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Hello. I got an R4 SDHD Dual Core card from r4isdhc.com.cn and I followed the instructions, but nothing's really working. I read that it may have to be a dual boot, but then here's the problem with that: the latest firmware from that exact site is out of date/corrupt/cannot download fully. Can someone help me get what I need? I've tried the files from r4isdhc.com but it's not quite the right setup or format.
http://www.r4isdhc.com.cn/soft/wood-v162.rar. Should be the complete kernel for your cart.
 

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I need a lot of help, I did the tutorial the wrong way, I have a r4i3d 2014, it was working there, I was trying to do the tutorial, I changed the extension from tt menu.dat to r4i.tp and I clicked it in the system menu of my R4 and then it does not appear anymore regardless of which kernel I put, I lost my r4?my nintendo dsi is in 1.4.5j,I tried doing the dstt tutorial
 
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I manage to boot at secondary ysmenu over my r4 sdhc wood edition 2017 it launch but loading games make infinite bootloop the loading square of ysmenu any fix? I can make ysmenu as primary kernel it say me couldnt found _dsmenu.dat
 

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Could someone please advise where I might be going wrong:
Firstly I'm presuming my R4 SDHC card is a fake (I think) as the only firmware I can get it to run on looks like this on the SD card:

R4%20SD.png

So this is how it looks when it works ok and will successfully boot in YSmenu.
However, I'm lookin to update as I can't play the latest games or any homebrew.

Following the instructions on the front page of this forum - the DS screen freezes at:

Top Screen:
Loading...

Bottom Screen:
[blank/black]

So i'm having to go back to the setup in the image above just to load YSmenu.
 

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I need a lot of help, I did the tutorial the wrong way, I have a r4i3d 2014, it was working there, I was trying to do the tutorial, I changed the extension from tt menu.dat to r4i.tp and I clicked it in the system menu of my R4 and then it does not appear anymore regardless of which kernel I put, I lost my r4?my nintendo dsi is in 1.4.5j,I tried doing the dstt tutorial

You might have sorted this by now, (at least I hope you have), but I figured I'd post, in case. Why don't you just insert the MicroSD card into your card reader, then go to the drive letter that it's using, to the folder that displays the file you're talking, then go to "ORGANIZE", then "FOLDER AND SEARCH OPTIONS" and finally the "VIEW" tab and then deselect the "HIDE EXTENSIONS FOR KNOWN FILE TYPES" option? Then you change the file extension to the one you want. I've posted a link to an image album that I've just uploaded showing you the options I mean, (I'm assuming you're using Windows but I'm sure that there's an equivalent option in the OS you're using)


Addendum: At least I would post the images but for some reason it won't let me
 
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I still get "load rom errcode = -4" with Pokemon Black 2 game (well, the game is patched so I guess it's different from the clean rom)

Hope I can play it in the next update :(( or anyone can help me add it in infolib so I can play the game?
 

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hey,i have some issue with this card ,ysmenu works in all games but pokemon b/w 1/2 without memory file is slow in the professor intro then stop at name entry.
and if the game has a save file it get stuck at saving.
and soft reset is unstable .
everything works in original menu but the card has a 2020 timebomb.
i used the r4isdhc folder.
thx!
11_4_2.jpg

edit:extinfo fix does not work.
 
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hey,i have some issue with this card ,ysmenu works in all games but pokemon b/w 1/2 without memory file is slow in the professor intro then stop at name entry.
and if the game has a save file it get stuck at saving.
and soft reset is unstable .
everything works in original menu but the card has a 2020 timebomb.
i used the r4isdhc folder.
thx!
11_4_2.jpg

edit:extinfo fix does not work.
This will happen depending on the cart, what website is your cart from?

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Any help please?
Sorry, I haven't been as active lately XD. I wouldn't recommend using YSMenu on any cart that runs Wood. You're lucky you didn't brick your card... Try to use the latest community-built version of Wood that is available for your card...

Could someone please advise where I might be going wrong:
Firstly I'm presuming my R4 SDHC card is a fake (I think) as the only firmware I can get it to run on looks like this on the SD card:

R4%20SD.png

So this is how it looks when it works ok and will successfully boot in YSmenu.
However, I'm lookin to update as I can't play the latest games or any homebrew.

Following the instructions on the front page of this forum - the DS screen freezes at:

Top Screen:
Loading...

Bottom Screen:
[blank/black]

So i'm having to go back to the setup in the image above just to load YSmenu.
What website is the card from?

I still get "load rom errcode = -4" with Pokemon Black 2 game (well, the game is patched so I guess it's different from the clean rom)

Hope I can play it in the next update :(( or anyone can help me add it in infolib so I can play the game?

You may need to use your default firmware to play Pokemon Black 2, I wrote a tutorial solving this issue a while back. Do you want a link?

