While the WODE modchip released last year allowed Wii owners to play Gamecube backups from a USB hard drive,  it was only possible through a hardware modification. Now with DIOS MIOS!, users can play thier ‘cube copies from USB, no hardmod required!

To prove crediar isn’t bluffing, he has released a proof-of-concept video and a USB Gecko log of him playing Starfox Assault on this new loader. Check it out!

Currently, no release date has been set.

Youtube video

USB Gecko log

Yes, I know I said I wouldn’t release this until a new version of the HackMii Installer came out, but I couldn’t help myself! I’ve released HomebreFreeware 1.43, and, as the name suggests, it’s compatible with System Menu 4.3!

Mind you, if you were silly enough to update to 4.3, you’ll need to go through a LOT of extra steps in order to get this working properly. You can see those steps right here. If you’re on 4.2 and below, it’s just business as usual!

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]]> http://homebrefreeware.wordpress.com/2010/07/12/homebrefreeware-1-43-released/feed/ 0 sherlockholmeboy HomebreFreeware screenshot http://homebrefreeware.wordpress.com/2010/07/02/hello-world-on-psp-6-30/ http://homebrefreeware.wordpress.com/2010/07/02/hello-world-on-psp-6-30/#comments Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:22:19 +0000 sherlockholmeboy http://homebrefreeware.wordpress.com/?p=178 ]]> Well, this didn’t take long! ‘sploiter J416 has already found exploits on Sony’s new PSP 6.30 firmware, within a week of its release! For security reasons, they cannot display the game that is used for the exploit, as it is only available on the PSN store, and it would be very quickly taken off, patched and replaced by Sony. It does confirm, however, that there are still readily available exploits on the PSP.

Whether or not it is a user or kernel exploit is not yet known. My money is on user exploit. However, if it really is a kernel exploit, it would be a tremendous breakthrough, as there is currently no publicly available kernel exploit for 6.20 (A 6.20 kernel exploit has been found, however).

Source: (Wordpess is stupid and won’t let me embed Youtube videos. Go here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXxJplivU64)

WiiCrazy has done it again! He has managed to find a way to get Trucha Bug Restorer working on System Menu 4.3! This method does not require you to use cBoot2, so there’s no need to have BootMii installed.

There is one downside, though. This method will NOT work on Korean Wiis (ie. Wiis with System Menu 4.3K).

It works by installing an old version of an IOS not included in Nintendo’s 4.3 update (in this case, a Korean IOS, IOS41), which can allow you to use TBR’s downgrade functionality again. It’s a Nintendo-signed IOS, so it will install all fine and dandy through WAD Manager.

A very stupid mistake by Nintendo not to include the Korean IOSs. Have they learnt nothing from IOS16? Probably not.

You will need:

• Super Smash Bros. Brawl (for NTSC Wiis) or Lego Indiana Jones (for any Wii), plus the applicable exploit for the game (Smash Stack and Indiana Pwns respectively)
• A homebrew loader (Homebrew Channel doesn’t work at the time of writing. Loadmii will get the job done for now)
• Trucha Bug Restorer
• WAD Manager
• IOS41-64-v2835.wad (This can be downloaded using NUS Downloader)

Here’s what you do:

1. Make sure your homebrew loader is on the root of your SD Card under the name “boot.dol”
2. Load Smash Stack or Indiana Pwns as per the given instructions.
3. Your homebrew loader should now load (We’ll be using Loadmii for this example). Open WAD Manager.
4. Install IOS41-64-v2836.wad. It’s a Nintendo signed IOS, so it will install like normal.
5. Exit WAD Manager.
6. You should be back in your homebrew loader. Load TBR.
7. Select IOS41
8. Downgrade IOS15
9. You should be back in your homebrew loader. Load TBR again.
10. Select IOS15
11. Go to IOS36 Menu
12. Make sure “patch trucha” is selected and install.
13. You should now be back in your homebrew loader. Load TBR again.
14. Select IOS36
15. Restore IOS15
16. You should be back in your homebrew loader. Load WAD Manager
17. Select IOS36
18. Delete IOS41-36-v2836.wad
19. Now, fell free to do whatever it is you do with trucha patched IOS!

