Wii Maintenance Mode

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November 7th, 2007, 23:09
wraggster

Wii Maintenance Mode

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 ?
November 7th, 2007, 23:34
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...
November 8th, 2007, 03:55
ExcruciationX

What is supposed to happen when you try this?
November 8th, 2007, 04:04
ICE

Well its true.. just did it..
November 8th, 2007, 05:14
Tetris999

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

if you dont take my word for it whatever lol
November 8th, 2007, 05:21
ICE

Lol well there is that video I took right up there too..
November 8th, 2007, 16:55
abeisgreat

I did it bt whats the point?
November 8th, 2007, 21:06
CoinCollector

Quote:

Originally Posted by abeisgreat

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.
November 8th, 2007, 21:08
lipnox88

Quote:

Originally Posted by abeisgreat

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.
November 9th, 2007, 00:25
Accordion

Is this not just a display mode for demo units?

It is hardly secret enough to be anything worthwhile.
November 9th, 2007, 04:31
steve520

hmm i think this also very interesting but maybe not enough for an exploit i think nintendo wouldn't make it that simple.
November 9th, 2007, 23:09
Shrygue

I wonder what exactly this Maintenance Mode does? I might dig out my Wii console and check this out for myself a little later...
November 9th, 2007, 23:22
ICE

It does nothing as far as I can tell. However I cant imagine that its there for no reason. Something has to be different in it other that certain things being disabled.