Report: 3DS 'bricked' after pirate activity

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  in before piracy justifiers : RikiTiki2
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    If I don't pirate I will get aids. : justwr!ght
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      if I cant smoke and swear, im fucked! : YerMothah
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        Trailer Park Boys ftw! : Don Soleone
        • I am SO HAPPY most of the seasons are on netflix instant now! Its like you can feel the way the shit clin... : YerMothah
        • Its like a shit rope, the tighter you squeeze....the faster you fall down. : MrClean24
      • Smokes, let's go! : jeffcox111
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    not a piracy justification, but once I buy a product, it's mine to do with as I please. (excepting revers... : vertdang
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      Fair enough... but what percentage of the people who had one of those cards on the DS actually used it fo... : Gwyndion
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        I think that claiming even 2% of people with cards were using it for anything other than piracy is still ... : ColoradoCNC
        • r4? democoding, soundtracking 839% more fun with the DS for me : fw_rams
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      I agree with that, but they aren't preventing you from doing that, they just don't want modified hardware... : ArB
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        That would not be "just" preventing you from connecting to their network. That is actively destroying yo... : Arcanum
        • That's if they're bricking devices intentionally. Accidental bricking would be different. : Arcanum
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      It's fairly clear that the device isn't intended to run homebrew or linux, so I don't see why you would s... : capt tripps
      • People will do some pretty entertaining mental gymnastics to justify piracy. : ColoradoCNC
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        So you can never use a device outside it's intended design? : Topsiderover
        • Sure, you could also use the 3DS as a hammer. Just don't be upset if it doesn't work as well as you hope... : capt tripps
    • It's no different than the fact that you can buy medicine at the store, but using it in certain ways is s... : OverloadUT
    • But that's exactly what you "buy" with certain products. Like DVDs or software. : action wombmate
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    In before knee jerk reactions from people who haven't thought the issue through. Read Vertdang comment ab... : pillzer
    • Speaking of which. I need a good homebrew MP3 app for my DS Lite. : Godhatesfatpeople
    • wait, are you meaning that "I" was kneejerk? /has a confused. : vertdang
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  haha it's so sad when companies do this. We all know that's not going to happen. : Godhatesfatpeople
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    Has Nintendo ever done that before? If they haven't I sure hope they don't start with the 3DS. :/ : pillzer
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      Even if they somehow tried to. You know it's not going to last. If someone wants to get homebrew on there... : Godhatesfatpeople
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        Move forward? Do you realize how fucking retarded you sound? This sense of entitlement that hackers have ... : robgamingfreak
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          http://i52.tinypic.com/2gtrs6q.jpg : Godhatesfatpeople
          • Lol nice pic : robgamingfreak
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          IME homebrew != burned games : swiftB3
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            how many homebrew games do you have vs ROMs?
            
            I've never seen one homebrew anything on a flash cart, ever. I know they exist, but everyone that has a cart has it packed full of roms, and none of them have any idea how to rip a game from a store bought cart for "backup purposes"
            
            I'm sure there is a dude out there pissed off at all the software pirates for giving him a bad rap, but I'm still waiting for him to show up on Ripley's Believe it or Not

