The M3 Simply is AWESOME!!! I just got one about 2 weeks ago, and I've already got my 1GB card filled half-way. :)If you just got one & haven't gotten a microSD card yet, or would like a back-up card check out the link below!!! http://meritline.sto...ro-sd-card.htmlYou can get a 1GB Kingston brand mem. card for $15!!! It was rated highly compatible with the M3 Simply (I did TONS of research before buying this product & my Simply) and works GREAT in mine! I've played DS ROMS (ROMS are ONLY legal if you own the game & the original cart. is NOT in use... please avoid piracy so video games are still around for my daughter when she's my age...), SNES ROMS, NES ROMS, and a multitude of DS homebrew apps/games without lag of any sort. I've found LOADS of great DS homebrew apps & games, and so far about 75% of them are compatible with my Simply. The others would load, but the touchscreen had wasn't supported. I read on another forum (AfterDawn, I think) & a guy told me that it's simply b/c the development kit used to create those programs (PALib) had just recently released a new version of their software that adds compatibility for the M3 Simply. He then told me that it's basically just a matter of waiting for those individual programmers to update their software & homebrew app(s)/game(s). Updating my M3 firmware to v1.04 Beta seemed to clear up some other issues for me, also. I found this simply by searching Google or Ask for DS homebrew sites.I highly recommend finding & downloading DSOrganize! This program has many useful features including a web browser, IRC, day planner, and much more. I had to update to v2.7 Alpha (after tracking it down...) & patch the .nds file in order for it to work on my Simply. Honestly, it may have worked after simply upgrading to the latest version, but I wanted to patch it just to be safe!There's also an application called "Win2DS" (or "DS2WIN", I can't remember) that allows you to connect to your computer remotely!!! Obviously it's a bit sluggish on a processor much smaller than that of your computer, but the convenience obviously outweighs the wait! All you have to do is place the files on your mem. card & run the Win2DS (or DS2Win, again, can't remember) .exe on your computer(s). It will automatically pull-in your Wi-Fi settings, so all you have to do is change the IP to whichever computer you wish to connect to & you're done! I recommend reading the instructions so you know how to zoom & navigate more easily.To all of those that have purchased a Simply, I say ENJOY!!! To everyone else, I recommend you go get one!!!Oh yeah, almost forgot that the Simply has a built-in "Boot Slot-2" function that allows you to boot to a GBA game, or other Slot-2 device. The reason for this is that you can't run GBA ROMS with a Slot-1 device... The GBA code is ONLY accessible through Slot-2, making it impossible for a Slot-1 device to access it. I'm sure someone will come out with a GBA Emulator that works on the DS at some point in time, but I wasn't very worried b/c I don't own very many GBA games in the first place. I thought adding this to the Simply menu was a good idea b/c if you ever want to add a Slot-2 device to your collection, you don't have to get a Slot-1 "passkey" device to boot it!!!
[FLASHCART] M3 Simply
Started by lilaznkilla, Dec 20 2006 06:02 AM
491 replies to this topic
#277
Guest_Kingofstrings
Guest_Kingofstrings
-
- Guest
Posted 15 April 2007 - 09:55 AM
I can't boot slot 2. Any suggestions?
#278
lilaznkilla
-
- Dragon's Elite
-
- 1,353 posts
Holy Dragon
Reputation: 0
Neutral
Posted 15 April 2007 - 10:31 AM
What wrong when u try to boot slot 2? Try changing to a different versionSo far the latest version I've seen is 1.04 with a cheat function.
#279
Guest_Kingofstrings
Guest_Kingofstrings
-
- Guest
Posted 15 April 2007 - 10:36 AM
Oh yeah, I forgot to update my firmware so I will try that. I get a blank white screen btw.
#280
lilaznkilla
-
- Dragon's Elite
-
- 1,353 posts
Holy Dragon
Reputation: 0
Neutral
Posted 16 April 2007 - 01:19 AM
hmm I normally get that when I don't have a slot 2 flashcart in my DS and I select boot slot 2.Right now the version Im using is 1.04 without the cheat function.
#281
Guest_Kingofstrings
Guest_Kingofstrings
-
- Guest
Posted 16 April 2007 - 06:37 AM
Awesome, the 1.04 firmware update fixed the problem.
