[Punyman]

This is FlashcartHelper, an Open Source Windows utility for Flashcarts.

Always run FlashcartHelper in its own folder. Otherwise, you may loose data, FlashcartHelper may delete folders and files when installing a firmware, such as the DSTT firmware. Also, to ensure that no errors are made during the install process, FlashcartHelper will automatically remove all .7z , .zip , .rar ,and .txt files in its folder on start. This is to ensure that you can start going on your Flashcart as soon as possible.
The Latest stable (recommended) version of FlashcartHelper is 9
Download FlashcartHelper Here

Latest experimental build of FlashcartHelper is (Use Stable Build)
Download from SVN repository
No support will be provided with experimental builds unless you are a BETA tester. Sign up for BETA testing by sending me a PM with your email address

Please DO NOT mirror my downloads, instead, link to this post, the Google Code page or the FileTrip link

FlashcartHelper is your flashcart, simplified™

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FlashcartHelper downloads all the required files for your Flashcart, directly from filetrip, so FlashcartHelper will always stay up to date, think ModMii, except for the DS. In fact, it's very very similar to ModMii, just for the DS. FlashcartHelper could be considered the "successor" to Cicada a relatively unknown program that I made about a year ago. FlashcartHelper fixes many of Cicada's flaws, such as writing directly to the microSD, or relying on custom repacks of firmwares. FlashcartHelper downloads directly from the "official" filetrip link, if possible. This means that, newbs can download the latest wood R4 version on their cart right after AW uploads it on filetrip. FlashcartHelper uses the 'Put This in root of SD card' system that ModMii uses, so it doesn't write directly to the MicroSD, thus less risk of data loss.


FlashcartHelper can also download the Panasonic formatter and eNDryptS advanced, NDSTokyoTrim to trim your roms, and the DS-Scene rom tool to get the latest Cheat Database.

The following files are downloaded from a source other than filetrip 

Moonshell 2.10 (Downloaded from http://home.att.ne.jp/blue/moonlight/)
Unrar.exe (Downloaded from http://code.google.c....name=UnRAR.exe)
7za.exe (Downloaded from http://code.google.c....l?name=7za.exe)
Moonshell for CycloDS iEvo (Downloaded from http://www.cyclopsds....l?page=support)
Moonshell for DSTWO (Downloaded from http://eng.supercard...stwo/plugin.htm)
All DSi Firmware Fixes, aside from F_CORE.dat and DSTT 1.41-1.4.2 are downloaded from the cart's official site

FlashcartHelper supports many popular flashcarts, including,

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Supercard DSTwo (Downloads latest EOS and plugins)
Acekard 2i/2.1/R.P.G (Downloads latest AKAIO)
R4 Revolution (Downloads latest Wood)
DSTT/DSTTi (Downloads latest RetroGameFan DSTT update)
R4i Gold (r4ids.cn) (Downloads latest Wood for R4iGold)
R4iDSN (r4ids.cn) (Downloads latest Wood for R4iDSN)
CycloDS EVO/iEVO (Downloads Latest EVO gui) (For iEVO, downloads bootstrapper program)
iSmartMM
EZ5(i)
Assorted R4 Clones
Supercard DSonei
iSmart Premuim
EDGE/iEDGE
Many R4/TT clones that can use RetroGameFan's updates

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FlashcartHelper will not, can not, and will never download commercial roms in any type or form

Click here for a screenshot 

Included with FlashcartHelper is wget.exe, 7za.exe and unrar.exe. These are all free and open source programs. Once you start FlashcartHelper, they'll show up.



FlashcartHelper uses the batch command language to do it's task, making it easy to modify and update.


Special Thanks to..

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GBAtemp
Aijelsop for testing
Themanhunt for testing
Anyone else who volunteered to test my pre-release versions
retrogamefan for letting me use his multi-cart updates
The Supercard Team for Supercard EOS
The Acekard team for making the acekard
Normmatt ,Smiths, gelu, ywg and the rest of the AKAIO team for making AKAIO
ywg for making Wood R4/RPG
Filetrip for hosting downloads
The R4 Team for making the R4
The R4ids.cn Team for working with ywg to make Wood R4iDSN and Wood R4iGold
Moonlight for Moonshell
SolidSnake for eNDryptS Advanced
A Gay Little Catboy for M3 Quad-Boot




Known Bugs

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Major Bugs

Minor Bugs

If you found some, post it at http://code.google.c...per/issues/list



License and Source

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FlashcartHelper is licensed under GNU GPL v3. The source is available at the svn repo at
http://code.google.com/p/flashcart-helper/...tate%253Dclosed
and a copy of the license is available here
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html

Coming Soon in the Next Major Update

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The next major update will be version 0.9

Add support for R4 clones using RetroGameFan's updates (Mostly Done)
Add Moonshell+Romloading





Changelog

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v0.5 

First Public Release style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif supports all flashcarts listed above.

v0.5.6 

QUOTE(Changelog)
-Fixed txt deletion at start

-Improved Update feature
-Added NDSTokyoTrim
-Now uses start /wait for all external commands
-Now says "Invalid Choice" when an invalid choice is given.
-Asks user if he/she is using Windows 7 or XP
-Supports iSmartMM

v0.6 

QUOTE(Changelog)
-Added R4 Clones support

-Added EZ5(i) Support
-Added M3 support
-Fixed Credits error
-Added DSi Firmware fix download option
-Added Decompile parameter, to grab source quickly, run FlashcartHelper with -d parameter.

