Hacking Ak2i boots faster on older firmware

[supersonic124]

One little thing I noticed, if you're playing with a ds lite/unupdated or modded dsi/3ds, the 1.41/"Alex Rider" firmware update boots into akaio faster vs the current/final "Pippa Funnel" update. You can get the 1.41 update here
https://www.mediafire.com/file/i5iacikw9nbpei5/141up.rar/file
and follow the downgrade guide here
https://wiki.gbatemp.net/wiki/Updating_the_AK2i_Bootloader#Downgrading_the_Bootloader

I only came across this because I recently bought another acekard 2i off ebay as a backup and noticed it was booting slower compared to my other card. Downgrading it fixed it.

 

[The Catboy]

I was running some tests a few years ago when I was trying to make my own customer head for the AK2i. I did find the load times were slightly different but I never tested them to confirm anything. I did end up making a post with all the current headers though
https://gbatemp.net/threads/restoring-old-headers-for-the-acekard-2i.482115/