Hacking R4i-B9S flashcart: tested and impression

[spkuja]

I know but where do I put them? Root of SD or in a roms folder on the root?

Any where you like, you will be able to navigate to them when you boot the card. I normally put mine in a folder called Games for neatness.

@AngelSL do you object to me making a post about the unbricking process?

 

[Spwnrpe]

Most likely, yes.

Alright, sounds safe enough to try. I would have liked to be able to run ntrboot_flasher (from the other already cfw'd O3DS I have) and inject ntrboot to the cart instead of using the B9S firmware to get ntrboot on there... but I guess that is not possible at this time

Anyways... I guess its time to download @AngelSL ntrboot_flasher build and the original B9S backup.bin @pandavova posted and try?

 

[some1ne]

Alright, sounds safe enough to try. I would have liked to be able to run ntrboot_flasher (from the other already cfw'd O3DS I have) and inject ntrboot to the cart instead of using the B9S firmware to get ntrboot on there... but I guess that is not possible at this time

Anyways... I guess its time to download @AngelSL ntrboot_flasher build and the original B9S backup.bin @pandavova posted and try?

Yup, that's what you should try. Same for @Criminal90. But please, do a backup first.

 

[AngelSL]

Any where you like, you will be able to navigate to them when you boot the card. I normally put mine in a folder called Games for neatness.

@AngelSL do you object to me making a post about the unbricking process?

Go ahead.

 

[Criminal90]

Yup, that's what you should try. Same for @Criminal90. But please, do a backup first.

Ok backup with godmode9 is ok?

 

[Spwnrpe]

Yup, that's what you should try. Same for @Criminal90. But please, do a backup first.

I'll do it as soon as I can get to it (and I've got 3x backups)

 

[some1ne]

Ok backup with godmode9 is ok?

Do a backup using this: https://gbatemp.net/threads/r4i-b9s-flashcart-tested-and-impression.484620/page-23#post-7633409

Then flash ntrboot.bin from here using the flasher linked above: https://gbatemp.net/attachments/backup_r4ib9s-rar.102576/

 

[Spwnrpe]

Ok backup with godmode9 is ok?

I did my backups via the ntrboot_flasher - correct? or should it have been a godmode9 game cart dump instead? (to be able to restore if needed)

 

[spkuja]

Hey guys, I've posted a quick guide on how to unbrick the r4i-B9S card here in case it's needed by other users: https://gbatemp.net/threads/unbrick-your-r4i-b9s-card.486704/

Please let me know if I've left anyone out

 

[Criminal90]

Hey guys, I've posted a quick guide on how to unbrick the r4i-B9S card here in case it's needed by other users: https://gbatemp.net/threads/unbrick-your-r4i-b9s-card.486704/

Please let me know if I've left anyone out

I've flashed but now how can I test it? I have already luma on my 3DS
The official flasher of R4i B9S now tell me "Flashcart: R4i-SDHC B9S (Ver.1.0)" from unknow, I supposed it works

 

[MitsukiUchiwa]

Hey guys, I've posted a quick guide on how to unbrick the r4i-B9S card here in case it's needed by other users: https://gbatemp.net/threads/unbrick-your-r4i-b9s-card.486704/

Please let me know if I've left anyone out

Omg I love you

It's finally working! \o/

 

[some1ne]

I've flashed but now how can I test it? I have already luma on my 3DS
The official flasher of R4i B9S now tell me "Flashcart: R4i-SDHC B9S (Ver.1.0)" from unknow, I supposed it works

Put something like godmode9 on your SD as ntrboot.firm and try doing the magnet combo.

 

[Yandere-chan]

So, how do I get this to work on my DSI

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Can someone upload NTRPack_1.2 SD.zip

 

[Phoenix333]

If any of the devs need a tester for the r4i-sdhc (dsi version) then I'm happy to help. I won an r4i b9s so I don't mind if the sdhc gets bricked

 

[Criminal90]

Ok the flasher works fine with the R4i 3ds RTS WIFI

now it's a R4i B9S and you can use the R4i tool for switch from nds to ntrboot and vice versa

 

[RedBlueGreen]

Has anyone tried the new R4i B9S flasher with the dual core/dated carts yet? If not I'm gonna test it. And thanks @Kitlith for pushing out the NTRBoot flasher so we can dump the flash image from the flashcarts and fix what the R4-SDHC's flasher broke.
Update: The R4-B9S flasher doesn't recognize the dual core cards, so I guess there's some sort of difference between them and the normal R4i-SDHC RTS cards.

 

[Phoenix333]

If there's a .nds version i could test, but I dont have cfw because I'm waiting for my r4i b9s

Has anyone tried the new R4i B9S flasher with the dual core/dated carts yet? If not I'm gonna test it. And thanks @Kitlith for pushing out the NTRBoot flasher so we can dump the flash image from the flashcarts and fix what the R4-SDHC's flasher broke.
Update: The R4-B9S flasher doesn't recognize the dual core cards, so I guess there's some sort of difference between them and the normal R4i-SDHC RTS cards.

 

[some1ne]

Has anyone tried the new R4i B9S flasher with the dual core/dated carts yet? If not I'm gonna test it. And thanks @Kitlith for pushing out the NTRBoot flasher so we can dump the flash image from the flashcarts and fix what the R4-SDHC's flasher broke.
Update: The R4-B9S flasher doesn't recognize the dual core cards, so I guess there's some sort of difference between them and the normal R4i-SDHC RTS cards.

Have you tried with this one? https://gbatemp.net/threads/r4i-b9s-flashcart-tested-and-impression.484620/page-23#post-7633409

 

[Kitlith]

And thanks @Kitlith for pushing out the NTRBoot flasher so we can dump the flash image from the flashcarts and fix what the R4-SDHC's flasher broke.

@RedBlueGreen Thank @AngelSL for their work on this, too. They took some of the stuff I transcribed from Rai-chan's IDB for their original flasher, added it to what they got from their research on the r4isdhc.com cart, and has much cleaner code as a result. (The reason why writing didn't work on the builds I provided was because I removed one sanity check but forgot the other sanity check, which I didn't know was present.)

In general, I'm glad to see that unbricking works now! Mainline support for these carts will come as soon as injection is figured out.

The R4-B9S flasher doesn't recognize the dual core cards, so I guess there's some sort of difference between them and the normal R4i-SDHC RTS cards.

I'm not surprised. *of-couse* there's a curve-ball somewhere. Shame.

 

[RedBlueGreen]

Have you tried with this one? https://gbatemp.net/threads/r4i-b9s-flashcart-tested-and-impression.484620/page-23#post-7633409

The NTRBoot flasher works fine, it backed up the flash from my card, but I was trying the R4 SDHC 2016 Gold Pro (one of the dual core carts I believe?) with the R$i SDHC flasher made to revert the B9S cart.

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@RedBlueGreen Thank @AngelSL for their work on this, too. They took some of the stuff I transcribed from Rai-chan's IDB for their original flasher, added it to what they got from their research on the r4isdhc.com cart, and has much cleaner code as a result. (The reason why writing didn't work on the builds I provided was because I removed one sanity check but forgot the other sanity check, which I didn't know was present.)

In general, I'm glad to see that unbricking works now! Mainline support for these carts will come as soon as injection is figured out.



I'm not surprised. *of-couse* there's a curve-ball somewhere. Shame.

Well it is r4isdhc,com (which I believe turned into a virus pop up scam or phishing site since I was redirected when I tried it after getting my flash card, which is why I used the , and not .) not the r4i-sdhc site. So it might not even be the same team.