Gaming DS powers down despite charger being connected

[pasc]

Well, I recently got myself another DS Phat.
It luckily had v5 stock firmware which - as we might recall - enables DS Lite esque Backlightcontrol when flashed with the newest Flashme (v8a).

However now that I flashed it I got a weird problem:

When I the DS turns red and I connect it to the wall plug it will power down after some time DESPITE being connected to the AC Outlet.

Any ideas on this ? Perhaps the DS Phat Battery wasn't made for brightness control ? I guess I have to unflash it again since every Flashme I use on it just tells me its a "DS Lite" and flashes the appropriate Firmware.

Any help appreciated.

 

[TheRedfox]

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Its indeed the higer backlight that is cosuming much of your accu, and the charger of the ds phat gives less power than the charger for ds lite
So if you want to charge it set it first on lowest brightness.

 

[Cartmanuk]

When I the DS turns red and I connect it to the wall plug it will power down after some time DESPITE being connected to the AC Outlet.

Any help appreciated.

1. Check your battery is pushed in properly.
2. Clean Battery contacts.
3. Replace the fuse as this is a common problem.

 

[pasc]

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Its indeed the higer backlight that is cosuming much of your accu, and the charger of the ds phat gives less power than the charger for ds lite So if you want to charge it set it first on lowest brightness.

yes, that sounds definitly plausible. And here I thought that the 2nd highest setting was the equivalent of the normal DS's brightness setting. Well. good that this is cleared up.

On a sidenote:

IS there a flashme version that takes these DS in account ? E.g. will flash my DS Phat with special hardware to a FAT DS software ?

 

[reshx]

its draining your energy...

 

[pasc]

its draining your energy...

Thats right, however, IS THERE a Flashme that flashes my DS a standart DS PHAT FIRMWARE (flashme) ?

 

[Luigi2012SM64DS]

^ Um unless your ds has v 4 firmware no.
also wat you can change the brightness watttt?

 

[pasc]

if your original DS Phat has a stock v5 firmware it means that its hardware will have some parts similar to a DS Lites. Therefore if you try to flash it it will be recognised as DS Lite.

After flashing you can change the DS's Brightness from the main menu (4 different levels). (Also DS Two seemingly supports this.

If there really is no Flashme that will simply ignore the DS Lite traits of my Phat I'll have to unflash it...

 

[Cyan]

I thought the Phat v5 were officially compatible with the brightness control. not all the Lite levels are available, but some of the brightness level was possible.
The flashme didn't add that option, and therefore the battery should be compatible with it.

You could try old flashme without the brightness support, but I don't know if they are compatible with v5 phat.
I should have some old flashme files if you want to try.

Edit:
It seems I have only v7 as old flashme version.

 

[pasc]

thanks. too bad the didn't release a V9 to fix it... perhaps this difference is undetectable