jariesuicune

Hmm, I wonder if it was the Win 7 version application that did it??? I'm using XP, with Ver. 1.22 AR Manager. I'll get on a Win 7 later today and try it from there. Ooh, I hope this finally works! >_<

Protocol Error No good. I wiped the game list, have no cartridge inserted, using the old brick DS, even used a reset on the ARDS to make sure it was empty. everything fails still. What version of AR Manager are you using? Operating System? Do you mind doing a vid for us to see it actually happen?

Hm... well, as I haven't yet been able to successfully update my firmware, and (assuming you're not using the AR Media Edition, which the DL page for the update says isn't compatible) I can't say I can think of anything but this one more possibility: The AR Manager you're using could (somehow?) be the wrong one... But I must say, I REALLY doubt that would be it, regardless. I just can't think of anything else. Sorry. ; Well, anyone else got any ideas? Let's set aside the possibility of a regular hardware issue, since I'm gonna stick my neck out and say I'm pretty sure Mabscotsville has had at least some experience with using their AR and using the Manager with it if they've ended up here.

Make sure that you are dropping the update file into the upper region of the AR Manager's window. It won't read it as an update if you drop it over any of the code-list areas. (Funny that it doesn't say it "isn't a Code List file" in that situation... it seems that it still recognizes it as a Firmware file but won't open it or something; I dunno. Weird. ) You DID download the file from the official site, right? If so, you should have noticed the complete instructions of how to use the Firmware Update file, since the download link is at the bottom region of the page. Also, you are using the correct update file for your AR, right? They have a (small) comment that the update does NOT apply to all AR models. (The only one I noticed it specifically mention was the AR-Media [i think that's what it was called. It's the model that can run music and movies and such]. It also does claim that the update works for the basic AR and ARDSi as well, and while multiple people claim that the update works for ARDSi [some comments can be found in this thread], the ARDS [original basic ver.] doesn't seem to accept it [see mine or some other prior posts for details].) I hope this helped! (Though, all that should be in the first post anyway... )

Yep. The only problem is that it doesn't seem to work for the ARDS. So far ARDSi upgrade just fine (From what I've read). So the question is: Why does the ARDS keep failing to upgrade, always suddenly terminating right at the very end of the upgrade with a "Protocol Error"...

You might want to post a picture of it or something so we can tell what the error actually is. Or transcribe it, that would work. Whatever you can do. Any update (or ideas even) on why the firmware update "protocol error" occurs at the very end of updating when applied to a regular ARDS? Strange, since it gets through the rest of it just fine, but the page you download it from clearly states that it "does" work. Tried multiple times using US ARDS on Region-free DS (Old model DS), over ten times, and all fail at the very end! Mystery...

I am using a regular Action Replay DS, and just noticed that when I hit the Update button in the AR Manager, it DID update... but NOTHING happened... Any idea what this was??? I still can't use B/W codes (Stops at white screen like before), and it says it's up to date now?? Or did it just update the Manager and not the AR?