Hacking How to check if a 2nd hand DS is flashed?

[TrolleyDave]

I recently bought a 2nd hand DS and I'm pretty certain it's pre-flashed (the guy I bought it from denies it but he seemed a pretty paranoid type) and was just wondering if there's any way to know for certain.

I haven't got a Slot-2 card to try out so I just used an original GBA cart. I set the macine to auto-boot inserted carts. Put my R4 in Slot-2 and my GBA cart in Slot-2. When I booted up it auto started the GBA cart. I powered down and booted up while holding select and the R4 started up.

Is the DS pre-flashed? Sorry I'm a bit of a noob when it comes to the DS stuff and after looking around for info I reckon it's flashed but want some expert opinions! Cheers.

 

[Opium]

take both the GBA and DS slot cards out. Hold in A+B+X+Y when you power on the system. If you simply get two white screens it's flashed.

 

[Harsky]

Off topic but do flashed DS sell for a little bit more than the ordinary unflashed DS?

 

[outphase]

I haven't got a Slot-2 card to try out so I just used an original GBA cart. I set the macine to auto-boot inserted carts. Put my R4 in Slot-2 and my GBA cart in Slot-2. When I booted up it auto started the GBA cart. I powered down and booted up while holding select and the R4 started up.

First, you speak as if being flashed is such a terrible thing. Second, even if flashed, it would not auto-boot to a retail GBA cart.

 

[FAST6191]

Try running the flashme rom and it will tell you or if you do the takemeout thing (2nd room in pictochat and eject the DS cart) and get a dark green screen I think (it corresponds to rev 4 firmware which flashme is based upon) then you may well have a flashed DS (this will definitely be the case for a DSlite but it may be legit for a original model).

Or you could just do as everyone else has said.

 

[TrolleyDave]

Thanks for the help guys, it's definitely not flashed! It was the cart that I was using. If I put any other cart in it boots direct to the R4 but when I have my IK+ cart plugged in it automatically boots straight to it unless I hold down select.

 

[Jiggah]

I know you figured it out, but the real way would be to put in a ds game and go to the pictochat and remove the ds game. If it's a purple it means it's running the flashme firmware. I can't remember the color for the regular ds lite firmware, I think it's green or blue.

Oh wait nvm, someone already mentioned the above method.

 

[_Mazza_]

Thanks for the help guys, it's definitely not flashed! It was the cart that I was using. If I put any other cart in it boots direct to the R4 but when I have my IK+ cart plugged in it automatically boots straight to it unless I hold down select.

sounds flashed to me

 

[falseadress]

does it show the health and warning sign?
if i dosen't it is flashed
if it does it might be flashed with the flashme stealth

 

[GBAer]

Thanks for the help guys, it's definitely not flashed! It was the cart that I was using.  If I put any other cart in it boots direct to the R4 but when I have my IK+ cart plugged in it automatically boots straight to it unless I hold down select.


sounds flashed to me

Thats because it is...

 

[kalibar]

This topic is dumber than shit.

FlashMe is a perk, not a hindrance.

 

[2cb2ct7]

If it has been flashed correctly and is in (better than) perfect working order then what does it even matter?

 

[Bali]

Or you could just start any DS game from your slot-2 cart and see if it locks when you put the DS in sleep mode.

 

[outphase]

the sleep mode "bug" has nothing to do with flashme

 

[adgloride]

The DS won't go into sleep mode unless you've got a DS cart in the back. Nothing to do with flashme as the last poster said.