Hacking R4i Gold 3DS from r4i-gold.com now supports 4.2.0-9 but ...

HyperShadow · Jul 11, 2012

I just bought a 3DS and ordered an R4i Gold 3DS flashcart from r4i-gold.com (this was a mistake - I thought it supported the new 4.20-9 but it didn't). Today the update was released on r4i-gold.com, but when I place the files in the sd card and load it up on a DSlite to update, it tells me this cart is already updated. "no need update. please power off". When I try it in my 3DS I just get an error message. Any clues to what might be going wrong?

HyperShadow · Jul 11, 2012

This is the message I get when trying to update in a dslite

http://imgur.com/Qo97M

jimmyemunoz · Jul 11, 2012

Uh, please post a picture of the version of the r4i-gold.com card you have? They have 3 versions IIRC. Thanks.

HyperShadow · Jul 11, 2012

Here's a pic of the cart http://imgur.com/lUXGy

HyperShadow · Jul 11, 2012

I just solved my problem - it turns out r4i-gold.com does not have the right firmware updater file, which should be up3dsv42.zip. Some google searching led me to find that file on r4i-gold.eu, and I used that to update on a ds lite (keeping the original kernel files from r4i-gold.com). This time I didnt receive a msg telling me it was already updated, and it went on to update successfully and now works in my 3DS

In other words, if you want to update your R4i Gold 3D from r4i-gold.com, you need to use the kernel from http://www.r4i-gold.com/en/download/skin/2012/0115/282.html and the updater from http://r4i-gold.eu/downloade.asp named up3dsv42.nds. Hope this helps anyone with similar problems as me.

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