            Mar 09, 2011 5:41pm PST
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            how many homebrew games do you have vs ROMs? I've never seen one homebrew anything on a flash cart, ev... : Slowtreme
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              there are a couple of shackers who claim to be all bout the homebrew. i can tell you when i bought a car... : boring gegtik
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                I'm not even asking for proof. I patently don't buy it.  Deamon tools, yeah I see the valid uses for... : Slowtreme
                • whether you dont really buy the utility of such a function is irrelevant to the discussion of whther peop... : boring gegtik
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          Yeah I wonder where they get that "sense of entitlement?" Maybe from buying the equipment? : MPLStagger
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            Haha right they can afford the equipment but can't afford to purchase the games. Nice argument, maybe nex... : robgamingfreak
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              Godhatesfatpeople isn't talking about piracy, he's talking about writing his own games or code or whateve... : Agrona
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                To continue your metaphor, it would be like buying a car but then making your own gasoline instead of buy... : Agrona
                • Biodiesel! : the archvile
              • This :) : Godhatesfatpeople
              • But there are development kits you can get from Nintendo to do just that. : Derringer
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              lol @ "nice argument" : boring gegtik
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                nobody pick on robgamingfreak he's my new favourite shacker : boring gegtik
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                  robgamingfreak post in every thread on this page: http://www.shacknews.com/chatty : boring gegtik
                  • gegtik what are you doing : kill9
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              You suck at analogies, Rob the Gaming Freak. I suppose everyone who buys a gun has every intention or ro... : MPLStagger
              • You suck at understanding analogies. Just because everyone is defending homebrew doesn't mean that it's a... : robgamingfreak
        • As soon as they buy the hardware for me, I'm fine with them dictating what software I can run on it. : taronish
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          So a company puts out a game that has a 5 hour SP and charges the same as a game with a 20 hour SP, or a ... : Sgtfraser
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            Oh I agree with you there, prices should not be standard across the board when games vary so much in leng... : robgamingfreak
            • I have no problem paying for a game when it is worth it. But when I have to pay more per hour then what I... : Sgtfraser
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            I'm pretty sure that piracy fucked the PSP. The "gaming community" may not care much either way about th... : capt tripps
            • The PSP was fucked by lack of early support. : Topsiderover
        • wtf is this post : Halen
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          This isn't about piracy. : OmegaRed59
          • (In case you don't understand what I mean, homebrew isn't piracy and that's what this subthread is talkin... : OmegaRed59
    • Wii homebrew apparently has a chance to brick the console if you do it wrong, although it's supposed to b... : Wikidd
    • Yes, Nintendo bricked a gazillion (or so) asian Wii's (koren/taiwanese/chinese) that were soft moded. Al... : mad-d00d
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  Can't you turn off auto update? Problem solved. : chickdigger802
  • In fact, you have to agree to the EULA on 'major' updates. I doubt Nintendo would risk bricking folks wh... : Agrona
• Just turn off auto update. Problem solved. : chickdigger802
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  I wonder if this will mean that cheat devices will also brick it. I need my action replay so I don't ... : Modulus
  • Since it is apparently blocked on the Wii via firmware, it wouldn't surprise me. It is an unauthorized de... : eoladis
• Summary: A Japanese retailer states that firmware updates to the 3DS could brick the system if it detects... : SporkyReeve
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  I just got back after 3 months and I have to say, I'm really glad they did this news chat thread integrat... : jayacheess
  • it was suggested years ago : RikiTiki2
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  Very simple. Don't register for auto upda... now I'm at a crossroads. Netflix streaming, or flash carts? : Rohugh
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    update first : watcherxp
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      And if a game you buy needs an update? : capt tripps
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        ^^^ This is where they get you. : Topsiderover
        • well, if you bought the game, could you not then legally circumvent it's copy protection? : watcherxp
      • buy the game, download pirated version with update contained already. : purekillforce
• I can already hear the lawsuits of people who dont pirate games getting bricked. This thing will be ... : Sgtfraser
• Good for them. I can't say I blame them after how rampant piracy was on the DS. : ColoradoCNC
• I'll believe it when I see it. Nintendo's anti-piracy efforts have been awful in the past. : Link.
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  This would make me very happy. I'm all for game piracy to go away. : Grumbeld
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    Never going to happen. It needs to be dealt with in such a way that legitimate customers aren't caught i... : Topsiderover
    • Luckily it sounds like they're doing it in a way where 99.99999% of legitimate consumers aren't caught in... : ColoradoCNC
  • I'm all for game piracy to go away. http://agentpothead.com/morbo.jpg DRM DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY. : AgentPothead
• I'm sure that pirates will navigaate around any security they encounter, as per usual. Anyway here's hopi... : InfernoAblaze
• They required updates for the NDS and that didn't do much of anything. : rosewood
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  Give it time, GeoHot or someone else, will crack this in no time. It's just a matter or time. : SOTG Ace
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    is it "no time" or "it's just a matter of time"? : baron calamity
    • give it just a matter of no time : delataur
• It's that time again, for the "pirate dumbass" train to roll through town. : Amnesty_intl2
• hmm thats kinda shady... eather I own the hardware and can do whatever I want with it... Or they own the ... : godm0de
• I don't want to run homebrew I just wish I could play my JP carts on a NA 3DS. : yao2