Great news! acekard.com has released the firmware for Acekard 2i 3DS for N3DS 3.0.0-5.

Kind reminder: 
When upgrading the Acekard 2i 3DS card, it is not allowed to turn off power or pull out the card; otherwise the card will be damaged.
Prepare a DS Lite. If you do not have a DS Lite, try to get hold of another DSi or 3DS which does not block your Acekard 2i 3DS card.

Follow the steps below to carry out the update:

1. Plug your DS console to the wall to make sure that the DS console power supply will not be interrupted during the firmware upgrade process.

2. Download the official driver (AKAIO.1.8.9 ) and firmware (ak2ifw_update_3ds3.0_DSi143).

3. Unzip the files downloaded (using Winrar) on your PC.

• Winrar can be downloaded from www.download.com by searching for Winrar at the Search.
• Unzip the files mentioned under the Software Preparation above, you will get:

• For DSi (XL) : ak2ifw_update_3ds30_DSi143_onDSi_and_DSXL_and3DS.nds
• For DS Lite   : ak2ifw_update_3ds30_DSi143_onDSL.nds

4. Simply drag the eight unzipped files onto the root of the micro SD / SDHC card after you have format the SD / SDHC card.

5.Plug in the Micro SD/SDHC to the Acekard 2i and insert the Acekard 2i to the DS Lite console.

6. Select the Micro SD/SDHC Card icon on the main operating system

7. Press button A to select the firmware file.

• For DSi (XL) : ak2ifw_update_3ds30_DSi143_onDSi_and_DSXL_and3DS.nds
• For DS Lite   : ak2ifw_update_3ds30_DSi143_onDSL.nds

8. When you see the following, please follow the instruction to eject the card and insert it again. Then press B to continue.

9. You will be prompted if you want to update the firmware as follows:

10. Press Start button on the DS to continue.

11. The following screen shows that the update is 55% done.

12. The following screen shows that the update has been completed. Congratulation! Restart your DS now.

13. The Acekard icon on the main menu has been changed to the following icon. The icon means you have upgraded the Acekard 2i firmware successfully.