The Nintendo DSi received its 1.4 firmware update less than a week ago. Among other things, it scuppered pirates by blocking all previously compatible flashcarts.
But many of these flashcart manufacturers were prepared for just such a scenario, and they've built their own devices with upgradable firmware. Considering that it only took them about a month to design a DSi compatible flashcart, it's not a huge surprise that they have already found a way around Nintendo's new security measures.
the video below comes from the team behind the R4i Gold device, and shows the cart happily working once again on a DSi console running version 1.4 of the Nintendo firmware. Undoubtedly the other flashcart manufacturers won't be far behind with their updates, either.
Good news for homebrew developers, at least, though it's got to be a trifle annoying for Nintendo.
It will never end. There will always be exploits. Plus, if manufactures would just include features that the public demands then there would be no market for hacking
*cough* JAILBREAKING *cough*
disco3000 |8 August 2009
I would imagine that the more Nintendo try to stop piracy, the more incentive there is for the hackers to try and infiltrate the security and prove once and for all, that there is always more than one to hack a supposedly "secure" system.
qwerty |11 August 2009
that was fast . . .
Jon Smith |12 August 2009
It’s fake…look how the battery light changes from the point where the firmware is shown then he closes the D, puts in the card turns it on and all of a sudden the battery light goes red!!! I suspect a slide of hand was pulled off (and a camera pause) when the DS was closed…why did he have to turn off the DSi if the system was designed for hot swapping cards???
dave crisps |16 August 2009
It's not fake, because I've updated the kernel on my R4i card and it works fine again now with my DSi.
The DSi thinks the R4i is a Tak game, and you have to put all your saves in a new folder, but works fine. And am I a pirate? No, just someone who doesn't want to carry round a bag full of carts. Why Nintendo don't just set up a proper online store is beyond me.
Duff9uRL |28 December 2009
I noticed he has a 1.4J firmware upgrade on his DSi. This is not the case for me; I have a 1.4U and it has not yet been cracked. I have tried everything... I have done the hard upgrade with an R4i Ultra card with a DS-Lite and it still does not work. If anyone knows how to crack 1.4U then this site would be legit.
Programmer VS hacker |29 December 2009
The hard upgrade on the R4i card can only be applied (successfully) BEFORE FIRST trying it on the new Nintendo DSi Firmware, once that's been tried on the NEWEST DSi firmware, it's BRICK CITY for the R4i Card. I repeat you can not use the DS lite upgrade method or anything else AFTER trying it on the newest DSi firmware, it only works BEFORE its been tried the FIRST TIME.. on the NEW DSi firmware. Again, I'm not a hacker just enlightening someone on why it didn't work. Heey I'm all for Nintedo comming up with another software protection, if they didn't then there wouldn't be anything for hacks to work on. Houdini said it best when he said "Locks are only for Honest people"... there will always be a better hacker than a good Nintendo employee hired to prevent him...
The designer Drug trade has been trying to combat the same problem for eons. Every time a new drug hits the streets, the FDA (in the US) makes it illegal, then the dealers/backyard chemests change one aspect of the drug to thwart the law, and it hits the street suddenly then the NEW drug is made illegal, and the cycle repeats itself year after year after year...... do you see the parallels? Every trade has its hackers...
Fester |31 December 2009
How must one perform a hard upgrade? Is there a special device for the slot-1 card or can the upgrade be applied via the sd card?
