Hacking Homebrew Tutorial
Updated
How to get Nintendo TVii icon back without downgrading + extras
Important Details
Before starting the tutorial, it's important to know that you need a jailbroken Wii U (it may also work on emulator, but I haven't tested) with either Aroma or Tiramisu (you can use Legacy [aka as Haxchi, CBHC or Mocha] too, but will be only able to get the OG switch GamePad/TV button, not the Nintendo TVii nor the OG applet bar jumping animation). You don't need any extra plugins or apps to get the TVii, but if you want to also/only get the OG switch GamePad/TV button and/or the OG applet bar jumping animation without changing the files permanently via FTP, you need to have the SDCafiine Plugin (for Aroma) or the SDCafiine (HBL version) (for Tiramisu or Legacy).
Also, I did some tests (which may be a little inaccurate as the Wii U boot time varies a bit each boot), and I came to the conclusion that when installing
men.rpx (Nintendo TVii icon) there should be little to no delay in boot time, but when installing Men.pack and/or Men2.pack (OG switch GamePad/TV button and/or OG applet bar jumping animation) it may delay around three seconds or less in boot time, but if you turn on Skip "Preparing modpack..." screen (will appear at the end of the guide [Aroma only]), there will be little to no delay. If you try to use FTP to change the system files, probably there will be no boot delay, but it's risky, only do that if you know what you are doing.
This guide isn't supposed to brick your console and there has never been any bricking confirmed by someone doing this tutorial, as it does not change system files, only applies a mod each time you boot, which in the worst case can cause a soft brick. But if anything happens, I'm not responsible for the damage, follow this guide at your own risk.
This guide has been only confirmed to work in 5.5.5/5.5.6 versions, so I cannot guarantee it will work in older versions.
I. Getting the files
To get the patch files go to the creator's video description, you will see two links, the first one is where you download the files and the second one is the website where you can patch the files (which will be talked about later). Go to the first link, you'll be redirected to a Google Drive page where there will be two files and three folders:
men.bps will be inside the folders, choose one of them corresponding to your men.rpx file (will appear soon in the guide) region (USA - American file; EUR - European file; JPN - Japanese file).
• [Aroma and Tiramisu only] Download
men.bps if you want the TVii icon back;• [Aroma, Tiramisu and Legacy] Download
Men.bps if you want the OG switch GamePad/TV button back;• [Aroma and Tiramisu only] Download
Men2.bps if you want the OG applet bar jumping animation back (if you decide to download Men2.bps you'll also need to download men.bps or it won't work later).
You can download more than one, they work together.
If you want to understand what each one means, you can watch these videos: (showing the TVii icon and the OG applet bar jumping animation) and (showing the OG switch GamePad/TV button), he explains each one of the features.
Then, you'll need to get the any region
men.rpx (needs to be the same region as your men.bps file)/any region Men.pack/any region Men2.pack file(s) depending on what you chose earlier. You can either get them by dumping from your Wii U via FTP (JUST DON'T MESS WITH YOUR WII U FILES OR YOU CAN BRICK IT) or Theme Manager (this ones only allows you to get Men.pack and Men2.pack); by downloading them online or by using JNUSTool or other similar tools. I got Men.pack and Men2.pack from Theme Manager and men.rpx using WiiUFtpServer.II. Patching the files
This step is easier, just go to the second link of the video, then you'll see two options,
ROM file and Patch file, on the first one, choose the men.rpx/Men.pack/Men2.pack file(s), and on the second one, choose, respectively, the men.bps/Men.bps/Men2.bps file(s). Next you need to press Apply patch.You should get the
men (patched).rpx/Men (patched).pack/Men2 (patched).pack file(s), then you need to rename it/them by removing the (patched). You should end up with men.rpx/Men.pack/Men2.pack file(s), but patched (they can't have (patched) in the name or they won't work).
In steps III and IV, I'll teach where to put the files without making it permanent, as I have done that way and it's riskier to make it permanent. But if you want to make it permanent, you'll need a FTP app/plugin for the Wii U like FTPiiU and one for PC like WinSCP. I wouldn't recommend doing that way because of a hard brick chance, but if you want, you can search online how to do it, only do this if you really know what you are doing.