v0.6.1 

QUOTE(Changelog)
-Changed Wood R4's handling, should work now, thanks mori123

v0.7 

QUOTE(Changelog)
v0.7 Changelog

-wget, 7za and unrar now included in the exe file
-Added Supercard DSone(i) Support
-Added iSmart Premuim Support
-Added option to download DS-Scene rom tool
-Removed all Robocopy or Xcopy dependecies, this means that you now only need 1 EXE for ALL Windows versions
-Fixed some small bugs
-Added DSonei DSi Update
-uses .fhg extension for guide files

v0.8 

Changelog said:

Changelog 0.8
-Added Auto-Updates
-Added some R4 Clones support
-Added EDGE/iEDGE support
-MENUdo Installs
-Various Bugfixes
-Fixed Wood R4 bug on XP
-Improved Download homebrew feature (Now you can search Filetrip through program.)
-MicroSD Backup/Restore feature added.

v0.8.2 

-Added DSTWO 2.2-04 3DS update
-Added checks, FlashcartHelper will not run if it is located in the Desktop/Userprofile/Documents and any System folder.

v0.8.3 

Fixed major bug which prevented FlashcartHelper from starting

v0.9 

Changes since 0.8.3
-Fixed tons of bugs
-Added a Download Queue feature, includes download queue saving
-Basic CMDline support
-Improved Update code
-Updated all Hard-Coded DSi fixes
-Added the ds2skin plugin to be downloaded with the DSTWO plugins
-You can now decompile the program from the main menu
-Some flashcart installs now log to a log file, as well as other functions (start, frec)
-Frec is a custom replacement for del and is licensed under GPL v3. It replaces many delete functions, and instead of deleting, it moves files to a "Trashes" folder.
-A link to the Ds2Skin packs at WikiTemp is at the main menu
-Other new features that I may forget to mention

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Share FlashcartHelper

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*Note: Due to my name change, I will start publishing FlashcartHelper under the name "Punyman", slowly phasing out ron975. You can still call me that though, I still use the "ron975" persona . Just to ease any confusion that might happen.
The reason being, is that this piece of software is mainly for GBAtemp, and it'll always be at filetrip and Google code first.

Edited by Punyman, 12 February 2012 - 09:15 PM.

[dicamarques]

Nice!
Im going to test it now

[machomuu]

Wow, that's quite convenient for new flashcart owners. Nice work.

[Punyman]

Wow, that's quite convenient for new flashcart owners. Nice work.

Thanks

BTW, if anyone wants to suggest something, just post an issue on the googlecode page

[Team Fail]

Wow. Nice job. It's like  ModMii for the DS. I'll recommend this to all my friends that use Flashcards.

lol I never did see that you had said it was like ModMii in that post. lol Still, it is very useful for many people here. I might see what homebrew it has access to.

Edit: You should add Ez Flash 3-in-1 utilities.

Edited by Team Fail, 27 August 2011 - 09:26 AM.

[Mbmax]

Doesn't support the ez5i.

Btw the coming soon statement makes me happy.

Edited by Mbmax, 27 August 2011 - 09:27 AM.

[ZAFDeltaForce]

If only this came out years earlier.

Excellent work, this will be truly useful for them noobs

[acemaster1993]

You need help I never had a problem, and I have had many different flash cards r4, edge, iplayer that's not a flash card, acekard2i they are easy to set up all you have to do is type the name of the flash card into Google, yahoo, Bing, AOL or any search, download the newest firmware or OS from the official website drag it into the SD.

Come on people you just drag and drop files or folders, if you have problems doing that you must have trouble getting dressed in the morning, your getting young in you old age mister or misses, this is simple and stuff please.

This program it just a space taker, do you need all that stuff NO! I think not, this program it not needed, it's like Doggles those goggles for dogs.

Dog says please take the goggles off my face I look funny, then dog says I hate my life, please let my pass next year from some defect and prays to doggie god, and doggie god says to dog, so you can live with out pain from theses people? I will free you from your pain, instead of a year a month. Doggie says thank you! I am free in 30 days.

sad is it?

The moral is
If you did don't put the goggles and leave them on a dog the does not like it, passes on.
If you don't use a program that is not needed you have more space.

[Terminator02]

... i was with you at the beginning, but that analogy was just... weird

and it's either this or the noobs ask us for every step

[Fyrus]

Maybe this program is not needed for you, but that doesn't mean others would find an use in it.

If you find it's a "space taker", then don't download it, no one forces you to get it.

[Fredrica Bernkastel]

This reminds me of a tool I made back in '09, CheatUp.
Only vastly superior in many ways, good job with this!


(Might I inquire as to how you're getting the direct links from FileTrip?)
EDIT: nvm, just checked source

Edited by Antoligy, 27 August 2011 - 03:10 PM.

[Fishaman P]

I thought " ModMii for DS" even before the OP said it.

[Hielkenator]

I don't really see the need for this but, cool app anyway.

Also I want to report a bug:

Akaio download hangs.
Also it would be nice to actually download Homebrew with this. Instead of just linking to Filetrip.

Actually A website with links would do the same as this program does....

[dragon070809]

I cannot wait for the R4 clones support to come up, greatly appreciated

[Themanhunt]

Due to the fact that it is now running of an exe it popps up as a virus, BUT IT IS NOT! Norton 360 thinks it is with its SONAR technology and an exception in its security must be made for it to work. (The only way to get round this is to also offer a non-exe version.)

Using the "What do I do, I need help!" function does not work. Tried renaming it to "Readme.txt" but that doesn't work. License reading also does not work.

The function to redownload the package from the program gets stuck at 47%

Also I want to report a bug:

Akaio download hangs.

Confirmed. Hangs at 71%

Edited by Themanhunt, 27 August 2011 - 05:24 PM.