[DS] Universal DS Homebrew thread. Fucking cheapskates.

Has anyone tried out the EZ-Flash 5 Bundle?

http://www.kickgaming.com/ezflash-bu...ion-p-190.html

It looks like it's a pretty good price, takes a microSD card in slot 1 and has the memory expansion, rumble, and other random stuff for slot 2.

Edit: Or, since it seems everyone's got a R4, why should I get one of those over this one? Or, even then, why this new Cyclo chip that Acer talked about?

Also, where would you guys recommend buying something like this from? The last time I bought anything like this was my Pro Action Replay for my PSX which plugged into the I/O port so I could play burned games and back then the best place was e-bay.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

So I'm going to buy the CycloEvolution thing from Real Hot Stuff in a few days (moving out of my apartment in a week, so I don't want the shipping to get screwed up). Going to buy it instead of the R4 since it's only $13 and the stuff I've been reading seems to be pretty positive about it. Was anyone able to find a much better deal than $20 for a 1GB microSD card? That's all I'd pay to have one included with my order, so I figure I'll just do that too.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

God damnit, pretty much everyone's sold out of R4s and the CycloEvolutions. Guess I'll just buy that cheapish microSD card I saw on buy.com earlier and wait for one of those guys to come in stock somewhere. =\

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Well, I see it's in stock at Divineo, but it'll wind up costing me $15-20 more than if I wait for it to come back in at Real Hot Stuff (plus I can get it shipped via DHL which I trust more than random air mail). I'd also rather not buy from somewhere that has a broken English website, so I'm going to hold off until I can find a reseller in Canada. Anyone have any sort of idea how long it takes for these sites to restock their inventory usually?

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I found 2GB of microSD for $25 shipped on buy.com, so you might want to do that.

Also, check resellerratings.com for any of the websites you're planning on buying a chip from. A number of ones I've read about had really low marks (3 or 4 out of 10) while others will have over a 9/10 with a ton of reviews.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Where'd you get the CycloDS from?

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

http://www.resellerratings.com/store/ModChipStore

3.82 rating out of 10 with 70 reviews in the past 6 months. Hope you have better luck than everyone else that seems to be ordering from there. =/

FELIPE NO

http://www.resellerratings.com/store/Divineo

4.01/10 though recently it's been a little higher. =\/

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

I sent an e-mail to the guys at RealHotStuff asking when they were getting their new shipment of CycloDS chips in, and within three hours they sent back saying they were told it would arrive next week (in non-broken English, too!). No mention if they're going to be black or not, though (I'm holding out since I'm not going to have a lot of time to play for the next two or three weeks).

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Just bought the CycloDS from KickGaming since I didn't want to wait the extra month for a black card (and my mom seemed interested in getting one of these for her DS, so maybe I'll give her my white one for her pink DS and I'll get a black one for myself once Christmas rolls around).

Also picked up a cheap 2GB microSD card off of amazon, and hopefully they'll arrive around the same time.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I had e-mailed their support a few days ago and they replied back within an hour, so that was a good sign. They used to be called "Kick Trading" which returned pretty favorable comments, and I coughed up the extra $5 for expedited shipping (ALL THE WAY FROM CANADA) to be sure it would get to me before I flew across the country forever. Also, it only took an hour and a half from my ordering the stuff and getting my confirmation e-mail to them sending me an e-mail saying that the order had been "Processed". Since they didn't tell me it shipped today I probably missed their postal pickup, but I'm hoping on Monday and it getting to me on Friday or earlier (as it should with 3-5 day shipping).

