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Relaunching the HackMii Installer

This guide is intended for situations where you need to relaunch the HackMii Installer to update/reinstall the Homebrew Channel or BootMii.

INFO

It is also safe to redo any exploit to get back into the HackMii Installer.

Relaunching via the Homebrew Channel

Requirements

Instructions

  1. Insert your SD/USB into your PC.
  2. Extract the HackMii Installer v1.2 to the apps folder on your SD/USB.
    • If this folder does not exist, create it.
  3. Insert the SD/USB into your Wii, and launch the hackmii_installer_v1.2 app from the Homebrew Channel.
    • The app will not have an icon.

Relaunching via Priiloader

Requirements

  • a Wii with Priiloader (or Preloader) installed
  • An SD card or USB drive formatted to FAT32/MS-DOS
  • HackMii Installer v1.2

INFO

To check if your Wii has Priiloader, hold the RESET button while turning it on.

WARNING

Preloader and older versions of Priiloader do not seem to support SDHC (>2GB) cards.

Instructions

  1. Insert your SD/USB into your PC.
  2. Copy the boot.elf file inside the HackMii Installer v1.2 .zip to the root of your SD card or USB drive.
  3. Insert your SD/USB into your Wii.
  4. Enter Priiloader by holding the RESET button while turning on your Wii.
  5. Go to Load/Install File.
  6. Navigate to boot.elf and press 1 to load it.

INFO

If Press (1) to continue does not show up after about 30 seconds, downloading HackMii Installer v1.0 may help.