Hacking Update fake R4 on (older fw) DSi?

[JenZ]

Hi to all,

Current setup: NDSi XL 1.4.4e with working (real) R4-SDHC RTS Lite card.
Situation: My wife found a R4 card containing a 2Gb MicroSd on the streets.

After looking through this great forum i found out it'll probably be a fake one.
Nevertheless there were a bunch of games and savegames on it.
Problem with my setup: i can't 'run' the card. It has the famous
"An error has occurred. Press and hold the power Button to turn the system off."

So i thought it needs an update. I can't read it with my DSi, but do you think it'll work on a lower level firmware one?
Is it safe to run an update on that older NDSi? Does an update update the R4-card or the console?
I don't wanna 'brick' a borrowed DSi ofcourse.

Details:
This is the card: http://image.dhgate....95_00/1.0x0.jpg
Message in DSI menu: SpongeBob's Atlantis Squarepantis THQ
Error when booting: http://www.millerswe...0_3568477_n.jpg
Did do a full format (sd formatter), and tried multiple kernel's.

Any tips for this NDS noob :-)
Kind regards

 

[JenZ]

Does an update update the R4-card or the console?
I don't wanna 'brick' a borrowed DSi ofcourse.

Anyone on dis thing perhaps? Plz?

 

[EyeZ]

The R4i needs an update file, which will need a DS/Lite to update it on

 

[JenZ]

The R4i needs an update file, which will need a DS/Lite to update it on

so if i run one of those updates it will not update the console, but the R4-card itself?

 

[EyeZ]

No the update file if there is one for your card would be found on the website that is printed on your R4i, and the update file

would have to be run on a DS/Lite to update your R4i.

 

[JenZ]

Tnx, so i need an older dsi to update the r4i card. Will give it a go soon.

 

[EyeZ]

Yes that is correct, so you found the update file then?

EDIT: probably be better to use a DS/Lite as the DSi would have to be on a low enough firmware version

 

[JenZ]

I hope so.
On my card there's a link to http://www.r4i-sdhc.hk/downloade.html
There i see something like 'firmware upgrade package'.
Too bad it says 1.4.3 while my DSi is 1.4.4E (btw: is it normal that the chatroom is not available?)