Homebrew your Wii the easy way with ModMii

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Күн бұрын

ModMii makes the process of softmodding or hacking your Wii almost effortless. No more downloading files and creating disks. Just let ModMii do all the hard work for you. And it's designed by someone who knows what they are doing with Wii modding so you'll get an expert result.
Make sure to check out the project page at
bytesnbits.co.uk/modmii-wii-hack
Original Nintendo WiiMotes work best
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Manual Wii Hack Guide with str2hax walkthrough
• Wii Softmodding - Hack...
USBLoaderGX guide
• Wii Homebrew USBLoader...
Nintendont guide
• GameCube on the Ninten...
Wii emulation guide
• Emulation on the Ninte...
0:00 Introduction
2:06 Download ModMii
5:35 Run ModMii to build installation media
14:44 Setup SD card and HDD and transfer files
17:14 the WiiBrand or LetterBomb exploit
19:44 Backup your NAND
22:14 Priiloader
26:38 YAWM and cIOS installation
28:15 Setting up your games

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@dison77433 4 ай бұрын

Excellent guide through the process, Bob

@BytesNBits 4 ай бұрын

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it.

@ImDanyyyy. 3 ай бұрын

You helped me so much i can never thank you enough. You explained every step perfectly and now i can play many games! Thank you!

@BytesNBits 3 ай бұрын

You're very welcome!

@pentestvegan 2 ай бұрын

you are the best, great updated guide almost bricked my wii from following outdated guides I have the 2nd slot so I'm good

@BytesNBits 2 ай бұрын

Glad I could help!

@Marko2000Rules Ай бұрын

This was a fantastic guide! It works perfectly.

@BytesNBits Ай бұрын

Glad it helped!

@alank3174 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for the concise tutorial

@BytesNBits 4 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@Penguin-ro9pd 2 ай бұрын

Absolute legend. Cheers mate

@BytesNBits 2 ай бұрын

Thanks. Have fun with your Wii.

@dorhinj23 5 ай бұрын

Mom caught me hacking my wii yesterday. She was pretty upset and told me good boys don't do such things. I told her it's mine, and im not hurting anyone by doing it alone in my room. She cried and said she couldn't believe i was becoming a real little man. I told her it was ok, and she could join me, i would show her how to do it. Then she slapped me and told me to wait until my father got home. I cant wait to show him how i can hack my wii all by myself now! Thanks a million! 😊

@BytesNBits 5 ай бұрын

Great to hear your whole family is having fun with this!

@BytesNBits 4 ай бұрын

@@steviewonder1653 The Program files folder isn't needed on the sd or usb drive. It's just the wii and Gamecube backup manager apps for the PC.

@BytesNBits 4 ай бұрын

@@steviewonder1653 I've seen a couple of ways of un modding the Wii but haven't tried them out yet. I'm reluctant to suggest one until I've tested it. Some seem to just delete the homebrew channel which will probably leave the hacks in place, just hidden. Some do a complete system format (it's an option in the Wii settings) but I'm not sure how safe that is. I guess this last option is probably the way to go but please do find out if it is safe first. Hope this helps.

@carnagesoup 5 ай бұрын

I just did this on my wii last night! Works great for disc backups! Now I want to see how I can start emulating.

@BytesNBits 5 ай бұрын

Great. Have fun!

@xflakx4734 2 ай бұрын

Cool video! Small correction, at around 7min you say the process will cause u to lose your games and usbloader config, this isn't true. Edit: another correction, apps saved to fat32 usb can also be accessed via the hbc, just press 1 to switch between sd and usb if you have both connected This is XFlak, the author of ModMii btw. I skimmed through the video and it helped me spot a minor "bug", in your scenario gamecube backup manager should have also been saved to copy to usb, not copy to SD. I'll correct it in my next update. Personally I prefer the local setting so program files get saved where modmii is instead of either of the copy to folders. The default setting is auto, where it saved program files locally if running modmii from your c drive, otherwise it will save portably to the copy to folders.

@BytesNBits 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info! And thanks for the great package. A few people have asked about saving apps to SD and USB. I wasn't aware of the ability to swap. I've got a couple more videos to do on the Wii so will get this info out in those. Keep up the great work.

@absolutelyanika 15 күн бұрын

thank you so much!!

@BytesNBits 13 күн бұрын

You're welcome!

@GrayFilet 3 ай бұрын

You made a video a few months ago where u hacked the wii too? Is this the easier way or another way. And can i still get all games i want or is it a smaller variety

@BytesNBits 3 ай бұрын

The first video was doing it all manually. ModMii helps you do exactly the same process but does a lot of the hard setup work for you. You'll end up with pretty much the same system.

