?

Stuxnet

no problem,
no wont have any bearing on it, mine has a redundant wiiKey1 in it also ! dont think it was ever used !!

zuroph

i should prob do this too. got a launch wii, and a copy of twilight to hand. PM me a guide?

Myrddin

zuroph wrote: »

i should prob do this too. got a launch wii, and a copy of twilight to hand. PM me a guide?

Go to wiibrew.org & search for bannerbomb.

zuroph

ugh. got all geared up to do this. fired er up for the first time in ages 3.4e

went to where my SD cards are.. not there. I've somehow misplaced ALL of them.

Myrddin

zuroph wrote: »

ugh. got all geared up to do this. fired er up for the first time in ages 3.4e

went to where my SD cards are.. not there. I've somehow misplaced ALL of them.

Lol, exactly the kind of cr@p that happens me :mad:

Count yourself lucky it's not the other way around (4.3E!)

whatsamsn

Hey guys,
just checked my wii firmware. Its at 4.1


so that means I dont need any game (Indiana Jones etc) to softmod my wii, right? .. So I just get the bannerbomb hack and im good to go? (:( sorry if thats a stupid question, just rather have all the info before doing it you know)

Stuxnet

yup,
BannerBomb V2 you want

Hangover

Go over to wiihacks.com and in tut section there are numerous guides to softmodding the wii, i used the one by authour messie and it was pretty easy to follow and has been updated regularly.

whatsamsn

hey guys,
having problems softmodding my wii.

I installed Bootmii and the homebrew channel without any problems. Then the tutorial I read said to install IOS236. But... it keeps saying failed to do so.

Any ideas of what I should do?

**edit* i am using bannerbomb v2

Stuxnet

whatsamsn wrote: »

hey guys,
having problems softmodding my wii.

I installed Bootmii and the homebrew channel without any problems. Then the tutorial I read said to install IOS236. But... it keeps saying failed to do so.

Any ideas of what I should do?

**edit* i am using bannerbomb v2

have you the wii connected to the net ? wired/wireless

you can install pimp my wii .wad file, and install it via wad manager, it'll download & install all the patches and ios's you need, be sure your nand is backed up, incase, you should be fine tho

whatsamsn

I feel like a total fool right now

so i am meant to have to wii hooked up to the net while i install IOS236?

Myrddin

whatsamsn wrote: »

I feel like a total fool right now

so i am meant to have to wii hooked up to the net while i install IOS236?

Depending on the installer you use, they can pull files off the net or you can install them locally via usb/sd etc. But you'll need to actually have the file for it to be installed, or indeed, let it go online to get it.

zuroph

found a 1gb SD card!! woo! that enough space?

whatsamsn

EnterNow wrote: »

Depending on the installer you use, they can pull files off the net or you can install them locally via usb/sd etc. But you'll need to actually have the file for it to be installed, or indeed, let it go online to get it.

well thats what I did.
I put the private folder of bannerbomb on the SD card along with bootmii, installed fine.

then when it comes to the next step. this is where things arent working (and to be honest im lost on :P ) the tutorial said to put ios236 on the sd card and run through the homebrew channel. Which I did. But it keeps failing.

Am I doing something stupid and leaving a critical something out? :P
Do I have to have the wii plugged to the net while i try to install ios236?

(total noob here guys :P )

whatsamsn

was doing a little research on this.

seems if you were on 4.2 update before putting in the bannerbomb hack (which i was) then you have to install the "restore the Trucha Bug" thing.

which was the next part of the tutorial i was looking out last night doing my wii... which didnt work for me.

so can anyone suggest what i do next to get it working?

JavaBeans

Use pimp my wii as said earlier, it'll sort trucha and everything you need, ... Do it connected to the net so it can grab the files it needs

witnessmenow

If you google the words "simplistic" and "mod"

you might find something interesting

Unfortunately due to some of the interesting things we might find, you can not link to these interesting things.

zuroph wrote: »

found a 1gb SD card!! woo! that enough space?

Loads. If you get in to bother give me a shout, but it really can be a really simplistic mod using the right guide :pac:

Stuxnet

zuroph wrote: »

found a 1gb SD card!! woo! that enough space?

loads, the hack itself is tiny, 3/4 mb
you need at least 500mb to copy your nand to memo car, then to pc/storage for safe keeping,
other then that, you wont use the card for much only transferring wad files from pc to wii's hbc ...etc,

zuroph

right did it last night. hit a few issues along the way, but getting there now. All the homebrew you add is saved to the SD card right? also, couldnt get the wiiload file transfer thing to work, so have been taking out the card to top it up. whats a must install? Have already done the nand copy, installed media centre, and the snes, atari XL and N64 emulators. I tried the update to IOS58 using tantrics installer, and was frustrated trying to get it to load, took me ages before I read somewhere that you have to reinstall HBC afterwards, they REALLY should make that clearer

im still not exactly understanding WAD, what do i use it for, what does it do, and whats are WADs? I've been using HBbrowser to grab stuff so far.

Myrddin

zuroph wrote: »

right did it last night. hit a few issues along the way, but getting there now. All the homebrew you add is saved to the SD card right? also, couldnt get the wiiload file transfer thing to work, so have been taking out the card to top it up. whats a must install? Have already done the nand copy, installed media centre, and the snes, atari XL and N64 emulators. I tried the update to IOS58 using tantrics installer, and was frustrated trying to get it to load, took me ages before I read somewhere that you have to reinstall HBC afterwards, they REALLY should make that clearer

im still not exactly understanding WAD, what do i use it for, what does it do, and whats are WADs? I've been using HBbrowser to grab stuff so far.

