A lot of people would like to add factory reset into udpih.
Also for those that dont have Nintendo support in their country like me
I would be soo happy if you add that.
Thanks!

I try to recover a Wiiu with lock user and lock boot screen with parental code lock, can be added an option to disable or show the parental code in the recovery menu?

When trying to use recovery_menu without the benefit of a display, it would be nice to know if the device has finished a task (dumped logs, dumped roms, loaded network etc). I made a small enhancement to waitButtonInput to flash yellow when it's waiting for a key. It might be good to have it flash red if an operation failed.

Add the following as the first line in the waitButtonInput function in ios_mcp/source/menu.c

    setNotificationLED(NOTIF_LED_ORANGE|NOTIF_LED_ORANGE_BLINKING);

Then before the return, turn it purple again

   setNotificationLED(NOTIF_LED_BLUE|NOTIF_LED_RED);

Hope this helps those working in the dark.

Hello! How can I mount MLC memory using FTP server recovery_menu?? Is it possible to use a standard FTP client with a GUI instead of a python script?? Tools known to me are not capable of decompressing an MLC dump. I will be grateful for any help.

Hi all, I'm trying to boot into the recovery menu on my WII U via a 2017 Switch, but when I plug the USB into the WII U and it confirms successful injection of the exploit, the console shuts down.

What can it depend on? How can i solve?

Thanks for the replies

Excellent work on this (and UDPIH)!

It would be really nice to add a NAND backup restore function that can read NAND backup files from the SD card. This would be an easy way to undo damage to the OS, especially when the nature of the damage isn't obvious.

Hi.

Just like the title says, here is a picture:

Here is the information about the console were this issue is happening:

I've tried on another 2 consoles, and these 2 consoles work fine, there is no characters on top of each other on them.
Here is the information about the 2 consoles that have no problems:

Add a "system information" screen. Some information that would be useful to display:

• System model (SEEPROM 0x170)
• System serial number (SEEPROM 0x158, 0x160)
• Security level (OTP 0x80; indicates retail, debug, or factory)
• Board type (SEEPROM 0x042)
• Boot source (SEEPROM 0x046; usually N1, need to check if PCFS changes this)
• SATA device (SEEPROM 0x058; number and description)
• Console type (SEEPROM 0x05A; number and description)
• Product area, game region (SEEPROM 0x148, 0x14C; mirrored from sys_prod.xml; my WUP-101(02) says prod_area=2, game_region=0?)

I might try adding some of these myself later this week.

I tried with the regular menu but I had no image on my tv. When I changed it for the dc unit menu I had a white square and nothing else happens. The LED on my console is purple so it is suppose to work but nothing goes further.

Hi, I have a bricked wiiu when I update Firmware (power off when updating), can i update firmware by recovery menu? Thanks!

I was asking if you can add a FTP Server to the recovery menu. In my situation, I downloaded a custom theme with tiramisu for my menu. A week ago I deleted tiramisu because no apps were loading up, but then I realized it was the custom wii u menu theme. At the moment, I can't open anything. Including system settings, internet browser, or any of my games. If there is FTP Server I could replace my wii u menu back to default, I could Factory reset my Wii U with system settings. Or if its not too much to ask, could you put themer inside the boot menu so that I can automatically change it back to default instead of doing it manually. I don't think this is a common issue, however, if you could help me save my wiiu, i would really appreciate it. Thank you.

Hello, it happens to me that my Wii U has a damaged video output, and I wanted to ask if it were possible to use the gamepad link function and have the console give me a pre-established key, that I already know so that I can enter the key into the gamepad without see the screen. Or maybe the console gives me the code, for example by flashing the power light or the disk light.
Well I hope there is some option for my case, thank you

Hello,
We last used my Wii U about two month ago, everything was fine. I tried to power it on last weekend, it did nothing exept turn the light from red to blue. The disc is spinning and can be eject. The gamepad open but lose its signal quickly. I tried to see if your method with a pico would help. I wasn't able to see anything so I couldn't navigate well. I managed to get otp.bin and seeprom.bin while in the normal recovery menu. I tried to reboot it but no success. I managed to get this screen with the recovery_menu_dc_init, I don't know if I did something but my console is still stuck. I like to know if I can save it or if it's dead.

