Hacking My son accidentally updated the 3ds xl

[dark_shaan]

Hi, my son accidentally updated his 3ds xl to fw 4.5.0-10E, and it isn't recognising the acekard 2i. Is there any way to fix this, or...?

 

[TinyRick]

http://wiki.gbatemp.net/wiki/Updating_the_AK2i_Bootloader

That page should help you out.

Edit: "The 3DS firmware v4.4.0-10 added a new feature which blocked Flash Kits based on their save IC. Many kits have a proper save IC but this information is burned into an area of the chip which is not rewritable by the end-consumer. These kits were unable to release an update, and so far it appears that the AK2i is among them. As a result of the 3DS update almost all Flash Kits have been permanently blocked. Be advised that the AK2i HWID 81 Flash Kit can not operate on a 3DS running any firmware revision after 4.3.0-10."

Looks like you might actually be out of luck here. Good news is that 4.5 is still compatible with Gateway and if you want DS games, there's always the DSTWO.

 

[ScarletCrystals]

It doesn't though. Considering all it says it that acecard2i doesn't work after 3ds firmware 4.3
And no, there is no way to downgrade your 3ds unless you previously did a nand backup.
So, it looks like you'll be needing a new flashcard.

 

[dark_shaan]

Aww damn.

Thanks for the help guys anyway.

 

[gamesquest1]

in other news if you have to buy a new card anyway....you can look into 3DS flashcards which run 3DS games seeing as your still on 4.5
just dont update any further, 4.5 is the last firmware they will run on but you also get a nice NDS card with it so it also does all the NDS games too

 

[Mira]

get a gateway and
you get both nds and 3ds games

 

[sanin6]

Your Acekard 2i will still work, I had mine still working on 4.5 and still works on the latest firmware. the only thing is you need a DSI action replay to get it to boot up.
if you have a DSI action replay put the Acekard in the action replay's kart slot and put it in your 3ds and boot it without codes and everything will boot up as normal.
the thing that sucks about it tho is that you will have your action replay sticking out. but other than that it will work if you got a action replay.
hope that helps ya.

 

[BobsYurUncle]

You can hide the bruises if you use a phone book.

 

[Shadowhunta]

Get a gateway, it comes with an R4 card that plays DS roms. 2 birds, 1 stone!

 

[Seroczynski]

I thought this thread would be about updating to a firmware > 4.5. In this case this might not be too bad since you are kinda 'forced' to buy a Gateway 3DS (or a similar 3DS flashcard) which will enable you to play 3DS backups as well. The Gateway and others come with two flashcards so you would still be able to play your favourite DS games if you want to.

 

[Kouen Hasuki]

I find it odd that some of the answers to help with a DS flashcard is buy an overpriced 3DS one.

But indeed it looks like you will need a new DS flashcard or get a cheap DSLite. You do have a few 3DS compatible flash cards for DS games to pick from so check them over before picking while most would just say "Get a DSTwo!" which is a great card dont get me wrong but check in on the others and get the one to suit your needs, especially if you dont plan on trying to emulate GBA and such and just want to boot DS games the DSTwo might not quite be right for you and would cost you more for features you wouldn't use.

There is also some "R4" cards you can also look at that are more traditional with a lot less extra's but get the job done (I myself use a R4 Dual Core 3DS which was $8.99 since I have a GCW Zero for emulation so I only needed it for NDS roms)

 

[zhdarkstar]

I find it odd that some of the answers to help with a DS flashcard is buy an overpriced 3DS one.

But indeed it looks like you will need a new DS flashcard or get a cheap DSLite. You do have a few 3DS compatible flash cards for DS games to pick from so check them over before picking while most would just say "Get a DSTwo!" which is a great card dont get me wrong but check in on the others and get the one to suit your needs, especially if you dont plan on trying to emulate GBA and such and just want to boot DS games the DSTwo might not quite be right for you and would cost you more for features you wouldn't use.

There is also some "R4" cards you can also look at that are more traditional with a lot less extra's but get the job done (I myself use a R4 Dual Core 3DS which was $8.99 since I have a GCW Zero for emulation so I only needed it for NDS roms)

The reason that the Gateway suggestion appeared so often is because the OP's 3DS was upgraded to a compatible FW. Almost every other post like this involves someone upgrading to >4.5. Thus, it's a rare opportunity where the OP could get full utility out of the purchase price, unlike the bulk of us who already had a DS flashcart when we got our Gateways.

Btw, if you think that Gateways are expensive, you should have seen the price of DS flashcarts when the scene first started with slot-2 loading. I paid $70 back in 2005 for my M3. The reason that Gateways are so expensive is because the 3DS scene is still so young and economy of scale hasn't kicked in yet. It wasn't until at least a few years into the DS flashcart scene before the prices dropped significantly when different R4 versions were popping up like herpes every other month.

 

[Kouen Hasuki]

The reason that the Gateway suggestion appeared so often is because the OP's 3DS was upgraded to a compatible FW. Almost every other post like this involves someone upgrading to >4.5. Thus, it's a rare opportunity where the OP could get full utility out of the purchase price, unlike the bulk of us who already had a DS flashcart when we got our Gateways.

Btw, if you think that Gateways are expensive, you should have seen the price of DS flashcarts when the scene first started with slot-2 loading. I paid $70 back in 2005 for my M3. The reason that Gateways are so expensive is because the 3DS scene is still so young and economy of scale hasn't kicked in yet. It wasn't until at least a few years into the DS flashcart scene before the prices dropped significantly when different R4 versions were popping up like herpes every other month.

I'm still saying that more potential options should be mentioned to the OP than just "Buy a Gateway!" or "Buy a DSTwo!".

As for me thinking that the Gateway 3DS is expensive, It is and to me overpriced. I was around and saw when the first generation DS flashcards came out and I thought and said the same about those too.