I love the bit where you, for no reason at all, pick up the PCB you just blasted with a heat gun and proceed to handle it like a hot potato. Comedy genius.
Congratulations. This will please Chairman Mao. Expect +9999999999 social credits in the following days. Memes aside, this is a great project. In fact this would be a nice way to create custom firmwares just for fun, like the PS scene.
You could already flash CFW to an unmodified WiFi board. Everything that exists is made for normal boards since the larger iQue/Korea boards aren't really common. DS CFW seems to be pretty dead but it'd be nice if someone could take advantage of the +256kb in an iQue board. Have a small set of cheats or some small homebrew without a flashcart.
Good job. Some feedback on your soldering: use flux, it helps the solder flow more easily and if the components you're removing have exposed legs you can even add some fresh low melt solder to make it more easy for you. also don't hold the pcb with pliers because the heat transfers away to the pliers and not melt the solder. you can tape down the board with some heat resistant tape on a piece of wood to keep it in place
Very well made video guide, Lillian (well technically, not a guide, but a demonstration so to speak). I love reading more into your DS development write-ups.
You are crazy. Custom adapter and custom script, all for the simple joy of a hack. Also, didn't know the firmware was stored on the wifi board, what an interesting design choice. Also, question: could this be done with a SPI flash programmer like a Pi, CH341, etc?
You can definitely use a programmer. The pinouts and connector IDs are here for hooking everything up: cdn.randommeaninglesscharacters.com/guide/ds-ique-firmware/wifi_board_v2_pinout.png
@@lillianskinner1984 Tapping the pen icon when its already selected changes the ink color to be randomized overtime making a rainbow effect. Images drawn with it can be received from a normal nds just fine, despite the fact it lacks that capability. Can be cloned too.
I can't remember exactly how everything is arranged, but the user settings region and wifi setup slots are moved lower down in the firmware. Aside from that there's not much of a difference.
Thanks! Firmware is on the WiFi board for the DS lite and phat. All other models have a NAND chip on the mobo. I really wish they kept with having it on the WiFi board. Really easy to unbrick that way.
I think so. The DSi firmware is just a collection of apps working together, and I know for sure that each app by itself works alright on US and JP consoles.
NTSC is a television standard, it doesn't apply to handheld battery powered consoles... The refresh rate and resolution of the DS doesn't change between region.
@@lillianskinner1984 thank you for the response! If I could find both a nand dump, and firmware dump for an ique dsi i could do it on real hardware. it would just take me a bit to get another dsi so i dont have to sacrifice messing up my sudomemo account.
It's definitely more something to do just because you can. You get a small benefit by upgrading the WiFi board to 512kb, making all iQue and Korea firmwares work. Not much practical use to that though. You might say there's the iQue game region locking, but that's spoofable in any firmware by changing 0x1D to 43 or 63.
That wouldn't work. 1. DS firmware is made for DS hardware, DSi firmware is made for DSi hardware, etc. 2. The DS firmware is entirely different from DSi and 3DS firmware (DSi is actually more akin to the 3DS than the DS is to the DSi). DS firmware is a single firmware file with everything embedded into it, DSi and 3DS firmwares are a collection of apps with a whole filesystem. Completely incompatible.
Yes. iQue uses an LE25FW403A and normal firmwares use the LE25FW403T. You can remove the chip or make an adapter for the board. I recommend the latter since it's easier if you're writing more than once. There are board pinouts on the FCC website. fccid.io/EW4DWMW006/Label/ID-label-format-and-location-706511.pdf
Very cool. I wonder how particular the Chinese games are as it was a region locked console iQue systems pretty sure. Either way nothing wrong with converting it for the fun and curiosity of it and seeing if it works and it did. The wifi works. I wonder what else is or isn't limited on iQue DS. Still cool to find out how it goes about the firmware and where things are located inside a DS.
The iQue games are region locked but you could remove that lock to run them on anything. The game just checks a single byte region identifier in the firmware's header. I think the iQue firmware is the least limited firmware possible. It can play every region including iQue and doesn't have any added restrictions.
i personally recommend not using music this distracting for something like this, but good video nonetheless. i personally enjoy all the little noises the process makes to repair/mod things :3
Someone else said the same thing about sound. I would have just left in the audio from when I recorded but I was feeling sick (as was my family). The entire thing was just coughing and sniffing so I figured I'd mute and use music.