Sometimes you need to do something blind, and it would be nice to have keypress counts in the readme.

It would be useful to add the functionality of Wii U NAND Dumper to recovery_menu. Possibly one option per type (slc, slccmpt, mlc), or just a single option for "dump all 3".

https://github.com/koolkdev/wiiu-nanddumper/

Adding a NAND restore feature would probably still be too risky, since UDPIH requires IOSU to be functioning.

Hi.

This is not a problem for me now, but I just wanted to report what I found.

In issues #18 and #19 I've uploaded my builds.

When I used the command 'docker run -it --rm -v ${PWD}:/project recoverybuilder make DC_INIT=1' the file "recovery_menu" was created.
After testing it, I can't find any difference from it and from the file generated with the command 'docker run -it --rm -v ${PWD}:/project recoverybuilder make'.
If I use the file "recovery_menu_dc_init" that is in the releases page, I notice my TV always goes to 480p (that is expected).

Am I building the "recovery_menu_dc_init" wrong?

Thanks.

Hello,

For total disc drive replacement when we haven't the genuine disc drive's pcb to do a physical change, it will be great if we can be able to rewrite the disc drive key in order to match it with the corresponding wii u nand key.

Great Day.
Sincerely,

Alex

i tried to run the commands provided in the readme and they didn't work, i have docker installed, and i cloned the repo but when i try to build it i get

Hello @GaryOderNichts ,
If it's possible it will be great to add those functions :

• nand dumping (SLC / SLCCMPT / MLC) with the possibility to chose which part we want dump.
• nand rewriting (OTP / SEEPROM / SLC / SLCCMPT / MLC) from a backup and avoid to do it via hardmod.
  With the possibility to chose which part we want to rewrite like nand dumping (OTP / SEEPROM / SLC / SLCCMPT / MLC).

It was a challenge trying to pair the gamepad when you get no screen output. You cannot see which numbers to type. It seems the pin is generated from the MAC address so as long as you don't change your wifi module in the console, it should stay the same so make a note when you have a working Wii U.

The following snippet of code added in the option_pairDRC function will turn off the led, and then wait 3 seconds Then for each of the 4 numbers in the pincode, the red led will flash for 1/2 second with a 3 second pause between each number If you get a 6 second gap between numbers, then you know that number is a 0.

Example

BLANK....FLASH FLASH / PAUSE / FLASH / PAUSE / PAUSE / FLASH FLASH FLASH 

Would be read as 2, 1, 0, 3.

0 = spade
1 = heart
2 = diamond
3 = club

So on your gamepad you'd press diamond, heart, spade, club.

Insert the following code after the "static const char symbol_names" code block.

    setNotificationLED(NOTIF_LED_OFF);

    for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
        usleep(3*1000*1000);
        for (int j = 1; j < pincode[i]+1; j++ ) {
            setNotificationLED(NOTIF_LED_RED);
            usleep(1000*500);
            setNotificationLED(NOTIF_LED_OFF);
            usleep(1000*500);
        }
    }
    setNotificationLED(NOTIF_LED_BLUE|NOTIF_LED_RED);

Hey, man. Thanks for your great job!

I follow your instructions and youtube video to unbrick my WiiU by using Pico, but nothing happen. The recovery_menu cannot be loaded.

Did I miss something by using Pico?

For some special consoles, The system version is 5.3.2 and they get the 162-3006 error while updating.
This results in the inability to hack and the inability to use Decaffeinator.
So is it possible to add the vWii Decaffeinator feature to the recovery_menu.

I have a bricked Wii U with the error code 160-0101 so I thought I'd try this way to fix it but when I try to set the coldboot title and i select the region I get the error listed above. Any suggestions or is it completely dead?

