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cheerup347 · January 15, 2006, 09:18:27 AM

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ratx · January 15, 2006, 09:29:21 AM

Yes it powers on but nothing happens.

ratx · January 15, 2006, 09:37:23 AM

"bricked and used to run ds games on" - not sure what you mean. No there is no other way than extracting the firmware and checking against what you know a bricked firmware looks like. Why are you asking?

ratx · January 15, 2006, 09:45:14 AM

Legally its fraud but you'll probally get away with it.

ratx · January 15, 2006, 09:57:11 AM

Yes like I posted earlier - they could work out you have been bricked if they really wanted to... but its extremely unlikely they even care.

For all intents and purposes I'd imagine its completely safe to take your bricked DS back to a shop under warranty - even if you have flashme...

PHERK · January 15, 2006, 09:47:02 PM

You really need to stop worrying about getting your DS bricked.
Just get your DS flashed if you really care so much, since you obviously dont trust yourself from getting malware.

blueoakleyz · January 16, 2006, 02:38:56 AM

so flashing a DS (which is necessary anyway right?) will act as a safeguard to malicious software/trojans/viruses/bricking software?

karurosu · January 16, 2006, 12:25:20 PM

Just think about it:
If you use superpass:
-It will stick out of the NDS, and somebody may pull it (by accident) and break your NDS
-Battery will last less
-NO protection.
-It is a pain to have it all time on the NDS.

If you flash:
-You will only need your SC
-No risk for your NDS slot
-You get a protection against malware
-Now, the SC has autoboot

So, I guess that if you are really worried about the bricker, then go for flashme. The NDS will brick, but you will be able to recover it. (no solder needed

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blueoakleyz · January 16, 2006, 01:08:30 PM

i'm worried about flashing..
if something went wrong when mkds came out because the firmware was different than it was supposed to be, what happens in the future?
anything else could go wrong?

RottenFox · January 16, 2006, 02:00:33 PM

you can always hold off..no rush to do anything.
as for keeping the superpass in all the time,good luck,its just painting a target on it.

karurosu · January 16, 2006, 03:05:58 PM

A well instaled flashme has a special Safe boot feature, there is ABSOLUTELY no way to erase that without shorting SL1, so if you flashed, and a new game writes over the flashme code (just like what MKDS did) then you'll have your safe feature, and you'll recover.

I actually don't see the point of having the passme thing all time, actually, just using it voids your warranty ( Use of non suppoted nintendo device ). The battery with a passme last about 3 hours, while using flashme it may last 6 or more.

Carnivean · January 16, 2006, 03:29:46 PM

If you manage to uninstall the new firmware I see no reason they can find out - bar the fact you'll have removed the sticker covering the SL1 contacts which (I believe) instantly voids the warranty.

Carnivean · January 16, 2006, 03:37:09 PM

Yes I suppose you could, but it's quite likely to show signs you've tampered with it. It being very small indeed.

Carnivean · January 16, 2006, 03:41:39 PM

Shortened battery life, higher risk of permanent damage to your DS, more vunerability to potential bricking due to unprotected firmware. More than likely some other stuff.

RottenFox · January 16, 2006, 05:17:44 PM

pm sent.!

but use the superpass to flash it for the first time.
heck,theres even a flashmestealth.nds,which lets you keep the health and safety screen,so if you did take it back,noone would know what you have done.
as for taking the battery cover off the ds,i have replaced my battery,no big deal.
it just makes sense to use the flashme,and keep the superpass as a last resort backup device.
dont get so upset about it,everyone here is really giving you the same advice...and we all cant be wrong now can we.!? :lol: