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This guide lists the most common problems associated with using Wii homebrew and does its best to provide solutions for you the reader. If you are having problems, chances are the solution to your problem(s) is present in this guide. Please at least skim through this guide before you post a topic in our Getting Started forum. Because, like I said before, the answers to your problems are most likely in here.

What does this word mean?

We have a glossary of terms here: [www.wiibrew.org]

Does Homebrew cost money?

No. Everything is absolutely free. If you have paid for homebrew, you have been scammed.

Will installing the homebrew channel hurt (brick) my Wii?

I have never seen it happen. Having said that, in the extremely unlikely event that it does happen, Team Twiizers may not be held responsible.

Is it illegal to install the homebrew channel?

No. But it will void your Wiis warranty.

Will Homebrew work on 3.4?

Yes.

Will you help me install my modchip?

No. Modchips are not supported in our forums.

Can I use a backup of twilight princess?

You should be using a legitimate copy of the game. We dont support backups in our forums.

Can I use the GCN version of twilight princess?

No. You need the Wii version of the game.

I can not copy the twilight hack from my SD card to my Wii

Make sure you have a normal twilight princess save file in your Wii before you copy over the twilight hack.

The Homebrew Channel will not install

Make sure you are using beta 2 of the twilight hack if you are on 3.4 firmware and beta 1 if you are on firmware below 3.4 Make sure you have the correct region of the twilight hack on your Wii.

When installing the Homebrew Channel it fails to find boot.elf or boot.dol

Make sure the Homebrew Channels boot.dol file is in the root of your SD card. If that still does not solve your problem, try a different SD card. Some SD cards are simply not compatible with the twilight hack. All SD cards smaller than 256 mb I guarantee are not compatible with the twilight hack. Note: SDHC cards cannot be used to install the homebrew channel.

Where are my apps? The homebrew channel is only a screen with bubbles.

Make sure that you have these three basic things set up for apps on your SD card:

1)There is a folder in the root of your SD card named apps NOTE: apps is case sensitive. It can not be named APPS, aPpS or anything else other than apps in all lower case letters. 2)Make sure that no more and no less than one folder is between the apps folder and the boot.dol or boot.elf file of an application 3)Make sure that each of your applications have a path that looks like: /apps/afolder/boot.dol or /apps/afolder/boot.elf

Also, make sure you are using a compatible SD or SDHC card. (The card you used to install the homebrew channel will also work to run apps from)

Invalid Wii App

Convert the elf file of the appication to a dol file with the elf to dol converter tool.

Is it safe to update my Wii?

Yes. The current updates will not ruin (brick) or hurt your Wii in any way. However, we reccomend not updating since current updates will cause some applications to cease working correctly.

I am looking for an app that...

Please refer to the complete list of Wii Homebrew Applications here: [www.wiibrew.org] If you can not find an application that does what you are looking for it is either 1)Not supported by WiiBrew or 2)It doesnt exist. NOTE: New applications are being created just about every week so check back often.

Downgrading?

The best possible firmware for homebrew users is 3.2 If you are unable to install a legal cIOS (patchmii) or downgrade via tona's anyregion changer, you can not downgrade legally. In that case, dont talk downgrading here. If you are able to downgrade legally, WiiBrew still reccomends not downgrading with a certain downgrader (not named anyregion changer) because that downgrader does not actually downgrade everything like it claims to. In short: We reccomend downgrading with anyregion changer or not downgrading at all.

This guide sucks!!! It didnt solve my problems!!!

Please refer to all three of these WiiBrew pages for further assistance:

[www.wiibrew.org] - Twilight Hack [www.wiibrew.org] - Homebrew Channel [www.wiibrew.org] - bg4545's guide

I still have problems/questions/concerns

Please post a topic in our Getting Started forum and I will help you as soon and as best as I can. Please avoid contacting me privately with general/basic/getting started questions because I am super busy and overloaded with creating my own Wii homebrew applications.

I dont have time to post a topic! I need help NOW!!! Like, this-instant NOW!!!

