Wii Firmware Update 3.0

[zahidh1962]

hi
There Is a New Firmware update is it ok to update it with wiikey
Many thanks
zahid

 

[deedie]

there is a rumour floating around that the update warns you, before accepting it, that if your console is modded then it may cease to function.

so be careful just now and hang off and see if its bull$hit or not.

 

[zahidh1962]

Thank You For Your Reply
i will wait for someone to post on this forum if it works

 

[deedie]

if i get confirmation, i will let you know

 

[turbospud]

working fine with cyclowiz v 3.5 not yet tested on wiikey

 

[herbs]

working fine with cyclowiz v 3.5 not yet tested on wiikey

Did it warn you about modded consoles? Do you know what's new?

 

[deedie]

working fine with cyclowiz v 3.5 not yet tested on wiikey

beat me too it.

 

[deedie]

Wii firmware 3.0 changes (thats known so far)

Channels:
-Digital Clock added to the Wii Menu right under the channel bar
-Forecast Channel now displays the current condition (cloudy, raining, etc.) directly in the Wii Menu in the Forecast Channel box
-News Channel can now show 2 scrolling headlines at a time in the Wii Menu, 3 when you click on the button (supposedly this requires occasional downloading of the headlines to keep the ticker updated)
-Message Board now has the "Today's Accomplishments" message as a white message which allows it to stand out from other messages
-Address Book entries can now be shifted around using A+B (supposed to be a launch feature) but only to empty spaces. Not too convenient.
-Calendar in Message Board no longer shows "Today's Accomplishment" only days as having messages
-Scrolling messages in the Message Board now uses a different sound

Wii Shop Channel Overhauled (Visual aesthetic is the same, changes made to organization and browsing methods mostly)
-New Welcome screen detailing 4 Recommended Titles and the points they cost (gone is the title screen bar that had linkable games). The title bar can be clicked on to bring up a list of 20 recommended games.
-Titles You've Downloaded was moved to the main shop menu
-New ways to browse
-Popular Titles (2 pages of 10 and includes launch games so not only based on recent info)
-Newest Additions remains the same
-Search for a title which can use partial names
-Search by Category
-System shows the different systems and how many titles have been released under each
-Publisher showing different publishers and amount of titles released (Nice logos!)
-Genre (different genres listed and amount of titles under each)

Settings
-Warning added pre-system update detailing that technically modified consoles may cease to function upon being updated. Also the only way to not accept an update is to power down the console by holding the button for 4 seconds (the user can't back out of hitting I Accept w/o powering down)

List taken from someone else forumpost somewhere else (it not mine)

 

[herbs]

Glad it's just a warning about modded consoles! Probably down to all the people that did the Paper Mario NTSC update on their PAL machines.

 

[turbospud]

no warning at all just upgrading a wiikey now to test
no problems with wiikey original either

 

[billy_boy786]

strange that the console would tell you to shut down the console by holding the power button for 4 seconds to avoid accepting the update.

only a thought, but, would it not be possible for nintendo to know that the system was shutdown while prompted to update, therefor knowing it could potentially be modded?

 

[Sylar]

I'll try an update on a Wii with the Wiid, will let you know how I got on.

 

[Sylar]

Didn't recieve any warning messages, the update was successfull and the Wiid mod is still running, backups booting as normal.

 

[deedie]

i take it this has been another hoax then. there are a few people reporting that they received no warning message. surely the warning would be the same for everyone!

 

[Rat]

anyone tried with wiifree ?

 

[witchy]

Just updated my Wii to 3.00, it's chipped with a WiiFree (12f629), still working perfect, all backups loading.

I go no message about modded consoles being bricked during the install.

 

[deedie]

there is a possibility that the wiifree does not work. i would wait for more news

 

[deedie]

Just updated my Wii to 3.00, it's chipped with a WiiFree (12f629), still working perfect, all backups loading.

I go no message about modded consoles being bricked during the install.

theres the news you were waiting for. lol

 

[witchy]

lol, strange how some people say they got a 'bricking' warning, I definately didn't get any sort of warning, all it said was "there is an update, accept yes/no", I chose 'yes' and that was that.

 

[digidude]

i got no warning either, and alls ok here with wiifree