NDS: M3 DS simply and R4DS review

[toz66]

sorry for bumping an old thread,

but now iam used to the m3 simply a lot better now..

i still have one question regarding the slot 2 menu.


firstly, iam a correct in saying , its purely supposedly to work by having an original gba cart in, then just booting to the m3simply, and choosing "boot2"?

if this is so, why then has mine never worked at all.
heres what i do......

m3 simply cart in,
original gba cart in

switch on,
choose boot 2

..... white screen,...nothing else,

needs hard reset to bring back.


so guys what is this boot 2 menu for exactly, or have a got it wrong completely.

thanks for any help..


p.s..one tiny other question to avoid another post......


were is the best place to get original..OR homebrew, m3simply menu os files?? (the front end of the m3)

[DanTheManMS]

The "boot slot-2" thing is for booting a slot-2 homebrew device like a Supercard or M3 Perfect. It's not meant for regular GBA cartridges. For regular cartridges, you can try a couple different programs, the most useful of which being one by Hyperhacker, found at http://hypernova.amarok-shadow.com/p...php?id=bootgba

[Azure Hydra]

sorry for bumping an old thread,

but now iam used to the m3 simply a lot better now..

i still have one question regarding the slot 2 menu.


firstly, iam a correct in saying , its purely supposedly to work by having an original gba cart in, then just booting to the m3simply, and choosing "boot2"?

if this is so, why then has mine never worked at all.
heres what i do......

m3 simply cart in,
original gba cart in

switch on,
choose boot 2

..... white screen,...nothing else,

needs hard reset to bring back.


so guys what is this boot 2 menu for exactly, or have a got it wrong completely.

thanks for any help..


p.s..one tiny other question to avoid another post......


were is the best place to get original..OR homebrew, m3simply menu os files?? (the front end of the m3)

What are you talking about??????


M3 Simply menu has 3 options as follows: Games, Media, Boot Slot 2.

What does Boot Slot 2 do? That option is there so that if you bought a home brew device that fits into slot 2 (ex: M3 CF) it will load that. It WILL NOTTTTT load regular GBA cards (GBA Games).


Does this answer your question????

[Tegamal]

well guys, iam sat here now with my first ever ds device...
the m3simply, and yes its just superb, for any noobs out there, well what can i say....

if you can plug a usb adapter into a pc, and drag files to it, and then plug a ds style cart into your ds.......then your gonna be very happy.

because yes its THAT simple.


question above, i emailed them before i bought it, they said no max capacity, whatever you can get.

This is true. 4gig is currently the largest on the market, although they are a little hard to find & are overpriced. 2gig is perfect.

i use a 512 MICRO sd card, and get approx 12 to 15 nds files on it.
not tried anything else yet.

My friend and I both have 2gig Sandisk cards, while mine has quite a bit of room, his has about 42 .nds files on it & it's just about full.



few questions i have myself for any folks out there who do know the ins and outs of all this stuff.....


1. is there a way to reset back to m3 loading menu from in a game or app.??

Yes. Press X, Y, B, A, L, & R at the same time. It will soft reset to the main page from a game. Make sure the Soft Reset button is green (top right corner of the touch screen on the "Game" menu. Does not work with most Homebrew Apps, but does with .NDS.

2. can i use a web browser with the m3?, if so what do you recommend.

If you have a RAM pack, you can download the browser .nds, & there are also several free browsers in the works, but nothing out yet.

3. anybody got beup to work with the m3 simply.?

Yes.


any answers much appreciated.

soz for the double post, but just read your nice review and i have a few more noob questions.

the "boot 2" menu,
what exactly is it?, baring in mind your explaining to a person who has had NO experience of any thing thats for this kind of thing.

Like mentioned above, it's for Slot 2 boot devices, not GBA carts. It will just freeze the system.

also you mention the skinning part,

what can be changed exactly, did you mean the back grounds?? if so how..?

The latest update from M3 allows you to upload 12 different skins to a themes folder that you can change by pressing Select, or set it to Auto Mode & it will change skins each month.

and finally,
m3 support,
were would i go to find out if any of the software has been updated, and would it be just like putting the first files on the sd card,

reason i ask that question is, i have found a "update" file, thats supposedly for the m3 simply, but i didnt quite understand what it meant, and how to do it.

Go to M3's website, they add the newest system files on there when they update them. Just copy it to the TF/MicroSD card & choose to overwrite the old ones.

real sorry for the noob questions , we all have to start somewhere,
do appreciate any help guys.

Hope this helps!

[DanTheManMS]

Actually as of a few hours ago, there is one web browser that works, in DSOrganize. See http://dragonminded.blogspot.com for details.

You can also use the text-only browser Retawq in DSLinux. Since the DLDI version works on the M3 Simply, you can use that. If you have the Opera RAM expansion, you might have enough RAM to run Links as well.

[toz66]

thanks guys,

yes it now clears the boot 2 option up,

i did think it booted normal gba games,

as for the browser ill go check that out.

but thanks again guys

[boco77]

I'm gonna get the m3 simply but have a couple of questions about it.

1. Is there a way to play GBA roms on it? I heard it doesnt play them?

2. Can I still trim roms or compress them in any way and play them like that?

[Tegamal]

I'm gonna get the m3 simply but have a couple of questions about it.

1. Is there a way to play GBA roms on it? I heard it doesnt play them?

No, you will need a Slot 2 device to play GBA roms.

2. Can I still trim roms or compress them in any way and play them like that?

Yes, but I heard it disables the wi-fi in some games. I just left mine alone & have 40 games uncompressed.

[Dembonz]

Bought the R4 for my brother for Christmas and was really impressed. It actually made me jealous I didn't have one

[SpeedGamer]

Bought the R4 for one DS ,
And the M3DS real with GBA expansian for another....

Was also looking into the new cheaper & modern slot1 "DSTT", very impressive.

Was going to settle for the "EZ-FLASH 3 in 1" to compliment my slot 1 card, but reading about the extra homebrew needed plus patching required for saving games turn me off..

So far nothing I see beats the "m3 real" for most advanced total solution.