[Wii] ISO Loading
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[sYn]
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PostPosted: Fri, 18th Feb 2011 16:52    Post subject: [Wii] ISO Loading
So having owned a Wii for years I've never actually turned the thing on.. I guess its time I looked into hacking it, if only for the sake of having it done Razz. The Wii is currently running 3.4e so from what I can tell I need to use the Twilight Hack to install the Homebrew channel using the HackMii Installer..

Is there any benifit to updating the Wii to 4.2 and using the Smash Stack exploit?
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PostPosted: Fri, 18th Feb 2011 17:07    Post subject:
Twilight hack is more a pain in the ass. Better got to 4.2 to be safe with games that might require that version. Pretty sure theres a hack for 4.3
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sabin1981
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PostPosted: Fri, 18th Feb 2011 17:10    Post subject:
Even easier is the BannerBomb exploit on 4.1/4.2, no game needed just certain files and an SD card =)

http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Bannerbomb

As for 4.3? There's no need for it. All 4.3 did was bring in more anti-piracy stuff from Nintendo.
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[sYn]
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PostPosted: Fri, 18th Feb 2011 17:14    Post subject:
Ahh, looking at things I only have the games needed for the Twilight hack. The SmashStack hack needs the US version of Smash Bro's and I don't have the Lego games needed for the other exploits.

How does the Bannerbomb exploit work? It looks like its far less reliable so I'm dubious about upgrading to 4.2 only to have it fail.
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PostPosted: Fri, 18th Feb 2011 17:23    Post subject:
I did the banana bomb and it worked great. I think it's just a buffer overflow or something.

Not sure why you think it's not safe... but I bet you have your reasons.

Either way, thats the approach i'd take!


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[sYn]
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PostPosted: Fri, 18th Feb 2011 17:28    Post subject:
Horrordee wrote:
I did the banana bomb and it worked great. I think it's just a buffer overflow or something.

Not sure why you think it's not safe... but I bet you have your reasons.

Either way, thats the approach i'd take!


Wasnt worried about it being safe, the wiki page I was reading simply seemed to indicate it could fail (so updating to use it seemed silly when the Twlight hack seemed more reliable). Having read around a bit more it looks like the BannerBomb exploit is better than I initially thought.

The only issue now is how I get from 3.4e to 4.2e ? Any ideas?

-- edit --

I just asked around and it seems that updating through any other means than the officially over the internet is pretty unsafe.. If I keep using 3.4 will I be limited in what games I can load?
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PostPosted: Fri, 18th Feb 2011 18:09    Post subject:
I think once you've hacked your wii, you can update to whatever you want safely Smile


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PostPosted: Fri, 18th Feb 2011 18:12    Post subject:
Cool, will hack 3.4 using bannerbomb!
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PostPosted: Fri, 18th Feb 2011 18:13    Post subject:
Horrordee wrote:
I think once you've hacked your wii, you can update to whatever you want safely Smile


Definitely NOT true, mate. If you're on 3.4, use BB and install the hacks, you LOSE those if you then update to 4.x -- you have to perform the hack ON the firmware you want to keep. 3.4 is outdated now, so there will be games that don't work on it --- as for which ones? I really don't know :\
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[sYn]
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PostPosted: Fri, 18th Feb 2011 18:30    Post subject:
Can I not update using the homebrew loader to load the update then re-hack the firmware? If not then I can't see a safe way of getting to 4.1 from 3.4..

I have 3.4 hacked now, so I'll keep looking into it.
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PostPosted: Fri, 18th Feb 2011 18:40    Post subject:
You know.... I honestly DON'T know how to update the Wii "offline" Sad I've never had to do it before so I'm not sure on the procedure, though you could try the NUSD;

http://wiibrew.org/wiki/NUS_Downloader

And like I said, if you hack 3.4 and then update to 4.1; you'll lose the hack and have to reapply it ON 4.1.


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Horrordee
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PostPosted: Fri, 18th Feb 2011 18:40    Post subject:
Ok i was wrong.

I would just go up to 4.1 and hack that.

Surely there is a game out ther which was released containing the 4.1 hack on the disk?


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PostPosted: Fri, 18th Feb 2011 18:41    Post subject:
Horrordee wrote:

I would just go up to 4.1 and hack that.


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[sYn]
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PostPosted: Fri, 18th Feb 2011 18:42    Post subject:
No idea.. None that I have thats for sure Razz! I'll try to play some games and see what happens.. maybe some of the ISO's will have the update on?

BTW, what ISO loader should I be using to load ISO's from SD? Also, will the ISO loader add support for SDHC, or should I just go grab a USB stick and load games from that?

-- edit --

Damnit.. my girlfriend has lost my USB stick... Can you load ISO's from the network?

-- edit 2 --

I found an updater to 4.2, doing that now.... :\

-- edit 3 --

Well I'm all done and installed. Much bigger pain in the ass than I would have hoped but I got it sorted in the end!
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PostPosted: Sat, 19th Feb 2011 00:32    Post subject:
Now you should acquire Goldeneye and give it a try!
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[sYn]
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PostPosted: Sat, 19th Feb 2011 00:48    Post subject:
I need a bigger USB drive or a way to load stuff from DVD first Razz.. Currently I only have a 2gb drive as my missus lost my other 3!
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