Internet Channel

	Internet Channel
Version	4.0 (1024)
Title ID	HADx
Type	Downloaded channel
Installed from	Wii Shop Channel
Peripherals
Blocks (channel/save)	203 / 37

The Internet Channel is a version of the Opera 9 web browser for use on the Wii by Opera Software and Nintendo. On December 22, 2006, a free "trial version" of the browser was released. The final version of the browser became available on April 11, 2007 and was free to download until the last day of June; after that the browser was available at 500 Wii Points until September 1, 2009 when it was available for free again.

Updates

This is a list of updates to the Internet Channel.

April 11, 2007:

Upgraded to the full version.

October 10, 2007:

Added USB keyboard support.
Launch time has been reduced.
Up to 56 favorites can be saved.
Send Favorites to people in the Wii's Address Book.
Highlight words on a Web page and copy it to the "Search" function.
Type longer messages with reduced lag in the virtual keyboard.

September 1, 2009

Switched from Flash Player 7 to Flash Lite 3.1.
No longer have to pay 500 Wii Points to purchase.
The size has been reduced.

3.0 patch

3.0 included a patch for both existing releases by including an updated NAND Boot Program in IOS15 and IOS21. The patches are the same for both versions, but they are applied at different addresses; the MEM1 patch occurs at 0x8060af10 for the trial version, and 0x8063ecc8 for the full release. The MEM2 patch occurs at 0x8060b010 for the trial version, and 0x8063edc8 for the full version. This patch does not apply to the October 10 version, as it uses IOS34.

# MEM1 patch
# r3 contains 0x800001ff (translated base 0x80000000, size 16MB, supervisor/user mode valid)
# r4 contains 0x00000002 (real base 0x00000000)
# r5 contains 0x810000ff (translated base 0x81000000, size 8MB, supervisor/user mode valid)
# r6 contains 0x01000002 (real base 0x01000000)
# r7 contains 0x00000000 (no translation)
0x38     38 63 ff 00      subi    r3,r3,0x100 # inserted instruction
0x3c     7c f0 83 a6      mtspr   IBAT0U,r7
0x40     7c 91 83 a6      mtspr   IBAT0L,r4
0x44     7c 70 83 a6      mtspr   IBAT0U,r3
0x48     4c 00 01 2c      isync
0x4c     7c fc 83 a6      mtspr   DBAT2U,r7
0x50     7c dd 83 a6      mtspr   DBAT2L,r6
0x54     7c bc 83 a6      mtspr   DBAT2U,r5
0x58     4c 00 01 2c      isync
0x5c     7c f4 83 a6      mtspr   IBAT2U,r7
0x60     7c f5 83 a6      mtspr   IBAT2L,r7 # this originally placed r6 into IBAT2L, matching the DBAT entry
# Because of the above inserted instruction, an mtspr IBAT2U,r5 instruction below the previous instruction is deleted. The next instruction is isync.

# MEM2 patch 1
# r3 contains 0x900003ff
# r4 contains 0x10000002
# r7 contains 0x00000000
0x3c     7c f1 8b a6      mtspr   IC_ADR,r7 # originally r4
0x40     7c f0 8b a6      mtspr   IC_CSR,r7 # originally r3

# MEM2 patch 2
# r3 contains 0x920001ff (translated base 0x92000000, size 16MB, supervisor/user mode valid)
# r4 contains 0x12000002 (real base 0x10000000)
# r7 contains 0x00000000 (no translation)
0x9c     7c f5 8b a6      mtspr   IBAT6L,r7 # originally r4
0xa0     7c f4 8b a6      mtspr   IBAT6U,r7 # originally r3

# MEM2 patch 3
# r5 contains 0x9300007f (translated base 0x93000000, size 4MB, supervisor/user mode valid)
# r6 contains 0x13000002 (real base 0x13000000)
# r7 contains 0x00000000 (no translation)
0xbc     7c f7 8b a6      mtspr   IBAT7L,r7 # originally r6
0xc0     7c f6 8b a6      mtspr   IBAT7U,r7 # originally r5

Limitations

Cannot download / upload files.
User may encounter difficulty editing pages with long content due the small text-box

W3C Events: Buttons

Only the following buttons are recognized with the key events on first Wii Remote:

Button	keyCode
	175
	176
	178
	177
	13
	172
	173
	170
	174

Nintendo Wii Update Message

North America

The Internet Channel, which allows everyone to easily access and enjoy the Internet, has been updated.

