I thought most flash carts had battery holders so you could easily just pop in a new battery...Mozgus wrote:alonzobots wrote:I own a ez flash and a m3 adapter. M3 adapter is much superior. Has more room on it and my ez flash stopped being able to use its battery back up after a while. That really sucked.
The M3 line is for DS first, and GBA second. GBA is not their priority, and not even the best M3 model can match the reliability of most any GBA exclusive flash line. If someone were getting a GBA of some type, with the intention of getting a DS later on, then the M3 is an option. But for GBA only, M3s aren't worth it.
And if your battery died on you, it's not the fault of the EZFlash. Batteries or not immortal. It's going to happen to any cart that relies on a battery. Just solder in a new one when it happens every few years.
The dead GBA Homebrew scene.
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Re: I recommend the M3 adapter
Re: I recommend the M3 adapter
metaleggman wrote:I thought most flash carts had battery holders so you could easily just pop in a new battery...Mozgus wrote:alonzobots wrote:I own a ez flash and a m3 adapter. M3 adapter is much superior. Has more room on it and my ez flash stopped being able to use its battery back up after a while. That really sucked.
The M3 line is for DS first, and GBA second. GBA is not their priority, and not even the best M3 model can match the reliability of most any GBA exclusive flash line. If someone were getting a GBA of some type, with the intention of getting a DS later on, then the M3 is an option. But for GBA only, M3s aren't worth it.
And if your battery died on you, it's not the fault of the EZFlash. Batteries or not immortal. It's going to happen to any cart that relies on a battery. Just solder in a new one when it happens every few years.
Nope. The majority don't. That was a really cool feature at the time though.
I thought the batteries recharged partially
Mozgus, do the batteries only last a couple of years? I thought some of the carts had batteries that recharged from the USB connection or from being played,
Re: I thought the batteries recharged partially
Ivo wrote:Mozgus, do the batteries only last a couple of years? I thought some of the carts had batteries that recharged from the USB connection or from being played,
Most of them do recharge while connected to your linker or USB. But all things have a limit to the number of times they can recharge. Eventually you'll get to the point where your saves are only holding for a few days after being charged. There are now many people on the official EZ2Powerstar forums complaining about dead batteries. Fortunately, my EZ2 was made in 2005 (printed on the board inside), so I am good to go for a couple more years probably.