Hacking How to turn your M3 Real or M3i Zero into R4i RTS

The Catboy · Jan 19, 2010

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Densetsu said:
PLEASE READ: I can no longer recommend the M3 Real / M3i Zero flashcarts, nor can I recommend the TouchPod or M3 Sakura firmware anymore. Since M3i Zero was revised to GMP-Z003, it has locked out most custom firmware (such as WoodM3), effectively destroying any chance of the flashcart ever receiving any third-party support from independent coders. The M3 team is no longer active; the most updated version of the firmware is over a year old. Many of the previously-working features no longer function properly, and most ROMs released after March 2011 won't load on M3 Sakura or TouchPod anymore. There won't be any more support for this card.

For anyone considering getting an M3i Zero, save yourself some headache and get yourself an Acekard 2i with akAIO instead. It's way cheaper than any of the M3 cards and it has much better support (Normmatt and Smiths are boss). You can even get the full M3 Sakura experience on the Acekard 2i if you use MAIO.

For what it's worth, thanks, M3 team. Your flashcart was awesome when you supported it, but now it's one of the worst flashcarts around.

-Den

READ THIS!

No! This will not work on the R4! This is for M3 Real/i Zero, but will not work on M3i Zero GMP-Z003. No more asking this question!

No it does not allow your M3 Real to play on DSi nor DSi XL. This is just using the R4i RTS firmware, not using the hardware.

This firmware does how ever work on M3i Zero.

How to turn an M3 Real or M3i Zero into an R4i RTS.

Step 1: Download the latest R4i RTS Firmware from here
Step 2: Extract it
Step 3

ownload this, files proved by dsrules
Megaupload Mirror, this comes with the loader.eng needed to patch the files
That file contains the files needed to convert R4i RTS to M3 Real or M3i Zero
So Extract that as well.
Step 4: Now you need to copy LOADER.ENG, Loader.eng has been blocked on 2.7 and 2.7a
You need to use an older LOADER.ENG file from an older version like 2.6 or below to make this work properly (method told to me by dsrules and tested by L551, thanks guys.) , and go into the _system_\_sys_data folder and copy R4i.sys into the same folder as the patching tools.
Step 5: Double-click R4iRTS2M3Reng.bat and a cmd window should start up, wait a few seconds and it should just close. It'll patch those 2 files as well create 2 new files g6dsload.eng and R4irts.nds.
Step 6. Copy the R4i.sys back into the _system_\_sys_data folder, overwrite the original one.
Step 7. Copy _ds_menu.dat and the _system_ folder to the root of your microSD card.
Step 8. Copy the g6dsload.eng into the System folder (the system folder in the patching tools, it should only include 2 files into it, g6dsload.1 and g6dsload.1.) copy the System folder into the root of your microSD card.
And there you go, now you are running R4i RTS firmware on your M3 Real or M3i Zero.
There are some other steps included in the Readme about other ways to installing this firmware and other uses of it, so check that out too.
If you want to go back to Real, just delete all those files and put the M3 Real Firmware on your card.
This thread was changed due to the iTouch firmware being locked out from working on M3's anymore.
Last bit of info, this will not make an M3 Real work on a DSi nor DSi XL, this is only the firmware from R4i RTS, not the hardware.
Same thing as the other one, please don't copy/quote the whole front page to tell me there is a mistake or something you don't understand. If there is something not clear or wrong, please tell me by referring to the step(s), that is incorrect, not clear, ect.
Also small note, this firmware uses the same skins as the original R4 so now you are open to a crap load of skins.
Do not flame this thread. Any flaming posts will be reported, my topics are not open debates/discussions on how you feel about me.

Themes for R4i RTS:

Themes made by by amaro
Theme_R4iRTS_aquaPC 1.0
R4iRTS_theme_Outdoor 1.0
Wakfu

DCG · Jan 20, 2010

just a question, will you be able to turn your m3 back into a ds real again by just removing those files or do you need to do something els aswell?

Hatsu · Jan 20, 2010

DCG said:
just a question, will you be able to turn your m3 back into a ds real again by just removing those files or do you need to do something els aswell?

