Dumping DS Prototypes

[Borman]

Any chance these would work the same as dumping a retail game? Anything I should watch out for? Thanks

[ASSEMbler]

They should dump like normal games, there's a few rare ds cart dumping copiers around.

[Borman]

Alright, Ill look into it some more now. Should have an older GBA style flash cart somewhere.

[wombat]

Most easy way to dump afaik is to use a NDS cart like for exemple an R4, and use the Wi-Fi dump program. Then you can connect with your pc/mac using an FTP-program. Dumping takes about 40mins depending on the size of the game.

[Borman]

Im got a m3 adapter and passme I think. Think it will be better to install flashme onto the DSlite?

[Demo]

Im got a m3 adapter and passme I think. Think it will be better to install flashme onto the DSlite?

It will work without it, you can remove the passme after the m3 booted into DS mode.
I have flashme on my lite, because it boots within 2 seconds from the GBA slot and it has a recovery mode =)

[Borman]

I cant get the damn thing to dump using WRG, any tips?

[paul.strickler1]

Use a variety of FTP clients. Try bulletFTP, filezilla, etc.

[Demo]

NDS Backup Tool Slot2 maybe?

[code1038]

you can't if it's a "twl" proto. DS or DSi (retail) can't read this cartridge.
the new files from nintendo have this protection.

[ShovelThumb]

Wooddumper for the cleanest dump

[Denryu]

Wooddumper for the cleanest dump

Thanks for the heads-up.

[psyk0pat]

+1 for the wooddumper. This great (but not really nice looking) tool exists for slot 2 flashcards, and also for wifi connections.
After dumping your protos, check the roms deeply with an hexa editor to remove the useless things. I've often some tiny roms (less than 128 mbit) flashed on some big memory capacity (2048 mbit proto). The dumper will of course dump the totality of the cart, and 99% of the dump is useless :)

if you need more help feel free to pm me.