Wii softmod - howto for right idiots like me

[m9g]

If any of you are confused about how to get your wii to load backups from a hard drive read this as I had a nightmare with loads of problems, spent hours reading guides for dummies etc etc and so many different ways of doing it, which one to choose and wii not doing as described, even thought i had bricked my wii at one point.

update to 4.2 firmware first - those with an earlier firmware and cant connect via wifi or those running homebrew on a lower firmware can update to 4.2 with this http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums...-updater-1037/

Then install homebrew channel - bannerbomb

then follow this step by step and it worked perfectly

HOWTO: Setup a System Menu 4.2 Wii for playing backups of commercial games with uLoader Ade's Softmodding Wii blog


I hope this helps those of you who are totally confused

Regards

M9G

[ck-ok]

If any of you are confused about how to get your wii to load backups from a hard drive read this as I had a nightmare with loads of problems, spent hours reading guides for dummies etc etc and so many different ways of doing it, which one to choose and wii not doing as described, even thought i had bricked my wii at one point.

First I installed homebrew channel - bannerbomb

The I updated my wii first with safeupgrade 4.2
Digital Kaos - Downloads - v4.2 safe firmware updater

then followed this step by step and it worked perfectly

HOWTO: Setup a System Menu 4.2 Wii for playing backups of commercial games with uLoader Ade's Softmodding Wii blog


I hope this helps those of you who are totally confused

Regards

M9G

M9G
now i know why you had trouble,what you should of done is upgrade via nintendo to 4.2 if thats what you wanted then followed that guide,or you should of modded for yor system number then when it was all up and running the use the 4.2 safeupdater

[m9g]

M9G
now i know why you had trouble,what you should of done is upgrade via nintendo to 4.2 if thats what you wanted then followed that guide,or you should of modded for yor system number then when it was all up and running the use the 4.2 safeupdater

Sorry not quite sure what you mean, what went wrong with mine?

Regards

M9G

[ck-ok]

Sorry not quite sure what you mean, what went wrong with mine?

Regards

M9G

if you wanted to be on 4.2 you could of updated by wi-fi via nintendo before you started to softmod once you had done that, you then could follow the tut you posted,without the problems,or if you was 3.4 for arguments sake you could of followed a tut for 3.4 then when you were finished then use 4.2 safe updater

[m9g]

if you wanted to be on 4.2 you could of updated by wi-fi via nintendo before you started to softmod once you had done that, you then could follow the tut you posted,without the problems,or if you was 3.4 for arguments sake you could of followed a tut for 3.4 then when you were finished then use 4.2 safe updater

Ah i see, i thought i needed to use the safe updater to upgrade to 4.2 but you say i didnt need to and can just use nintendo's 4.2 update and the safe update is only really for those who have already patched their lower firmware

I suppose for those who havnt got their wii wifi then they could use the safe update like i did?

[ck-ok]

Ah i see, i thought i needed to use the safe updater to upgrade to 4.2 but you say i didnt need to and can just use nintendo's 4.2 update and the safe update is only really for those who have already patched their lower firmware

I suppose for those who havnt got their wii wifi then they could use the safe update like i did?

yeah thats right,but its not a problem you up and running now.
good luck

[slippery68]

Thanks for this post AAA+

[thieniscool]

thanks, i've been looking for this everwhere.