Comments on: SaveMii launch

By: lynyrd920

lynyrd920 — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:57:31 +0000

Can anyone help me?

I apologize ahead of time for not knowing too much about any of this —
I just got my savemii today and after putting it in my system it displays that I am running v3.1.
I burnt an autoboot disc (I don’t know what version though), and it asks me to press 1 to boot from the memory slot or 2 to read the USB slot, but the wiimotes don’t work, so there is no way to select anything — what am I doing wrong?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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By: marcan

marcan — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:27:34 +0000

@linyaho

What error message does AnyRegion Changer pop up with?

Using the normal upgrade path, your only option would be to install 3.3U, since it is the next higher version of IOS. Therefore, a game with a 3.3U update (as far as we know there are none) would fix it. This is why wii-system-menu-update-USA-v289 won’t work, and neither will anything that tries to install a new system menu using “normal” means.

However, since you can already run homebrew anyway, AnyRegion Changer should work. That’s the right choice in your situation, as it uses an IOS patch to allow downgrades, which is what you want.

A missing on-screen version number might just mean that 2.xx doesn’t show it. Since AnyRegion Changer booted though (even if it displayed an error), it means you can definitely fix your Wii. We just need to figure out what the problem is.

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By: linyaho

linyaho — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 08:08:08 +0000

Guys, any one can help me or give me some suggestion?

Alright, I received the SaveMii today to try to save my fully bricked Wii motherboard going to the trash bin.

Problem: NTSC-U motherboard with fw 2.XX bricked with Mario Kart PAL update, modded with DriveDoctor, stop booting at the Opera error screen

After putting SaveMii to the gamecube slot, it did block the Wii from booting but no version number show on the screen.

And I’ve already tried different autoboot disc (wii-system-menu-update-USA-v289 with autoboot set), retail disc, but nothing works, wasted 7 dvds so far.

Finally, I can only get the AnyRegion Changer autoboot disc run but showing an error message.

Is there any thing else I can do?

By: marcan

marcan — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:40:08 +0000

@Daniel1024
If you don’t have a way of loading homebrew and you don’t have a modchip then your best bet would be getting a game with 3.3U and booting it (possibly with SaveMii). That should hopefully apply that update and you’ll be back at the new system menu version.

However, having the wrong region in the system menu shouldn’t cause an inability to boot discs in the first place. Maybe you have a different problem.

Going from 3.2E to 3.2U is impossible without homebrew and some hacks. It’s considered a downgrade, which is forbidden. Going from J to U to E (for the same version) is an upgrade, but going from E to U to J is a downgrade. Therefore your only path to U is to go to the next system menu version, 3.3U.

By: Daniel1024

Daniel1024 — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:59:25 +0000

Oh and I forgot to say, Everything works fine the menu works everything is good its just that it is on the wrong region.

By: Daniel1024

Daniel1024 — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:49:17 +0000

Hey Bushing I have a question please answer. Okay so the thing is my Wii console isn’t exactly bricked however, I am stuck on 3.2E firmware and I need to revert back to my original region (U). Is this possible with SaveMii? Will I be able to autoboot some kind of disk that will change my region back to normal? Please help as of now I am stuck with a 3.2E Wii that can not boot any of my games including Twilight Princess so I can’t run the hack either.

By: WiiCrazy

WiiCrazy — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 11:03:16 +0000

Marcan said
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If you bricked your wii via bad NAND data (banners) and you have 3.3, then your only solution requires that 1) you have a modchip, 2) you have the Twilight Hack installed (beta1), 3) you create an autobootable copy of Zelda. Then you will be able to launch homebrew using the Twilight Hack.
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Well the Branch A: “Banner Brick” in the troubleshooting diagram misses this information, it branches directly to the Bootmii option

By: Taktloss

Taktloss — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 09:34:10 +0000

Nice Device but what is BootMii