Problems with flashing DS

JimmyDodger · July 15, 2007, 01:17:56 PM

In my life time, I have flashed 3 DS lites in total, one of them being yesterday. Anyway, I am trying to help out another friend by flashing his. Everything was going fine, I did the Superpass 2 thing, and it was all dandy. Anyway, when I opened the flashmestealth programme thing, it didn't work.

What happened was I did XBXB, then the bar thing came up. I slowly put the flashing tool into the correct hole, and it suddenly turned off. We thought the battery fell out, so we tried again, but it turned off right as I put in the tool.

Can anyone tell me why this is happening, and what to do to stop it?

Thanks

UPDATE: Been using SuperPass 2 and Supercard SD. Forgot to mention. :3

dantheman · July 15, 2007, 01:37:17 PM

If you're sure that you're not touching the wrong contact (touching the wrong one = instant poweroff), then my only guess is something mentioned a while back, that perhaps the metal is too conductive. Someone once suggested using something with some resistance to it, like pencil lead. I don't have firsthand experience with this however.

meangreenie · July 15, 2007, 01:39:09 PM

Is the ds still booting up ?

tip ... wrap your tool in electrical tape apart from the very tip, to ensure your not shorting out on any close by components on the ds motherboard.

mudlouse1 · July 15, 2007, 05:08:25 PM

there's a whole discussion about it here:

http://www.scdev.org/forum/index.php?topic=4339.0

basically, plug in the power adapter

Mikeypr · July 15, 2007, 05:09:17 PM

I have also heard that keeping the charger plugged in to the DS can overcome this.

Mike

JimmyDodger · July 15, 2007, 05:17:44 PM

Thanks for the help everyone.

The DS lite was defiantly plugged into power, so I don't really see what I did wrong. I have used the same tool for all the DS's I have flashed, so there is defiantly nothing wrong with that.

I will be trying again, now knowing that when it powers off, it doesn't mean it's bricked.

dantheman · July 15, 2007, 05:22:54 PM

If it powers off at 0%, it shouldn't be bricked. If you make a good connection and it starts flashing but powers off before the 3% mark, it's bricked. After 3%, you should be able to use the emergency recovery button combo to try again.

mudlouse1 · July 15, 2007, 05:27:26 PM

Quote from: dantheman on July 15, 2007, 05:22:54 PM
If it powers off at 0%, it shouldn't be bricked. If you make a good connection and it starts flashing but powers off before the 3% mark, it's bricked. After 3%, you should be able to use the emergency recovery button combo to try again.

recovered mine even at 2%

JimmyDodger · July 15, 2007, 06:25:28 PM

Well, his little brother told his mum that "da ds turned off n now is lose interaction" or something, so I can't flash it now anyway.

Thanks for the help.

bitblt · July 15, 2007, 06:51:27 PM

NDSL recovery service + Supercard service + more
http://www.scdev.org/forum/index.php?topic=2648.0

JimmyDodger · July 16, 2007, 05:11:44 AM

Quote from: mudlouse1 on July 15, 2007, 05:08:25 PM
there's a whole discussion about it here:

http://www.scdev.org/forum/index.php?topic=4339.0

basically, plug in the power adapter

Actually, the 3 DS lites that I had flashed were all bought around June last year, and the one I was trying to flash yesterday was given on Christmas, so is that thread relevant to the DS lite at hand? I don't know if it's a new DS lite or not.