Wii Softmod Tutorial for noobs like me

[drgonzo]

is all the information in the first post still the most up to date way of doing this? I'm gonna give it a got but just don't wanna be using old info. Thanks!

[dell_xps]

Yes it is m8.

[Elbow777]

i did exactly the same mate! keep going your nearly there

Got there. Now playing a back up of our Cooking Mama game.

Thanks to Drawflex and Dell_xps for their invaluable information.


Cheers
Elbow

[dell_xps]

Got there. Now playing a back up of our Cooking Mama game.

Thanks to Drawflex and Dell_xps for their invaluable information.


Cheers
Elbow

No probs m8 glad to of helped.

[desiguru]

Thanks for such a straight forward and simple to use tutorial. Just followed and installed almost everything given here. just got two problems:
1) Run cIOS Installer in Homebrew Channel
Load "Install Shop IOS51". Say Yes to installing IOS51,Yes to patching a fix but leave the Wii Shop Channel.

I got this installed, but in the last, it displayed "something failed, press any key to exit..." something like it... but my wii shop channel is working fine and i m on 3.2E now (after downgrade), so I assume its fine.

2.Go to homebrew channel and install starfall, read the gumpf and press B&1 when ready ( if you read the disclaimer it says use 1 instead of 2... B&1 ) and install everything on the list by pressing + on each item ( you might have to press B&1 a few times to get it to work )

No matter how many times i try, i still can't get the installation start, and I am pressing B&1 together on the disclaimer screen. After a while, it say "Failed..Exiting.." and retunr to homebrew menu.

I am more worried about the Starfall, as I wuold be running backup disk and don't want my wii to get auto updated. I will get Starfall again on my sdcard and try again, but if someone can point out what I missed, that would be great!

Also, i remember, i did not follow the instruction at one place, I went ahead with "Install Shop IOS51" step, and skipped the Starfall. After shop patch, i realised i missed the starfall and tried that. So, the problem is only in the two steps which I did not follow the exect order. Do let me know if thats the case and how I can fix it now.

[dell_xps]

Thanks for such a straight forward and simple to use tutorial. Just followed and installed almost everything given here. just got two problems:
1) Run cIOS Installer in Homebrew Channel
Load "Install Shop IOS51". Say Yes to installing IOS51,Yes to patching a fix but leave the Wii Shop Channel.

I got this installed, but in the last, it displayed "something failed, press any key to exit..." something like it... but my wii shop channel is working fine and i m on 3.2E now (after downgrade), so I assume its fine.

2.Go to homebrew channel and install starfall, read the gumpf and press B&1 when ready ( if you read the disclaimer it says use 1 instead of 2... B&1 ) and install everything on the list by pressing + on each item ( you might have to press B&1 a few times to get it to work )

No matter how many times i try, i still can't get the installation start, and I am pressing B&1 together on the disclaimer screen. After a while, it say "Failed..Exiting.." and retunr to homebrew menu.

I am more worried about the Starfall, as I wuold be running backup disk and don't want my wii to get auto updated. I will get Starfall again on my sdcard and try again, but if someone can point out what I missed, that would be great!

Also, i remember, i did not follow the instruction at one place, I went ahead with "Install Shop IOS51" step, and skipped the Starfall. After shop patch, i realised i missed the starfall and tried that. So, the problem is only in the two steps which I did not follow the exect order. Do let me know if thats the case and how I can fix it now.

Just start from the beginning again m8,skip homebrew channel though easiest solution.

[desiguru]

Thanks, i started from the point after homebrew was installed, and it worked like charm! Great Tutorial, but I think you should include the way to exit while using WM and Custom WM, as there is nothing on the screen after the installation. I, being a newbie, was a little worried pressing home key, as i was in the middle of downgrading the firmware, and was not sure if pressing home menu will have any negetive impact. So, i think it shud be included in the tutorial, to make it a complete newbie proof!

Thanks a lot! I will download a game now to test it. Also, have to check other apps available on homebrew!

Update:--
Tested NinjaBread Man Wii game, as it was a rar file of 210 MB, expanded to 4.37GB, used Sony DVR -R with ImgBurn at 2X speed. Works perfectly fine, the game suck!
Also, WiiWare works fine as well.
Now, will look for apps!

Thanks a lot for such a simple tutorial! It made my day!

[pilgrimkenna]

hi dell, can you give any pointers on using the homebrew to dump a game iso onto sd card? as i dont have one of the lg drives listed

is the dumping software already on the homebrew channel

cheers

[dell_xps]

I'm not 100% sure if you can rip a wii game if you do not have a chip installed m8.
As yours is only softmodded I doubt you can do it ??, i may be wrong, i'll see what i can find.
Soz about that.

[pilgrimkenna]

I'm not 100% sure if you can rip a wii game if you do not have a chip installed m8.
As yours is only softmodded I doubt you can do it ??, i may be wrong, i'll see what i can find.
Soz about that.

no worries, i have downloaded some games and have installed the relevant programmes, but i note that a special lg dvd burner is required to rip the disc.

ill have a look into it. thanks

whats the best site to go to for home brew apps

[dell_xps]

Try looking for a prog called softdev, for ripping to SD.

Links.

Hack in Black, el Blog de Waninkoko | TeknoConsolas

Homebrew applications - WiiBrew

Probably a few other people will have some more links for you.

[drawflex]

Got there. Now playing a back up of our Cooking Mama game.

Thanks to Drawflex and Dell_xps for their invaluable information.


Cheers
Elbow

No problem mate

[Yumraaj]

Try looking for a prog called softdev, for ripping to SD.

Links.

Hack in Black, el Blog de Waninkoko | TeknoConsolas

Homebrew applications - WiiBrew

Probably a few other people will have some more links for you.

Hi dell can you please upload it for me please. Thanks. I have tried to look for it via google but you have to register before you can download it, so if you already got it please upload it for me thanks. Much appreciated.

[Shah200sx]

can't instal starfall

i am trying softmod on 3.4e did every thing as the tutorial until the part when you have to install starfall, i got to page where you have to press b+1 but nothing happens even tryed pressing b+2 at one stage it displayed failed exiting.

please help

cheers

shah.

[drawflex]

i am trying softmod on 3.4e did every thing as the tutorial until the part when you have to install starfall, i got to page where you have to press b+1 but nothing happens even tryed pressing b+2 at one stage it displayed failed exiting.

please help

cheers

shah.

keep pressing it mate... I had to try about 10 times to get it to work, it should work eventually.