Hacking Dug out the 3ds fw 4.5 with R4i Gold 3DS Deluxe Edition - still useful in 2020

[_dan_]

Over the past couple of months have modded my vita with enzo/henkaku - pretty simple process overall.

Was wondering if the R4i Gold 3DS Deluxe Edition Card is still useful in 2020?

I'm guessing being on 4.5 firmware I'll be limited on the games I can play? If I update to the latest - that's not exploitable? Just wondering what path I can take on this.

 

[BaamAlex]

If I update to the latest - that's not exploitable?

Dude, boot9strap doesn't care about the firmware version. It is unpatchable. And if you read the guide, you will see a lot of options to install cfw on your 3ds. And who cares about flashcards? You can use twilight menu++ to play nds roms.

 

[AmandaRose]

Exactly as @BaamAlex said all 3ds firmware versions can be hacked. And with twighlightmenu now able to play about 99% of DS game perfectly flashcards are of no real use anymore. Just update your 3ds to latest firmware version and take it from there. Or stay on your current firmware use soundhax once fully hacked then update the system. Either one works

 

[TurdPooCharger]

Installing custom firmware using a ntrboot compatible DS flashcart.

• [3ds.hacks.guide] ntrboot
• NTRBoot Released!

Playing a older model DS flashcart on newer 3DS firmware.

• [dsibrew.org] Nintendo DS Cart Whitelist
• NTR Launcher (recommended v2.2, converting dsiware *.nds → dsiware *.cia)

 

[_dan_]

What's the liklihood of getting banned if playing online with bootstrap9?

Exactly as @BaamAlex said all 3ds firmware versions can be hacked. And with twighlightmenu now able to play about 99% of DS game perfectly flashcards are of no real use anymore. Just update your 3ds to latest firmware version and take it from there. Or stay on your current firmware use soundhax once fully hacked then update the system. Either one works

 

[TurdPooCharger]

What's the liklihood of getting banned if playing online with bootstrap9?

Do you plan to cheat against other players or modify stats / trigger events that are not possible without the aid of modding?

 

[AmandaRose]

You will only get banned for cheating online or playing a modded version of a game online. Or for using a stolen credit card in the eshop (that one will probably get you a visit from your local friendly police officer as well)

 

[_dan_]

Do you plan to cheat against other players or modify stats / trigger events that are not possible without the aid of modding?

No not at all.

 

[AmandaRose]

No not at all.

Then look at my answer above lol.

 

[_dan_]

Installing custom firmware using a ntrboot compatible DS flashcart.

• [3ds.hacks.guide] ntrboot
• NTRBoot Released!

Playing a older model DS flashcart on newer 3DS firmware.

• [dsibrew.org] Nintendo DS Cart Whitelist
• NTR Launcher (recommended v2.2, converting dsiware *.nds → dsiware *.cia)

I used the R4i 3ds gold deluxe to play 3ds game, is this different to where you refer to "DS flashcart"? Or are ds cart and 3ds cart one and the same?

Does having the R4i Gold 3DS Deluxe make it easy to mod in terms of bootstrap9?
Here's a photo of the carts I have.

 

[TurdPooCharger]

I used the R4i 3ds gold deluxe to play 3ds game, is this different to where you refer to "DS flashcart"? Or are ds cart and 3ds cart one and the same?

Does having the R4i Gold 3DS Deluxe make it easy to mod in terms of bootstrap9?
Here's a photo of the carts I have.

You might want to refer back to @BaamAlex's link to [3ds.hacks.guide] as these are open end questions.

Are you trying to hack and install custom firmware on your 3DS system? Depending what version firmware your 3DS is currently on, you might be better off hacking it through a different method like Soundhax or Seedminer.

People ask this all the time, but not just any DS flashcart or 3DS flashcart is ntrboot compatible. Only those listed in the ntrboot guide or gbatemp thread are recommended. Trying to reflash an arbitrary flashcart is almost guaranteed to permanently kill or softbrick the cart into a useless piece of plastic.

That R4i Gold 3DS Deluxe “Starter” is a known DS flashcart model that's ntrboot compatible. However, it also doesn't work on open (unhacked) 3DS firmware newer than Ver. 4.5.0-10X because of the block from the Nintendo DS Cart Whitelist, making it impossible to reflash it into ntrboot without the aid of another already hacked 3DS system.

Are you trying to use that DS flashcart despite the block? As was mentioned in my previous post, the whitelist block can be bypassed with the aid of NTR Launcher.

 

[_dan_]

You might want to refer back to @BaamAlex's link to [3ds.hacks.guide] as these are open end questions.

Are you trying to hack and install custom firmware on your 3DS system? Depending what version firmware your 3DS is currently on, you might be better off hacking it through a different method like Soundhax or Seedminer.

People ask this all the time, but not just any DS flashcart or 3DS flashcart is ntrboot compatible. Only those listed in the ntrboot guide or gbatemp thread are recommended. Trying to reflash an arbitrary flashcart is almost guaranteed to permanently kill or softbrick the cart into a useless piece of plastic.

That R4i Gold 3DS Deluxe “Starter” is a known DS flashcart model that's ntrboot compatible. However, it also doesn't work on open (unhacked) 3DS firmware newer than Ver. 4.5.0-10X because of the block from the Nintendo DS Cart Whitelist, making it impossible to reflash it into ntrboot without the aid of another already hacked 3DS system.

Are you trying to use that DS flashcart despite the block? As was mentioned in my previous post, the whitelist block can be bypassed with the aid of NTR Launcher.

Here's my firmware version and the back of my cart.
"R4i Gold 3DS (RTS) (r4ids.cn)
Also known as R4i Gold 3DS, R4i Gold 3DS RTS, R4i Gold 3DS V6.1 R4i Gold and R4i Gold 3DS Deluxe (NOT the white-golden "STARTER" card)
Revisions earlier than "4" might not be supported. Faulty revision C cards are supported. You can see the revision of the card above the rightest DS contact. It's a white letter/number ("1"-"9"; "A"-"D")." where it states faulty revision c card are supported? Does that mean all version c were faulty and supported? Or a certain number of them were faulty and the fault meant that they are supported?

 

[TurdPooCharger]

Here's my firmware version and the back of my cart.
"R4i Gold 3DS (RTS) (r4ids.cn)
Also known as R4i Gold 3DS, R4i Gold 3DS RTS, R4i Gold 3DS V6.1 R4i Gold and R4i Gold 3DS Deluxe (NOT the white-golden "STARTER" card)
Revisions earlier than "4" might not be supported. Faulty revision C cards are supported. You can see the revision of the card above the rightest DS contact. It's a white letter/number ("1"-"9"; "A"-"D")." where it states faulty revision c card are supported? Does that mean all version c were faulty and supported? Or a certain number of them were faulty and the fault meant that they are supported?

Since your 3DS firmware is old enough, you can avoid the ntrboot method and the mess of reflashing ntrboot flashrom / risk of possibly softbricking the DS flashcart.

Definitely hit up reading the 3ds.hacks.guide from the very beginning to soak up all the crucial info about 3DS custom firmware. Baring some rando frankenfirmware funk, Ver. 4.5.0-10E should mean that o3DSXL can be hacked by Installing boot9strap (Soundhax).