Hacking Time bomb?

[ikorodu]

i have just got this cart

http://www.nds-card.com/ProShow.asp?ProID=490

And also just seen the term time bomb used on here for the first time.

Will my new cart stop working after a year?

Is there a list of carts with time bombs anywhere?

 

[proflayton123]

i have just got this cart

http://www.nds-card.com/ProShow.asp?ProID=490

And also just seen the term time bomb used on here for the first time.

Will my new cart stop working after a year?

Is there a list of carts with time bombs anywhere?

This cart is not a time bomb no, things like R4 Dual Core are known TIME bomba

 

[Sleet]

Newer cards labeled r4isdhc.com will not boot with their current kernel if your DS/3DS date is past 2019. They won't permanently stop working though, you can change the date or use YSmenu to get around it.

 

[BARNWEY]

Newer cards labeled r4isdhc.com will not boot with their current kernel if your DS/3DS date is past 2019. They won't permanently stop working though, you can change the date or use YSmenu to get around it.

I also recently found out that there's a modified r4i-sdhc.com kernel that works on these cards. However, it won't boot games such as Pokemon Black(2) or White (2). So, there's really no advantage to use it over YSMenu (unless you really like the way that kernel looks).

 

[Yepi69]

Newer cards labeled r4isdhc.com will not boot with their current kernel if your DS/3DS date is past 2019. They won't permanently stop working though, you can change the date or use YSmenu to get around it.

I'm curious as to why they would implement such a thing.

 

[how_do_i_do_that]

I'm curious as to why they would implement such a thing.

It is all about money. It will make people who don't know about the trap to think that the flashcart has failed and for you to consider buying a new flashcart, preferably theirs again. That way you continually pay them. There is enough people who are oblivious of this trap to continually pay for a new flashcart from them to keep them in business for several years.

 

[Yepi69]

It is all about money. It will make people who don't know about the trap to think that the flashcart has failed and for you to consider buying a new flashcart, preferably theirs again. That way you continually pay them. There is enough people who are oblivious of this trap to continually pay for a new flashcart from them to keep them in business for several years.

AFAIK there were companies who did that to a few of their products in order to keep people buying.

 

[Sleet]

I also recently found out that there's a modified r4i-sdhc.com kernel that works on these cards. However, it won't boot games such as Pokemon Black(2) or White (2). So, there's really no advantage to use it over YSMenu (unless you really like the way that kernel looks).

If you mean midkid's patch, strangely I couldn't boot anything when I tried it.

 

[BARNWEY]

If you mean midkid's patch, strangely I couldn't boot anything when I tried it.

It's kind of iffy. I still prefer to use YSMENU though...

 

[ikorodu]

So I set my date to 2020 and get the time bomb error.

I have downloaded ysmenu which I can boot by running it as if it was a game from the default kernel. How do I get it boot directly to ysmenu? Is it just a case of renaming files?

 

[BARNWEY]

So I set my date to 2020 and get the time bomb error.

I have downloaded ysmenu which I can boot by running it as if it was a game from the default kernel. How do I get it boot directly to ysmenu? Is it just a case of renaming files?

Copy the .dat file in this zip file to the root of your sd

 

[ikorodu]

Copy the .dat file in this zip file to the root of your sd

Thanks! I'll give it a try.