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krazywhiteguy310 · 2008-08-24 00:24:36

Alright guys I know some of you out there are wanting to know how to downgrade your Wii or are frustrated on how to do it. It is actually fairly easy just follow this tutorial and you should be good. (Sorry for the large pics)

I will be using my Wii NTSC-U 3.3FW for example to downgrade to 2.0U.

Things you need:

1x Wii
1x SD card
Wifi or Internet Connection on the Wii
IOS37-64-v2070.wad (dont ask where to get it)
Homebrew Channel
Custom IOS 37 rev 03 or higher
Custom IOS Downgrader v1.0

NOTE: SKIP Steps 2 and 3 if you have cIOS Rev3 already installed

1. Load up the Homebrew Channel. If its not installed there are tuts here that tell you how to install it.

2. Select Custom IOS Installer Rev3 (If not installed)

This screen should come up if you are doing things right..

Let it install.. and if successful it will look like this..

3. The Wii will go back to the Wii XMB so reload the Homebrew Channel

4. Select the Downgrader 1.0

5. When the Menu comes up you can select which Firmware you want. From 2.0 to 3.3

6. After selecting the fw you want it will ask if you are sure.. Press A to continue.

7. Let it install the FW, it will have to download and install it. If done right it will look like this.

After you finish the install press the Home Button to exit the Downgrader.

8. After you finish the Wii will reset, the Health Warning message should come up. Press A to continue. The screen will stay black for a few seconds and thats because the Wii has to organize the files and recognize the settings of the older firmware. I installed 2.0U so this is what it looks like.

notice there is no digital clock.

And there you have it.

If you are at an early FW version and wish to upgrade, you can use this to upgrade as it works both ways, upgrade and downgrade.

I did all of this got to 2.0U and went back to 3.3U. No problems.

NOTE: SKIP Steps 2 and 3 if you have cIOS Rev3 already installed

KinG_Td · 2008-08-24 00:35:59

very useful for people. awesome tut Krazy

krazywhiteguy310 · 2008-08-24 03:51:39

I should mention also, when downgrading or upgrading STAY WITH YOUR REGION

Chickenz · 2008-08-24 06:45:12

Oh my god man I was planning on downgrading tommorow when I get my chip and was gunna ask now I dont have to. You ROCK my Socks!
Cheers

krazywhiteguy310 · 2008-08-24 14:52:04

lol i made this Tutorial because I got a PM asking how to do it and I was thinking it would be to long to explain in a PM so I just made the tut.

Heraymo · 2008-08-25 01:17:14

thanks man ill try this tommorw

krazywhiteguy310 · 2008-08-25 02:51:23

NP Heraymo

Heraymo · 2008-08-25 03:46:12

i tried it an it worked nice to be on 3.2
thanks again accidently installed 3.2 japan but it was easily fixed thanks again

Avijeet · 2008-09-18 15:55:46

Thanks a ton..... i wont try it now.... but thanks for the information

itsdavid · 2008-09-26 18:45:07

where are we supppose to get all thsoes followings? anyway wanna explain? lolD:

KinG_Td · 2008-09-26 19:21:33

http://www.nes-hacks.com/downloads/wii- … d-loaders/

its the ones that are under Waninkoko apps

you will need to look for IOS37-64-v2070.wad on your own since its illegal to distribute that file..
please dont ask us how to get that file

james3571 · 2008-10-30 11:23:15

thanks for the tutorial but i have 2 questions...

1. for the downgrader , can i use lan adapter instead of Wi-Fi ???

2. does custom IOS 37 rev 3 installer work with 3.3 ???

The_Wii_Nes_Boy · 2008-10-30 11:52:13

1. Connect to the net which ever way you you want

2. Downgrader works on all FW

james3571 · 2008-10-30 23:40:59

so you only do custom IOS 37 rev 3 installer only once and you don't have to use it again on like region changer???

The_Wii_Nes_Boy · 2008-10-31 00:12:47

Dude custom IOS lets you use Waninkoko's apps, once it's installed on your Wii leave it installed. Use the latest revision http://www.nes-hacks.com/wp-content/upl … taller.zip if you folow krazywhiteguy's tutorials correctlly you will not have a problem

Now the next thing I expect to hear from you is........ "I installed CIOS36 rev 6 and changed my region and/or downgraded my Wii"

james3571 · 2008-10-31 00:17:22

okay thanks very much the wii nes boy..

i will never forget you helped me alot..

sorry about lots of question..

NinjaShadow · 2008-11-01 13:20:46

I tried installing Custom IOS 37 rev 03, but it didn't work. At the point it was trying to install IOS37-64-v2070.wad, it gave me an error (ret = -2011) that it could not install it. By the way I have Firmware 3.3E from October. Can anyone please help me?

Last edited by NinjaShadow (2008-11-01 13:39:25)

The_Wii_Nes_Boy · 2008-11-01 13:45:42

try installing CIOS 37 rev 06 and make sure you have everything that you need in the right place.

NinjaShadow · 2008-11-01 14:31:49

I can't find any update higher than CIOS 37 rev 03. I also tried Custom IOS36 rev06 (recently released), but then it also couldn't read IOS37-64-v2070.wad, gaving me the error (ret = -1) this time. So now what? Where can I find CIOS 37 rev 06 by the way?

Last edited by NinjaShadow (2008-11-01 14:54:59)

The_Wii_Nes_Boy · 2008-11-01 15:44:28

Do you have IOS37-64-v2070 installed on the root of your SD card? I think this may be your problem

NinjaShadow · 2008-11-01 15:57:01

yup, i have everything in the right place, including the IOS37-64-v2070 on the root of my SD card. And it's still giving me the error

The_Wii_Nes_Boy · 2008-11-01 22:19:40

might be a bad dump of IOS-64-v2070 so you may wanna try and get another one

James@HKOR · 2008-11-02 02:18:30

The_Wii_Nes_Boy wrote:
might be a bad dump of IOS-64-v2070 so you may wanna try and get another one

do u use any agents to download it ??

it may cause error , isn't it ?

The_Wii_Nes_Boy · 2008-11-02 08:49:22

try getting it from an alternate source.

NinjaShadow · 2008-11-02 15:51:29

I manage to install the wad file, plus no more errors finally! But I used something else (a WAD manager plus some other stuff), anyway thanx for the advise

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