#50589 - wgz4life - Wed Aug 10, 2005 10:45 pm
I just got a wifi card that works with the wifi and now Im thinking of flashing my DS. Is there any downside to flashing your DS? Will I still be able to go online when MArio Kart comes out?
Thankin advance for any response
#50595 - wgz4life - Thu Aug 11, 2005 12:19 am
sneef posted on the unofficial Supercard site messageboard
hi.
There are no technical downsides to flashing your DS, however, we cannot be 100% certain that it will not have some effect on future network play.
However, Because a passthrough device (like passme) is needed to run "Flashme", and a passthrough device is relatively inexpensive, It seems kind of unlikely that Nintendo would seek to penalize those who flashed their firmware. (being that a passme is easy to come by, and that flashme is SECONDARY to having a passme)
Just in case, I am not going to flash my firmware until after Nintendo's wifi network service launches this Fall, and I can be certain that flashme works with it; or until i can be certain that it is possible to restore original firmware.
#50600 - The 9th Sage - Thu Aug 11, 2005 12:43 am
| wgz4life wrote: |
sneef posted on the unofficial Supercard site messageboard
hi.
There are no technical downsides to flashing your DS, however, we cannot be 100% certain that it will not have some effect on future network play.
However, Because a passthrough device (like passme) is needed to run "Flashme", and a passthrough device is relatively inexpensive, It seems kind of unlikely that Nintendo would seek to penalize those who flashed their firmware. (being that a passme is easy to come by, and that flashme is SECONDARY to having a passme)
Just in case, I am not going to flash my firmware until after Nintendo's wifi network service launches this Fall, and I can be certain that flashme works with it; or until i can be certain that it is possible to restore original firmware. |
I'm honestly not worried about this. They haven't show any signs of doing anything like this yet (like Sony has), and even if they do you can just as easily flash your firmware back to the original firmware if you desire.
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#50716 - caitsith2 - Fri Aug 12, 2005 2:41 am
The only thing they could really do, is detect a flashed firmware, and blacklist your DS. (there is one thing they can blacklist specifically, the MAC address.). However, even if they did MAC address blacklisting, one could just change it dead easily anyways. The info to properly change it, is in darkfaders parallel port flashing utility source code. However, I am not that worried about nintendo fighting back, like sony is.
#50719 - The 9th Sage - Fri Aug 12, 2005 3:02 am
Does anyone know anything about that red DS? I don't think I've seen this for sale anywhere...at least not yet. Then again I haven't been to EB in a week or two. Does WiFiMe work with it? If so, I'm wondering if it's firmware is different...if it apparently doesn't work with PassMe, that really stinks. I don't think that's prolly gonna stop anybody from running homebrew for long though.
*edit*
Oops, must have put this in the wrong thread or something.
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#50790 - Rohaq - Sat Aug 13, 2005 12:02 am
| caitsith2 wrote: |
| The only thing they could really do, is detect a flashed firmware, and blacklist your DS. (there is one thing they can blacklist specifically, the MAC address.). However, even if they did MAC address blacklisting, one could just change it dead easily anyways. The info to properly change it, is in darkfaders parallel port flashing utility source code. However, I am not that worried about nintendo fighting back, like sony is. |
Well, unless your DS has a unique serial number, like the Microsoft have done with the Xbox.
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#50981 - lambi1982 - Mon Aug 15, 2005 12:32 am
I really dont think that nintendo would block anyone from using DS after this firmware change. They (nintendo) know about Passme, flashme and all the other ME's and they know that it is upgradable now without the contacts closed. I would think they would just force an update on you. hey nintendo probably had a way of updates( without Closing SL1) before PassMe anyway.
hey, you can always Downgrade...
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#50982 - Rohaq - Mon Aug 15, 2005 12:42 am
| lambi1982 wrote: |
I really dont think that nintendo would block anyone from using DS after this firmware change. They (nintendo) know about Passme, flashme and all the other ME's and they know that it is upgradable now without the contacts closed. I would think they would just force an update on you. hey nintendo probably had a way of updates( without Closing SL1) before PassMe anyway.
hey, you can always Downgrade... |
Downgrading means nothing if you're already banned though ;)
The reason to ban people from using the online service with different firmware is mainly to prevent cheating, although reflashing people's firmware would be much funnier ;)
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