@twittercrane5319 5 ай бұрын

Hi, thank you for these very useful tutorials. I just bought a secondhand Wii console and thought of soft modding it. I have a question regarding Modmii. Does it requires installation and setting up of the cIOS system as you mentioned in the other guide. Thanks once again.

@BytesNBits 5 ай бұрын

ModMii does it all for you. The section where you use YAWM to install the 44 WADs is where it installs all the cIOSes. It really is a full softmodding tool.

@Smegmadonis 5 ай бұрын

great video 👍 is it possible to get other emulators to have their own channel icons like usb loader GX as well? I've been trying to figure it out. I'd have to make a wad file for them wouldn't I? would you be able to make a video on something like that?

@BytesNBits 5 ай бұрын

Yes. Most of them have a channel wad or installer you can download. I made a video using the SNES emulator as an example. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jbN3arOku9yoaYU.html. Have a look through the list detailed in that video. A lot of the download packages come with a channel installer. Hope this helps.

@ImpulseKidEntertainment 3 ай бұрын

I can never seem to get any of these YAWM variants to work. They always claim that they can't find the region of my system, and throw up error messages when I select the SD Card Slot. For those reasons, I use Multi Mod Manager. Still, it must be said, this is a fantastic tutorial. Clear and concise, the way I like 'em.

@BytesNBits 3 ай бұрын

Thanks. Hope you managed to get it all working.

@ImpulseKidEntertainment 3 ай бұрын

@@BytesNBits - I made a few changes (like swapping out USB Loader GX for WiiFlow), but it's all up and running. Cheers.

@MmyiReal 4 ай бұрын

I got a copy to SD folder but there was also a program files folder. What do I do with that? And in the copy to SD folder there's WBFS so what should I do with that too? And should I just put what's in the copy to SD folder into my SD and just leave it or put the program files folder into the copy to SD folder

@BytesNBits 4 ай бұрын

The program files folder just contains a couple of helper apps to copy your Wii and GameCube games onto your USB or Sd card. These don't need to be copies to your usb or sd card that you plub into the Wii (doesn't matter if you do copy them over). All the other files and folders in the copy_to_sd and usb folders need to be copied to the respective devices, including any empty folders such as the WBFS one.

@MmyiReal 4 ай бұрын

@@BytesNBitsthis is a bit late but i successfuly hacked my Wii thanks to your video!

@gazblum197 17 күн бұрын

Great video going to Homebrew and modmii my wii...If it gos wrong can i do a factory restart start again...+ will a SanDisk Ultra microSDXC UHS-I memory card 128 GB work...thks

@BytesNBits 16 күн бұрын

The chances of it going wrong are very slim. If something fails in the installation just restart the process and it will overwrite the bits that are there. Make sure you go through the NAND backup process. This will let you restore the Wii if you brick it at a later date. But you'd need to be doing some deeper hacking for that to happen. Just playing games is not a risk. A factory reset won't remove the hack so that backup is important.

@cathykyle525 3 ай бұрын

Hi! I've managed to follow your tutorial step by step so far without any problems. However when I launch YAWM it doesn't load, it's just the screen at 26:58 but without the information inside the box. I don't even get an option to choose my source device. Help!

@BytesNBits 3 ай бұрын

Make sure you've got the cIOS files in the right folder. I think it looks for a WAD folder on the SD card. If the files haven't been put in there it won't find them. If YAWM simply refuses to work try downloading it again in case the files on the SD card have gone wrong.

@OtterVmax 3 ай бұрын

When I try to open Nintendont, it says “No FAT Device Found” and goes back to the Homebrew Menu. Im using an MicroSD Card with an SD Adapter, formatted to FAT32 MBR, used GCBM to correctly format all the games and the files are in the right places. The only thing thats different from your tutorial is that I have .ciso games instead of regular .iso. The Wii games work perfectly fine and run with no problems. USB Loader GX recognizes both Wii games and GameCube games as well. I try to launch a GameCube game and it redirects me to Nintendont and the same error pops up, “No FAT Device Found”. Your tutorials and videos have helped me a lot, any help/advice would be greatly appreciated!

@BytesNBits 2 ай бұрын

Do the games show up in Nontendont. Start by getting the games to run directly from there. Once you get that end sorted out USBLoader should then be able to ask Nintendont to run the games.

