Hacking Installed HomeBrew Channel, now how do I...

[jbloggs]

ok I installed the Homebrew Channel using the ISO/DVD method (No TP hack stuff to deal with).

So now I have the Homebrew channel which when I click on it, it quckliy checks for SD card then there is nothing besides a flashing icon on the bottom right corner which I don't know what it is.

Anyway, my question is, do I now have to install Wad Manager or Wad Installer? if so which one? I would prefer the one that resides inside the HB channel rather than create a new channel for it.

I tried just creating a "wad" directory on SD card and putting a wad file in there and inserted the SD into the Wii but HB did not show anything. Yes I have it formatted to FAT (not FAT32).

So basically how do I proceed now?

TIA

 

[woody0]

download the wad MANAGER app, then on the root of your SD card (open your SD card then dont go any further) create a folder named apps then inside there put all the wad manager files inside the apps folder and then it should appear, with each wad you wish to install/uninstall, place it in the wad folder and load up the HB and load up the manager

 

[jbloggs]

Thanks for the reply, but that didn't work.

I created the /apps/ directory and please wad-manager_v1.elf (which was the only file besides the 2 readmes inside the rar I downloaded) inside the /apps/ dir
I put opera internet channel wad file in /wad/ dir
both /apps/ and /wad/ are in the root of the SD card.

I must be doing something wrong, any ideas what that might be?

 

[Arm the Homeless]

Put the WAD Manager renamed as boot.elf in /apps/wadmanager

 

[CosmoKramer]

I'm pretty sure you have to rename wad-manager_v1.elf to boot.elf in order for the homebrew channel to recognize it.

 

[teq]

Sigh.... nobody reads stickies anymore...

It's a shame, because if you did, you could've even downloaded a package that had everything done for you.


I think the new sticky should read:

Looking for Homebrew to use with the HBC?

Get this: http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Homebrew_apps/Homebrew_Browser


That would solve so many problems....

 

[Defiance]

Put it in apps/Wad Manager/boot.elf

 

[jbloggs]

ok got it working. There was a problem with my SD card so used another one and then used a Wii Homebrew Kit from the following site

HomeBrew tutorial


Thanks for the all the helpful information. I really appreciate it.