Acekard 2i for Nintendo 3DS / DSi XL. Buy Nintendo DS, DS Lite and DSi XL. Iput on AKAIO V 1.7 software. Note that the mod file needs to be run from a standard DS Lite directly from the AceKard 2i. Mar 18, 2010. How to setup your acekard2i for Nintendo DS/DS Lite/DSi/XL. How To Install Acekard 2i Software on Nintendo DSi. How to set up the Acekard 2i. Usbprns2.exe Samsung Scx-3405w there.

So, I've been around the internet reading and reading and reading, since I'm considering getting a new flash card (I accidentally updated my DSi a while ago, and my old counterfeit flashcard wasn't supported anymore.). The thing is that I have a Nintendo DSi, with the 1.4.4 firmware. I did some reading on the GBATemp wiki and forums, and saw that the Acekard 2i can be updated to work with version 1.4.4 of the firmware. However, there was something I didn't understand. It said somewhere that it is possible to update it with a DS/DS Lite or a DSi/3DS, but you have to update the card before you update the DSi. Does that mean that even if I chose to update the card on my DS Lite, it won't work since my DSi is already updated?

Or is this only the case if you only have a DSi and logically you'd have to update the card first or else it won't run so it can update? (What confuses me is the way it's phrased. Unfortunately I've lost the link to this statement.). Click to expand.The R4i Gold 3DS is just as cheap as the Acekard 2i.

The only real difference between the Acekard 2i and the R4i Gold 3DS is that the R4i Gold 3DS still receives support for newer DSi/3DS firmwares; the Acekard 2i will never work on anything beyond DSi 1.4.4. If you were to accidentally update your DSi past 1.4.4, you would have to buy a new flashcart, so it would be better if you just bought something still receiving support anyway. The flashcart you linked to is the RTS, which is basically the R4i Gold 3DS. That is a good one to get.

You can see the following thread for more details on which flashcart to get. Note: The Acekard 2i is not on the list because there is no reason to get it since it lacks support and the others have all the features it has while being potentially just as cheap. The Acekard 2.1 is on the list but only works on DS systems before the DSi. Click to expand.I planned to buy one and use it on my DSi, which was version 1.4.4, but it is stated that you must upgrade the card before the DSi. I wasn't exactly sure what that meant (if this was only if you didn't have another stystem to update the card on, or if the card simply wouldn't work on the DSi 1.4.4 that was already updated, even if I updated the card on another console.) Now I know, thanks to you guys, that it can be updated on another older generation console, but I should probably buy a flashcard that's still supported (even though it doesn't matter to me as I don't plan to update either my DSi nor 3DS XL). I'm sorry for crashing in on your forum and being a noob and stuff.

I always try to research myself before asking seemingly pointless questions. I don't want to be an annoying burden. I knew what the article was about.

It was just that tiny little part in the 'Before you begin' part, where it doesn't make it very clear that even if you can't update the cart on a DSi firmware version 1.4.4, you can update it on an older console or a DSi with an older firmware version, and it will be playable on said DSi 1.4.4 after you've updated the cart on another device. It does say that '.however, DS and DS Lite systems do not have upgradable firmware', but that only hints that you can freely upgrade the cart on those systems, and not whether it'll still work on the DSi afterwards (since it clearly states that '.the AK2i must first be updated, then the system itself', which is logical since it wouldn't run on the console to update, if the DSi was already 1.4.4, but it doesn't explain exactly why that is and it doesn't explain that you can bypass that if you have another system to use to upgrade it, and then it'll work on the DSi). Or maybe that's just the noob in me over thinking. Click to expand.the introduction of the article explains what the bootloaders are for and the cat and mouse game nintendo plays with flash kits. This sets up the entire background allowing users to understand that their flash kit can and will get blocked.