Nintendo blocks flashcards with DSi firmware 1.4.1

[Mbmax]

0 day is the best. Again EZ Team made it.

 

[flowlapache]

too fast these guys!!
viva SC&EZ

 

[Cuber]

I'm a bit confused about my Acekard2i that I got from shoptemp recently now... on my sisters DSi it shows up as Acekard... and doesn't work.

She's not updated as it's still on 1.4E... :s just says an error occurred.. am I missing something? (Maybe this post should have been a new thread in the Acekard forum..)

 

[The Catboy]

I'm a bit confused about my Acekard2i that I got from shoptemp recently now... on my sisters DSi it shows up as Acekard... and doesn't work.

She's not updated as it's still on 1.4E... :s just says an error occurred.. am I missing something?

You need to flash it first to make it work on 1.4
http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=174529
There be the fix!

 

[higart]

Appologies if this is a dumb question-

I have an R4i SDHC 1.4 with WiFi engine, a lot of you are saying on here that an upgrade depends on how active the teams are behind the hack - are these guys active like the supercard guys obviously are, or is it time to move on?

 

[Cuber]

I'm a bit confused about my Acekard2i that I got from shoptemp recently now... on my sisters DSi it shows up as Acekard... and doesn't work.

She's not updated as it's still on 1.4E... :s just says an error occurred.. am I missing something?

You need to flash it first to make it work on 1.4
http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=174529
There be the fix!

Oh I see, thanks!

Here's hoping there's an update on Acekard for 1.4.1 soon.

 

[giratina16]

Appologies if this is a dumb question-

I have an R4i SDHC 1.4 with WiFi engine, a lot of you are saying on here that an upgrade depends on how active the teams are behind the hack - are these guys active like the supercard guys obviously are, or is it time to move on?

It's time to move on.

 

[BlueStar]

How have the SCDS2 team bypassed it then? I hear it's just a software update (ie the OS files on the SD card) so presumably it still uses shows as Danny Phantom in the DSi menu ?

 

[yoshi2889]

How have the SCDS2 team bypassed it then? I hear it's just a software update (ie the OS files on the SD card) so presumably it still uses shows as Danny Phantom in the DSi menu ?

You replace a file in the _dstwo folder and it works on 1.4.1. If I'm correct you replace system1.dat.
It shows up as Fish Tycoon, btw. Always did.

Too bad Nintendo didn't think about making a SD card channel for the DSi. I would really like that (mah DSi has only 120 blocks left

).

 

[murkurie]

How have the SCDS2 team bypassed it then? I hear it's just a software update (ie the OS files on the SD card) so presumably it still uses shows as Danny Phantom in the DSi menu ?

you replace, a file and when it turns on, it updates it self. and the icon is Fish Tycoon

 

[tk_saturn]

I believe it is firmware update for the DSTWO, simply a case that it updates it's firmware differently.

 

[higart]

Appologies if this is a dumb question-

I have an R4i SDHC 1.4 with WiFi engine, a lot of you are saying on here that an upgrade depends on how active the teams are behind the hack - are these guys active like the supercard guys obviously are, or is it time to move on?

It's time to move on.

Well, that was to the point I guess!

Thanks.

 

[SifJar]

Cant nintendo force us to update at some point? ( For example, when new games are released or something )

Not unless they want all DS & DSL users to have to go and buy DSis.


Of course they want that.

I highly doubt that would ever happen. Not everybody owns a DSi, some people still have the DSPhat and the DSLite.

QUOTE(trumpet-205 @ Sep 9 2010, 01:24 AM)

I still have mine DS Phat. Though wanting to switch to XL.

Nintendo can't force update through game cartridge, cause Phat and Lite's firmware are not 100% rewritable.

Game carts can easily detect whether they are in a DS/DSL or a DSi (hence cards like Action Replay DSi show different icons depending on what console they're in), so they could very easily make it that when its inserted in a DSi, it'll force an update.

Anyway, the way it works on the Wii is the System Menu looks for the update on the disc, and installs it. So if it worked a similar way, DS/DSL would ignore update files, and only when the DSi is running the game would it check for update files and install them.

 

[giratina16]

Cant nintendo force us to update at some point? ( For example, when new games are released or something )

Not unless they want all DS & DSL users to have to go and buy DSis.


Of course they want that.

I highly doubt that would ever happen. Not everybody owns a DSi, some people still have the DSPhat and the DSLite.

QUOTE(trumpet-205 @ Sep 9 2010, 01:24 AM)

I still have mine DS Phat. Though wanting to switch to XL.

Nintendo can't force update through game cartridge, cause Phat and Lite's firmware are not 100% rewritable.

Game carts can easily detect whether they are in a DS/DSL or a DSi (hence cards like Action Replay DSi show different icons depending on what console they're in), so they could very easily make it that when its inserted in a DSi, it'll force an update.

Anyway, the way it works on the Wii is the System Menu looks for the update on the disc, and installs it. So if it worked a similar way, DS/DSL would ignore update files, and only when the DSi is running the game would it check for update files and install them.

Well then they would have done it a long time ago.

 

[funem]

Found a good pic for those waiting for an update for their card as it will seem like ages... could use it on the front page

 

[Centrix]

lol, good thing I didn't update yet...lol!

 

[xLaraCroftx]

I cant wait any longer! I'm losing the will to refresh pages! Got seroius withdrawl and rufuse to play on my old DS Lite

 

[drenco]

Come on Acekard/AKAIO please sort out a remedy for all of us Acekard 2i owners.

 

[Amber Lamps]

a new update? why would I bother updating my DSi I already got everything I need LOL Nintendo is fail. And by the time I even want the update, Nintendo will have a new handheld out. If they are smart, they'd make sure nobody can pirate the new one but I don't have much faith in that

oops sony umm..

oh I give up

 

[GrandRew]

I've got lots of opinions for you...

A way to off an incentive to Acekard would be perfect here - a pledge that drops off as time goes by. If they fixed it within 24 hours I'd happy part with $20, 48 hours, $10 and decreasing 50% per day thereafter. With even a handful of the userbase buying in, they'd have some extra $1,000s for Pizza and RedBull.

Regardless we can't really shun Nintendo for trying this - we are lucky we can always buy Lites and old firmware DSi's and/or other flashcarts as a fallback.

One of the reasons I went for an XL recently was to get Starship Patrol from DSi ware - I payed my dollars and got the game - fair play. We all need to support the Big N and the game developers in some way - be it through buying extra hardware, extra consoles, or Wii and DSi points.

As the update hasn't blocked all flashcarts, it could actually have the opposite effect to the intended one - if you have updated there is no longer an option to buy DS points, and you will simply be buying a new flashcart, which is actually supporting the flashcart manufacturers through additional revenue. No one in the know will buy a new console when there are still flashcart options out there, and as much as I love my Acekard, we've all switched before, and we will switch again.

Although I've booted almost every DS game and played it for 5 minutes, the core of my gameplay could be represented by about 8 key titles, but I've had to try almost 50 to work out which ones they were. This 'lottery' is what I kind of resent in the games market, simply being duped into buying rubbish at full price.

In an ideal world I would like to see open ended trial games that you download for free, pledging the cash in escrow, and if you go over say 10 hours of play, you are charged the pre-argeed price automatically - that's $2.50 an hour as standard. If not, nothing, because lets face it, your game was crap.

The excellent 8 for me are -

1) Advance Wars - Days of Ruin
2) Mario Kart
3) Peggle
4) Dragon Quest IX
5) Might and Magic - Clash of Heroes
6) N +
7) Space Invaders Extreme 2
8) Rune Factory