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What you need
- An UDPIH device such as a Raspberry Pi Zero/Pico (or any RP2040 device), or a hacked Nintendo Switch (Unpatched or Chipped).
- Aroma
- Scroll down to the Download section.
- Read through the steps and click on the checkboxes.
- Click on
Download Payloads
andDownload Base Aroma
.
- LoadRPX UDPIH Payload (Source).
- The latest release of the PayloadLoader Installer.
SD Prep
- Copy the contents of the downloaded Aroma
.zip
files to the root of your SD Card. - Copy the
recovery_menu
file from therecovery_menu.zip
to the root of your SD Card. - Copy the
PayloadLoader Installer.wuhb
from the PayloadLoader Installer.zip
tosd:/wiiu/apps
on your SD Card. - Copy the
root.rpx
file fromsd:/wiiu/environments/aroma
to root of the SD Card, and rename tolaunch.rpx
. - Insert the SD Card into the Wii U.
UDPIH
- Shut off your Wii U, if it was on.
- Unplug the Wii U from power, and then replug it.
- Power on your Wii U.
- As soon as you see the Wii U logo, plug in your UDPIH device.
- Load any application. You should now see the EnvironmentLoader.
- Navigate to and select the
aroma
environment. - Select
Wii U Menu
. - At the Wii U Menu, launch the PayloadLoader Installer.
- Press A to
Check
. - Press A on
Install / Update
. - You’ll be asked if you are sure you want to install the PayloadLoader. Use the D-Pad to select
Install
and press A. - Press A to shut down the console.
NAND Backup
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A NAND Backup cannot be done without a GamePad. Please get a GamePad ASAP to perform a NAND Backup. |
- Power on the console.
- Launch the Health and Safety application while holding B.
- Select
nanddumper
. - Make the settings look like this and then press A. MLC is optional as it is the biggest part of the NAND Backup (8gb or 32gb depending on your model).
- SLC: Yes
- SLCCMPT: Yes
- MLC: Optional
- OTP: Yes
- SEEPROM: Yes
- Wait for it to finish. It may take a few hours if you opted to dump MLC.
- To make sure you don’t lose the files, copy the
slc.bin
,slccmpt.bin
,seeprom.bin
,otp.bin
and if you chose to go with a full backup, everymlc.bin.part
file to your computer. - Delete the files to free up space on the SD Card.
Autobooting PayloadLoader
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This section is optional. If you do not want to autoboot into the PayloadLoader, then skip to Finalizing Setup. |
- Start the console to boot into the Wii U Menu, launch the Health and Safety Information app.
- Navigate the list using the D-Pad and navigate to the
aroma
environment, press A to launch it. - Select
Wii U Menu
. - At the Wii U Menu, launch the PayloadLoader Installer.
- Press A to select
Check
. - Select
Boot Options
. - You will be asked if you want to switch the boot title. Press A to select
Switch to PayloadLoader
. - When the process finished, press A to shutdown the console.
- The PayloadLoader will now be launched automatically on every boot.
Finalizing Setup
The main guide already has a page for this. You can find it here