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Filed under All, Modchip, Nintendo Inc., Nintendo-Scene, Wii, hacking, homebrew by tom35 | 8 comments
In his blog over at at teknoconsolas, Waninkoko has released a “Trucha Safe” version of System Menu 4.1.
From the Readme:
[ DESCRIPTION ]:
- This application allows you to update your console’s firmware, installing *only* the
most important updates (System IOS, System Menu, new channels…).
Thanks to this you can keep some features like Trucha bug that affected first IOS
versions.
[ REQUISITES ]:
- 150-250 free blocks.
- Internet connection.
[ HOW TO USE ]:
- Run the application with any method to load homebrew and the update will be done
automatically.
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Filed under All, Backups, Nintendo-Scene, Wii, homebrew by tom35 | 5 comments
Zapf Bandit has released WiiDump v1.5.1
This is a Wii-mode disc dumper that dumps to the Wii’s front-SD or to a USB2 drive. A SD gecko is not required at all.
Readme:
Wii disc dumper - v1.5.1 by Zapf Bandit, nitrotux & CaitSith2
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This is a Wii-mode disc dumper that dumps to the Wii’s front-SD or to a USB2 drive. A SD gecko is not required at all.
First install ios5.wad (obtained from previous version) using a wad manager, or install waninkoko’s cios 249.
WARNING: Installing WAD files is dangerous and might permanently brick your Wii. Only do this if you know what you are doing.
I take no responsibility if you brick your Wii.
The “wiidump151″ folder should be inside the “apps” directory of the SD card.
Then simply run the boot.dol file and start dumping.
Dump however many parts is required for the Disc type present in drive. There are not very many DL Wii game discs out there.
With an 8G SDHC card or a >8G USB2 FAT formatted drive you should be able to rip Wii games in one go.
If you are using a smaller cards simply copy all the “*.bin” files to the computer then restart wiidumpsdhc, it should then resume from where it left off.
Important!!! Do not move the “*.info” file off the SD card until all parts are dumped.
When you have all the “*.bin” files and the “*.bat” and “*.sh” file on the computer run either the “*.bat” of “*.sh” file and wait until the joining is complete.
This script will check the validity of the parts and the final “*.iso” file.
Make sure the drive you are going to join the iso is *NOT* FAT or FAT32 (e.g. NTFS) or the join will fail.
A big f-you to teq, you suck.
PS If any linux script junkies could make a good joining script I would love to be able to add a generated “*.sh” script.
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Filed under All, Wii, hacking, homebrew by WB3000 | 0 comments
Comex has released a video showing a working Wii exploit in the Super Smash Bros. Brawl game. Once released, it will give Wii owners another way to install homebrew onto their systems.
From the release notes:
Exploit by comex, ELF loading code by Team Twiizers. Bug used was discovered by svpe.
This exploit exploits a vulnerability in SSBB’s stage builder code to run arbitrary homebrew code. Currently it will load an elf file from /boot.elf on the SD card.
This exploit differs from others in the fact that it is quite difficult for Nintendo to patch. There is no method on the Wii for patching games, and as this exploit does not go through the System Menu, it can not be patched by Nintendo at this time.
Join us in #sssb on EFNet (irc.efnet.net) to discuss! Release is when its done (aka: soon).
All you have to do to use this exploit is delete all custom stages on your Wii, then copy over the file. When you etner the Stage Builder menu, it will automatically run /boot.elf on SD.
DON’T NAME THIS EXPLOIT! LEAVE THAT TO COMEX!
The original video can be found here.
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Filed under All, Wii, hacking, homebrew by WB3000 | 1 comment
Comex has come through with his Wii banner exploit, known as BannerBomb. When done properly, your System Menu will crash in the SD Channels Data Management screen, and you will be able to load a DOL file from SD. Several different builds are available, and compatibility is still a bit untested. Be sure to fill out the survey on the BannerBomb site if you have success.
From the release notes:
bannerbomb alpha
compatible (in theory) with 3.x-4.0
Get a SD card. If it has a private directory, rename it temporarily, e.g. to “privateold”. Having other saved channels on the same card will screw it up.
Download aad1f_v102.zip and unzip it onto the SD card.
