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'''Released: 28th September 2009'''
'''Released: 28th September 2009'''
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* Deletes old versions of the '''Homebrew Channel''' (ones with the ID of HAXX) and DVDx (ones with the ID of DVDX)
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* Deletes old versions of the '''Homebrew Channel'''
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* Now uses IOS70.
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** Ones with the HAXX ID
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* [[Wii Shop Channel]] updated.
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* Deletes old versions of '''DVDx'''
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** Ones with the DVDX ID
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* Now uses IOS70
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* Updated [[Wii Shop Channel]]
* Most of the IOS's have been updated or stubbed.
* Most of the IOS's have been updated or stubbed.
* Updates your boot2 to boot2v4, overwriting [[BootMii]]/boot2.
* Updates your boot2 to boot2v4, overwriting [[BootMii]]/boot2.
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This update was dubbed the "Homebrew Killer" and is the most aggressive attack Nintendo have made against homebrew. There have been [http://hackmii.com/2009/09/silly_games/ numerous reports] of Wiis being bricked (whether they have homebrew installed or not) because the code Nintendo use to flash boot2 is not as well tested as some of the other update code.
This update was dubbed the "Homebrew Killer" and is the most aggressive attack Nintendo have made against homebrew. There have been [http://hackmii.com/2009/09/silly_games/ numerous reports] of Wiis being bricked (whether they have homebrew installed or not) because the code Nintendo use to flash boot2 is not as well tested as some of the other update code.
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=== [[System Menu 4.0]], added [[IOS16]] (stub), [[IOS60]] and [[IOS61]], updated [[IOS38]], updated [[Photo Channel|Photo Channel 1.1]] (to 1.1-b), [[Wii Shop Channel]] and [[Wii Speak Channel]] (to 2.0). ===
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=== [[System Menu 4.0]] ===
'''Released: 25th March 2009'''
'''Released: 25th March 2009'''
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* Blocks installation of the '''Twilight Hack''' version 0.1beta2. To install homebrew, use '''Bannerbomb''' instead.
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* Added [[IOS16]] (stub)
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* This version of the System Menu uses [[IOS60]].
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* Added [[IOS60]]
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* Blocks '''new installations''' of anything that uses the [[STM Release Exploit]]; so the '''Homebrew Channel''' and [[DVDx]] will not install. The '''HackMii Installer''' contains a workaround.
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* Added [[IOS61]]
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* The [[Photo Channel|Photo Channel 1.1]] and the [[Wii Shop Channel]] have been updated, use [[WiiSCU]] to update these and install truchasigned versions of [[IOS60]] and [[IOS61]].
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* Updated [[IOS38]]
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* The [[Wii Speak Channel]] 2.0 is not compatible with the original. Update the Wii Speak Channel to version 2.0 by using the '''Wii Shop Channel''' (update it if required)
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* Blocks '''Twilight Hack''' version 0.1beta2
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* System Menu uses [[IOS60]]
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* Blocks '''new installations''' of anything that uses the [[STM Release Exploit]]
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* Blocks '''Homebrew Channel''' * Blocks '''DVDx'''
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* Updated [[Photo Channel|Photo Channel 1.1]]
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* Updated '''Wii Shop Channel'''
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* The [[Wii Speak Channel]] 2.0 is not compatible with the original.
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** Update the Wii Speak Channel to version 2.0 by using the '''Wii Shop Channel''' (update it if required)
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=== [[System Menu 3.4]], added [[IOS50]] and dummy [[IOS254]] (just [[IOS9]]), updated IOSs [[IOS30|30]], [[IOS31|31]] and [[IOS37|37]], [[bc]] and [[MIOS]], updated [[Mii Channel]]. ===
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=== [[System Menu 3.4]], added [[IOS50]] and dummy [[IOS254]] (just [[IOS9]]), updated IOSs [[IOS30|30]], [[IOS31|31]] and [[IOS37|37]], [[BC]] and [[MIOS]], updated [[Mii Channel]]. ===
'''Released: 18th November 2008''' - '''Found in games'''
'''Released: 18th November 2008''' - '''Found in games'''
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* Blocks the installation of the '''Twilight Hack''' version 0.1beta1. '''Twilight Hack''' version 0.1beta2 can still be installed for long enough to install HBC.
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* Blocks '''Twilight Hack''' version 0.1beta1
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* This version of the System Menu uses [[IOS50]].
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** '''Twilight Hack''' version 0.1beta2 can be installed
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* System Menu uses [[IOS50]]
* Does not appear to affect custom channels (although there have been unreliable reports to the contrary)
* Does not appear to affect custom channels (although there have been unreliable reports to the contrary)
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* Breaks [[PatchMii]] by installing a dummy [[IOS9]] into the [[IOS254]] slot.
