Comments on: BrickMii? http://hackmii.com/2008/04/brickmii/ Notes from inside your Wii Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:54:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: business » Blog Archive » Wii Semi-Brick http://hackmii.com/2008/04/brickmii/comment-page-2/#comment-2966 business » Blog Archive » Wii Semi-Brick Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:02:06 +0000 http://hackmii.com/?p=8#comment-2966 [...] What is Wii Semi-Brick?. Guys from hackmii.com explain it, the result of installing updated System Menus from discs that came from other regions. Semi-brick displays an Opera error message, allows you to boot the system to the main menu, and play games, etc. However, you can’t get into the Settings menu (to enable WiFi, update the software, etc), because when you do, you are presented an Opera error message. You can read their explanation here [...] [...] What is Wii Semi-Brick?. Guys from hackmii.com explain it, the result of installing updated System Menus from discs that came from other regions. Semi-brick displays an Opera error message, allows you to boot the system to the main menu, and play games, etc. However, you can’t get into the Settings menu (to enable WiFi, update the software, etc), because when you do, you are presented an Opera error message. You can read their explanation here [...]

]]> By: Reow http://hackmii.com/2008/04/brickmii/comment-page-2/#comment-2434 Reow Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:32:08 +0000 http://hackmii.com/?p=8#comment-2434 "If you can find a game with a newer version of the system menu in its update partition, then you can run it, and it will automagically fix things." I'm just guessing here, but this probably works by comparing version strings right? e.g. your system has version 1.0, the disk has version 1.1 so it installs. if you have 1.1 or 1.2, it won't install. If this is the case, is it possible to edit the version string in an existing version (if your Wii supports burned disks)? e.g. download/load a game with the latest version of the firmware for your correct region onto your PC. Modify the version string that says 1.1 so that it says 1.2. Burn the game. The reason that I am asking is because I am considering the following scenario... You have version 1.0 on your system, you play an overseas game with version 1.1 included and your console gets semi-bricked. You perform the above process so that you now have a game that claims to have firmware version 1.2 (it's really just 1.1), you play this and your console gets unbricked. Ignore for the moment that when you want to install version 1.2 you are going to have some issues - I'm sure unbricking your console a few months early is worth the extra effort. Is the above plausible or simply too difficult? “If you can find a game with a newer version of the system menu in its update partition, then you can run it, and it will automagically fix things.”

I’m just guessing here, but this probably works by comparing version strings right? e.g. your system has version 1.0, the disk has version 1.1 so it installs. if you have 1.1 or 1.2, it won’t install.

If this is the case, is it possible to edit the version string in an existing version (if your Wii supports burned disks)? e.g. download/load a game with the latest version of the firmware for your correct region onto your PC. Modify the version string that says 1.1 so that it says 1.2. Burn the game.

The reason that I am asking is because I am considering the following scenario… You have version 1.0 on your system, you play an overseas game with version 1.1 included and your console gets semi-bricked. You perform the above process so that you now have a game that claims to have firmware version 1.2 (it’s really just 1.1), you play this and your console gets unbricked.

Ignore for the moment that when you want to install version 1.2 you are going to have some issues – I’m sure unbricking your console a few months early is worth the extra effort. Is the above plausible or simply too difficult?

]]> By: Wii Semi-Brick | Nineteen Labs http://hackmii.com/2008/04/brickmii/comment-page-2/#comment-1119 Wii Semi-Brick | Nineteen Labs Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:12:28 +0000 http://hackmii.com/?p=8#comment-1119 [...] What is Wii Semi-Brick. Guys from hackmii.com explain it, the result of installing updated System Menus from discs that came from other regions. Semi-brick displays an Opera error message, allows you to boot the system to the main menu, and play games, etc. However, you can’t get into the Settings menu (to enable WiFi, update the software, etc), because when you do, you are presented an Opera error message. You can read their explanation here [...] [...] What is Wii Semi-Brick. Guys from hackmii.com explain it, the result of installing updated System Menus from discs that came from other regions. Semi-brick displays an Opera error message, allows you to boot the system to the main menu, and play games, etc. However, you can’t get into the Settings menu (to enable WiFi, update the software, etc), because when you do, you are presented an Opera error message. You can read their explanation here [...]

