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[wgz4life]

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

[sneef]

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.

[joele]

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.

Yeah I am not flashing it for the same reason, just like with people who flashed their XBOX bios, instead of using a removable modchip... they now can't use XBOX live!

[[Jez]]

My modchip has an off switch
...tho I bunged in a old 40gig HDD so I still cant use live  

[NT]

The original firmware can be flashed back to the DS.

[sneef]

sweet! i didn't know that!

[dai_uk]

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.

Hmm you think it unlikely Nintendo will penalize you, you seem to forget their attitude with the SNES / NES Imports and anything else that infringes their copyright like ROMS!

I'd say it's highly likely the Big N will change their DS carts to pickup on the flashed firmware so they won't run at all on flashed DS's - I know this is as much speculation as yours !

I'm not going to speculate on the network play, of course like with Xbox Live there's always alternatives, like xlink

I was wondering, is it posible to backup the DS firmware before you flash it ? then you could restore your DS should Nintendo do something like this ?

[sneef]

Well, apparently Nintendo is modifying their official firmware to exclude passthrough devices, so let's just see how that affects flashed firmware.