Nintendo DSi Incompatible with flash carts

[2die4]

It looks like the inevitable has happened and the current crop of flash carts is incompatible with their new DSi. I had a suspicion that this may happen and it was just a matter of time I guess.

Maybe once the machine is out in the open and in the hands of the hackers and teams who current manufacture flash carts then who knows. It's still really early days so hopefully something will pop up, be it a hacked firmware, homebrew exploit using the internal SD slot or other flash cards.

But in the mean time hold off from upgrading just yet and keep hold of your DS/DS Lites!

GBATEMP

Reports are flying in this morning that the new DSi handheld is incapable of booting existing flash carts. Our friend ahtin at Hacken.cc who has got his hands on a brand new DSi, has tested both the popular R4 DS and EZ Flash V.

ahtin has reported that the R4 DS (an auto-booting slot-1 cart), when inserted into the DSi, in fact does NOT automatically boot up, and fails to appear at all in the new revamped DSi main menu (which is normal behaviour for an auto-booting cart). The EZ Flash V on the other hand (a non auto-booting slot-1 cart), does in fact show in the DSi's main menu, but when launched generates an error which prevents it from loading any further.

Whether or not the new flash cart "prevention" on the DSi can be disabled or worked around is yet to be determined. Once more people get their hands on the new Nintendo handheld revision, we'll undoubtedly learn more about why this is happening. Perhaps it could be something as simple as an update in the carts loader/firmware (at least in the case of the EZ-V), or perhaps something a modified firmware (ala. FlashMe) could fix. But of course, only time will tell.

Hacken.cc have not reported results on any other flash kits. Stay tuned to GBAtemp for any further news, as we'll keep you posted on any developments.

UPDATE!: ahtin has informed me personally of his latest tests. Unfortunately it's not good news! Just take a look at the long list of flash carts that have ALSO FAILED on the DSi...

CycloDS - Failed
G6 DS Real - Failed
M3 DS Real - Failed
Supercard DS One - Failed
iTouch DS - Failed
FCard - Failed
NCard - Failed
M3 DS Simply - Failed
U2DS - Failed

Checkout the original thread here: http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=112857

[Goldberg]

Will only be a matter of time though

[-AMO-]

Maybe once the machine is out in the open and in the hands of the hackers and teams who current manufacture flash carts then who knows. It's still really early days so hopefully something will pop up, be it a hacked firmware, homebrew exploit using the internal SD slot or other flash cards.

No maybe about it, it's a certainty.

[Northernbloke]

If there isn't a way round it then the DSi will sit on the shelves as normal DS start selling like hot cakes and for funny money - you can bet nintendo don't want that to happen so there will be a way round it

[koola2]

I will be a while before I upgrade my lite's anyhow.