Not sure, but you should take a look at fw2nds. If you can do it it'd probably be with this. gbatemp.net/threads/release-fw2nds-build-firmware-nds-from-firmware-bin.508831/
There's not really much benefit. It's more one of those things to do because "why not". You could argue that iQue games need iQue firmware to run, but that could also be spoofed by just changing a byte in normal WiFi board lol
Definitely! Just note that if the original WiFi config from 0x02A-0x1FF has been lost, you will not be able to use wireless ever again (WiFi and local play). The WiFi config is board specific data so you'd have to replace the whole WiFi board, not just flash a new firmware. You're good if you made a firmware backup at some point though. Anyways, I've got a DS lite guide here. Pretty much the same as phat just obviously a different board. randommeaninglesscharacters.com/dsidev/guide/ds-ique-firmware.html
are there any benefits to actually doing this? i get it's fun to do stuff like this either way but is there any practical reason people should consider doing it?
No real practical reason. The larger chip means you can install Korea and iQue firmware, but there's no benefit aside from iQue booting china locked games. That can be spoofed in any firmware though.
Pretty cool project, but did you really need to do the poor little components like that 😂 I've never seen anyone use a rework station as a pry tool before either
While there aren't any "real" benefits, I guess it's still technically an upgrade? Expanded from 256kb to 512kb, so it can fit iQue and Korea firmwares. Not that anyone really needs to do that lmao
Well, it now runs the Chinese market games as well as US, Japanese and European ones, so it's certainly an upgrade in the "strictly more capable" sense.
Yeah, and you can also patch the other firmware to allow Chinese games - although it lacks the Chinese system font that the iQue firmware provides, this doesn't matter in practice because none of the released games used it.@@lillianskinner1984
I got the idea from this old site: imaginglabo.web.fc2.com/DSL-Fw.htm The page I linked to shows how DS game save chips can be installed on WiFi boards. I figured if carts and WiFi boards use the same type of chip, maybe I could grab a larger chip from a different game and put the equally larger iQue firmware on that.
The only real difference is the chinese language option and allowing iQue games to boot. Though the region locking doesn't mean much since that can be spoofed on any firmware. Larger chip size for iQue is a bit better since you can flash Korea firmware as well, though the only benefit there is again just changing the language lmao At any rate, a real iQue DS is somewhat rare. Nice find and enjoy it.
@@lillianskinner1984 I saw it on a store I think 1 year ago, someone almost bought it before me a few days ago lol. I'm gonna make a video about IQue eventually but it will be in Portuguese (on tik Tok and instagram)
I like the video but that quick explanation at the beginning was only a second long, and unless you have photographic memory, you can't read that fast.
I put it there with the idea people would pause and read if interested. Most people's eyes glaze over when I try explaining everything so didn't want to stay on that frame too long.
Not much, just the ability to install iQue and Korea firmware. Those are the only two that need 512kb. As I said to someone else, you could maybe make the argument that iQue games are region locked to iQue firmware, but you could also just spoof that in a normal firmware and skip all the work. More just a thing to do because it's possible :P
There was more old DS hacking in the past. You should take a look at flashme and ppflash. I don't think there's much attention on the older DS models anymore.
None. I took a retail unit and installed dev apps. People asked if it was a dev unit. I said no and then installed dev firmware. More people asked if it was dev. I then added that random sticker and people for sure thought it was a proto. Now after posting this video I've added parts of a dev unit shell... more people confused. It's hilarious to see people think that I'm gaslighting them into thinking my 3DS is retail.
Comprar una iQue DS de verdad puede costar mas de 200 dolares. Las piezas que he utilizado solo cuestan unos 6 dolares. 0,30 por el modulo WiFi, 3 por el cartucho y 3 por construir mi adaptador. Disculpas si esta mal traducido.
What was the point in doing that? I respect your work, it was awesome to watch but...why? This Chinese version has not so many differences from the Global one :/
@@lillianskinner1984 Oh, so like a tutorial...well, kinda. That makes sense, thanks for the answer i hope you didn't see hate in my question, i was genuinely curious!
Normally to write to a WiFi board you'd need to dump the firmware with the DS lite, open your computer to patch WiFi config from the dump to iQue, put it all back on your DS, hot swap the old WiFi board with the iQue one, then reflash. Not terribly hard but it takes a while to do. I wrote a script for my 3DS that works with the adapter to auto dump, patch, then reflash the firmware. As you can see it's pretty low effort and fast. Also if something goes wrong it's easier to see and edit a hex dump of the firmware with a 3DS.
