Consumer Alert - DarkFader/NeoFlash releases Nintendo DS/SuperCard Bricker

Consumer Alert - DarkFader releases Nintendo DS Bricker

Do not, I repeat DO NOT run any Homebrew on your Nintendo DS until the below situation is resolved.

DarkFader, the person who cracked the Nintendo DS, was behind the creation of the NeoFlash, the MAN who ran the Nintendo DS ROM release group GST (Golden Sun Team) has released a small program that will erase your Nintendo DS firmware, GBAMP firmware and/or your SuperCard Firmware and the release appears to be supported and endorsed by the DSDEV (#dsdev on EFNET IRC) community of dev's (who most recieve free NeoFlash devkits). This Bricker does not destroy NeoFlash carts? Could there possibly be any correlation?

The code used in the original bricking application has been ripped and now is being added to other homebrew and roms so if you run one without checking it first you'll end up with a dead Nintendo DS, GBAMP and/or SuperCard. This is a very counter-productive move on the Nintendo DS's Development Community as their code to disrupt piracy (which they helped create) is now being used in their own programs! Currently there is no way to test for this bricking code!

Just image going to run NESDS and having your Nintendo DS die! Luckily, if you use the FlashMe Firmware replacement for the Nintendo DS you can recover from this deadly attack by booting up the system any holding "A+B+START+SELECT" then loading the Firmware from a flashcart other then your SuperCard (as it's most likely been destroyed).

Session Start: Fri Oct 07 00:00:01 2005
Session Ident: #dsdev
[01:14] (DarkFader) http://akusho.xs4all.nl/temp/taihen.zip
[01:14] (DarkFader) now spread it to whoever you don't like

Download #dsdev chat log file with all of the proof you need to make your own decision - http://www.tehskeen.net/files/dsdev.20051007.log

I have linked to the Brickers in hopes that someone will release a scanner/fixer to remove the bricking code from Nintendo DS demos and legitimate backups.

To learn more about DarkFader read my Neo Flash Coding Competition 2005 ISO-420 Certified Review by Clicking Here or pick MORE to comment on this situation.

Hi guys, im posting on just about any ds forum i can find.
as you all know darkfader is the blame for all this, and believe it or not but some people over at dsdev praise this bricker.


surely this isnt legal, destroying peoples property.
just becasue sales of his own flashcart brand Neoflash have dropped, why should we all suffer for this.
its pathetic the way hes trying to eliminate competition.

Inde you were in #DSDev before, and as I told you there aswell, most people do not condone this action spreading lies does not make you any better than the person who made the bricker in the first place.

http://www.nintendev.com/ for my views on this situation

i didnt mean you all endorse it.
some people there when i spoke of it seemed to think it was funny, i just find it odd how the chan wont ban darkfader for this.
dont you think that gives off a distinct message? even if you yourself think its wrong as im sure many of you do, darkfader was still in the chan after all of this.

as for the lies, i wasnt lieing, i was telling what is heard at the time.
i know not everyone is in on it, but some are man, and its not acceptable is it.
alot of people are in the position where they will need a new ds and supercard etc for this.
its just plain wrong........
im sure you can understand the outrage people are feeling like myself
im a long time visiter of dsdev, but after all this it seems some people there are just pathetic and these people dont deserve the repect they get as devs.

Wow! This is a rare ocasion; inde and brakken agreeing on something! At any rate, I was banned from #dsdev for asking why people would be supporting, endorsing and laughing about people bricking their NDS's. I'm not saying 100% of the devs support(ed) darkfader, but he's still in there and a lot of people are sticking up for him (which remember, most have gotten free NDS devkits from NeoFlash).

Thanks for the info brakken.
I was wondering what this actually affects?
I'm not using homebrew, just backups of original roms.
Should I now be worried that a game I download has this virus?
Man this really sucks, maybe I should get Flashme just to be sure...

Originally Posted by brakken

Wow! This is a rare ocasion; inde and brakken agreeing on something! At any rate, I was banned from #dsdev for asking why people would be supporting, endorsing and laughing about people bricking their NDS's. I'm not saying 100% of the devs support(ed) darkfader, but he's still in there and a lot of people are sticking up for him (which remember, most have gotten free NDS devkits from NeoFlash).

Hmm, you suggest DF is Dr.neo?

Maybe when they get their free MK2, then darkfader will get the boot, lol..

What a Scumbag, that's pretty fucking low behaviour IMHO.
It has certainly convinced me NEVER to buy a NEO-Flash nor any other product that DF makes any money on, I wouldn't even accept a free NEO flash on principle after that dispicable behaviour

i made the decision to not even consider buying a neoflash as soon as the retail cost was revealed. outrageous prices don't benefit businesses. that's why the company is a failure, i never even knew df was behind neoflash untill this. looks like now i won't ever buy a mk 2 or 3 because of a different reason other than the cost. beause it's actually priced reasonably..

even though its possible to recover the ds if you are using flashme i just hope he comes up with a way to fix the supercard after all this mess he has made, people pay good money for their hardware and intentional criminal damage to another persons hardware is just plain wrong.
i wonder how sad and pathetic the life of darkfader must be to create this kind of crap.
but anyway, if he has any kind of conscience, he will try to fix what he has done.
its already destroyed his reputition as a well known ds dev, he sealed his own fate soon as he posted the first link to it, but i couldnt think of anyone who deserves it more.

also? why the hell wasnt this news posted on the main page? its pretty important and people should know about it.

Originally Posted by cory149

Hmm, you suggest DF is Dr.neo?

As far as i know. Not, it is more like darkfader sold himself to neoflash.
Anyway it seems he's working now an a way to recover the broken stuff, but that's to late. The damage has been done.

Makes you wonder why all other kits that can play nds roms got targetted and not neoflash

I was in #dsdev last night and it appears DF has been banned. He's now hanging out it #Brickhelp. They were claiming last night ,in #Brickhelp, that they will have restore guides posted soon. 1 person there told me that you can restore a stock (not flashme) bricked DS but he said it was very difficult. I guess we'll have to wait and see. If there is a way to restore without flashme, it will prob require some hardware work. As for the Supercard itself I have no idea.

DarkFader isn't Dr. Neo, but just sold out to NeoFlash and then left for unknown reasons. It's funny now that the word got out that #dsdev was supporting this bricker they have changed face (hyprocrites) and are now saying not to run it. What a bunch of flankies.

As for DarkFader releasing a tool to fix this problem would be nice, but ever since he sold out to NeoFlash he has had a bad image.

Originally Posted by DjoeN

Makes you wonder why all other kits that can play nds roms got targetted and not neoflash

Considering it does do the only thing it can to XG/NeoFlash carts: wipes/corrupts the ROM area, I cant say it wasnt targeted (just not mentioned in the phonyfo). For the record, from what I have heard this thing kills: NDS firmware, SuperCard CF/SD firmware - causes corrupt SD/CF, GBA MP firmware - with the added bonus of corrupting the CF, M3 firmware, G6 (not sure if its just firmware or flash area that is corrupted), corrupts/erases XG2/NeoFlash ROM area...

I think that bad image started even before then, leaking HyperDS was not a very good thing for that project. (closed)

I still say he also ruined a great potential game name as well : taihen (trouble)

to quote myself:

If FedEx got you to do something for them, and later you no longer worked directly for them but still had employee benefits after severeance was decided, should FedEx reasonably be held accountable for your actions after you no longer work directly for them... or for that matter should they be held responsible for what you do in your own time when you arent at work there... like if in your off hours you go rob a bank, should it be "cory1492/FedEx robbed a bank today..."