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Several pieces of Nintendo system software have been updated:

in a new update v3.3u & v3.3e

====== Titles Changed ======

SystemMenu
Title ID: 00000001-00000002
Version: 0x 161
Size: 23511040
Contents: 9 (of which 6 are shared)

IOS30
Title ID: 00000001-0000001e
Version: 0x a10
Size: 1933312
Contents: 15 (of which 14 are shared)

IOS31
Title ID: 00000001-0000001f
Version: 0x a10
Size: 1933312
Contents: 15 (of which 14 are shared)

bc
Title ID: 00000001-00000100
Version: 0x 4
Size: 98304
Contents: 2 (of which 0 are shared)

mios
Title ID: 00000001-00000101
Version: 0x 8
Size: 262144
Contents: 2 (of which 0 are shared)

Channel 'HACA'
Title ID: 00010002-48414341
Version: 0x 5
Size: 8290304
Contents: 7 (of which 3 are shared)


Update 1: IOS30 and IOS31 have been changed ? specifically, the kernel. The old timestamps read:

$IOSVersion: FFS: 06/08/07 18:10:10 64M $
$IOSVersion: ES: 07/10/07 18:11:26 64M $
$IOSVersion: IOSP: 06/25/07 14:17:16 64M $

The new timestamps read

$IOSVersion: FFS: 06/08/07 18:10:10 64M $
$IOSVersion: ES: 07/10/07 18:11:26 64M $
$IOSVersion: IOSP: 04/03/08 19:37:33 64M $

It?s interesting that Nintendo bothered to update the IOSP timestamp, because the only change I see in IOSP is that the version reported changed (there?s a variable that stores the value ?040308″. They?re trying to be clever; the actual bug fix was in ES, where the encryption code lives.

The strncmp signing bug has been fixed in IOS30, which is what the system menu uses. (The new signature-checking code is identical to that in IOS37.) This probably means that it will no longer boot Trucha-signed discs, but I have not yet tried it. Early reports on IRC indicate that the Homebrew Channel still works; this is consistent with my understanding that the system menu does not verify the content of already-installed content.

I don?t know why IOS31 was patched.

Update 2: Okay, now this is just silly. Three functions have been added to the system menu. Guess what they do:

* ipl::utility::ESMisc:eleteSavedata((unsigned long long, EGG::Heap*))
* ipl::utility::ESMisc::VerifySavedataZD((unsigned long long, EGG::Heap*))
* WADCheckSavedataZD

We Are Not Impressed.
Update 3: They wrote a special-purpose function to try to check for the exact exploit we used ? specifically, if a savegame is for Zelda, it checks the length of 6 strings inside the savefile (two of which are the player name and horse name). It repeats this check for all 3 saveslots, and then another three times for all 3 backup slots.

No, we do not have a response to this yet; we will probably take a few days to formulate one. I predicted Nintendo would *not* do this; I?m disappointed. This was the first bug we found, in the first game we tried. We?ll find others, and they?ll have to try to catch up to each.

Update 4: It?s interesting to look at the timestamps here. The System Menu has a build marker of ?systemmenu.rvl.0803060727″ ? yes, that?s March 6, 2008, 07:27. This update to the menu only accomplished one thing, as far as I can tell ? the blocking of the TP hack. (I guess we can count the IOS30 patch together with it.) They spent 3 months testing it ? this isn?t actually that surprising, when you consider the potential financial damage if they roll an update out that bricks Wiis.

Congrats to tmbinc and tehpola for finding a combination of two bugs in the code that Nintendo added that ? when combined ? allow us to fool their check into ignoring the TP hack. More info will be forthcoming ? I still wouldn?t rush to update my system, anyway.

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A new update has just been released that does something with the Mii Parade...but here's the interesting part:

"Because unauthorized modifcations to save files may impair game play or the Wii console, updating to Wii Menu version 3.3 will also check for and automatically remove such save files."

So update or NO update? that is the question

EDIT:

I went ahead and updated the Wii to 3.3u. Here are my findings

1.) Homebrew Channel works fine no problems no freezes no hangs
2.) I Had the internet channel Installed before the update. Still works fine no hiccups.
3.) I removed the internet channel using the wad manager and installed it again with no problems.
4.) All backups work fine Including different region (i have NTSC-U will and pal game), brick blocked games and wii scrubbed games, SSBB works.

IT IS SAVE TO UPDATE AS LONG AS YOU HAVE THE HOMEBREW CHANNEL INSTALLED BEFORE THE UPDATE!!!!!

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A new update has just been released that does something with the Mii Parade...but here's the interesting part:

"Because unauthorized modifcations to save files may impair game play or the Wii console, updating to Wii Menu version 3.3 will also check for and automatically remove such save files."

So update or NO update? that is the question

EDIT:

I went ahead and updated the Wii to 3.3u. Here are my findings

1.) Homebrew Channel works fine no problems no freezes no hangs
2.) I Had the internet channel Installed before the update. Still works fine no hiccups.
3.) I removed the internet channel using the wad manager and installed it again with no problems.
4.) All backups work fine Including different region (i have NTSC-U will and pal game), brick blocked games and wii scrubbed games, SSBB works.

IT IS SAVE TO UPDATE AS LONG AS YOU HAVE THE HOMEBREW CHANNEL INSTALLED BEFORE THE UPDATE!!!!!

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Originally posted by generalm:

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he may say so that Scrubbed disks may work but mine locks up my wii as soon as i put it in... (the SSBB DVD5 disk)

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