This update…

• …adds the function to group and display folders based on format under Game (it should also be noted that there is folders for NeoGeo and TurboGrafx-16, but these are already playable via homebrew emulators)
• …stops the Patapon 2 Savedata exploit and Half-Byte Loader from working
• …also stops Datel’s Action Replay from working.

So, in case you didn’t already know, System Menu 4.3 got released yesterday. You may already know that this update is designed to kill homebrew (by simply putting in checks for the Homebrew Channel and DVDX and deleting them if found, among other things), but what you may not know is that this update is also designed to stop some homebrew applications from working, namely Riivolution and Trucha Bug Restorer.

We don’t know what stops Riivolution from working, but we do know what is stopping TBR from working. According to WiiBrew, ES_AddTitleFinish now checks installed titles for signatures, and “NANDFS Privelage Escalation” has been fixed. TBR relies on both of these to work, and seems the bulk of HomebreFreeware’s job is to patch trucha back into an IOS using TBR, we need to look at different ways of installing trucha back into an IOS. When I first read “(Trucha Bug Restorer and similar won’t work anymore)”, I let out a very audiable “Oh, SHIT.”. But that’s when I remembered another lesser known homebrew program!

cBoot2, as you could probably imagine, is a Custom boot2 program created by WiiGator. It works through BootMii, and through using it, you can patch an IOS-on-the-fly, run a program such as WAD Manager to install a patched IOS, and you’ll be back on your way! However, there is a downside to this. According to cBoot2′s readme, cBoot2 only works through direct boot (BootMii is boot2, not IOS), so you’ll need to be able to install BootMii as boot2 to install a patched IOS, at least until a newer patching application or another revision of cBoot2 is created.

Of course, this is only theoretical. I will test this theory out as soon as I get home from school today on a controlled system, both through boot2 and IOS, and I will post my findings. Assuming I can actually install a patched SM4.3 and IOS80, I will also test it on this as well. And finally, of course, I can’t test this on a Nintendo-updated 4.3 console, because no HackMii Installer exists for it yet. When a HackMii Installer exists for 4.3 (hopefully soon), I’ll be sure to give it a go on that.

This new System Menu…

• uses IOS80
• kills all variants of Homebrew Channel and DVDX (HAXX, DVDX, JODI, DISC and DISK)
• deletes BootMii/IOS by stubbing IOS254
• fixes bannerbomb, a little less stupidly this time
• adds IOS58
• overwrites and stubs all cIOS’ (202, 222, 223, 249 and 250), again
• kills the ability to use Riivolution Riivolution v1.03 works on 4.2
• still pushes the dangerous boot2 update

If you would like to use the Wii Shop Channel without updating your Wii, use a program such as Dop-SHOP or DOP-Mii

(Derived from /v/’s Recommended Games Wiki’s article – available here)

Acekard 2/2i

• Price – Very cheap
• Performance – Excellent compatibility, but lacks features of more expensive carts
• Good? Bad? - Great
• Compatible with DSi? Yes
• Compatible with DSi 1.4? Yes, but not out of the box. You may need a DS Lite to reflash the AK2i’s firmware.
• This is a flashcart best known for its unofficial AKAIO firmware, which is known for super-quick updates and some of the best compatibility of any DS flashcart. Highly reccommended for first-time buyers.

CycloDS Evolution

DS TT

EDGE/iEDGE

iPlayer

M3 DS Real (Not to be mistaken for M3 DS Simply)

M3i Zero

R4 DS/R4i DS

Supercard DSONE/DSONEi

Supercard DSTWO

So, now you’ve decided which cart to buy, you will also need to consider what kind of memory you would like for your cart (in the form of a MicroSD Card). All carts support MicroSD Cards up to 2GB, and most support MicroSDHC Cards up to 16GB.

