Wii U Recovery Menu

A simple recovery menu running on the IOSU for unbricking, which can be booted using udpih.

ℹ️ Some Wii U's don't show any TV output, if it hasn't been configured properly before.
If that's the case download the recovery_menu_dc_init file and rename it to recovery_menu.
This build does display controller initialization and might fix the issue.
Note that this build only outputs 480p and has no GamePad output!

ℹ️ The recovery menu updates the power LED for debugging. The following patterns are used:
purple-off blinking: kernel code running
purple-orange blinking: menu thread running
purple: menu is ready and running

Options

Set Coldboot Title

Allows changing the current title the console boots to.
Useful for unbricking CBHC bricks.
Possible options are:

• Wii U Menu (JPN) - 00050010-10040000
• Wii U Menu (USA) - 00050010-10040100
• Wii U Menu (EUR) - 00050010-10040200

On non-retail systems the following additional options are available:

• System Config Tool - 00050010-1F700500
• DEVMENU (pre-2.09) - 00050010-1F7001FF
• Kiosk Menu - 00050010-1FA81000

Dump Syslogs

Copies all system logs to a logs folder on the root of the SD Card.

Dump OTP + SEEPROM

Dumps the OTP and SEEPROM to otp.bin and seeprom.bin on the root of the SD Card.

Start wupserver

Starts wupserver which allows connecting to the console from a PC using wupclient.

Load Network Configuration

Loads a network configuration from the SD, and temporarily applies it to use wupserver.
The configurations will be loaded from a network.cfg file on the root of your SD.
For using the ethernet adapter, the file should look like this:

type=eth

For using wifi:

type=wifi
ssid=ssidhere
key=wifikeyhere
key_type=WPA2_PSK_AES

Pair Gamepad

Displays the Gamepad Pin and allows pairing a Gamepad to the system. Also bypasses any region checks while pairing.
The numeric values represent the following symbols: ♠ = 0, ♥ = 1, ♦ = 2, ♣ = 3.
Note that rebooting the system might be required to use the newly paired gamepad.

Install WUP

Installs a valid signed WUP from the install folder on the root of your SD Card.
Don't place the WUP into any subfolders.

Edit Parental Controls

Displays the current Parental Controls pin configuration.
Allows disabling Parental Controls.

Debug System Region

Fixes bricks caused by setting productArea and/or gameRegion to an invalid value. Symptoms include being unable to launch System Settings or other in-region titles.

System Information

Displays info about several parts of the system.
Including serial number, manufacturing date, console type, regions, memory devices...

Submit System Data

Allows submitting system information to an online database to collect various statistics about Wii U consoles.
This is entirely optional and personally identifying information will be kept confidential.
The database can be found here!

Building

# build the docker container
docker build -t recoverybuilder .

# build the menu
docker run -it --rm -v ${PWD}:/project recoverybuilder make

# build the menu with display controller initialization
docker run -it --rm -v ${PWD}:/project recoverybuilder make DC_INIT=1

Credits

• @Maschell for the network configuration types
• @dimok789 for mocha
• @hexkyz for hexFW
• @rw-r-r-0644 for the lolserial code and display configuration info
• decaf-emu for a lot of IOS documentation
• @GerbilSoft for adding the initial "System Information" screen, visual improvements, region unbricking, ...