alright i have looked at the guides about the different ways to hack the ds. but i dont know what is better.......maybe you guys can help.
by better i mean can play gba games, homebrew....etc....
and 1 more question. how does each thing work? its gotta be different than psp because of its firmware up and downs. do you have to open it up or something. hey thanks for all your help.
theres alot of different brands but basically m3 real
r4 and m3simply are what people get from what i have seen i own a m3 real and im really happy with it the
only problem i get is that the m3 real doesnt have the connector slides like a regular ds game wich line it up in the ds so sometimes ill experience freezing or not loading when i turn on the ds but if your a patient person and dont mine taking it out and pushing the cart back in then it doesnt matter
nintendo cant freeze your ds for playing backed up roms/downloaded roms
the amount of games/music/videos you can put on you micro sd depends on the size of the micro & sometimes the card i find that when i use my m3 real i can fit 50 games onto it without alot of load time this is using the normal 2.7 system files from the m3 real website.(i tried some new system files that were released in japenese but were hacked into english and i can now fit more games on it.)
for a card i suggest the m3 real but you can read around the forum and look for other suggestion. do some research =D
you should check out the m3 real guide wich is sticked in this forum
quoted from my other post but basically
1. buy a flash cart
2. buy a micro sd (preferably with card reader to add *"backed up"* roms computer card readers work fine)
3. get system files for your card (just drag and drop you need to get your carts system files usually found on there website or Gbatemp.net)
4. follow guides on setting up files
5. put games/music/videos on your card (drag and drop)
6. put your cart in your ds and have fun ;)
theres other ways such as flahing yoyur ds firmware to used slot 2 carts but its alot easier to just buy the slot 1 cart and not flash your ds
for homebrew you just need to put it on you cart(drag and drop to the root of the memory stick. most carts support autopatching of homebrew
for gba games you usually need a slot 2 add on
heres a link to the one that i bought it comes with a usb card reader
m3ds real
rumble pack and a gba expansion pack
thats all you need then just buy a micro sd from the place of your choice
For the moment, I think that DSTT is the best (www.ndstt.com) because can use SDHC cards. R4 and M3 can't. The advantage is the size of SDHC cards, can add much more games.
The DSTT on it's own cannot play GBA games, you need to purchase a EZFlash 3-1 and download homebrew software to load the games, same goes for the R4.
If you get the M3 Real perfect bundle you get a GBA Expansion with it and both the M3 Firmware and the new Sakura firmware allow loading of GBA games directly from within the firmware, no additional homebrew required.
ATM the new Sakura firmware is very nice and fast, but lacks good homebrew support (roms, music and video all good) whereas the old M3 firmware can load everything (including homebrew) but has a slower interface and a separate media player needs to be loaded for music and video. There is a mod available for you to be able to boot both firmwares whenever you need so you can have the best of both worlds.
i wouldnt buy either, look at other threads, they have compactible issues with new releases, such as Hulk and Etrian Odyssey. i have Acekard and Supercard, loaded both roms in and it works perfectly.
