R4 keeps showing up as a white screen?

[IamDohnut]

Hey @IamDohnut did you made a backup of the files prior to replacing them?

no because I literally couldn't access them. I deleted the Daffy Duck game and it immediately fried every bit of info that my R4 had on it. Only backups I have are of games that I didn't want on my R4 but kept because I didn't wanna get rid of the previous owner's info. sadly, that's all that's left of that guy.

 

[JuanMena]

no because I literally couldn't access them. I deleted the Daffy Duck game and it immediately fried every bit of info that my R4 had on it. Only backups I have are of games that I didn't want on my R4 but kept because I didn't wanna get rid of the previous owner's info. sadly, that's all that's left of that guy.View attachment 357397

Okay... don't worry.

So, that error message, have you formatted your card to FAT32, right? If not, do it.

Again, been looking amd found this: http://www.planetadejuego.com/Descargas/R4-i Spanish V1.08b.rar
(just click it!)

It's supposedly your kernel but it's in spanish (don't worry, it should be changeable in the settings if it works) so click it and it'll ask you if you want to download a zip.
Do it, unzip the file, take screenshot, post it.

 

[IamDohnut]

Okay... don't worry.

So, that error message, have you formatted your card to FAT32, right? If not, do it.

Again, been looking amd found this: http://www.planetadejuego.com/Descargas/R4-i Spanish V1.08b.rar
(just click it!)

It's supposedly your kernel but it's in spanish (don't worry, it should be changeable in the settings if it works) so click it and it'll ask you if you want to download a zip.
Do it, unzip the file, take screenshot, post it.

Imma be real, I don't trust that download because it's now got my browser download thing stuck in a permanent 99% download thing, and it's not fucking deleting for some reason. It's stuck like this.

 

[JuanMena]

Might be your Internet.
Welp... unfortunately that's all I can do for you.

Last chance, download YSMENU. If that fails to load your R4 GOLD, then I don't know what else will...

 

[IamDohnut]

Might be your Internet.
Welp... unfortunately that's all I can do for you.

Last chance, download YSMENU. If that fails to load your R4 GOLD, then I don't know what else will...

how do YSMenu? I hope I can fix this issue, if not, my dad's gonna be PISSED ;~;

 

[JuanMena]

Imma be real, I don't trust that download because it's now got my browser download thing stuck in a permanent 99% download thing, and it's not fucking deleting for some reason. It's stuck like this.


View attachment 357403

That is just Chrome getting stuck.

how do YSMenu? I hope I can fix this issue, if not, my dad's gonna be PISSED ;~;

Welp, YSMenu is made for dodgy R4 clones.
There's also WoodR4 as another alternative.

 

[IamDohnut]

That is just Chrome getting stuck.

Welp, YSMenu is made for dodgy R4 clones.
There's also WoodR4 as another alternative.

how do I get it unstuck?

 

[JuanMena]

how do I get it unstuck?

Redownload again.
It's been months since I last used chrome to be honest. Probably 9? Not sure.

 

[rcpd]

Here is the official kernel files, downloaded from the official website link: http://www.r4isdhc.com/KerneDownload/R4i-V3.9b English.zip

Using the wayback machine from snapshots provided here: https://web.archive.org/web/20181001000000*/http://www.r4isdhc.com/KerneDownload/R4i-V3.9b English.zip

Unzip this, place it on the microSD card used for the flash card, and see if it works.

Edit: link is too large. Go to 2018 and use the September 5th snapshot.

Second edit, direct link: https://web.archive.org/web/2018090...isdhc.com/KerneDownload/R4i-V3.9b English.zip

 

[r1vver]

I would also check these:
r4isdhc-yellow1.60.zip
and
Wood_R4i-Gold_pro_V1.51English.rar
This is what I've managed to pull out of the web archive until the site r4i-gold.com began to redirect to r4isdhc.com

Pretty ancient tho.

 

[IamDohnut]

Here is the official kernel files, downloaded from the official website link: http://www.r4isdhc.com/KerneDownload/R4i-V3.9b English.zip

Using the wayback machine from snapshots provided here: https://web.archive.org/web/20181001000000*/http://www.r4isdhc.com/KerneDownload/R4i-V3.9b English.zip

Unzip this, place it on the microSD card used for the flash card, and see if it works.

Edit: link is too large. Go to 2018 and use the September 5th snapshot.

thanks, man! I'll see if it works!

 

[rcpd]

thanks, man! I'll see if it works!

Heres a direct link:

https://web.archive.org/web/2018090...isdhc.com/KerneDownload/R4i-V3.9b English.zip

 

[IamDohnut]

Here is the official kernel files, downloaded from the official website link: http://www.r4isdhc.com/KerneDownload/R4i-V3.9b English.zip

Using the wayback machine from snapshots provided here: https://web.archive.org/web/20181001000000*/http://www.r4isdhc.com/KerneDownload/R4i-V3.9b English.zip

Unzip this, place it on the microSD card used for the flash card, and see if it works.

Edit: link is too large. Go to 2018 and use the September 5th snapshot.

Second edit, direct link: https://web.archive.org/web/20180905155754/http://www.r4isdhc.com/KerneDownload/R4i-V3.9b English.zip

sorry to bother but what now? just drag all this and throw it in after deleting the old stuff?

 

[rcpd]

View attachment 357408sorry to bother but what now? just drag all this and throw it in after deleting the old stuff?

Delete everything else. Then copy the contents of the zip I supplied to the SD card. See if the DS picks up the card and will launch it. If you can, the card works and you can then start putting .nds files on it.

 

[IamDohnut]

Delete everything else. Then copy the contents of the zip I supplied to the SD card. See if the DS picks up the card and will launch it. If you can, the card works and you can then start putting .nds files on it.

got it!
EDIT: wait, what things? just the entire folder? or all the stuff inside the one folder?

 

[rcpd]

All of this.

 

[IamDohnut]

All of this.

says system file is missing. I'm gonna try the other guys files and see if they work.

Post automatically merged: Mar 6, 2023

I would also check these:
r4isdhc-yellow1.60.zip
and
Wood_R4i-Gold_pro_V1.51English.rar
This is what I've managed to pull out of the web archive until the site r4i-gold.com began to redirect to r4isdhc.com

Pretty ancient tho.

ancient is fine as long as it functions! let's have a look-a-see and see if it'll work!
EDIT: Tried the gold one, and same problem as before, even including this creepy-ass bug in the image below.

 

[JuanMena]

YSMenu / WoodR4

If that doesn't do it, then nothing will.

 

[r1vver]

this "fake clone" message refers to which kernel? r4isdhc-yellow1.60.zip or Wood_R4i-Gold_pro_V1.51English.rar?

 

[IamDohnut]

this "fake clone" message refers to which kernel? r4isdhc-yellow1.60.zip or Wood_R4i-Gold_pro_V1.51English.rar?

okay so it might of turned out to be that I could of used the same one as before, as it wasn't on your thing. the yellow 1.60 didn't work, but the rar version worked perfectly! thank you!! ;D

Post automatically merged: Mar 6, 2023

also, off topic, but does anyone know where I can find functioning themes for this version of the R4? I only managed to find a pokemon one that worked, the rest bugged out. found this really pretty pikmin 2 one a while back that broke sadly.