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Recover a Corrupted IOS
This page will guide you through the process of recovering a corrupted IOS on your vWii.
!> Do not use this method for anything else than Recovering your Mii Channel or the following page.
What You Need
Windows
- A working Homebrew installation on Wii U side
- This release of FTPiiU Everywhere
- An FTP client such as FileZilla
- overwrite-wiiu-titlehash.exe
macOS & Linux
- A working Homebrew installation on Wii U side
- This release of FTPiiU Everywhere
- The latest release of Python
- An FTP client such as FileZilla
- overwrite-wiiu-titlehash.py (right-click -> Save link as... -> Click Save).
Instructions
Windows
- Extract the
fpiiu-cbhc.zip
file to the root of your SD Card - Install FileZilla on your computer
macOS & Linux
- Extract the
fpiiu-cbhc.zip
file to the root of your SD Card - Install FileZilla on your computer
- Install Python on your computer
Recovering The IOSes
!> Do not attempt to delete the 00000002
folder in /slccmpt01/title/00000001
nor the 00000002.tik
file in /slccmpt01/ticket/00000001
.
?> If you are using a system update blocking method, please remove it.
Windows
- Power on your Wii U and launch the CFW of your choice (Mocha, Haxchi or CBHC)
- Launch the Homebrew Launcher
- Launch FTPiiU Everywhere
- Launch FileZilla
- Type in the IP address displayed by your Wii U in the
Host
field at the top of the window and click onQuickconnect
- In FileZilla, navigate to
/slccmpt01/title/00000001
- Go to this page to see which folder/ticket you need to delete
- Delete the corresponding folders of the IOSes you want to recover
- Navigate to
/slccmpt01/ticket/00000001
- Delete the corresponding
.tik
files of the IOSes you want to recover - Launch the previously downloaded
overwrite-wiiu-titlehash.exe
file - Type in your Wii U's IP address and press Enter
- 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 and ask, in English, for assistance.
- Exit FTPiiU Everywhere and the Homebrew Launcher
- Launch the System Settings
- Perform a System Update
?> You can now re-enable your system update blocking method.
macOS & Linux
- Power on your Wii U and launch the CFW of your choice (Mocha, Haxchi or CBHC)
- Launch the Homebrew Launcher
- Launch FTPiiU Everywhere
- Launch FileZilla
- Type in the IP address displayed by your Wii U in the
Host
field at the top of the window and click onQuickconnect
- In FileZilla, navigate to
/slccmpt01/title/00000001
- Go to this page to see which folder/ticket you need to delete
- Delete the corresponding folders of the IOSes you want to recover
- Navigate to
/slccmpt01/ticket/00000001
- Delete the corresponding
.tik
files of the IOSes you want to recover - Open up a Terminal window
- Use the following command:
cd <directory>
- On macOS, the most common place to find your downloaded files is
/Users/username/Downloads
- On Linux, the most common place to find your downloaded files is
/home/username/Downloads
- Use the following command:
python3 overwrite-wiiu-titlehash.py
- Type in your Wii U's IP address and press Enter
- 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 and ask, in English, for assistance.
- Exit FTPiiU Everywhere and the Homebrew Launcher
- Launch the System Settings
- Perform a System Update
?> You can now re-enable your system update blocking method.