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'''Maintenance Mode''' is a mode in the Wii Menu. For a long time, no one knew its actual purpose. Someone thought it was to hide personal information during a Wii repair. However, its true purpose as said in the SDK is to save Wiis from bricks, which is what most people use it for. It was designed to fix problems created from banners, mainly for RVT debug units.
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[[File:MaintenanceMode.png|thumb|right|Message shown upon entering Maintenance Mode]]
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'''Maintenance Mode''' is a hidden mode in the [[Wii System Menu]] (versions 3.0 and up) accessed by pressing the + and - buttons on the [[Wii Remote]] simultaneously while the Health & Safety screen is being displayed, and holding them for 3 seconds. [[CHANScript|CHANScripts]], RSOs, WiiConnect24 and the Wii Message Board are disabled in Maintenance Mode.
  
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CHANS scripts, RSOs, WiiConnect24 and the Wii Message Board are disabled in Maintenance Mode.
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The mode was discovered by the homebrew community shortly after its implementation, but its actual purpose was largely unknown; it was eventually discovered via an SDK document that the mode is intended to fix bricks related to banner scripting on development units, and was included in the retail menu for unknown reasons. Earlier theories included removal of personal data for use by repair personnel and it being a mode for fixing general banner bricks (which it is explicitly stated in the SDK to not do).
  
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To access it, you have to hold the + and - buttons down on the Health and Safety screen for at least 3 seconds. Then a message pops up saying the system is operating in maintenance mode. To get out of it, you can restart the Wii or launch a Channel.
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Latest revision as of 20:39, 23 May 2019

Message shown upon entering Maintenance Mode

Maintenance Mode is a hidden mode in the Wii System Menu (versions 3.0 and up) accessed by pressing the + and - buttons on the Wii Remote simultaneously while the Health & Safety screen is being displayed, and holding them for 3 seconds. CHANScripts, RSOs, WiiConnect24 and the Wii Message Board are disabled in Maintenance Mode.

The mode was discovered by the homebrew community shortly after its implementation, but its actual purpose was largely unknown; it was eventually discovered via an SDK document that the mode is intended to fix bricks related to banner scripting on development units, and was included in the retail menu for unknown reasons. Earlier theories included removal of personal data for use by repair personnel and it being a mode for fixing general banner bricks (which it is explicitly stated in the SDK to not do).

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