patched ios60, afraid of bricking

junkmailturds · 10-16-2009, 11:22 AM

I installed patched ios60 and was reading this forum and realized that it was a VERY bad idea.

Is there any way that a cios update (I have cios38rev14 now) in the future would cause my wii to brick?

Now I have 4.1U by wakinako, preloader .29, neogamma7, and bootmii installed but it could only install as ios.

Any advice on how to keep this from bricking would be great! I'm afraid to do or install anything else right now.

Without having boot2 installed would a backup NAD even help me if it did brick? Thanks!

Jasons34 · 10-16-2009, 11:40 AM

Patched ios60 is only used when dealing with the newesr firmwares I think 4.0 and above. The system menu runs off ios60, and the older system menus use a different ios. Cios' are a custom ios and dont affect any ios. Ios are official nintendo ios, as cios are custom made ones. They dont hurt each other. Leave your cios38 rev 14 alone as that is the most current one. The only thing I see that can be a problem is your bootmii installation. I have not seen many people that have had success using bootmii when its installed as ios. If your console was made before october of 08, you could install it as boot2 and then backing up your nand would work fine if you use the correct sd card. Really there are only a few things I make sure I do right to keep from bricking my console. 1: Dont do ANY nintendo updates if its through the systems menu or disc updates and also no out of region updates. 2: If installing wads, make sure they are safe to install first. 3: If upgrading/downgrading, make sure you follow all steps to a T. Now I will get into more detail with those 3 keys. first off I use starfall (basically preloader but for 3.2) and have it set up to bypass all disc updates. The updates you can do within your systems options i dont even touch. When dealing with wads I make sure I read everything there is about that wad. I always get my wads from wadder.net and I always check first to see if anyone has tried it out beforehand. Last, if you are fine with what firmware you are using (as i am perfectly fine with my 3.2) leave it alone. Some people get on my case about how I have a very outdated firmware version. I can still play any backup game I want. I can install usb loader, bootmii, and preloader. The only things i cant do is the system menu hacks, but i dont care about those.

junkmailturds · 10-16-2009, 01:59 PM

Thanks so much for the reply. I feel a lot better after reading that. I'm fine with my system menu and wouldn't have even updated to 4.1 if i had known better. I would really like to have boot2 installed but I can't for some reason. Before I knew about homebrew I did a nintendo update to 3.4U and my wii is about 2 years old. I really have no idea why I can't install bootmii as boot 2. I would love to have a boot2 nad because I'm pretty good at messing stuff up. Any ideas on how i could go about this would be appreciated. If I could thank you ten times for your last post I would. I'll be able to sleep better at night now!

FP125 · 10-21-2009, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Jasons34

Last, if you are fine with what firmware you are using (as i am perfectly fine with my 3.2) leave it alone.

I have 3.3 and am getting System Updates when I put any game disc in - I have been advised to install to 4.1 to play these games - is there no way I can stay on 3.3 and play them - seeing as you are fine with 3.2?????

messie · 10-22-2009, 12:53 AM

well it is always advised to go to 4.1 but not for playing games. you can install ioses38-53-55 and play the games no problem. they must be around here