Wii soft mod (3.4U question)

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did you find the IOS16-64-v257-prod.wad file? if so where the heck do you get it?

 

file share program, google it, it's out there and easily available.

 

You will find it here in this file.

 

Hi, my first post here.

I've been asked to mod a friends 3.4U wii. I'm still researching but it looks like the OP has the same questions as me.

I found this guide which might help you: http://www.tehskeen.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9730

I did not write this guide nor have I tried it. I'm not sure but I think it lets you run backups without having to downgrade your firmware.

If someone has tried this or thinks it will work your input will be appreciated.

OP did you get it to work? If not you may look into this method.

Code:

Well, i was dumb and updated to 3.4 before putting HBC and Backup Launcher on my second Wii. After doing a lot of searching, this is what I came up with. It ended up working perfectly without downgrading the Wii, hope it helps someone else.

--For Wii System Menu 3.4--

1) Install the Home Brew Channel (HBC) via Twilight Hack 0.1 beta2

2) Download Wad Manager 1.3 and place it on your SD card in the /apps/ directory ( I placed mine in /apps/WadManager13/ in the root of the SD card)

3) Download 3in1SoftMod_REV3 <Google it or hxxp://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4537806/Wii_SoftMod_Backup_launcher_pack_WORKING____>
This pack contains several .wad files that will be used in the next few steps

4) Download IOS16 !!WAD!! file IOS16-64-v257.wad and put IOS16-64-v257.wad in the SD card's wad folder (/wad/ in root of the SD card)

5) Launch HBC and install the IOS16 Wad with Wad Manager 1.3

6) In the /apps/ directory of the SD card, create a new directory called WadManagerIOS16

7) In the 3in1SoftMod_REV3 pack there is a Wii_SD_Card directory. Copy the boot.MOD file (**NOT BOOT.DOL***) to the /apps/WadManagerIOS16 directory on your SD Card. Rename it to boot.dol
-Note: To get Wad Manager 1.3 and WadManagerIOS16 to work I had to copy the icon and meta file from Wad Manager 1.1. I'm not sure if these files are required to launch the boot.dol file from HBC. I also edited the meta file to differentiate between Wad Manager 1.3 and Wad Manager IOS16

8) Copy 07-cIOS249-v7_waninkokoFULL-nw7.wad from the 3in1SoftMod_REV3/Wii_SD_Card/ directory to your WAD directory on the SD Card ( /wad/ in the root SD card folder)

9) Launch HBC and install 07-cIOS249-v7_waninkokoFULL-nw7.wad using WadManagerIOS16 (if you try to install it via Wad Manager 1.3 it will return an error)

10) Download Backup Launcher 0.3gamma and place it in the /apps/ directory on the SD Card


Run Backup Launcher from the HBC and you should be good to go! This worked with no issues on my 3.4 Wii. HBC, cIOS249 and Backup Launcher 0.3g were never installed on this system prior to upgrading to 3.4

I tested a backup launched directly from the backup launcher (didn't reboot with hooks) and there were no issues

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Note: Here is what your SD should look like after downloading the new files.
I am assuming you have already installed HBC via twilight hack 0.1beta2
- F:\ will be used as the SD card

F:\apps\Backup_Launcher\boot.dol
F:\apps\Backup_Launcher\icon.png
F:\apps\Backup_Launcher\meta.xml
F:\apps\WadManager13\boot.dol
F:\apps\WadManager13\icon.png
F:\apps\WadManager13\meta.xml
F:\apps\WadManagerIOS16\boot.dol
F:\apps\WadManagerIOS16\icon.png
F:\apps\WadManagerIOS16\meta.xml
F:\private <-- twilight hack
F:\wad\07-cIOS249-v7_waninkokoFULL-nw7.wad
F:\wad\IOS16-64-v257.wad

 

I successfully soft modded my Wii last night... a HUGE thank you to everyone here for the help, I couldn't have done it without you guys!

 

hey im tryin to put homebrew and backup loader as well and i have 3.4 was wonderin which guide you used and what version of the backup loader you used with downgradin
thanks

 

If you are on 3.4 you can follow this guide.

http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/735325