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Wii:Banner Unbrick

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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)

  1. 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:

    1. Follow this guide until step 13, then come back here. Ensure you do not press A on the Health and Safety screen.
    2. 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.
The menu of Priiloader.

Section I - Entering HBC (Priiloader)

  1. 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:

    1. Place the file you downloaded for your environment in wiiu/apps
    2. 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.
The menu of Priiloader.


Section II - Uninstalling WADs

  1. Select YAWM ModMii Edition from the list of homebrew.
  2. Select your source device.
  3. Press A, then press A again on your WAD.
  4. Press D-Pad Right to change the selected action from Install WAD to Uninstall WAD, then press A.
  5. YAWMUninstall.png
    • If you've installed multiple WADs, do this for every WAD you have installed.
  6. 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.
Success icon Your Wii should now be unbricked, please don't install that WAD(s) again.