Wii 4.2E softmod tutorial. Easy to follow guide.

[adewii]

I read somewhere that Mario and Sonic at the winter olympics can brick your Wii if you don?t patch it with Brickblocker. Could that happen with this softmod? If so what games needs to be patched?

I will only use USB HDD and no network, could it happen anyway?

I've got it in my USB HDD and it works without issue.

[dell_xps]

Ade updated first post m8, if you see anything thats needs changed just let me know m8.
Cheers.

[Raccoon]

When I insert any of my 3 original DVDs I get the message "Wii system update" instaed of the games icons. Have I deleted to much of the original system files?

Can I upgrade safely in some way or should I just ignore it?

All games starts via uLoader either from DVD if I want (as I would!) or from USB HDD.

[delboy71]

Hi all,softmodded my wii by the method described at start of forum, my son has just had wii sports resort for his 5th birthday and it wants to system update but im already running 4.2e so what now?

[Raccoon]

Hi all,softmodded my wii by the method described at start of forum, my son has just had wii sports resort for his 5th birthday and it wants to system update but im already running 4.2e so what now?

Same problem as I have, but you can start the game from the uLoader menu. Start uLoader and at the top right corner is a DVD icon, press that one and then "Load game"

[delboy71]

just found that out mate,just dont want the kids to try and start it from the normal game launch icon and do a update without knowing what will happen.

[ck-ok]

4.2 is the latest system update so it wont do you any harm,it problably needs install a few files for it to run

[DK71]

(Updated 20th January 2010,A+B methods now, if you cannot be bothered reading all the tut, the bits written in red are all you need to read to get your Wii softmodded).... [Snip...]

Perfect result dell_xps.

Many thanks for taking the time to compile and post the guide.

Very easy to follow. It's an ideal introduction to using available firmware mods to unlock the potential of the Wii.

I'll push my luck and hope you are willing to update and provide further tips, advice and compilations of appropriate files! :-D

Very helpful; an excellent post.

[Raccoon]

Link for complete4_2.zip no longer exists.

[dell_xps]

Will re upload it when I get in from work

[stebbz36]

working perfectly, use dvd-r not +r's, i use imgburn and burn them at X3 speed, no probs as of yet, but takes ages for games to download tho

[adewii]

Same problem as I have, but you can start the game from the uLoader menu. Start uLoader and at the top right corner is a DVD icon, press that one and then "Load game"

Some additional IOS files probably got deleted. As no original discs contain 4.2 on them yet it will just put back whatever it think's is missing, so you should be ok.

[vox4]

Just like that

Hi all, thaks for the manual, it worked fine , no problem at all.
Two questions, If you find time to answer :

Can you point me witch app should i use to load isos from external Hard Drive if uloader dont worke .

Where can i find the latest revisions for the software used in this patch, you mensioned your blog, send me a message with the address.
Thanks for the god job

[dell_xps]

Hi all, thaks for the manual, it worked fine , no problem at all.
Two questions, If you find time to answer :

Can you point me witch app should i use to load isos from external Hard Drive if uloader dont worke .

Where can i find the latest revisions for the software used in this patch, you mensioned your blog, send me a message with the address.
Thanks for the god job

ULoader you have installed will be the latest, and you will be able to run a hard drive from it.
These are the latest revisions.
HTH

[DK71]

ULoader you have installed will be the latest, and you will be able to run a hard drive from it.
These are the latest revisions.
HTH

I can confirm that the IOS 222 & 223 accompanied by ULoader, all included in the archive referred to in the initial post, enable use of a USB HDD - the only issue I experienced appeared to relate to the Wii USB port I plugged the external drive into. Provided I plugged the drive into Port 0, the lower USB socket when your drive is placed horizontally, it worked perfectly. When plugging into Port 1, ULoader didn't find the drive and changing to the DVD loader (by pressing "2") and inserting a burned DVD was the only alternative.

You must use "WBFS Manager" (V3.0 or higher) to format and transfer your Wii backup ISO files to your HDD.

Google for sources.