@johnandrews1st31 19 күн бұрын

I tried your other Gide and now this one. I followed both step by step and always gives me black screen when I try to enter in the game. First is appears the white screen saying to tie well the controller in my wrist etc, and then it just stays in the black screen :(

@BytesNBits 19 күн бұрын

Is this for all games? Have you tried a different source for your game files in case those don't work?

@GrayFilet 3 ай бұрын

I dont understand the 16:10 segment... So do i need both a USB and a SD Card and what sd cards do i need. Micro sdhc or sdxc?

@GrayFilet 3 ай бұрын

How big does the SD card need to be? Bigger for more games and do I need an SD adapterm

@BytesNBits 3 ай бұрын

You need an sd card to run the BootMii backup system which I do recommend you install. The USB drive lets you use ssd and other larger storage media up to 2TB. You can run everything from just an SD card, or all from a usb drive. Both sdhc and xc will work but you do need to fornmat as FAT32 with 16KB cluster size. Yes you do need an sd card adapter to use a micro sd card. Hope this helps.

@GrayFilet 3 ай бұрын

@@BytesNBits thank you very much for the answer I subscribed

@bencolmer5343 4 ай бұрын

no matter how hard i try and follow all the steps exactly I can't find the letter bomb. The date on the wii is correct. Any suggestions?

@BytesNBits 4 ай бұрын

Sometimes a particular hack just doesn't work. Try using the str2hax exploit instead.

@marctheunissen123 2 ай бұрын

Sounds familiar... But it is not 'yesterday' as in: the day before you actually performed the hack on the Wii, but 'yesterday' as in 'the day before you assembled and created your modware'. Which in our case was several days before we did the actual hack. So we had to scroll back in time a week or so. Well, maybe stating the obvious here...

@annabelreijnders4993 2 ай бұрын

I have tried many ways of modding my wii and i think an CIOS messed up my disc reader, it can't read original discs that it could read before. How can i fix this? With the other ways, i didn't create a backup...

@BytesNBits 2 ай бұрын

I'm not sure. Without the NAND backups it might be hard to reset the system. Try looking online to see what CIOS might have knocked out the DVD drive.

@yoeri5105 3 ай бұрын

When i try to open usb loader, it just shows a blank screen. i have formatted my usb and installed everything again but it still gives me a blank page. At first when i installed usb loader i could go to the homescreen but not play the game, thats when i used d2x cios installer, since then everything i try gives me the same blank usb loader page and after that the usb loader files are deleted from my usb. Does anyone know a solution?

@BytesNBits 3 ай бұрын

try reinstalling the cIOS files and then USB Loader. It sounds like something isn't set up correctly.

@user-jay12 4 ай бұрын

I used modd mii every thing works beside usb loader gx it freezes on “ reinitializing devices “ everytime any suggestions ? Thanks man

@BytesNBits 4 ай бұрын

Try deleting the USBLoader foler from the apps folder and following this video to re install it - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/briUqquFmKmVZnk.html

@LowestDifficulty Ай бұрын

My message wasn't showing up, once I set the time and date on the console I found the message right away. For anyone with same issue

@BytesNBits 29 күн бұрын

Thanks for the tip

@Denizytb 3 ай бұрын

Hey i did everything well. I still didn't get through the bootmii progress. Since i think my sd reader is broken i think i cannot download bootmii and i run a risk of bricking my wii if i don't follow this process right. I don't know what to actually do about it. I have done the usb thing but still i cannot manage to get the bootmii files onto my sd card if my reader is broken. It keeps giving me (failed -1) error code on both options. Even the site doesn't have any alternatives

@Denizytb 3 ай бұрын

UPDATE: I FIXED THE ISSUE. If you have a old wii like me it could be dusty. I thought my sd card reader was broken turns out i was wrong the only thing i did was clean the sd card slot with a anti dustspray and i checked the slot and it got recognised. SO IT WORKS NO WORRIES

@BytesNBits 3 ай бұрын

Great to hear you got it going. Have fun with the games.

@indigocotton4187 2 ай бұрын

Hi. If I follow this & it works. Say I want to change my USB drive for a different size. Would I just format the new drive as guided & then copy everything from old to new drive & connect it back into the Wii?

@BytesNBits 2 ай бұрын

Yes. Just copy all the files.

@indigocotton4187 2 ай бұрын

@@BytesNBits thank you - I followed your guide & it worked perfectly

@CombatandCoffee 3 ай бұрын

when i put in the sd card with priiloader and everything downloaded they dont show up on home brew. and the mail never showed up in yesterday.

