A little backstory here: Some years ago I acquired a WiiU console that someone clearly tampered with in some way: It's an US console, but trying to launch any application on it (including built-in ones like the System Settings or the Internet browser) results in an error message that the game region is incorrect. Since I had no idea how to fix this I just put it into storage at the time.
Fast-forward a few years, https://github.com/GaryOderNichts/udpih released, which gave me some hope of fixing this console. And, indeed, I can boot into this recovery menu using udpih, and there's even an option for the exact issue I'm facing! Selecting the Debug System Region option shows:
System region code: USA
Game region code: --- --- EUR --- --- ---
Installed Wii U Menu: USA
The game region does not match the installed Wii U Menu.
Repair the system by setting the region code to USA?
Confirming the repair, however, only results in an error code, and the console behavior remains unchanged:
MCP_SetSysProdSettings() failed: ffffffff
Any idea what's going on here? Anything else I can try?
A little backstory here: Some years ago I acquired a WiiU console that someone clearly tampered with in some way: It's an US console, but trying to launch any application on it (including built-in ones like the System Settings or the Internet browser) results in an error message that the game region is incorrect. Since I had no idea how to fix this I just put it into storage at the time.
Fast-forward a few years, https://github.com/GaryOderNichts/udpih released, which gave me some hope of fixing this console. And, indeed, I can boot into this recovery menu using udpih, and there's even an option for the exact issue I'm facing! Selecting the Debug System Region option shows:
Confirming the repair, however, only results in an error code, and the console behavior remains unchanged:
Any idea what's going on here? Anything else I can try?