III. Placing men.rpx
(if you didn't download men.rpx skip this section)
Put your SD Card in your PC (or you can also access your SD Card via FTP) and place
men.rpx in sd:/wiiu/environments/[ENVIRONMENT]/ (change [ENVIRONMENT] to either aroma or tiramisu depending on which one you are using). It should look like the image below.
If you are using Tiramisu probably there will be no
plugins folder, it's okay, you don't need to create one.
IV. Placing Men.pack/Men2.pack
(if you didn't download Men.pack/Men2.pack skip this section)
• If you are in Aroma, put your SD Card in your PC (or you can also access your SD Card via FTP), then inside the
wiiu folder, if you don't see the sdcafiine folder, create one, then inside the sdcafiine folder, create a folder with the name:• If you are in Tiramisu or Legacy, put your SD Card in your PC (or you can also access your SD Card via FTP), if you don't see the
sdcafiine folder inside, create one, then inside the sdcafiine folder, create a folder with the name:•
0005001010040100 for American Wii Us;•
0005001010040200 for European Wii Us;•
0005001010040000 for Japanese Wii Us.Next, inside this folder, create a folder with any name, it doesn't matter, but if you want to put the mod's name, it's
Old Swap Icon And Old Icon Animation Wii U Menu Mod, then inside this one create a folder called content, then inside content create a folder called Common, then inside Common create a folder called Package, and to finish it off, place Men.pack and/or Men2.pack inside the Package folder. It should look like this.
Ignore all the other folders and files, they are not part of this tutorial.
If you are using Tiramisu or Legacy, the
sdcafiine folder should be outside the wiiu folder, so ignore that part from the video.
V. Activating the files
The
men.rpx file will automatically work when you load Aroma/Tiramisu, so you don't need to do anything. But for the Men.pack/Men2.pack files:• If you are in Aroma, you need to activate the
Plugins Menu (L + Down + SELECT (-) for GamePad or B + Down + Minus (-) for WiiMotes), then go to SDCafiine and set Enable SDCafiine to true (you'll need to restart the Wii U afterwards).• If you are in Tiramisu, launch the
Mii Maker app (or the Homebrew Launcher forwarder if you have it), then search for SDCafiine, click on it, after that click Load.• If you are in Legacy, launch the
Homebrew Launcher (it's different depending if you are in Haxchi, CBHC or Mocha), then search for SDCafiine, click on it, after that click Load.After those steps, a screen should pop up, you just need to press
A (I recommend pressing - first to activate the autostart, that means you won't need to press A everytime you boot SDCafiine). Then everything should be working, the TVii icon, the OG button and the OG animation. Any further questions just ask me (and if you see a typo or find something confusing tell me). Happy modding! 
If you are in Aroma, I'd suggest that you open the
Plugins Menu then choose SDCafiine > Advanced settings and set Skip "Preparing modpack..." screen to true.
In Aroma you can easily autoboot SDCafiine as it is a plugin, but in Tiramisu or Legacy, you need to manually open the app in the HBL every boot, but after some research I found out there are ways of autobooting SDCafiine with Tiramisu/Legacy, I personally don't know how to do it, but some threads you might be interested in are Autobooting SDCafiine Using Tiramisu To Load Themes (idea by u/tehrzky), Autoboot Themes + Tiramisu and CBHC Mod - ColdBoot HaxChi CFW mod. In one of those, I saw OP saying that he "did a workaround by renaming some files" and linking a comment and image, but both links are dead. :/
Changelog
- Fixed the incorrect appearance of the old swap icon;
- Added support for the
- Added support for the
men.rpx files from other regions that aren't Europe.- The mod just released!
Credits
• @JustMLC for creating this mod;
• @KirbyBot for creating this guide;
• @Maschell for creating Aroma, Tiramisu, SDCafiine, FTPiiU and JNUSTool;
• @FIX94 for creating Haxchi and CBHC;
• @dimok for creating Mocha CFW;
• @Xpl0itU for creating Theme Manager;
• To everyone else that contributed to the Wii U modding scene
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