GUIDE: How to use bannerbomb to run homebrew with loadmii OR Hackmii Installer

GUIDE: How to use bannerbomb to run homebrew with loadmii OR Hackmii Installer No guarantees that this will work with all of you, but it should help. Follow Comex's instructions @ http://bannerbomb.qoid.us/ on which version of bannerbomb to use, the aad1f version should be sufficient for most. If that version doesn't work, then it's going to have to be guess and check on which version you're going to need to use. Also note that you should [b]not[/b] have a disk in the drive when loading Loadmii later.(this tripped me up trying to run it on a friend's virgin wii.) After you have the proper 'private' directory in place in the root of the SD card, go get Loadmii [u]The non twilight hack compatible one[/u] @ http://code.google.com/p/loadmii/downloads/list. Place the boot.dol in the root as well. If you haven't done homebrew before, I recommend downloading the homebrew browser as well http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Homebrew_Browser and putting it inside an apps folder, which should look like this: \\apps\homebrew_browser\. Now you're about ready to go. Follow Comex's instructions on how to use the exploit. Now when Loadmii comes up, [b][i][u] DO NOTHING UNTIL THE WIIMOTES IDLE OFF[/u][/i][/b] then press any button to reconnect. I don't know why this happens, but it does and I'm sure Comex knows about it as I've e-mailed him :-P. I have NOT however emailed Hell_Hibou about it since I'm not familiar with Loadmii for any other purpose than using it with bannerbomb (i.o.w. if anyone else wants to e-mail him...) There you have it. Now you can run homebrew on your Wii without installing anything to the internal memory. Lastly, please listen to Comexk and NOT use a downgrader or W A D installer. His method will allow just about anything short of a DVDx install, which is plenty enough for a majority of those wanting to run homebrew, at least in my humble and often incorrect opinion. EDIT: Comex figured out what was causing the wiimote/freezing bug! For now, [b][i][u]disable WiiConnect24[/u][/i][/b] and that should take care of the freezing issue! Also, now that Team Twizzers has their Hackmii installer, you can use it instead of LoadMii if you're ready to install HBC, DVDx and if you're bold, BootMii. EDIT2: Due to how 7zip de-archives files, it's recommended that you use another program when getting the 'private' et al. stuff for Bannerbomb. Either that or change the properties of the content.bin inside your OS to archive (or something like that, see page 3 of this post).http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,16408#msg-16408Sat, 11 Apr 2026 08:22:41 +0200 Phorum 5.2.23 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,56758#msg-56758 Re: GUIDE: How to use bannerbomb to run homebrew with loadmii OR Hackmii Installerhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,56758#msg-56758I'm a new user of loadMii, and I have some questions, if you don't mind! :P
Here goes... ;)
Is it true that loadMii can load homebrew software directly from any "virgin" Wii?
Or is it required to have "BootMii" pre-installed first in the console?
And is it true that it doesn't do any permanent modifications to its memory?
When we restart the console is it still the same virgin/unmodified console as before?
Thank you very much! ;)]]> XICO2KX Getting StartedTue, 27 Jul 2010 19:16:01 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,47037#msg-47037 Re: GUIDE: How to use bannerbomb to run homebrew with loadmii OR Hackmii Installerhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,47037#msg-47037EDIT: Read these pages for more info: [www.gc-linux.org] [www.gc-linux.org] The second page has installation instructions.

And there was a beta of a NDS emulator, but I don't think it worked at all, there was a bug in it. I'll see if I can find you a link...
EDIT: Here'e the project page, no download : [code.google.com]]]> SifJar Getting StartedSat, 16 Jan 2010 15:55:28 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,47035#msg-47035 Re: GUIDE: How to use bannerbomb to run homebrew with loadmii OR Hackmii Installerhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,47035#msg-47035 Cadetz54 Getting StartedSat, 16 Jan 2010 15:49:25 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,47033#msg-47033 Re: GUIDE: How to use bannerbomb to run homebrew with loadmii OR Hackmii Installerhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,47033#msg-47033 SifJar Getting StartedSat, 16 Jan 2010 15:44:45 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,47032#msg-47032 Re: GUIDE: How to use bannerbomb to run homebrew with loadmii OR Hackmii Installerhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,47032#msg-47032 Cadetz54 Getting StartedSat, 16 Jan 2010 15:37:14 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,46901#msg-46901 Re: GUIDE: How to use bannerbomb to run homebrew with loadmii OR Hackmii Installerhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,46901#msg-46901 CodeZero Getting StartedFri, 15 Jan 2010 04:25:20 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,46900#msg-46900 Re: GUIDE: How to use bannerbomb to run homebrew with loadmii OR Hackmii Installerhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,46900#msg-46900 CodeZero Getting StartedFri, 15 Jan 2010 04:22:42 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,46897#msg-46897 Re: GUIDE: How to use bannerbomb to run homebrew with loadmii OR Hackmii Installerhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,46897#msg-46897 bg4545 Getting StartedFri, 15 Jan 2010 04:16:12 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,46895#msg-46895 Re: GUIDE: How to use bannerbomb to run homebrew with loadmii OR Hackmii Installerhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,46895#msg-46895
But how come when i ran the homebrew browser it never installed on the wii menu? is it supposed to? and the homebrew channel never showed up either...?]]> CodeZero Getting StartedFri, 15 Jan 2010 04:05:13 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,46893#msg-46893 Re: GUIDE: How to use bannerbomb to run homebrew with loadmii OR Hackmii Installerhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,46893#msg-46893

