DON'T UPDATE TO 4.2!

[adorkable x]

So what?
I am a wokstar.

 

[SilentHopes]

It's not a guaruntee that your wii will or will not become bricked. This happened to a few people, however. Don't update until Nintendo fixes this.

Thing is, Nintendo won't fix it. They may repair bricked Wii consoles for free, but the update is unlikely to change.

This update adds a replaces the old boot2 files on the Wii with boot2ver2, and it's that file that is causing consoles to break down on people, whether they have homebrew installed or not. There's also an updated cIOS, but that's not what's causing this problem.

These measures are put in place to prevent homebrew channel installation, but already that has been worked around simply by changing the ID which the update checks for every time the console turns on. All Nintendo really did here is jeopardize millions of consoles over something as minuscule as homebrew. It's not like sales of Nintendo products have been affected or anything, they're still the top company in terms of hardware and software sales.

I myself have the homebrew channel and have yet to update yet in fear of the brick, not from losing my precious HBC(which I have already updated along with bootmii to ensure that I still have it after the update)

For those of you that are worried about your Wii updating automatically: Don't. It's illegal for them to do such a thing. They would have some severe legal issues on their hand if they did that, even more so than they do now.

My wii has made me update before. Some games force you to update, even if you can't. In the disc slot it will say "Wii System Update". It happened to me when I first played Animal Crossing.

 

[NikoKing]

There's a Homebrew Channel App that disables the boot file for the "You need to update your system" Whenever inserting a new game. .

 

[Kanye Omari West]

Rorato.
Preloader+Systemh4x

use it :B

 

[Blue Cup]

My wii has made me update before. Some games force you to update, even if you can't. In the disc slot it will say "Wii System Update". It happened to me when I first played Animal Crossing.

Some games have required updates built right on to the disc. Those can be avoided as well, but you need the homebrew channel

However, what I was referring to were updates of the "behind your back or while you're sleeping deal".

Is there anything I can do, or should I just sit back and hope nothing goes wrong?

If you updated successfully and have been using the Wii ever since then, then you're in the clear now.

 

[PaJami]

My wii has made me update before. Some games force you to update, even if you can't. In the disc slot it will say "Wii System Update". It happened to me when I first played Animal Crossing.

Some games have required updates built right on to the disc. Those can be avoided as well, but you need the homebrew channel

However, what I was referring to were updates of the "behind your back or while you're sleeping deal".

Is there anything I can do, or should I just sit back and hope nothing goes wrong?

If you updated successfully and have been using the Wii ever since then, then you're in the clear now.

Okay that's good to know. Thanks

 

[SilentHopes]

Rorato.
Preloader+Systemh4x

use it :B

Yeah I would if I STILL HAD HOMEBREW! Nintendo deleted it from my wii.

 

[-Aaron]

Rorato.
Preloader+Systemh4x

use it :B

Yeah I would if I STILL HAD HOMEBREW! Nintendo deleted it from my wii.

Good for them.

 

[Entei Slider]

Lets just all agree nintendo *censored.3.0*ed up majorly.

 

[Kanye Omari West]

Why'd you update anyways?
Waninkoko has a 4.0 updater >_>

 

[Away236]

Everyone gets "New Super Mario Brothers" when it comes out.

Everyone puts it in there Wii, and it automatically updates to 4.2

Everyones Wii break.

Nintendo just lost the game.

ouch

 

[Soil]

I dont even play my Wii that much so basically it is a paperweight, but if mine was broken all I would be disappointed about is that there's no Virtual Console, so I'd wip out the N64..

 

[Pokeman]

i updated as soon as i got the message, everything was fine, except it took for ever but it finished

 

[Yokie]

Worked fine for me.

 

[Ryusaki]

as i said it only happens to people with the most memory well thats what nintendo said.

 

[Clown Town]

this is what id say

me 'Hello, i have recently updated my wii console and i belive that is has been bricked'
them 'I see, have you installed any malicious software onto your wii, have you modded it'
me 'I borrowed a friends SD card and i updated with it in, it had temporary files from a emulator of his'
them 'I am sorry, you have voided your warranty'
me 'How? it wasnt even mine?'
them 'You had malicious content on your wii'
me ' Dont give me that crap, YOU released this update, YOU are responsible, I will take legal action if you dont repair this from YOUR mistake'

It would go well... our south from there

 

[Tree]

How does it 'brick' your Wii?

 

[Trent the Paladin]

How does it 'brick' your Wii?

Something screws up during the Boot2v4 installation.

 

[Rockman!]

Mine is never connected to the internet so I can't update, can I?

I just play Paper Mario.

 

[DevilGopher]

A little late for me... :/