timer0 notes

I was having fun with this manip, going at 40% on the seed
then the timer0 did the thing that's now happened to me 4 or 5 times total over my rnging carreer
and I've not not hit it in 30 attempts
this has to be caused by -something-
it's probably hardware related, but if it is, maybe there is a way to stop it happening
it could just be that some timer0s don't do this and you just try until you get one that never does that.
ok hit the seed after 31 attempts on off, this one was after quite a while of not changing the time, 1 hour 10 after, ds was on the whole time

10F2 19
10F3 32
10F4 17
10F5 24
10F6 12

http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/past-gen-rng-research.61090/page-29#post-3479414
Sinstar - Today at 2:30 AM
I'll look into ds firmwares, that guy seems to think something is up with that and keypresses, idk if I can change mine though
ok so I'm on V4 and he has...absolutley no info of whether he thinks keypresses affect that.
werster - Today at 2:38 AM
epic
tell me how to check and i will after this run dies
Sinstar - Today at 2:40 AM
go into pictochat, enter a room, and then remove your cart, the resulting crash tells you
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_DS_homebrew#Checking_the_firmware_version
werster - Today at 2:41 AM
kk
Sinstar - Today at 2:44 AM
at this point I'm pretty sure keypresses are affecting the bootup and  hence the timer0 at least to an extent
although right now the only thing I'm 100% sure of is that different seeds have different timer0 frequencies (on my DS at least) and it's possible to just get a "good seed" that you can hit more. Will it be possible to know which # keypresses give which timer0 more or not, will they make a difference, I think with a bit of testing I can at least make an educated guess.
None of this however really explains the seemingly completely random shifts in timer0 to the point where I suddenly stop hitting a seed for ~1hr, my only thought is like, temperature variations or some shit making the DS boot at a different rate.