Longtime lurker, first-time poster, here to ask for help
Recently bought a 3DS, refrained from updating or even connecting online at all. Still running 1.0.0-0U.
Just got my R4i Gold, non-3DS, in the mail. Ordered from Realhotstuff, seems legit enough. r4ids.cn is the web address on the cart sticker.
Loaded it up with the latest Wood kernal, and the update .nds file (dsi version). Ran it, updated successfully... accidentally hit 'A' again, in which case it ran the upgrade again, and again succeeded.
Maybe I'm an idiot, but the readme.txt didn't say what to do after that. So I hit the Home button, which then froze it up. So I had to hard-reset it by holding the power button.
Now it can't read my R4 at all. Tried formatting the SD card, no luck there. Furthermore, the 3DS won't even boot up when the R4 card is in the slot. And if I boot it up with no game in slot, then insert the card... nothing happens. Street Fighter IV also won't be recognized if I try inserting it right after trying the R4 cart (SSFIV does work, though, if I turn the system off, and turn it back on, without putting the R4 cart. that's good I guess). With the R4 cart in, or just removed, the system freeze when I try to access system settings.
Is this card fake? Is it fried? Please don't tell me I'll need to re-flash it or something using another DS... because that's no longer an option for me.
Is there any way I can get my 3DS (still running 1.0.0.) to recognize the card? Will I need to buy a new card?
Sigh. I knew I should have bought a new Lite instead of this useless 3DS....
Recently bought a 3DS, refrained from updating or even connecting online at all. Still running 1.0.0-0U.
Just got my R4i Gold, non-3DS, in the mail. Ordered from Realhotstuff, seems legit enough. r4ids.cn is the web address on the cart sticker.
Loaded it up with the latest Wood kernal, and the update .nds file (dsi version). Ran it, updated successfully... accidentally hit 'A' again, in which case it ran the upgrade again, and again succeeded.
Maybe I'm an idiot, but the readme.txt didn't say what to do after that. So I hit the Home button, which then froze it up. So I had to hard-reset it by holding the power button.
Now it can't read my R4 at all. Tried formatting the SD card, no luck there. Furthermore, the 3DS won't even boot up when the R4 card is in the slot. And if I boot it up with no game in slot, then insert the card... nothing happens. Street Fighter IV also won't be recognized if I try inserting it right after trying the R4 cart (SSFIV does work, though, if I turn the system off, and turn it back on, without putting the R4 cart. that's good I guess). With the R4 cart in, or just removed, the system freeze when I try to access system settings.
Is this card fake? Is it fried? Please don't tell me I'll need to re-flash it or something using another DS... because that's no longer an option for me.
Is there any way I can get my 3DS (still running 1.0.0.) to recognize the card? Will I need to buy a new card?
Sigh. I knew I should have bought a new Lite instead of this useless 3DS....