I don't know if it's to hide, but whatever the reason I think it's better on the WiFi board (or any removable module). Kinda weird but makes it easy to unbrick any DS lite. Would love for more electronics to have replaceable firmware.
Well, the Wifi storage chip also has some wifi-internal data that’s specific to the wifi chip, right? Maybe Nintendo just figured they can just stuff the firmware alongside the wifi data and save a chip on the mainboard like that.
@@hylje Yes, I believe that they put the WiFi data first for the WiFi chip so it doesn't confuse, for example, the text "Chat Room A" for the MAC address, but there is an astronomically low chance it could actually be a valid MAC address. I think when the CPU goes to read the firmware, it skips the bytes with the WiFi configuration and reads the bytes with the firmware.
my man is casually changing firmware on the floor, big respects
oh fucc that's right Lol
@@zorromagico4534 What does "fucc" mean?
@@ByakurenEnjoyerfuck, but guaranteed to not get hidden by youtube's shitty censorship
@@ByakurenEnjoyeri think he mixed the word fudge and thicc together, idk tho
Get this man a table for electronics immediately!
Great video. You've turned a despicable, chaotic and piggish DS into a glorious and harmonious DS with an intangible cultural heritage. 干得好!
谢谢! May there be many more transformations in the future.
Imagine what theyvwould say if this was orignally a french ds.
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@@lillianskinner1984 W H Y ?
oui oui, bagguette, escargot @@lillianskinner1984
I love the bit where you, for no reason at all, pick up the PCB you just blasted with a heat gun and proceed to handle it like a hot potato. Comedy genius.
Nothing beats breaking your back doing softmodding on the floor since the table is dirty! (personal experience)
We share the same pain...
i literally just built a custom gba on my bed 😭
desk was dirty
This video is *actually* amazing! I loved watching every second of it. Even though you didn't speak at all, your hand's acting kept me entertained lol
Thanks, that makes me really happy to hear!
this actually feels like a tutorial to watch
so glad I discovered a weird new thing today. I love discovering weird new things.
Congratulations. This will please Chairman Mao. Expect +9999999999 social credits in the following days.
Memes aside, this is a great project. In fact this would be a nice way to create custom firmwares just for fun, like the PS scene.
You could already flash CFW to an unmodified WiFi board. Everything that exists is made for normal boards since the larger iQue/Korea boards aren't really common.
DS CFW seems to be pretty dead but it'd be nice if someone could take advantage of the +256kb in an iQue board. Have a small set of cheats or some small homebrew without a flashcart.
@@lillianskinner1984
Didn't know that, since I'm not into the Nintendo scene at all. That's cool stuff!
You know it's going to be good when you see one of those yellow Stanley precision screwdrivers 🙌
Good job. Some feedback on your soldering: use flux, it helps the solder flow more easily and if the components you're removing have exposed legs you can even add some fresh low melt solder to make it more easy for you. also don't hold the pcb with pliers because the heat transfers away to the pliers and not melt the solder. you can tape down the board with some heat resistant tape on a piece of wood to keep it in place
I normally use flux (left mine at work lol), but I never thought about the pliers taking away heat. Great advice, thanks!
I feel like this video will turn up when I open my encyclopedia to the "because I can." Section
Cool stuff! Now we can turn any old ds into a rare Chinese one!
Yep! Also works on DS phats, just a bit more involved since the WiFi boards are soldered on. I still need to buy one and convert it...
Very well made video guide, Lillian (well technically, not a guide, but a demonstration so to speak). I love reading more into your DS development write-ups.
You are crazy. Custom adapter and custom script, all for the simple joy of a hack. Also, didn't know the firmware was stored on the wifi board, what an interesting design choice.
Also, question: could this be done with a SPI flash programmer like a Pi, CH341, etc?
You can definitely use a programmer. The pinouts and connector IDs are here for hooking everything up:
cdn.randommeaninglesscharacters.com/guide/ds-ique-firmware/wifi_board_v2_pinout.png
@@lillianskinner1984 Thanks! Now I just got to get me a DS Lite. :D
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This is the type of content I want to see more of.
Someone get this man a proper rework station, he'll be unstoppable
This is really cool!!!
Very cool work here, keep it up
You are a legend.
Me gustó el mod de flasheo, ojalá tenga más utilidades para la DS en el futuro
Video was funny. I enjoyed it!
