R4i Gold Hands-on Impressions

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people can trash the r4i gold,
but with wood, it can do anything the original or 1:1 clone from shoptemp can do and more

I think it's a good back up cart
 

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This is great. Now we have a good flashcart we can recommend that is slightly cheaper than the AK2i.
And IIRC, (one of the) R4i Gold team(s) were the first to bypass 1.4's AP, which shows that they really care about their customers (or are really good at hacking or something).
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Wow, just because AW praised an "R4" cart, he's gettin' trashed on. Sad to see ...
AW is a girl...
 

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AW is a girl...

yes she is, people need to look at her profile, she is pretty hot
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Sounds promising. Thanks for the write-up. I picked one up off of DWTechz.com. They were linked from the r4ids.cn site as a dealer...so hopefully all will be good. $13.45 shipped...can't lose, heh.
 

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So -- sorry for asking the most stupid question.

But an R4i Ultra is only $6 now on specific pages.

The R4i Ultra is in fact the R4i Gold 2.0 and can run Akaio 1.8.1.

And now the R4i Ultra can run Wood and R4i Gold CN fimware as well? Is this correct?

I mean: Then everybody can simply buy an Ultra untill they're sold out...
 

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Etalon said:
So -- sorry for asking the most stupid question.

But an R4i Ultra is only $6 now on specific pages.

The R4i Ultra is in fact the R4i Gold 2.0 and can run Akaio 1.8.1.

And now the R4i Ultra can run Wood and R4i Gold CN fimware as well? Is this correct?

I mean: Then everybody can simply buy an Ultra untill they're sold out...
Etalon, you are wrong.
It seems that r4i ultra can not run wood and r4i gold firmware downloaded from www.r4ids.cn
I think r4i gold(www.r4ids.cn) is a good one just because of wood r4.
 

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i feel tht gbatemp tries to hard to write an amazing review on something. Most people just skim through the review so it would be great to just see just the main features of anything rather than overworking yourselves. You gotta relax
r4i could as well be the best cheap solution for the DSi. Its an amazing cart actually, thanks for the review
 

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I can assure you all that Another World is most definitely a guy. Sorry to burst your bubble, guys.
 

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Isn't the R4i Gold a hardware clone of the Acekard 2i?

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I can assure you all that Another World is most definitely a guy. Sorry to burst your bubble, guys.


QUOTE(dice @ Dec 12 2010, 12:01 PM) AW is a man. Now stay on topic.
Another World has her profile gender set to female.
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New to the forum (and the DS, actually). My co-worker bought an older R4 clone a couple weeks ago and after helping her set it up (I'm a computer geek--she's got no idea what a kernel is...), I got interested! I've been looking for an affordable mp3 player recently, and when I saw the DS/R4 combo of media and roms, I got excited!

So, I hopped on ebay and found a used DS lite for $45...which sounds sketchy already, but it was not posted "AS-IS" or "For Parts", so if it comes to me broken, it's getting sent right back. Any tips on finding a DS lite for a good price/good condition if this one is crap?

Also, I've been spending the last few days researching flash carts, and I'm ecstatic I found this forum! Finally, a break from the chinese marketing scams. So, from my googling I was looking at the Cyclo Evo as a first choice, with all the bad-mouthing of the R4 clones (and my new personal experience with a fairly BAD clone). But, after reading a couple of topics here, I'm not sure where I stand.

I'm looking for reliability, ease of use, and possible expansion to the DS browser. Also, using the cart as an mp3 player will be important. And, of course, I'd rather not spend more than $20 unless it's really gonna make a difference in reliability.

So, opinions?
 

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UniqueGeek said:
Isn't the R4i Gold a hardware clone of the Acekard 2i?

-Off Topic-
Spikey said:
I can assure you all that Another World is most definitely a guy. Sorry to burst your bubble, guys.


QUOTE(dice @ Dec 12 2010, 12:01 PM) AW is a man. Now stay on topic.
Another World has her profile gender set to female.
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Wait, hold on...you mean people lie on the internet??????

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Antoligy said:
but my main issue with your post is, are you implying that you don't trust the GBAtemp team to offer quality prizes?
No, that's not what I'm talking about, I'm talking about normal orders. I'm talking about the ability to tell somebody to get an "R4i gold" and knowing that we can send them to a shop to get this specific one and not another clone that calls itself "gold" (which won't have proper support).

That's the last hurdle before this starts getting suggested by me. A point of my response was to post "Hey it's an R4-named cart but I'm cool with it if we can get a few stable sites to get it from", considering how often I post about various carts being good or not I was hoping my word would have some say (also posting that AW is a trusted source of info).
 

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kokomodrums said:
New to the forum (and the DS, actually). My co-worker bought an older R4 clone a couple weeks ago and after helping her set it up (I'm a computer geek--she's got no idea what a kernel is...), I got interested! I've been looking for an affordable mp3 player recently, and when I saw the DS/R4 combo of media and roms, I got excited!

So, I hopped on ebay and found a used DS lite for $45...which sounds sketchy already, but it was not posted "AS-IS" or "For Parts", so if it comes to me broken, it's getting sent right back. Any tips on finding a DS lite for a good price/good condition if this one is crap?

Also, I've been spending the last few days researching flash carts, and I'm ecstatic I found this forum! Finally, a break from the chinese marketing scams. So, from my googling I was looking at the Cyclo Evo as a first choice, with all the bad-mouthing of the R4 clones (and my new personal experience with a fairly BAD clone). But, after reading a couple of topics here, I'm not sure where I stand.
I'm looking for reliability, ease of use, and possible expansion to the DS browser. Also, using the cart as an mp3 player will be important. And, of course, I'd rather not spend more than $20 unless it's really gonna make a difference in reliability.
So, opinions?
Your better of making a topic.
 

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Great review and glad to hear is not just a clone.
PCB looks high quality, a plus for me.
Just need to find a place to get this version and not get it confused with the crappy R4.
 

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To tell the truth, I'm not very happy with the entire situation now.

We have two great firmwares: Wood & Akaio.

And we have six cards now: R4DS, AK2, R4iDS.cn, R4iDS.com, R4ultra & R4iDSN.com.

Would it be possible to explain to everybody which firmware is running on which card now and in the future?

Nobody is going to buy an R4i Gold CN because he likes the team. Nobody ever bought an AK2i because he liked Team Acekard. We like Nintendo and not our flashcard teams.

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