Hacking The M3 Sakura FAQ

[dsrules]

The latest release won't display images from the SD card. I have some JPG's in a folder that I always set as a wallpaper and they won't even show up in the file browser.

if you download the System Files earlier, the swapfile.$$$ is missing in the m3sakura folder of 1.46, copy that file from an older version to 1.46 to solve the problem
or re-download the file again from the official website (they've added the file back into it)

 

[dohclude]

thanks, that did the trick. Luckily I always keeps a backup of my old system folder whenever I update.

 

[schandmann]

Does anyone know if it's possible to force Sakura to display GBA games on the bottom screen?
Touchpod can do it, but I don't want to switch my OS everytime I want to play a GBA game.

Edit: Oh fuck I'm blind.

Been searching on the net for half an hour and there it is. Right on page one in this board...

 

[Porobu]

M3Sakura 1.46 Second released
http://handheldsources.com/M3DS/Download_M3DSR.html

 

[pichon64]

Have a nice holiday, Densetsu3000! And thanks for your support.

 

[~Divinity~]

Sry for this noob question, but where can I find the F_CORE.DAT?

 

[CannonFoddr]

Sry for this noob question, but where can I find the F_CORE.DAT?

Here - it's the 2nd entry on this page (The first is the manual)

 

[The Catboy]

For the time that Densetsu3000 is away I will be posting the updated Sakura in the Quad-Boot . This is only for the time that he away. This Sakura will just be the Normal Sakura, not just the Quad-Boot, when he returns I will remove it and stay with the Quad-Boot.
This is only for the time being, so please don't flame my post.

 

[pichon64]

This is only for the time being, so please don't flame my post.

Can I say 'Thank You'?

 

[The Catboy]

This is only for the time being, so please don't flame my post.

Can I say 'Thank You'?

Of course ^-^
I edited one of my post here for this here

 

[elmoreas]

Excellent guide, it is nice to have all the info in one place and the updated files. This is better than the official site.

I do have one question though, the big pda file that you can get from the links that is for the M31 Zero, how do you set that up? By that I mean once you unzip and extract the files what folder do you create or what folder to you put it in on the root of the micro SD card and do you need to rename it anything special or just leave it the way it is? Thanks in adavance. Have a good one.

Elmoreas

 

[ZeWarrior]

OP should make an alternative link to DL because sometimes Filetrip gets ridiculously slow.

 

[~Divinity~]

Sry for this noob question, but where can I find the F_CORE.DAT?

Here - it's the 2nd entry on this page (The first is the manual)

thank you! I thought I need an other F_CORE.DAT for Sakura.

 

[GreenBanana]

So apparently the latest M3i Zero Real firmware 4.7H runs Pokemon HGSS (U), but not the infinitely superior Sakura, which apparently v1.46 only uses 4.7F or something of that nature. Er...what's that all about again? I know it's just ignorance that makes the Real team still working on a vastly inferior, clunky, slow, ugly firmware that's inferior to the Simply, but who works on Sakura and how does that get released? The only time I know it updates is on this obscure little forum here, and multiple sources are superior to one (or so any researcher will tell you). It seems like all the other inferior cards and firmwares (and I've tried and compared them, so I can vouch for this) have official release sites and everything, except for this one, unless you count handheldsources.com. I'm also curious why the leading firmware, this one (again, I've checked) always seems to be days behind all the extras?

I guess what probably really matters of all this is, how does the latest 4.7H patch get applied to Sakura's firmware, and why do releases of Sakura's firmware seem to negate this detail so that you have to actually run it to know which is in use? Just curious, that's all!

Uh oh. What's this "2.1 Boot Menu Ver0.9Beta" thing? I'm scared. They aren't gonna break the Sakura firmware, are they? When it's the only selling point for their card apart from DSi 1.4 compatibility?

 

[DeltaBurnt]

So apparently the latest M3i Zero Real firmware 4.7H runs Pokemon HGSS (U), but not the infinitely superior Sakura, which apparently v1.46 only uses 4.7F or something of that nature. Er...what's that all about again? I know it's just ignorance that makes the Real team still working on a vastly inferior, clunky, slow, ugly firmware that's inferior to the Simply, but who works on Sakura and how does that get released? The only time I know it updates is on this obscure little forum here, and multiple sources are superior to one (or so any researcher will tell you). It seems like all the other inferior cards and firmwares (and I've tried and compared them, so I can vouch for this) have official release sites and everything, except for this one, unless you count handheldsources.com. I'm also curious why the leading firmware, this one (again, I've checked) always seems to be days behind all the extras?

I guess what probably really matters of all this is, how does the latest 4.7H patch get applied to Sakura's firmware, and why do releases of Sakura's firmware seem to negate this detail so that you have to actually run it to know which is in use? Just curious, that's all!

