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Can I mod my DSI-XL on it's final firmware 1.4.5, Does it has any risk of getting bricked?
1: yes, 2: technically yes, because you are writing to nand, but in practice not really. the unlaunch installer has proven itself reliable over the last 5 years

where it could brick is if your nand is almost at the end of its write cycle life time, and one extra write for installing unlaunch ended up pushing it and making it fail, but then you would likely run into the same problem just using normal dsi functions anyway. once unlaunch is installed you never need to write to nand again after that, either you use twilightmenu and everything happens on sd, or you use hiya and everything also happens on sd.

I mean, you can also use normal dsi launcher with unlaunch installed, and have dsiware and forwarders on the official launcher and everything, but if you were concerned about the possibility of bricking because of nand writes, then unlaunch will give you the tools to mitigate this
 

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1: yes, 2: technically yes, because you are writing to nand, but in practice not really. the unlaunch installer has proven itself reliable over the last 5 years

where it could brick is if your nand is almost at the end of its write cycle life time, and one extra write for installing unlaunch ended up pushing it and making it fail, but then you would likely run into the same problem just using normal dsi functions anyway. once unlaunch is installed you never need to write to nand again after that, either you use twilightmenu and everything happens on sd, or you use hiya and everything also happens on sd.

I mean, you can also use normal dsi launcher with unlaunch installed, and have dsiware and forwarders on the official launcher and everything, but if you were concerned about the possibility of bricking because of nand writes, then unlaunch will give you the tools to mitigate this
I did the mod & it worked, did the backup as well & installed the unlaunch. I have another question, can I run SNES roms on the twilight menu? I placed snes roms in a folder but the games don't show up, I tried searching it up but couldn't find a solution... Can you help me out?
 

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I did the mod & it worked, did the backup as well & installed the unlaunch. I have another question, can I run SNES roms on the twilight menu? I placed snes roms in a folder but the games don't show up, I tried searching it up but couldn't find a solution... Can you help me out?
I don't use snes sorry. if your roms are .smc or .sfc extension and they don't show up in the menu, I don't know why
 
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i recently got this flashcart in the mail, is anyone aware if it has a
time bomb or not and where to find the essential kernel/setup files for it?
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i recently got this flashcart in the mail, is anyone aware if it has a
time bomb or not and where to find the essential kernel/setup files for it? View attachment 463367
First time I saw a 2025 version of this.
It's safe to say that it has a timebomb like the same flashcard from previous years. You'd likely just need to install either YSMenu and/or TWiLight Menu++ on it.
 
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I ordered this two days ago and it arrived today. mainly purchased it out of curiosity,
my theory is that they made this probably because the year is almost over but that's just a theory. nonetheless I'll get to installing TwiLight Menu++ whenever i can since I'm more familiar with that process, didn't it used to be called "TWL runner" or something years back?
 

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I ordered this two days ago and it arrived today. mainly purchased it out of curiosity,
my theory is that they made this probably because the year is almost over but that's just a theory. nonetheless I'll get to installing TwiLight Menu++ whenever i can since I'm more familiar with that process, didn't it used to be called "TWL runner" or something years back?
Yeah, on 3DS/2DS, it used to be called TWLoader. It was then later released for DS(i) as SRLoader, and later renamed to DSisionX, DSi Menu++, and finally, TWiLight Menu++.
 

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God, i remember SRLoader holy crap I'm old, it's honestly crazy looking back how much it's changed!
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Yeah, on 3DS/2DS, it used to be called TWLoader. It was then later released for DS(i) as SRLoader, and later renamed to DSisionX, DSi Menu++, and finally, TWiLight Menu++.
also are you aware of what YSmenu kernel i should use along with the Autoboot/flashcart loader?
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What is the correct method to play dsiware games with TWiLight Menu++ on a DSi XL please ? Should i have I have the dsiware roms in .nds format on my sdcard ?
 

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I'm having issue with the twilight menu on DSI-XL, For example when I run PVZ on the twilight menu or some other game, the bottom of the touch screen becomes less responsive & I thought maybe it's an issue with my DSI-XL touch screen but when I tested out same games using r4i card, I had zero issues with the touch screen & it was running smooth had no issues with the touch, Is there a way I can fix this problem on twilight by changing settings or something else? does anyone know something about this?
 

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I'm having issue with the twilight menu on DSI-XL, For example when I run PVZ on the twilight menu or some other game, the bottom of the touch screen becomes less responsive & I thought maybe it's an issue with my DSI-XL touch screen but when I tested out same games using r4i card, I had zero issues with the touch screen & it was running smooth had no issues with the touch, Is there a way I can fix this problem on twilight by changing settings or something else? does anyone know something about this?
When was the last time you updated TWiLight Menu++?
 

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what is better a r4isdhc.com.cn card or a r4ids.cn card
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I have had a r4ids.cn card since 2014 and it isnt the plus one with the issue loading games
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the flash card sometimes does not read so I was curious if the other flash card has a drawback
 

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r4ids.cn is better, use https://archive.flashcarts.net/r4ids.cn

I dont know if the 1.64 kernel works on the older cards, but if it does then you should have perfect game compatibility with it. I dont know if 1.54 has perfect compatibility or not, and bl2ck is an option but might not have perfect compatibility either

if it sometimes does not read then clean the contacts should help. r4ids.cn cards should not need paper trick but it might not hurt to do it if the card really just cant be recognized reliably
 

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