Hello everyone
this is a skin i just made for the Ezflash IV microSD. It is mostly a flattened Clearlooks skin with new icons and a new splash screen. See the attached screenshots. The current release of the skin is EZ-Flat IV 2.01 based on the official 2.01 kernel
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Release Notes (current release):
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Usage:
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Copy 'ezfla_up.bin' to the root of your SD card. Hold the 'R' trigger while powering on your GBA and keep holding until you see the black/yellow update screen. Wait until the process has completed and you should see the newly flashed skin. Another power cycle is recommended.
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Save Mode:
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Optional - Saving is optional. The save file from the last played game is written to the memory card during boot (if the SRAM contents were altered ie. you saved or changed the options during a game), but you can skip this process by holding 'L' on bootup.
Note: Save skipping is only temporary, the EZ IV will continue to try and write the save on every boot until you load another game.
Note 2: If you accidentally hold 'L' on bootup (or from an in-game reset), inadvertently skipping the saving process, just switch off, then back on again to write the save.
Always - Will always write the save from the last played game (if there is a difference from the save file (.sav) already on the memory card, this is checked during boot). This setting is basically the same as "Optional" but without the ability to skip the save writing process.
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Known issues:
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ROM Loading has gotten a considerably slower in the 2.00 release, however the EZ-Flash Team have found a solution for this in the 2.01 release. 2.01 will create a patch on the initial launch of a ROM and save that, making subsequent launches as fast as pre-2.00.
Depending on the writing speed of your SD card, the system might seem stuck at 100% for a few seconds. Do not turn your system off, the system is writing the patch file to the SD Card.
Sometimes when loading a ROM the system might report percentages higher than 100% (103% was the highest I received).
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Comparison of PSRAM loading times between 1.78/2.00:
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As you can see, 2.00 is considerably slower in PSRAM Loading than 1.78. Note that with version 2.01 of the kernel, only the first launch of a ROM is as slow as 2.00, any subsequent launch of the same ROM will produce results in the 1.78 ballpark.
this is a skin i just made for the Ezflash IV microSD. It is mostly a flattened Clearlooks skin with new icons and a new splash screen. See the attached screenshots. The current release of the skin is EZ-Flat IV 2.01 based on the official 2.01 kernel
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Release Notes (current release):
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- Increased maximum displayable files per folder from 77 to 334 (Thanks EZ Team)
- Automatic savegame patching (thanks EZ Team)
- Automatic Anti-Piracy patches applied to games. Games like NES Classics, Dragon Ball Z Legacy of Goku and Top Gun - Combat Zones should work fine now (Thanks EZ Team)
- Made multiple improvements to the Kernel text and help content
- Renamed the "Save Mode" options to make them easier to understand (see "Save Mode" below, also available in the Release Notes section of the kernel, thanks Gyron, version 1.78 onwards)
- Used improved font and various text from the Clearlooks Skin (Thanks Libertyernie)
- Used various texts from BlueNight/Firewatch Skin (Thanks Gyron)
- Applied the "autoreset" patch by Kuwanger (no need to Hold 'L' when booting troublesome games like Boktai or Yoshis Island)
- Fixed 8KB save files from displaying as "8,192" (Thanks Draxoon)
- Further minor text improvements by myself
- DUe to popular demand, the text for skipping saving has been altered
Usage:
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Copy 'ezfla_up.bin' to the root of your SD card. Hold the 'R' trigger while powering on your GBA and keep holding until you see the black/yellow update screen. Wait until the process has completed and you should see the newly flashed skin. Another power cycle is recommended.
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Save Mode:
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Optional - Saving is optional. The save file from the last played game is written to the memory card during boot (if the SRAM contents were altered ie. you saved or changed the options during a game), but you can skip this process by holding 'L' on bootup.
Note: Save skipping is only temporary, the EZ IV will continue to try and write the save on every boot until you load another game.
Note 2: If you accidentally hold 'L' on bootup (or from an in-game reset), inadvertently skipping the saving process, just switch off, then back on again to write the save.
Always - Will always write the save from the last played game (if there is a difference from the save file (.sav) already on the memory card, this is checked during boot). This setting is basically the same as "Optional" but without the ability to skip the save writing process.
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Known issues:
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ROM Loading has gotten a considerably slower in the 2.00 release, however the EZ-Flash Team have found a solution for this in the 2.01 release. 2.01 will create a patch on the initial launch of a ROM and save that, making subsequent launches as fast as pre-2.00.
Depending on the writing speed of your SD card, the system might seem stuck at 100% for a few seconds. Do not turn your system off, the system is writing the patch file to the SD Card.
Sometimes when loading a ROM the system might report percentages higher than 100% (103% was the highest I received).
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Comparison of PSRAM loading times between 1.78/2.00:
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Code:
1.78: 2.00:
32Mbit 16 seconds 28 seconds
64Mbit 25 seconds 57 seconds
128Mbit 52 seconds 115 seconds
As you can see, 2.00 is considerably slower in PSRAM Loading than 1.78. Note that with version 2.01 of the kernel, only the first launch of a ROM is as slow as 2.00, any subsequent launch of the same ROM will produce results in the 1.78 ballpark.
draxoon for the skin toolkit including text patches
Gyron for some of his text changes
Libertyernie for the base clearlooks skin
Tony Thomas (http://medialoot.com/item/free-mini-vector-app-icons/) for most of the icons used
kuwanger for providing the autoreset offset (http://gbatemp.net/threads/ez-iv-1-76-boktai-1-3-w-solar-patch-white-screen.389406/#post-5514306)
Gyron for some of his text changes
Libertyernie for the base clearlooks skin
Tony Thomas (http://medialoot.com/item/free-mini-vector-app-icons/) for most of the icons used
kuwanger for providing the autoreset offset (http://gbatemp.net/threads/ez-iv-1-76-boktai-1-3-w-solar-patch-white-screen.389406/#post-5514306)
31.05.2015 - Initial release, kernel 1.76 (still available for download if needed)
27.08.2015 - updated to kernel 1.77 (still available for download if needed)
01.05.2017 - updated to kernel 1.78, fixed version number in the info screen. Font, text and hard reset patches have been manually adjusted, displayable files per folder increased to 334 (replaced by bugfix release)
15.05.2017 - bugfixes to the 1.78 release, overhaul of the texts, general incosistencies removed
08.06.2017 - updated to kernel 2.00 - savegame patching added
16.06.2017 - updated to kernel 2.01 - ROM Loading improved and AP Patches applied by EZ-Flash Team
27.08.2015 - updated to kernel 1.77 (still available for download if needed)
01.05.2017 - updated to kernel 1.78, fixed version number in the info screen. Font, text and hard reset patches have been manually adjusted, displayable files per folder increased to 334 (replaced by bugfix release)
15.05.2017 - bugfixes to the 1.78 release, overhaul of the texts, general incosistencies removed
08.06.2017 - updated to kernel 2.00 - savegame patching added
16.06.2017 - updated to kernel 2.01 - ROM Loading improved and AP Patches applied by EZ-Flash Team
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