How to crack the Nintendo DS, DS Lite and DSI 1.4
The Nintendo DS is one of the easiest console to crack. In fact simply for the cracker just buy a small card called R4 ds flashcart. The interest of being able to crack his Nintendo DS is of course to launch then roms (ie backup of Nintendo DS games). But the other nice thing is to be able to launch small applications that make the use of the DS much more fun. For example, once your NDS cracked, you will be able to use homebrew to watch divx by converting them to the correct format and using Moonshell. Here I try to explain everything in detail (what is a flashcart, where to buy, what flashcart to use, how to flash his flashcart etc).
For beginners, take the time to read everything, for the more experienced cracking and flashing portion of the DSi (v1.4) is at the end. You can download ds/dsi games in our Discord channel here https://discord.gg/KqmKUPk
How to crack his Nintendo DS and DS Lite
For that you have to buy the famous flashcart. There are 2 types of flashcart: slot-1 flashcarts and slot-2 flashcarts
What is a flashcart Slot-1?
A Slot-1 flashcart has the format of a DS cartridge. It can be either fixed memory (internal memory) or removable memory (we can put a micro SD card to change the size).
Pros:
- The flashcart alone can launch NDS Roms
- There is no need for Flashme and Passme
- There is no need to patch the Roms. A copy / paste of the .nds file to the card is enough
- The flashcart is the size of an NDS cartridge so nothing exceeds
- It uses a Micro SD card (= cheap, powerful and removable)
Cons:
- Do not launch GBA Roms
What is a flashcart Slot-2?
A Slot-2 flashcart fits into the NDS GBA cartridge port. It can also be a fixed memory or removable memory.
These flashcarts are the older generation.
Pros:
- Lance Roms NDS and GBA
Cons:
- You need a passme or a flash
- Exceeds 1 cm from the NDS
- Consumes more battery
Which R4 ds card to choose for DS, DS Lite or DSi?
Already you’ll understand, you have to buy a flashcart type Slot-1. Then we must try to take a flashcart that is often updated. This way you will not be blocked following the update of a firmware of your Nintendo DS. Precisely, today the latest firmware on the Nintendo DSi is the firmware 1.4.5. To be able to crack the firmware of the DSi it is necessary to use a compatible flashcart.
List R4 DSi flashcarts compatible with firmware 1.4.5
Here is a small list of r4 dsi flashcarts that works with the 1.4 firmware of your NDS:
- Acekard 2i
- Ace3ds plus
- R4i sdhc 3ds rts
The first card is out of date and was ever the best dsi flashcart but now we will recommend the ace3ds plus card. To use it, you need just 3 steps as follows:
- download ace3ds kernel on the official ste ace3ds.com
- extract it to the root of sd card
- download roms .nds to sd card
Okay put sd card into flashcart and flashcart into DS console, you’re set !
Where to buy a DSi flashcard in Europe or South America ?
You can order your flashcart on mod-switch.com which is a very safe Portugual site (attractive price, very good delivery times and after-sales service).
