#110795 - thegamefreak0134 - Fri Dec 01, 2006 6:51 pm
My DSlite broke recently, in a bad way. You know the common issue with the hinge on this model cracking when you open or close the DS? Well, it skipped the whole cracking phase and broke off entirely. Now I have a DS that works, but whose top screen threatens to fall off at any moment. Needless to say, I need to redeem my 1 year warrently and send it in to nintento to be repaired.
Unfortunately, I flashed it to aid in my homebrew development, and I think they will kind of notice when the health and warning screen doesn\'t show up. I need to flash the original DSlite firmware back onto the machine before I send it back. It should be the same process as flashing the flashed version on, yes? Can someone point me to the file that will let me restore the original lite firmware? Thanks a bunch.
-thegamefreak
PS: Because of this, my DS development will be down for a few weeks. Darn.
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#110797 - Dan2552 - Fri Dec 01, 2006 7:05 pm
install flashme stealth, it will make the warning screen appear
uninstalling apparently screws up DSlites
#110800 - thegamefreak0134 - Fri Dec 01, 2006 7:41 pm
Well that stinks. There is no way I can put the original firmware back on then? Poo.
OK then, stealth version it is... for now. If there is a way, someone please let me know. I am trying to stay on good terms with them you know...
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#110816 - Devil_Spawn - Fri Dec 01, 2006 10:20 pm
they dont care about the version, you can install noflashme, but it is about as obvious as flashme anyway because of the bugs it creates, plus there is no protection, and if anything goes wron with noflashme there is no fail-safe
#110817 - thegamefreak0134 - Fri Dec 01, 2006 10:45 pm
Do we have a dump of the original lite firmware? If so, would it be possible to load it by recompiling the FlashMe loader, but using that instead? That seems like a logical solution.
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#110819 - MaHe - Fri Dec 01, 2006 10:50 pm
I replaced my busted DS Lite recently and made a firmware backup (before installing FlashME) that seems to differ from one in noFlashME. However, I don't have anywhere enough experience to write a flasher for it.
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#110821 - thegamefreak0134 - Fri Dec 01, 2006 11:00 pm
You can make a firmware backup? Cool! I have several friends with un-flashed DS lites, so maybe I could borrow their firmware and flash it to mine. That would be a lot less shady than finding a random image on the net...
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#110830 - dantheman - Sat Dec 02, 2006 12:36 am
I did a tiny bit of research on my own on dumping the DS's firmware, but all I found was the function that Pepsiman added to DSLinux, which only dumps to CF (no SD or variants) and only allows you to dump the firmware, not restore it.
I'd be interested in finding a way to dump my personal firmware before flashing for just such an occasion, but it would be useless if it's impossible to rewrite it. I'd rather not use PPFlash, which is probably the main option left.
I'll watch this thread to see if another solution pops up.
But yeah, as Devil_Spawn said, using NoFlashMe on a DSLite will create some bugs (I believe related to Pictochat) that would be easily noticeable. Best to install FlashMe_stealth and hope they don't hold the button combo upon bootup. I haven't heard of anybody who was denied replacement or repair because of FlashMe, so I'd say your chances are pretty good.
#110868 - MaHe - Sat Dec 02, 2006 11:50 am
You can dump your firmware using DSLinux with any variant of M3 (except Professional) and SuperCard (except Rumble) - GBA Movie Player works too.
Just run it and use the following command:
| Code: |
| cp /dev/firmware /media/firmware.bin |
And that's it.
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#111173 - thegamefreak0134 - Mon Dec 04, 2006 5:44 pm
Cool. Now to just go off and buy one of those cards... Oh well, I\'ve been needing one of those for a while now.
Can you copy back in the same way? It\'s not that easy, it it...
-gamefreak
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#111176 - Firon - Mon Dec 04, 2006 5:48 pm
MaHe: why wouldn't it work for the M3 Pro and SC rumble? All it did was dump to the normal SRAM, and those still have it, so I don't see why it wouldn't work.... Unless they use a different driver from the normal M3/SC.
#111603 - Kung Fu - Fri Dec 08, 2006 6:23 am
Honestly, do not worry about unflashing the DS. I had stealthme installed on mine, sent it in, and got it back without any mention of it being altered. Just send it.
#111650 - retrohead - Fri Dec 08, 2006 6:18 pm
| Kung Fu wrote: |
| Honestly, do not worry about unflashing the DS. I had stealthme installed on mine, sent it in, and got it back without any mention of it being altered. Just send it. |
I have known plenty of people to have sent off a stealthme flashed DS and got it back still flashed an repaired aswell, no problems. Good ol' Nintendo!
#111913 - thegamefreak0134 - Mon Dec 11, 2006 6:20 pm
Well I may have shot myself in the foot. I told them (when I sent it) first that the right hinge was messed up, which will be obvious anyway when they try to open it. I also mentioned that the firmware had been \"altered\" obviously by a friend, and asked if they would kindly fix it for me. Of course the very worst that can happen is they send it back un-fixed and I have to buy a new one, but who knows.
Are these places that flash DS equipment licensed to do so?
-gamefreak
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#112017 - sonny_jim - Tue Dec 12, 2006 2:24 pm
| MaHe wrote: |
You can dump your firmware using DSLinux with any variant of M3 (except Professional) and SuperCard (except Rumble) - GBA Movie Player works too.
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For flashcarts that don't have write support under DSLinux, you could either:
A. Make a build with NFS support and mount a writable NFS share (semi tested, should work)
B. Copy the firmware contents to SRAM 64K at a time and join them together afterwards (if the cart has sram)
C. Make a build with netcat and fire it down a socket that way
D. + many more methods
#112203 - phantomdjp - Thu Dec 14, 2006 9:35 am
How to unflash a DS Lite ?
Easy, but need lot of things :
Ds-Link
Neoflash MK4-Mini
DS Lite + Flasme
DS Lite + Original Firmware
Firmware tool from DS-Link Staff
PC + MicroSD Reader
1) use MK4-Mini to start the DS-Link on the DS Lite with an original firmware
2) use the Firmware tool to dump the firmware
3) rename the firmware with your computer FWBK.bin to FW.bin (or someting like that, read the readme...)
4) restore this firmware with the same tool but on the DS Lite with flashme...
#112390 - thegamefreak0134 - Fri Dec 15, 2006 9:47 pm
Well, its too late, unfortunately. Nintendo promptly denied my warrenty (not sure quite why yet, I\'m getting in touch with them to figure out what happened) and now I am being charged $82.50 for the repair. Damn. Might as well buy a new one.
-gamefreak
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