Just unbricked a WiiU with this method! Very useful video. Nice and easy! Thank you!

Here's to hoping that all bricked Wii U's are a software error and not actual NAND failure. And fixing just 30% of systems is a great start. Some success is still a success when it comes to keeping electronics out of e-waste.

You're a hero to the retro community Voultar. Thank you for tackling this issue for all of us.

The fact that this fix doesn't require opening the wii u is absolutely amazing. I have 3 wii u's, a white, black and zelda editions and I would hate for them to be dead. Doing the good lord's work again

This is really cool and might be a Wii U life saver in general! While I may love the original Wii more than the Wii U, I still have a very soft spot for the WiiU and it still has some things over the Switch! It’s still very scary to think that not turning on a Wii U after a long time would brick it, but with methods like these, I’m starting to feel like these Wii Us will still be alive and kicking!

What can also kill a lot of these is factory resetting these while using Cold Boot Haxchii. It works by changing the boot title to the DS one that Haxchii is injected into. When the system is reset or the title is deleted, that software gets removed but the boot title ID does not change, so the system is pointing to a file that doesn't exist. Tbh Nintendo could have prevented this by having the OS title ID be the default in the event an error like this occurs and refresh the boot title id when booting through that secondary check. Then the setting would essentially be in two places on the NAND and be way less likely to corrupt. But there'd be no reason through normal use besides NAND corruption why the title ID can change so they probably overlooked it. NAND hardware degradation can happen, but usually there's warning signs as parts of the OS are corrupted but not all of them. There's newer exploits that inject themselves into the health and safety app. The benefit of these is that that app does not get removed on system reset and cannot be removed by the user. And they're written such that if the needed files are not found on the SD card, it will just boot into the normal OS. It likely is possible to replace the NAND chip, but the problem is that the Wii U encrypted keys haven't been cracked, so it's impossible to create a "doner NAND" image. On the 360 you can extract those keys from a NAND dump, so as long as the NAND isn't completely fubarred, you can dump those keys and generate a fresh one easily. Even if it is fubarred, I believe you can still generate one but it's limited to offline. If you have a NAND dump from before the NAND hardware fails or software breaks you can flash it back to the Wii U though. Or solder an SD card in and use that.

This is HUGE! Thank you so much to you and Robed Repairs for making these videos talking about this fix! My friend had his Wii U brick a year or so ago and ended up getting the internals replaced with a working Wii U from a local retro store we frequent. His Wii U was sitting on display in his room for 4-5 years and when he went to use it, it wouldn't load and gave one of the common error messages in this problem. Now that there seems to be a fix I may pick up one of those Raspberry Pi Pico's moving forward. I want to be able to keep my Wii U for many years to come and archive my games and DLC. My Wii U thankfully hasn't had this issue yet, but this gives me high hopes that it's fixable! Mine's modded with Tiramisu so thankfully I have lots of options to back up my physical discs and save data if I ever have to add them back on. I hope this gets lots of publicity!

This amazing, I really hope this video gets out there to a bigger audience the world needs to see this. Even though my Wii U still worked after 4-5 years of not playing it, I'm going to purchase this in the event of it ever happening. Thank you.

Thank you for taking the time to make this video. This gives hope to anyone who has a bricked Wii U sitting around.

Honestly, thanks for your contribution! This will in no doubt help MANY users when this inevitably happens to a console. I don't have this issue however this will be the video I recommend to people who face this issue. Thanks!

Excellent work as always! Glad we have such smart people and great tools in the community!

Massive respect for you Voultar. Nobody seemed to be looking into this, and you show the interest of not only diagnose, but help and prevent the issue from happening. You got a subscriber from this, and thanks again

A note on pricing: $9 shipped is probably a good deal if all you're buying is a Pico, but if you've got other electronics to include in a larger order, the unit cost from official retailers is $4 ($5 for the version with presoldered headers).

Yeah, hooked up my Wii U after seeing the news, and was happy there wasn't an issue, but I do really appreciate the deeper dive and empirical testing going on here. Thanks for really putting your money where your mouth is, and helping the community!

