Morning,
bought a brand new WiiU from Japan (Mario Maker 32GB edition). Console gets stuck on the WIIU logo.
Tried using the UDPIH and after trying a Steam Deck and making kernel object to trigger that exploit. To a Raspberry PI pico 1. WII U doesn't seem to want to boot into the recovery menu regardless of correct formatting and file placement.
could this be because of a version / firmware being so old on the wii u?
Look for guidance on this. Please and thank you for your time.
Tzirf.
Maybe this:
https://gbatemp.net/threads/how-to-use-paid-the-beak-wii-u-unbricking-without-soldering.673686/
would work? I'd love to see a video from your performing this jank method. AHAHA.
I bought soldering equipment. Will be waiting in the mail for them.
But im curious if I should be using De-Fuse, UDPIH or PTB for my console repair?
Paid the beak doesn't require any advance soldering to perform. I would suggest doing this first before going the defuse method, which requires more advance soldering.
I have seen some people perform PTB without soldering as well, probably not something I would try since I can solder and to me soldering the wires and securing them is easier than trying to tape them in place and hoping they stay connected. Although you may be able to hot melt glue them temporarily in place, providing the wire doesn't end of floating in the glue before it solidifies.
Quote from: tzirf on Feb 16, 2026, 09:54 AMPaid the beak doesn't require any advance soldering to perform. I would suggest doing this first before going the defuse method, which requires more advance soldering.
I have seen some people perform PTB without soldering as well, probably not something I would try since I can solder and to me soldering the wires and securing them is easier than trying to tape them in place and hoping they stay connected. Although you may be able to hot melt glue them temporarily in place, providing the wire doesn't end of floating in the glue before it solidifies.
Appreciate the feed back.
Yeah I just slowly realized I need an genuine 2gb or less SD card. which is probably why nothing has been working for me. I never knew @ boot the wii to wiiu don't support higher forms of storage due to SDHC and others needing OS functionality to enable higher storage support.
So this whole time im using 4gb to 64gb micro sd cards.
Any who. Learning by trial and error!
Wanted to provide an update!
Wii U works. Was able to write to the nand and flash the correct title files to the Wii U.
I had to"Patch SD and boot Orig_IOS.img" due to my Wii U FW being out of date. Was a bit of reading to understand why i needed to select that option.
But regardless. System works now!
I slowly started to realize that becuase you can boot boot1 via the SDcard thanks to PTB. There is no such thing as a WiiU being "bricked" as long as the Nand Chip can be actively written too.
Quote from: kelly on Feb 19, 2026, 11:53 AMWanted to provide an update!
Wii U works. Was able to write to the nand and flash the correct title files to the Wii U.
I had to"Patch SD and boot Orig_IOS.img" due to my Wii U FW being out of date. Was a bit of reading to understand why i needed to select that option.
But regardless. System works now!
I slowly started to realize that becuase you can boot boot1 via the SDcard thanks to PTB. There is no such thing as a WiiU being "bricked" as long as the Nand Chip can be actively written too.
With the current available tools for diagnosing and repairing these consoles it is correct that the idea of a Wii U being bricked is no longer true. There are a couple situations that this can be true, for example defective RAM. PTB is basically an all in one tool for repairing these consoles now and in the rare case that isn't enough defuse can be used. I believe the only reason defuse would have to be used now is if there is a SEEPROM brick. The community has done a great job over the last few years finding and inventing new ways to repair the console.