Hacking R4i-B9S flashcart: tested and impression

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I won but I haven't received my tracking number, which is strange because I'm also from the UK. Also, they haven't updated my details on the site.
@LolcatPlays when they said region, did you put Europe, I'm pretty sure thats what they meant, but just checking. I might send them another email soon.
I got the tracking number 2 days after sending my address and such, for Region I put the region of the UK I'm in which is West Midlands.
 

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I noticed every single picture of this cart avoids showing the top of the cart. Does this cart still have a microSD slot?
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It does, mine still is in transit from China to London though :(

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Maybe they are on weekend and they didn't updated anything.
There is a small section of each email address revealed, is yours on there?
If not then you haven't got it yet as they are doing it in batches, they have 50 and gave 20 so far.
 

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I wonder if this card can be updated, meaning if NTRboothax 1.1 comes, can i flash it?

I still didn't read any NTRboot instructions but the b9s files should be on microSD card and you out the cart on 3DS to activate the hack?
 
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Normally I don't go about publicly calling out a team, but I actually won this cart and they have failed to contact me back. Now I didn't spam the Temp, I simply gave an honest answer
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Honest and solid answer that actually is a normal post when regarding a topic like this, even without the contest I would have made the same post. Those were the things I was most interested in covering and thus I wanted the cart to look into them. After creating that post, I decided to see the post fit what they were looking for. To which they found my post to fit with what they were looking for;
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I sent them my information and they've gone completely silent since then.
Good team they got there. Can't even keep up with their "live updates," or sending everyone their tracking numbers.
 
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My question about this card is, is it even further gimped beyond just not playing nds games. what i mean is, can the boot9strap on the card be updated. If it cant be then this card is really bad and even worse then we initially thought.
 

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Normally I don't go about publicly calling out a team, but I actually won this cart and they have failed to contact me back. Now I didn't spam the Temp, I simply gave an honest answer
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Honest and solid answer that actually is a normal post when regarding a topic like this, even without the contest I would have made the same post. Those were the things I was most interested in covering and thus I wanted the cart to look into them. After creating that post, I decided to see the post fit what they were looking for. To which they found my post to fit with what they were looking for;
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I sent them my information and they've gone completely silent since then.
Good team they got there. Can't even keep up with their "live updates," or sending everyone their tracking numbers.
I've been waiting a week for a tracking number, even though they said they'd give it within 3 days. I hope I get it soon cos I really want cfw.
My question about this card is, is it even further gimped beyond just not playing nds games. what i mean is, can the boot9strap on the card be updated. If it cant be then this card is really bad and even worse then we initially thought.
Wouldn't the b9s file be on the console sd card, and you would just have the ak2i_ntrcardhax_flasher.nds on the flashcard, which is probably already there
 
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So I sat and thought this over, then brought this up in my private group chat, but I feel like bringing up here.
So this cart is just a reflashed R4i-SDHC with a different sticker. So in theory we should just able able to do a lot more with it.
1: Dump the flash and restore it to a stock R4i-SDHC (cheaper cart) and turn that one into an R4i-B9S
2: Dump the stock (cheaper) and restore the flash on the R4i-B9S, turning it back into a functioning cart.
They are both the same hardware, we just need a means of dumping/restoring the flash.

Good thinking, but as far as I was told, R4i-sdhc.com carts are write protected.
Even if they aren't, there's not much that can stop them from making this B9S cart write protected.
But I hope it is flashable. The actual DS flashcarts use the kernel to upgrade their firmware, so it's a matter of reversing that, but again, it might not be possible to flash stuff onto the B9S cart.
 

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Good thinking, but as far as I was told, R4i-sdhc.com carts are write protected.
Even if they aren't, there's not much that can stop them from making this B9S cart write protected.
But I hope it is flashable. The actual DS flashcarts use the kernel to upgrade their firmware, so it's a matter of reversing that, but again, it might not be possible to flash stuff onto the B9S cart.
Well the only way for us to find out is for someone who knows what they are doing to get actually get the cart. From there is just about finding out what they actually did and if we can replicate it. Even if this cart is write protected (which would make it more useless,) it may provide us with enough information to reverse engineer their code.
Personally I hope someone can reverse engineer their code and the R4i-SDHC can be re-flashed. The R4i-SDHC team are complete scumbags who are trying to charge 5$ more for a gimped cart, that most people will only use once.

Side note, this was briefly added to nds-card (again) and removed (again)
http://nds-card.com/ProShow.asp?ProID=384
It was going for $17.99 vs their own $13.99 counterpart. R4i-SDHC team are complete scumbags and trying to make a profit off NTRBoot.

I've been waiting a week for a tracking number, even though they said they'd give it within 3 days. I hope I get it soon cos I really want cfw.
Buy an R4i Gold. Even for free, there's no reason for you to be waiting like this.
 

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Thank you :D
I had a problem, to get homebrew on my console.
My Nintendo 3DS was updated to 11.6.0.39E

Edit: Can't find the R4i-B9S on the Sponsor website.
( Panda on right side )
yes it is, but fortunately I found a dutch website selling r4i-b9s,so you can have a look at it.
r43dskopen com
 

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yes it is, but fortunately I found a dutch website selling r4i-b9s,so you can have a look at it.
r43dskopen com
Rarely ever do I advocate against helping users, but we really shouldn’t help users find this cart. They are basically paying more for a single function cart. It’s wrong and only serves to exploit people.
The most helpful thing we can do is educate people and advice they go with an R4i Gold instead. The user actually gets both an NTRBoot cart and a fully functioning flashcart.
 

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My question about this card is, is it even further gimped beyond just not playing nds games. what i mean is, can the boot9strap on the card be updated. If it cant be then this card is really bad and even worse then we initially thought.
The version of boot9strap on the card is really irrelevant. Once you have arm9 control, the system is yours and you can do whatever you want with it anyway (including upgrading to your choice of b9s). The real detriment of this card remains the lack of DS support.
 

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Well the only way for us to find out is for someone who knows what they are doing to get actually get the cart. From there is just about finding out what they actually did and if we can replicate it. Even if this cart is write protected (which would make it more useless,) it may provide us with enough information to reverse engineer their code.
Personally I hope someone can reverse engineer their code and the R4i-SDHC can be re-flashed. The R4i-SDHC team are complete scumbags who are trying to charge 5$ more for a gimped cart, that most people will only use once.
I've got one on the way (gotta disclose: a free, review copy of B9S cart), and I'll probably help devs reverse this once I get it and I unbrick my n3ds xl.
 
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I've got one on the way (gotta disclose: a free, review copy of B9S cart), and I'll probably help devs reverse this once I get it and I unbrick my n3ds xl.
I've been waiting 4 days since my tracking number was sent to me, I'm also using this to unbrick my DS.
 

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I just got my tracking number, and i bought an r4i-sdhc for 8 quid off a friend so i can have the r4i b9s as a dedicated card for hacking mine and my friends 3dses
 

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Guys they updated their site with info on how you can get it to play nds games! No need to get a separate card for that if you won.

Edit: They haven't released the .firm yet, but they will within the next few days

Edit 2: Would someone potentially be able use this to get ntrboot onto the r4i-sdhc once they release the firm.
 
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Guys they updated their site with info on how you can get it to play nds games! No need to get a separate card for that if you won.

Edit: They haven't released the .firm yet, but they will within the next few days

Edit 2: Would someone potentially be able use this to get ntrboot onto the r4i-sdhc once they release the firm.
wow, this is actually very good
 

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