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....Can someone please help me out?? I'm a little overwhelmed. I have all the files on the card:

[i272.photobucket.com]

Then I proceed to the SD card menu after inserting it into the Wii. It runs automatically and then a DOS like screen appears with the black background and white text. I then proceed to select the SD card from the list of selectables by navigating left and right with the wiimote's dpad. But when I get to the next menu like area with the BOOT.DOL and click on it, it returns me to the list of selectables....without installing anything...? I want to play games by burning them to DVD's, am I missing something here? Please help!

The boot.dol you selected from LoadMii [the DOS like screen with the black background and white text] is the LoadMii boot.dol so it just loads itself.
Playing burned games is not supported here because it is very closely related to piracy. I assume you downloaded some games that you want to play.]]> bg4545 Getting StartedFri, 15 Jan 2010 04:00:18 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,46892#msg-46892 Re: GUIDE: How to use bannerbomb to run homebrew with loadmii OR Hackmii Installerhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,46892#msg-46892
[i272.photobucket.com]

Then I proceed to the SD card menu after inserting it into the Wii. It runs automatically and then a DOS like screen appears with the black background and white text. I then proceed to select the SD card from the list of selectables by navigating left and right with the wiimote's dpad. But when I get to the next menu like area with the BOOT.DOL and click on it, it returns me to the list of selectables....without installing anything...?]]> CodeZero Getting StartedFri, 15 Jan 2010 03:53:37 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,22414#msg-22414 Re: GUIDE: How to use bannerbomb to run homebrew with loadmii OR Hackmii Installerhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,22414#msg-22414 Sam6226 Getting StartedSat, 27 Jun 2009 01:44:02 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,22413#msg-22413 Re: GUIDE: How to use bannerbomb to run homebrew with loadmii OR Hackmii Installerhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,22413#msg-22413 bg4545 Getting StartedSat, 27 Jun 2009 01:42:20 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,22408#msg-22408 Re: GUIDE: How to use bannerbomb to run homebrew with loadmii OR Hackmii Installerhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,22408#msg-22408
Does Gecko OS works on 4.0u using the HBC?]]> Sam6226 Getting StartedSat, 27 Jun 2009 01:20:57 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,19428#msg-19428 Re: GUIDE: How to use bannerbomb to run homebrew with loadmii OR Hackmii Installerhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,19428#msg-19428 Kage52124 Getting StartedFri, 05 Jun 2009 21:08:17 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,18213#msg-18213 Re: GUIDE: How to use bannerbomb to run homebrew with loadmii OR Hackmii Installerhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,18213#msg-18213 Kage52124 Getting StartedThu, 28 May 2009 10:02:13 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,18193#msg-18193 Re: GUIDE: How to use bannerbomb to run homebrew with loadmii OR Hackmii Installerhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,18193#msg-18193

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Kage52124

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Comex from bannerbomb.qoid.us
My Wii's serial number starts with LU64, is this compatible? Yes, but it might not be possible to install the Homebrew Channel or BootMii.

nuf said I'm afraid. You could try using bannerbomb directly with the hackmii installer, but I don't know if it'd help.

It said might, so thats why I did try it. I was trying to be hopeful, but I guess no luck.]]> micro53 Getting StartedThu, 28 May 2009 04:04:54 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,18183#msg-18183 Re: GUIDE: How to use bannerbomb to run homebrew with loadmii OR Hackmii Installerhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,18183#msg-18183

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Comex from bannerbomb.qoid.us
My Wii's serial number starts with LU64, is this compatible? Yes, but it might not be possible to install the Homebrew Channel or BootMii.

nuf said I'm afraid. You could try using bannerbomb directly with the hackmii installer, but I don't know if it'd help.]]> Kage52124 Getting StartedThu, 28 May 2009 03:10:38 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,18166#msg-18166 Re: GUIDE: How to use bannerbomb to run homebrew with loadmii OR Hackmii Installerhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,18166#msg-18166 micro53 Getting StartedThu, 28 May 2009 01:45:59 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,17858#msg-17858 Re: GUIDE: How to use bannerbomb to run homebrew with loadmii OR Hackmii Installerhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,17858#msg-17858 VeloxNex Getting StartedTue, 26 May 2009 00:21:35 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,17854#msg-17854 Re: GUIDE: How to use bannerbomb to run homebrew with loadmii OR Hackmii Installerhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,17854#msg-17854 Kage52124 Getting StartedTue, 26 May 2009 00:07:58 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,17844#msg-17844 Re: GUIDE: How to use bannerbomb to run homebrew with loadmii OR Hackmii Installerhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,17844#msg-17844
There is a mention on the Twilight hack page something like "Some users have reported that the saved channel does not appear if the 'Archive' attribute is not set on the .bin save file".