@BytesNBits 3 ай бұрын

Did you manage to get Homebrew installed? Did the SD card work for that? It could be a corrupt card or a damaged sd card slot, or the main installation isn't working. Did you get as far as installing the cIOS files?

@CombatandCoffee 3 ай бұрын

@@BytesNBits it was the SD card slot I got everything on the USB but boot mii to load

@CombatandCoffee 3 ай бұрын

@@BytesNBits great video though

@logothaironsides2942 3 ай бұрын

I tried this yesterday. The modmi prog runs fine. I coould get my files and put them on my SD card and the wii reported it copied my 'saved game' in batman lego. But whenver going to wayne manor and choosing the lowest right hand valid character, it reports 'no code to load 'and hangs. I tried every SD card I could find. Still no go. I should have an older standard 2Gig SD card coming in the post incase it is that which is the problem. Hopefully that works else thats that as my wii was bought second hand and has corrupt settings (so no internet or MAC address ) . The SD card requirement would seem to be very fussy on wii consols.

@BytesNBits 3 ай бұрын

If the game loads and plays apart from that one section I'd try finding another download of the game disk. Your copy might be corrupt. Have you tried it with any other games?

@logothaironsides2942 3 ай бұрын

Hi thnx for the reply. I can play the whole game ,and load the little green blokey off that same section to get him running around wayne manor grounds for no real reason , it only hangs for trying to run the files from modmi on it. Should have indiana jones coming to try instead and the standard SD .will let you know how it goes@@BytesNBits

@logothaironsides2942 3 ай бұрын

@@BytesNBitsit works now i have bought a new SD card. I chose 2gb class 4 standard SD ..so it seems it was just the type of card!!

@stetis5897 4 ай бұрын

Hi there, I used this video to Homebrew my Wii and for some reason whenever I power on the Wii it automatically launches with Bootmii. Is there any way I can change this to the standard menu? I appreciate your tutorials!

@devontheliontamer 4 ай бұрын

Rename or move the boot.dol located in the bootmii app and keep track of it incase you brick your console just change the name back or put the file back and reinsert if you bet bricked and it will load into bootmii automatically

@stetis5897 4 ай бұрын

@@devontheliontamer thank you!!

@devontheliontamer 4 ай бұрын

@@stetis5897 glad to help man good luck on wii modding it is a fun but difficult learning experience

@BytesNBits 4 ай бұрын

@stetis5897 - Hope you've got it working. @devontheliontamer - Thanks for the solution.

@stetis5897 4 ай бұрын

@@BytesNBits Yes, I realized my bootmii folder was in my SD card and now it’s in a safe location. Thank you again for your informative tutorials and checking in!

@shwartzendever 3 ай бұрын

Do you need to keep your ssd powered on? Is that why there are 2 cables that split coming out of yours?

@BytesNBits 3 ай бұрын

Just the main USB connection is needed. It will draw power from the USB port. My one has two leads so you can provide extra power if you're using a mechanical drive.

@shwartzendever 3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@BBGS11_Lego 4 ай бұрын

When I open the letter bomb, nothing popped up, just my disc drive kept flashing Edit: restarted my console and switched to a non WII motion plus controller and it worked!

@BytesNBits 4 ай бұрын

Great to hear it's working.

@mrfoameruk 4 ай бұрын

on 7.0.2 and after selecting my console 4.2e i dont go to a "select exploit page" it goes straight to "install other channel page" any ideas why?

@BytesNBits 4 ай бұрын

I don't know why it won't let you select the hack. From the channel page can you go back to it? It might be that for your setup there's only one option - although I don't think that's the case. When you get to the end there should be a summary, plus the guide it downloads for you should show you what exploits it thinks you're going to use.

@mrfoameruk 4 ай бұрын

@@BytesNBits I managed to get my wii homebrewed working without that screen. All the guides I saw had the screen but 7.02 portable and installed and v7 never showed it.

@NacyGravy 4 ай бұрын

Does your Wii need Internet access ?

@tempest6970 3 ай бұрын

hey when i click the letter bomb nothing appears afterwords. any help?

