I got an R4i Gold 3DS RTS Plus with NTRboot and I'm experiencing issues with freezing during a game.
Lots of research has told me that it is likely an issue with the MicroSD card. Despite having tried at least 5 MicroSD cards which all have the same issue (An 8GB Sandisk, 16GB Samsung, 32GB Unbranded, 2GB Transcend and a 4GB Kingston) I have tried many methods to try resolve this.
I ran chkdsk to repair/delete some corrupt .nds and .sav files but ever since changing the cluster size to 32kb I haven't had any issues with data getting corrupted. The closest I got to fixing it was by doing a full/clean format (not quick) with 32kb cluster size with a completely clean ROM and a new save file. The important thing to note is that I set the save file to 512KB instead of the default 2MB.
This seemed to fix the issue for a few hours before disppointingly discovering yet another freeze, and as the next day came the freezes once again became more frequent. It's really confusing because it seems the more I use it, the less it freezes, and when it's not been used for a long while (the next day) it starts freezing again. Is the EEPROM or a capacitor faulty or something?
I'd love to figure out if the R4i itself is faulty or if it's something I'm doing with the MicroSD cards, despite having tried many methods to figure out the issue.
Any responses are greatly appreciated and I look forward to any discussions!
Lots of research has told me that it is likely an issue with the MicroSD card. Despite having tried at least 5 MicroSD cards which all have the same issue (An 8GB Sandisk, 16GB Samsung, 32GB Unbranded, 2GB Transcend and a 4GB Kingston) I have tried many methods to try resolve this.
I ran chkdsk to repair/delete some corrupt .nds and .sav files but ever since changing the cluster size to 32kb I haven't had any issues with data getting corrupted. The closest I got to fixing it was by doing a full/clean format (not quick) with 32kb cluster size with a completely clean ROM and a new save file. The important thing to note is that I set the save file to 512KB instead of the default 2MB.
This seemed to fix the issue for a few hours before disppointingly discovering yet another freeze, and as the next day came the freezes once again became more frequent. It's really confusing because it seems the more I use it, the less it freezes, and when it's not been used for a long while (the next day) it starts freezing again. Is the EEPROM or a capacitor faulty or something?
I'd love to figure out if the R4i itself is faulty or if it's something I'm doing with the MicroSD cards, despite having tried many methods to figure out the issue.
Any responses are greatly appreciated and I look forward to any discussions!