New 3.1-4.1 Softmod for ANY Wii

sheefu · 11-07-2009, 01:18 AM

i want to do this tutorial, but it says you need an internet connection in your wii(which i do not have).
is there an alternate way of doing this?
is internet really needed or is it just for the optional parts?

i really want to do this but i dont have the time to read all the pages here (its over 400 already)
btw i have a 3.3U wii. i already have hbc but not bootmii. i also dont have a gamecube controller.

messie · 11-07-2009, 02:24 AM

skip tha part where GC controller is needed, that means skip step 2 if you dont have a boot2/bootmii. when you reach the update part, install ios60 and then install sysmenu 4.1 of your region as a wad, can be found under dogeggs' sig... thats about it, i did it with no internet

ggb · 11-07-2009, 05:35 AM

I have a system version 3.4E. I did step 1-3, than i skipped step 4 and 5a (dont know why), and did step 5b-d. (obviously 5c didnt work) Now my system files are corrupted, and i can only use the preloader and the HBC. What should i do? I installed bootmii as an IOS, and i dont have wifi on my wii. Pls help me.

SwatPup · 11-07-2009, 05:59 AM

Been out of the mod/hack loop for awhile and found this to get me up to par. I followed the steps and my dvdr games load, but give the "cannot read game disc" message at random points (middle of loading it, after intro, etc) but could never play any of them. Before the upgrade guitar heros, beatles rockband, wii sports played right off the dvdrs. I have a D9Pro2 installed and was on 4.0 somehow (last update i did was 3.3). I have tried to load the games via disc channel and neo boot loader w/out any success.

Thank!

Pup

anoble · 11-07-2009, 08:33 AM

Ok, so I followed this tutorial to the T. And everything is fine, works great. But I'm wondering is there anything else I should do, or is this the most up to date softmod out there (without going to 4.2)?

Any new stuff I should be adding?

Thanks again for the tutorial, and any help that may come!
anoble

giyshe · 11-07-2009, 09:24 AM

Hi all i have a vergin wii got to step 3 ok done part a ok but stuck on part b when i click A to install it comes up with

ES_Addtitlestart returned :-2011
you need to use an ios with trucha bug
thats what the IOS15 is good for
Ios36 installtion failed
press any button to exit

any one had this prob

many thanks all

timm5 · 11-07-2009, 11:00 AM

Hi all,
I have an old(er) GC2-D2C (v1) Wii.
A few years ago I soldered a Infectus Argon directly onto the SMT chips!
Was happy playing the odd backup etc. Then sortuv lost interest.

... until I saw WiiCoverFlow. (circa Jan 09)
I think at that time I was on 3.4 or maybe 4.0.
Started messing around with the soft modding.
TwilightHack to get HomeBrew on there, etc.
I was never really managed to get WiiCoverFlow working.
But was happy to load up .wad files, and was able to get other USB loaders (sortuv working).

Recently I saw USB Loader GX mentioned on LifeHacker
[Only Registered Users Can See Links. Click Here To Register]
I had to get this working...
Tried the walkthru here
[Only Registered Users Can See Links. Click Here To Register]
But no real joy

Updated from 4.0 to 4.1, same issues... seemed that USBloaderGX keeps going to black screen when loading games.

Found the above walkthru here on WiiHacks, and so gave it a try.
However, same issue: USBloader GX going to black screen.

Then I ran the 4.1 Safe update, even though I was on 4.1 and managed to semi-brick, or "banner brick" the wii. :-(
bit of stress there... was able to get into PreLoader and Bootmii, and had a backup, etc
but Bootmii keeps thinking my NAND backup is from another wii...
(I've since done a backup and immediate restore and same issue... not sure why it does this)

managed to get out of banner brick by reinstalling PreLoader. Thank god.
(I think the safe 4.1 update must have removed the ISO 60 patched, thus the brick.. so when i reinstalled IOS 60 patch plus PreLoader it worked... no idea really as I am at the merci of all these forums and walk thrus etc...)

ANYWAY... the reason I am writing is that I finally managed to get USB Loader GX working and RESOLVED.
I basically formatted the wii back to default settings via the normal Wii Settings menu.
4.1 still booted, even though i've thoroughly been wedging it with cIOSes, patches, bricks, etc...
after the "format", i followed above walkthru very carefully, etc and now USB loader GX has stopped going to black screen on game loads.

Now just have to patiently transfer all those images i've been keeping over the years to the WBMS drive.
and hope my non-techincal friends are impressed, when/if they ever see it work...

good luck!

0nce · 11-07-2009, 11:42 AM

Thanks a lot for this wonderful tutorial and the package of softwares, IOS, ... !

the100thmonkey · 11-07-2009, 12:19 PM

Many thanks for a very clear and easy to follow tutorial.

txwob · 11-07-2009, 12:42 PM

Did this on my new wii ,matter of fact did it twice to be sure i completed it correctly ,everything whent just as it was suppose to ,same results as explained ,no errors but tried to play a game ,(mind i used the Ver -r disc burned at 2 ,with imgburn) can't get the game to play says dvd reader error 1101 ,i'm new to doin the wii but have done the ps2 so not totally in the dark ,can anyone help please and thx for the site it was right on helping a newbie

Ohhh and sry new to the site ,not sure i posted in the right place ,if not very sry