After my last post I did some more research and came up with this info.
Kernell software
R4 DS
v1.03 Dec 2006
v1.04
r4ds.com, r4ds.net are Dead Sites
R4-II
v1.11 30-7-2007
through to
v1.18 24-4-2008
r4ds.cn Dead email
R4-SDHD
v1.20 19-7-2008
through to
v1.22 1-10-2008
ndslr4.com Live site
R4-III-Upgrade
v3.03 11-9-2008
v3.04 27-9-2008
r4dsl.net Live site
See here for some rumour-mongering.
http://www.r4ds-forums.com/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=1099
This seems to be the source for the rumours...
http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=93537
and then the first photo has the property of...
http://www.hacken.cc/bbs/attachments/20080...Tbr8u0uulYq.jpg
There is no solid evidence, only rumours and a supposed email that could have come from anyone, anywhere at anytime.
The original R4DS was said to be duplicated and clones were made.
But this is not to say that any new release is dodgy!
If you have one of those that are listed above, then I would say it is probably genuine?
When you study the 3 sites they do make sense, as on-going development continues and kernel up-dates that fix incremental game problems.
Logically SDHD access would be the next step, but I cannot reason the change from R4-SDHD to R4-III-Upgrade.
So I will repeat my conclusion...
If you have one of those that are listed above, then I would say it is probably genuine?
But this is not to say that any new release is dodgy!