Wii Maintenance Mode

[wraggster]

Heres one we will stick in rumour mode until verified. Heres the full post for those interested:

Hi, I'm a newbie here, so please ignore any unwitting transgression of rules, written or unwritten.

Thought I'd found something that only I didn't know about but a brief search later I'm none the wiser.

Sooo... at the risk of ridicule, infamy and flames...

Power on your wii and at the initial health warning message hold down both the + and - buttons then press A.

Message: System is in Maintenance Mode Message board unavailable.

I haven't explored much yet except that some of the menu functions are unavailable.

Also, if you start the shop channel, a port scan would suggest that the wii is running an ftp server.

I am unable to get a login prompt as the server is reset as soon as addressed.

That's all Folks!

Explore at your peril.

FiJ.

Can this be used for an exploit ?

[paul1991]

This is like... 24 hours old. You need to stay more on top of the game.

Works on a US 3.1 FW, but I cant see any special functions...

[ExcruciationX]

What is supposed to happen when you try this?

[ICE]

Well its true.. just did it..

[Tetris999]

indeed this does work, tried it on my wii just now

if you dont take my word for it whatever lol

[ICE]

Lol well there is that video I took right up there too..

[abeisgreat]

I did it bt whats the point?

[CoinCollector]

I did it bt whats the point?

None yet, but it does make you wonder why it's in there. There must be some use for it.

[lipnox88]

I did it bt whats the point?

the point is to see if it can be exploited to allow people a new way(other then through the gamecube functions of the wii) to make homebrew for the wii.

[Accordion]

Is this not just a display mode for demo units?

It is hardly secret enough to be anything worthwhile.