GBA SP & Flash2Advance Compatibility

[D-an-W]

I returned my None-F2A-Working GBA SP today and exchanged it for another one...THIS ONE WORKS FINE!!!

I can Flash/Verify/Erase with the F2A without error, at top speed and with all sorts of stuff going on in the background. Light on, light off and with whatever amount of charge that the GBA SP comes out of the box with all seems to be fine...

Its a UK bought Silver SP with the following info underneath: AGS-001 - XEH1027****

Hope this helps...Kinda cheared me up

 

[gunner6666]

your one of the lucky ones

 

[Kapitano]

Hey everyone,

I got European SP yesterday + I have F2A 256 MB. Everything works like a charm.

Now, what's really interesting is that we prolly overlooked that almost everyone that reports success is using _SILVER_ GBA SP. So far I haven't seen any reports of problems with Silver Euro SPs. Mine is Silver also.

On the other hand a friend of mine bought black one (same shop, same day) and flashing doesn't work for him.

Would be interesting if we could confirm the-silver-sp-works 'thesis' :-)

 

[D-an-W]

@Kapitano: My first one was Silver and this wouldn't work...

 

[CRoN]

Kapitano, as I said in the other thread my UK Silver SP doesn't work. Have you tried your friends black SP on your setup? - PC/Cable/Cart etc? - just wondering if maybe its something to do with PC setup... - long shot i suppose

 

[hking]

FINALLY I FOUND THE SOLUTION!!!!!!!

I tried many times in XP and fail with my new silver GBASP(UK VER), finally i change OS to WINME and it works every time!!!!

2 more tips: recharge the sp full and turn off the light while flashing your cart.

I know it is very annoying being not albe to flash with the lovely gbasp but finally i found the way hope it works on your F2A linker.GOOD LUCK m8s!!!!

 

[bajibbles]

is it possible to have the SP connected to the power source WHILE flashing? thats what i always do with my normal GBA plus battery pack...

 

[hking]

is it possible to have the SP connected to the power source WHILE flashing? thats what i always do with my normal GBA plus battery pack...

no i didn't do it this way

 

[3dx]

I've been flashing the SP with F2A since i got it yesterday about 10 times now, each time fine, until now.

Sorry offtopic

You are in Aus, right?
Can you tell me where you bought your F2A linker and cartridge?

 

[Vietsoldier]

My Silver SP is still working. It seems it was me that had the defect and not the SP. The bell ring was not occuring because the cartridge was empty so it automatically went into multiboot mode when turned on without the bell ring.

As for extra discussion my friends Australian Blue SP and my Silver SP both work fine with the F2A. I got my F2A from Hong Kong via the internet.

 

[D-an-W]

I tested flashing a full 256mb cart of Roms with the SP on charge and it worked just as well as it did straight from the box...

To the ones that don't have working SP - F2A Combos, return them to the stores for an exchange...What have you to loose...

 

[Kapitano]

CroN: Yes, we tried my friend's SP on my setup and it didn't work. So we can eliminate the PC setup as a possible cause of the problem.

There must be something in the SP, but 99.99% it's software related (or at least it can be fixed with F2A software)

 

[excalibur]

may i have this conclusion?

. the gb sp silver works
. the gb sp black not

i have not yet buy one, but i like more the black

 

[Alexander]

it's not sure..
my impression is that all we need is a dedicated software.. we all wait www.flash2advance.com news, or some private programmer miracle..

 

[dan13l]

I've been playing around with a 128m cart, and an external parallel flash linker, and I've had mixed results.

4 meg roms don't seem to work, but 8's do (although certain things don't seem to render properly). And saving back to the cart doesn't work at all...perhaps the same problem that prevents writing to the carts in the first place?

 

[CRoN]

may i have this conclusion?

. the gb sp silver works
. the gb sp black not

i have not yet buy one, but i like more the black

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did you not even read my reply before?

:bigmassivefkingrollyeyesmile:

 

[Ewan^]

Updated yet?

 

[lax]

Has anyone noticed multiplayer link problems with their gba's that don't work properly with flash2advance?

 

[Duelist86]

Does anyone Know if the new usb linker cable works on the GBA SP? I saw it at micmic.net.

 

[Deleted_11405]

hi i have a flash advance pro linker with a flash advance pro 256m card i use the parallel port it just works fine..(except a few roms but they also dont work on the classic gba)