Guide-WiiU/docs/vwii/recover-mii-channel.md

Recover Your Lost or Corrupted Mii Channel

This page will guide you through the process of restoring your Mii Channel to a working state.

What You Need

Windows

• A working Homebrew installation on Wii U side
• This release of FTPiiU Everywhere
• An FTP client such as FileZilla
• overwrite-wiiu-titlehash.exe

macOS & Linux

• A working Homebrew installation on Wii U side
• This release of FTPiiU Everywhere
• The latest release of Python
• An FTP client such as FileZilla
• overwrite-wiiu-titlehash.py

Instructions

Windows

1. Extract the fpiiu-cbhc.zip file to the root of your SD Card
2. Install FileZilla on your computer

macOS & Linux

1. Extract the fpiiu-cbhc.zip file to the root of your SD Card
2. Install FileZilla on your computer
3. Install Python on your computer

Recovering The Channel

!> If you are using a system update blocking method, please remove it.

Windows

1. Power on your Wii U and launch the CFW of your choice (Mocha, Haxchi or CBHC)
2. Launch the Homebrew Launcher and FTPiiU Everywhere
3. Launch FileZilla on your computer
4. In FileZilla, type in the IP address displayed by your Wii U in the Host field at the top of the window and click on Quickconnect
5. Navigate to /slccmpt01/title/00010002
6. Delete the 48414341 folder
7. Launch the previously downloaded overwrite-wiiu-titlehash.exe file
8. Type in your Wii U's IP address and press Enter
9. Wait for it to finish what it's doing

• If an err.log file has been generated, please visit us in #wiiu-assistance on Nintendo Homebrew Discord

1. Exit FTPiiU Everywhere and the Homebrew Launcher
2. Launch the System Settings
3. Perform a System Update

macOS & Linux

1. Power on your Wii U and launch the CFW of your choice (Mocha, Haxchi or CBHC)
2. Launch the Homebrew Launcher and FTPiiU Everywhere
3. Launch FileZilla on your computer
4. In FileZilla, type in the IP address displayed by your Wii U in the Host field at the top of the window and click on Quickconnect
5. Navigate to /slccmpt01/title/00010002
6. Delete the 48414341 folder
7. Open up a Terminal window
8. Use the following command: cd <directory>

• On macOS, the most common place to find your downloaded files is /Users/username/Downloads
• On Linux, the most common place to find your downloaded files is /home/username/Downloads

1. Use the following command: python3 overwrite-wiiu-titlehash.py
2. Type in your Wii U's IP address and press Enter
3. Wait for it to finish what it's doing

• If an err.log file has been generated, please visit us in #wiiu-assistance on Nintendo Homebrew Discord

1. Exit FTPiiU Everywhere and the Homebrew Launcher
2. Launch the System Settings
3. Perform a System Update

You should now have a working Mii Channel.

?> You can now re-enable your system update blocking method.