Please goto the IRC. The server is efnet. The channel is #wiihelp. If you do not have an IRC client you may use mibbit to access the IRC with this link: [www.mibbit.com]

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-These are some currently popular questions in the #wiihelp channel. Remember to read the [[Channel FAQ]] before you jump in.
+{{Cleanup|article copied directly from [http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,10494 this topic on the WiiBrew forum]}}
+{{Wikify}}
+This guide lists the most common problems associated with using Wii homebrew and does its best to provide solutions for you the reader. If you are having problems, chances are the solution to your problem(s) is present in this guide. Please at least skim through this guide before you post a topic in our Getting Started forum. Because, like I said before, the answers to your problems are most likely in here.
-'''THIS IS NOT A PLACE TO ASK QUESTIONS.'''
+== What does this word mean? ==
+We have a glossary of terms here: [www.wiibrew.org]
+== Does Homebrew cost money? ==
+No. Everything is absolutely free. If you have paid for homebrew, you have been scammed.
-==General==
+== Will installing the homebrew channel hurt (brick) my Wii? ==
+I have never seen it happen. Having said that, in the extremely unlikely event that it does happen, Team Twiizers may not be held responsible.
-===Does Homebrew cost money?===
+== Is it illegal to install the homebrew channel? ==
-No. Everything is completely free. If you have paid for homebrew, you have been '''scammed'''.
+No. But it will void your Wiis warranty.
-===Are we using the SDK? Is there an SDK from Nintendo for Wii development? Is it leaked?===
+== Will Homebrew work on 3.4? ==
-[http://warioworld.com/apply No,] we are using the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source open-source], freely available [[devkitPro]] and [[libogc]].
+Yes.
-===Are there any homebrew applications available for the Wii?===
+== Will you help me install my modchip? ==
-Many applications are available at the [[Homebrew apps]] page.
+No. Modchips are not supported in our forums.
-===Will a Wii System Update brick my hacked Wii?===
+== Can I use a backup of twilight princess? ==
-Probably not, however, you must be careful what hacked programs you run on your Wii as the programs themselves are capable of bricking your Wii.
+You should be using a legitimate copy of the game. We dont support backups in our forums.
-===How do I turn off my Wii if the application does not have an option to turn off, or hangs?===
+== Can I use the GCN version of twilight princess? ==
-Hold the power button for 5 seconds until the Wii powers down.
+No. You need the Wii version of the game.
-===What if the next Wii update patches the Twilight Hack?===
+== I can not copy the twilight hack from my SD card to my Wii ==
-The [[System Menu 3.3]] & [[System Menu 3.4| 3.4]] Updates tried to patch this bug by deleting the Twilight Hack save and preventing it from being copied from an SD card into the internal storage.  Flaws in the implementation of those checks allowed the Twilight Hack to work around it, but we expect that the next update will do a better job of blocking the Twilight Hack.
+Make sure you have a normal twilight princess save file in your Wii before you copy over the twilight hack.
-Work is underway to find a hack in a new game, but we will not release it until the Twilight Hack stops working.
+== The Homebrew Channel will not install ==
+Make sure you are using beta 2 of the twilight hack if you are on 3.4 firmware and beta 1 if you are on firmware below 3.4 Make sure you have the correct region of the twilight hack on your Wii.
-===What if the next Wii update patches the trucha bug?===
+== When installing the Homebrew Channel it fails to find boot.elf or boot.dol ==
-The [[System Menu 3.3]] Update partially patched this bug (by including a newer version of IOS30). The [[23_Oct_Updates|October 23 update]] properly patched the trucha bug out of the rest of the IOSs.
+Make sure the Homebrew Channels boot.dol file is in the root of your SD card. If that still does not solve your problem, try a different SD card. Some SD cards are simply not compatible with the twilight hack. All SD cards smaller than 256 mb I guarantee are not compatible with the twilight hack. Note: SDHC cards cannot be used to install the homebrew channel.
+== Where are my apps? The homebrew channel is only a screen with bubbles. ==
+Make sure that you have these three basic things set up for apps on your SD card:
+)There is a folder in the root of your SD card named apps NOTE: apps is case sensitive. It can not be named APPS, aPpS or anything else other than apps in all lower case letters.
+)Make sure that no more and no less than one folder is between the apps folder and the boot.dol or boot.elf file of an application
+)Make sure that each of your applications have a path that looks like: /apps/afolder/boot.dol or /apps/afolder/boot.elf
-==Wii Hacking==
+Also, make sure you are using a compatible SD or SDHC card. (The card you used to install the homebrew channel will also work to run apps from)
-===What's happening now?===
