Hacking Updated n00b guide to setting up your Acekard

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tk_saturn said:
Unless the cart is preflashed, yes.

No the card i am buying is not preflahsed. I ordered in from online on Saturday and it is already dispatched and now I won't be able to cancel my order as I ordered 5 cards one for me and others for my friends. Could you please help me how I can flash these cards by myself. Please Help!

Thanks, Pendu.

EDIT: I am sorry, find lot of information in the guide on first page. I guess now I have to look for a DS Lite, so that I can update the firmware or I have to order another card which came pre flahsed.

Thank you so much for putting this detailed information.
 

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Ok.... I tried updating my akaio to 1.8.1 by dragging and replacing the _aio folder and akmenu4.nds into my micro sd. When I try it on my DSI XL a box pops up saying file text and then the ok button. I have been trying different ways of updating for the past few hours and have been readig the n00b guide to setting up acekard. What am I doing wrong? It took me forever to get the Alex Rider storm rider icon , I don't even know what files i moved around. Now how do I get this 1.8.1 put in............. unless the Alex rider icon means I already installed 1.8.1. ugh sorry i know i'm a major newbie here and my questions r probably irritating
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I forgot to mention: when dsi loads the card it only shows me the micro sd icon then the box opens with file on top, text on the bottom then the ok button near the corner
 

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Try formatting your SD card with the Panasonic formatter, or at least deleting the _aio folder off it before updating.
 

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ZURREN thanks so much. I just get so nervous about messing with my files in fear of deleting all my saved progress. I am slowly learning though. I will just make sure to have backed up my files! Thanks again
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My son was thrilled to be able to play some new games that were not working before (=
 

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Just for the sake of curiosity, is there any way to remove the paper from inside the shell once it's there (besides opening the whole shell and gluing it back through magic)?
And if I've tried both of the paper tricks and I'm still getting issues, what would be the next course of action? Thicker paper? (Not really my case, but it seems that only the first trick was not enough for me. I've just fit a TK paper - common A4 type - there, even though I believe I cut it a bit too short, but I hope I stop crashing and getting nothing when I turn my DS on.)
 

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A little help

Currently sitting here with a DSi 1.3U

Do I want to flash the firmware in the cart?
Do I want to update the firmware on the DSI
(Is there reasons for wanting to do so?)


Next

The OP has this under the firmware section
QUOTE said:
Download the firmware update from Here and extract the contents to the root directory of your MicroSD card. You should have two files ak2ifw_update_141_DSi.nds and ak2ifw_update_141_DSL.nds

The file names in the download are identical however, the screen images says AK2I as shown on the OPs images.
When you run ak2ifw_update_141_DSi.nds it says R4DSi Firmware update (141)
 

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The best thing to do, ( What I do XD) Whenever I even connect my MicroSD, I back up everything. Save files, Games, EVERYTHING.
 

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Didu50 said:
The best thing to do, ( What I do XD) Whenever I even connect my MicroSD, I back up everything. Save files, Games, EVERYTHING.

I've got an 8GB Micro SD card.
If I'd do that every day, my computer wouldn't last very long. >->

I do backup my save files every now and then, though.
 

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isabelyes said:
Didu50 said:
The best thing to do, ( What I do XD) Whenever I even connect my MicroSD, I back up everything. Save files, Games, EVERYTHING.

I've got an 8GB Micro SD card.
If I'd do that every day, my computer wouldn't last very long. >->

I do backup my save files every now and then, though.

Me too.
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I just copy everything on it then paste, and copy over old files. So it doesn't really add much. And Considering I only have 80 GB of Hard Drive space, (33 free gb) Its not that bad.
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Didu50 said:
isabelyes said:
Didu50 said:
The best thing to do, ( What I do XD) Whenever I even connect my MicroSD, I back up everything. Save files, Games, EVERYTHING.

I've got an 8GB Micro SD card.
If I'd do that every day, my computer wouldn't last very long. >->

I do backup my save files every now and then, though.

Me too.
tongue.gif
I just copy everything on it then paste, and copy over old files. So it doesn't really add much. And Considering I only have 80 GB of Hard Drive space, (33 free gb) Its not that bad.
tongue.gif

But, the thing is, if there's something wrong with some of the files, you won't have an earlier backup...>->
Also, sometimes I delete games to make room for others, but when I want that game back, I just look through my save backups.
 

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It's mentioned someone in thsi thread http://filetrip.net/f12174-AKAIO-Wood-R4-S...anager-1-4.html

A batch file I wrote. Insert your MicroSD card into your PC and run the tool, it will backup all your saves on the MicroSD card into an archive in a DS-saves directory with "My Documents" on your PC. Each archive will have the name of the date & time it was backed up.
 

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tk_saturn said:
It's mentioned someone in thsi thread http://filetrip.net/f12174-AKAIO-Wood-R4-S...anager-1-4.html

A batch file I wrote. Insert your MicroSD card into your PC and run the tool, it will backup all your saves on the MicroSD card into an archive in a DS-saves directory with "My Documents" on your PC. Each archive will have the name of the date & time it was backed up.

wuhuu, sweeeeeeeet, thanks!
 

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Why the hell is this not a sticky? It's a fantastic guide, way better than the one that *is* a sticky!

Sticky it mods, please....

Hellraiser...........>
 

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I just tried the PCB trick thingy. It's working quite well, but there's a slight bulging at the back (where the sticker is) but not much to be worried about (I hope). Is this normal?

EDIT:

I found a video on youtube. Guy said that if it doesn't work the first time (like it didn't for me), you should be fine to try again (like I did) until it works (as it does now) and pretty much you shouldn't have further problems (hopefully so).

So, I guess that should appease my paranoia (the bulging is actually less than the bulge the chip makes, so I suppose there's no harm in that).

BTW, the guy did credit tk_saturn for thinking up the idea. As should I. Thanks, man.
 

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HellraiserUK said:
Why the hell is this not a sticky? It's a fantastic guide, way better than the one that *is* a sticky!

Sticky it mods, please....

Hellraiser...........>

I agree, this is THE #1 GUIDE to use for everyone, nOOb or not. It's well conceived, well written, has as much or as little information as you need. You can't beat it.
 

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Hi loving the guide,

just a noob question...i have updated my ak2i to version 1.4 and now i have the alex rider stormbreaker thq....can i change this to a acekard icon or not...??? using a DSI on ver 1.3e would this need updating to 1.4 but card works fine..
 

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