Hacking EZ-FLASH OMEGA K 1.03 FW 5 released

[EZ-Flash2]

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Spoiler: Kernel resource offsets

color offset: 0x154F08 

color_selected         = 0x6A80  
color_text             = 0x7FFF
color_selectBG_sd  = 0x7C00
color_selectBG_nor = 0x294A
color_MENU_btn         = 0x5294
color_cheat_count  = 0x03E0
color_NORFULL      = 0x001F              
color_btn_clean    = 0x7C00  
   
 

0x0009C778 EXPORT gImage_English_manual                                    
0x0009EDC0 EXPORT gImage_Chinese_manual                                    
0x000A1408 EXPORT gImage_NOTFOUND                                          
0x000A5F08 EXPORT gImage_icon_GB                                          
0x000A60C8 EXPORT gImage_icon_FC                                          
0x000A6288 EXPORT gImage_nor_icon                                            
0x000A6448 gImage_icons_folder 
0x000A6608 gImage_icons_gba
0x000A67C8 gImage_icons_other                                    
0x000A6988 EXPORT gImage_MENU                                              
0x000AD788 EXPORT gImage_RECENTLY                                          
0x000C0388 EXPORT gImage_HELP                                              
0x000D2F88 EXPORT gImage_SET                                              
0x000E5B88 EXPORT gImage_NOR                                              
0x000F8788 EXPORT gImage_SD                                                
0x0010B388 EXPORT gImage_splash

After 3 months of EZ-FLASH OMEGA released, we'd finally achieved all of the promised functions which announced before.

We thank all users for their support and suggestions during this time.

Here, we want to step out a bold move, to respond the request of community.

The kernel of EZ-FLASH OMEGA will be open-sourced. Yes, full codes.

We hope the developers in community who can make their own style kernel, not only restricted in the interface, but the whole os.

The codes will be released on GitHub soon. please watch or star our repo.

Let OMEGA be the greatest.

 

[Madridi]

Wow, that’s pretty sweet move!

@Chary
This news is definitely front page material

 

[kuwanger]

Looks like I's gots a lotta hacking to do now.

 

[gnatydnac]

This is awesome, congrats for your good work!

 

[DarkIrata]

Wow! Big respect for this move!

 

[FAST6191]

Ooh big changes afoot.

I was content to have something that did well for the GBA to ride out into the sunset on but this all this stuff with the Omega looks like it is going to push that even further.

 

[gnmmarechal]

That's pretty nice!

 

[Stremon]

Official changelog:
Full firmware refactored
Power consumption optimized
Added an option in the system menu to disable in-game RTC module which can save more power
Norflash works with original GBA console now
Fixed AGS-101 EUR save issue
Patch engine has been rewritten, fixed a lot of issues which related with BOOT WITH ADDON(i.e. Lady Sia, Mario and Luigi RPG.....)


That is a great news

 

[Cartoni]

Wow, really cool @EZ-Flash2. This is the best move you could have ever done. Not only for the community, but also to ensure that the Omega remains the one to go to GBA-flashcart of the world. And who knows, maybe there are people in the community that could develop features and upgrades that you would not even have thought off.

You just increased your teams size with a tremendous amount of people who are happy to help you make this product the best in the world.

 

[Stephano]

Dang, I should have gotten my card by now but I accidentally had it shipped to an address that does not exist. I have to wait an extra month to get it back -_-

 

[ov3rkill]

Wow! That's pretty cool of them making it open source. Now, I've got a reason to upgrade my EZ-Flash IV.

 

[slaphappygamer]

super awesome move! i cant wait to see how this blossoms into. thanks EZ-Flash2 for the great hardware!

 

[Dimensional]

And soon people will find a way to patch the kernel for DS link support, so we can transfer our pokemon.

 

[Drumaster]

Thanks a lot for this new release and for sharing the code! I hope some guys will keep improving it.

By the way, does this mean that you now stop releasing new Kernel/Firmware?

 

[Cartoni]

Thanks a lot for this new release and for sharing the code! I hope some guys will keep improving it.

By the way, does this mean that you now stop releasing new Kernel/Firmware?

This is a good question! I would also like the answer on this. Are you going to work together with the community to work on the firmware and kernel?

 

[EZ-Flash2]

Thanks a lot for this new release and for sharing the code! I hope some guys will keep improving it.

By the way, does this mean that you now stop releasing new Kernel/Firmware?

This is a good question! I would also like the answer on this. Are you going to work together with the community to work on the firmware and kernel?

Looking at the current situation, the firmware and the kernel are already stable. We will slow the development of OMEGA and devote our energy to the new products. During this period, we will continue to improve the development of OEMGA with the community.

 

[cearp]

We will slow the development of OMEGA and devote our energy to the new products.

any information on the 'new products'?

 

[Hyro-Sama]

Super happy to hear that the firmware will be open source. I may two of these now. I hope multi-coloured shells for the OMEGA are still in the works as hinted at before.

 

[Drumaster]

Looking at the current situation, the firmware and the kernel are already stable. We will slow the development of OMEGA and devote our energy to the new products. During this period, we will continue to improve the development of OEMGA with the community.

The firmware and kernel are quite mature now, thanks for addressing quickly all the major bugs that needed to be fixed. Great support.

 

[pasc]

SWEET An open source kernel for a flashcart that works on my most beloved device.

What is this ? Christmas ? *yay*