4.0U Update

**GARETFIRE** · June 20th, 2009, 01:58

Hi, I'm new here and am very new to Homebrew and all that. I have been constantly failing to update to 4.0 since release date and I was wondering if it was possible to update through homebrew.

I have 3.4U and have already installed The Homebrew Channel along with some WADs using WAD Manager...

Thanks!

**VampDude** · June 20th, 2009, 02:40

Waninkoko's Firmware Upgrader

It upgrades the firmware to 4.0 and keeps all the things you will require to run all your homebrew.

**GARETFIRE** · June 20th, 2009, 03:04

Oh, never mind, I didn't read the bold. Thanks, I'll try that

**GARETFIRE** · June 20th, 2009, 03:06

How do you use it? I read It has bricked several people's Wiis and I'm so noob at homebrew. Can someone give me instructions on how to do it. From scratch. Thanks.

***BlueCrab*** · June 20th, 2009, 06:09

If it is from Waninkoko, from what I can tell, you've always got the risk of your Wii being bricked. There's little to no reason to upgrade to 4.0U, unless you want the support for "playing" wiiware/vc stuff off of SD. Also, 4.0U doesn't do anything to harm/break pretty much any legitimate/legal homebrew use, so there's not really a problem.

**VampDude** · June 21st, 2009, 01:24

Waninkoko's upgrader failed to brick my Wii, the application is in English much to the suprise of everything else being Spanish (where Waninkoko posts).

Here's how to use it:

Place the file (Firmware-Updater_4.0.dol) in the APPS folder of your SD, within a new folder titled UPGRADER.

Load the Homebrew Channel as usual, then load the application.

The onscreen instructions are easy to follow and is done automatically.