Hacking Flashme is against the law.

[FAST6191]

FlashMe is technically illegal as we are replacing the firmware of the DS against the wishes of Nintendo.
Heck, you can restore the original firmware without anybody knowing.
But I've done it on my DS Phat and it's still under an EB warranty because it's still in the same condition it was when i bought it.

"against the wishes of Nintendo" has no grounding in law for most places in the world: your device, your choice. The EULA such as it exists for hardware often has to be presented at point of sale (I am fairly sure Australia has it this way) and I am confident you did not have to do anything other than hand over the cash.

You also have the difference between warranty by law and warranty (read insurance) given by the manufacturer; when MS "extended" the warranty on the 360 it technically did little as it was defect courtesy of them (not sure whether it counts as design or manufacturing) which depending on where you are is about 3 years anyway (some are far shorter though so I am not inclined to back that statement as much as I could).

Also I have to ask why the bump?

 

[raulpica]

Also I have to ask why the bump?

Probably because almost nobody cares to read the last post date before posting.

 

[enarky]

There should be a law against bumping ages old threads if you don't have anything to new contribute. Don't see it here so often, but on other boards I visit this is short of reaching epidemic proportions.

 

[DanTheManMS]

While that is true, the FlashMe board here receives so few posts that ANY post could be considered a necrobump. It boils down to a matter of judgment really.

 

[volcomstone00009]

it is the fact that ur using different firmware to bypass ds games encryption, but no one can even know...no cop is gonna take out ur game and see if ur screen turns green

 

[DarkLG]

lol.That would be funny if they did do that if your caught with it they fine you.

 

[Searinox]

If someone ever came up to me and said 'flashme is against the law' I would go O.==========.O! OMGSTFU! *FALCON PUNCH!*

 

[Arno]

Wow, I sent a flashed DS to Nintendo for repair and they sent it back to me, working and still flashed. Shows how much they really care.

 

[Jran Sakarra]

I believe that if you own the system you can do what ever you want with it as long as you do not play back-ups!
I mean the legal crap says I can't paint it, crack it, or even blow it up.......

 

[Davess]

i think that flashme is not illegal bcuz it is ur ds and u can do anything to it bcuz u bought it. What probably is illegal is playing commercial games. I do believe that some games aren't good enough to buy and also I sometimes feel that the development team did an outstanding job and I should buy the game. Flashcarts can be illegal by how they are used. This is why Nintendo cannot take action against us bcuz we can always use the excuse that we only use the flashcart for homebrew purposes. The firmware on the ds is copy-righted but we are replacing it with a new one. Also we need to place a metal object inside the ds. The new firmware is not copy-righted so we can use with our free will. Placing an object in the ds is also not illegal bcuz u can put anything in your ds and Nintendo will not care. You could put a sticker of spongebob and they wouldn't care. So how is flashme illegal

is it your time of the month?