New guy to homebrew

[ConnX]

Those prices are a bit high. I tend to go to newegg.com to get my flash media. Last time I looked I saw an 8 gig one for about about $58 bucks count in the 3 dollar shipping they are having now on them. You are looking at just over 60.00 for the 8gig vs almost 90.00 for the one at realhotstuff.com

As for the CycloDS. I just recently upgraded from the M3 Simply and I got to say its WAY better than the M3. Been checking out some of the homebrew stuff these past few days. I am addicted again to Lemmings DS. I played the crap out of it on the Amiga back in the good old days. And another game (I can't recall the name). Its sort of a board game with support for local wireless and it has an on line leader board.

All in all the CycloDS is really the best way to go.

[chooka1]

Guys,

Cyclos DS $53
Sandisk 8 Gb $83 SDHD card (no 6gb option)
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Total $140 with shipping

Good deal? Any concerns with the memory card (slowness, other issues) If so, I am ready to purchase.

Thanks for the help!

Chad

[chooka1]

Connx,

Thank you for the advice. I went over to newegg and found these two cards:

A-DATA 16GB Secure Digital High-Capacity (SDHC) Flash - Retail
Model TurboSD SDHC 16G
16GB

$60.00 + $5.99 shipping

or this one
A-DATA 8GB Micro SDHC Flash Card - Retail
Model microSD HC 8G
8GB
[7] $49.99 + 5.99 shipping

Any advantages/disadvantages to going with either one besides the amount of space? Does the cyclos have a limitation to how much memory it can accept?

Thank you.

Chad

[ConnX]

Make sure they say Micro. The Standard SD or the Mini SD will not fit.

[Womp]

Connx,

Thank you for the advice. I went over to newegg and found these two cards:

A-DATA 16GB Secure Digital High-Capacity (SDHC) Flash - Retail
Model TurboSD SDHC 16G
16GB

$60.00 + $5.99 shipping

or this one
A-DATA 8GB Micro SDHC Flash Card - Retail
Model microSD HC 8G
8GB
[7] $49.99 + 5.99 shipping

Any advantages/disadvantages to going with either one besides the amount of space? Does the cyclos have a limitation to how much memory it can accept?

Thank you.

Chad

That 16 gig isn't a Micro SD.

[chooka1]

Order placed...thanks guys!

Chad

Scandisk 8gig with reader
Cyclos Evolution DS

[chooka1]

Thanks to Shane for the excellent guide to transferring your DS games to your Cyclos.

Here is what he listed as requirements:
A Nintendo DS and original game cartridge you want to back up
A working DLDI compatible flash cart (R4, CycloDS Evo, etc)
A working wifi connection that you've tried with homebrew software
A working FTP server (we'll be using SmallFTPd on Windows)
The NDS Backup Tool (Wifi) on your flash cart
Pure text editor (like Notepad)

Can someone provide a link or recommendation to a homebrew program I can use to connect to the wifi?

Thanks!

CHad

[phantom_triforce]

Thanks to Shane for the excellent guide to transferring your DS games to your Cyclos.

Here is what he listed as requirements:
A Nintendo DS and original game cartridge you want to back up
A working DLDI compatible flash cart (R4, CycloDS Evo, etc)
A working wifi connection that you've tried with homebrew software
A working FTP server (we'll be using SmallFTPd on Windows)
The NDS Backup Tool (Wifi) on your flash cart
Pure text editor (like Notepad)

Can someone provide a link or recommendation to a homebrew program I can use to connect to the wifi?

Thanks!

CHad

To set up the WiFi, you can go into a retail WiFi enabled cart's WiFi menu, and then find the WiFi settings option. Once you have your network linked to the DS, all homenrew/ game backups will use the code saved into your DS. Although there is a homebrew program I think you can use. Let me look around.

[chooka1]

To set up the WiFi, you can go into a retail WiFi enabled cart's WiFi menu, and then find the WiFi settings option. Once you have your network linked to the DS, all homenrew/ game backups will use the code saved into your DS. Although there is a homebrew program I think you can use. Let me look around.

Thank you for the help. Being new, I may have it wrong but from what I can tell I need some sort of homebrew wifi connection to set up an FTP between the DS and the homecomputer so I can pull the roms off of my ds carts. Any ideas are much appreciated!

Thanks,

Chad

[phantom_triforce]

Thank you for the help. Being new, I may have it wrong but from what I can tell I need some sort of homebrew wifi connection to set up an FTP between the DS and the homecomputer so I can pull the roms off of my ds carts. Any ideas are much appreciated!

Thanks,

Chad

Well, yeah.
You need to have setup up a connection between your DS and your hotspot at wireless hotspot at home. To do that use this homebrew software:
http://www.mediafire.com/?pdovfvh9xzb

Then you will need to use a DS FTP program to transfer the NDS cart through your wireless hotspot to the your PC. For that you will need to use this:
http://www.mediafire.com/?nlzh0m1cgod

You will then have to create an .ini file with all the settings in it. Use this template:

#
# NDS_Backup_Tool_Wifi.ini
#

ServerIP 192.168.0.10 ! FTPd IP address (it's your PC)
ServerPort 21 ! FTPd Service Port (let it like that)
#FileDir /NDS_Backup ! Home Directory

FTPUser anonymous ! FTPd Logon User name (the user account created previously)
FTPPassword anonymous@anonymous ! FTPd Logon password (the password)

SaveFile 0 ! Saving size : 0:auto, nnn:Save File Size(KB)

#Trim ! Rom Triming Backup

Paste that into notepad and fill it in with your details. Then save it as 'NDS_Backup_Tool_Wifi.ini'. Copy the .ini to the root of your microSD card. Youre all set to go.