Thanks Voultar. The headlines gave me anxiety but your reassuring video has given me hope that I at least have something to try if my system does go down. Thanks for coming at this like an engineer and bringing a potential solution to light instead of just sensationalizing

I'll be checking my Wii U. I hope to never come across this issue, but if I do, I'll know what to do next. Thanks Voultar.

Wow, I knew people would start finding solutions sooner or later, but you found one that’s much simpler than I imagined it could be! This video is definitely worth keeping on a bookmark. My WiiU hasn’t shown any signs of critical errors like this, but considering it freezes sometimes when playing games, I’ll wanna keep this fix on hand. And it’s a relief to know that this fix exists now even if my WiiU seems to be overall okay enough, so thank you for sharing this solution!

Fantastic work sir. My Wii U is still operating, but now I know what to do if I get those errors. Thank you

Thank you for broadcasting this simple and inexpensive fix for these units! I had no idea this was available. I was dreading the thought of having to replace my NAND in the future.

Great content thank you for the straight to the point video. Earned a sub. I'm still working in kmy black screen problem on my wiiu. Had to shelve it for the time being and research more options. But haven't had any luck so far. Ot giving up though.

Thank god there's a fix for this, although my Wii Us aren't bricked yet, this video is so helpful. Let's all thank Voultar for this.

You are the first I find that shows step by step what to to. I am now in the process of making a recovery package for my Wii-Us. I have two out that are working fine, but several that has been boxed up for years. What a legend. Thanks for this. A new subscriber has arrived.

Thankyou Voultar for showing us the light I hav started a few of your solders and I am surprised that i am not that bad at soldering. Also a separate note your video on the GBS-8200 I did one as a complete mod then I did a 2nd one just adding the 10V 10 Microfarad caacitors it heled clean u a white line issue I was having with a MK arcade board to LCD screen, as I remembered why you added them in did a small video about the issue to spread the love, again thankyou for sharing your knowledge

This makes me feel so much better. Back in February I booted up my wiiu for the first time in years and found this memory issue. I even took it to a repair shop in San Antonio and they couldn't fix it. I had to buy a new used console. :(

It's so insane to learn about this news and then watch it slowly rise up in the videogame community and now seeing hackers finding a solution.

Thanks for the vid 😊. BTW I swore that Gon was ur avatar till the end lol.

thanks for the additional video, it's very helpful as an edited how to, especially the timing for the wii u boot! Thanks a bunch, I'm gonna be saving a brick or two very soon. Nice to know also that I can hold my wii us and I don't necessarily have a ticking time bomb

Little advice for people who might have had the same problem as me with the wii u not displaying image and getting a black screen as soon as you plug into the Raspberry Pi. Good News (Maybe) there might be a way to still do it. The Wii U doesn't show it but you are actually in the menu! What you do is you click the right buttons in the right order (Remember to count your presses) and then turn the console off and it should work. thats what i did, hopefully this comment can help someone in the same situation as me

Way to go Voultar! It's always great to have an extra tool in the shed when we need it. How about those folks that haven't experienced the issue yet? In your opinion, is it a matter of "when" not "if"? Is it advisable to install cfw and create a backup NAND so it's possible to recover save data? Looking forward to seeing other videos by you as folks learn more about this problem.

Bro thank you so much for this! So today I’m getting my Wii U to work again but I heard about the Wii U can get bricked if you haven’t used in a long time and you can’t do anything about it so I started to hyperventilate. I looked everywhere for a solution to it then I found your video. Without you I couldn’t endure the fact that my Wii U got bricked and now I know the solution. I can’t explain how I feel right now but all I can’t saw from my heart is you’re just a hero that everybody asked for in their life!

Thank you Voultar! Haven't had a chance to check mine (it's in a different country atm) but if I get this error, I'm now relieved I can attempt to fix it. Much love!