@BytesNBits 3 ай бұрын

If the LetterBomb isn't working for you try another exploit. I used the srt2hax in this video - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qKd9hdBzqtHIl2Q.html

@tiandastewart5092 4 ай бұрын

I believe I've followed the steps correctly but when i tried to down the download the files from Modmii it says "42 of 56 files are invalid, missing or were not updated properly"

@tiandastewart5092 4 ай бұрын

The files seem to be in the folder but the error message from Modmii has be scared to proceed

@devontheliontamer 4 ай бұрын

Try downloading the app from the homebrew website and replacing the whole modmii folder in the apps section

@tiandastewart5092 4 ай бұрын

@@devontheliontamer Thanks for Responding and trying to help but I've already solved the problem I did a bit if troubleshooting and then I just re downloaded the software.

@BytesNBits 4 ай бұрын

@tiandastewart5092 - I hope it's all working OK now @devontheliontamer - Thanks again for your help

@devontheliontamer 4 ай бұрын

@@BytesNBits no worries I ran into alot of troubles at first myself so I'm glad to help glad to see people are still active in the modding scene

@user-jay12 4 ай бұрын

I did this using a hitachi 256GB hard drive every single thing works besides the games. I used Wiiback up manager and the games play on my dolphin emulator on my pc. The games come up and open the first screen and then freeze. I tried to D2X cios but the installer in homebrew only loads to 87% and then freezes. Any help would be appreciated

@BytesNBits 4 ай бұрын

The Wii might be having compatibility issues with the hard drive. Try saving a few games to a usb stick and giving that a go. If it works you'll know it's not the homebrew setup. If it still doesn't work you might try re installing homebrew and the cIOSes. ModMii is good at cleaning up any file corruption etc.

@user-jay12 4 ай бұрын

@@BytesNBits does modwii come with D2X cios application ?

@devontheliontamer 4 ай бұрын

I believe it is separate

@MrMuzxn 3 ай бұрын

do you need BOTH the usb and the SD card or only the sd card?

@BytesNBits 3 ай бұрын

You need the sd card for BootMii to make its backups. But other than that you can just use either SD or USB.

@alunabass 4 ай бұрын

Btw, if you got a wiimote with built-in motion plus, you won't be able to navigate through some installers.... I installed homebrew but I can't get any further because my controllers won't be recognized. I'll have to buy a classic wiimote just to be able to jailbreak it. I watched over 20 videos of people jailbreaking their wii, no one ever talked about the issues I'm encountering...

@BytesNBits 4 ай бұрын

That's odd as I use a WiiMote with built in Motion Plus. Are you using an original Nintendo remote or a third party version?

@alunabass 4 ай бұрын

@@BytesNBits My controllers are original, they are just 2nd gen wih the built-in motion plus. I got my friend to bring his old controller yesterday and I managed to install the rest. Is it normal that some Roms look bad ?

@derekjt830 5 ай бұрын

It's not allowing me to add covers like before. Any tips?

@BytesNBits 4 ай бұрын

Check your Internet connection is still OK - do not allow it to run an update!!! If it still doesn't work you can delete the USBLoaderGX app files installed by ModMii and go through the manual installation process. Same goes for Nintendont. If you want to change the Wii menu launcher remove the channel installed by ModMii through the Wii Settings page. Hope this helps.

@luidgibonneau109 5 ай бұрын

I’ll be trying this

@BytesNBits 5 ай бұрын

Definitely give it a go.

@HK-xb5ye 3 ай бұрын

Mate can you please make one video just explaining Everything cause now i have done everything here succesfully but i do not know hpw to fix the games, what do i have to do. This shit is complicated.

@BytesNBits 3 ай бұрын

It's really a matter of following through each step carefully. Make sure you create the right folders and copy the right files to the right drives. Follow each of the steps in sequence and make sure each stage works before moving on to the next.

@ifranksultan 4 ай бұрын

How can i re-virganize my modded wii?

@BytesNBits 4 ай бұрын

If you set the original menu as your default you can just use it as a standard Wii. Otherwise you'll need to use Priiloader to get into BootMii and then reflash your original NAND data. Hopefully you made a backup of this when you first modded the system.

@umutkayacan7659 5 ай бұрын

I love hacking Nintendo consoles, this video will be so helpful

@BytesNBits 5 ай бұрын

Have fun!

@alilbitofjav6712 13 күн бұрын

Hello this video has been a great help. I know it’s probably user error but I have followed you all the way up to the priiloader step. I don’t have any of the applications on my homebrew channel. Any possible insight onto where I have gone wrong/ can fix my issue?

@alilbitofjav6712 12 күн бұрын

Found my error I just copied the (copy sd) folder instead of the contents inside. As I had figured it was user error lol. Thank you again for this guide it was very reassuring for a first time Wii soft mod

@BytesNBits 11 күн бұрын

Glad you found the issue. Have fun with the games!