#84039 - Canadaka - Sat May 20, 2006 7:25 am
What are the differences between using a flashed firmware to load content from an SD Cart using FlashMe VS Using a passkey cart like Datel MAX Media Launcher or Passcard2?
Obvisouly its nice not having to have a cart in the DS slot, and seems flashme is faster loading. But are there and disadvantages of using FlashMe?
#84077 - OrR - Sat May 20, 2006 12:59 pm
If there are, I haven't noticed any, yet. You get rid of the health & safety screen, that's a huge advantage! ;)
#84101 - Lynx - Sat May 20, 2006 3:56 pm
The main advantage to FlashMe is the recovery code.
#84110 - tepples - Sat May 20, 2006 4:35 pm
| OrR wrote: |
| You get rid of the health & safety screen, that's a huge advantage! ;) |
Not if your DS develops a hardware defect within the first twelve months. If you want to add homebrew compatibility and the failsafe yet keep it easy to turn in your DS for warranty repair, use Stealth FlashMe.
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#84129 - The_DDub - Sat May 20, 2006 5:43 pm
| tepples wrote: |
| OrR wrote: | | You get rid of the health & safety screen, that's a huge advantage! ;) |
Not if your DS develops a hardware defect within the first twelve months. If you want to add homebrew compatibility and the failsafe yet keep it easy to turn in your DS for warranty repair, use Stealth FlashMe. |
So I have downloaded 2 sets of files from 2 different places. 1 is from here, gbadev.org and it has 3 files, flashme, stealthflashme and noflashme. They are dated older than the file from gcdev.com and that file is dated later than the ones here. Which ones will work with my V5 DSL?
#84142 - m2pt5 - Sat May 20, 2006 6:55 pm
The one from gcdev is always the latest version.
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#84143 - OrR - Sat May 20, 2006 7:00 pm
| tepples wrote: |
| OrR wrote: | | You get rid of the health & safety screen, that's a huge advantage! ;) |
Not if your DS develops a hardware defect within the first twelve months. If you want to add homebrew compatibility and the failsafe yet keep it easy to turn in your DS for warranty repair, use Stealth FlashMe. |
Oh well, they won't take mine back anyway since I recently painted it. :D
#84148 - HtheB - Sat May 20, 2006 7:26 pm
| OrR wrote: |
| tepples wrote: | | OrR wrote: | | You get rid of the health & safety screen, that's a huge advantage! ;) |
Not if your DS develops a hardware defect within the first twelve months. If you want to add homebrew compatibility and the failsafe yet keep it easy to turn in your DS for warranty repair, use Stealth FlashMe. |
Oh well, they won't take mine back anyway since I recently painted it. :D |
nice painting XD
hahahaha :P
I couldnt recognize that its is a DS :D
#84149 - Wuschmaster - Sat May 20, 2006 7:38 pm
WHY did you do that? @_@
The DS is so ruined, seriously...
#84150 - OrR - Sat May 20, 2006 7:55 pm
Well, I couldn't stand the default silver color anymore and it does look better this way.
#84175 - Canadaka - Sat May 20, 2006 10:00 pm
so really besides the risk of bricking, why wouldn't everyone use FlashMe? seems it has all the advantages and no disadvantages?
So if one were to FlashMe, I would just need to buy the cheapest PassMe2 device to complete the flashing right? so the PassKey 2 would work?
And what exactly is this "Stealth FlashMe"?
#84179 - OrR - Sat May 20, 2006 10:26 pm
Stealth FlashMe means that the Health & Safety warning screen is not removed. This way it's not easy to tell if you've got FlashMe installed or not. The normal version removes the thing for your convenience.
#84181 - Canadaka - Sat May 20, 2006 10:35 pm
ahh well i think i would like them remove, faster bootup right?
Why would someone want to leave them? someone could still tell if it was flashed by attempting to load the flashed menu, or by opening the back and seeing the stick removed right?
#84183 - OrR - Sat May 20, 2006 10:48 pm
Well, I put my sticker back on... (Though that is useless now I guess... ;) )
I don't think Nintendo would notice or complain but tepples is right, with some bad luck it might be possible that it prevents you from getting your warranty repair. However, in that case you could probably just revert to the original firmware (or FM Stealth) before sending the DS in, considering it was still running. And if it wasn't, nobody would notice unusual bootup behavior anyway. :P