• 1GB – Enough to store a few games at a time. Delete them when you’re done with them.
• 2GB – Enough to store a few more games and some homebrew. Can also hold a full NES collection and the emulator for it, with some space to spare
• 4GB – More than enough to store a good collection of DS games, maybe more than you need.
• 8GB – More than enough to store games, and whole MP3 albums and DPG movies to play in Moonshell
• 16GB – More than enough to put every awesome DS game on your cart with still some room to spare.

(Thanks to techboy from GBAtemp for initally posting this info!)

Here is a quick analisys of what is inside the Wii Unlocker Ultra (myhomebreware.com) “members area” page (What you get when you pay for the site). Firstly, there are 3 options for “unlocking” your Wii. “4.2 The Latest Update”, “4.1 And Prior” and “3.4 And Prior”. These link to a page with a ZIP file, a video, and in 2 of 3 cases, a guide.

The 4.2 hacking option:
A video tutorial for using bannerbomb+hackmii installer is posted at the bottom of the page. No guide is present. The video clearly shows the scam messages on bannerbomb and hackmii installer. Although the page claims the files do not provide backup support, his ZIP contains loader software.

The ZIP contains: an outdated USB Loader GX rev688, NeoGamma R7, cIOS rev14 Installer, wads of NeoGamma & GX, HackMii Installer, Bannerbomb v2, Homebrew Browser, an IOS38 v3610 wad in the root, and the WiiNinja & Sorg mod of Wad Manager 1.5.

UPDATE: There is a little button below the main 4.2 option for 4.2 with backup support. He used the cboot2 method. The guide is poorly written here as usual, and no video is available. Video says coming November 5, 2009, but it’s Xmas Eve and still not there.

There are several zip files offered as Wiihackstep2a/b/c. They contain various compilations of cboot2 and wad manager, used to delete the IOS249 stub. WiihackStep3a is the cIOS installer and cboot2 again.
The 4.1 and prior option:
The page itself is labeled “4.0+”. A movie plus a guide are found. The guide was poorly written, and used long obsolete methods, including the IOS35 downgrader.

The ZIP includes cIOS_249.wad (rev6), HBC.wad, “gameplayer.wad”, and IOS35.wad, as well as several DOLs in the root and bannerbomb.

The 3.4 and prior option:
Another poorly written guide, and another movie. This guide uses the IOS16 method.

The ZIP contains IOS16.wad, cIOS_249.wad (cIOS rev6), and a “Gameplayer.wad”, along with Wad Manager, an unpacked IOS36, bannerbomb v1, and an unknown boot.dol

Below these options are the “bonuses”, the “Wii DVD Unlocker” for playing movies is just a copy of MPlayer CE and the USB2 cIOS 202 in a ZIP file, “Wii Reigon Fry” is SYNDiCATE’s ISO patcher, “Wii Brick Blocker” is just a copy of Brick Blocker (what did you expect?), the “Wii DVD Dumper” is a copy an old Wi-fi game Dumper in WAD form, plus a copy of Wad Manager, the cheat guide at the top is something semi-original; It’s title page & page headers refer to the package as MyHomebreWii, and finally, the “Backup Wii Games Guide and Software” is a PDF detailing how to use Wii Dumper and Brick Blocker. It’s poorly written, and some steps are inaccurate.

This information was last updated 25 December 2009. However, we have confirmation that Wii Unlocker Ultra has rolled all of their packages into the one ZIP file. They still contain blatant Copyright and License violations. IOS WADs, bannerbomb, and the Homebrew Channel as a WAD, just to name a few.

Hopefully, this will help curb a bit of curiosity that you might have about these scam sites!

At the moment, we can only speculate what could be in this new cIOS. Waninkoko has been experimenting with IOS Reload blocking, and has successfully blocked reloading IOSs from a DVD, but there’s no news on whether or not it has been blocked from USB. You can expect to see that in this newest revision!

What else do you think we will see?

UPDATE: Waninkoko says that a sneak peek of cIOS Rev 20 will be coming soon! Be sure to check out the #cIOS IRC channel on irc.freenode.net for the latest news!