After powering the Wii U off the next time you wish to use the Homebrew Launcher you must load the web browser again, click on the bookmark you saved for the Homebrew launcher and go through the process of triggering the exploit again.

This is very easy to setup once you know how, you essentially need to copy some files to the SD card inside your Wii U, then visit a webpage that will exploit the Wii U for you via the web browser.

June 2019 - Updated for Firmware 5.5.4.

Since i created this tutorial newer Wii U firmware versions have become hackable and the hack has become a lot more stable.

Currently you can hack any Wii U on the latest firmware which is version 5.5.4 at the time of writing, a complete list of Wii U firmware versions supported by this tutorial are.

Getting started setting up the homebrew channel on the Wii U: To get started you will need the following.

Easy Way - Blocking updates with TubeHax: This is the easiest solution for people who have limited networking knowledge, follow this tutorial: Block Nintendo Wii U Updates Easily With Alternate DNS Server TubeHax DNS then come back here and progress with this tutorial.

Better Way, however harder depending on your still level equipment - Blocking updates on your own router: To block updates on your home router is where some basic knowledge of networking and your home network setup would be a great benefit, you should be able to do this somewhere on your routers configuration page if you have a good router.

Look for something like access restrictions, this is where it becomes hard to give a one solution fits all answer as home networks can be setup in many different ways using many 1000s of different routers which all have different configuration options.

If you can block websites or hostnames on your router you need to block the following.

I have included the following homebrew applications, all should work on firmwares up to 5.5.4.

Load the web browser again and click on the Wii U Homebrew Launcher bookmark you added.

However the good news is once the exploit has launched successfully on your Wii U once, it will usually launch on the first attempt after that.

All you can do is keep trying to launch the exploit if it fails or the Wii U crashes.

Some tips i can give you are to fill your Wii Us browser cache up by randomly browsing the internet, for example the Digiex Forums.

Then quit the Wii U Browser, Load the system settings, then quit the system settings.

This will save anything you can done in the browser since the Wii U was powered on.

I got Nimrod to test this on his 5.5.1 Wii U and he was able to load the Homebrew Channel on his first try, in comparison on 5.3.2 the very first time i tried it took me 50 attempts, totaling around an hour and a half.

Id suggest you put a TV show on and just keep trying, as you can see from the video I posted the Homebrew Launcher now works first time, near enough every time.

Recently Gunz4Hire has followed this guide on a 5.5.2 Wii U and was able to exploit his Wii U on the second attempt with the new web exploit payload hosted on my mirror, so if you have had trouble in the past things should be pretty easy now.

When the exploit triggers, the Homebrew Launcher will load congratulations you now have access to homebrew on your Wii U.

Any homebrew applications on your SD card under the wiiuapps folder will be displayed here.

If you press the home button when on the Homebrew Launcher menu it will take you to the Mii Maker, you can quit back to the Wii Us home screen from here.

If you wish to re-load the Homebrew Launcher menu again you can simply do so by loading the Mii Maker from the Wii Us home screen.

The Mii maker is patched in memory to load the Homebrew Launcher until the Wii U is powered off, meaning you do not need to go through the process of loading the web browser exploit again until you power the Wii U off.

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