Hacking The M3 Sakura FAQ

[GreenBanana]

the reason the iplayer was able to adopt a slot1 GBA Emulator is becuase it has all that extra power for decoding videos which M3 can't and won't unless they decide to make another version that has more power like an "m3i zerovid"XD

Tim Allan: MOOOOOOOORE POWERRRRR! *grunt grunt grunt grunt grunt grunt grunt* mm, cocaine *lick lick lick lick*

 

[LycheeInsanitee]

*I will probably sound like a noob in my problem.

Anyways, I have used M3 Sakura for a while and I love it. Later on, my friend used it and switched the game card to a real game card, and when I put the M3 Sakura back in, it wouldn't load. I put the sandisk card in my computer, and it said that I had to format the disk and it does't even work. I don't know if it was the switching game-cards that was the problem or something else.

I thought it was just if you switch the gba packs, that was the problem, and I didn't do that.

 

[GreenBanana]

I have this problem with the M3 Simply and even the M3 Real, though the M3 Simply seems to have the worst trouble with this. I'd say I have the same problem with the M3i Zero, but I haven't been switching out the cart for legit ones.

As for the formatting the card, does your computer use Vista? XP is smart enough to not have a problem, but Vista at first kept wanting to eat my card up for no apparent reason. Now it just wants to run CHKDISK every time which takes an hour and there's nothing wrong with it. You'd think Vista would be listed as malware on antivirus software. I just wish I knew why Vista doesn't have as much a problem with microSD cards as it once did.

 

[LycheeInsanitee]

I have this problem with the M3 Simply and even the M3 Real, though the M3 Simply seems to have the worst trouble with this. I'd say I have the same problem with the M3i Zero, but I haven't been switching out the cart for legit ones.

As for the formatting the card, does your computer use Vista? XP is smart enough to not have a problem, but Vista at first kept wanting to eat my card up for no apparent reason. Now it just wants to run CHKDISK every time which takes an hour and there's nothing wrong with it. You'd think Vista would be listed as malware on antivirus software. I just wish I knew why Vista doesn't have as much a problem with microSD cards as it once did.

I do have Vista, thank you. I tried to scan it and all, check the disk, and anything I could think of, but all it does is say that I have to format the disk or it will take days for me to wait for something, and nothing would come up.

 

[ZippyDSMlee]

I like Sakura for most things and all but I HATE it for MP3s I need that track bar to skip around at my leaser, is there any way to get it to use the movie gui for MP3s?

 

[GreenBanana]

God damnit, why another TouchPod firmware update instead of Sakura? Sakura's the one with scrolling, the one where you don't need a separate screen to choose between NDS games or non-NDS games, you don't have pointless add-ons staring at you in the face, you can have more than three skins, you don't need to wait five seconds every time you tap the screen, and you even get a shortcuts screen for the last five games you played. I don't understand where in the brains of the M3 Team the short circuit is that makes them fail to see why the TouchPod is dead. Do they not like the fact that with the Sakura the folders aren't a pain to navigate and you can ser everything up the way you like because you can run anything from a single navigation menu? And furthermore, why haven't they solved several minor recurring bugs as seen in the first post on this thread that they had solved before, like that short cheat code display thing? Seriously, it's enough to send someone to learn how the Acekard2i works.

 

[Flame]

GreenBanana u need to buy a supercard. the supercard team seem to release an update once in a green moon. imo any update is good update.

 

[Clookster]

God damnit, why another TouchPod firmware update instead of Sakura?

Obviously because that's all they're able to do. Sorry, but TouchPod is as attractive as the DSTTi firmware - - no need to get an M3i for that.

I changed to Akaio 1.5 now - it's not as beautiful as Sakura, but: It works! lol

 

[DeltaBurnt]

God damnit, why another TouchPod firmware update instead of Sakura? Sakura's the one with scrolling, the one where you don't need a separate screen to choose between NDS games or non-NDS games, you don't have pointless add-ons staring at you in the face, you can have more than three skins, you don't need to wait five seconds every time you tap the screen, and you even get a shortcuts screen for the last five games you played. I don't understand where in the brains of the M3 Team the short circuit is that makes them fail to see why the TouchPod is dead. Do they not like the fact that with the Sakura the folders aren't a pain to navigate and you can ser everything up the way you like because you can run anything from a single navigation menu? And furthermore, why haven't they solved several minor recurring bugs as seen in the first post on this thread that they had solved before, like that short cheat code display thing? Seriously, it's enough to send someone to learn how the Acekard2i works.

