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Entries from June 2008

Wii menu TP-hack-killer analysis

June 17th, 2008 · 172 Comments

Okay, I’ve spent a little bit of time trying to reconstruct the C code used to build the channel from my disassembler.  The full IDA Pro output for those funcs is here: http://static.hackmii.com/verifyzelda.html. 
Below, you’ll find my C version.  I’ve tried to make it function exactly like the one in the new system menu.  Hopefully I [...]

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wiimpersonator

June 17th, 2008 · 7 Comments

I’ve had a few people ask about this — the way that I found out what titles had been updated was using Marcan’s nifty tool, wiimpersonator:
http://wii.marcansoft.com/wiimpersonator/reports/
It’s a collection of Python scripts that attempt to emulate an actual Wii’s update check process, and then generates reports to show what changed, eg. 20080617-030018.log and 20080617-040048.log.
It’s pretty neat; I’d say it’s [...]

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June 16 Wii update

June 16th, 2008 · 216 Comments

Breaking news (har har har)!  Check back for updates.
Several pieces of Nintendo system software have been updated:
====== 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 [...]

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