Hello, i saw this recovery menu a few days ago and since i had a second hand bought wii u locked with nnid screen and parental password, i decided to buy a rasp pico and a micro sd, i did everything fine, the pico was flashed and my micro sd works and has the file in it, the pico was plugged in the right place. The problem is that i when i do it perfectly the screen goes black, it doesnt work and the wii u turns off, the gamepad also deconnect, i cant manage to load the recovery menu, i checked every issues but no one was talking about this problem, it might my micro sd since i downloaded the file on an android and android creates android file that isnt removable. Please help me, it seems to come from there but i have no idea, i also started coldboot but nothing, i hope you read this and help me.

On development hardware, it would be useful to add DEVMENU, System Config Tool, and Kiosk Menu as possible coldboot titles.

DEVMENU: 00050010-1F7001FF
System Config Tool: 00050010-1F700500
Kiosk Menu: 00050010-1FA81000

Although the system will refuse to set a coldboot title if the title isn't installed, it might be worth checking the console type and not showing these titles on retail systems. (show if consoleType != 1)

Sidenote: DEVMENU in SDK 2.04.02 had a different title ID. There's no point in adding that one here because the really old DEVMENU lacks a ton of functionality.

Hello, and first off, thank you for this development. I've had a WiiU that was stupidly factory reset with CBHC and hope to finally be able to recover it.

I'm attempting to load the recovery menu and it appears to be booting, however I don't see it on the TV screen. Based on the videos I've seen of its use, it appears it only supports video out through the gamepad which is no longer paired to the WiiU.

Is it possible to add TV/HDMI support for the recovery menu?

Hello, I'm currently trying to fix my CBHC Bricked Wii U, I bought everything I was missing (a raspberry pico and a USB SD card reader) but when I plug the pico into the Wii U I just have no signal so I tried the "dc_init" one and same problem. Tried another TV and same problem.

Before doing this issue I looked if someone had the same problem and it was almost the same ( #3 ). I tried the version that was uploaded and I got a black screen, nothing at all, so I thought that was fine and I just had to press the buttons blindly but nothing, like the menu hadn't started.

I double checked if everything was good and it was. My sd card was formatted in FAT32 (with 32k allocation unit size). The file was in the root of the sd card, the pico was correctly flashed.

(also, my gamepad is not synchronized with the console in case if thats the problem...)

I don't know where I screwed up so I'm asking for help here...

Thanks

A little backstory here: Some years ago I acquired a WiiU console that someone clearly tampered with in some way: It's an US console, but trying to launch any application on it (including built-in ones like the System Settings or the Internet browser) results in an error message that the game region is incorrect. Since I had no idea how to fix this I just put it into storage at the time.

Fast-forward a few years, https://github.com/GaryOderNichts/udpih released, which gave me some hope of fixing this console. And, indeed, I can boot into this recovery menu using udpih, and there's even an option for the exact issue I'm facing! Selecting the Debug System Region option shows:

System region code: USA
Game region code:   --- --- EUR --- --- ---

Installed Wii U Menu: USA
The game region does not match the installed Wii U Menu.

Repair the system by setting the region code to USA?

Confirming the repair, however, only results in an error code, and the console behavior remains unchanged:

MCP_SetSysProdSettings() failed: ffffffff

Any idea what's going on here? Anything else I can try?

I have a Wii U that has a possible video mode issue that I'd like to test out some more before resorting to changing out the HDMI chip. However, to do this requires me to be able to boot the system, which I currently can't do. I can get into the recovery menu (as seen by the purple light on the front) and dump logs by blindly poking at the buttons (so some part of the system is clearly working), but I don't have a way to force a switch to composite or component output. Would this be possible as an addition to the menu?

Hey!

I just rebuilt the mlc on a Japanese wii u with a 64gb nand aid, now im trying to fix the region as i want it to be usa. System region code and game region code are both jpn. But when i try to switch to usa using "debug system region" option i get this error "MCP_setsysprobsettings() failed: fffbffee"

What am i doing wrong?