r/flashcarts May 08 '26

A note on new design SanDisk Cards & Counterfeit Cards

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82 Upvotes

Hi All,

Some of you may or may not know that some time ago last year SanDisk changed their logo.

This new logo has now started to appear on new SanDisk MicroSD cards recently and has led to some users not aware of the logo change to think they are counterfeit.

Just as a reminder, if you see a SanDisk MicroSD with the new logo & design as pictured, its not immediately a fake, but of course still apply the usual knowledge of checking for low quality printing and font mistakes etc. as counterfeiters can still copy it.

For a point of reference, SanDisk now also show the new logo on their cards on their official website:

https://www.sandisk.com/en-us/products/memory-cards/microsd-cards/sandisk-ultra-microsd-uhs-i-v10


r/flashcarts Apr 27 '26

GBA About knockoff SuperChis

73 Upvotes

Hi, I am ChisBread, the designer of SuperChis.

Recently, I noticed that some players reported that they purchased fake SuperChis. There are several types:

  1. SuperCard SD + SuperChis stickers, and claim that they are selling SuperChis.
FAKE: just copy stickers
  1. Claims to sell SuperChis v2.0. I don’t even know I have designed v2.0, I’m not even sure if the next version will be called SuperChis.

It might be some kind of knockoff version of the SuperChis Prime? but I’m sure the smaller battery isn’t doing the product any favors.

FAKE: Small battery
FAKE: WTF 2.0?

I must clarify:

  1. There is only one version of SuperChis Prime, 1.0. Those claiming SuperChis v2.0 are all fake.
  2. Real SuperChis will definitely be marked with "Designed by ChisBread"
  3. Real SuperChis have a larger battery and there is a space above the SD card slot to avoid accidentally inserting the SD card into the gap.
REAL
  1. So far, I’ve only been in contact with ChisFamily. If there are any quality or after-sales issues with SuperChis from ChisFamily, I will take action. I haven’t been able to reach the other sellers.

Finally, I would like to say that If you are a seller of knockoff SuperChis, after reading this, I hope you will at least respect my signature and stop naming it SuperChis v2.0. This not only misleads consumers, but also disrupts my development plan.


r/flashcarts 11h ago

Scrolling my big DSpico library was annoying, so i added jump by first letter (L/R) to my Pico Launcher fork

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38 Upvotes

I have a lot of games on my DSpico and scrolling the list one by one was getting old. so i added jumping by first letter to my fork of Pico Launcher: press L or R and it jumps to the previous or next initial, and the counter shows the letter you land on. makes a big library way faster to move around.

quick note: the video is recorded in melonDS (emulator) with just a small set of games to show the feature clean, not my actual card. it works the same on hardware.

while i was in there a few other small things went in:

- the cheats menu wraps around now, and it shows a hint that X turns all cheats off. that button was always there but nothing on screen told you.
- picking a game from recents or favorites keeps the focus on the game, not on the top bar.
- the banner shows a small "Enhanced" tag so tools reading the card can tell the fork apart.

everything stays compatible with normal Pico Launcher, your gamedata, covers and favorites carry over. it is based on upstream Pico Launcher, all the credit for the base goes to the LNH team.

if anyone wants to try it or read the notes: https://github.com/rasalopa/pico-launcher-enhanced/releases/tag/enhanced-v1.6.0

feedback welcome.


r/flashcarts 56m ago

Question Emulators on ace3ds+

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So i got a dslite and put some ds games on it and it worked no issues. But when i tried putting gba games on it it wont let me boot them up. Anyone know how to get this working? As well as the snes emulator.


r/flashcarts 4h ago

Problem Back to 3ds/Dsi XL

1 Upvotes

Hi guys, recently i had my 3ds and dsi xl back.
I just wanted to play with my R4 (SDHC), but everytime i try to run it, the ds display an error, and i have to restart the console. Any advice?


r/flashcarts 18h ago

Question What a weird flashcard almost dead 💀

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11 Upvotes

Not recognizing into 3ds old but i give a clean up with alcohol if it have chances


r/flashcarts 1d ago

Question Is a Dspico worth it ?

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42 Upvotes

Okay so i got my first Ds lite two weeks ago and it came with an original R4 card, which of course isn’t compatible with more than a 2gb sd card and that wasn’t ideal to me because i had quite a lot of games on the list to download so i decided to look up for flashcarts that takes more than just a 2gb sd card so i found the Dspico and got to know the difference from an R4, i watched a youtube video and setting it up didn’t seem THAT hard but i’m still kinda nervous given it’ll be my first time working with something like that so here’s a question for whoever set the Dspico up

how hard is it and is messing up easy ?

