Wii U: Smealum showcases unsigned code execution (Coldboothax, redNAND, homebrew)
Yesterday, popular 3DS hacker Smealum shared some work in progress hacks for the Wii U, through a video.
In the Video, Smealum shows he is able to hack the console at boot, then install and run homebrews. Specifically, the video shows a homebrew running on the second screen of the console.
As others have mentioned below, the video shows some hardware mod attached to the Wii U. Smealum gave details earlier this week that this hardware mod was required to unbrick his console, and it is not related to the Wii U hack showcased here.
The hack, named coldboothax, lets Smealum execute a Custom Firmware on the console, named redNAND. From there he is able to run homebrews.
Smealum mentions that there is no plan to release this at the time being. This is just some work in progress that he is sharing. He credits plutoo, naehrwert, yellows8 and derrek for their work on this ongoing project. Most of them were involved in hacks that broke the security of the 3DS, and contributed to reveal some of the Wii U’s encryption keys a few weeks ago.
Hykem has confirmed that this is not related to his own ongoing effort to hack IOSU.
Source: Smealum on Twitter
Really, really excited for the prospect of wiiu homebrew. Godspeed, gentlemen!
ermm…. first?
No, You just went full ***.
Nothing to be excited/hyped here as this won’t be released… ever.. Just wait for Hykem’s release as he’s the dude, hoping he releases soon..
Smea has a great 5.50/5.51 exploit with emunand running here. I bet he will be crucial to the wiiu scene. If you’re sad because he won’t allow piracy, that’s not really a problem. Think about rxtools, it didnt allow unsigned code until it was merged with pasta, and now it’s one of the best cfws around. So essentially smea’s code will probably be in your wiiu in the near future, inevitably running backups.
Yeah, current methods of coldboot CFW has some of smea’s codes.. Hope atleast he releases some that’ll help the Wii U scene like he did with 3DS..
this is cool and all but Smealum annoys me, as he makes it so you cant run backups
Someone will find a way. Someone always does. But hey, does the prospect of free games and emulators not entice you?
I have a pc, why would I need emulators on wii?
I am telling you; if this guy releases a CWF for WiiU, buys some Nintendo stock shares, because it will go up as Nintendo will start selling WiiUs like crazy.
Remember, NORMAL people are on a budget. They buy or receive(as a gift) about 2-3 games a year. This won’t change with piracy or not.
What will change though, is the the ability to play more games for the normal people, the interrest in buying a WiiU over a PS4 or XboxOne becomes greater with this opportunity and with social media now, sales of WiiU will explode. The same it did with Xbon 360.
Xbox360 owners with their budget kept buying games while playing “backups” that they would never played and because of that, some games become talk of the town and made money by including ads in the next year titles, or created toys or other product lines around the game.
Nintendo and their shareholders are in need of a good hack right now. Watch the stock going up the day this guy release a potential way to runs emulators and backups,
I’m excited!!
There downgrade for wii u 5.5.0 to 5.3.2 / 5.4.0?