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vWii Modding Guide
This page will guide you through the process of modding your vWii.
We will now place the required Homebrew files on the SD Card.
?> Notice Your SD Card will need to be formatted as FAT32. If your SD Card is not formatted to FAT32, use GUIFormat with 32k (32768) Allocation unit size to format it.
What You Need
- The latest release of Wuphax
- The latest release of HackMii Installer
- The Patched IOS 80 Installer for vWii
- The vWii cIOS apps
- The Homebrew Launcher
- The latest release of the Homebrew Launcher Installer
Instructions
- Insert your Wii U's SD Card into your PC.
- Extract the
wuphax.zip
file to the root of your SD Card. - Extract the
boot.elf
file from thehackmii_
file to the root of your SD Card.installer_ v1.2 .zip - Extract the
apps
folder from thePatched_
file to the root of your SD Card.IOS80_ Installer_ for_ vWii .zip - Extract the
vWii_
file to the root of your SD Card.cIOS_ apps_ 20131218 .zip - Extract the
homebrew_
file to the root of your SD Card.launcher. v1.4.zip - Extract the
payload.zip
file to thewiiu
folder on your SD Card. - Take the SD Card out of your computer and plug it into your Wii U console.
Wuphax
- Launch the Homebrew Launcher.
- Launch Wuphax.
- Press
A
to backup the Mii Channel and inject the Hackmii Installer then wait until it saysSuccessfully
.injected wuphax!
- You will be taken back to the Wii U Menu after a few seconds.
- Launch vWii (the Wii Menu icon).
- Launch the vWii Mii Channel.
- If Wuphax has successfully been injected, you will now see the scam warning screen.
- Wait until you see
Press 1 to continue
and then press the1
button. - Select
continue
,Install
andThe Homebrew Channel Yes, continue
. - If The Homebrew Channel has successfully been installed, select
continue
and thenexit
. - Launch the Wii U Menu channel to return to the Wii U Menu.
- Launch the Homebrew Launcher.
- Launch Wuphax.
- Press
B
to restore the Mii Channel then wait until it saysMii
.Channel restored!
- You will be taken back to the Wii U Menu after a few seconds.
- If for some reason, you cannot restore your backup, you will need to reinstall your Mii Channel.
NAND Backup
In case anything goes wrong in the later process and your vWii ends up bricked, restoring a previously made NAND backup can fix it.
- Launch vWii (the Wii Menu icon).
- Launch The Homebrew Channel.
- Launch Dump Mii NAND.
- The dumping process can take a while depending on the speed of your SD Card.
- When the process completed, the console will reboot.
- Power off your Wii U, take your SD Card out of the Wii U and plug it into your PC.
- Copy
nand.bin
andkeys.bin
somewhere safe (on your computer or a cloud storage service such as Google Drive, OneDrive, etc...). - Delete
nand.bin
andkeys.bin
from your SD Card to free up space.
Installing cIOSes
!> Make sure you have no .wad
files anywhere else than in the apps
folder on your SD Card.
?> Tip You can hold the B
button on the GamePad when turning on the Wii U to boot directly into vWii.
- Power on your Wii U and launch vWii.
- Launch The Homebrew Channel.
- Launch d2x cIOS Installer.
- Set everything to match the following:
- Select cIOS
v10 d2x-v10-beta52-vWii
- Select cIOS base
56
- Select cIOS slot
249
- Press the
A
button to install. - Set everything to match the following:
- Select cIOS
v10 d2x-v10-beta52-vWii
- Select cIOS base
57
- Select cIOS slot
250
- Press the
A
button to install. - Set everything to match the following:
- Select cIOS
v10 d2x-v10-beta52-vWii
- Select cIOS base
58
- Select cIOS slot
251
- Press the
A
button to install. - Press the
B
button to exit.
Patching IOS 80
!> If for any reason, the Wii U is turned off while patching IOS 80, your vWii will be bricked. This can be fixed by either extracting the IOS 80 from your previously made NAND backup and then replacing it over FTP or by reinstalling IOS 80.
- Launch Patched IOS 80 Installer for vWii.
- Read the warning screen and wait 30 seconds.
- Press any buttons to install.
- Wait until it says
IOS80
.Installation is complete! - Press any buttons to exit.
!> Installing custom System Menu is a definite brick risk and you should always have an effective backup before installing one but when done right, won't brick the vWii.
!> Installing any IOS (including TED IOSes) or wads made for the original Wii on your vWii will brick it.
!> Installing Priiloader will brick your vWii.