cracker said:
Even with the 'proper' DLDI patch many homebrew titles will not work on slot 2 carts.
...what? I really want to see a source for this. The only app I can think of that won't work on my slot-2 Supercard would be a GBA dumping program. Plus slot-2 devices can run the earliest homebrew apps that require GBA-like filesystems. I'm not saying that buying a dedicated slot-2 device right now is a good idea, but I don't want to see people spouting complete falsities like this.
Regardless, as long as you get the latest v8 version of FlashMe you will be able to use a slot-1 device to recover your firmware. With v7 and below you had to have a slot-2 device, but this was fixed.