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A "Brick" usually means your Wii has reached a state where its next purpose in existence is likely that of a doorstop, or a display figure. <br> A "Brick" usually means your Wii has reached a state where its next purpose in existence is likely that of a doorstop, or a display figure. <br>
Bricks can occur for a variety of reasons, however usually it results through corrupted software, or from improper modifications made through homebrew. Bricks can occur for a variety of reasons, however usually it results through corrupted software, or from improper modifications made through homebrew.
For bricks on the Wii U's vWii, please navigate to [Unbricking the vWii](https://wiiu.hacks.guide/#/recover-vwii-ioses-channels)
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# Brick Prevention # Brick Prevention
Preventing a brick involves many rules that range between common sense and fail-safe backups. Here are the general recommendations of what not to do: Preventing a brick involves many rules that range between common sense and fail-safe backups. Here are the general recommendations of what not to do:
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This brick will appear identical to a low-level brick due to a Wii Menu failure via IOS; however there is not a full low-level NAND corruption, or a low-level hardware failure. This brick will appear identical to a low-level brick due to a Wii Menu failure via IOS; however there is not a full low-level NAND corruption, or a low-level hardware failure.
#### Cause #### Cause
This brick most often happens when the Wii Menu's IOS is a [stub](http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Stub_IOS). This is usually the consequence of attempting to downgrade your Wii menu. If this error began happening after installing a normal IOS80 to a Wii mini, see [Wi-Fi brick](bricks#wi-fi-brick). This brick most often happens when the Wii Menu's IOS is a [stub](http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Stub_IOS), or if the wrong kind of IOS is installed to the console. A stubbed system menu IOS is usually the consequence of attempting to downgrade your Wii menu. If this error began happening after installing a normal IOS80 to a Wii mini, see [Wi-Fi brick](bricks#wi-fi-brick).
#### Solutions #### Solutions
[Recovery mode](recovery-mode) may or may not be accessible due to the nature of the brick, but Priiloader will almost always not work. If you cannot reach recovery mode, you must have BootMii as boot2 to fix this. If these conditions are not met, see [low-level brick](bricks#low-level-brick). [Recovery mode](recovery-mode) may or may not be accessible due to the nature of the brick, but Priiloader will almost always not work. If you cannot reach recovery mode, you must have BootMii as boot2 to fix this. If these conditions are not met, see [low-level brick](bricks#low-level-brick).
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1. Use [NUS Downloader](https://wiibrew.org/wiki/NUSD) to pack a WAD of your original Wii Menu. 1. Use [NUS Downloader](https://wiibrew.org/wiki/NUSD) to pack a WAD of your original Wii Menu.
1. Use BootMii to enter the Homebrew Channel, and use a WAD manager to install the Wii Menu WAD. 1. Use BootMii to enter the Homebrew Channel, and use a WAD manager to install the Wii Menu WAD.
For vWii, See [Recover a vWii IOS/Channel](https://wiiu.hacks.guide/#/recover-vwii-ioses-channels)
## Wi-Fi brick ## Wi-Fi brick
#### Symptoms #### Symptoms