+== Invalid Wii App ==
-A lot of people are working on fancy Wii homebrew. Lots of work remains to be done.
+Convert the elf file of the appication to a dol file with the elf to dol converter tool.
-For example:
+== Is it safe to update my Wii? ==
-* Building a working toolchain environment
+Yes. The current updates will not ruin (brick) or hurt your Wii in any way. However, we reccomend not updating since current updates will cause some applications to cease working correctly.
-* Making a working low-level library to access hardware (CPU/GPU/controllers/USB/Framebuffers and debugging)
-* Documenting memory maps
-* Discovering usage of registers for (Audio Interface, Serial Interface, Memory Interface, Video Interface)
-* Triggering and setting up interrupt handling
-* Working on a stable Initial Program Loader
-* Reverse engineering [[IOS]] and other binary files
-:Where can someone start learning skills like these, and start helping the community? Are there tutorials or pages anywhere that teach you the basics?--[[User:IqAndreas|IqAndreas]] 04:13, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
+== I am looking for an app that... ==
+Please refer to the complete list of Wii Homebrew Applications here: [www.wiibrew.org] If you can not find an application that does what you are looking for it is either 1)Not supported by WiiBrew or 2)It doesnt exist. NOTE: New applications are being created just about every week so check back often.
-===The Fish Disc looks really promising===
+== Downgrading? ==
-The [[Wii Backup Disc|Fish Disc]] is able to transfer the bare essentials (savegames, preferences) of one Wii to another. It also allows all personal data to be erased, much like the "Format System Memory" option.  It is not useful for most end-users.
+The best possible firmware for homebrew users is 3.2 If you are unable to install a legal cIOS (patchmii) or downgrade via tona's anyregion changer, you can not downgrade legally. In that case, dont talk downgrading here. If you are able to downgrade legally, WiiBrew still reccomends not downgrading with a certain downgrader (not named anyregion changer) because that downgrader does not actually downgrade everything like it claims to.
+In short: We reccomend downgrading with anyregion changer or not downgrading at all.
-===How can I boot homebrew on my Wii?===
+== This guide sucks!!! It didnt solve my problems!!! ==
-See the [[Twilight Hack]].
+Please refer to all three of these WiiBrew pages for further assistance:
-===What new features are you planning for the next release?===
+[www.wiibrew.org] - Twilight Hack
-Hopefully, source code.
+[www.wiibrew.org] - Homebrew Channel
+[www.wiibrew.org] - bg4545's guide
-===How did this happen?===
+== I still have problems/questions/concerns ==
-The "tweezer" attack was originally used to access the restricted parts of the RAM. This allowed them to access/discover an exploit (as used in the original video).
+Please post a topic in our Getting Started forum and I will help you as soon and as best as I can. Please avoid contacting me privately with general/basic/getting started questions because I am super busy and overloaded with creating my own Wii homebrew applications.
-This [[Signing bug]] exploit has been patched by Nintendo. More information on the signing exploit can be found in [http://debugmo.de/?p=61 this blog post] by tmbinc.
+== I dont have time to post a topic! I need help NOW!!! Like, this-instant NOW!!! ==
+Please goto the IRC. The server is efnet. The channel is #wiihelp. If you do not have an IRC client you may use mibbit to access the IRC with this link: [www.mibbit.com]
-There are a lot of keys, encryption methods, protection and systems in place. Most of these are not public.
-===Can I use the Wii Remote in the homebrew applications?===
-Most [[homebrew]] applications support the [[Wii Remote]]. See [[Wiiuse]] for more information. You may need to use a GameCube controller for some homebrew.
-===Can I use GameCube homebrew on the Wii with a loader?===
-[[Wii Gamecube Homebrew Launcher]] may work.
-==Twilight Hack==
-===How does the Twilight Hack work?===
-An exploit has been found in the Wii game "The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess". Once used it launches custom code. It is similar to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto:_Liberty_City_Stories#PSP_exploit GTA PSP Exploit].
-===How do I use the Twilight Hack?===
-The [[Twilight Hack]] page has everything you need to know on how to use the exploit.
-===Is the Twilight Hack affected by the latest update?===
-Although the hack itself may not be, the [[System Menu 3.4 | November 17 update]] will check for and, if found,  delete the Twilight Hack save game and refuse to recopy it onto the Wii. A newer version of the Twilight Hack was made to defeat this check; it works, but gets deleted on every reboot.
-==Homebrew channel==
-===Where can I get the homebrew channel?===
-[[Homebrew Channel|Right here]].
-===Does the homebrew channel do "X"?===
-Check on [[Homebrew Channel|this]] page.
-===Can I request a feature for the homebrew channel?===
-[http://hackmii.com/2008/11/hbc-beta10-aka-your-last-chance/| Not anymore.]