SaveMii (Wii Recovery Dongle)

dCiSo · 09-21-2008, 10:00 PM

The Wii Recovery Dongle news has been out for some time now. I have recently recieved some of these to play around with thanks to bushing. As you have read on HackMii these dongles can be used to fix certain types of bricks. But other than the Youtube video not much has been seen of this device so with the permission of marcan & bushing I bring to you some of the first official pics of the device.

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SaveMii is a small dongle that is plugged into a Wii's Gamecube memory card slot. It mimicks a test interface that is believed to be used in Nintendo's own facilities (dubbed “Waikiki” by Nintendo).

When the System Menu is started and such a device is found, much of the System Menu's code is skipped. Instead, the System Menu checks the validity of the disk, runs an update from the inserted disk if present, and then tries to start a diagnostic – also known “autoboot” – disk.

This will allow updates from legit Wii disks to fix the system data. Or, if the Wii's system hasn't been updated to version 3.3 yet and is equipped with a modchip, even run custom-made disks containing updates or homebrew tools to modify the system.

And now to see this Device in Action!

YouTube - SaveMii demo

pebls123 · 09-21-2008, 10:07 PM

Cool so how are suppose to get one of these if you ever needed it the site inscribed on it just says:

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It will probably have something there when the project is totally or nearly completed.

dCiSo · 09-21-2008, 10:14 PM

Right now I believe they are just in beta stage and only a select few have them, but I could be wrong. I have to thank bushing he is a great guy and was kind enough to send me some to play with. I am not sure if there is going to be an official toolkit to use with it or if they are going to market these or not.

pebls123 · 09-21-2008, 10:35 PM

So where does it go?In the gamecube memory card slot, front sd slot or on the board itself?

M37R01D · 09-21-2008, 11:27 PM

Awesome, will deff be picking one up for repairs

pebls123 · 09-22-2008, 12:35 AM

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Originally Posted by M37R01D

Awesome, will deff be picking one up for repairs

You actually have a problem that this can repair? i though this was for the extremely rare cases or do you want one just in case( i want just in case too or just to play around with)

pebls123 · 09-22-2008, 02:37 AM

Ive had two bricked wiis when they had now came out but nothing to do with these problems it was more to do with the gpu and whatnot.First i had a graphics problem called them got it exchanged they sent me one that didnt read discs so i sent it back again, got a new one and my wii has been working about a year since then never got any semi-bricks or homebrew/mod related problems.

dCiSo · 09-25-2008, 04:59 PM

Good News! Savemii.net has gone online today and is now offering the SaveMii dongles to the public!

Be sure to go to SaveMii.net for more Details

HisshouBuraiKen · 09-25-2008, 09:52 PM

Wow, that was really fast! Didn't expect to see these for sale to the general public so soon.

pebls123 · 09-26-2008, 12:35 AM

Is it true what i think I read on savemii about this may help bring wii menu themes or did i read that wrong?