#282
Guest_ネバリk
Guest_ネバリk
-
- Guest
Posted 17 April 2007 - 09:56 AM
just got my M3 simply and 1GB MicroSD card in the mail then. but im having some troubles, the official site wont let me DL anything, it all just timesout, but i managed to find 1.04 on a few mirror sites easy enough. but for the life of me i cant find moonshell (or media) hosted anywhere else other then the M3 site which has a history of being buggy and currently doesnt work altogether.someone have a link? send it to me? help?edit: IT BROKE!!!! AHHHH!!! WRRYYY?!ive heard of this happening before in some M3's, the MicroSD card wont stay in, the clicky thing is stuffed. it was working one minute, now it isnt. im gonna have to contact bamaboogaming and see what i can do about a replacement, but i have to go out of town for about a week in a day or so. any ideas on a quick fix? anyone? i need some sort of entertainment while im there, this will kill me.
Edited by ネバリk, 17 April 2007 - 10:07 AM.
#283
phoenix121
-
- Dragon's Elite
-
- 1,131 posts
Trigger-happy Mod
Reputation: 0
Neutral
Posted 17 April 2007 - 12:38 PM
You might want to do some reading up on this sort of thing:http://en.wikipedia...._status_of_ROMsUnless you live in some obscure country, roms are most probably illegal whether you own the original game or not.ROMS are ONLY legal if you own the game & the original cart. is NOT in use...
Thanks Lexus!
#284
Guest_bellzemos
Guest_bellzemos
-
- Guest
Posted 17 April 2007 - 01:15 PM
I have had this problem before and to fix it don't push it in all the way in. When I push it in all the way it pops back out, so I just push it in untill its clicks.edit: IT BROKE!!!! AHHHH!!! WRRYYY?!ive heard of this happening before in some M3's, the MicroSD card wont stay in, the clicky thing is stuffed. it was working one minute, now it isnt.
#285
Guest_ネバリk
Guest_ネバリk
-
- Guest
Posted 17 April 2007 - 01:25 PM
thank you, i might try that. right now i have a piece of sticky tape holding it in, and i found moonshell hosted on some file hoster sitehttp://files.to/get/...ll_1.6final.zipedit: didnt work, there is no click sound. there was when it was working, now it just kinda has the spring thing push it out no matter how far i push it in. if i let go too soon and it ejects like a faulty PSP gameI have had this problem before and to fix it don't push it in all the way in. When I push it in all the way it pops back out, so I just push it in untill its clicks.
Edited by ネバリk, 17 April 2007 - 01:31 PM.
#286
lilaznkilla
-
- Dragon's Elite
-
- 1,353 posts
Holy Dragon
Reputation: 0
Neutral
Posted 17 April 2007 - 04:46 PM
Sounds like your Spring is out of place.O yea if you need to get out of moonshell, press start. It does the Soft reset, well at least for me it is.
#287
Guest_xXSasukeXx
Guest_xXSasukeXx
-
- Guest
Posted 17 April 2007 - 10:20 PM
try doing it slowly i first pushed it too fast and was like omg it doesnt go in so i did it slowly and it didnt pop out
#288
Guest_ネバリk
Guest_ネバリk
-
- Guest
Posted 18 April 2007 - 03:36 AM
believe me, i tried everything..its ok thou, bamaboogaming sent me a email reply just then, all i gtta do it post it to them and they will send a replacement
#289
Guest_ChaosBoi
Guest_ChaosBoi
-
- Guest
Posted 19 April 2007 - 01:57 AM
Sorry if this is asked already but I'm not able to use the search function to look for it for some reason. Anyway, is it possible to install Flashme from the M3 Simply? Also, how risky is that SL1 thing where you connect a metal object to it in order for the flashme file to install?