Would love to see an update in the future too if we can figure out the cause of these error codes as well, not just the solutions. I'm glad there's a way to remedy them for now (thank you btw), but I'm also still curious for science as to what might be the reason.

I don't own a Wii u but I have a lot of friends who do, and are also not tech savvy so this is very useful! Thank you!

I totally geeked out for this, great video.

A video I'm absolutely thankful for. As someone who's spent thousands, yes thousands of dollars on this console's VC and retail games, I was a bit worried about this issue catching up with me. I really appreciate people like you, thank you for this. The Wii U in the living room now boots to the main menu and stays there! 😁

GOD I hope an SDHC bracket gets made. That sounds like it could lead to all sorts of crazy things! Though first we'd need to crack the firmware encryption, and since the system didn't get much traction there also isn't much incentive...

worked like a breeze! amazing thank God we have people like you, not those toxic journalists and youtubers making scandals not solutions

Don't have a bricked WiiU yet, mine is homebrewed so I have a backup of the NAND but I'll go ahead and pick this up because I do a lot of repairs for people so this is perfect!! Great work and awesome video!! 🤘🤘

Just want to say thank you for being you! Without you I probably wouldn't be as interested in console modding and reviving old systems from the dead.

Very interesting! This fix will help a lot of people.

I have a strong suspicion that 95% of these issues are soft-locks, not a true brick. Most people wouldn't even know how to report a problem, so everything just gets lumped - and everyone... the users, media, re-tweeters ... all just want attention.

Nice stuff, already got a few people who needed this

Coldboot Haxchi stopped working for me after the 5.5.6 update, so i tried reinstalling and ended up soft- bricking my Wii U. I didn't have a Pico but I did recently pick up a V1 switch for modding Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Ran the switch fork of UDPIH and was able to recover my Wii U! This video is a must for those delving into Wii U homebrew. Shout out to those who made this possible!

A man of the people. When we needed him the most, he answered the call!

This is incredible. Thanks for all your hard work on stuff like this.

This worked for me (with a few other action items - see below for more info)! Thank you so, so, so much Voultar! I'm sending you a ton of virtual good vibes for all of your help. Your tutorial was straightforward and easy to follow. I really, really appricaite it! First off - I was getting the 106-0103 error (not the 106-0101 error) on a non-modded Wii U. I only got the error when I tried to load a game. The game would start to load, then suddenly the 0103 error popup would appear. Everything else seemed to work fine (I got the home screen and could navigate to system settings, etc.). I completed all of Voultar's task list in the video. Launched a game, and still got the error. I read in the comments that this happened to someone else, and they needed to update to the newest software patch for their Wii U. I did that - but it didn't fix it. I googled the 0103 error, and the Nintendo website indicated to delete update data for the game in question. When you go into settings, there is a data management area where you can delete the update information for each game. There is also a separate piece of save data for each game, but you don't have to delete that. I went through and deleted every game's update data. Then for shiggles - I re-did all of Voultar's task list again (I wasn't sure if it needed it again after the software patch update). I then loaded the game and NO 0103 ERROR!!! I hope this helps someone else going through this. Thank you again Voultar!!! Good luck everyone! PS - the only thing I didn't see (I could have missed it) in Voultar's info, was the cable used for the pico (the pico item was completely new to me). I believe it was called a USB to USB micro A adaptor.

A truly valuable video to the community. Thank you ever so much for your output and for all your contributions. In the event I’d ever have to do this, may I ask what USB cable I’d need to to connect it to the system? I just thought I’d ask since it isn’t addressed. I do apologize if it’s apparent somehow.

I have one that when you try create a profile it gets a soft brick. Would that be a Nand issue? There's no way to boot it to main menu as it asks to create a profile first

Thanks for doing a real investigation on this.

Wow such a simple fix, I've got a couple of Wii-U's that are working just fine and to be honest I haven't seen many that are sold as faulty but this is good to know about. It would be good to know why they end up with these errors in the first place though, and once fixed using this method what are the chances it will happen again? Great video either way, thanks.

