Hacking NTR Boot to fix bricked R4i-Gold

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So I was setting up a cart to flash my new 2ds XL when I thought maybe this might be useful on my old bricked R4i Gold 3DS. Sure enough it flashed, and I tried to flash a backup to it. (Found a couple here on the temp) That said, it flashes fine, but still won't show up in my DS units. Any thoughts? Card pictured below.

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r4ids.cn... Should have worked. And it doesn't show on your DS unit ?

Is it on NTRboot or reflashed through backup ?
 
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GreatCrippler said:
Used NTR boot, then restored the backup. Everything goes through fine, but yea no dice on seeing it in my ds.
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Ntrboot flashing disables DS mode so you can't see the icon. This is normal.

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GreatCrippler said:
So I was setting up a cart to flash my new 2ds XL when I thought maybe this might be useful on my old bricked R4i Gold 3DS. Sure enough it flashed, and I tried to flash a backup to it. (Found a couple here on the temp) That said, it flashes fine, but still won't show up in my DS units. Any thoughts? Card pictured below.

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btw - look on the back of the card above the rightmost connector pin. What small number appears above the pin?
 
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did it show up before you flashed it?

I have a bricked r4i dual-core 2012 that showed up on the 3ds menu but always white screened on boot. when I flashed it with a working backup from another identical cart the 3ds stopped reading it. Probably having something to do with the ntrboot only working with 2014+ carts for my issue.

Maybe your board is different then the backups you downloaded? keep trying different backups
 
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zoogie said:
Ntrboot flashing disables DS mode so you can't see the icon. This is normal.

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btw - look on the back of the card above the rightmost connector pin. What small number appears above the pin?
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K, how do I get it back? Resoring backup isn't working
 
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GreatCrippler said:
I think so, but will try it again

@zoogie Yea, flashes fine, but still nothing on a ds. Have a DSi, 2 3ds units, and a DS lite in front of me. Just not showing.
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Do you have an sd card in the flashcard?
Sure it's not connection issues?

Don't know what else could be the issue.
 
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You guys are aware they are trying to restore a bricked flashcard right? They aren't just trying to reflash one they used with NTRBootHaX....... I don't think any backups can restore a bricked card to functional.
 
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Majickhat55 said:
You guys are aware they are trying to restore a bricked flashcard right? They aren't just trying to reflash one they used with NTRBootHaX....... I don't think any backups can restore a bricked card to functional.
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Yea, going to see if I can use it as an NTR boot card instead. Says it flashed. We'll see.
 
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