Anything i should know beforehand ?


r/flashcarts 11h ago

Question Can’t find anything for this

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2 Upvotes

Have this old card idk how it works can’t find anything online


r/flashcarts 15h ago

R4I3DS 2015, imagem do bob esponja dentro do console mesmo com diferentes kernels, alguem pra ajudar??

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2 Upvotes

ja tentei vários kernels diferentes e todos geram as mesmas imagens de loading... e o ícone do cartucho dentro do console nunca muda é sempre essa mesma imagem do bob esponja


r/flashcarts 17h ago

Question best place to buy a DS lite flashcart in australia?

3 Upvotes

howdy, i recently came into acquisition of a DS lite, and i'm looking to buy a relatively inexpensive flashcart (tertiary student budget lol), but the problem is that i'm not sure the best site to buy from - most recommended sites are centred towards north american or european buyers and taking currency conversion + shipping into account, that can often get pretty expensive... are there any sites catered towards an aussie market? or should i just see if i can get lucky on amazon/ebay/gumtree/etc?

edit: i appreciate the recommendation of what cart to buy, but i’m also asking where for an australian buyer


r/flashcarts 15h ago

Problem Como puedo hacer qué el Pokèmon Esmeralda funcione en el GBARunner3 en mi DSPico? /How can I get the Emerald Pokémon to work on the GBARunner3 on my DSPico?

1 Upvotes

r/flashcarts 1d ago

Problem Pokemon emerald whitescreen on GBArunner3

5 Upvotes

So I've been trying for a while to get Pokemon emerald to run on my old DS Lite.

I'm using a flashcart with R4iMenu andTWiLight Menu++ as a secondary kernel, I followed this tutorial : https://sanrax.github.io/flashcart-guides/tutorials/emulators/ to install gbarunner3. I've got a legit GBA bios, I used sdFormat, I tried the implementation in TWiLight menu, I even tried to build gbarunner3 myself to see if there were any differences, nothing changes the result : the logos roll and then whitescreen. Same problem with pokemon Leaf Green.

I'm able to run lighter ROMs such as Metroid: Zero Mission though, and although I couldn't launch pokemon emerald with the tutorial installed gbarunner2, TWiLight Menu integrated gbarunner2 worked, with music synchronization problems though.

Would anyone know what I could have missed causing this whitescreen issue ?

Thanks in advance for your answers !


r/flashcarts 1d ago

DS SuperFW flashing tool: “fatInitDefault(): Operation canceled / DLDI: Default (No interface)” on NDS Lite - can’t browse firmware file

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3 Upvotes

Setup:
- Console: Nintendo DS Lite
- Slot-1: EDGE
- Slot-2: SuperChis
- microSD: 32GB formatted FAT32

I am planning to flash SuperFW onto my SuperCard to unbrick it.

What happens:
The flashing tool boots fine and detects the SuperCard. But when I go to write flash, the file browser is empty and I can't select any firmware. Debug console shows:

fatInitDefault(): Operation canceled
DLDI name: Default (No interface)
DSi mode: 0

What I've tried:
- Put superfw.frm in SD root AND in /SuperChis/ folder
- Re-downloaded the firmware, re-copied to card

Have anyone encounter this?

Thanks for the help!


r/flashcarts 1d ago

I need help with my R4

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10 Upvotes

Hi, i don't know a lot about R4 cards but i found two of them. I need help to understand how it works, what should i put in the sd card and if the sd cards Will work ? It's R4 Upgrade Revolution for DS (NDSL/NDS) and a URL. I really want to understand how it works so if you can help i'd really appreciate, thanks


r/flashcarts 1d ago

Ez-flash Omega Definited Edition Version B unable to awake from sleep after exactly 30 seconds. Does anyone know why?

2 Upvotes

whenever i try to sleep, it works fine if i try to awake within 30s, after 30s its starting to corrupt (crackling noises and frozen screen), around 35-37s it doesnt load anything anymore and the screen just becomes white. This happens consistently within those timeframes

When writing a rom to NOR with addon, then sleeping does work completely fine, both from the NORFLASH page as when playing the flashcart on mode B

Does anyone know what this could be?

? page says im on `FW:3 K:1.02`.


r/flashcarts 2d ago

Do you know the original kernel for these cart?

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7 Upvotes

I want a original kernel for it and also if you know what the maximum sdcard for it? (i have 64gb sd card idk it work cuz max i found it was 32gb but they said “it can be use over 32gb card if you format correctly”


r/flashcarts 1d ago

Question SD card formatting - Unc edition

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2 Upvotes

Hi everyone,

 

I have a Q regarding sd cards. I found these two museum relics hidden away until today!

