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Installing custom themes in vWii

EDIT: This guide is much better to use: https://demo.hedgedoc.org/s/2mYWv0YvK#
No reason to use my guide now that this exists.

Thanks to diddy81 for his custom themes and tools, it's possible to install custom themes on vWii! This wasn't originally possible by normal means, but thanks to this script you can easily inject a theme straight to your vWii. I take no credit for anything in this tutorial, I am simply projecting his work into a tutorial you can follow. His original post is HERE
You just need wupclient, Mocha CFW, and diddy81's themes & tools.



1) Download diddy81's script HERE
2) Extract the NTSC or PAL folder depending on your region
3) Download the latest wupclient from FIX94 HERE
4) Open the zip, browse to wupclient, extract wupclient.py and place it in the NTSC or PAL folder
5) Boot up Homebrew Launcher through either haxchi or browser, and choose Mocha CFW. It should reboot to home menu but with wupserver enabled
6) On your computer, open wupclient.py in a notepad. Scroll down until you see a line with an IP address, that looks like 192.168.1.50. Delete this and add your Wiiu's IP. Then save and close it
7) Install Python if you haven't already
8) Run the file called BackupxxxApp.py with Python, and it will automatically do all the work for you to download your vWii's .app file. It will take a while to finish
Note: Backup this .app file somewhere safe, in case you want to revert back to the original theme or want to use a different custom theme

9) Once it's done, download diddy81's ThemeMii Mod HERE and extract it to your computer
10) Download the theme of your choice from diddy81's thread HERE (Be sure it's your region and for 4.3!!!)
11) Open ThemeMii.exe and go to File>Open and choose the .mym theme file you downloaded in step 10
12) Click on "Convert to .csm" and choose the .app file we extracted earlier from your vWii on step 8
13) Save it as theme.csm and place it in the NTSC or PAL folder depending on what you have
14) With your Wiiu still on, run "Injectxxxtheme.py" and it will automatically inject the theme file for you. This will take much longer to inject, be patient (You may get an error at the end. Ignore this, it succeeded)
15) Once it's done injecting, launch vWii as usual and your theme should be there!



I thought it would brick
Yes through the normal conventional way of installing from Homebrew Channel using the homebrew app. But this injects the theme directly to vWii without being in vWii via IOSUhax. I tested it myself and got a red theme going in my vWii.

This is an alternate method for custom themes that works.


 
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I've done this on Linux with Wine, it's merely a simple script with no .dll or microsoft.net framework requirements.
I recently removed all my google drive links because it was putting my account at risk of removal.
Now adays, doing anything to vWii at all is kinda pointless when you have Wii VC injects for wii and gamecube games.
Well, VC injects = exe, and I'll test both out.
Rip, ya need .NET for VC injector.
I'm still a bit confused what the VC Injector does. Can you clarify?
Can you reupload the drive files or attatch them here?
 
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Well, VC injects = exe, and I'll test both out.
Rip, ya need .NET for VC injector.
I'm still a bit confused what the VC Injector does. Can you clarify?
Can you reupload the drive files or attatch them here?
VC injector? This thread is for installing custom themes in vwii. Has nothing to do with VC
 

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VC injector? This thread is for installing custom themes in vwii. Has nothing to do with VC
I know, but you mentioned it, and I meant by that that I probably wouldn't be able to run it because it needs .NET
But, do you have a reupload of the files?
I think MEGA would allow them, especially if you rename them to something inconspicuous.
 

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I know, but you mentioned it, and I meant by that that I probably wouldn't be able to run it because it needs .NET
But, do you have a reupload of the files?
I think MEGA would allow them, especially if you rename them to something inconspicuous.
Fixed the theme mii mod link
 

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lol is the ad link problematic for you? I got it straight from diddy81's post
No, it's not really a problem. It's just...it's adf.ly.
So, I am slightly annoyed (ya know...obvious reasons).
Although, as long as the end product works, I'm alright with it.

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lol is the ad link problematic for you? I got it straight from diddy81's post
Help...where is BackupxxxApp.py located? I can't find it.
Also, where is Injectxxxtheme.py located?


WAIT WAIT! I'M A MORON!
I found them, because they aren't actually BackupxxxApp.py and Injectxxxtheme.py.
Maybe you should clarify that a bit.
 
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@MattKimura Attempting to dump the .app results in:
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Any help?
 
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how do i know when it's finished injecting? mine just shows the image i attached and its been at that stage for almost 20 minutes
 

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Okay, i did everything right as far as i can tell, the theme shows up and works fine, but whenever i try to load any channel at all, it says the system files are corrupted and i should check the wiis owner manual. is this just the theme or is my vwii bricked? and also how do i change it back
 

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I'll try to explain my issue... I'm using scp and got my PC linked to my WiiU, but now I'm lost. I dont know how to find the right files.
Can someone give me a few pointers?
 

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im having a problem tryin to run backupxxxapp.py but it says its not identified, and did the same thing with backupNTSC.py and still says the same thing, help
 

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