wii firmware

01-10-2009 08:37AM #1

hi - I haven't updated the firmware on my wii since I bought it so it's way back at version 3.1 (have been using twilight hack so didn't want to update)- what is the best way to update this so recent wiiware games will work etc. I have looked into the world of cios etc but it's all very confusing about which ones are needed and risks re bricking etc. Is there a clean way to do this?

animaX · 01-10-2009 09:48AM

First you should install bootmii, its like a failsafe in case you brick or whatever. Then you can get a "safe" 4.0 or 4.1 installer which will update the firmware but keep the homebrew channel etc. See the forums at gbatemp for info.

Whatever you do, avoid the latest firmware 4.2

01-10-2009 10:06AM

thanks - can I do this in offline mode - i.e. download files on pc and transfer to wii - as I don't have a wireless connection to wii. thanks.

animaX · 01-10-2009 10:08AM

glasso wrote: »

thanks - can I do this in offline mode - i.e. download files on pc and transfer to wii - as I don't have a wireless connection to wii. thanks.

Yes, there usually are offline methods but it could be tricky if you don't know where to get the required files.

13-10-2009 08:29AM

eventually got wifi access and did this through safe updater 4.2 (saving using the bootmii thing first). However I then found out that some stuff didn't work and had to research other patches and apply them (some trucha bug thing). It's all a bit fiddly really between downloading stuff on pc and transferring to wii and using all sorts of custom software and patches - and I'm fairly literate with messing around with this sort of stuff.

Kinetic^ · 13-10-2009 08:34AM

Moved to console modding.

wii firmware

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