The main updates are as follows:
*Change from Adobe Flash version 7 to Adobe Flash Lite 3.1 (this corresponds to Adobe Flash version 8)
*The Internet Channel is now available to download for 0 Wii Points.

Press "Start" at the bottom right of the screen and you will be able to download the updated Internet Channel from the Wii Shop Channel.

If you previously used 500 Wii Points to download the Internet Channel to your Wii console, at the end of October we will be offering you the opportunity to download, for 0 Wii Points, one NES game of your choice (valued at 500 Wii Points) from the Virtual Console catalog. Details of this download offer will be provided via the Wii Message Board or on Nintendo.com soon.

Nintendo

Europe

Dear Customer, Nintendo would like to inform you that an update to the Internet Channel is available. Included in this update is a never version of Adobe Flash, making even more website content available to you.

Until now the Internet Channel was available to download from the Wii Shop Channel for 500 Wii Points. However, as Nintendo encourages all customers and their families to enjoy browsing from their sofas, the Internet Channel can now be downloaded for free.

For those that have purchased the Internet Channel for 500 Wii Points before, a special offer will be available from late October until the end of December. During this time period, you will be able to download a Virtual Console NES title worth 500 Wii Points for free.

When the exact time period for this offer is finalised, a notification will be sent out via the Wii Message Board and posted on the Nintendo of Europe Website.

Netherlands

(Als je dit bericht al eerder hebt ontvangen, kun je onderstaande informatie negeren.)

We willen je graag meedelen dat er vanaf nu een bijgewerkte versie van het internetkanaal beschikbaar is.

Deze update bevat een nieuwere versie van Adobe Flash, waardoor er nog meer website-inhoud voor je beschikbaar wordt.

Tot nu toe kon het internetkanaal vanuit het Wii-winkelkanaal worden gedownload voor 500 Wii Points. Omdat Nintendo al zijn klanten wil aanmoedigen vanaf de bank op het internet te surfen, kan het internetkanaal nu gratis worden gedownload.

Voor degenen die het internetkanaal al hebben aangeschaft voor 500 Wii Points, zal er van eind Oktober tot eind december een special aanbod beschikbaar zijn op de Virtual Console. Tijdens deze periode kun je gratis een NES-titel ter waarde van 500 Wii Points downloaden.

Als de precieze periode waarin dit aanbod geldt bekend wordt, krijg je daarvan bericht via het Wii-prikbord. Ook zal er een bericht op de website van Nintendo of Europe worden geplaatst.

Om het nieuwe internetkanaal te downloaden, kies je BEGINNEN rechtsonder in het scherm. Hiermee ga je naar het Wii-winkelkanaal, waar je de software kunt downloaden.

Nintendo

Interesting URLs

about: About Opera Page
about:opera About Opera Page
about:about About Opera Page
opera:about About Opera Page
opera: Invalid Address Page
opera:opera Invalid Address Page
about:blank Blank Page
opera:blank Blank Page
localhost Blank Page
a.b.c.d:n if n < 80 = Invalid Address Page (Even if port open), if n == 80 or n > 80 Blank Page or whatever exists at port
127.0.0.1 Blank Page
file:/ no response
file://localhost/ no response
file: no response
/ Invalid Address Page ( file://localhost/ )
/. www.slashdot.org
\. Invalid Address Page ( file://localhost/ )
data: no response
mailto: Not Supported Message
ftp: Not Supported Message
http:example.com works fine
https:example.com works fine
help no response
example.com works fine
'\' in some urls gets converted to '/' (also // or \\ as well as /// or \\\ is converted)
attempting to connect to an ftp server above port 80 by specifying a.b.c.d:n gives no response
attempting to connect to an ftp server above port 80 by specifying ftp://a.b.c.d:n gives an error stating that protocol ftp is not supported

If you have the latest git of libogc, available from git://hackmii.com/home/ogcgit/libogc if you have a git client, you can use the following command to load a specific URL in the internet channel, if it exists on the enduser's wii:

WII_OpenURL("URL")