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Disclaimer
This guide will teach you how to setup your Wii for playing home burned and copied games.
It is only intended for:
2. Playing backups of the games you own in order to preserve the quality of your media.
Is it legal
To my knowledge, modifying your console to play Homebrew is legal, but will void your warranty.
“It's really a slightly grey area as to whether the production of homebrew software is completely
legal in all countries. Some countries have strict laws on reverse engineering, and bypass of
software protection schemes, that could in theory be considered to outlaw the production of
unofficial software. I am not a lawyer, if in doubt you should consult a qualified legal
professional for your particular jurisdiction. The developers of the unofficial […] homebrew
development kit have taken great pains to maintain as much legality as possible, including a
refusal to taint the development tools with information obtained from restricted materials or
sources. “
http://www.wiiguide.co.cc .............................................................................................................. 1
Disclaimer....................................................................................................................................... 2
Is it legal ......................................................................................................................................... 2
1- Intro ......................................................................................................................................... 4
2- What’s needed ......................................................................................................................... 4
3- Turn off WiiConnect24........................................................................................................... 4
4- Determine you firmware version ............................................................................................ 7
5- Prepare your SD card ............................................................................................................. 9
6- Softmodding using BannerBomb ......................................................................................... 10
7- Downgrading your Wii (for firmware 4.0 & above) Skip to step 8 if you have an old
firmware (below 4.0) .................................................................................................................... 12
8- Install Channels .................................................................................................................... 15
9- Load WII backups................................................................................................................. 18
10- Load GameCube backups ................................................................................................. 19
11- Load Homebrew applications (home-made applications) ............................................... 20
12- SD/USB Loader ................................................................................................................. 22
13- Burn Games....................................................................................................................... 24
14- Install / Remove / Upgrade a channel .............................................................................. 25
15- Contact............................................................................................................................... 26
16- References ......................................................................................................................... 26
1- Intro
This tutorial is based on stuff I picked here and there from Internet. Files, images, everything was made
by other than me. If you like this tutorial, don’t thank me, thank Google and those who really did this
material.
Turn off WiiConnect24 and never update your Wii anymore. The main purposes of Wii Updates are to
prevent hacking so I believe you’re not interested. Internet channel will still work.
2- What’s needed
a. Wii
b. Wii remote
c. SD card
Before softmodding your Wii it would be a good idea to turn off your WiiConnect24. It will prevent
Nintendo from sending you updates and blocking your softmod. If you leave the Internet settings, you
will still be able to browse with your Internet Channel.
a. open the 'Wii Options' Menu ('Wii' round button on the lower left corner)
d. Click on WiiConnect24
e. Click on WiiConnect24
f. Turn it off
4- Determine you firmware version
a. On your wii
b. open the 'Wii Options' Menu ('Wii' round button on the lower left corner)
a. Extract the BackupLoaderInstaller.zip file if it’s not already done. You should now see a
folder named ‘data’ and a file named ‘install.bat’.
e. If your SD card is already FAT16 formatted, you can say no (type ‘N’). If you don’t know or if
your SD card is FAT32 (or any other file system), say Yes (type ‘Y’). Caution: if you say YES,
your card will be formatted and all your data will be lost.
Do you need to FAT16 format your sd card? [Y/N]
a. Open the 'Wii Options' Menu ('Wii' round button on the lower left corner)
c. Select Channels
e. When the upgrade finishes, go down to the Exit menu and press A
h. Go to step 8
8- Install Channels
a. The installer will check if IOS16 and CIOS249 are already installed. If not, it will ask you to
install it. Press A to launch the installation.
j. Press A to agree
k. Verify the installation mode is set to < WAD installation >. If not, press left or right to
change mode.
p. Press Start
r. Press A to agree
s. Verify the installation mode is set to < WAD installation >. If not, press left or right to
change mode.
w. That’s it.
9- Load WII backups
c. Click on Start
10- Load GameCube backups
c. Click on Start
Homebrew are home-made free applications. The Homebrew browser is like the Wii Shop Channel, but
filled with a huge selection of free applications. When you select one, it is automatically downloaded
and installed to your SD Card. Your Wii has to be connected to Internet like with the Wii Shop Channel.
a. Make sure your internet connection is properly configured but leave WiiConnect24 turned
off as always
e. Browse the available applications. If you run the application for the first time, you may not
see all the icons as they will downloading in background.
f. Press the A button over an application
g. Click on download to get the application. If you already have it, you can delete it by pressing
the delete button
SD/USB loader is the fastest way to backup your games to your SD card, jump drive or external hard
drive. It is also possible to play them directly from the drive. No need to burn them even though you
can later on.
b. Select your external device with the right and left arrow. In this example, the USB Mass
Storage Device is selected (external HDD). Press A to load.
c. If your drive has no WBFS partition yet (if you run it for the first time), the tool will ask you
to select which partition on your drive should be formatted to WBFS.
*******Everything will be erased on this partition. *******
d. To copy a game, put it in the DVD drive and press the little ‘+’ button on your remote.
e. Press A to confirm
h. Press A to confirm
i. To manage your WBFS partition from your computer, download WBFS Manager from here:
http://wbfsmanager.codeplex.com/
13- Burn Games
It is always a good idea to remove updates from your games before using them.
Updates may affect Homebrew Channel and/or Backup Launcher Channel.
b. Click on the Browse button and pick your game (iso file)
c. Click on the ‘Patch’ button and wait until it’s finished. Your iso file will be patched. No copy
or backup will be created (it’s not necessary).
e. Burn DVD from existing image file and select your iso file. In my example it would be wiimusic.iso.
14- Install / Remove / Upgrade a channel
I always suggest to delete the channel before updating it. Always keep the wad file of each and every
channel you install because you need this file to delete the channel. This AIO kit contains old wad files in
the ‘Obsolete_Channels’ folder. To copy them to your SD card, run install.bat and say ‘Y’ when you are
asked if you want to copy obsolete files.
b. Press Start
d. Select IOS249 with the right and left arrow and press A to confirm
f. Move the cursor beside the wad you wish and Press A
g. Select “Install” or “Uninstall” with the right and left arrow and press A
i. To exit, press on the Home button of your Wii remote (the blue house).
15- Contact
You can discuss or get help through one of these forum threads
• Wiinewz
http://wiinewz.com/forums/wii-hacking-homebrew/82400-wii-softmodding-dummies-all-one-
ftutorial-files.html
• MaxConsole
http://forums.maxconsole.net/showthread.php?t=133086
16- References
http://www.maxconsole.com
http://wiinewz.com
http://gbatemp.net
http://www.tehskeen.com
http://www.wiibrew.org
http://www.wadder.net
and Google