Guide-WiiU/recover-ios.md

Recover a corrupted or lost IOS

This page will guide you through the process of restoring a clean IOS on your vWii.

!> Do not use this method for anything else than recovering your Mii Channel or the following page.

What you need

• A working Homebrew installation on Wii U side
• This release of FTPiiU Everywhere
• The latest release of Python
• An FTP client such as FileZilla
• This Python script

Instructions

1. Extract the fpiiu-cbhc.zip file to the root of your sd card
2. Install FileZilla on your computer
3. Install Python on your computer

Recover a corrupted IOS 80

!> If you are using a system update blocking method, please remove it.

1. Power on your Wii U and run CFW

• If you don't know what CFW is, please read this

2. Launch the Homebrew Launcher
3. Launch FTPiiU Everywhere
4. Launch FileZilla
5. Type in the IP address displayed by your Wii U in the Host field at the top of the window and click on Quickconnect
6. In FileZilla, navigate to /slccmpt01/title/00000001
7. Delete the 00000050 folder
8. Navigate to /slccmpt01/ticket/00000001
9. Delete the 00000050.tik file
10. Double click the previously downloaded .py file
11. Type in your Wii U's IP address and press Enter
12. Wait for it to finish what it's doing

• If an err.log file has been generated, please visit us in #wiiu-assistance on Nintendo Homebrew Discord

13. Exit FTPiiU Everywhere and the Homebrew Launcher
14. Launch the System Settings
15. Perform a System Update

?> You can now re-enable your system update blocking method.

Recover any corrupted IOS

!> Do not attempt to delete multiple IOSes at a time.

!> If you are using a system update blocking method, please remove it.

1. Power on your Wii U and run CFW

• If you don't know what CFW is, please read this

2. Launch the Homebrew Launcher
3. Launch FTPiiU Everywhere
4. Launch FileZilla
5. Type in the IP address displayed by your Wii U in the Host field at the top of the window and click on Quickconnect
6. In FileZilla, navigate to /slccmpt01/title/00000001
7. Go to this page to see which folder/ticket you need to delete
8. Delete the corresponding folder of the IOS you want to recover
9. Navigate to /slccmpt01/ticket/00000001
10. Delete the corresponding .tik file of the IOS you want to recover
11. Double click the previously downloaded .py file
12. Type in your Wii U's IP address and press Enter
13. Wait for it to finish what it's doing

• If an err.log file has been generated, please visit us in #wiiu-assistance on Nintendo Homebrew Discord

13. Exit FTPiiU Everywhere and the Homebrew Launcher
14. Launch the System Settings
15. Perform a System Update

?> You can now re-enable your system update blocking method.