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Okiwi Web Brower For The Nintendo DS

Written by Neil Galloway

I have been using the DSOrganize web browser for the past little while. It works reasonably well. I decided to try the Okiwi homebrew web browser out at as well. It is in version 0.2 alpha right now.

It was simple to get running. It has a nice interface and is fairly simple to use as well. It renders the text and background colors, but I notice there are no other images and I could not actually click on the links for this site. I surfed to a few others sites and the links worked just fine though.

How Does It Compare To DSOrganize

It definitely isn't as polished, but it is a good start. He is actively working on it as well, so you can expect features to be added.

Getting It To Run

The setup is very simple. Make sure to check out the site and go to the Okiwi Blog if you have any other problems or want further instructions. It is written partially in Spanish and English, so you will need to skip through to the parts you can read.

Download the latest version from the Okiwi SourceForge Page. At this time I am using 0.2 Alpha.
Unzip the download into its own folder. There is a folder called okiwi and a couple of application files, okiwi.nds and okiwi.ds.gba.
I don't know if I needed to, but I patched the okiwi.nds file with the DLDI for my hardware.
I have written an instruction page on doing this called Patching NDS Homebrew With DLDI. Follow the instructions there and then continue on here.
Copy the okiwi folder and okiwi.nds file onto your memory card.
Boot your NDS and start the application. The first boot up takes a little while. You should see a green spinning circle on the bottom screen for a couple minutes.

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Category: NintendoDS

7 Comments

Peter Agai Says:
2008-03-15 14:41:51
Hi! I read your guide about DSOrganize web browser, and thanks to the great article, I could make it run on my DSLite. Yet, I have a problem with it: it seemingly loads a certain site, but there are only fuzzy characters, and nothing else. Could you help me with this? Please write to my mail if you faced this problem, or if you use MSN, you can find me with the address orangeblue @ freemail.hu ! Thanks very much in advance! Pedro

PS. Don't you by any chance a solution for DS Browser? :) I have a Superkey and an M3 card with a 2GB miniSD, as I saw it in downloaded stuff that it won't run with this config. Is it true?

Corbin Jones Says:
2009-07-19 07:05:37
Thanks x

Anonymous Says:
2009-11-13 02:23:10
help! when i turn it on the circle spins for 30 seconds then takes me to about:blank with a bunch of little buttons at the bottom, but i cant click anything!!

Glenn Says:
2009-12-05 14:09:21
I have the same like Anonymous

J4//\\// Says:
2010-01-01 23:54:39
the little spinning circle and red screen comes up no problem
just that it stays there forever
like 10 minutes +

Tassy J Says:
2010-05-13 05:44:08
Same issue here. After the initial spiral, the app boots to about:blank with a set of buttons that don't respond to touch, nor to any button presses. I'm running ye olde fat DS, maybe that has something to do with it. Or maybe the 0.2 Alpha version is broken?

Anonymous Says:
2010-07-20 13:46:46