Hacking Help! I've just bricked my new DS Lite!

[blizeH]

It turned itself off at 1% and won't boot up anymore despite various attempts at holding down different buttons and booting it up that way, hmm.

The problem is, I purchased it from a guy who won it in a competition, so there's absolutely no way I can return it. Is there anywhere in the UK I can send it to to get it fixed? Or any other suggestions short of throwing it into the bin would be very welcome, thank you.

 

[nintendofreak]

well since its only been out for a while, its still covred by the 1 year nintendo warranty. (send it in) not sure where though

Nintendo of europe?
Also, how did it happen?

 

[blizeH]

Fixed it! Huzzah! A huge thanks to the guys from #NDSTemp

 

[Renegade_R]

Nice Nice...how did you manage to fix it?

 

[nintendofreak]

how did it get bricked (did u touch the metal near the sl1 contact?)
how did u fix it?

 

[blizeH]

Yup, I think that was the problem nintendofreak!

I fixed it by holding a, b, start, select and then powering it on, I then proceeded to continue the flash process using a mixture of a cocktail stick, tin foil and masking tape, again thanks to the #NDSTemp guys, worked a treat!

 

[SkuiD87]

Yep...those guys at #NDSTemp are fantastic! Helped me LOADZ with getting my hardware and flashing. Always Very helpful.

 

[adgloride]

When I flashed my lite the first thing I made sure of was the screwdriver was instulated. It also had tin foil at the end and flashed the ds lite no problems. I almost flashed my DS lite with a small screwdriver I picked up by accident

 

[CrazyPeon]

What's this #NDSTemp? Some sort of IRC channel for this site?

 

[Hero-Link]

What's this #NDSTemp? Some sort of IRC channel for this site?

Yep at efnet. #NDSTEMP & #GBATEMP

hang out with the mates there, of course some a little stupid...but thats a minority

the good dudes are at large there

 

[Coru]

You scared the ba-jesus outta me. I'm getting a bit anxious about flashing my lite. My G6 lite is pre-ordered and my passkey2 is on its way. It's really good to know that it can be recovered even at 1%.

Enjoy your new flash(ed) light!

 

[XeNoGeaR]

happy for you its fixed bro..gl with your new ds