Wii:Banner Unbrick: Difference between revisions

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This tutorial will help you fix your Wii from a Banner Brick, which occurs when a user installs a channel with an invalid banner, and usually gives a black screen, freeze after the Health & Safety screen, or display "The system files are corrupted" error.

Instructions

Requirements

An SD card or USB drive
If you do not have Priiloader installed: A PC with Linux installed, or a Raspberry Pi since it most likely has Linux installed already
YAWM ModMii Edition

Section I - Entering HBC (Priiloader)

You can enter Priiloader in this state by holding RESET on the console while turning it on.

If you do not have Priiloader, scroll down to If you do not have Priiloader: below

If you do not have Priiloader:

Follow this guide until step 13, then come back here. Ensure you do not press A on the Health and Safety screen.
Once you are in the HackMii installer, exit it, you should now be in the HBC, continue to Section II

After that, you should be on a screen like the image below.

Section I - Entering HBC (Priiloader)

If you are on Wii U in the Aroma environment, you can load the Wii U forwarder on your Wii U Menu.

If you don't have the Priiloader Wii U Forwarder, you can get it here.
If you have not yet installed Aroma, here is a guide to do so.
If you do not have Priiloader, scroll down to If you do not have Priiloader: below

If you do not have Priiloader:

Aroma: Download this Boot2vWii forwarder
Tiramisu: Download hbl2hbc (just the .elf file)

Place the file you downloaded for your environment in wiiu/apps
Open it and you should be taken to the HBC, once it does, continue to Section II

After that, you should be on a screen like the image below.

Section II - Uninstalling WADs

Select YAWM ModMii Edition from the list of homebrew.
Select your source device.
Press A, then press A again on your WAD.
Press D-Pad Right to change the selected action from Install WAD to Uninstall WAD, then press A.

If you've installed multiple WADs, do this for every WAD you have installed.

Once it's uninstalled, Press A to go back, then press Home to return to HBC. In HBC, press Home again, and then Return to System Menu.

Your Wii should now be unbricked, please don't install that WAD(s) again.

