Quote from: jmgatti on Jul 03, 2024, 01:43 PMThe micro SD card reader replacements arrived and I soldered a new one to the NAND-AID.
This time, Erase MLC worked!
Strangely, Delete scfm.img didn´t work at all. It just gave a single line message of failure.
I decided to ignore that and went ahead to Patch (sd) and boot IOS (slc) and to my surprise, it actually worked this time! (kinda. The LED started blinking orange at some point before being still)
I removed the front SD card, turned on the console, Wii-U logo (excitement!) and... Error code 160-0101.
This means I need to change the region to the correct one on my Wii-U, but for that, I need to boot into recovery_menu which I can´t do anymore.
Should I uninstall ISFShax to boot into recovery_menu or is there some way to change regions in Minute?
I´m currently reading how to uninstall. It looks simple, but I really don´t want to screw up anything else now

Did you make sure you downloaded the EUR MLC/SLC titles from the MLCRestorerDownloader? Are you positive that you followed the rebuilding the MLC guide correctly?

The correct steps are as follows:

1. Make sure wafel_setup_mlc.ipx is on the SD Card in the following directory: wiiu/ios_plugins.

2. Select patch sd and boot IOS slc in the minute menu to start the setup of the the MLC. During this setup you won't see anything on screen but the front power LED will be blinking. Blue = everything is great. Orange = there is an error but it was able to continue and red is something fatal happened. Its okay to have an orange light as long as it continues to blink.

3. The LED light will become static (stop blinking) when it is finished. Power off the console. 

4. Delete wafel_setup_mlc.ipx from the SD Card in the front of the console. Then insert it back into the Wii U 

5. Boot the console and select patch sd and boot IOS slc again. This should launch into the Wii U menu if everything worked. 

Also, there is a log file written to the SD card called wafel_setup_mlc.log attach it to the post so we can see what happen


DO NOT REMOVE ISFXhax FROM THE CONSOLE. I cannot stress this enough. There is no reason to remove it until you have rebuilt the MLC and setup the Wii U console and verified it is working. Since I don't know where the problem lies removing it could leave you in position where the only course to recover is using defuse which isn't fun at all and considerable more difficult.

Also this is just a guess but I suspect you are getting error code 160-0101 because system files are missing and the Wii U cannot start because of it. It likely has nothing to do with Set Coldboot Title.

That being said did you verify the region of the console? The sticker on the underside of the Wii U denotes the region. Lets makes sure its Europe.


UPDATE: On a side note I can duplicate your problem with a console I have that doesn't have a NAND-AID installed but has a failing eMMC. I am curious if your console is detecting the SD Card you are using in the NAND-AID. You can view this by going back into the recovery menu and looking at system information. It should list the eMMC as unknown with the size. The unknown part is normal and can be ignored.   

I did a few edits to my previous comment.
In a nutshell, the error 160-0101 was because of missing files.
I tried changing the zone to USA and JAP and getting the same error.
So I redumped otp and redownloaded the titles both for MLC and SLC.
When I tried to copy them to my front SD card, I saw a corrupted folder name in it.
After some tinkering, I realized the old SD card was giving up.
So I got a different one, plugged it in, rebuilt MLC (this time finished in blue) and SUCCESS!!!

Thank you for all your help man!
I´ll keep lurking in the forums and try to do the same for others now

Quote from: jmgatti on Jul 03, 2024, 06:28 PMI did a few edits to my previous comment.
In a nutshell, the error 160-0101 was because of missing files.
I tried changing the zone to USA and JAP and getting the same error.
So I redumped otp and redownloaded the titles both for MLC and SLC.
When I tried to copy them to my front SD card, I saw a corrupted folder name in it.
After some tinkering, I realized the old SD card was giving up.
So I got a different one, plugged it in, rebuilt MLC (this time finished in blue) and SUCCESS!!!

Thank you for all your help man!
I´ll keep lurking in the forums and try to do the same for others now

Excellent Job.   I was going to suggest either the original eMMC is still connected or the SD Card being used is bad. Nice work, now the next Wii U you repair will be even easier because you know where things can go wrong. Once you get the console setup and you verify its working, you can remove ISFShax. If you have any other questions let me know.

Also as a final step you can verify the console has no corrupt data by using the "Check MLC" function in the recovery menu.