Hacking Acekard on DSi

[acekard]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dge0VGOugQ



This is a lab work, it works ONLY in LAB. Even though we can go this far, it is almost impossible to make a commercial product.
There is a major problem that can't be resolved, at least for now.It seems DSi did many sanity checks to make sure there is no more fcards.
we will keep researching and good luck to all.

btw: we assume there are more than one modes on DSi, we still haven't found any way to access the SD card slot in origin DS mode.
www.acekard.com

 

[JPdensetsu]

This is cool, on DSi

Later, I think there will be a hack

 

[UltraMagnus]

hah, I knew you guys would do it

would you mind giving any more details of exactly what the problem is though?

 

[Annaaaaa]

good news^^

maybe im gonna save up now

 

[Bri]

How is that good news?

This is a lab work, it works ONLY in LAB.

Even though we can go this far, it is almost impossible to make a commercial product.

There is a major problem that can't be resolved, at least for now.

It seems DSi did many sanity checks to make sure there is no more fcards.

-Bri

 

[Joey90]

w00t!

I just really hope that you can replicate that in a commercial product at some point

Are you allowed to tell us how you did it or is it a trade secret

P.S. How awesome that the Acekard is the first to be working on DSi (AFAIK)

 

[TrolleyDave]

Is it a standard Acekard or has it had changes made to it to get it to boot up?

 

[Maikel Steneker]

That's great! And so fast as well!

I wonder what the problems preventing you from making a commercial product are...

 

[jmonee84]

I'll bet it requires official Nintendo firmware or something else that is copyrighted. The problem is likely to be a legal one rather than a practical one.

 

[denyfate]

this is pretty quick for acekard to get it to work on DSi!!

probably still some compatibility issues...

 

[DjoeN]

Nice, now, how abou a SD hack so we don't need to buy Flashcards anymore

Ow, right those flashcard makers prolly will never tell once the found it, then there out of business

So the will search for a flashcard solution anyway, either way, it all benefits homebrew makers (yeah and also pirates)

 

[raulpica]

They probably had to hack the DSi internally, that would explain why they couldn't create a commercial product from it...

 

[skarthebloodchild]

What i believe is a dark_alex like coder for ds will make a custom firmware and load roms from sd slot without any flashcards.
A matter of time.

 

[TrolleyDave]

They probably had to hack the DSi internally, that would explain why they couldn't create a commercial product from it...

That's what I'm thinking. They've either changed the internals of the cart or changed the internals of the DSi. Maybe in the future we'll see an AK mod-chip!

QUOTE(skarthebloodchild @ Nov 17 2008, 08:22 PM) What i believe is a dark_alex like coder for ds will make a custom firmware and load roms from sd slot without any flashcards.
A matter of time.

I wouldn't hold your hopes up. If the firmware is encrypted then it might be impossible.

 

[Maz7006]

How is that good news?

This is a lab work, it works ONLY in LAB.

Even though we can go this far, it is almost impossible to make a commercial product.

There is a major problem that can't be resolved, at least for now.

It seems DSi did many sanity checks to make sure there is no more fcards.

-Bri

Errrmmm... Nicely put, however i think we should keep or hopes up.

 

[Law]

Errrmmm... Nicely put, however i think we should keep or hopes up.

Don't expect too much, then.

And don't expect any breaking news soon, either.

 

[cory1492]

Nice work AceKard

(though from the vid I see they made sure the boot method wasn't illustrated lab or otherwise, regardless of which way you turn the DS.)
---snip---
Here. Read the comments, looking specifically for the one from the guy who pretty much made (if not directly, set the groundwork - including slot1 trickery) all current methods of booting possible. As I have guessed before, it's most likely not all products elected to emulate a real DS card 'to spec', or the specs were unknown when designing the cards so they went with 'whatever works'. Also speculation on my part, but not too many manufacturers elect to make their products forward compatible via a software update (supercard being one of very few) even where possible, as all it does is cut sales of 'next gen' new products.

 

[DaMummy]

so once acekard gets this done, will the akrpg and ak2 just require a firmware upgrade to work it, or will it be a whole nother hardware thing, like a new acekard?

 

[TrolleyDave]

so once acekard gets this done, will the akrpg and ak2 just require a firmware upgrade to work it, or will it be a whole nother hardware thing, like a new acekard?

They haven't said yet but I'm guessing they've modded the DSi itself because they said it can only be done in the lab.

 

[solarsun]

I'm so glad when I chose AceKard as my slot1. Hopefully they can figure out what is going on and all I'd need is a firmware update on my sd card to get it to run on my dsi (when I get one stateside).

I noticed how it boots is slightly different then at least my games n music used to. I figured if anybody could do it acekard could!