]]> By: Tita http://hackmii.com/2008/04/brickmii/comment-page-2/#comment-1056 Tita Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:15:37 +0000 http://hackmii.com/?p=8#comment-1056 my wii turned to semi-brick after accidentaly pushed register button on wii number. My wii setting shows an error like you describe it "semi-brick". Need help my wii turned to semi-brick after accidentaly pushed register button on wii number. My wii setting shows an error like you describe it “semi-brick”. Need help

]]> By: amoxiflash http://hackmii.com/2008/04/brickmii/comment-page-2/#comment-838 amoxiflash Sun, 01 Jun 2008 10:25:40 +0000 http://hackmii.com/?p=8#comment-838 [...] A friend whose Wii I bricked was kind enough to hook me up with an Infectus chip to use as a NAND Flash programmer in my UnbrickMii project. I’ve spent the last couple of weeks just trying to get it to work, and have run into several, um, speedbumps along the way. [...] [...] A friend whose Wii I bricked was kind enough to hook me up with an Infectus chip to use as a NAND Flash programmer in my UnbrickMii project. I’ve spent the last couple of weeks just trying to get it to work, and have run into several, um, speedbumps along the way. [...]

]]> By: boot0 http://hackmii.com/2008/04/brickmii/comment-page-2/#comment-819 boot0 Sat, 31 May 2008 12:26:10 +0000 http://hackmii.com/?p=8#comment-819 [...] This post is part of a several-part series on fixing a “bricked“ Wii: [...] [...] This post is part of a several-part series on fixing a “bricked“ Wii: [...]

]]> By: Newbie http://hackmii.com/2008/04/brickmii/comment-page-1/#comment-287 Newbie Thu, 08 May 2008 18:46:30 +0000 http://hackmii.com/?p=8#comment-287 <i>It looks like those cables act like Ethernet adapters — they’re passing Ethernet frames over USB. Why not just get a USB-ethernet adapter for the Wii?</i> You do have Wii driver for SD card (with low footprint), and the one for USB-ethernet adapter gotta be in IOS somewhere too. No clue on its size… Not sure ether, how difficult is to transmit/receive block(s) using the driver and something like TFTP server on PC, but having that would be absolutely fantastic! :-) It looks like those cables act like Ethernet adapters — they’re passing Ethernet frames over USB.
Why not just get a USB-ethernet adapter for the Wii?
You do have Wii driver for SD card (with low footprint), and the one for USB-ethernet adapter gotta be in IOS somewhere too. No clue on its size… Not sure ether, how difficult is to transmit/receive block(s) using the driver and something like TFTP server on PC, but having that would be absolutely fantastic! :-)

]]> By: bushing http://hackmii.com/2008/04/brickmii/comment-page-1/#comment-276 bushing Thu, 08 May 2008 12:13:26 +0000 http://hackmii.com/?p=8#comment-276 @Newbie: It looks like those cables act like Ethernet adapters -- they're passing Ethernet frames over USB. Why not just get a USB-ethernet adapter for the Wii? @Newbie: It looks like those cables act like Ethernet adapters — they’re passing Ethernet frames over USB.

Why not just get a USB-ethernet adapter for the Wii?

]]> By: Newbie http://hackmii.com/2008/04/brickmii/comment-page-1/#comment-271 Newbie Thu, 08 May 2008 03:20:39 +0000 http://hackmii.com/?p=8#comment-271 In case you need source code: http://www-oss.fnal.gov/projects/fermilinux/common/class/advanced-admin/usbdevices.html The page is quite big, just search for “USB host-to-host” string In case you need source code:
http://www-oss.fnal.gov/projects/fermilinux/common/class/advanced-admin/usbdevices.html
The page is quite big, just search for “USB host-to-host” string

]]> By: Newbie http://hackmii.com/2008/04/brickmii/comment-page-1/#comment-269 Newbie Thu, 08 May 2008 02:47:48 +0000 http://hackmii.com/?p=8#comment-269 <i>The Wii is a USB Host, as is your computer. There’s no way to connect two USB Hosts together.</i> Actually, the is: http://www.datapro.net/products/usb-2-0-host-to-host-cable.html Or just google for it. The Wii is a USB Host, as is your computer. There’s no way to connect two USB Hosts together.
Actually, the is: http://www.datapro.net/products/usb-2-0-host-to-host-cable.html
Or just google for it.

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