Hacking Acekard 2.1 freezes when writing .sav file

[By PoLOr]

Well I received mine on ( or around ) the 30 of December after ordering about a month prior. So I was hoping maybe I got one of the last bad ones. Perhaps DaMummy pulled one from a new batch since he got one about a week later that had no issues. Maybe just wishful thinking but in like two months when I get a replacement I will be sure to post whether it works or not.

 

[zcmack]

i've already commented in another thread but would like to add myself to the 'affected list'. if enough people are having issues, maybe the akaio dev team will attempt a patch

i'm assuming its a bad batch of cards, but since old loaders work (i'm using 4.08) i would assume this could be patched in software. is akaio source available? i could take a look.

 

[lukands]

Hopefully 2i does not have the same issues

 

[BDaichi]

SOo yeah, I just got my today...
And it keeps freezing, what do we do???

 

[macgeek417]

Has anyone tried running the firmware updater? Maybe the firmware is a little corrupt.

 

[BDaichi]

Lol i wouldn't know how to do that :[
Like some games work
and some don't its sooo weird.
My moonshell runs fine and so does final fantasy tac. A2, but that's about it lol
Some games load up but the main screen is blank/white.
Grr

 

[Galerians]

Has anyone tried running the firmware updater? Maybe the firmware is a little corrupt.

Where can i find it?

 

[BDaichi]

Go back to 1.41
It works for me
http://filetrip.net/file.php?id=4599

 

[OncleJulien]

Go back to 1.41
It works for me
http://filetrip.net/file.php?id=4599

this has stopped the white screen on save for me, but while the sav files are created, they arent accessed by the game - turn off the dsl, and turn it back on, the game acts as as though there has been no progress.

bad batch problem? my acekard 2.1 is new as of this week.

 

[zcmack]

Go back to 1.41
It works for me
http://filetrip.net/file.php?id=4599

this doesn't work for me. still freezing on save on bowser's inside story

 

[BDaichi]

Yeah this worked for me for a bit. When I changed the game it just froze.
And I just got my today:[

 

[Aksen]

I got my Acekard 2.1 in the mail a few days ago, it shipped from DealExtreme on December 28th.. Official 4.21 firmware gives me a blank screen, AKAIO will work until it tries to write save data. Nice to see other people having the same problem.

AKAIO 1.4.1 didn't for me.. The solution that is working is firmware 4.0.7 on my 8 gig card.

 

[DaMummy]

im still trying to figure out why my newly received(jan 7th) ak2.1 works just about perfectly except for some internal names showing up japanese using akaio 1.5.1, but my 2 year reliable acekard rpg is having major problems since ive updated to 1.5.1 akaio. normatt and smiths have disappeared since releasing 1.5.1, damn drunks

 

[Sonia]

Wow.. I've read this whole thread now and it sounds like most of you are having the same problems that I am having with mine.
I got mine around the end of the first week of January, and It came from deal extreme, too. I can't play any of my games, it shows half
the intro screens and then just crashes, and sometimes it will be stuck at the loading screen!

I'm gonna try a different version of the Acekard firmware and see what happens.

 

[BDaichi]

.......... Seems everyone having the problem got it from DX


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Hey The official firmware works
I got to save on nintendogs lol (Idk how long it will work tho)
But the old one tho.
http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=202102
Check out the forum, it tells you what you need.

 

[Heito]

Add me to the list here. Been fighting with mine for the past 3 days since I got it from, surprise! DealExtreme!

The games worked fine on mine (including Mario and Luigi 3) and would create a .sav but then wouldn't load it or if the game was reset to the title screen the save would be gone. However I'm doubtful the .sav was created correctly since all of them was 512kb, including when i tried Spirit Tracks which was fixed in 1.5.1

First used AKAIO 1.5.1, then 1.5, then the latest official firmware and now I'm at 4.07a or whatever and that at least retains saves so I can play some older games.

There isn't an internal firmware (like BIOS style) on the card that could be changed or updated right? It just loads the firmware from the microSD card correct?

 

[BDaichi]

Go 1 fireware back on the official, and it should work.
Allows me to play spirit track

 

[Heito]

Oh I can play spirit tracks now but the save size is wrong which I heard causes problems later in the game.

Does that fix the save size? I thought only AKAIO 1.5.1 did that

 

[BDaichi]

I wouldn't know :[
I know theres a way to choose the save file type from rom settings.
But I am new to this stuff to :[

 

[cogitech]

.......... Seems everyone having the problem got it from DX

Nope. At least two of us got them from MyGamingMart.com. I had 3 out of 3 bad. 1 wouldn't load any firmware at all, and 2 had identical issues with saves as described in this thread.