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Tgames has released StartPatch 3.2.0E. StartPatch is a homebrew application that patches your System Menu with useful hacks like skip updates, etc.
Please remove any Gamecube Memory Cards, Gamecube Controllers, or Nunchuck accessories, before using this App!

Featuring the hacks:

• Replace Healthwarning with Backmenu
• No longer displays black/white health warning screen, so no need to press A, it will go straight to the channels screen.
• Move Disc Channel
• Enables the Disc Channel to be moved.
• Skip Disc Update Check
• Blocks updates, which have been embedded in Discs.
• Remove Diag Disc Check
• Remove Diagnostic Disc check.
• No Menu BG Music
• Removes the System Menu’s background music.
• Backup Loading from Disc Channel
• Allow to launch Backup Games from Disk Channel with IOS 249
• Warning : You need to Install IOS 249 before install this patch.
• Do not uninstall IOS 249 before uninstall this patch !
• Recovery Mode 1st GC Y Held (Need To Install ALL Four)
• Allows you to enter the Wii’s Recovery Mode easily.
• Region Free Channels (Need To Install ALL Three)
• Allow installation of any region Channels.
• Region Free GC Games
• Removes region restrictions on Gamecube games.
• Force Disc Region (Need To Install ALL Three)
• This forces the game disc to run at the Wii’s native settings. So NTSC games won’t turn black and white on PAL TVs.
• Region Free Wii Games (Need To Install ALL Two)
• Removes the integrated region check. You’ll be able to play imports this way.
• Remove NoCopy Protection (Need To Install ALL Seven)
• Removes the Save File Copy Protection, which prevents Save Files from being copied to SD Cards.

Warning: Anything that edits the NAND in ANY way can brick. Be cautious when using this.

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Team Twiizer member dhewg has posted a great article at hackmii as well as releasing a new installer!

The changelog:

HackMii installer (v0.5):

• New exploit to enable (un-)installation of all components on fully updated Wiis.
• Fix hangs on some setups (they’re all related to retarded IOS patches).
• BootMii beta 4 (v1.1):
• Properly write the keys to nand.bin.
• This fixes the “NAND dump is from another Wii” issue on restoring beta 3 backups. If you don’t know how to fix those dumps, you have to backup the NAND again. Dumps from all other versions are not affected.

The Homebrew Channel v1.0.5:

• Faster startup.
• Prefer boot.elf over boot.dol when launching apps.
• New shiny fonts, tweaked to the last subpixel.
• Widescreen support.
• If your Wii is set to 16:9 in the system menu options, HBC won’t strech the picture like it did on older versions. Unfortunately the fonts might look a little weird then, it really depends on the used display unit. Blame the lack of true widescreen support on the Wii for that.
• Grid view.
• Hit 2/Y while browsing applications to switch between the old and the new view. This shows 4 columns on 16:9 setups, 4:3 users only get 3.
• Device hot-plugging.
• You can remove and insert devices (front SD slot, USB mass storage, and SDGecko in both slots) at all times now without reloading HBC.
• To change to another device, hit 1/X to bring up a simple option dialog.
• Application sort order.
• You can now choose how to sort the shown entries. Current options: either by the name or by the release date.
• Note that for the latter sort order a valid release_date tag has to be present in the meta.xml file.
• Again, hit 1/X for the options dialog to set this.
• wiiload overhaul.
• On-the-fly compression: Uploaded files are automatically compressed on PC side: This makes it way faster, especially on bigger files. ScummVM, anyone?
• Improved USBGecko support: Faster uploads, and you don’t have to stop reading debug messages from the device while uploading files.
• libftdi support: Because ftdi-sio fails, especially on OSX.
• Note: Because of these improvements, older wiiload version and 3rd party upload clients are incompatible. Use the bundled v0.5, binaries and source code are included.
• Basic application management.
• To add apps: Just wiiload a ZIP archive, it will then get extracted to the active device. The ZIP file must be structured in a certain way, check this description for the details.
• To delete apps: There’s a new button on the application dialog.

