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I have a question, I can use the transfer 3ds app on the dsi to transfer homebrew that i install in my dsi ?
Short answer: No.

Longer answer:
Official transfer app does a server side check and only moves valid DSiWare licenses to a 2|3DS. It does not even transfer the saves. The 2|3DS redownloads the software from the server – no direct transfer from DSi → 2|3DS)
 

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Having put CFW on my 3DS and afterwards installing TWiLight. I today realised I have an old DS. Trying out some old DS-games, it looks like the DS does not read DS cartridges any more. An old GBA Pokemon FireRed game does boot up, so only the DS slot seems broken.

No biggie, I thought. I'll just see if TWiLight works on a DS as well. As far as I can tell, it does. However--and here is my noob question--how would I install TWiLight with a broken DS slot? Is it possible?

If it's at all possible to put CFW on my DS, I want to do that as soon as possible so I can give away the DS to a family with children that has to stay at home now.
 
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Having put CFW on my 3DS and afterwards installing TWiLight. I today realised I have an old DS. Trying out some old DS-games, it looks like the DS does not read DS cartridges any more. An old GBA Pokemon FireRed game does boot up, so only the DS slot seems broken.

No biggie, I thought. I'll just see if TWiLight works on a DS as well. As far as I can tell, it does. However--and here is my noob question--how would I install TWiLight with a broken DS slot? Is it possible?

If it's at all possible to put CFW on my DS, I want to do that as soon as possible so I can give away the DS to a family with children that has to stay at home now.

Hello.:)

To install Custom Firmware or better said use TWiLight Menu on your DS you need a Flashcard,:(
Because the DS/DS Lite has not that Kind of "System Software" like the DSi.

You can maybe try to change/repair the Slot 1 on your DS:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/328...earchweb0_0,searchweb201602_,searchweb201603_

Good Luck
Thank you.:)
 

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To install Custom Firmware or better said use TWiLight Menu on your DS you need a Flashcard,:(
Because the DS/DS Lite has not that Kind of "System Software" like the DSi.
I was afraid of this.

Let me see if this is something I am willing to try. I do not even know for sure the DS slot is the key component that needs repairing. Furthermore, I do not even know if it's worth.it--shipment probabaly takes even longer than usual right now.

I might just get some cheap GBA games and tell them to have fun with the GBA-games.
 
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Hello guys! New face here, I have a little question. I just recently got a DSi with TM++ (and loving it btw) but I can't seem to figure out how to add a thumbnail to GBA roms to be displayed on the upper screen instead of just a black square with a question mark. I have the images but naming them the same as the rom itself doesn't seem to cut it. Thanks!
 
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Hello guys! New face here, I have a little question. I just recently got a DSi with TM++ (and loving it btw) but I can't seem to figure out how to add a thumbnail to GBA roms to be displayed on the upper screen instead of just a black square with a question mark. I have the images but naming them the same as the rom itself doesn't seem to cut it. Thanks!
Do the image filenames have ".gba" before ".png"?
 

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Eh, nothing seems to work. I tried *.gba.png, simply *.png, tried naming the files like V49E.gba and V49E.gba.png...
I must be missing something, like maybe pixel size has to be specific? Or maybe I need to put the images into some other folder instead of :\_gba?
 
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Eh, nothing seems to work. I tried *.gba.png, simply *.png, tried naming the files like V49E.gba and V49E.gba.png...
I must be missing something, like maybe pixel size has to be specific? Or maybe I need to put the images into some other folder instead of :\_gba?
Yes, they need to be in "sd:/_nds/TWiLightMenu/boxart/".
 

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Hi! There guys so newbie here XD

Not so long ago I modded my DSi (unlaunch.HiyaCFW and TWL++) so my question is are there extra emulators that i can install and run on my Ds aside from NeoDs ?
 

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Hi! There guys so newbie here XD

Not so long ago I modded my DSi (unlaunch.HiyaCFW and TWL++) so my question is are there extra emulators that i can install and run on my Ds aside from NeoDs ?
TWiLight has some built-in emulators.
TWiLight Menu++ thread said:
NES/Famicom, via nesDS
(Super) GameBoy (Color), via GameYob
Sega Master System/Game Gear, via S8DS
Sega MegaDrive/Genesis, via jEnesisDS
Super Nintendo/Famicom, via SNEmulDS
GameBoy Advance, via GBARunner2
Just launch a ROM in TWLMenu++, and the emulator will start.
 

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Having put CFW on my 3DS and afterwards installing TWiLight. I today realised I have an old DS. Trying out some old DS-games, it looks like the DS does not read DS cartridges any more. An old GBA Pokemon FireRed game does boot up, so only the DS slot seems broken.

No biggie, I thought. I'll just see if TWiLight works on a DS as well. As far as I can tell, it does. However--and here is my noob question--how would I install TWiLight with a broken DS slot? Is it possible?

If it's at all possible to put CFW on my DS, I want to do that as soon as possible so I can give away the DS to a family with children that has to stay at home now.
Hello.:)

To install Custom Firmware or better said use TWiLight Menu on your DS you need a Flashcard,:(
Because the DS/DS Lite has not that Kind of "System Software" like the DSi.

You can maybe try to change/repair the Slot 1 on your DS:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/328...earchweb0_0,searchweb201602_,searchweb201603_

Good Luck
Thank you.:)

The only thing I can think of is using haxxstation with his other 3ds and a slot2 flashcart to get flashme so that he can use the slot2 to run ds games? I don't even know if this would be possible but would be interesting.

Instead of replacing the slot 1 reader he could try cleaning it with isopropyl alcohol or somehing.
 
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The only thing I can think of is using haxxstation with his other 3ds and a slot2 flashcart to get flashme so that he can use the slot2 to run ds games? I don't even know if this would be possible but would be interesting.

Instead of swapping the slot1 reader he could try cleaning it with isopropyl alcohol or somehing.
Very good idea! FlashMe via Download Play/Haxxstation confirmed working.
 

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Wait, is that a joke or did you actually try it??
Not a joke. I opened a DS-Lite, and installed a spare firmware chip without FlashMe. After that I taped the battery in place and uploaded Haxxstation/FlashMe from a Wii.

Flashing worked exactly as normal.


And as a bonus because this is a spare chip that should remain stock I ran NoFlashMe the same way. All good.
 

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