ModsandHacks has created this simply and quick guide to installing homebrew on your Nintendo Wii. We also have the Full version of this tutorial.

From the grandmaster of Wiimote hacks Johnny Lee, He has developed and pioneered many Wii Hacks. The most famous being his finger tracking software for the Wii. for those of you who havn’t had the opportunity to view this clip, Prepare to feast you’r Eyes !

This is Jonny performing a TED talk.

Have you bricked your Wii, if not and your thinking of installing the Homebrew channel on your Wii then maybe you should take consideration into the things you can do to prevent your Wii being bricked

Never update you wii console

Under no circumstances should you update or think of updating your Wii console if you intend on installing the Homebrew channel. updating online can be a big mistake when dealing with softmodding your Wii. Online updates are designed to patch Wii’s so they can’t be modded or hacked. It is also important that you never update your Wii from a disk update.  If something where to interrupt the install process and crash the Wii, this could leave you wih a bricked wii. Bad disk burns and corrupt data have left any without a working console.

If you unisatll the Wii system you will have no menu to navigate. this is not a good idea even if you’r not hacking you’r Wii to play backup games. This also includes deleting system menu IOS files. These ISO files include Ios30, Ios50, Ios60, Ios70

Menu themes a bad idea

Think twice when loading a  system menu theme, these Wii themes have a bad habit of sometimes deleting your system preloader,  bricking your wii and rendering yor wii useless. This usually happens due to the theme being incompatible with the system preloader. If you must install custom themes make sure you at least use bootmii loader as this will load as boot2.

Never Ever delete any IOS files that has a number lower than 200

theses IOS files are wii system files and are need by the wii to function. Never uninstall these IOS files as you will be sure to brick you Wii.

Do not downgrade Wii, then upgrade without first deleting the stubbed IOS files

if you have downgraded your wii then will need to install the following IOS  files to prevent you’r wii from being bricked.

For version 4 wiis or above you will need to install: IOS60-64-v6174.was

and for 3.4: IOS50-64-v4889.wad

This happens because when your wii was updated the update stubbed all  the system ios fles for lower system menus. This means that when you upgrade with stubbed files you’r Wii will be bricked. It is reccomened that you do not downgrade your Wii as it is not a neccesity, if you do dowgrade and then upgrade you sysem menu be sure to install the system IOS.

DO not format your Wii

By formatting your Wii you are going to delete all you’r Wii hack files. softmods gamesaves and the Homebrew channel will be deleted. Formating your Wii after twilight hack and Homebrew have been installed can result in your Wii being bricked.

Do not downgrade Wii system menu files for newer version Wii’s

Wiis consoles below version 3.4 dont support new Wii hardware, by downgrading a newer version Wii can result in your console being bricked. E.g. by downgrading a 4.1 wii to 3.2 may brick your Wii

Do not downgrade system IOS files for newer version Wii’s

Reports show that newer version Wiis are affected by downgrading IOS files, the problem is apparently when people downgrade IOS files to enable the trucha bug. This of almost always leads to your Homebrew application loading a black screen particularly when Downgrading Ios36 to Ios36-v1042. A better option for enabling the trucha bug would be to use Dop IOS Mod of TBR.

Know where your WAD’s are from

It has been known that bad WAD’s can brick your Wii console. It is very important that you check the sources from where your WAD files originates. Try only to download WADs form a good source that is reputable. check comments and verify is authenticity.

Dont install cIOSCORP- Unless your an expert

This system mod is very complex and unless you really know what your are doing it is verly likely that you could brick your wii, very simple.

Dont upadate your Korean region changed console

korean Wii’s usually start with a serial number that has LKM as the first three digits. If you happen to update this version Wii you will recieve an error 003 which cannot be fixed as of now. Korena Wiis should take a preventative measure and install cIOS70-v6174-v3.5.wad which stops error 003 from happening in occurance of the korean Wii being updated. Its best just not to update this version.

Never follow any old guide

Make sure you have a good source of information Use our guides to be safe. There are many outdated guides circulating the internet. Using the wrong guide with your Wii can again result in a brick. dont just follow any old guide on youtube. Dont forget it is most important to know what version Wii console you have before you start to research and hack you’r Wii console.

What is Wode ?

Wode is a 4th generation mod chip that that is revolutionary in the way that  it not allows you to play backups and different region games on DMS and D3 DVD drive, but it also has  the ability to play ISO games backups from USB devices. Having the added ability of USB support which allows for an external USB source such as and external USB hard drive or pen drive to load Wii games backups from. This bring a host of benefits to the table. examples would be that load times will be dramatically increased , Media and disk burning is non existent, works with all models including the latest D3 -2  Wii DVD drives. WODE is currently the only Modchip that will allow D3-2 drive enabled Wiis to boot backup games, making it the only Modchip solution available to people who own D3-2 model Wiis. A welcome bonus is also the fact that you can boot backups form NTFS formatted Hard drives.

wode jukebox

WODE has already scheduled it first firmware update which will allow backing up you original Wii gmaes and storing it to USB device such as USB hard drive, USB pen drive or SD card. This feature directly competes with USB gekko and SD gekko which already allow for games to be ripped to SD and USB drives, what sets WODE apart is it ability to do this inherently without the requirement of installing the Homebrew channel to the Wii or even worse, buying a LG 8164d DVD drive which cost as much as WODE jukebox itself.

Some of the features of WODE include Solderlesss installation, a brick blocker which protect your console form incorrect updates, USB HDD support which allows games to be loaded directly form USB HDD and D3-2 support which allows games to be loaded form USB HDD even with DS3-2 drives.

WODE JUKEBOX

you have to see this for yourself, WODE jukebox is completely unique.

WODE Features

Play Wii & GC game ISOs direct from USB Mass Storage devices @8X read speed (HDD and FLASH drive)
- Complete Solder free install solution
- Easy to use GUI – LCD & Joystick – NO homebrew software required (no any update of console SO can block this device)
- Region hack, Update blocker, Autoboot.
- Passthrough with FLAT-MOD mode built-in, play your DVD-R Wii & GC backups and Imports @3X read speed
- Powerful ARM9 MCU
- Totally Flexible Linux Kernel
- USB hub support for multiple USB devices connection

- Great File System support – use existing WBFS formatted media or ‘drag and drop’ ISOs to existing USB devices
* NTFS
* WBFS
* EXT3FS
* HPFS

- Future updates will bring more cool features:
* Disc ripping to WBFS
* USB WiFi & SAMBA streaming
* Torrent & eMule download Client

So is there  a catch ?

Well actually there is in our opinion at least, although WODE boast the ability to Play backup Wii games on DS3-2 enabled consoles, it does not have the ability to bot backups via DVD media on D3-2 drives. As previously stated WODE does have the ability to boot games via USB and SD devices, however this is already possible for free by installing the Hombrew channel on any version of the Wii.

What Wode does is simplify the process and make it very natural and easy to use, only the enthusiast can jump straight in and start using WODE. Check back for more WODE updates.