Hacking Does the Red Gateway card do anything after emunand boot?

[romanaOne]

Just wondering if it is needed once I have booted into gateway mode and emunand. Can I take it out? Does it drain an excess battery if I leave it in?

 

[Hkari]

I haven't noticed any battery drain with the red card in. The only negative about not having the red card in is you can't play 3ds or 3dz games.

 

[Hkari]

Or go back into GW mode once you turn the 3DS off.

You shouldn't ever really need to turn your 3DS off if you can charge it once per day. But yes, that is a downside if you do happen to turn your 3DS off.

 

[Ericss]

You shouldn't ever really need to turn your 3DS off if you can charge it once per day. But yes, that is a downside if you do happen to turn your 3DS off.

I would think not having your 3DS on all the time would be healthier for its hardware, though.

 

[Hkari]

I would think not having your 3DS on all the time would be healthier for its hardware, though.

Maybe, but I've never had any problems with my DSs or 3DSs just by leaving it in sleep mode all the time.

 

[KidIce]

I haven't noticed any battery drain with the red card in. The only negative about not having the red card in is you can't play 3ds or 3dz games.

Lucky you... I certainly have. Even sleep mode tanks the battery MUCH quicker w/ the GW in.

 

[Hkari]

Lucky you... I certainly have. Even sleep mode tanks the battery MUCH quicker w/ the GW in.

Well, I take my N3DS and 3DS with me every day in sleep mode just for streetpasses. What I know is that my N3DS battery drains faster than my 3DS with gateway's battery. I don't have two regular 3DSs to perform a control test.

 

[Click This]

It does have to power a reasonably powerful chip though, so I'd imagine it would drain faster anyway, like with the DSTWO.

 

[KidIce]

It does have to power a reasonably powerful chip though, so I'd imagine it would drain faster anyway, like with the DSTWO.

That is pretty accurate, it's battery drain is on par w/ the SCDS2, perhaps greater... I haven't used my SCDS2 in years.

 

[apoptygma]

Just wondering if it is needed once I have booted into gateway mode and emunand. Can I take it out? Does it drain an excess battery if I leave it in?

No it doesn't, Yes you can, Yes it does.