Hacking R4i Save Dongle

[xxNathanxx]

Got the approval e-mail, but no way in hell I'd give them my phone number. They don't need it to contact me.
So I just sent them the other information, omitting the phone number and saying "You don't need my phone number to contact me."

There's no harm whatsoever in giving them your phone number. Really, you've already told them your name and the exact location where you live, what more harm could they possibly cause you by having your phone number than they could by having your name and address?

 

[emmanu888]

im still waiting for mine to ship

 

[ficarra1002]

Got the approval e-mail, but no way in hell I'd give them my phone number. They don't need it to contact me.
So I just sent them the other information, omitting the phone number and saying "You don't need my phone number to contact me."

So, you feel safe giving away your address, but oh god, if someone finds your phone number...!
Paranoid/drama much?

 

[Janthran]

but most of you realize that you have to send your review to [email protected], right?

I'm also pretty sure, by the time the 4th review for this thing gets added here, they will ban everyone who dares write another one for gbatemp xD

There'll probably be a SaveDongle review compilation thread.

 

[Deleted-236924]

Got the approval e-mail, but no way in hell I'd give them my phone number. They don't need it to contact me.
So I just sent them the other information, omitting the phone number and saying "You don't need my phone number to contact me."

So, you feel safe giving away your address, but oh god, if someone finds your phone number...!
Paranoid/drama much?

I'm giving them the basic information they need to send me the save dongle and contact me afterwards.
I will not give out any unnecessary information.

 

[Deleted_171835]

Got the approval e-mail, but no way in hell I'd give them my phone number. They don't need it to contact me.
So I just sent them the other information, omitting the phone number and saying "You don't need my phone number to contact me."

So, you feel safe giving away your address, but oh god, if someone finds your phone number...!
Paranoid/drama much?

I'm giving them the basic information they need to send me the save dongle and contact me afterwards.
I will not give out any unnecessary information.

If they already got your address and name, a phone number won't do shit.

 

[Deleted-236924]

Got the approval e-mail, but no way in hell I'd give them my phone number. They don't need it to contact me.
So I just sent them the other information, omitting the phone number and saying "You don't need my phone number to contact me."

So, you feel safe giving away your address, but oh god, if someone finds your phone number...!
Paranoid/drama much?

I'm giving them the basic information they need to send me the save dongle and contact me afterwards.
I will not give out any unnecessary information.

If they already got your address and name, a phone number won't do shit.

Who said I cared?
I give out the information I'm willing to give out.

 

[xxNathanxx]

Obviously you care, otherwise you would give them your phone number. lol

 

[Deleted-236924]

Obviously you care, otherwise you would give them your phone number. lol

Is it so hard to understand that I do not wish to be contacted by phone?

 

[mysticwaterfall]

I just gave them a fake phone number. Its not like they're going to be calling from china anyways.

 

[ficarra1002]

Got the approval e-mail, but no way in hell I'd give them my phone number. They don't need it to contact me.
So I just sent them the other information, omitting the phone number and saying "You don't need my phone number to contact me."

So, you feel safe giving away your address, but oh god, if someone finds your phone number...!
Paranoid/drama much?

I'm giving them the basic information they need to send me the save dongle and contact me afterwards.
I will not give out any unnecessary information.

If they already got your address and name, a phone number won't do shit.

Who said I cared?
I give out the information I'm willing to give out.

If your number is/has ever been listed in a phonebook, they easily could have it now, with name and address.

 

[Deleted-236924]

Got the approval e-mail, but no way in hell I'd give them my phone number. They don't need it to contact me.
So I just sent them the other information, omitting the phone number and saying "You don't need my phone number to contact me."

So, you feel safe giving away your address, but oh god, if someone finds your phone number...!
Paranoid/drama much?

I'm giving them the basic information they need to send me the save dongle and contact me afterwards.
I will not give out any unnecessary information.

If they already got your address and name, a phone number won't do shit.

Who said I cared?
I give out the information I'm willing to give out.

If your number is/has ever been listed in a phonebook, they easily could have it now, with name and address.

They cannot, since my name is only associated with my mobile.
But then there's the address.