Yes, you will. Just remove all the files you've copied over (and the folders they were in

), and put the latest firmware on.

dsrules · Jan 20, 2010

yeah, the boot.eng is already patched to become g6dsload.eng, you don't need it anymore on your microsd

The Catboy · Jan 20, 2010

dsrules said:
yeah, the boot.eng is already patched to become g6dsload.eng, you don't need it anymore on your microsd

I just put it in there for good measure really.

CannonFoddr · Jan 20, 2010

Hmm interesting - just wondering.

Would this work on a M3i0 ??
Since that uses M3Real firmware as well (I think I may have a go when I get home)
- I've always liked the icon 'wall' effect used in 'iFav'

The Catboy · Jan 20, 2010

CannonFoddr said:
Hmm interesting - just wondering.

Would this work on a M3i0 ??
Since that uses M3Real firmware as well (I think I may have a go when I get home)
- I've always liked the icon 'wall' effect used in 'iFav'

I don't own an M3i Zero yet.
Please test it and tell me if it works. ^-^ Thank you!

Van_Tastic · Jan 20, 2010

What's the advantage(s) of using the iTouchDS firmwares instead of the M3 Sakura's ?

The Catboy · Jan 20, 2010

Van_Tastic said:
What's the advantage(s) of using the iTouchDS firmwares instead of the M3 Sakura's ?

Well it's a smaller firmware so there is more memory on the card.
It works with all files as M3 (sav's, cheats, so on)
It has iFav, where you can pin up some games you want to find easier.
It has all the features of Touchpod, but it's faster going through games than Touchoad.
Customizable like other firmwares.
It's a very simple firmware
Has pretty damn good Homebrew support.

Now there are some issues
GBA can be a bit slow to boot up, but you can use GBA-Explorer if that is annoying.
And it only supports on skin, so when you need to change it, you have to delete the one you have. (I could be wrong on that, please some tell me if I am)
And they have fixed this, but it still has a bit of slow boot-up time, but really it's about the same speed as the M3 Touchpod boot-up time (at least for me, some cards might be different)

Van_Tastic · Jan 20, 2010

Thanks for the precisions, I'll give it a try to see which one's the best !

A Gay Little Cat Boy said:
Now for my personal notes: Personally I am happy to get rid of the Muti-Media since I never used it.

Same here

The Catboy · Jan 20, 2010

Van_Tastic said:
Thanks for the precisions, I'll give it a try to see which one's the best !

A Gay Little Cat Boy said:

Now for my personal notes: Personally I am happy to get rid of the Muti-Media since I never used it.

Click to expand...

Same here

I am not sure if I was correct on that, Because when I last tested it, it didn't. They might have added an option for it. But if they did, they really didn't take up much space with it.
No one is giving me a clear answer on that and I can't test it right now since I am in school. I shall test it as soon as I get home

CannonFoddr · Jan 20, 2010

A Gay Little Cat Boy said:
CannonFoddr said:

Hmm interesting - just wondering.

Would this work on a M3i0 ??
Since that uses M3Real firmware as well (I think I may have a go when I get home)
- I've always liked the icon 'wall' effect used in 'iFav'

Click to expand...

I don't own an M3i Zero yet.
Please test it and tell me if it works. ^-^ Thank you!

I can tell you that it starts up OK

Combos:
DSi + M3i0 (with iTouchDS)
DSlite + M3i0 (with iTouchDS)

powered_by_tux · Jan 20, 2010

1. Can you put this on your card alongside Sakura and in place of the Touchpod firmware?

2. The download link from step 3 does somehow not work for me (content encoding error). Is there another way to obtain this tool?

The Catboy · Jan 20, 2010

CannonFoddr said:
A Gay Little Cat Boy said:

CannonFoddr said:

Hmm interesting - just wondering.

Would this work on a M3i0 ??
Since that uses M3Real firmware as well (I think I may have a go when I get home)
- I've always liked the icon 'wall' effect used in 'iFav'
I don't own an M3i Zero yet.
Please test it and tell me if it works. ^-^ Thank you!
I can tell you that it starts up OK

Combos:
DSi + M3i0 (with iTouchDS)
DSlite + M3i0 (with iTouchDS)

Click to expand...

So how does it run? Rom, Homebrews, everything working?

QUOTE(powered_by_tux @ Jan 20 2010, 12:36 PM)

Click to expand...