A wad is like a programme or application that the Wii can read/identify. Typically they're installed with a WAD Manager etc. Homebrew Browser is a cracking little app, lets you browse & select all the different emus etc from the Wii, pick what you want & download/installs it automatically.

Get yourself a cheap USB hdd, & get something like USB Loader GX to go with it.

zuroph

EnterNow wrote: »

A wad is like a programme or application that the Wii can read/identify. Typically they're installed with a WAD Manager etc. Homebrew Browser is a cracking little app, lets you browse & select all the different emus etc from the Wii, pick what you want & download/installs it automatically.

Get yourself a cheap USB hdd, & get something like USB Loader GX to go with it.

is there a difference between what I'd install with Wad manager, and what i'd just pull from HBbrowser? Not entirely sure what to add next. except a classic controller or GC controller for the emulators.

EDIT: from preliminary googles, Im aware some of the WAD conversation could be against charter?

Myrddin

zuroph wrote: »

is there a difference between what I'd install with Wad manager, and what i'd just pull from HBbrowser? Not entirely sure what to add next. except a classic controller or GC controller for the emulators.

EDIT: from preliminary googles, Im aware some of the WAD conversation could be against charter?

Well WAD's can be anything from my understanding, from emulators to backup managers etc. As long as it's kept vague I don't see anything breaching the charter. We don't really need to know what the wad's are, just advice on installing them etc. Or maybe I'm wrong lol, but I've installed wad's of channels etc without nefarious purposes before.

The wad's & what you get with HBbrowser would be the same thing, it just automates the process, downloads it through your Wii & installs it correctly.

Stuxnet

indeed, think of a wad as a self extracting and installing application, like an .exe or linux .deb, nothing "illegal" about wad itself !! its just a file format, like .png or jpeg

whatsamsn

Got my wii working
Got to say thanks to iPwnage for helping me out Appreciate it man.

newtothis

I have used bannerbomb to mod my wii and then used modmii to do a friends and modmii was very simple to use.

bigmoma22

Hi

i've softmodded one ages ago was pretty easy, finally scratched discs make me think it's time to do it on my own. However I have no internet connection on wii haven't been able to get it up and running with current router so no updates and still on 3.4
Can someone recommend a guide to use and tell me what problems I might be facing without internet on wii. I really do not feel i need it as never play online nor use it to shop or browse.
I would like to backup all games on a USB stick to use with the wii. Also, when I soft modded a wii long long ago I used a mini card from a mobile phone. That seems to be a problem these days OR?

Can I bypass no internet for wii and get updates through pc then load onto wii? IF so, how exactly?

NO INTERNET means no updates to system OR to homebrew channel, right?

Reading a guide for older not updated wii s by Dogeggs and section worries me : "Go to Homebrew channel and run Trucha Bug Restorer, load IOS36, press 1, read the warnings then select 'downgrade IOS15', Many people say NOT TO EVER DOWNGRADE! So what's your advice guys?

Thanx a mill for patience and your help!

Hangover

I updated the softmod on my wii a few months ago as i couldnt get Metroid other M to work, mine was on 4.3 so i left it on 4.3 and just updated the cios's etc.
Go over to wiihacks.com and just follow the guide for your firmware version, you can do it without net connection but you will need to keep changing the files on an SD card instead of downloading off the net.
Any particular reason why you cant get the wii to connect to the router ? , should be straight forward.

Stuxnet

any chance the router has mac address filtering enabled ? this will prevent wii connecting unless its added to a white list in the router...

dogtoffee

bigmoma22 wrote: »

Google modmii is the easiest guide to follow and Wii does not need to be online to do it. If your stuck pm me I'll help or do it for you I'd advise using a usb loader no more disc's

Berns

Wiihacks gotta guide:softmod any wii. All info is there on different versions and possible errors and solutions. It's the easiest guide I've seen and covers all. Google "guide:softmod any wii" & the wiihacks one

You'll need the net on computer to get the files, but guess thats true for all of them. I think you are thinkin of the homebrew browser when your mentioning that you need the internet too btw. I've done a couple when they weren't setup for my router.

Also has to be a SD card, notta SDHC. Dunno if can use a micro in a adapter but SD card only bout £10 in Argos & I keep it in the wii for the apps. Some set them up to run off a hard drive, but means gotta have it on every time the wii is on to run a program. Used to use the media player to watch stuff over the network so keepin it on card was handier.

bigmoma22

Hi all thanx for replies.

re internet n wii
Long ago when got wii tried net, no sucess, been to different forums etc no joy. I can install reinstall windows on pc, partition it etc so not that unsavvy but this was just too much trouble for not much. Laptops any make connect to router no probs, tried putting wii in front of it and it kept coming back as if there was no network, not important now...

@ dogtoffee

might take u up on dat offr!!! Got a bit of a scare as guide seems to be much more complicated now plus mention of downgrading OS which is super scary to me, plus somewhere read you need to eventually update to 4.2, but if its all possible via pc w sd card, happy days!!!

@berns
Was thinking of borrowing SD as I will be using USB loader dedicated to wii, can I do without SD, once its hacked? Might get one eventually...

Thanx all again!

PS wont be doing it till next weekend, will bother you som more den!

Berns

I beleive once its all done, you can copy the folders over till the hard drive and run the app's from there.

Not 100% on how do it, think needa file and set it up with priiloader.

dogtoffee

bigmoma22 wrote: »

Hi all thanx for replies.

@ dogtoffee

when doing mod make sure you back nand and store it somewhere safe, Priiloader is a must if you can't install bootmii as boot 2. I have mine on 4.2 but 4.1 is grand also.

I have a few tut's on DW not sure if I can post links to them on here but drop me a pm if you need help.