Hello all,

I have a quick question.

I recently got a clone r4ds and after reading all the horror stories of it bricking your DS, I don't really want to take any chances. I've read that the original r4ds cannot be found in stores anymore due to the r4 team shutting down. With that being said, I have seen a few online stores that sell both clones, and original r4ds (shows the original packaging with the firmware disk). Should I assume that if I order an "original" r4ds that I will receive a clone, even though the packaging and product description matches that of the original?

I saw an "original" at divineo:
(scroll down to see the packaging)

http://www.divineo.com/cgi-bin/div-us/hb-ds-r4

Here they are selling a clone:

http://www.divineo.com/cgi-bin/div-us/hb-ds-r4sdhc

Any chances that they are in fact selling real r4ds?

Thanks.

 

Stop. Hammer Time.

Don't buy an R4. It is a dead cart. You can pick up alot better carts for less than that.

 

DStt is still good but i suggest either cyclo,supercard at best though others are not so bad like DStt but acekard i heard is problematic but not so much
Still R4 rocks since such an outdated card still has hunger fans on some games and skins for menu and cheats... (ask narin how many databases are in multiplicity (r4 has 3 i think))

 

Thanks for all the replies everyone. Looks like I will check out purchasing a DSTT.

Just one last question. How frequently does a fake r4 brick your DS? Do people have any good experiences with them or is it just very rare that they malfunction? I've read so many people say that fakes are fine and won't brick the DS, yet I read other posters in this forum who have had a bricked DS from r4.

 

Kind of hard when the market is flooded with them. Looks like even DealExtreme is flooded with Clones for DSTT. Look at the bottom of the page here:

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.15613

 

I recently (2 weeks ago) got a real R4 DS, so I can say first hand they are still available.

 

Get an M3 Real they pwn due to Sakura. Off Topic: Can someone link me to some AK2 GUI screenshots? I don't know what it looks like.

 

If the R4 HCSD is the same type I got, it's actually probably the most solid build in the R4 series. Granted I agree the CycloDS, EDGE, and AK are more reliable, I think the TC wants to know which R4 carts could possibly be tolerable.


Also, to the post 2 spaces above me, you can see the sexy interface of the AK2 here: http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=79368

A calender, start-bar, damn.

 

Sort of. I do have the R4 HCSD. I really just want any information on how often the clones ruin your DS. Then again, you only hear the horror stories. My girlfriends brothers friend has had a clone for a few years and had no problems. He was so uneducated that he didn't even know what a clone was which I imagine is the case for a lot of people.

For those wondering, I purchased 2 DSTT's and 1 AK2 from dealextreme. I'm hoping that one of the 2 DSTTs are real and hopefully the AK2 is as well. I just really want one legit flash cart to play roms on. I don't really care about features and all that jazz. Hopefully the AK2 will be fine.