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updating my softmodded wii to 4.2.
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geolan1
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15. December 2009 @ 16:21 |
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I wanna go straight. i installed the homebrew chanell on my a few months ago and its the biggest mistake i've ever made. it was cool at first but now i barly use it and it's causing more problems then it's solved. All i want to do is update my wii to 4.2 so i can play the new games comming out. i dont care if i can't illegally play roms on my wii afterwards. is there a safe way to let the 4.2 update remove the modded crap on my wii and let me get on with my life?
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Sir_Shagg
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15. December 2009 @ 17:00 |
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Wii Options > Data Management > Wii System Menu 3 > Format System Memory. This will erase everything: saved games, channels, settings. You can backup your saved games to a SD card before formatting.
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geolan1
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15. December 2009 @ 18:42 |
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oh cool and this will make it like i never had the homebrew chanel? and is there anything i need to delete off my sd card afterwards?
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penguin98
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15. December 2009 @ 19:15 |
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I'm curious. What exactly is the homebrew channel doing that is causing problems? It sounds like you're only using it for the emulators, and neither the HBC or the emulators conflict with anything that I'm aware of.
Anyway, formatting the system memory will delete any installed channels and save games. That includes the homebrew channel and any wads you've installed but it won't effect any cIOS (custom firmware) patches if you've installed any of them.
Updating to 4.2 will uninstall any cIOS's as well as the homebrew channel unless the channel is fully updated. From there you can just go to the channels menu under wii options and delete it if you still want to.
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geolan1
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15. December 2009 @ 21:37 |
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Basically i want to update my wii so i can play the newer games that are out. I've just been hearing that modded wii's brick if you update them to the 4.2 menu which is not what i want at all.But your saying i should just update using the regular method and that'll do all the work for me?
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 15. December 2009 @ 21:38
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penguin98
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15. December 2009 @ 21:50 |
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Basically you heard wrong. Modded wii's dont brick if you update them to 4.2. They just become un-modded and you have to mod them again.
I think there are some stupid people out there who have lots of bootleg games that they suddenly cant play after updating who go around saying '4.2 bricked my wii' without understanding what they're talking about.
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geolan1
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15. December 2009 @ 22:45 |
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Originally posted by penguin98:
Basically you heard wrong. Modded wii's dont brick if you update them to 4.2. They just become un-modded and you have to mod them again.
I think there are some stupid people out there who have lots of bootleg games that they suddenly cant play after updating who go around saying '4.2 bricked my wii' without understanding what they're talking about.
Lol thank you sir that's exactly the answer i've been looking for. im gonna install the update right now and hope for the best.
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bradnick
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17. December 2009 @ 16:44 |
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I can vouch for the post above my son updated my softmodded wii via the wii to firmware 4.2e, All it did was remove the hombrew channel and stopped the backup channel from playing games. After remodding I now have a softmodded 4.2e wii that plays new super mario brothers and a few other games that never worked before :)
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tiger411
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17. December 2009 @ 17:42 |
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I also updated my moded Wii to 4.2 with no problems except that dump program, which I haven?t gotten to work yet any way, still dosn,t work.
PS if someone could point me in the right direction to solve my backup problem I would appreciate it
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bradnick
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17. December 2009 @ 17:49 |
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Hi will try to help but i,ve only done it a couple of times what do you mean by dump program. is it when you try to install something and you get a screen with a lot of info and a dump code, if this is what you are talking about i restarted my system and tried the install again and it worked, hope this helps
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penguin98
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17. December 2009 @ 21:33 |
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I'm guessing that by dump program you mean the program used to dump wii games to ISOs.
Unfortunately, I've never actually used one of them because I managed to get one of the LG drives that can rip the games before they were discontinued. So I cant help you with any specific problems, just point you towards the guide which you've probably read already.
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tiger411
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18. December 2009 @ 14:47 |
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Originally posted by penguin98:
I'm guessing that by dump program you mean the program used to dump wii games to ISOs.
Unfortunately, I've never actually used one of them because I managed to get one of the LG drives that can rip the games before they were discontinued. So I cant help you with any specific problems, just point you towards the guide which you've probably read already.
Yes that?s exactly what I mean. When I try to dump using wi-fi it works but when the progress bar gets to the end which only takes 10 min or so, the file created is very small. And I haven?t been able to find info on which sd hc card works with WII.I have seen the guide you point out and will go through it again maybe I missed something.
What model LG work. Thanks.
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