Since I don't want to get contacted by phone, it'd make no sense for me to directly give them my number just "because they'd be able to find it anyway."

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

Got the approval e-mail, but no way in hell I'd give them my phone number. They don't need it to contact me.
So I just sent them the other information, omitting the phone number and saying "You don't need my phone number to contact me."

So, you feel safe giving away your address, but oh god, if someone finds your phone number...!
Paranoid/drama much?

I'm giving them the basic information they need to send me the save dongle and contact me afterwards.
I will not give out any unnecessary information.

If they already got your address and name, a phone number won't do shit.

Who said I cared?
I give out the information I'm willing to give out.

If your number is/has ever been listed in a phonebook, they easily could have it now, with name and address.

They cannot, since my name is only associated with my mobile.
But then there's the address.

Since I don't want to get contacted by phone, it'd make no sense for me to directly give them my number just "because they'd be able to find it anyway."

Can't you people just accept the fact he doesn't wanna be contacted by phone? Jesus.

 

[Clydefrosch]

usually, i dont like to share my phone numbers for these kind of winning games either, but seriously, if they want to spend like 10 bucks a minute to reach me, let them, what harm could it possibly do?

 

[kthnxshwn]

If you won't give them your phone number, you have obviously never had something sent to you from Asia.

 

[Sicklyboy]

Got the approval e-mail, but no way in hell I'd give them my phone number. They don't need it to contact me.
So I just sent them the other information, omitting the phone number and saying "You don't need my phone number to contact me."

they already know where you live now. You're more afraid of them calling you to death than you are of them flying from China and knocking on your door?

 

[Deleted-236924]

flying from China

Yup. Spend hundreds of dollars for no real reason.
Many other human beings already have my address due to my step-father having bought stuff on eBay in the past.
Not including other online stores.

And if you had some sort of reading ability, you would have noticed I didn't say "I don't want to be called to death", but merely "I prefer not to be contacted by phone."

 

[vmurp]

For those of you concerned about giving them your phone number...it's for delivery purposes. Sometimes the label on a package can become partially illegible (smudged or scraped), and if UPS or EMS (or whatever) has your phone#, they can call to confirm the correct address. This happened to me once and UPS called me. I was extremely grateful I had included my number, otherwise my package would never have arrived.

Also, to the people who keep saying that the "NDS Adapter Plus" does the same thing...no it does not. The NDS Adapter+ does not support 3DS games, only NDS.

For 3DS games, this device device could be worth it's weight in gold just for the ability to overwrite the "permanent" saves in those Capcom and Namco titles (ie: Resident Evil and Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions). The SaveDongle could prove to be very valuable if developers continue to use that hideous feature in future games.

And if someone eventually cracks the 3DS and we're able to play 3DS roms on a flashcart, I'll be very grateful to be able to grab the saves off my retail carts to transfer to my flashcart.

 

[Deleted-236924]

And if someone eventually cracks the 3DS and we're able to play 3DS roms on a flashcart, I'll be very grateful to be able to grab the saves off my retail carts to transfer to my flashcart.

Chances are, if the 3DS gets hacked, we'll have access to the SD card.
From here, we could install homebrew onto the 3DS, which would serve to copy the save data from slot-1 to the SD card.

You're right when you say it can be used for delivery purposes, but it doesn't really matter to me in that situation, since I have not paid anything to get that package.
(Besides, I have a 3in1 + savegame_manager, which does the trick when I need to backup/restore any DS game save.)

 

[vmurp]

Chances are, if the 3DS gets hacked, we'll have access to the SD card.
From here, we could install homebrew onto the 3DS, which would serve to copy the save data from slot-1 to the SD card.

But the device would allow us to restore the save data BACK to the original retail cart.

(Besides, I have a 3in1 + savegame_manager, which does the trick when I need to backup/restore any DS game save.)

But it can't restore 3DS saves. You're not thinking ahead. Right now you may only have a couple of 3DS games, but later down the road you might end up having more 3DS games than regular DS games. Sure we can always buy one then, but why pay money later if we can get one for free now?

btw, I know you're already getting one. That comment was directed toward the people who were saying they didn't feel they needed one.