Dude, you never cease to amaze me. PHENOMENAL job like always Voultar! 😊 Respect 🤜🤛

I don't have a WII U but I stumbled upon this video as it interests me as a gaming and retro gaming and console enthusiast, thank you for this, you're a hero!

I have waited on a fix for 5 years, THANK you,I hope I can finally fix this.

For those who love the Wii U and support the physical sancity of horses, you are a true hero.

YES! It worked! Thank you so much! The issue I faced at first was the U would shut down after I plugged in the USB cable. I'd used a 64gb SD that I formatted in 32bit. Apparently it didn't like that so I tried again with a 32gb and SUCCESS! A huge thanks to you for the video and the creator of the software used! One more Wii U saved from the parts bin!

I saw your GBAtemp thread. Love the cool stuff that you're doing for the Wii U.

Hey voultar, I tried this on a Wii u with "deleting all content" error but had no luck. Any chance you'd trade one of those repaired ones for my BRICKED one?? I was able to dump nand but I have no clue how to restore it. That being said, the nand I dumped is probably corrupted anyways

Samples are interesting. I also got 6 WiiU recently - sold as not working. Two only had their outputs set to analog or hdmi and the seller didn’t know any better. Two only had a parental soft lock that has an easy workarounds with a webform challenge response. However! Two units had the 160-1400 drive error, and that was a much more interesting to fix (micro soldering) if you can find one of those units to fix its quite ‘fun’

These is the definition of “hero without a cape” given that the Wii U was not a great selling console, even if the issue is a small amount may seem significant, for me 5/5 of an issue on this scenario is a total W, thanks for caring about this and bringing a solution, even if it does not help 100% of the people, is not 0, great work!

It took a few tries but I finally got the timing just right! Thank you!

I'm gonna try it with my raspberry pi zero/w as I have a bunch in stock already, it's nice that I don't have to buy any new ones

Fantastic video bud. It's so crazy that how the big KZfaqrs with tons of resources tons of followers tons of support Can't figure out these solutions or use their massive piles of money to actually do something about it. Especially those big channels that tote themselves as "tech experts" more like click bait experts who regurgitate current news but offer no solution. Thank you so much for what you chose to do out of your own pocket using your own free time to help the community. It's greatly appreciated. Please keep up the good work.

Wow,it's great to see an actual fix for that error! I'll keep this in mind

This is really fantastic news! Thanks for figuring this out.

That's 5 Wii U's saved by you and many more by others. Great information you've shared.

Gary is a legend. Thanks Gary!

Great solution! Thanks for sharing this easy to follow guide

Fantastic! I am keeping this video favorite in case my WiiU every needs it. Thanks for a great video.

I fired up my Wii U tonight to take one last look at the eShop and mine bricked. :( I’ll have to give this a try once the Pi I ordered arrives. Thank you for the video.

Thank you lord Voultar for teaching us how to do a bcdedit for wiiu!

I jailbroke my Wii U like 3 years ago but bricked it by accident and I really love that console so I decided to try this method and now my Wii U is up and running again ! Thank you so much

Why weren't you in my subscribed list? Made sure you are now. Great work! Thank you. 😊

Awesome! What a great community.

I have a working Wii U, a NAND backup and a spare Raspberry Pico, so I'm all set in case my Wii U decides to become a brick. I hope someone with a bricked Wii U tries this method, and in case of failure, sends you the console for you to check it out. Better yet, a modded Wii U with a NAND backup :-D

Great to have you back releasing great regular content. Its a shame I can't subscribe twice!

got my wii u on day one 2 weeks later it got stuck on boot logo. cant do anything its just the wii u logo forever.

Congratulations on the video, you did an awesome job....

My Wii U still boots up and runs games, but the error code appears in some system apps like the Mii maker. If I were to reset the system, I would not be able to get past the setup process, essentially bricking my Wii U. I'll also point out that some of my virrual console titles also crashed to that error code screen, and after reinstalling them they worked fine again. I would really like to know what could be done for a console that exhibits the symptoms mine does, since most of the sorrounding discussion is focused on Wii Us that can't boot.