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* Blocks [[PatchMii]]
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* Adds the dev/flash/ blocks to IOSs [[IOS30|30]], [[IOS31|31]], and [[IOS37|37]] <!-- correct me if I'm wrong -->
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** By installing a dummy [[IOS9]] into the [[IOS254]] slot
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* Adds the dev/flash/ blocks to IOS [[IOS30|30]], [[IOS31|31]], and [[IOS37|37]] <!-- correct me if I'm wrong -->
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=== [[IOS51]] & Updated all [[IOS]]es except [[IOS30]], [[IOS31]] and [[IOS37]] (these were already partially updated, see below), added some IOSes that were only previously available from Wii Discs, updated [[Wii Shop Channel]]. ===
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=== [[IOS51]] & Updated all IOSes except [[IOS30]], [[IOS31]] and [[IOS37]] (these were already partially updated, see below), added some IOSes that were only previously available from Wii Discs, updated [[Wii Shop Channel]]. ===
'''Released: 23rd October 2008''' - '''Found in games'''
'''Released: 23rd October 2008''' - '''Found in games'''
* This blocks '''new installations''' of anything fakesigned, that is, '''Homebrew Channel''' beta 8 and below (beta 9 contains a workaround), unofficial wads (legal and illegal), [[Starfall]]/[[Preloader]], cIOS, anything that installs IOSes secretly like [[AnyRegion Changer]] or [[AnyTitle Deleter]], [[xyzzy]] and [http://hackmii.com/2008/08/libdi-and-the-dvdx-installer/ DVDX] (used for apps which have DVD support; the latest version contains a workaround). This list is not exhaustive, but please add to it if you think of anything else.
* This blocks '''new installations''' of anything fakesigned, that is, '''Homebrew Channel''' beta 8 and below (beta 9 contains a workaround), unofficial wads (legal and illegal), [[Starfall]]/[[Preloader]], cIOS, anything that installs IOSes secretly like [[AnyRegion Changer]] or [[AnyTitle Deleter]], [[xyzzy]] and [http://hackmii.com/2008/08/libdi-and-the-dvdx-installer/ DVDX] (used for apps which have DVD support; the latest version contains a workaround). This list is not exhaustive, but please add to it if you think of anything else.
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* This also blocks access to /dev/flash in all IOSes but [[IOS30]], [[IOS31]] and [[IOS37]]. This means raw nand dumping utilities, for example [[Yet Another Wii NAND Dumper]], no longer work, since by default homebrew uses [[IOS35]]
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* Blocks /dev/flash in all IOSes except [[IOS30]], [[IOS31]] and [[IOS37]].
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* '''If something is already installed then it isn't affected, like [[Homebrew Channel]], etc.'''
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** This means raw nand dumping utilities, for example [[Yet Another Wii NAND Dumper]], no longer work, since by default homebrew uses [[IOS35]]
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* The Shop Channel backend was also updated at this time. You need the new Shop Channel (first available with this update) to access the [[Wii Shop Channel]], but this can now be worked around with '''Wii Shop and IOS51 installer'''.
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* If something is already installed then it isn't affected, like '''Homebrew Channel''', etc.
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* If you already have the '''Homebrew Channel''' and [http://hackmii.com/2008/08/libdi-and-the-dvdx-installer/ DVDX], and aren't planning to install anything big that will affect your Wii, then you are most likely unaffected. Normal everyday apps such as [[Homebrew Browser]] are completely unaffected as long as you already have the [[Homebrew Channel]].
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* The Shop Channel backend was also updated at this time. You need the new Shop Channel (first available with this update)
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* It updates all [[IOS]]es with the fakesigning bug, and adds [[IOS51]].
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** Can be worked around with '''Wii Shop and IOS51 installer'''
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* If you already have the '''Homebrew Channel''' and [http://hackmii.com/2008/08/libdi-and-the-dvdx-installer/ DVDX], and aren't planning to install anything big that will affect your Wii, then you are most likely unaffected. Normal everyday apps such as [[Homebrew Browser]] are completely unaffected as long as you already have the '''Homebrew Channel'''.
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* Updated all '''IOSes''' with fakesigning bug
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* Added [[IOS51]]
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=== [[System Menu 3.3]] & Updated [[IOS30]] and [[IOS31]], updated [[bc]] and [[MIOS]], updated [[Mii Channel]]. ===
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=== [[System Menu 3.3]] ===
'''Released: 16th June 2008''' - '''Found in games'''
'''Released: 16th June 2008''' - '''Found in games'''
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This update blocked old versions of the [[Twilight Hack]]. The newest version contains a workaround, and retains compatibility with all Wii firmware versions. [[IOS30]] and [[IOS31]] have fixes for the [[Signing bug]] backported from [[IOS37]]. Since the System Menu uses [[IOS30]], fake-signed discs have been blocked.
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* Updated [[IOS30]]
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* Updated [[IOS31]]
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* Updated [[BC]] and [[MIOS]]
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* Updated [[Mii Channel]]
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* Blocks old versions of the '''Twilight Hack'''. The newest version contains a workaround, and retains compatibility with all Wii firmware versions.
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* [[IOS30]] and [[IOS31]] have fixes for the [[Signing bug]] backported from [[IOS37]].
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* System Menu uses [[IOS30]]
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* Fake-signed discs have been blocked.
=== [[IOS37]] ===
=== [[IOS37]] ===