Very impressive
Omg that's so sick
Actually nice to watch
Thats really cool
Great work dang
Awesome video
Amazing
rly cool
Quite a cool concept! I hope to see more of this content on my home page in the future!
that's dope
Now bring the dsi's variant of pictochat to the ds lite
What changed with it on the DSi? I haven't used PictoChat much.
@@lillianskinner1984 Tapping the pen icon when its already selected changes the ink color to be randomized overtime making a rainbow effect. Images drawn with it can be received from a normal nds just fine, despite the fact it lacks that capability. Can be cloned too.
Dope
Nice 👍
very cool 👍
sweet move dude, long live the DS.
En el suelo? Genial🎉
nice! subbed ;-)
Aside the languages, what are the differences between the global firmware (NTDO) and Chinese firmware (iQue)?
I can't remember exactly how everything is arranged, but the user settings region and wifi setup slots are moved lower down in the firmware. Aside from that there's not much of a difference.
@@lillianskinner1984so the whole mod was pointless?
@@jhsevs maybe a bit, but who needs a point? It's fun to do just because.
Amazing video ! So the DS firmware is stored on the WiFi board? That’s crazy
Thanks! Firmware is on the WiFi board for the DS lite and phat. All other models have a NAND chip on the mobo.
I really wish they kept with having it on the WiFi board. Really easy to unbrick that way.
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thats is a pretty cool idea! i wonder, would it be possible to flash an ique dsi firmware to an ntsc dsi?
I think so. The DSi firmware is just a collection of apps working together, and I know for sure that each app by itself works alright on US and JP consoles.
NTSC is a television standard, it doesn't apply to handheld battery powered consoles...
The refresh rate and resolution of the DS doesn't change between region.
Calling devices NTSC is still a good way of saying north american. I don't think it was meant in the literal sense, more so just the region.
@@lillianskinner1984 thank you for the response! If I could find both a nand dump, and firmware dump for an ique dsi i could do it on real hardware. it would just take me a bit to get another dsi so i dont have to sacrifice messing up my sudomemo account.
other than the logo and rarity, whats the point? if its just to see if it can be done i admire that, are there any benefits ?
It's definitely more something to do just because you can.
You get a small benefit by upgrading the WiFi board to 512kb, making all iQue and Korea firmwares work. Not much practical use to that though. You might say there's the iQue game region locking, but that's spoofable in any firmware by changing 0x1D to 43 or 63.
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this is interesting
what if you put the dsi firmware in the ds lite, or the 3ds firmware
That wouldn't work.
1. DS firmware is made for DS hardware, DSi firmware is made for DSi hardware, etc.
2. The DS firmware is entirely different from DSi and 3DS firmware (DSi is actually more akin to the 3DS than the DS is to the DSi). DS firmware is a single firmware file with everything embedded into it, DSi and 3DS firmwares are a collection of apps with a whole filesystem. Completely incompatible.
Can I directly read & write the firmware using an EEPROM programmer such as CH341a?
Yes. iQue uses an LE25FW403A and normal firmwares use the LE25FW403T. You can remove the chip or make an adapter for the board. I recommend the latter since it's easier if you're writing more than once.
There are board pinouts on the FCC website.
fccid.io/EW4DWMW006/Label/ID-label-format-and-location-706511.pdf
Very cool. I wonder how particular the Chinese games are as it was a region locked console iQue systems pretty sure. Either way nothing wrong with converting it for the fun and curiosity of it and seeing if it works and it did. The wifi works. I wonder what else is or isn't limited on iQue DS.
Still cool to find out how it goes about the firmware and where things are located inside a DS.
The iQue games are region locked but you could remove that lock to run them on anything. The game just checks a single byte region identifier in the firmware's header.
I think the iQue firmware is the least limited firmware possible. It can play every region including iQue and doesn't have any added restrictions.
i personally recommend not using music this distracting for something like this, but good video nonetheless. i personally enjoy all the little noises the process makes to repair/mod things :3
oh and!!! some editing would carry this a lot in terms of professionality, and keep text on screen longer!!!
Someone else said the same thing about sound. I would have just left in the audio from when I recorded but I was feeling sick (as was my family). The entire thing was just coughing and sniffing so I figured I'd mute and use music.
I liked the music! Didn’t mind it at all
cool
could you boot the DS firmware from the 3ds?