#290
lilaznkilla
-
- Dragon's Elite
-
- 1,353 posts
Holy Dragon
Reputation: 0
Neutral
Posted 19 April 2007 - 02:19 AM
yes it seems possible to run flashme on your Simply since it is a .nds file. As for the risk with the SL1 connection if you turn off your DS during the flashing process then your DS is bricked unless its passed 1% or something then you can restore the firmware and go back to flashing. For the NDS lite however there is more risk, there are other contact points close to the SL1 contact point which if you short circuit could permanently brick your DS.PS: just updated the first post to include the added cheat function
#291
Guest_dgknight500
Guest_dgknight500
-
- Guest
Posted 21 April 2007 - 04:36 AM
umm does every micro sd card come with a normal sd adapter? My comp has a built in card reader but it only reads regular SD. it also reads 
, smartmedia, compactflashI/II, MMC, and memory stick pro(also duo but its hard to get out...i have to use my nails or a pair of tweezers). Im specifically asking about this package: http://www.dealextre...ils.dx/sku.1459
, smartmedia, compactflashI/II, MMC, and memory stick pro(also duo but its hard to get out...i have to use my nails or a pair of tweezers). Im specifically asking about this package: http://www.dealextre...ils.dx/sku.1459
#292
lilaznkilla
-
- Dragon's Elite
-
- 1,353 posts
Holy Dragon
Reputation: 0
Neutral
Posted 21 April 2007 - 12:41 PM
I think so from the looks of that page, you should also get a micro SD -> SD adapter. As you can see in the picture on the page. Getting the micro SD in and out of my M3 Simply isn't all that hard for me.
#293
Guest_Dac2u
Guest_Dac2u
-
- Guest
Posted 21 April 2007 - 05:54 PM
I've bought four Micro SD cards so far, two 1 GB Kingston cards and two 2 GB SanDisk Micro SD cards, all have come with an SD converter. Chances are you'll get one too.umm does every micro sd card come with a normal sd adapter? My comp has a built in card reader but it only reads regular SD. it also reads
, smartmedia, compactflashI/II, MMC, and memory stick pro(also duo but its hard to get out...i have to use my nails or a pair of tweezers). Im specifically asking about this package: http://www.dealextre...ils.dx/sku.1459
#294
Guest_TazDS
Guest_TazDS
-
- Guest
Posted 21 April 2007 - 08:04 PM
Hi there this is my first post so i hope im keeping within the rules etc.Ive got my DS lite and M3 Simply with the 1GB card. Finding it easy to play the DS games but not sure how to play the GBA roms on it, or even if its possible any help will be appreciated. thanks
#295
Guest_xXSasukeXx
Guest_xXSasukeXx
-
- Guest
Posted 22 April 2007 - 04:47 AM
the m3 simply only plays nds roms if you want to play gba games buy a slot 2 flashcart
#296
Guest_SpiritBoy
Guest_SpiritBoy
-
- Guest
Posted 23 April 2007 - 11:24 AM
Ehm. When I copy the firmware I downloaded from the site to my MicroSD and stick in to the M3, I get "Couldn't find _DS_MENU.DAT. Help?
#297
lilaznkilla
-
- Dragon's Elite
-
- 1,353 posts
Holy Dragon
Reputation: 0
Neutral
Posted 23 April 2007 - 11:39 AM
are those files in the root folder or your Micro SD card?And although a stupid question, did you extract the contents of the .zip file you downloaded?Ehm. When I copy the firmware I downloaded from the site to my MicroSD and stick in to the M3, I get "Couldn't find _DS_MENU.DAT. Help?
#298
Guest_Dac2u
Guest_Dac2u
-
- Guest
Posted 23 April 2007 - 06:57 PM
When you download the zip file, open it and there should be a folder inside. Open that folder, usually labeled English if you're downloading the English version. Then drag the contents inside the English folder to your MicroSD card's root folder, let it overwrite all and that should work.are those files in the root folder or your Micro SD card?And although a stupid question, did you extract the contents of the .zip file you downloaded?
Edited by Dac2u, 23 April 2007 - 06:57 PM.
#299
Guest_SpiritBoy
Guest_SpiritBoy
-
- Guest
Posted 24 April 2007 - 04:31 PM
Nevermind, it's working, but I have another problem, which's driving me crazy.When I downloaded the 1.04 for the cheat thingy, I overwrited the cheat and cheat.dat in the _system_ folder to have a cheat for a certian game. But when I choose a game, not only the game didn't have the cheat, other games which had cheats in the previous cheat and\or cheat.dat are there. So, where are they? Where do I save? ><
#300
Guest_xXSasukeXx
Guest_xXSasukeXx
-
- Guest
Posted 24 April 2007 - 11:51 PM
if you want to cheat or hack you game try using trainers that use .ips files or the bat file the cheat auto loads into your clean dump and will be there until take it off
