Hello and welcome to GBAtemp.Hello, Ive been searching for about a month now but I cant seem to find a solution.
Wow. You must have not used it in a very long time (or not updated it). Nintendo hasn't tried to block DS mode flashcarts in a very long time. Last whitelist update cam with 7.0.0-13.So I have a 3ds for like 10 years now, and hadnt used it in a long time. So i started it up and it said "update available" I, not having used it for years, thought it would be fine to update it, but than my r4i card did not work anymore.
Please show me how to accidentally update a 2|3DS.This is my card: r4i 3ds with wifi icon.
This is what ive done so far:
(Accidentily) update my nintendo 3ds to version 11.14.
Ah, the good old "Something doesn't work? Let's randomly delete things!!"-method. The kernel software on the micro-SD has no impact on the whitelist check. Only a flashcart firmware update could possibly get around this.Than i put my microsd from the r4i card in the pc, formatted it and put the newest kernel on it from the site writen on my card.
This didnt do anything, my 3ds still gives me the "...please turn off system..." error.
What start button? A start button in the firmware upgrade software? So the DSi on low version do boot the R4 without error? Please do not update the DSi consoles. DSi updates are basically useless and only block flashcarts.Than i tried to upgrade the card via 2 friends their dsi, but the "start" button does not appear on either, they are both version 1.4.
If you can boot the flashcart kernel on any another DS system and an official firmware upgrade for your exact R4 clone exists, you should be able to use it. To rule out any possible blocking issues, the best devices for this are the very first DS ("Phat") and the DS Lite.Now I would like to know if I would be able to upgrade my card with a different 3ds. Or if there is something else i can do.
As for the something else: This would be installing custom firmware on your 3DS with The Guide: https://3ds.hacks.guide/
Luma3DS will disable the whitelist check and make your R4 boot again without updating its firmware. There is also TWiLight Menu++ which offers booting DS games without any flashcart on DSi and 2|3DS systems.
Good luck and have fun!