Homebrew on 4.3u without game exploits..??

[Weyard]

I see people asking questions about installing homebrew all the time so this should be fine here right?

I think I asked this about a year ago when my old wii stopped reading discs. I was digging around and found my old wii again and started thinking that a new method might have developed since then.

I had never planned to get homebrew channel, so I of course kept it fully updated.

My wii has something wrong with the lens apparently. It no longer reads discs of any type. It just gives a disc read error. It was a day1 buy, so the warranty is long gone. My parents didn't want to spend potentially $150+ to send it in for repairs. We have since gotten a new wii (with which I use the unmodded stack smash method for Brawl+), so it isn't crucial that I get the old one working. I just hate the fact that is nothing but a paperweight with Mii's right now.

I've just been waiting for a new method to install homebrew without using game exploits, because it doesn't read games.

Anyone know if it's possible to install homebrew channel without using game exploits now?

[TruePhilosopher]

From my understanding I believe that the only way to do it is unfortunately via disc exploits.  I did mine via Brawl.  If you could somehow get Brawl (or another game with an exploit) to work then it would be no problem.  Have you tried cleaning your lens?

[Weyard]

I've tried blowing into the slot a couple thousand times but that didn't work.

I tried every possible thing I could think of back then, trying to get Brawl to load.

I don't wanna have to open it up yet, so I'm about to use a disk with a handle on it, bandaid taped on where the lens should be, and I'm supposed to put rubbing alcohol on it.
I don't have any rubbing alcohol so I'm trying to figure out if ethyl alcohol (hand sanitizer) would work. I found a few places where they recommended it instead.

[zigheart]

I've tried blowing into the slot a couple thousand times but that didn't work.

I tried every possible thing I could think of back then, trying to get Brawl to load.

I don't wanna have to open it up yet, so I'm about to use a disk with a handle on it, bandaid taped on where the lens should be, and I'm supposed to put rubbing alcohol on it.
I don't have any rubbing alcohol so I'm trying to figure out if ethyl alcohol (hand sanitizer) would work. I found a few places where they recommended it instead.

u should probably just go out and buy a lens cleaner from walmart or another store >.> there reletively inexpensive i thnk i've seen them for around 10$ the lens isn't in one particular spot it moves so it can read the full disk

[Weyard]

u should probably just go out and buy a lens cleaner from walmart or another store >.> there reletively inexpensive i thnk i've seen them for around 10$ the lens isn't in one particular spot it moves so it can read the full disk

If it's the same as a gamecube's lens, it should just follow a path about an inch long. The way I scrubbed it was covering a great portion of the inside of the slot.

Didn't work anyway though.

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I looked around for a cleaning kit back when it first stopped working and couldn't find one. My parents didn't want to have to order one or ship it out for repairs, thus me buying a new wii instead.

This topic isn't really important. I just found the old wii again and thought I'd ask. Since there is still not a new method, I'll just lock it.