1. Can you put this on your card alongside Sakura and in place of the Touchpod firmware?

2. The download link from step 3 does somehow not work for me (content encoding error). Is there another way to obtain this tool?

1. No, not anymore, they locked that out. I tried yesterday. Now you can use this in the old iSakuReal
Which I uploaded here (it has the Zelda Skin already in the iTouchDS folder) But the Sakura is horribly out of date, on the bright side Touchpod and iTouchDS are up to date.
2. I can look it up for you, hold on for a bit, k?
I can't seem to find any of these files, so I uploaded them to another site for you here

powered_by_tux · Jan 20, 2010

A Gay Little Cat Boy said:
powered_by_tux said:

1. Can you put this on your card alongside Sakura and in place of the Touchpod firmware?

2. The download link from step 3 does somehow not work for me (content encoding error). Is there another way to obtain this tool?

Click to expand...

1. No, not anymore, they locked that out. I tried yesterday. Now you can use this along side in the old iSakuReal
Which I uploaded here (it has the Zelda Skin already in the iTouchDS folder) But the Sakura is horribly out of date, on the bright side Touchpad and iTouchDS are up to date.
2. I can look it up for you, hold on for a bit, k?

Too bad. It's the old hosility of M3 team against external developers again then? I think I will stick with Sakura.

The Catboy · Jan 20, 2010

powered_by_tux said:
A Gay Little Cat Boy said:

powered_by_tux said:

1. Can you put this on your card alongside Sakura and in place of the Touchpod firmware?

2. The download link from step 3 does somehow not work for me (content encoding error). Is there another way to obtain this tool?

Click to expand...

1. No, not anymore, they locked that out. I tried yesterday. Now you can use this along side in the old iSakuReal
Which I uploaded here (it has the Zelda Skin already in the iTouchDS folder) But the Sakura is horribly out of date, on the bright side Touchpad and iTouchDS are up to date.
2. I can look it up for you, hold on for a bit, k?

Click to expand...

Too bad. It's the old hosility of M3 team against external developers again then? I think I will stick with Sakura.

Well the funny thing is iTouchDS and M3 team are the same team, so I really don't get why they blocked it out
Also I did reupload the files on another site for you

markvn · Jan 20, 2010

The M3 Real is nearly the same as R4, can you use any firmware of the M3 or the iTouch on it?

The Catboy · Jan 20, 2010

markvn said:
The M3 Real is nearly the same as R4, can you use any firmware of the M3 or the iTouch on it?

No you can't. You can use a homebrew version of Sakura, but it can't load roms

prowler · Jan 20, 2010

Thanks for this, glad to know I can use iTouch.
But I still prefer M3 Sakura

CannonFoddr · Jan 20, 2010

QUOTE said:
A Gay Little Cat Boy said:

CannonFoddr said:

Hmm interesting - just wondering.

Would this work on a M3i0 ??
Since that uses M3Real firmware as well (I think I may have a go when I get home)
- I've always liked the icon 'wall' effect used in 'iFav'

Click to expand...

I don't own an M3i Zero yet.
Please test it and tell me if it works. ^-^ Thank you!

Click to expand...

I can tell you that it starts up OK

Combos:
DSi + M3i0 (with iTouchDS)
DSlite + M3i0 (with iTouchDS)

Click to expand...

So how does it run? Rom, Homebrews, everything working?

Well I've only tried one commercial ROM (Mario Kart DS) and one Homebrew game (Staying alive) and both worked OK.

iTouch doesn't allow playing of MP3,TXT, DPG or JPG.
You'll need Moonshell for that - I've tried it with Moonshell v 2.06 (No DLDI patching) & MS worked with those files fine

On clicking the 'gear' for options on Mario kart I've found after a little playing around that using the +-pad to highlight an icon & the description shows on the top screen

[Select Cheat Code File][Select items of Cheat Code]
[Cheat Code Switch ][Reset/ RT Save ]
[Slow Motion Switch ][Slow Motion Level ]
[Backup Function ]
[Method]

The RTS seems to work
The Slow down worked
The Reset Worked (It rebooted everything)
I'm not sure but I think only SOME of the cheats worked (I selected 'Unlock All character,Cars and Class' & 'All Missions Completed' - I got extra tracks (mirror) but the Missions didn't seem to be all completed)

'Create icon for iFav' worked
The 'Delete file' worked

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