Hacking SCDS2 KILLS BATTERY FAST!

[Mylar]

Disclaimer: M3 user, I do not own a supercard...

Could the inconsistancy in battery life have to do with differences in the SD cards you are using?

Given the same DS hardware, the same flash cart hardware, and the same settings, pretty much the only two places where variance can be inserted is the battery and the memory. Battery degradation has been well covered in the thread, but the SD card has been ignored.

I'd imagine that a 32G class 10 microsdhc would burn more juice then a 2G class 2 microsd.

 

[FlashX007]

Well. I own a DSi XL and a DSTWO with 2GB microSD cards. I am not sure if I am right but I have noticed battery drainage. My XL is just 4 weeks old so it is brand new all around so no my battery is not dying but I would like to agree with the fact that DSTWO drains battery more quickly than other flashcarts. I used to have all kinds of flashcarts and mostly all of the best ones but now I only have DSTWO. I decided I should go with one flashcart and stick with it so I sold the rest. Anyways I play at home mostly and I want to be entertained so I go at a brightness of 5 and the volume at max. This drains the battery by itself no doubt about that but when I use the DSTWO I notice a faster drainage. When I use in-game features it drains the power more quickly when I am playing games and let alone when I am in the menu picking a game to play that itself drains the battery. I have not come to notice this as a problem but I was just stating it to prove a point. The DSTWO does drain more than other flashcarts but that is a good thing for me because the more features the better.

P.S. When I play on brightness below 5 and no volume or with minimal volume the battery lasts for the whole day practically so I was just stating the fact if you played at max. It is a given fact but I just said what I noticed.

 

[midnightshinigam]

Do you also have your internet on as well? I noticed that helps when conserving battery life.

I have a DSi (which I bought over the summer) and a DSTWO. With my brightness on 3, my internet off and with my volume on max, I get over four hours. I don't have it on constantly though.

It does sound like your battery is dying though. Can you get one through Nintendo if you're worried about authenticity?

 

[bloodred]

I dunno I do have the WIFI on all the time with brightness on 3 but not max volume

 

[ShadowSoldier]

I dunno I do have the WIFI on all the time with brightness on 3 but not max volume

Turn your DSi's wifi off when not in use.

That's one thing I noticed. When I got my DSi XL, it had it on... the DS would die fast. Turned it off, battery life drastically increased.

 

[xXVisionZXx]

How do you turn of WiFI on your DSi? cuz i dont use it much only for GTS/Dreamworld (i cant find out how to sync my pokemon to dreamworld website >__

 

[EJames2100]

Get hours upon hours on mine using DS Games and Moonshell reader.
On the DSL.

 

[jakeyjake]

My DSlite literally lasted for like a month with on and off playing (I put like 4 hours into pokemon white alone)

 

[bloodred]

the problem fixed I order new DS battery from Nintendo it works 110 better then older ds battery

 

[Haloman800]

Glad I still have my Acekard 2i. I'm going to use it to play NDS games, and for emulators I'll turn to SCDSTwo.

 

[tehnoobshow]

I think we all know that the Supercard DSTWO kills battery very fast.

I can get up to about 3-4 hours of playing the DSTWO on my DS with the lowest Brightness setting. That's as far as it can go.

Same 4 is my maximum

 

[Jasonese]

Wow all you people and your amazing battery lifes, I get roughly an hour at max. Light turns red after about half an hour when using my DSTWO. Though my DS has six years of use behind it so I'm not surprised(Original silver DSPhat ftw).

The DSTWO definitely eats up a lot of battery life. Honestly all my DSTWO has done since i got it was cause me problems. I still like it more than my R4 revolution though.

 

[.Chris]

You should also turn off your Wi-fi if you aren't using it, and as other Tempers suggested, turn your DSi to the lowest brightness level.

 

[Recorderdude]

Wow all you people and your amazing battery lifes, I get roughly an hour at max. Light turns red after about half an hour when using my DSTWO. Though my DS has six years of use behind it so I'm not surprised(Original silver DSPhat ftw).

The DSTWO definitely eats up a lot of battery life. Honestly all my DSTWO has done since i got it was cause me problems. I still like it more than my R4 revolution though.

I've got the same model and had it since '06.

I get about 5-6hrs on it still. The fact that the screen isn't as bright as lites lets em last longer.

No clue how much battery the DS2 will eat, but I always have it charging anyway.

 

[SS4]

I got both an AK2i and a SCDS2, and yeah i get lower battery life as well on the SCDS2 but i really love both card, they work great. So once i get a DSi XL ill use it at home with the SCDS2 and ill keep the AK2i in my DSi for travel and stuff.