Nintendo blocks flashcards with DSi firmware 1.4.1

[ChuckBartowski]

Oh well I do apologise. Anyway back on track. I really don't see Acekard fixing this to be honest. It seems the official team is slightly dead.

M3 team is more dead than AceKard team. M3i will never be fixed.

 

[Joe88]

Oh well I do apologise. Anyway back on track. I really don't see Acekard fixing this to be honest. It seems the official team is slightly dead.

M3 team is more dead than AceKard team. M3i will never be fixed.

lolwut

at least m3 team actually releases updates

 

[giratina16]

Oh well I do apologise. Anyway back on track. I really don't see Acekard fixing this to be honest. It seems the official team is slightly dead.

M3 team is more dead than AceKard team. M3i will never be fixed.

lolwut

at least m3 team actually releases updates

I suppose Acekard team have gotten lazy. They don't need to release updates because there's AKAIO.

 

[ChuckBartowski]

Oh well I do apologise. Anyway back on track. I really don't see Acekard fixing this to be honest. It seems the official team is slightly dead.

M3 team is more dead than AceKard team. M3i will never be fixed.

lolwut

at least m3 team actually releases updates

I suppose... I think its actually more of the fact that the card is dead. There are a lot better options now.

 

[Lushay]

Heh. what a strange selection of cards to block. Kill off Supercard DSTwo and keep Hyper R4i? Maybe they forgot or over looked. They'll get unblocked in due time though. I wish they would at least bring something new to the table with the new firmware. It's been a year and that's all they've been working on? Maybe 1.5 will come out before the end of the year.

 

[Yuan]

Heh. what a strange selection of cards to block. Kill off Supercard DSTwo and keep Hyper R4i? Maybe they forgot or over looked. They'll get unblocked in due time though. I wish they would at least bring something new to the table with the new firmware. It's been a year and that's all they've been working on? Maybe 1.5 will come out before the end of the year.

I don't think they will add anything new. They will focus only on 3DS.

 

[Muffin_Mistress]

I'm going to be buying a DSi XL along with the SupercardDSTWO. Does this mean that my SCDS2 won't work?

 

[Deleted User]

I'm going to be buying a DSi XL along with the SupercardDSTWO. Does this mean that my SCDS2 won't work?

It will work if a) The DSi XL doesn't come with the firmware pre-installed, and b) If you don't update.

There's no way of checking the firmware before purchase unless it's preowned, though...


Glad I have a DS Lite, to be honest.

 

[PolloDiablo]

fuck you nintendo! as long as there was a few nerds with free time to spare... the scene would survive!!!!
thanks to all the flashcart teams!!... we appreciate all your effort and hard work!!!

 

[Lushay]

Heh. what a strange selection of cards to block. Kill off Supercard DSTwo and keep Hyper R4i? Maybe they forgot or over looked. They'll get unblocked in due time though. I wish they would at least bring something new to the table with the new firmware. It's been a year and that's all they've been working on? Maybe 1.5 will come out before the end of the year.

I don't think they will add anything new. They will focus only on 3DS.

They really should. only 2 updates for the system would be kinda boring.

 

[Jakob95]

Acekard aren't lazy about making new firmwares. Its just that they do not need to update the Acekard since Normmatt is doing a better job at updating it. M3 team is forced to update as nobody updates there card.

 

[KidIce]

Yes. Or these are maybe too unpopular / unknown cards to block them. They blocked the good ones, they know what they're doing.

OK. I got to page 12 of this thread and couldn't bare to read anymore w/o commenting on some of this. Sorry for repeating what's been said before.

I think the answer is pretty obvious. The EZFlash does not have dual icons, you get a Tak icon whether it is in a DSi or Lite (I could swear at one point it did though), the blocked carts show up as an AKi or SCDS2 in a Lite and Danny Phantom (or whatever) in the DSi, do they not? It's not rocket science to figure that this is the problem or at least a part of it. The more a flash cart tries to brand it self and not look like a retail cart the easier it is going to be for someone to detect it. The unblocked carts just look more like a real cart to the DSi, this is NOT a targeted attack on the "good ones". 1 year later Nintendo figured out a way to do this for dual header carts, the DS(i) will be in it's grave courtesy of the 3DS by the time they figure out how to stop the EZFlash/et al. method. Don't worry, they'll be copying the EZFLash method in a few days.

To the people gloating over not owning a DSi: to some extent you're right the DSi is a bit of an albatross largely only released to block piracy/homebrew. You are also partly wrong. I expect Shantae to be brilliant as the last one was, I'm rather excited about it. Dark Void Zero is ace. Who wouldn't want a new version of Oregon Trail? Terrorists and baby murders, that's who! The web browser is a VAST improvement over the DS one. I some times even prefer it over my PSP's browser. Official removable media support is a good thing. (Notice I didn't mention the camera) :-)

To the people begging unofficial firmware teams to fix their card: just stop. No new version of AKAIO, YsMenu, Wood, etc will fix your cart it needs a new boot strap, kernel or whatever your manufacturer wants to call it. Normatt, YWG, etc do not do these things, the official developers do.

The crap news is I just sent my DSi in to Nintendo for repair. I expect it will be coming back w/ 1.4.1 on it. Oh well, I've got an EZFlash so I'm not effected...

Except I was thinking of getting a SCDS2 so I didn't have to use my Lite for GBA anymore (although the EZFlash3 ownz all on GBA, BTW). Kind of makes the that pointless now till they fix it. :-/

And seriously Nintendo... I'm so effin' sick of the updates that don't provide functionality. I moved to 4.1 on the Wii so I could use SDHC's but I won't bother to switch till you give me an update w/ some functionality in it. If my DSi hadn't come w/ 1.4 on it I doubt I would have upgraded even w/ the 500 points I've got left to spend. If my DSi DOES come back w/ 1.4.1 on it, I won't bother to upgrade till I find a very compelling reason to. And I don't consider blocking the AKi, SCDS2 a compelling reason.

God, even Sony has a better track record for adding functionality to the PSP w/ anti piracy updates than Nintendo, no matter how useles the new feature.

 

[WarHawk01]

the dstwo card now works on this new firmware

 

[tk_saturn]

OK. I got to page 12 of this thread and couldn't bare to read anymore w/o commenting on some of this. Sorry for repeating what's been said before.

Don't lecture people if you can be bothered to read the thread.

 

[AcekardFan]

Can Someone Put On The Homepage That The Supercard Dstwo Works Just To Let People Know?

 

[tk_saturn]

Can Someone Put On The Homepage That The Supercard Dstwo Works Just To Let People Know?

Shouldn't be put on the homepage as that should be for the 1.4.1 update blocks flashcarts as it now. Acekard etc owners need to know not to update their DSi.

Opium just needs to update his post to indicate the DSTWO now works.

 

[Schizoanalysis]

The news is flowing thick and fast today...

 

[AcekardFan]

Lol If Nintendo Saw The Supercard Dstwo Update It Would Be like A Huge Middle Finger To Them

 

[Schizoanalysis]

Lol If Nintendo Saw The Supercard Dstwo Update It Would Be like A Huge Middle Finger To Them

Thanks for all your testing AcekardFan.

Much appreciated!

 

[tk_saturn]

It was never going to take them long, not when Nintendo didn't block the EZ-Flash Vi. It was only ever really going to effect carts which don't have active teams supporting them.

If and when there's an update for the Acekard, i'm guessing Normmatt may post it in his firmware thread http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=174523