I picked up a Junior a few months ago and had a terrible time getting it to work. I could never get past the "Loading..." screen. After going through 5 brand new 16GB MicroSD cards formatted in Fat32 32kB allocation size, and trying it on multiple GBC's and DMG's, I eventually got it started on one of my GBC's. After running the firmware update (FW4 at the time), it began to work on all my handhelds.
Fast forward to today. After not playing it for a few weeks, I picked up my Junior and tried it in my main DMG. Stuck at the "Loading..." screen. Same issue with my GBP, and two different GBC's. So I decided to start over. I formatted the SD (Fat32, 32kB allocation), and downloaded Kernel 1.05e and Firmware 5 Release Candidate from the main page and added the two files to the root of my card. Before putting the SD in the cartridge I popped out the battery for a few minutes (I was told in a previous post to remove the battery to clear it out, not sure how true that is, or if it was needed). I then put the SD in the cartridge, but no luck on any of my Gameboys! I'm still stuck on the "Loading..." screen, I don't even get to the next OS INIT screen.
Is getting the Junior to start properly honestly this difficult? Do I just have a lemon? Can someone please help me get this working?
Fast forward to today. After not playing it for a few weeks, I picked up my Junior and tried it in my main DMG. Stuck at the "Loading..." screen. Same issue with my GBP, and two different GBC's. So I decided to start over. I formatted the SD (Fat32, 32kB allocation), and downloaded Kernel 1.05e and Firmware 5 Release Candidate from the main page and added the two files to the root of my card. Before putting the SD in the cartridge I popped out the battery for a few minutes (I was told in a previous post to remove the battery to clear it out, not sure how true that is, or if it was needed). I then put the SD in the cartridge, but no luck on any of my Gameboys! I'm still stuck on the "Loading..." screen, I don't even get to the next OS INIT screen.
Is getting the Junior to start properly honestly this difficult? Do I just have a lemon? Can someone please help me get this working?
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