Get a DOL or ELF and put it on the SD as /boot.dol or /boot.elf.
Press (Wii), Data Management, Channels, SD. Then insert the card. It should either pop up Load /boot.dol? or freeze.
If it pops up a dialog, then fill out the survey.
If it freezes, follow these diagnostics:
Did you use the SD menu (4.0) or click Savedata instead of Channels? If so, then you’re dumb
Otherwise, try a different version. The system menu is somewhat unpredictable; while most people should be able to use version i don’t know yet, some might need another version.
Bugs:
If it gives you the dialog but freezes instead of loading the dol, email me[ comexk at gmail dot com]. Tell me where it froze and whether or not the slot light is on. You might also try removing the disc.
If you press “no” when it asks you whether you want to load a dol then it might freeze.
It is possible to press the back button “under” the dialog. Make sure you don’t do that.
FAQ:
You can’t actually install the homebrew channel or anything– the bootmii installer will be able to do that soon, I hope. for god’s sake don’t use downgrade guides they’re made of fail
There isn’t a “4.0 version” or a “3.2 version”– you should use aad1f.zip no matter what version of the menu you have. Try the other versions only if aad1f doesn’t work.
Other stuff:
Please don’t copy/hotlink/whatever, just link here. Thanks.
Don’t use this for warez, pretty please :|
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Filed under All, DS, DSi, homebrew by DaedaluS | 0 comments
Moonshell is a homebrew multimedia player for the Nintendo DS/DSi. It has been updated to version 2.00 beta.12.
2009/04/26 Version 2.00 beta.12
DPGPlay: The pause was keeped though it sought while doing the pause.
System: The soft reset file for DSTT was made.
FileList: Corresponded shuffle play. (but, DPG player is random play. �j
FileList: Stop and power supply OFF were able to do when it finished reproducing the playlist.
FileList: The bug that the last character of ID3TagV1 is lost was corrected.
TextReader: The position of a setting item was made flexible.
System: Deleted POffMEnd.txt on /misctools/Additional folder.
System: The bug in which the backlight was not defined by old DS was corrected.
ScreenSaver: The idle time is revokable.
ScreenSaver: Not the clock but the backlight can be turned off.
ScreenSaver: The clock draws a day of the week.
SkinFile: Changed name to MP3Cnt_p4_shuffle.png from MP3Cnt_p4_random.png.
SkinFile: Changed Custom_BG.bmp size to 256×512pixels from 256×384pixels.
LanguageFile: SSC_ScreenSaverTimeOutSecTitle, SSC_ScreenSaverTimeOutSec10sec, SSC_ScreenSaverTimeOutSec30sec, SSC_ScreenSaverTimeOutSec60sec, SSC_ScreenSaverTimeOutSecOff implimented.
LanguageFile: Changed to FL_Popup_PlayMode_Shuffle from FL_Popup_PlayMode_Random.
LanguageFile: CS_PlayListEndTitle, CS_PlayListEndLoop, CS_PlayListEndStop, CS_PlayListEndPowerOff added.
SkinFile: SCN_WeekStr.png, SCD_WeekStr.png, SCE_WeekStr.png added.
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Filed under All, Hardware Mods, Nintendo-Scene, Wii, hacking, homebrew by tom35 | 0 comments
From Hackmii
I’ve been asked whether installing the Homebrew Channel (or Twilight Hack or whatever) will void the warranty on a Wii. I’ve generally said something like “Technically, yes, but I doubt they will enforce that.” This seemed reasonable, given some of the anecdotes I’ve heard — stories of people ruining their drives with a soldering iron and still getting free repair work done under warranty, etc. I’ve also said that if a Wii is bricked (and won’t boot), then they have no way of actually checking to see what is installed on the Wii — and I still believe that to be true, at least most of the time.
I’ll be the first to admit that was wrong, given some recent evidence:
My German’s pretty bad, but I see “…. Softwarehack … EUR 210″. That seems awfully excessive, given that the price of a new Wii is EUR 250, no?
I would write this off as an isolated incident — maybe someone installed some truly awful warezloading hack. However, I was sent the following email through an anonymous remailer last month, and it would seem to support the invoice above:
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