DVDX:

• Allow PPC side hardware access.
• Also known as the magic HW_AHBPROT register.
• TMD version bumped to 2, in case anyone needs to check for e.g. HW_AHBPROT.
• Either grab the new installer here, or use the HBC online update (a confirmation dialog should pop up when launching HBC).

For the full read, visit: Here at hackmii

Main Notes:

Compatible with the new System menu 4.2!

“Get a SD card. If it has a private directory, rename it temporarily, e.g. to “privateold”. Having other saved channels on the same card will screw it up.
Download abd6a_v200.zip and unzip it onto the SD card.
Go download the HackMii installer. Copy installer.elf to the root of the SD card, and rename it to boot.elf.
Press the SD card icon (for the SD menu). This is different from the last version. Then insert the card. It should either pop up Load boot.dol/elf? or freeze.
If it pops up a dialog, then fill out the survey.
If you encounter any problems from then on, don’t try other versions (it won’t help), but see the information below the survey.
If it freezes before popping up the dialog, you could try these versions: Here”

Nintendo firmware version 4.2 DISABLES bannerbomb. It also deletes the homebrew channel. Update at your own risk. Nintendo released the update September 29,2009. -BKF-

Just to add to that, there is a exploit out however this updates your boot2 to boot2v4 which means, you cannot downgrade your wii, This part of the upgrade is irreversible and would mean your unable to use some stuff in your wii you would like to.

This update also *I think* deletes bootmii as nand, So watch out fellow Wii-Brewers.

Any Title Deleter Mod v6

AnyTitle Deleter MOD is an unofficial mod by Red Squirrel of Tona’s AnyTitle Deleter. It keeps all of the original’s functions, but it allows the program to show the real names of titles instead of just the ID numbers, making it easier to select which ones you actually want to delete.

From the previous version, some new features have been added such as an installed title back-upper, IOS chooser, and the possibility to exit through rebooting the Wii.

Also, before you attempt to use this program, make sure you know what you’re doing. It edits the flash memory of the Wii and that can be dangerous. Take extreme caution when using this program.

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Custom IOS38 rev 14

Description:

-This is a Custom IOS, an IOS modified to add new features not available in the official IOS.
-This IOS has been created to be used ONLY with homemade software.
-The Custom IOS installs as IOS249 and does not modify any other IOS so it is safe to install.  

-Changelog:

– Support for the new games with error 002.
– Updated plugin DIP (emulation commands’ cover ‘corrected).
– ES plugin updated.
– Added plugin FFS.
– Modulo EHCI improved.
– Modulo SDHC improved.
– FAT module added.
– Implemented new anti error 001.
– System error 002 anti eliminated.
– System of NAND emulation added (device from SD / USB).
– System Override content added (device from SD / USB).
– Support for System Menu (Channel Disco returns to work).
– Support for cBoot2 installer.
– Support for all installer IOS.
– Bugs fixed.

-Also fixes the spindown bug so no need to turn off your Wii anymore!

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MPlayer is a media player for the Nintendo Wii by Team Twiizers. The CE version a mix of MPlayer and GeeXbox and what’s cool is that a new version came out.

Here are the updates that come along with it:

• Fix playlist bug
• More SMB servers detected
• SMB now supports user-level share security
• SMB now supports plain text passwords

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Chunk Munch has just been updated to 0.2a. It’s a simple, yet addictive, Jawbreaker-like game for the Wii. Check out the video above to see how it’s played. You get points for each group of blocks of the same color you click on. The more blocks together of the same color, the more points you recieve.

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This one’s a cool hack. ubiq_01 has created an impressive and simple program to show off how the WiiMote and iPhone can connect through bluetooth. Apparently, many people have been waiting for this to come out for their homebrew programs. I don’t know why’d anyone want more accelerometers, but hey, whatever floats your boat.

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