Hacking Am I screwed?

[Kalle Eskelinen]

Hi,
Recently I purchased an Acekard 2i from www.3dsflash-cart.com. Yesterday I got it in my mail and I was excited to start using it. I popped it in and, to my surprise, it didn't work. I found out that my Acekard's bootloader is too old for my DSi XL's version (v.1.4.5E) and I wasn't able to find a bootloader that supports my version. Is there anything I can do?

 

[XswordcraftX]

Are you using akaio 1.9.0 or the old acekard firmware? Sometimes when you buy flashcarts online with a microsd card, they load in the old flashcart firmware for you. Try doing a clean format of your microSD card and throwing the contents from akaio 1.9.0 to the root of your microSD card (http://www.akaio.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1080).

 

[Kalle Eskelinen]

Are you using akaio 1.9.0 or the old acekard firmware? Sometimes when you buy flashcarts online with a microsd card, they load in the old flashcart firmware for you. Try doing a clean format of your microSD card and throwing the contents from akaio 1.9.0 to the root of your microSD card (http://www.akaio.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1080).

I'm using akaio 1.9.0. The problem is whenever I try to use my AK i get a screen telling me an error has occurred.

 

[Hiccup]

Are you using akaio 1.9.0 or the old acekard firmware? Sometimes when you buy flashcarts online with a microsd card, they load in the old flashcart firmware for you. Try doing a clean format of your microSD card and throwing the contents from akaio 1.9.0 to the root of your microSD card (http://www.akaio.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1080).

You are getting mixed up between data on the cart itself and data on the SD card.

The data on the SD makes no difference in this case.

Hi,
Recently I purchased an Acekard 2i from www.3dsflash-cart.com. Yesterday I got it in my mail and I was excited to start using it. I popped it in and, to my surprise, it didn't work. I found out that my Acekard's bootloader is too old for my DSi XL's version (v.1.4.5E) and I wasn't able to find a bootloader that supports my version. Is there anything I can do?

[nevermind]

 

[Schnida]

http://wiki.gbatemp.net/wiki/Updating_the_AK2i_Bootloader
The Acekard 2i can't work on FW 1.4.5 unfortunately

 

[Kalle Eskelinen]

http://wiki.gbatemp.net/wiki/Updating_the_AK2i_Bootloader
The Acekard 2i can't work on FW 1.4.5 unfortunately

Welp, guess I'm returning it and getting an other card. Any recommendations?

 

[loco365]

DSTWO is your best bet, it runs on pretty much any firmware.

Edit: If you're willing, you can hack your DSi with a hardmod and downgrade the DS cartridge whitelist to re-enable your Acekard 2i as well.

 

[Schnida]

Well the DSTWO is probably the best card out there. It's pretty expensive though...

Edit: Damn too late

 

[Kalle Eskelinen]

DSTWO is your best bet, it runs on pretty much any firmware.

Edit: If you're willing, you can hack your DSi with a hardmod and downgrade the DS cartridge whitelist to re-enable your Acekard 2i as well.

Well the DSTWO is probably the best card out there. It's pretty expensive though...

Edit: Damn too late

Is an R4 Gold an ok card? Can't really afford a DSTWO...

 

[loco365]

Is an R4 Gold an ok card? Can't really afford a DSTWO...

The magic of a DSTWO is that it has a co-processor in it for additional oomph and functionality. It's also essentially future-proof as it has not been blocked, even on the latest 3DS firmware. R4i cards are fine, but you have to be very wary of clones.

 

[Kalle Eskelinen]

The magic of a DSTWO is that it has a co-processor in it for additional oomph and functionality. It's also essentially future-proof as it has not been blocked, even on the latest 3DS firmware. R4i cards are fine, but you have to be very wary of clones.

What is this "additional functionality" you speak of?

 

[loco365]

What is this "additional functionality" you speak of?

I know that some emulators run on it better, and there's also a GBA emulator for it, but that's all I can recall at the moment as I don't have one myself, but an AK2i haha.

 

[Kalle Eskelinen]

I know that some emulators run on it better, and there's also a GBA emulator for it, but that's all I can recall at the moment as I don't have one myself, but an AK2i haha.

Alright I'll look into it. Thanks for the help!

 

[Hiccup]

And better update methods? IIRC