I've heard hit n miss results with that site, but I haven't heard of them selling fake carts. So you can trust the cart is legit, but be wary of them
Is that true? To which firmware version can it mod to?
Hi Lilith! I found it on https://carousell.com/. It's a site similar to craiglist,just that it's more popular here than craiglist is
Hey Rasa, thanks for the info. The seller has sold 3ds consoles and accessories before and has gotten good feedback from previous buyers. When you said "a code printed on the pcb near the pins" As a newbie I'm not quite sure what pcb means, if it's not too much trouble could you tell where the pcb actually is ? And for the code how do I know if it's a legit code or does a legit r4 automatically has a code and fake ones don't ?well tbh the label doesn't give any kind of guarantee. most r4 clone cards have the same shell, even if they are fakes. So the guy could have just taken the label off an r4i gold card and put it on a cheap r4 he has lying around.
I'm no expert but I think if you wanted more clarity on this then you'd need to see more pictures, like if there is a code printed on the pcb near the pins that might indicate it's legitimacy for example. (best check to see what others have said about the seller before you think of buying)
That being said, the print on that label doesn't look great, and also looks like that card says "RT5" and not "RTS", it could just be the image quality but depending on how much it's being sold for I'd say buy from a trusted seller like nds-card.com
Thanks Rasa for the very detailed explanation ! I have told the seller to picture the card from the front again and also the back.PCB is "printed circuit board". it's the actual card itself, the bit with the pins on it that sits inside the plastic shell. Sometimes there is a code printed on the exposed part of the pcb above the pins, usually to mark what version the card is (like how there are different models of pcb for the gateway blue card, even though they all count as the same card)
It was just as suggestion and there might not actually be anything like that on the r4i gold card. But if cards are commonly faked then the makers of the original might add codes and checks to tell you if the card you bought is real or not. Acekard2i did this with the later revision of their card because people started selling fake acekard2i's.
Here's a look at the pcb's for a few different r4i cards (I don't think these are the 3ds version, but just an example). Something like the white text on the blue pcb is what I wasw talking about (it would be visible even wit the plastic shell on.
I believe this one is the pcb for an r4i gold 3ds rts
It's most likely legit, but just thought I'd give you a bit more info on pcb's and how you can identify them. If you buy that card then when you get it you should be able to see the small "C" in the bottom right when you flip it over and look at the back.
I have checked the website and saw that there is an updater. http://r4ids.cn/r4ids-e.htm It explains it at the bottom. But am not sure if the updater allows my card to run the latest firmware as am not sure if there's hardware limitation to my specific r4 card
It's a D version, so it should be fine. (D got later renamed C again)
Oh so it's the same thing ? And the updater is able to allow the card to update so it is compatible with the latest 3ds firmware ? If so I'm banking in my money to the seller by tomorrow
Kinda. There was an update where you had to cut wires for non-RTS Revision C cards in order to make them run on 6.1 or something. Revision D fixed it (and later became C RTS). It should be updateable for the latest FW (if it doesn't work with it out of the box).Oh so it's the same thing ? And the updater is able to allow the card to update so it is compatible with the latest 3ds firmware ? If so I'm banking in my money to the seller by tomorrow
If your card bricks, you should be able to restore it with the original firmware that's available in 3ds.guide but you'll need a hacked 3DS to do so.
Hi Jdbye thank you for the reply ! I do have another already hacked 3ds so I'll try to do the multiple system method, sorry for the newbie question but how exactly do I dump my own flashcart firmware and restore it later if it gets bricked ? Is there a program to this ? Or the ntrboothax installation process already has it ? And are they any video guides to do the multifamily ntrboothax method cause I only found the single console ntrboothax method. Thanks again Jdbye !