Uh oh. What's this "2.1 Boot Menu Ver0.9Beta" thing? I'm scared. They aren't gonna break the Sakura firmware, are they? When it's the only selling point for their card apart from DSi 1.4 compatibility?

The 2.1 boot menu is the new firmware called Kaura. Basically they took the Sakura/Touchpod selection screen and made it it's own firmware. It's actually pretty cool, check the Kaura FAQ for more details (at the top of this forum). (Kaura definitely won't break Sakura, in fact it's helped the M3 flashcart alot. Thanks to Kaura we can now boot 6 different firmwares at once: Sakura 1.44, Sakura 1.12+, R4i RTS, iTouchDS, touchpod, and Kaura itself)

As for knowing which touchpod engine Sakura has, that should be included in every Sakura changelog. Also, they have to keep updating touchpod, because that's the only firmware that works on the G6DS and they don't want to screw those users over.

Lately they have been getting a little better at releasing new Sakuras around the time of a new touchpod, if only they could do it where

 

[GreenBanana]

So that earlier post in this thread about Kaura corrupting save files is not an issue? And Kaura has nice crisp, clean menu scrolling with proper space usage like the Sakura or AKAIO? It doesn't stutter and lag like a dying DC-8 like Real? And it uses the same game booter patch 4.7H thingamabob for all its different firmwares? I just hope it comes with good documentation explaining this all; documentation these days tends to be nothing but "What we did since last time" and self-promoting shout-outs to all the "HIP-HOP HOMIES WUT WUT IN THE HIZOUSE"! And when they do manage to write instructions, they tend to sound like they were written by an AOLer on crack.

Well, thanks for clearing up the problems. Now to find out what's to be gained between those two Sakuras you mentioned and the iTouchDS. I hope I can find a Kaura FAQ somewhere, cause there's nary so much as a "Kaura Readme.txt" file in its download.

 

[DeltaBurnt]

So that earlier post in this thread about Kaura corrupting save files is not an issue? And Kaura has nice crisp, clean menu scrolling with proper space usage like the Sakura or AKAIO? It doesn't stutter and lag like a dying DC-8 like Real? And it uses the same game booter patch 4.7H thingamabob for all its different firmwares? I just hope it comes with good documentation explaining this all; documentation these days tends to be nothing but "What we did since last time" and self-promoting shout-outs to all the "HIP-HOP HOMIES WUT WUT IN THE HIZOUSE"! And when they do manage to write instructions, they tend to sound like they were written by an AOLer on crack.

Well, thanks for clearing up the problems. Now to find out what's to be gained between those two Sakuras you mentioned and the iTouchDS. I hope I can find a Kaura FAQ somewhere, cause there's nary so much as a "Kaura Readme.txt" file in its download.

1. Yes it's nice, clean, and crisp. It's fast like Sakura, but nice and organized like Touchpod.

2. It has a pretty recent game engine, it's able to play some of the latest games (but not all, it hasn't been updated since the original beta release...can't wait for the next update though).

3. Check my signature for my Kaura FAQ (or just goto the top of this forum ^^)

 

[GreenBanana]

So that earlier post in this thread about Kaura corrupting save files is not an issue? And Kaura has nice crisp, clean menu scrolling with proper space usage like the Sakura or AKAIO? It doesn't stutter and lag like a dying DC-8 like Real? And it uses the same game booter patch 4.7H thingamabob for all its different firmwares? I just hope it comes with good documentation explaining this all; documentation these days tends to be nothing but "What we did since last time" and self-promoting shout-outs to all the "HIP-HOP HOMIES WUT WUT IN THE HIZOUSE"! And when they do manage to write instructions, they tend to sound like they were written by an AOLer on crack.

Well, thanks for clearing up the problems. Now to find out what's to be gained between those two Sakuras you mentioned and the iTouchDS. I hope I can find a Kaura FAQ somewhere, cause there's nary so much as a "Kaura Readme.txt" file in its download.

1. Yes it's nice, clean, and crisp. It's fast like Sakura, but nice and organized like Touchpod.

2. It has a pretty recent game engine, it's able to play some of the latest games (but not all, it hasn't been updated since the original beta release...can't wait for the next update though).

3. Check my signature for my Kaura FAQ (or just goto the top of this forum ^^)

But the save corruption...? It's either true, making it not ready to be used, or it's false. A truly binary question.

Also, as a side note, I'm hearing of this "Sakura 1.46" that's NOT a "2nd edition", yet I can't find it anywhere, whether on linfox or on the filetube. Not that I'm too concerned, since these same sources claimed Real 4.7H would work with the latest latest games, which wasn't true.

 

[DeltaBurnt]

There is save corruption, but after you rename all your saves from .sav to .SAV it rarely happens. It's your choice if you want to use the buggy beta.

 

[Traz]

I downloaded the latest firmware, but whenever i try load anything, be it commercial roms or homebrew, nothing happens. it just freezes.

I guess i'll just keep the last firmware and try the next firmware that's released.