How to Install SoftMod 4.3

Use Disc Exploit to Launch HackMii

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  Download HackMii from MediaFire.

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  Insert your SD card into your computer, then double-click "Computer" and right-click the drive of your SD card. Click "Format" to erase the contents of the drive.

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  Double-click the HackMii installer to open the archive. Click "Extract" and select the SD card drive as your destination.

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  Insert Indiana Jones and your SD card into your Wii. Open Indiana Jones and start a new game. You do not need to actually play the game. Press "Home" on your Wiimote and exit to the system menu after you click "Start a New Game" and the screen loads.

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  Click "Wii Settings," select "Data Management" and choose "Save Games." Choose "Wii," then "SD." Click "Copy" and copy "Indiana Pwns" for your region from United States, England or Korea.

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  Launch Indiana Jones one more time and load the game in save slot one. Walk through the courtyard at Barnett College where you start. Approach the character at the left podium and when your screen zooms in to him, select "Switch to" and HackMii installer launches.

Installing BootMii and Homebrew Channel

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  Read and acknowledge the warning informing you that you should never pay for any software to hack your Wii, as it is all provided free of charge from the developers. Press "1" to continue to the next screen.

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  Scroll down to Homebrew (HBC) and press "A" to install the channel. When the screen returns to the original HackMii installer, select the option to install BootMii. If you have a newer Wii, you have to install it as an IOS which is not as good at protecting you from bricking as installing it as Boot2, but is a preventative measure to protect from bricking regardless.

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  Select "Prepare" to prepare your SD card to make a backup of your Wii's system information.

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  Reset your Wii. You will see the Homebrew channel available on the main menu, indicating you successfully installed the channel.

Back Up Your NAND

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  Click "Homebrew" to launch the HBC. Press "Home" on your Wiimote and select "BootMii" to launch the program.

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  Walk up to your Wii and press "Power" three times and "Reset" twice to begin your NAND backup. The Wiimote does not operate while running BootMii. The NAND backup can take from 20 minutes to an hour depending on the speed of your Wii and how much data it needs to back up.

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  Return to your Wii's main menu when the backup completes. Remove the SD card from your Wii and insert it into your computer.

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  Double-click "My Computer" and then double-click your SD card. Copy the following files on your card to a safe location on your computer. You will need these files if you ever need to restore your Wii's system information.

  sd:\bootmii

  sd:\nand.bin

  sd:\key.bin

Hacking the Wii System

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  Format your SD card again after you backup the NAND information.

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  Download the ModPack, CIOS-Pack, IOS Update and Wii shop Channel files from MediaFire.

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  Double-click the archives one at a time and extract all contents to your SD card.

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  Remove the SD card from your computer and insert it back into your Wii. Launch the HBC, click "Home" on your Wiimote and launch "BootMii" again.

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  Select "WAD Manager" and press "A." Press "1" to select all WADs and then "A" to install all 25 WADs on your SD card. Press "B" to go back to the previous menu, then select the folder "System Menu 4.1" and press "1," then "A" to install WADs in that folder. Repeat for the "IOS-Update" and "Channels" folders.

Brick Protection

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  Launch "Priiloader" once you return to the HBC to launch Priiloader 0.6 installer. Press "+" or "A" to install.

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  Hold "Reset" on your Wii once HBC loads after the install to launch Priiloader.

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  Select "System Menu Hacks," then press "A" to launch. Choose the hacks you want to install. You must install "Block Disc Updates" and "Block Online Updates" to prevent updates from Nintendo that may brick your Wii. Press "A" to save settings and "B" to return to the previous menu.

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  Choose "Load/Install" and select "USBLoaderCFG.dol." Turn off your Wii and remove your SD card. Reinsert it into your computer and format the card one more time. Extract "App-Pack" to your SD card's root directory.

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  Launch HBC and install any apps that seem appealing. Install the USB-Loader to launch games from your hard drive and the backup disc channel to run backups of games you own.