Hacking Frustrated...r4 help!?

[UrkeytaY]

I recently acquired a DSI from craigslist, which has firmware 1.4.5 on it.

I came across this r4 card at a local pawn shop today

I popped it in my computer and of course it was loaded with games. I put it in the DSI and I get "an error has occurred. press and hold power button...la la la"

I then hopped over to http://www.r4i-sdhc.com/downloade.asp and downloaded the appropriate firmware

But I keep receiving the same error. I'm usually pretty good with this stuff, but I am starting to think either the R4 card is bad...or there is a possibility I may not be doing something right?!

Any help or guidance would be really appreciated!

*edit* I had also tried the Wood Kernel 1.57 as well, but same thing occurred.

 

[Rydian]

http://gbatemp.net/threads/flash-carts-and-dsi-3ds-updates.315784/
You need to RUN the update for it to apply. Since the DSi will not RUN the R4 right now, you will need another DS to run the update.

 

[UrkeytaY]

Ahhh ok, so it sounds like I acquired a DSI at the (temporary) wrong time. I guess I'll have to be patient for a bit...thank you, that saves me from banging my head a little bit while still learning the in's and out's of this =)

 

[UrkeytaY]

So I was able to borrow a friends original DS, I ran the update. Everything seemed to have updated fine...now the card says Metroid Prime Demo rather than Star Wars from before. I get the same error on my DSi.

am I still missing something here? Sorry to sound so newbish about this, but I've searched around before even replying to my own thread.

 

[Rydian]

When you did the update, what did it say the new supported model is?

R4-SDHC is well-known for putting out new cart models instead of updating the old ones, and their front page even says they put out a new model for DSi 1.4.5.

 

[UrkeytaY]

I guess maybe I didn't pay attention to that part?

Right now when in the upgrade screen it says

Current version
Support Model: NDSL, NDSI 1.44, 3DS 4.4

New Version (2-10-2012)
Support Model: NDSL, NDSI 1.44, 3DS 4.4


and only the option to go Back.

 

[jax604]

If the card you posted above is exactly what you have, then something is wrong. A friend of mine still have this card and it still works on his 1.4.5 dsi. Are you sure you downloaded the correct kernel, and ran the update properly?

 

[Pong20302000]

that model of Flashcard will never support 1.4.5
the manufactures released a new card to support the DSi 1.4.5

as it states on there site

R4i-SDHC team launches a new R4i-sdhc 3ds card marked with "v4.5" which can support N3DS 4.5.0-10 and NDSi v1.4.5 perfectly.
Other r4i-sdhc 3ds users, please do not update your 3DS firmware to V4.5.0-10 until we release the new update patch for R4i-SDHC. [2012-12-08]
Those R4i-SDHC V1.4.X cards users, please do not update your NDSi system to the latest version v1.4.5 until we release the new update patch for it. [2012-12-13]

they have done this with all there previous cards,
when they release a new one all the previous are dropped

 

[UrkeytaY]

Sadly, it had fw1.4.5 on it already, and as I said I came across the r4 card at a pawn shop.

RE: Pong

Now that I read that though, it says "until we release the new update patch for it"

But you also said "that model of Flashcard will never support 1.4.5"

and yeah, I ran the update just fine...in fact, I can run it perfectly on my friends DS and even tested with a few games. But as per all this information, that was to be expected.

 

[Pong20302000]

Sadly, it had fw1.4.5 on it already, and as I said I came across the r4 card at a pawn shop.

RE: Pong

Now that I read that though, it says "until we release the new update patch for it"

But you also said "that model of Flashcard will never support 1.4.5"

and yeah, I ran the update just fine...in fact, I can run it perfectly on my friends DS and even tested with a few games. But as per all this information, that was to be expected.

they have said that about every previous card
there plain R4i-SDHC, there 1.4,1.4.1,1.4.2,1.4.3
they have all had exactly the same said and no update appear ever

it will always work on a DS Phat & DS Lite as they dont have updates to the system so they cant be blocked

 

[UrkeytaY]

No worries, I just ordered this one here and I'll probably just donate that other card to my friend...thanks for the info though, guys =)

http://nds-card.com/ProShow.asp?ProID=145

 

[Rydian]

You do realize that they're just going to not release an update to that cart too, right?
You should read the stickies and order carts that actually GET updates.
http://gbatemp.net/t290097-which-flash-cart-should-i-get

 

[UrkeytaY]

As long as it works in the current 1.4.5 firmware, at least I know I'll be ok for a while. Worse case scenario, I trade off this DSi for a regular DS.

Plus, is the big N really going to release that many more updates for this system?

 

[Rydian]

As long as it works in the current 1.4.5 firmware, at least I know I'll be ok for a while. Worse case scenario, I trade off this DSi for a regular DS.

Plus, is the big N really going to release that many more updates for this system?

That's what people thought when 1.4.4 came out, but then 8 months later, with the 3DS already released, came 1.4.5, and it only takes one update to render a cart inoperable on a device.

Also the team's assholes for pulling this stunt on purpose, so I'd not buy out of sheer principle.

 

[UrkeytaY]

I'm obviously still learning, but from what I gather there aren't to many games being released for these things anymore, so I would be willing to sacrifice not playing any future games. Plus, this is mostly for my daughters to play, so what they don't know about the future, can't hurt them =)

I agree though, kinda crappy to discontinue support on something only to try and sell them an updated card.