Hacking EZ-FLASH OMEGA and OMEGA Definition Edition minor update

[EZ-Flash2]

https://www.ezflash.cn/download

Both products have received a minor update at the same time.

Changelog
Fixed some known issues(DBZ series anti-piracy check, Digi Communication 2 save issue)

If you are not affected, you do not have to upgrade.

 

[hippy dave]

Always good to see updates.

Speaking of piracy check, are the Classic NES games supposed to work? I get the Game Pak Error, tried Metroid and one or two others.

 

[kiddejig]

Does the "1.08 offset.txt" file need to be copied onto the SD card?

 

[hippy dave]

Does the "1.08 offset.txt" file need to be copied onto the SD card?

No, I think that's just for people who make themes for the firmware.

 

[nardich]

Thanks for the update.
I've got a problem with Boktai 1, getting "could not create data" for the savegame, so I can't start a new game.
I have no problem saving with other games, including Boktai 2 for instance.

Edit: I launched the rom in VBA and created a savegame successfuly, then transfered it to EZ flash DE. The savegame appeared in Boktai "continue" menu but loading it resulted in a failure... I also tried various versions of the rom without success. Also tried to patch save using gbata, not working either.

Solved : after patching through gbata, I launched the game forcing savegame type to SRAM in EZ menu, it seems to work so far.

 

[thaikhoa]

I've just got Omega DE recently and encountered random game freezing previous firmware or this fw update. It could be in minutes or hours. I'm using modded GBA with funnyplaying IPS and lithium aa battery. I havent got any problem with EZ4 and original cartridge.

Any suggestions?

Edit: I tested with 2 sdcards (genuine ones). Sandisk Extream 16GB Fat32 and Lexar 128GB Fat32

Edit 2: game freezing but sound is still playing good

Cheers.

 

[slaphappygamer]

I've just got Omega DE recently and encountered random game freezing previous firmware or this fw update. It could be in minutes or hours. I'm using modded GBA with funnyplaying IPS and lithium aa battery. I havent got any problem with EZ4 and original cartridge.

Any suggestions?

Edit: I tested with 2 sdcards (genuine ones). Sandisk Extream 16GB Fat32 and Lexar 128GB Fat32

Edit 2: game freezing but sound is still playing good

Cheers.

Did you also format the cards with 32kb cluster? And do those cards work with your EZ4 ?

 

[thaikhoa]

Did you also format the cards with 32kb cluster? And do those cards work with your EZ4 ?

yes they both formatted as Fat32 32kb cluster. game freezing is just randomly, unpredictable.

Yes they both work with Ez4 as well without any issue.

I've tried to contact where I've bought it from. They said it's totally normal and as the nature of flashcart. Suggest me to wait for next fw update from EZ....

 

[EZ-Flash2]

yes they both formatted as Fat32 32kb cluster. game freezing is just randomly, unpredictable.

Yes they both work with Ez4 as well without any issue.

I've tried to contact where I've bought it from. They said it's totally normal and as the nature of flashcart. Suggest me to wait for next fw update from EZ....

Did you perform the kernel and firmware upgrade, and do you see the correct version number in the upper right corner of the settings page?

Because I have encountered some users who copied ezkernelnew.bin to the SD card and thought they had completed the upgrade process.

If you confirm that you have upgraded to the latest firmware and kernel, please check if your ROM is the correct DUMPed clean rom.

 

[thaikhoa]

Did you perform the kernel and firmware upgrade, and do you see the correct version number in the upper right corner of the settings page?

Because I have encountered some users who copied ezkernelnew.bin to the SD card and thought they had completed the upgrade process.

If you confirm that you have upgraded to the latest firmware and kernel, please check if your ROM is the correct DUMPed clean rom.

yes I confirm it is the latest one. FW 4
my backup is the same checksum as the one on the Internet.

 

[Clector]

Thanks for the update, it fixed the problems that I had with the previous version.

 

[EZ-Flash2]

yes I confirm it is the latest one. FW 4
my backup is the same checksum as the one on the Internet.

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Consider the possibility of a power supply problem, as the EZ4 consumes less power than the EZODE,So it can work fine.
Now the newer backlight module also consumes much more power than the earliest Nintendo mode B screens.
Suggest restoring the original screen to try. or replace the batteries with ni-mh batteries(eneloop etc...) due to more stable and higher current output than li batteries.

Using both screen mods and flash card is a game that seeks the balance of power.

If the above conditions are difficult to do, you can consider contacting the dealer to return the product for refund.

 

[thaikhoa]

Consider the possibility of a power supply problem, as the EZ4 consumes less power than the EZODE,So it can work fine.
Now the newer backlight module also consumes much more power than the earliest Nintendo mode B screens.
Suggest restoring the original screen to try. or replace the batteries with ni-mh batteries(eneloop etc...) due to more stable and higher current output than li batteries.

Using both screen mods and flash card is a game that seeks the balance of power.

If the above conditions are difficult to do, you can consider contacting the dealer to return the product for refund.

Whenever I power my gba up I set lower brightness for the ips screen. As a result, I haven’t encountered such the issue after 1-2 hours of gaming yet.

As the battery, I thought the Li AA is better than the Ni AA in terms of stable voltage? I’m using Jugee 3000mWh 1.5v (2000mAh) btw.

Oh I thought EZ4 consumes more power than the ODE… that’s good to know the opposite.

Hope EZ could tweak the ODE to draw less power to completely avoid game freezing.

Cheers.

 

[ghjfdtg]

The problem isn't really the batteries (however they can contribute to make it even less stable) but the voltage regulator inside the GBA can't handle the high power draw.

These lithium batteries have their own voltage regulator inside. Could interfere with the GBA one.

 

[thaikhoa]

The problem isn't really the batteries (however they can contribute to make it even less stable) but the voltage regulator inside the GBA can't handle the high power draw.

These lithium batteries have their own voltage regulator inside. Could interfere with the GBA one.

It's good to know that as well.

I'm testing Ni AA battery now. The problem here is that it's a random game freezing, it could be in 15 minutes, an hour or longer... It's hard to tell.

Cheers.

 

[thaikhoa]

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Hi
I’ve just found out something really interesting. There are nothing wrong with power draw or hardware issue at all but the ODE software itself (tested with both NiMh and Li Ion battery) / tested with CLEAN BOOT and ADDON both encountered game freezing. I do think that Golden Sun The Lost Age isnt fully compatible with the ODE. When encountered game freezing the ODE is still running, I could manage to save state at the time it got frozen and load that state just good but it’s still frozen. I could use reset or even sleep function as well.

I have the save state file at the time it got frozen. Do you mind to have a look at it?

Cheers.

Edit: I will try to write the game to NOR and load under Mode B whether it still has the problem.

 

[thaikhoa]

here is the savestate file at the time it got frozen.

 

[thaikhoa]

It seems that by writing Golden Sun The Lost Age to NOR and switch to Mode B fixes the issue. I havent encountered any game freezing yet but I need more time to test.

 

[Blakejansen]

Damn, people are still playing GBA? Why not just play on a 3ds?

 

[hippy dave]

Damn, people are still playing GBA? Why not just play on a 3ds?

Mismatched screen resolution. Different physical form factor, so people will have preferences. Nostalgia?