The 4.3 Basics

Due to the changes in System Menu 4.3, we need a slightly different approach to get started. 


The Homebrew Channel is the main weapon in the arsenal. It puts the Wii into a state where it waits to load a boot.dol/elf of your choice, which is basically a program a developer writes (kind of like a .exe for Windows). These programs can range from playing media off your Wii, installing and updating IOS's, managing files on your USB drive or SD card, and much more. The possibility's with homebrew are literally endless. Having the Homebrew Channel onto your Wii will enable to run these custom made programs right off your own Wii.


Only for

Required
  • An SD card (Best results are with non-SDHC cards) formatted to FAT(32).

Guide


Wii ----------------------

(If you already know your Wii's WiFi MAC Address, skip to step 2)
1. Go to your Wii's Settings menu.
Select "Internet" on page 2.
Select "Console Information".
Record your Wii's MAC Address for use in the next step.



Computer ----------------------
 
2. Go to the Hackmii website: http://please.hackmii.com
 

3. Make sure "Bundle the HackMii Installer for Me" is checked. Select your System Menu region, enter in your Wii's WiFi MAC Address, fill in the captcha, and cut one of the wires (doesn't matter).
 

4. Extract the contents of the freshly downloaded .zip file onto the root of your SD card.
 


Wii ----------------------
 
5. Insert the SD card into your Wii.
 

6. Go to your Message board (button on bottom-right of Menu) and navigate to "Yesterday" (depending on your timezone, the exploit could show up under "Today" or another recent date).
 

7. Click on the pink envelope with a bomb and the exploit will execute (You will see some white text appear on the screen)


8. After a short while, you will see a Scam warning screen.
Wait for the message at the bottom to appear, then press 1.


9. You will see a screen like this one:

Depending on your wii, it will show different things behind Bootmii:. 
  • If you see Can be installed, you can get Bootmii as boot2 (which gives the best brick protection there is).
  • If you see Can only be installed as an IOS, you can only get Bootmii as IOS (which will give you NO brick protection on its own).

Press A to continue.

Now we get to the main menu, where we can install everything.

First install the Homebrew Channel (choose Yes, continue).
This will install the Homebrew Channel on your Wii. 


        Optional (Recommended) Steps: Installing BootMii
        BootMii is a helps greatly with Brick protection and it is recommended to install it.
        It is not required however.

        In the HackMii main menu, choose BootMii... and press A. You will get another menu.

        10. Before BootMii will work, we need to prepare our SD card, so do that first with the third option.

        11. Install BootMii as IOS. This will always work.

        12. If you're one of the lucky winners, choose install Bootmii as Boot2, then Yes, continue and let it install.


Once you're done, return to the Main menu and choose Exit to reboot the Wii.
It may automatically launch the Homebrew Channel. If this is the case, you can press Home to bring up the menu and reboot the Wii that way.

 If you installed BootMii as Boot2, the BootMii menu will appear every time you boot your Wii.
  • If you don't want this, rename/move the "bootmii" folder on the SD card.
  • Alternatively, you can enable Wii menu auto-boot in the config file.



So, was that it?
It mostly depends on what you want to do. Many Wii applications will already work for you now.

However, if you want more, like backup loading, custom themes, etc; you will need to continue below.