Can you tell me where I can find your last few livestreams (including the Xstation install)?

Another youtuber at Robed Repair had done this too. In his video he didn't say of his system was jail broke no not. But it is good to know that you don't have to jail break the console just to repair the chip. Also the error code is related to a chip on the under side of the motherboard that stores boot data, save games, and downloaded games.

Unfortunately, this method did not work for me. I was able to dump the OTP and SEEPROM though, as well as system logs if those would be of any use to you. It seems like my system might actually have nand/emmc corruption. Something to note, while I was getting the 160-0103 error, the disc drive would always initialize twice. After setting the coldboot title and rebooting, it only initialized once, then still booted into the error. Not sure if that matters, but might be worth mentioning.

You, sir, are amazing, as always!

Voultar, thank you for this. Your videos are great as always 😊

thanks for looking into this issue! my wii u is still going strong and i’ll refer to this video if i end up getting the same error codes at any point as for the nand corruption i hope that gets looked into further and i really hope an emunand option gets looked into similar to how dsi hacking works yes i know there’s rednand but last i saw of that it was unstable and the vwii stuff doesn’t work with it which i use a fair bit

The Raspberry Pico is truly one of the best electronic "gizmos" in years. As always great video Voultar! 🇮🇹

I've got arduinos and ESPs that I use for hobby projects and automation, but the couple of Raspberry Pi Picos that I have are more like swiss army knifes. Picos are some of the most useful and versatile tools in the toolbox.

Love it when people just copy paste each others "articles" in stead actually talking to someone who has anyone knowledge on the matter. Also makes it really fun searching the net for info on it when the SEO is geared to be like "Yo dawg would you like to read the same thing again?"

I had the 0103 error message whenever I attempted to load anything. My Wii U would boot up into the menu and I could browse my games, but the system insisted it needed an update. Whether I tried to update or simply launch a game without applying the update, I would encounter the error. I followed the steps in this video and, thankfully, my system works again. The system update was actually able to complete, and my games now launch just fine. Thank you so much for this guide!

Thanks man for calling out these fake ass KZfaqrs trying to scare people to get clicks.

Thank you for providing a great, detailed solution to the latest console fearmongering hot topic.

In glad the community is finding a way to fix the Wiiu's problem and the best part it doesn't require any homebrew at all wich is a good thing

Is this feasible for an unmodded system which does boot, but crashes if trying to run wiiU app or disc? Got the rbpi3+ but sadly no pico

I’ve tried this method already as I saw it in another video but it does not work. The Wii U does not boot up the recovery menu, and I know I’ve done every step correctly. In my case, my Wii U displays nothing on the tv screen and the gamepad refuses to connect to the Wii U when I try to enter the Wii U home menu, but it turns on the console just fine. I also do not get an error code at all as the only message I get is that the gamepad can not connect to the console. I’ve tried replacing the CR2032 battery as well but that didn’t fix it either. I tried using the Wii Composite/Component port as well just to make sure it wasn’t the HDMI port that was dead but I was still getting the same results. I have no clue what is wrong with my Wii U.

Big props for figuring this out! So this is sorta like a factory reset, right? Does any data previously present on the system, such as downloaded games or miis, become lost?

Bro ur a legend ur out there fixing Wii U’s AND ur still using windows 7

Great work, I know 5 units is a small sample size but I’m willing to bet this will fix 9/10 consoles that are bricked due to supposed nand flash failure.

Well done Voultar :)

Mine isn't totally bricked, but there are certain points in certain games that cause that error message to pop up.

Good thing my Wii U still works as my previous use was July 2019. When I realized what was happening when I first saw it on facebook, I end up hooking up my Wii U and charging the gamepad and once I turn on my Wii U, it still works and updated to the latest version.

My Wii u won't even turn on, it's completely dead. My daughter is pretty disappointed, of course nintendo won't fix them anymore. Lord Voultar do you fix Wii u?