Homebrew R4 Stage2 TWL Flashcart Launcher(and perhaps other cards soon™)....

[darklinkpower]

Ok. I redid Fix94's unedited rom dump myself with the arm7 patch with minimal alterations to the SRL layout. Noticed the new arm7 bin is a bit larger then the version Fx94 did (larger by 44 instead of 38 which was Fix94's version)

TTDS_CartLauncher.rar

If this doesn't boot it, nothing will.

Nope, the same loading message... Man, I'm sad. But thanks a lot for the effort guys!

 

[Apache Thunder]

What firmware do I use with it?

It's suppose to boot the cartridge as it's the rom of the cartridge. So what ever firmware that's compatible with DSTT should work with it.

 

[FIX94]

Ok. I redid Fix94's unedited rom dump myself with the arm7 patch with minimal alterations to the SRL layout. Noticed the new arm7 bin is a bit larger then the version Fx94 did (larger by 44 instead of 38 which was Fix94's version)

indeed the size differed since that one was still coded in per hand and I then later on made the version which takes any arm7 bin.

 

[Drakkar Blackblaze]

Ok original R4 owners. Try this:

R4_CartLaunchers.rar
(TWL version for testing in DSi mode. Try it only if the NTR version works)

If that works, it would be the better alternative then using WoodR4 since it would allow you to use any kernel you want with it.

tested it with my Original R4 (which works with the WoodR4Launcher) it hangs in the black screen with the white "Loading..."
tested with both Wood and Original kernels, neither worked

though i gotta say something funny that happens, using an SD with the original kernel still manages to show and boot games using a somewhat botched wood interface with the WoodR4Launcher

 

[Apache Thunder]

I'm starting to think the older flashcarts have to be booted from slot 1 directly rather then substituted by a modified rom on NAND. The ultimate solution may have to be a modified version of DS Firmware menu or some kind of launcher menu running in NTR mode similar to hbmenu does (hbmenu can run in NTR mode on from NAND, but it wouldn't be able to access SD card). But rather then launching SRLs from SD via a file system (as that's unavailable in NTR mode), it would simply allow booting what ever is in slot 1 with the correct arm7/arm9 entry settings.

I do know that SRLs launched in NTR mode appear to have full access to slot 1. The YSMenu I made will show the fat init failed message when I eject my Gateway Blue Card. But something interesting about that. It also reports the internal name and game code of the cartridge that was inserted. It correctly displayed the internal name and game code used for the header stored on my Gateway Blue Card! (which makes me wonder why WoodDumper doesn't work. All the old DS card dumpers require ejecting the card, which doesn't makes sense in this case because it appears they already have proper slot-1 access. Ejecting the card just breaks things... )

I'm definitely led to believe NTR mode srls have access to slot-1 without any special access control settings at all. (Access control settings in DSi Extended header is all zero for NTR mode titles. I'm led to believe it's ignored entirely for NTR mode titles).

Knowing this, an NTR mode homebrew of some kind could be configured to act as a launcher that focuses only on slot-1.

But it would take a lot of coding I think. I wouldn't bank our hopes on that happening anytime soon. There's just not enough interest in the TWL side of the 3DS. It's the part of the 3DS others haven't explored that much hence why I'm interested in playing around with it. Thus all the recent progress I helped bring about lately.

 

[einhuman197]

So, r4i-sdhc is possible SOON™¿

 

[Apache Thunder]

Maybe. Need a proper rom dump. The last one I looked at appeared to have the arm7 region corrupted.

 

[cicciochiave]

Can someone help me with the flashcard dump? I have a NDS, a R4 clone and Wooddumper r89, but I don't know what to do... I put wooddumper.nds in the microsd of my card, then I launched it as avery other games, but when I press A, it gave me an error saying "card init failed"

 

[AboveColin]

Ok. I redid Fix94's unedited rom dump myself with the arm7 patch with minimal alterations to the SRL layout. Noticed the new arm7 bin is a bit larger then the version Fx94 did (larger by 44 instead of 38 which was Fix94's version)

TTDS_CartLauncher.rar

If this doesn't boot it, nothing will.

Still a black screen i really think i'm doin something wrong....

 

[Marko1000Marko]

Ok. I redid Fix94's unedited rom dump myself with the arm7 patch with minimal alterations to the SRL layout. Noticed the new arm7 bin is a bit larger then the version Fx94 did (larger by 44 instead of 38 which was Fix94's version)

TTDS_CartLauncher.rar

If this doesn't boot it, nothing will.

Nope, doesn't work. Do you think the TTDS will ever work in the future or should we all stop hoping?

 

[Phanton]

I don't know where else to ask, but I've got this



Is there anything I can do with it?

 

[alex257]

is it normal i have rxtools nightly build 3.0 beta 2(the latest version) and i still get the "an error has occurred"?????please answer

 

[alex61194]

is it normal i have rxtools nightly build 3.0 beta 2(the latest version) and i still get the "an error has occurred"?????please answer

same with me

 

[zacnut]

3.0 beta 2 is not the latest version, you need the nightly build, but the site that usually hosts them is down and im not sure its coming back... https://lavanoid.github.io/

edit, also im pretty sure only the original R4 is working right now, haha sorry alexs

 

[einhuman197]

Maybe. Need a proper rom dump. The last one I looked at appeared to have the arm7 region corrupted.

If you want to I can dump it again ^^
Just wait for a pn from me! SOON™

 

[nooby89]

I've got a R4i-SDHC 1.4.4

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3.0 beta 2 is not the latest version, you need the nightly build, but the site that usually hosts them is down and im not sure its coming back... https://lavanoid.github.io/

edit, also im pretty sure only the original R4 is working right now, haha sorry alexs

Link is dead ^O^

 

[FIX94]

just a question to the people who have a working flashcard for this, can you launch other homebrew from it like emulators and stuff? Or will that just freeze?

 

[Bynniock]

Homebrew seems to work just as well as it would when running the card on a standard DS.

 

[alex257]

3.0 beta 2 is not the latest version, you need the nightly build, but the site that usually hosts them is down and im not sure its coming back... https://lavanoid.github.io/

edit, also im pretty sure only the original R4 is working right now, haha sorry alexs

yeah,but version 3.0 beta 2 IS nightly build and latest version.this is the site,i downloaded it,and it says that beta2 is patching twl.if I didnt understand something correctly please inform me

 

[Sono]

I don't know where else to ask, but I've got this

View attachment 40863

Is there anything I can do with it?

I have a similar one, except mine says Dual-Core on it. I'm using a patched TWL_FIRM with v0 whitelist. You can find them on "that iso site". It's worth a try.