Homebrew problems

[lucid fable]

you need to install apps

[abstract kayak]

I'm sorry, but which ones? And how? Thanks a lot in advance

[last vale]

Depends on what you want. You have the homebrew channel, now you are able to install whatever homebrew you want to use by just putting whatever homebrew you want in the "apps" folder on your SD card

[lucid fable]

go start with osc: https://oscwii.org

[dusk fossil]

also priiloader if not already installed

[abstract kayak]

Well, yes, but, as detailed in my first question, I do not have a working SD card, nor does the homebrew channel itself work (yet)

[dusk fossil]

is the SD card formatted fat32 with an MBR partition style and 32KB cluster size?

[abstract kayak]

I know about those apps, but before I can run them, I have to get the homebrew channel working

[dusk fossil]

is the homebrew channel already installed on the wii?

[abstract kayak]

Yes, I installed it using str2hax, later bluebomber.

[dusk fossil]

why did you use bluebomber

[dusk fossil]

does it open?

[abstract kayak]

Wanted to try it as a last ditch debugging attempt

[dusk fossil]

gotcha

does your homebrew channel open?

[abstract kayak]

As detailed in my post, the homebrew channel does open, the menu with, for example turning of the console and returning to the home menu, and it connects to the internet, but the gecko icon just does nothing, and it never fully opens

[dusk fossil]

so basically it’s just a blank blue screen right?

[abstract kayak]

This is what it shows

[dusk fossil]

click 1 on your controller

and make sure it’s filtering apps by SD card

[abstract kayak]

Okay, will try once I get home. As I said, the SD situation is weird. I tried 3 SD cards a 64gb one, a 32gb one, and a 2gb one from my 3ds. None worked. It is even weirder, since none of them read on any of my devices (except for the 2 gb one on the 3ds, but nowhere else). I tried 3 laptops and one external reader. With all, none of the SD cards even showed up

I genuinely can't think of anything I'm doing wrong with the SDs lol. Before this, SD card reading worked pretty well

Idk, but could the SD card be replaced by a USB drive?

[dusk fossil]

yes

as long as it is a hdd and not a flash drive

you can always try reformatting one of your sd cards

You can use Rufus on a Windows machine to easily format an external hard drive or SD card for use with your Wii.

⚠️ Formatting a drive will delete all data on the drive. Backup any essential data on a drive before proceeding with the formatting process.

1. Download and install Rufus to your machine: https://rufus.ie

• Most people will want the Standard Windows x64 version.

3. Launch Rufus.
4. Click Show advanced drive properties.
5. Check the box next to List USB Hard Drives.
6. In the Device dropdown, select the SD or USB drive you'd like to use with the Wii.
7. In the Boot selection dropdown, select Non bootable.
8. In the Partition scheme dropdown, select MBR.
9. In the Volume label text field, enter a name for your drive. Be creative.
10. In the File system dropdown, select FAT32 or Large FAT32
11. In the Cluster size dropdown, select 32 kilobytes.
12. Click Show advanced format options
13. Make sure Quick format is checked.
14. Uncheck Create extended label and icon files
15. Click Start to begin the format process.

Here is a screenshot of what your settings should look like:
https://i.imgur.com/YvYy0k2.png

[abstract kayak]

The SD cards don't even show up on ANY of my machines

Idk why

[dusk fossil]

hm

are you using a usb to sd card reader on your pc?

[abstract kayak]

That was the 1st thing k tried. Didn't work. Then, I tried 3 whole laptops with an SD card reader, and none of them read any of the SD cards

[dusk fossil]

it could be the sd card reader fucking it up maybe

[abstract kayak]

I stopped trying it on there with the last SD, and it still did nothing. Also, one of the SDs works exclusively on my 3ds, but NOTHING else