Hello all, I am thinking about unlocking the family WII console and see there is many ways to do this! What are your views on this? It would be good see and read your views on this, many thanks. daisie.
you can hack it but make shure you no what your doing because you can brick it and alot of people have had this happen
If you're interested in Modding your wii, then just let me know!!! I have helped a few people on here mod their wiis and I have done a few myself for friends.
Bricking your wii is kind of hard, and only happens if there is a powerfailure during installation, or you remove an IOS below 200. Or if you install something like a new system menu and then uninstall like in a case that i saw earlier this week.. But I still have to see someone's Wii bricked that I have helped. You can lose your ability to play GC games, but I have only heard of one instance with that. Not really sure what they did and I didn't hear what they did to do so.... But still, it's pretty risky soft-modding your Wii.
also installing a bad wad can give you a brick and installing something wrong because i bricked mine by installing a wad
Called a banner brick, so basically if you want to be safe AND play homebrew/roms either get a solder less mod chip(so Nintendo have trouble telling if you modded it) or do a software hack (Indiana Pawns, Smash Attack????(Please correct me) or Twilight Princess(If you have an older, non updated wii.)) Also If your wii is old you can install Bootmii as Boot2 for added protection or simply as another IOS. There is also Priiloader and some others. To be extra safe only get wii games from a trusted source as well as homebrew. Always check for comments on wads or even better to be safe don't install them at all. Also, the reason Wii bricks seem to happen to nearly everyone is that out of the current main consoles (XBox 360, PS3 and Wii) the Wii is hacked the most or the person doing the hacking is stupid(Like taking out the power cable during something important or something even stupider)
That's why you install Priiloader. Most people who mod Wiis are just beginners. If you are a beginner, then just follow a guide CAREFULLY! Don't do ANYTHING that the guide says NOT to do. Like uninstalling a Wii System Wad or uninstalling any IOS under 200. THAT will BRICK your Wii. And if you do a safe update for your Wii, then you really, REALLY need wifi. Updating offline is VERY dangerous and should NEVER be attempted, even if you're experienced with Wii modding.
I did this yesterday, I installed the homebrew channel successfully using the Indiana Pwns method. Although bricking your Wii is possible, it's very unlikely if you follow the guides properly. I recommend the Wii Hacks Forum (Google it).
That's what I posted. Check Here. https://www.romulation.org/forum/index.php?topic=34440.msg616666#msg616666 There is lots of valuable information that I am sharing with people in that post and many others.
http:// www.youtube.com/ watch?v= fj7PczzuFA4 Remove the spaces ^ That has been the best tut for me, but try to get "Neogamma r8" for the HBC, and you can run games from there, or the uLoader, but I've been able to play every game I throw at it so far : DDD (And sorry if links aren't allowed, somebody should tell me the policy on that x])
