Letterbomb - unlock 4.3 consoles without game exploit!

[raelmadrid]

Introducing: LetterBomb (the letter from heaven)

August 9th, 2011 by blasty · 23 Comments

Up until now the only way to liberate your Wii console and enable the use of homebrew with System Menu 4.3 was to use a gamedisc based exploit such as “BatHaxx”, “Return of the Jodi” and others.
Today we are announcing a project that changes this completely and removes the requirement for an exploitable game.
In memory of BannerBomb, we present you with LetterBomb , a brand new System Menu exploit that will allow you to enable homebrew with the push of an envelope (no stamp licking involved)
This exploit reuses (and abuses) some of some Nintendo’s Wii Messageboard functionality.
You will need:

• A Wii running System Menu 4.3 (E/U/J/K)
• A SD(HC) card with some free space
• Your Wii’s WiFi MAC Address (available from your Wii’s system settings). This is needed because the Wii will only accept messages addressed to its specific MAC address.
• A few minutes of your time

For this very special occasion we have created an easy-peasy webpage that takes away some of the pain that is usually involved with getting homebrew onto your system:
http://please.hackmii.com

This webpage will ask you for some necessary information (such as your System Menu region and MAC address), and will then return a nicely packaged ZIP file that is ready for extraction to the root of your SD card. Simple eh?
All that is missing from that point is a boot.elf/boot.dol file (that you will need to place in the root of your card), and you should be good to go. For your convenience we have an option to prepackage and bundle the HackMii Installer boot.elf (this is enabled by default).
So, how do I do this?
Simple…. once you’ve unzipped the file to your SD card (and inserted it) just navigate to the “messageboard” on your Wii and in the default view you should browse to “yesterday” (the place where you usually see yesterday’s messages) – sometimes this may be “today” or “two days ago” (this depends on the timezone you are in).
From this view you will be presented with a small envelope (that should obviously stand out against the rest of your plain old boring ones), click it, kick back, twiddle your thumbs (the Brits among you, go and make a cup of tea) cross your fingers and hope it worked.
DISCLAIMER: We are aware of a similar exploit by giantpune (good work!), but as of today this has not been released. In anticipation of its release we decided to reverse engineer, hack and implement something ourselves.

http://hackmii.com/2011/08/letterbomb/

[Detector]

actualy im buzzing with this will make my life so much easier!

is that all i need m8 or will i need to install anything else after? not used softmod b4

[raelmadrid]

actualy im buzzing with this will make my life so much easier!

is that all i need m8 or will i need to install anything else after? not used softmod b4

you will need to install the custom IOS's and loaders after this, the team are anti-piracy so do not include that bit

[tronads]

he will also need an external hard drive for it !

This is a superb development for those with D2nothing chips and no original of one of the exploit games.

[blaggard]

Given that certain words in text all over the web throw up flags to the authorities isn't the name of this just utterly fucking stupid?

[raelmadrid]

Given that certain words in text all over the web throw up flags to the authorities isn't the name of this just utterly fucking stupid?

[blaggard]

Blinkered beyond belief.

[mitchb]

Not played with a Wii before, out of intrest whats the best custom ios / usb loaders for a 4.3e wii

[Brydo666]

A short update, I ran the LetterBomb exploit and it worked a treat. I then ran the ModMii wizard to prepare my SD card for everything.

When reading through the guide, I started from the part after the exploit (When you return to HBC) and it all worked well.

http://gbatemp.net/t207126-modmii-for-windows

[raelmadrid]

A short update, I ran the LetterBomb exploit and it worked a treat. I then ran the ModMii wizard to prepare my SD card for everything.

When reading through the guide, I started from the part after the exploit (When you return to HBC) and it all worked well.

http://gbatemp.net/t207126-modmii-for-windows

any sign of the anti-terrorism squad yet?

[Brydo666]

Nothing yet.

[mitchb]

A short update, I ran the LetterBomb exploit and it worked a treat. I then ran the ModMii wizard to prepare my SD card for everything.

When reading through the guide, I started from the part after the exploit (When you return to HBC) and it all worked well.

http://gbatemp.net/t207126-modmii-for-windows

Used Rael madrid and Brydos link above to soft mod my wii. Thanks to both

[blaggard]

any sign of the anti-terrorism squad yet?

Ever wondered why we are not allowed to discuss certain things here? My point is simply that it is stupid to draw unnecessary attention to themselves with a name like letterbomb, carry on taking the piss though, it just makes YOU look childish.

[tronads]

watch the 2nd hand ebay value of the likes of Indiana Jones plummet on ebay !

[{{909}}]

great dev, the value of the games used to hack fell pretty sharp when bathaxx was released anyway, sadly, I still have lego batman sealed on my shelf. Looks like its staying that way now

[mrbongo]

gotta try this a little later on and see if i get it working,cheers also

[lloydi]

got one to do at the weekend, so thanks for the info should save a load of hassle for sure

[mrbongo]

done this on a wii that a m8 fucked up and all went smooth very easy to do...

[Detector]

got everything working, just need to find a good source for covers. when setting them up on the h/d do you put them in a seperate folder or just rename them tot he same as a iso

[Zippeyrude]

format the drive as fat32, if you have cfg usb loader you put the files in a wbfs folder. the iso files need to be converted to wbfs filetype for hdd use though, use game manager

cfg usb loader will let you download covers for the coverflow type menu