Hacking Booting to DS menu without taking out flash cart...

[R2DJ]

When I watched a video about a flash cart (it's in the reviews somewhere)...I saw in it a file named "DS_BOOT.nds" I'm pretty sure it's for going to the DS Menu.

 

[Bri]

Was there a question in there somewhere?

If you're looking for such a program (that will return you to the NDS menu), Yasu has a program called "back2fw.nds" that will do so. The problem is that you can't get back to the flash cart menu from the NDS menu with most carts, but it's still useful to accept a download play, change settings, etc.

-Bri

 

[Swip]

If you hold start once you power on it wont auto-boot.

 

[Diablo1123]

YSMenu has that feature, you press start and click DS Menu or Select

If you hold start once you power on it wont auto-boot.

Tried that with my DSTT, didn't work

eDIT:
according to your sig, you use DSTT, so YSMenu works for that

 

[Doomsday Forte]

I know this doesn't help (then why post, right?), but I flashed my system with FlashMe Stealth, and I just have to hold select as the system powers on and it'll go to the DS Menu instead of autoloading the flashcart. I would assume that the slot-1 devices would have such a feature, though I guess it's not really a big pain to just pop the cart out a little so it doesn't read.

 

[.::5pYd3r::.]

With an R4 that is impossible.

 

[Ferrariman]

For the .nds file that takes you back to the FW: http://rapidshare.com/files/121101696/FIRMWARE.NDS.html

It worked on my R4.

 

[dogman]

back2fw.nds works wonders

link found in this thread: http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=81460

edit: direct link removed as I think Bri is right... Follow his instructions

 

[Bri]

@farfet: Yasu doesn't want you to post links except to his home page (http://home.usay.jp). You can post directions on how to get back2fw from the home page though: Click on "ETC" at the top. Click on "NintendoDS" in the table. Click the "in english" link near the top of the page under the first paragraph. About halfway down the page it will say "back2fw(2008/03/27)". Click that link to download the latest version.

@ferrariman: Yasu's back2fw is preferable to firmware.nds because it actually runs the native firmware that is on your NDS. The firmware.nds file is actually a dump of the firmware from a DS Phat, so you can't change the backlight levels on a DS Lite, and back2fw is also much smaller since it doesn't contain any actual firmware.

BTW, back2fw is actually a standalone version of the code that is built into YSMenu in case anyone wondered.

-Bri

 

[Ferrariman]

@farfet: Yasu doesn't want you to post links except to his home page (http://home.usay.jp). You can post directions on how to get back2fw from the home page though.

@ferrariman: Yasu's back2fw is preferable to firmware.nds because it actually runs the native firmware that is on your NDS. The firmware.nds file is actually from a DS Phat, so you can't change the backlight levels, and back2fw is also much smaller since it doesn't contain any actual firmware.

-Bri

Too bad it doesn't support flashme...

 

[Bri]

I think Yasu is working on that. He was also going to work on allowing carts that can boot from the NDS menu like the Acekard 2 to boot back to the flash cart menu after using back2fw.

-Bri

 

[ben_not_benny]

Wow, back2fw is a great program!

 

[Searinox]

Great Scott! This sounds useful. Lemme get this straight - I have a flashed DS, can I run firmware.nds?(instead of back2fw) I cannot test it right now since my DS is bork. Changing backlight won't work but editing the other fw options(name, time, date) will?

 

[Eternal Myst]

Does this program work on the CycloDS?

 

[Bri]

back2fw should work with any flash cart, I believe.

-Bri

 

[Splych]

Bri got here before me xD but still , it worked with my SuperCard, DSTT firmware and even Yasu's actual firmware xD

 

[Searinox]

Guuuys what about Firmware.nds which is an actual DUMP of the whole fw? Will that work with a flashed DS? And if so, what can/can't it change in the system settings?

 

[Ferrariman]

Guuuys what about Firmware.nds which is an actual DUMP of the whole fw? Will that work with a flashed DS? And if so, what can/can't it change in the system settings?

It works, I use it.

 

[Bri]

It's a dump of the Phat firmware, which means that it can't change brightness. I think that may be the only limitation. I don't know if it works on a flashed DS though.

-Bri

 

[Searinox]

THANK YOU guys! Now I'll NEVER ever need to take my flashcart out again. 8D Phat eh? Is there anywhere I can get a dump of the Lite or FlashMe firmwares?