Retrogamefan, recently some people released an Etrian Odyssey III patch tweaking some things, but When I try to play it using Ysmenu it shows me error 4, could you or someone help me to make the game run? Since I don't know how to edit the infolib. Here's where you can get the patch: https://mega.nz/#!OR8iiLQT!qyVep5CMQ6w1TipHE9DkKqzg3sdP3FY-WKuQ7G8pnxw

Thanks!
Don't count on an update for a while, if ever... He hasn't been on at all lately...
 

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Hello :)

Just bought an R4 Gold Pro card 2017 edition, is it true that it will only work for 1 year? And if so, can i patch it with the R4 sdhc from the list(page 1)? Sorry to ask, i was to lazy ^^ to read threw 167 pages :D '

Thanks for the reply that clear up the sky.
 
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Hello :)

Just bought an R4 Gold Pro card 2017 edition, is it true that it will only work for 1 year? And if so, can i patch it with the R4 sdhc from the list(page 1)? Sorry to ask, i was to lazy ^^ to read threw 167 pages :D '

Thanks for the reply that clear up the sky.
Please post what website you got it from... Then I can help you out XD
 
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Hey man, thanks for your reply. It was from r4isdhc.com. I set my 3ds to 2020 and it had indeed the timebomb. I installed YSmenu and renamed the r4.dat to r4.nds. After that it booted in ysmenu and it still worked after 2020 ^^.
Got a few questions though, i checked the dsi compatible games and there were not many games i will ever play, but when i do want to play a dsi enhanced game i need to boot the r4.nds from what i understand?
Does ysmenu have a bigger compatibility then the original firmware? Is there some sort of list anywhere, im totaly into "translated"games.

When i press start>Ysmenu> i get a white screen with nothing on it (seems like it hangs), can i fix this?
One last question (srry to ask so many questions) , my card supported "quick save" (thought that was something to save on any point in the game, like a snapshot save) is this still possible with the Ysmenu installed?


thank you so much for helping people out here, that is really awesome.

Best regards,

David


btw, it's kind of funny it have the "bomberman" icon, is that a joke or coincidence? :))
 
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Hey man, thanks for your reply. It was from r4isdhc.com. I set my 3ds to 2020 and it had indeed the timebomb. I installed YSmenu and renamed the r4.dat to r4.nds. After that it booted in ysmenu and it still worked after 2020 ^^.
Got a few questions though, i checked the dsi compatible games and there were not many games i will ever play, but when i do want to play a dsi enhanced game i need to boot the r4.nds from what i understand?
Does ysmenu have a bigger compatibility then the original firmware? Is there some sort of list anywhere, im totaly into "translated"games.

When i press start>Ysmenu> i get a white screen with nothing on it (seems like it hangs), can i fix this?
One last question (srry to ask so many questions) , my card supported "quick save" (thought that was something to save on any point in the game, like a snapshot save) is this still possible with the Ysmenu installed?


thank you so much for helping people out here, that is really awesome.

Best regards,

David


btw, it's kind of funny it have the "bomberman" icon, is that a joke or coincidence? :))
Thank you , I'm flattered :shy:. To answer all of your questions:
1. I wrote a tutorial on how to boot DSi-enhanced games on your cart... You can find it here: https://gbatemp.net/threads/how-to-...-keep-dsi-enhanced-game-compatibility.473955/

2. YSMenu has better compatibility than your default firmware. However, depending on the cart, it will not boot DSi-enhanced games or games that use a special save format.

3. That's odd, I'll look into your white screen issue when I have more time. Can you send me a screenshot of your SD before and after you installed it (or at least with the default firmware installed?)

4. Unfortunately, YSMenu does not support "quick save". Though, I found quick save to be a buggy mess on my card, and I never used it anyways. If you use it, I might suggest some of the other methods on my tutorial...

Let me know if you have any more questions :)

P.S. I feel like they chose the bomberman icon as a joke. The reason why is because in order to have that flash card load on your console, they have to make it look like a legit game. They can pretty much use any game to do that, so I feel like they chose it intentionally. Though, if they didn't, that would be hilarious :rofl2:
 

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Thanks a lot Barnwey, will try to install the ysmenu again from the correct source, if it did not fix the problem i will send you a pic.

Cya arround bro ;)
 

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Thanks a lot Barnwey, will try to install the ysmenu again from the correct source, if it did not fix the problem i will send you a pic.

Cya arround bro ;)
Hope it works ;)

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BARNWEY i purchased 6bucks at aliexpress but the firmware is the one from the image ,on the box.
so yea it is r4isdhc.com
What year is the card? Because I believe 2013 cards had issues due to it being vastly different from the modern cards...

Also, I have a tutorial on how to keep DSi enhanced game compatibility on these cards after installing YSMenu. You can find that tutorial here: https://gbatemp.net/threads/how-to-...-keep-dsi-enhanced-game-compatibility.473955/
 
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