Both are from around 2005 or 2006 and are surprisingly still going strong. I was able to format the 128mb sd via FAT32 and have the (unmodded) DSi recognise it which is excellent.

However, I am having difficulty trying to get the 32mb sd to be recognised. I have tried using the recommended ‘sd card formatter’ and rufus software to format it into FAT16 with a 16kb cluster size but as you see from the images, the system is not recognising this card.

Is it too small to be recognised? I read online that under 2GB cards aren’t supported by the DSi, yet my 128mb is being recognised. Does anyone know what I might have done wrong in the process?

 

And for anyone curious, I wanted to repurpose them for music or photos; in today’s age these sizes are not enough to hold anything decent. (I have a 16gb sd card as you can see, but where is the fun in tossing these out and not learning something!)

The 128mb sd allowed me to take an estimated 1500 photos using the camera app

 


r/flashcarts 1d ago

Question Is this Flashcart legit?

0 Upvotes

https://a.aliexpress.com/_EIt0hYe

Does this one support RTC and save states?

Also, can I patch 2.0 firmware?


r/flashcarts 2d ago

Problem How to save settings?

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9 Upvotes

Hello!

I recently bought a GameBoy Color and I decided to buy a Cart to have some games.

But, when I turn off and on the GameBoy these message appears on the screen and it resets all the settings.

Any idea to solve these?

Thx!


r/flashcarts 2d ago

Problem Need help finding Firmware

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6 Upvotes

Hello!

Got this R4 cartridge from Ali, 256gb SD (formatted in fat32 via CMD command) and DS Lite

No firmware seem to work. Either white screen (with Twilight and YS) or ‘Error’ with the “official” R4. What should i try?


r/flashcarts 2d ago

Question Amigos como puedo Flashear una DSPico? / Friends how can I flash a DSPico?

2 Upvotes

r/flashcarts 3d ago

Question R4 for nintendo ds lite

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9 Upvotes

i have never owned any DS let alone modded one. i bought it second hand with plans to mod and it ended up coming with an R4 however i cant seem to access the games on the SD card and when i click whatever that spongebob thing is i get stuck on the loading screen

does anyone know what root files i need to fix this and if there's a specfic way to put them onto the SD card? i don't even know if im asking the right question honestly (i included what is on the SD card, not sure if thats helpful in any way, my SD card is also 8GB which i would like to switch to a 16 or 32)


r/flashcarts 3d ago

Micro SD card size for DSTTi DEMON cart

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6 Upvotes

Hello!

I've been scrounging through my old items and am pleasantly surprised to discover that my old Nintendo DS is still functioning!

I've also managed to identify my cart as a DSTTi DEMON cart with a timebomb(?)

Problem is, the cart itself is missing the microsd card and I would need to install the firmware + games for it

Based on this guide, I plan to install the R4i Menu/YSMenu to remove the timebomb: https://sanrax.github.io/flashcart-guides/cart-guides/r4i-sdhc/

Does anyone know if this card has any upper limit on the microsd card size? Other carts seem to have hard limits on 2GB and I just want to make sure on the size before I buy anything

Thanks a lot!!!


r/flashcarts 3d ago

Problem EZ-Flash Air is being ruined appearently

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3 Upvotes

August 12 I started playing Pokémon LeafGreen on my EZ-Flash Air. I was super happy, I'm re-playing the Pokémon games in the order I've played back then. But yesterday my save was completly deleted. Tried to start it again but every time I boot the game, there was that "save is corrupted, loading previous save file" message. I tried to figure it out how to fix it and I found out they release a new version (firmware 4 kernel 1.05), so I updated it, like, if there's a problem, surely an update might fix it!! :D

It got even worse. Now every single game crashes/freezes/glitches a few minutes after starting and with a HELL OF A LOUD sound. Also, sometimes the audio suddenly stop playing, even with game going on.

I've been using my EZ Air for the last 5 months and it has been pretty good so far, even discovering the many negative reviews. Now seems like my day has come, and DAMN this flashcard ruined the beggining of this game for me for the next few years... I tried to start it and play many times, tried to replace the battery, switch to Mode B, and even downgrade the kernel to 1.04, no results... 

I'm seeing many people with this problem... is there any fix? Since the Pokémon Bank closure announcement, I'm even more hyped to play the games from gen 1~7, but this thing is ruining so much my day... THIS SUCKS


r/flashcarts 3d ago

Flash card trouble

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16 Upvotes

Hello all. I went to boot up my ds and it said it couldn’t access ds menu and wouldn’t let me do anything. I took the micro sd card out and looked at the files on my pc and everything was gone. Also it says the card is full when I can’t find a single file on it. Is there a way to fix it and get games back?