How to Hack your Wii

like the others, but for the ninteno wii

What do you need?

• an sd card formatted with fat32
• a wii (either normal or family edition) (duh)
• that's it

Prep

go to system settings and look in the corner, remember the numbers and letter after "Ver."

continue in system settings by pressing the Internet button and then the Console Information button

look at the Mac Address for the next step by going to [1] and entering in the version and mac address and check the "Bundle the HackMii Installer for me!"

cut the green wire, you don't want to know what happens if you cut the pink wire (this is a joke, you can cut any wire)

then scroll down to the "Download Your Zip!" button to download the zip

sd card time

copy the "private" folder and the "boot.elf" file from the zip and put it on the sd card

put the sd card back into the wii

the hack itself

boot the wii up and go to the message board

find the green letter

you may have to go to the days prior or after to find it

if you don't find it, check if the sd card has errors or the wii's clock is correct

look at the letter by pressing A

you shouldn't be looking at a normal letter, you should be looking at a screen telling you that you shouldn't have paid for this "software"

(if you get a black screen you should reboot and try again) (if you get sent to the wii menu, unlock the sd card)

install homebrew and other stuff

wait until the "Press (1) to Continue" message pops up and press it by pressing 1 on your offical wii controller

select continue once your in the HackMii installer, then select "Install the Homebrew Channel", then press continue after it installs

select back and press "BootMii" and install it as an "IOS" (unrelated to apple products) and then select "Yes, continue"

select "Yes, continue" again and select continue after it installs

if you can select "Install BootMii as boot2", select it like the others

finally select "Exit"

you should now be in everyone's favorite program: "The Homebrew Channel"!!!1!

backing up the system in case it bricks

now that you're in the homebrew channel, press the home button and select "Launch BootMii"

you need to use either a gamecube controller, or the power and reset buttons (power to move and reset to select) to use BootMii

go over to the gear icon and select the first button (the one with the green arrow)

the "NAND" should now be backing up, watch it (bad blocks are normal, just make sure that all the non-bad blocks verify correctly)

press the arrow button and either the Wii or Homebrew buttons to exit

optional: autoboot

if you installed it to boot2 and are sick of BootMii showing up every time you boot up your wii, follow these steps:

1. put the sd card back in your computer

1. open the bootmii.ini file in the bootmii folder

1. remove the hash in front of "#AUTOBOOT=SYSMENU" and "#BOOTDELAY=5"

1. change the 5 in BOOTDELAY=5 to a 1

1. save the file and eject the sd card and put the sd card back in the wii and wonder what you're doing with your life before turning the wii back on

installing priiloader

this helps bricks not happen

files

[2]

[3]

prep

take the sd card out of your wii (and turn the wii off)

copy the apps folders from the zip files and put them on the root of the sd card

shove the sd card back in the wii and turn it on while wondering where your life has gone

install it

go to the homebrew channel and listen to the menu music for about 2 hours then select the "Priiloader Installer" option

press + on a wiimote or the A on a gamecube controller to install

press A to exit back to the homebrew channel

you're now in the matrix

when you leave the homebrew channel you should see text, you're in priiloader, to return to it later launch the "Load Priiloader" from the Homebrew Channel or by holding the reset button on boot

scroll down to the "System Menu Hacks" option

turn on: "480p graphics fix in the system menu" (if the wii is in 480p mode), Block Disc Updates, Block Online Updates, and (if you're not using a crt) Remove Deflicker

scroll to save settings and press A

press B to exit Priiloader

install cIOS, or else i will

download this: [4] and download the downloader: [5]

unzip the NUSD-Mod-NUS-Fix.zip to your computer and run NUS Downloader.exe

go to the Database > IOS > IOS38 and select v4123 and ensure that "Pack WAD" is checked, but NOT "Patch IOS"

press "Start NUS Download!"

do the same for IOS56 v5661, IOS57 v5918, and IOS58 v6175

exit the program and locate the "titles" folder in the folder with "NUS Downloader.exe" and copy the 4 .wad files to the root of the wii's sd card (you should have taken it out)

put the apps folder from the d2x-cios-installer.zip file on the root of the sd card

press the sd card into the console and launch d2x-cios-installer

change everything in the list to:

Select cIOS <d2x-v11-beta2>

Select cIOS base <38>

Select cIOS slot <248>

Select cIOS revision <65535>

(ignore "(c)IOS detected in slot ### will be overwritten")(if you see anything with the word "batch" in it, press the - button to turn off batch mode)

press A thrice

do it again but with:

Select cIOS <d2x-v11-beta2>

Select cIOS base <56>

Select cIOS slot <249>

Select cIOS revision <65535>

and:

Select cIOS <d2x-v11-beta2>

Select cIOS base <57>

Select cIOS slot <250>

Select cIOS revision <65535>

and finally:

Select cIOS <d2x-v11-beta2>

Select cIOS base <58>

Select cIOS slot <251>

Select cIOS revision <65535>

finally press B to exit back to homeberw

install the installer to install programs for homebrew

download the .zip file from here: [6] and copy the apps folder to the sd card

smash the sd card back into the wii

you may now install anything from this list: [7]

(i'll finish thislater)