All saves r roms r scram save patched on IV
what does that mean? Saves on reset or ?
All saves r roms r scram save patched on IV
Omega is superior in every way to IV and thanks I love my mod alotI wonder why they switched it. Isn’t that a more fool proof solution?
why are the IV’s impossible to find? Is a IV superior to omega in a sense?
Also love your red button clear GBC. Looks a ton like my AGB101
We can only realy speculate as to why the EZFlash team switched the saving method around on the omega. One possible reason could be down to the battery inside. The omega introduced the RTC which needs a battery to keep the time. Since that clock is always running, the battery cell on the board would run dry faster than if it were to power (only) the SRAM like it does on the EZFlash IV and the EZFlash Reform. Once the battery runs dry on those cards (which can take decades), saving no longer works on the IV and Reform until you replace the battery.I wonder why they switched it. Isn’t that a more fool proof solution?
why are the IV’s impossible to find? Is a IV superior to omega in a sense?
Also love your red button clear GBC. Looks a ton like my AGB101
I want to upgrade to the Omega but all the issues people are having scares me. Guess I'll stick with the EZ flash IV.
We can only realy speculate as to why the EZFlash team switched the saving method around on the omega. One possible reason could be down to the battery inside. The omega introduced the RTC which needs a battery to keep the time. Since that clock is always running, the battery cell on the board would run dry faster than if it were to power (only) the SRAM like it does on the EZFlash IV and the EZFlash Reform. Once the battery runs dry on those cards (which can take decades), no longer works on the IV and Reform until you replace the battery.
So maybe they just wanted to remove the battery dependency for the saving.
Maybe it's also down to cost -I don't remember if the EZFlash Omega actually has an SRAM chip where it saves the savegame during the runtime or if they use the same storage where they run the ROMs from (one would need to closer inspect the chips on the board) - if they don't use a separate SRAM chipIt looks like the Omega doesn't have an SRAM chip, that also saves them money in the manufacturing process because they don't need to buy the chips and they don't have to take it into consideration in the board design. Wether their revised saving system caused them to omit the SRAM or vice versa, we can just guess, though.
It might just be a combination of both (and/or other reasons) and they believed to have the perfect solution to this. But it also seems they learned from their mistakes as they went back to the "old" tried and true system for their EZFlash Jr. GBC flashcard.
The Omega is superior to the EZFlash IV/Reform because it has more features. The Omega has additional features like a Real Time Clock, cheats and savestates. It also loads the game instantly, whereas loading a game on the IV/Reform takes between 10 to 60 seconds (depending on the size) and takes even longer the very first time you boot a game (30 seconds to 2 minutes).
All of this doesn't mean the EZFlash IV or Reform are bad cards or that they should be avoided - they are adequate solutions that are easy to use and do their job well - if updated to a firmware above 2.01.
But since they are EOL, they are harder to find, most resellers will probably be selling the Omega.
You might have noticed me calling the predecessor "IV/Reform" - Ezflash released the "Reform" model about a year before the omega which is functionaly identical to the EZFlash IV but slightly smaller (It comes with a shell that sits flush in a DS lite, just like the Omega). Maybe you'll have more luck finding that one.
If you're happy with the EZFlash IV and don't need any of the additional features of the omega, staying with the IV or Reform is a valid option.
*loading* a ROM takes longer on the IV/reform because, simplified, the memory controller is much slower.thanks! Wow it’s still 10-60 seconds with new firmware on IV/reform?
so it’s possible if you practice safe saving methods of waiting you will never have memory card corruption?
This is about their GBA card, the Omega, not the EZFlash Jr.Ez Flash Jr just isn't fully compatible with Super Gameboy. I'm hoping they update it to work with it soon. Yes I know about pressing reset twice but you still don't get SGB borders when you do that.
This is about their GBA card, the Omega, not the EZFlash Jr.
because they're old... I have one that only accept mini sd cardswhy are the IV’s impossible to find?
The reason is very simple. SRAM is not the right save type for many games. By supporting the correct save type no patches are needed which also saves time booting games.We can only realy speculate as to why the EZFlash team switched the saving method around on the omega.
The reason is very simple. SRAM is not the right save type for many games. By supporting the correct save type no patches are needed which also saves time booting games.
Probably because once the battery dies it will no longer keep saves.I wonder why they switched it. Isn’t that a more fool proof solution?
why are the IV’s impossible to find? Is a IV superior to omega in a sense?
Also love your red button clear GBC. Looks a ton like my AGB101
Meshould be interesting to see if there's any newer EZ Flash or Everdrives,
I think there's no x3 or x7 in the works and not sure if the EZ flash team on here would speak about such things but
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to my original question are there any people who over a good period of time, practicing good save efforts, havent had any issues at all with their saves or otherwise?