Wii U 5.5.X FAQ (In Progress)

Wii U Homebrew FAQ (in no particular order)
Q: How do I block updates and set up for dumping/running homebrew?
A: Go into System Settings, click Internet, Connect to the Internet, press X or Connections, click the connection you're using, with the WiiU | Wii icon, Change Settings, scroll to DNS, Don't auto-obtain, set Primary to 107.211.140.065, Secondary to 104.236.072.203, in case the primary fails, then go back to the first screen, scroll right to Power Settings, turn off Auto-shutdown and Standby, then exit out of system settings and you're good to go

Q: How do I set up a link to automatically open in the browser for easy access to exploits?
A: Go into the browser, enter in the url/ip and click enter so it goes to the page but isn't running anything yet, press the home button to exit out of the browser, then go into system settings and immediately back out, it does a hard reset so it'll save browser and then close it down, then any time you open it back up, it'll go to that page

Q: What page can I use to run all this stuff?
A: I'd suggest http://www.loadiine.ovh or my version that I'm slowly adding stuff to, http://nwplayer123.github.io/WiiU/, mine works fine if all you're doing is running Smash mods or running Homebrew Launcher for ddd to dump files or to get into loadiine

Q: How do I format my SD card for use?
A: Go to http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?guiformat.htm and click on the image to download the exe

Q: Is there a package I can use to put programs on the SD card?
A: Yes! Extract it to the root of the SD card, SD:\wiiu\apps\homebrew_launcher and etc
http://nwplayer123.github.io/WiiU/WiiU-SD.7z

Q: I'm on 5.5.0/5.5.1, how do I use your website page and the SD card package to dump my files?
A:
1) Make sure your SD card has been formatted to FAT32 with the tool above, and you extracted files to the right place
2) Set up http://nwplayer123.github.io/WiiU/ to auto-load, click on "Kernel Exploit for Loadiine/Homebrew Launcher" which will exploit the kernel, it will exit you out to the Wii U Menu
3) Go back into the browser which will load the page, click "Homebrew Launcher (needs modified)" which will load you into the HBL
4) Click on ddd, click load
5) If you're using Windows, go the the home menu, search "cmd" or "command prompt"
6) type in "ipconfig" minus quotation marks and hit enter, should list off a bunch of stuff
7) Find the internet connection you're currently using to connect to the router, eg "Wireless LAN adapter Wi-Fi", and make note of the IPv4, you now need to enter it into ddd
8) Use the dpad on the Gamepad to enter in the IP you just got, and hit X to install it and exit out of the Wii U Menu
9) Hold it!
10) Download the titledumper and put it somewhere safe and short, eg D:\ddd\titledumper.exe
http://nwplayer123.github.io/WiiU/titledumper.exe
11) Make a new text file and call it "dump.bat", this will make your life a lot easier
12) Edit the file to add "titledumper.exe /vol /Smash", if you're dumping Smash, otherwise rename that last part to the path you want to dump all the files to, that dumps Smash's files to eg D:\ddd\Smash\vol\content\dt00 and dt01
13) Double click that .bat file to run it, it'll open up a new window that says-
Title Dumper by Dimok
Waiting for WiiU connection...
14) The hard part is over! Click on whatever app you want to dump on the Wii U Menu, eg Smash Bros, and if everything is right, titledumper window should start listing off lots of files, now you gotta wait for a while, almost done
15) Once it stops listing off files, you still need to get the meta folder, and it depends on where the game is installed-
If it's installed to an external USB, press the home button, DO NOT EXIT OUT OF THE GAME, and wait a few seconds, titledumper will list off the last few files in /vol/meta, now you're done.
If it's installed to NAND/the 8GB/32GB in the Wii U, you have to press the home button and actually exit out of the game and back to the Wii U Menu, then wait a few seconds, titledumper will list off the last few files in /vol/meta, now you're done.