Hacking R4 help

[pokemonkickbutt]

So i recently had to format my sd card im using for my r4 but my r4 had already been updated to the latest firmware.
do i have to update again? and if i do i have to wait till a more recent patch to update since my system is close to the recent patch?

 

[Rydian]

If by "firmware" you mean ACTUAL firmware (the stuff you update on your cart that lets it run on DSi/3DS updates), then no, that's stored internally, not on the MicroSD.

If instead you mean the software (Wood/AKAIO/YSmenu/Moonshell/Whatever), then yeah you'd need to put that back on for it to run.

 

[pokemonkickbutt]

I meant the official updates but that makes me feel better but I'm also having issues with some games no loading with either staying on a black screen or going to white screen.I'm not sure what that is, I know for some games that i used to be able to load that happening and I'm not sure what to do about dragon quest 9 since i saw that was a common problem but i have no idea where to find a fix for that.

 

[Rydian]

I meant the official updates but that makes me feel better but I'm also having issues with some games no loading with either staying on a black screen or going to white screen.I'm not sure what that is, I know for some games that i used to be able to load that happening and I'm not sure what to do about dragon quest 9 since i saw that was a common problem but i have no idea where to find a fix for that.

What exact model cart?
What's the site printed on it?

 

[pokemonkickbutt]

It's a r4 gold 3ds from r4ids.cn.

 

[Rydian]

Are you installing the latest version of Wood from that site? That's the software intended to load ROMs.

 

[pokemonkickbutt]

Yeah i downloaded and copied it to the folder, that is all i have to do right?

 

[Rydian]

Yeah i downloaded and copied it to the folder, that is all i have to do right?

Assuming you extracted it right (the _rpg folder and such in the root), then yeah, it'll start right up.

 

[pokemonkickbutt]

Yeah the r4 starts up fine it's just the games that are acting funny.

 

[Rydian]

http://gbatemp.net/threads/how-to-get-new-games-to-run.277771/
Use step 3 to make sure the games are fine, then if needed 6 to fix your MicroSD's filesystem.

 

[pokemonkickbutt]

Ohh i guess i needed to do a full swipe, i did the sd card format thing started working.Thanks for the help