Not sure, but you should take a look at fw2nds. If you can do it it'd probably be with this.
gbatemp.net/threads/release-fw2nds-build-firmware-nds-from-firmware-bin.508831/
Not into the Nintendo modding scene at all, what’s the benefit of an iQue system other than collecting? :)
There's not really much benefit. It's more one of those things to do because "why not".
You could argue that iQue games need iQue firmware to run, but that could also be spoofed by just changing a byte in normal WiFi board lol
@@lillianskinner1984 Thanks for the info! That makes sense. Happy new year!
My ds phat has bricked firmware, this may be an interesting thing to do when I fix it
Definitely! Just note that if the original WiFi config from 0x02A-0x1FF has been lost, you will not be able to use wireless ever again (WiFi and local play).
The WiFi config is board specific data so you'd have to replace the whole WiFi board, not just flash a new firmware. You're good if you made a firmware backup at some point though.
Anyways, I've got a DS lite guide here. Pretty much the same as phat just obviously a different board.
randommeaninglesscharacters.com/dsidev/guide/ds-ique-firmware.html
This is insane, so many wtf moments lol
Now THIS is modding
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are there any benefits to actually doing this? i get it's fun to do stuff like this either way but is there any practical reason people should consider doing it?
No real practical reason. The larger chip means you can install Korea and iQue firmware, but there's no benefit aside from iQue booting china locked games. That can be spoofed in any firmware though.
Pretty cool project, but did you really need to do the poor little components like that 😂
I've never seen anyone use a rework station as a pry tool before either
Anything is a pry tool if you try hard enough.
Awesome, just be careful not to mention Taiwan while playyimg
What's different in the Korean one?
It replaces the Japanese language with Korean, just the same as how iQue replaces Japanese with Chinese.
Great video, but does the music have to be so loud and inconsistent in volume? I'd rather just hear what's going on in the video
I was sick so the sound of the video was coughing and sniffling. Sorry lol
I like the music 😢
Good taste!
Did you do all of this on your floor?!
Yeah lol. I've been trying to sort through all my junk and it has taken over my work table.
Are you a relative of the famous psychologist Skinner?
While cool to see, I can’t tell if this is a downgrade compared to the original.
While there aren't any "real" benefits, I guess it's still technically an upgrade? Expanded from 256kb to 512kb, so it can fit iQue and Korea firmwares. Not that anyone really needs to do that lmao
Well, it now runs the Chinese market games as well as US, Japanese and European ones, so it's certainly an upgrade in the "strictly more capable" sense.
The 5 or so that exist lol. I wish iQue had more to make this worth it.
Yeah, and you can also patch the other firmware to allow Chinese games - although it lacks the Chinese system font that the iQue firmware provides, this doesn't matter in practice because none of the released games used it.@@lillianskinner1984
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does custom ds firmware exist? O_o
A few do. The big ones are FlashMe, FWNITRO, and CreeboMeBeta.
How did you even figure out this was possible?
I got the idea from this old site: imaginglabo.web.fc2.com/DSL-Fw.htm
The page I linked to shows how DS game save chips can be installed on WiFi boards. I figured if carts and WiFi boards use the same type of chip, maybe I could grab a larger chip from a different game and put the equally larger iQue firmware on that.
That explains when IQue is a Chinese Nintendo company and they didn't make a iQue Nintendo switch
I just bought a ique ds lite, I really wanna know what's the big difference lol
Is the larger firmware in someway better?
The only real difference is the chinese language option and allowing iQue games to boot. Though the region locking doesn't mean much since that can be spoofed on any firmware.
Larger chip size for iQue is a bit better since you can flash Korea firmware as well, though the only benefit there is again just changing the language lmao
At any rate, a real iQue DS is somewhat rare. Nice find and enjoy it.
@@lillianskinner1984 I saw it on a store I think 1 year ago, someone almost bought it before me a few days ago lol. I'm gonna make a video about IQue eventually but it will be in Portuguese (on tik Tok and instagram)
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I like the video but that quick explanation at the beginning was only a second long, and unless you have photographic memory, you can't read that fast.
I put it there with the idea people would pause and read if interested. Most people's eyes glaze over when I try explaining everything so didn't want to stay on that frame too long.
Early
what's the advantage of this?
Not much, just the ability to install iQue and Korea firmware. Those are the only two that need 512kb.
As I said to someone else, you could maybe make the argument that iQue games are region locked to iQue firmware, but you could also just spoof that in a normal firmware and skip all the work.