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-This guide will help you fix your Nintendo Wii getting "the System Files are corrupted." or a black screen after installing a WAD.
+This tutorial will help you fix your Wii from a Banner Brick, which occurs when a user installs a channel with an invalid banner, and usually gives a black screen, freeze after the Health & Safety screen, or display "The system files are corrupted" error.
-== Uninstallation ==
+== Instructions ==
-=== What you need ===
+=== Requirements ===
 * An SD card or USB drive
 * If you do not have Priiloader installed: A PC with Linux installed, or a Raspberry Pi since it most likely has Linux installed already
 * [https://oscwii.org/library/app/yawmme YAWM ModMii Edition]
+<tabber>
+|-|Wii=
+<span>
 === Section I - Entering HBC (Priiloader) ===
+<ol>
+<li>You can enter Priiloader in this state by holding {{B|RESET}} on the console while turning it on.</li>
+* If you do not have Priiloader, scroll down to <code>If you do not have Priiloader:</code> below
+=== If you do not have Priiloader: ===
+# Follow [[wiiguide:bluebomb|this guide]] until step 13, then come back here. Ensure you do not press {{B|A}} on the Health and Safety screen.
+# Once you are in the HackMii installer, exit it, you should now be in the HBC, continue to Section II
-If you are on Wii, you can enter Priiloader in this state by holding RESET on the console while turning it on.
+*After that, you should be on a screen like the image below.
-*  If you do not have Priiloader, you can skip to <code>Section I - Entering HBC - Wii (no Priiloader)</code>
+</ol>
+[[File:Priiloader interface.png|none|alt=The menu of Priiloader.]]
+</span>
-If you are on Wii U in the Aroma environment, you can load the Wii U forwarder on your Wii U Menu.
+|-|vWii (Wii U)=
-*  If you do not have Priiloader, and are using a Wii U follow <code>Section I - Entering HBC - vWii (no Priiloader)</code>
-* If you have not yet installed Aroma, here is a [https://wiiu.hacks.guide/#/aroma/getting-started guide] to do so.
+<span>
+=== Section I - Entering HBC (Priiloader) ===
+<ol>
-* If you don't have the Priiloader Wii U Forwarder, you can get it [https://github.com/DacoTaco/priiloader/releases/latest here.]
+<li>If you are on Wii U in the Aroma environment, you can load the Wii U forwarder on your Wii U Menu.</li>
+* If you don't have the Priiloader Wii U Forwarder, you can get it {{GitHub|DacoTaco/priiloader/releases/latest|here.}}
+* If you have not yet installed Aroma, here is a [[wiiuguide:aroma/getting-started|guide]] to do so.
+* If you do not have Priiloader, scroll down to <code>If you do not have Priiloader:</code> below
-. After doing the method for your console to enter Priiloader, you should be on a screen like the image below.
+=== If you do not have Priiloader: ===
+* Aroma: Download {{GitHub|SammyGoesHowdy/SammysJunk/raw/main/Wii%20U%20Forwarders/HBC.wuhb|this Boot2vWii forwarder}}
+* Tiramisu: Download {{GitHub|FIX94/hbl2hbc/releases|hbl2hbc}} (just the <code>.elf</code> file)
+# Place the file you downloaded for your environment in <code>wiiu/apps</code>
+# Open it and you should be taken to the HBC, once it does, continue to Section II
+*After that, you should be on a screen like the image below.
+</ol>
 [[File:Priiloader interface.png|none|alt=The menu of Priiloader.]]
-=== Section I - Entering HBC - Wii (No Priiloader) ===
+</span>
-# Follow [https://wii.hacks.guide/bluebomb this guide] until step 13, then come back here. Ensure you do not press A on the Health and Safety screen.
-# Once you are in the HackMii installer, exit it, you should now be in the HBC, continue to Section II
-=== Section I - Entering HBC - vWii (No Priiloader) ===
+</tabber>
-# Aroma: Download [https://github.com/SammyGoesHowdy/SammysJunk/raw/main/Wii%20U%20Forwarders/HBC.wuhb this Boot2vWii forwarder]
+<hr>
-* Tiramisu: Download [https://github.com/FIX94/hbl2hbc/releases hbl2hbc] (just the <code>.elf</code> file)
-# Place it in <code>wiiu/apps</code>
-# Open it and you should be taken to the HBC, once it does, continue to Section II
 === Section II - Uninstalling WADs ===
-# Select YAWM ModMii Edition (yawmME for short) from the list of homebrew.
+<ol>
-# Select your source device.
+<li>Select YAWM ModMii Edition  from the list of homebrew.</li>
-# Press (A), then press (A) again on your wad.
+<li>Select your source device.</li>
-# Press D-PAD RIGHT to change the selected action from Install WAD to Uninstall WAD, then press (A).
+<li>Press {{B|A}}, then press {{B|A}} again on your WAD.</li>
+<li>Press {{B|D-Pad Right}} to change the selected action from <code>Install WAD</code> to <code>Uninstall WAD</code>, then press {{B|A}}.</li>
 [[File:YAWMUninstall.png|none]]
-* If you've installed multiple WADs, do this for every WAD you installed.
+* If you've installed multiple WADs, do this for every WAD you have installed.
-{{critical|If you get an error while uninstalling, go to the [https://discord.gg/nintendohomebrew Nintendo Homebrew] discord server and ask for help in English.}}
+<li>Once it's uninstalled, Press {{B|A}} to go back, then press {{B|Home}} to return to HBC. In HBC, press {{B|Home}} again, and then {{B|Return to System Menu}}.</li>
+</ol>
+{{success|Your Wii should now be unbricked, please don't install that WAD(s) again.}}
-. Once it's uninstalled, Press (A) to go back, then press HOME to return to HBC. In HBC, press HOME again, and then "Return to System Menu".
+[[Category:Wii_guides]]
-{{success|Your Wii should now be unbricked, please don't install that WAD again.}}