Because the G6 can't use Sakura and also uses touchpod so they either have to drop the G6 (which would piss alot of people off) or keep updating touchpod.

Also be happy the new touchpod has real time guide that makes the M3 like the 3rd flashcart to have that ability (just an estimate).

 

[ZippyDSMlee]

Anyone know how to get the MP3s to run the seek bar?Thats my only gripe about sakura...

 

[Densetsu]

I've updated the download with TouchPod v4.5 Beta and the newest cheat database (updated 26 September 2009).

With the addition of the in-game text function, I noticed that some new files have been added to the SYSTEM folder for TouchPod. I added those new files to the Sakura SYSTEM folder, and I also replaced some files that I normally don't mess with, so I'm not sure if it will work just yet.

For the in-game text, I believe you just need to put a .txt file in the same folder as your ROM with the same name (e.g., New_Super_Mario_Bros.nds and New_Super_Mario_Bros.txt).

I only have the Japanese M3 Real with me right now, so I can't test this US/EU firmware. If someone can test both Sakura and TouchPod as well as the in-game text, I'd appreciate it

If there's anything wrong with it, I'll re-upload the SYSTEM files from the last update until I can figure out how to get it to work. Thanks in advance!

 

[Haz N.]

The only thing that boots up is the M3 Real firmware, so... =p

 

[Lathlas]

Yep. It just boots straight into Touchpod with no option to select Sakura. Holding 'A' while booting didn't do anything either.

 

[Densetsu]

Thanks for checking. Instead of uploading a previous version, I just repacked it and replaced only the files that I usually replace.

But for some reason I have a feeling that by just replacing the usual files, I'm missing some files necessary to use the in-game text. Could someone do a quick comparison of what new files were added/changed from TouchPod v4.4a to v4.5 Beta?

 

[jinzo]

I put this new files and works perfect

TXTBUFF.SWP
RealTime
system
system.ank
system.l2u

 

[Lathlas]

I'm assuming that you mean

TXTBUFF.SWP
RealTime.DB
system.FON
system.ank
system.l2u

EDIT: I put those files in the SYSTEM folder, and everything seems to still be working fine. I have no idea how I'm supposed to access the in-game text so I don't know if that's working or not. I made a text file with the same name as the rom, but I don't know what I'm supposed to do to display it.

My hex-edited copy of KH365/2 seems to be taking a MUCH longer time to load than it did before, but once it loads (after about 45sec-1min) it plays fine so I'm not sure if that's related to anything here. It is the rom I'm trying to test the in-game text with so that could account for it, which would suck.

 

[dsrules]

make a txt file the same name as your nds file, then use the RTS function to bring up the in-game menu and choose View Guide

 

[Lathlas]

Well, in that case it doesn't seem to be working in Sakura with these updates, because I tried that and there was no 'View Guide" button, back to the drawing board.

EDIT: I didn't mean that to sound as rude it came across at first.

 

[jinzo]

I'm assuming that you mean

TXTBUFF.SWP
RealTime.DB
system.FON
system.ank
system.l2u

EDIT: I put those files in the SYSTEM folder, and everything seems to still be working fine. I have no idea how I'm supposed to access the in-game text so I don't know if that's working or not. I made a text file with the same name as the rom, but I don't know what I'm supposed to do to display it.

My hex-edited copy of KH365/2 seems to be taking a MUCH longer time to load than it did before, but once it loads (after about 45sec-1min) it plays fine so I'm not sure if that's related to anything here. It is the rom I'm trying to test the in-game text with so that could account for it, which would suck.

Oh sorry lol

My system show me that, but this files are the only files with those names

sorry for mi bad english lol

 

[Densetsu]

I put this new files and works perfect

TXTBUFF.SWP
RealTime.db
system.fon
system.ank
system.l2u

Thanks, jinzo

I added the exact same files last time, but the only difference is that I also overwrote the g6dsload.eng file

I've been trying all night to upload the file to GBAtemp, but I keep getting a "Connection Interrupted - The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading" error. I tried again just now, and it still refuses to upload so I temporarily put it up on MU for the time being.