In Windows, I found the content.bin file deep down under 'private' on my SD card, went Right click->properties, Ticked 'Archived'.

- Followed the Bannerbomb instructions again, and now it WORKED FIRST TIME.

I don't understand why this happened to just me, but THE ARCHIVE BIT NEEDS TO BE SET ON THE .bin FILE.

I was using 7-zip on Shista (Vista) to extract - Maybe it does something unusual with the archive bit.

So if all you see is a blank-looking SD card on the Wii, try the Archive bit.

And will someone get Comex to update his page, and someone else with a login update the WiiBrew pages.

I hope this saves someone the hours of frustration I had!

Cheers.]]> YeloSno Getting StartedMon, 25 May 2009 22:58:53 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,17841#msg-17841 Re: GUIDE: How to use bannerbomb to run homebrew with loadmii OR Hackmii Installerhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,17841#msg-17841 VeloxNex Getting StartedMon, 25 May 2009 22:52:09 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,17810#msg-17810 Re: GUIDE: How to use bannerbomb to run homebrew with loadmii OR Hackmii Installerhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,17810#msg-17810

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YeloSno
Tried LoadMii with BannerBomb. None of the BannerBomb zips ever pop-up the "Load boot.dol/elf" message - Nothing. So I assume it is 'not working' before it ever opens a byte of boot.dol/elf.

You did unzip them, right?
It would appear as SD:\private\wii\title\aktn\data.bin (or something close; that's off the top of my head...)]]> bg4545 Getting StartedSun, 24 May 2009 19:23:39 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,17808#msg-17808 Re: GUIDE: How to use bannerbomb to run homebrew with loadmii OR Hackmii Installerhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,17808#msg-17808
If it is the SD card, then try and get a 2 GB SD and NOT SDHC just to make sure that compatibility is guaranteed.]]> Kage52124 Getting StartedSun, 24 May 2009 19:09:41 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,17775#msg-17775 Re: GUIDE: How to use bannerbomb to run homebrew with loadmii OR Hackmii Installerhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,17775#msg-17775

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Kage52124
Dude that blows, my sympathies. Are you sure you can't run ANYTHING? LoadMii or just some random app?

Tried LoadMii with BannerBomb. None of the BannerBomb zips ever pop-up the "Load boot.dol/elf" message - Nothing. So I assume it is 'not working' before it ever opens a byte of boot.dol/elf.

Only suggestion I have had is to try a different SD card - Sounds like a long shot... But I'll hunt around for one and give it a go. I'm going to relax for a week and let the frustration die down... ;-)]]> YeloSno Getting StartedSun, 24 May 2009 15:07:08 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,17699#msg-17699 Re: GUIDE: How to use bannerbomb to run homebrew with loadmii OR Hackmii Installerhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,17699#msg-17699

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YeloSno
Nice guide Kage52124.

Unfortunately, none of the bannerbomb zips seem to work for me.

I have tried about 50 combinations and all I ever see is a blank-looking SD.

Seems to be happening to others. See 2 more here:
[forum.wiibrew.org]

The good folks on IRC at Bannerbomb or WiiHelp are stumped so far.

So it looks like there are some virgin Wiis this exploit doesn't work on yet.
And just my luck, I have one of them.

I hope Comex will notice and come charging to the rescue some time soon...
It's a sweet hack and I want to be able to use it to get HBC!

Dude that blows, my sympathies. Are you sure you can't run ANYTHING? LoadMii or just some random app?]]> Kage52124 Getting StartedSat, 23 May 2009 22:10:44 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,17677#msg-17677 Re: GUIDE: How to use bannerbomb to run homebrew with loadmii OR Hackmii Installerhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,17677#msg-17677
Edit: didn't work I tried changing the name of the bootmii file to boot.dol and boot.elf didn't work... Should I try a new version of bannerbomb? What is anoying is all I want to use this for is Ocarina and Gecko OS and thoes are the 2 things that don't work with loadmii?

Edit 2: I got it to work I named it boot.elf.elf by mistake i is smarts]]> Yohsi6852 Getting StartedSat, 23 May 2009 15:31:27 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,17676#msg-17676 Re: GUIDE: How to use bannerbomb to run homebrew with loadmii OR Hackmii Installerhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,17676#msg-17676
Unfortunately, none of the bannerbomb zips seem to work for me.

I have tried about 50 combinations and all I ever see is a blank-looking SD.

Seems to be happening to others. See 2 more here:
[forum.wiibrew.org]

The good folks on IRC at Bannerbomb or WiiHelp are stumped so far.

So it looks like there are some virgin Wiis this exploit doesn't work on yet.
And just my luck, I have one of them.

I hope Comex will notice and come charging to the rescue some time soon...
It's a sweet hack and I want to be able to use it to get HBC!]]> YeloSno Getting StartedSat, 23 May 2009 15:30:42 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,17643#msg-17643 Re: GUIDE: How to use bannerbomb to run homebrew with loadmii OR Hackmii Installerhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,16408,17643#msg-17643
EDIT: Over 1000 views...heh heh heh, insert prideful smile here!]]> Kage52124 Getting StartedSat, 23 May 2009 00:55:18 +0200