More just a thing to do because it's possible :P
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I've been waiting years for someone to hack a DS Lite, this is a start
There was more old DS hacking in the past. You should take a look at flashme and ppflash. I don't think there's much attention on the older DS models anymore.
There never really was much outside of very light CFWs that remove the health and safety screen and allow DS roms to boot from slot 2
iQue does What Nintendon't
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MFL-06 meaning?
None.
I took a retail unit and installed dev apps. People asked if it was a dev unit. I said no and then installed dev firmware. More people asked if it was dev. I then added that random sticker and people for sure thought it was a proto. Now after posting this video I've added parts of a dev unit shell... more people confused.
It's hilarious to see people think that I'm gaslighting them into thinking my 3DS is retail.
@@lillianskinner1984 ah ok lol'
also, where did you get that sticker from?
From was an old microscope. Needed a good cleaning so I had to peel all that off.
@@lillianskinner1984 Nice, also do you have discord?
I read the email and was gonna respond... Totally missed that it was you lmao.
salia mas barato comprar uno nuevo?
Comprar una iQue DS de verdad puede costar mas de 200 dolares. Las piezas que he utilizado solo cuestan unos 6 dolares.
0,30 por el modulo WiFi, 3 por el cartucho y 3 por construir mi adaptador.
Disculpas si esta mal traducido.
a su maquina tan bien caras xD@@lillianskinner1984
i have several dozen questions
You should ask some.
so weird seeing a different start up screen, almost looks fake
What was the point in doing that? I respect your work, it was awesome to watch but...why? This Chinese version has not so many differences from the Global one :/
I just did it to show it could be done.
@@lillianskinner1984 Oh, so like a tutorial...well, kinda. That makes sense, thanks for the answer i hope you didn't see hate in my question, i was genuinely curious!
No hate seen! It's a legitimate question. You're definitely not the first person to ask it either lol
Cheers!
Why?
'It could be done why not?'
Exactly!
But why?
ique por que
Me when your hand picked up the chip:
What the fuck, thats hot what the fuck are you doing put that down. Oh.
You scared the shit out of me.
I'm an idiot 😊
What is an iQue?
Btw, Qué means what in spanish, so it's iWhat.
iQue is a Chinese localization of Nintendo. Really hard to come by those consoles.
iine
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Bro deserves a better workbench not the floor
I've got one... it's just covered in e-waste lol
Those ripped pads...
Rushing for the camera. I swear I can do a half decent job when I take my time.
we got rcta ds lites before gta 6 smh
Ique. Was lost console. Never been made .
Why you need need a 3ds
Normally to write to a WiFi board you'd need to dump the firmware with the DS lite, open your computer to patch WiFi config from the dump to iQue, put it all back on your DS, hot swap the old WiFi board with the iQue one, then reflash.
Not terribly hard but it takes a while to do. I wrote a script for my 3DS that works with the adapter to auto dump, patch, then reflash the firmware. As you can see it's pretty low effort and fast.
Also if something goes wrong it's easier to see and edit a hex dump of the firmware with a 3DS.
IN SPANISH SISTEM HAVE THE SAME FEATURES BRRUH.
iQue just adds the chinese language option and allows booting iQue games.
Why tho
Why not? :P
Why a Wi-Fi board?
Edit: Oh, nevermind.
Nintendo has a thing with storing system critical data on WiFi boards. Seems super weird lol
@@lillianskinner1984 That's like storing a BIOS on a Ethernet controller, honestly. I think they do that to hide the system BIOS chip from everyone.
I don't know if it's to hide, but whatever the reason I think it's better on the WiFi board (or any removable module). Kinda weird but makes it easy to unbrick any DS lite. Would love for more electronics to have replaceable firmware.
Well, the Wifi storage chip also has some wifi-internal data that’s specific to the wifi chip, right? Maybe Nintendo just figured they can just stuff the firmware alongside the wifi data and save a chip on the mainboard like that.
@@hylje Yes, I believe that they put the WiFi data first for the WiFi chip so it doesn't confuse, for example, the text "Chat Room A" for the MAC address, but there is an astronomically low chance it could actually be a valid MAC address. I think when the CPU goes to read the firmware, it skips the bytes with the WiFi configuration and reads the bytes with the firmware.
What the heck is an iQue 💀
iQue is a weird Chinese localization of Nintendo.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IQue
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