Wii U: Hacker Mathew_Wi advises to update to 5.5.1, touts “rare opportunity”
Wii U hacker Mathew_Wi, known among other things for his contributions to a 5.4.0 exploit (and also his former contributions to the Vita ePSP hacks), stated a few days ago on twitter that people should update their Wii U to 5.5.1, adding “there won’t be many opportunities like this”.
There’s been lots of speculations about an incoming 5.5.1 IOSU exploit, with discussions on the topic dating back to 2015. This time, though, according to Mathew_Wi, this is the real thing and he’s used the exploit himself. The IOSU exploit is allegedly coming from Team SALT.
@dubyadud Considering I’ve used it already, I can say they aren’t as full of *** as people think.
— Mathew_Wi (@Mathew_Wi) August 19, 2016
Nikki (a.k.a NWplayer1234), another trusted dev on the Wii U scene, confirmed something is coming:
o *** waddup join us on latest firmware if you’re not already and then block updateshttps://t.co/vl0Cbtb1U6
— Nikki ✨ (@NWPlayer123) August 19, 2016
The information comes as hacker Hykem officially announced that he was leaving the scene. Contradiction is in the air, as his old Twitter account, which has been confirmed to be a fake account now, touted the SALT IOSU release as well. Fake account pretending to be real retired hacker, advertising upcoming hack release from another group, which apparently is real. Are you still following?
Bottom line is: stay tuned, do not update past 5.5.1, and good luck chasing a disc with the 5.5.1 update (hint: those apparently don’t exist) for those who fear an online update 🙂 . The problem is that as soon as the hack is released, Nintendo might put out an update, making it difficult for people to go to 5.5.1. Hence the dilemma that most are facing: update now and risk the whole thing being a fake, or update once the hack is actually released, and risk getting an update from Nintendo?
Source: Mathew_Wi on twitter
Wait, doesn’t the US release of Twilight Princess HD come with 5.5.1?
Maybe it was 5.5.0
Just to make sure…. What is the latest online update???
5.5.1
Thanks, my good friend ^_^
Also, mine is 5.3.2…. Am I missing something it I updated to 5.1.1?
Loadiine now works on 5.5.1? How does that work?
There was a way.
I self-hosted the files and ran them through the web browser.
Games are run from the MicroSD, of course.
GBATemp is full of guides.
Check them out, they’re a very helpful community ^_^
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Just to be sure… What’s the latest online update at the moment???
Goddamit!!!
Double posted by mistake
Nice I hope it is not a fake. What is the downside of upgrading to 5.5.1 if this ends up being fake? I thought it already supported Loadiine?
I did run Loadiine on my 5.1.1 unit, so I’m not exactly sure what’s the downside of updating from older firmwares.
I’ve just asked so myself and am waiting for an answer.
Mainly the possibility to unblock the usb port and using an hdd for the backups instead of the sdcard
While we already have loadiine for 5.5.1, I just hope this makes things easier for loading backups….maybe just download a .wud file and slap it on a drive formatted for the Wii U (kinda like we had wbfs for Wii)….also improve compatibility…I don’t have SSB for Wii U and don’t plan on buying it anytime soon…so hopefully this will prove to be a good alternative…
Im not going to risk it, regardless of 5.5.1 supporting loadiine, Im perfectly happy on 5.5.0, besides Im sure if it turns out to be some amazing thing, people will quickly make a way to manually update to 5.5.1 either through homebrew launcher or similar
there are a bunch of nintendo selects coming out late september
maybe those have the 5.5.1 update
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It seems that everyone is updating to 5.5.1 now …the download is so slooooooow and I’ve already get 2 disconnects. -.-
STAHP IT! ^^
After a manual DNS configuration it worked.
My both Wii Us are now on 5.5.1.
Hopefully there are no differences between and 5.3.2 and 5.5.1 …little research said: no, kernel exploit with 100% success rate.
Well, I’m prepared. 🙂
can i spoof to 5.5.1 instead.?
No. That’s not how it works. Spoofing is just a made up number. It’s not the files that need to be modified
Well since I know the homebrew loader works on 5.5.1 I won’t lose much updating my white wii u to 5.5.1 even if this turns out to be a “got’em!” =/
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why my comment is not here? i asked if i can spoof to 5.5.1 i said something wrong?
i am sorry i just did not saw my comment i thouht is not here sorry for judging
Apologies, we have a weird cache mechanism on the blog
I’m still on 5.3.2 … will there a be a way to force an update later down the road or is this a now or never kind of thing ?
update to 5.5.1
5.5.1 has all of the exploits that 5.3.2 has, and apparently they’re more stable on 5.5.1.
i just upated yesterday and it’s better – trust me.
probably there will be no 5.5.1 game disks update so when Nintendo put on servers some higher firmware you will be unable to update to 5.5.1
For now: now or never, there isn’t a known game disc with 5.5.1
Updated 🙂 maybe it’s “salt” thing will provide sth more than a fake hykem account on TT.
I hope this allows for easier game ripping. I want to test out Cemu. I’ve been throwing money at them for 3 months now, but I don’t have anyway of getting my media onto my computer.
I hope it is an emunand!
Watch the new breakthrough be on 5.5.0 and everyone updates and the guys just like….LOL