EZ5 1.90 open beta 9 and EZ5i core update

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EZ5 1.90 open beta 9 and EZ5i core update
Major update
After an aborted release last week the EZTeam have released 1.90 beta 9 of the EZ5 (all versions) loader.

This version features an updated savesate/instant save (early word is compatibility is greatly improved), a fix for some problems with in game reset and anti piracy code as well as fix for the European release of Dragon quest 5. Remember EZ5i users need to use the 1.90 open beta 6 or higher.

The resetsp.bin (available for users of earlier firmwares as a separate download below) was also updated, note for those users who managed to grab the original open beta 9 Shining Force Feather was fixed properly (later levels problem) with another update so be sure to have this version.

Spoiler: resetsp.bin changelog

Updated to 3497 -Disney Friends (Netherlands)
Fixes for:
3354 - Destiny Links - ???? - JPN
3378 - Hidamari Sketch: Dokodemo Sugoroku x 365 - JPN
3397 - Shining Force: Feather - ????:?? - JPN
3423 - Blue Dragon Plus - ??PLUS - USA
3430 - Bomberman 2 - ???2 - EUR
3441 - Imagine: Ballet Dancer - ????? - EUR
3461 - Peggle Dual Shot - ??? - USA
3463 - Kemeko DX! DS: Yome to Meka to Otoko to Onna - ????!DS - JPN
3469 - Chou Kaseki Monster Battle: Gekitotsu Galaxy - ????? - JPN
3474 - Aibou DS - ??DS - JPN
3476 - Elite Forces: Unit 77 - ????:77?? - EUR
3479 - Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Sacrifice - ???????:?? - EUR
3482 - Emma at the Farm - ????? - USA
3489 - Littlest Pet Shop: Spring - ?????:?? - EUR
3491 - Dropcast - ?????? - EUR

As usual simply replace the old version found in the \moonshl\ directory.


Finally, also available is an update for the EZ5i internal loader. This is a new feature for the EZ5i only (earlier models of the EZ5 have no use for this) and as this is the first of the kind (outside beta releases) an explanation is necessary.
For the EZ5i the EZTeam added the ability to update the very core of the cart (that is to say how the EZ5 interacts with the DS and the internal hardware, a feature they are claiming as unique among present flashcarts), this update aims to fix some problems with SDHC reading and fix detection of the EZ5i in the DSi a small number of users have had.
To use simply extract the .nds file to the root of the card (the first directory as in e:\ or wherever your card reader puts the memory card) run it and follow the on screen instructions. Users are strongly advised to have a fully charged DS before undertaking this.

EZFlash.cn thread (Chinese)

EZFlash US forums

EZ5 loader 1.90 open beta 9

resetsp.bin update 11th March 2009

---Only for EZ5i users---

EZ5i firmware update (11-03-2009)
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Thanks to ccosmos/Mbmax for the news.

 

[Mbmax]

Thanks FAST for writting the news.
Also i have seen a post on sosuke forum (when it was online) where a user said the EZ5i firmware fix the detection of his ez 3in1 and of course the rumble mode.
To be confirmed of course. I don't own the ez5i only the ez 3in1.

 

[redact]

great news, just updated the ezvi
no noticeable difference

 

[Mbmax]

If you were not impacted by the freezing problem, it's normal you have not noticied any changes.

BTW, midicase from IRC chan report me that his ez 3in1 Plus works now on his EZ5i.
This could explain why team cyclops has never been able to make the ez 3in1 Plus working even on EZ5 product. It was a bug with the EZ5i firmware.
If they have only tested on EZ5i, it was "normal" ...

 

[Tanas]

As I expected the RTS is still useless.

 

[Mbmax]

Beta Version

 

[Tanas]

Yep the never ending ezflash betas... got to love em.

 

[Mbmax]

I prefer that than waiting for stable version. Don't you remember the time between the release of 1.41 and 1.60 ?
I don't want to see that again ...

 

[Mbmax]

According to a post from windirt in sosuke forum, the final version of the kernel 1.90 is planed to integrate the new moonshell version 2.00.

Just a reminder, current kernels are based on a modified moonshell version 1.71.