But, yeah, I totally agree that 99% of these places seem really shady. I really can't believe how many people put preorders down on stuff that costs so much money when you don't even know if the store actually exists. Other plus for the couple of stores in Canada is they tend to take American Express which is A++++++++ on customer service and getting your money back if the retailer tries to cheat you out of it.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Well, CanadaPost sucks ass. It shipped Friday with "3-5 Day Shipping" and it's not scheduled to arrive until next Monday. They gave me confirmation it was shipped on Friday (they updated the webpage on Tuesday to tell me this), and it just reached the US border today. :angry:

Also, the place I bought the microSD card from accidentally shipped me a 1GB card instead of a 2GB one, so I have to ship the 1GB back to them so they'll send me the 2GB one (at least they replied in one day about the problem). I'm just hoping that it'll get here by next Friday because I'm moving across the country next Saturday.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Well, CanadaPost said my thing should arrive today but it didn't. It's only been a few days over a week, but it was supposed to be 3-5 day shipping and I'm pretty much just going now even though I don't have a microSD card since I had to mail back the 1GB one to get the 2GB one and I'm praying they got it today so they'll mail it tomorrow and I'll get it before I move across the country at the end of the week. ;_;

I was speaking idiomatically.

What kind of tracking number did you get? The one I got doesn't work with USPS, UPS, or FedEx and just gives nothing when I put it in google (it works at Canadapost.ca, though). =\

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

The last update they gave me was "2007/09/05 International shipment has arrived in the destination country" and that was last Wednesday. I don't know how an express package can take this long when a first class envelope that had my microSD card from upstate New York made it to me in two days. =\

FELIPE NO

Well, the CycloDS finally arrived yesterday night and my microSD card came in today, so I'm trying to figure out how to get all this stuff to work. I probably should have done my homework before all of it arrived, but I've hardly had any time on a computer the past two weeks and realized I have no idea what to do with the things now.

Just need to figure it out by Saturday morning when I have my flight from Philly to LA nonstop (in addition to packing all of my worldly belongings I want to have at my new place ;_; ).

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Just have to say I'm living my CycloDS right now. Also got a 3-in-1 thing, but I haven't bothered putting any GBA games on my microSD card since I've been entertained with Picross and, umm, well, that's pretty much all the time I've had for the past two months.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I bought my brother and my mom each an R4DS from realhotstuff.com. They had the best price, are located a state away, and have fantastic reviews. I opted not to get them a CycloDS like I have because I'm getting semi-random MICROSD CARD NOT FOUND errors when I haven't taken the card out since the last time I played it (and I've seen some reports of people having the same problem), so I'd be worried about it happening to them too.

Since the R4DS is currently backordered from there, would I be better off getting a M3DS Real for them? It comes with a rumble pack, which I figure they would like, for about the same price.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Acer, it's only been a pretty intermittent problem so far, so I'm not actually worried about it right now. I'm also stuck at home with no consoles or PC, so the DS is my only entertainment other than the books I got at the library today. If I keep having the problem over the next few weeks then I'll drop them a line when I get back to school.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Oh, for anyone else that has a CycloDS they just released a patch the other day that supports real-time saves. Apparently it's not quite done since there's still a number of glitches, but in the readme for the update they actually talk about what they're doing, how they're doing it, and what the current problems are (in clear English!).

It also seems to have fixed my problem with it not starting up properly so far, too.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Does that TI-83 emulator actually have full calculator functionality? That might actually be useful for when I forget my calculator in my office and am working on homework at home.

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I was having issues with one of the skins on my CycloDS where it would make it so the software wouldn't load. Try taking off all your games and everything and just put the software alone on your microSD.

Maybe try using a different USB card reader if possible.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I bought from kickgaming.com and RealHotStuff and had positive experiences with both. Canadapost sucks major nut, though.

FELIPE NO

I've been using the microSD adapter that came with my Cyclo since I got it and haven't had any real problems with the moving data onto the card part.

I was having issues where it wouldn't load properly when I turned the DS on and the only way I could fix it was by reinstalling the firmware, but I eventually figured out it was a bad skin file that was causing it to screw up (rewriting the firmware would turn it off of "Random" for the theme), so I deleted all of my skins and haven't had a problem since.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Not sure if anyone's currently in the market for one, but Woot : One Day, One Deal (SM) has a 2GB Kingston MicroSD card with adapter for $5.99 + $5 shipping today. Shipping is the same for up to 3, so you can get 6 GB for $23.

Jam it back in, in the dark.