Hacking R4 Upgrade Revolution

[pedrospy]

A friend give me a flashcard to "fix" for him, but I can't find the right firmware to try.

Here's a photo:

The card is labeled:
R4
Upgrade
Revolution for DS
(NDSL/NDS)

Nothing is marked in the chip. Nor have any "sdhc" or "i" indicator anywhere.

When turned on, it skips the DS firmware (jumps from the safety screen to the card firware) and gives only a black screen with a white "LOADING" in the center.

PS: My friend is using a NDS Lite and a SanDisk 2GB MicroSD card.


Does anyone know wich flashcard is this, wich firmware to use and/or clone of what card it is?

 

[amaro]

This 'R4i Upgrade' is yet another clone. It is a copy of the DSTT.

 

[Buleste]

This 'R4i Upgrade' is yet another clone. It is a copy of the DSTT.

It's not an R4i it's an R4.

Have you tried the latest Wood?

 

[amaro]

This 'R4i Upgrade' is yet another clone. It is a copy of the DSTT.

It's not an R4i it's an R4.

Have you tried the latest Wood?

R4 Upgrade - R4i Upgrade - R4-III all the same (DSTT).

 

[Kashif]

It might be an R4 Ultra. Try that out and see if it works

 

[Buleste]

This is a r4 clone, but it is great.
You can download official r4i kernel from r4i-sdhc.com or unofficial powerfuler kernel from Romachine.

That would be good advice if it was a R4i-SDHC r4 cart but it isn't so it isn't.

 

[pedrospy]

Thanks to everyone, but no luck. I tried the r4i-sdhc, r4 ultra, wood and some unknown others but none works. Its freezing in the loading.

Is there any way to check if the microSD or the flashcard are broken? Im starting to think that they might be the problem.

 

[Buleste]

The only real way to test the flashcart would be if you knew which kernel it used. As for the SD card just test it in another cart.

 

[Mantis41]

Is everyone just ignoring @amaro's replies. He has told you it is a DSTT so why are you still trying wood??

 

[pedrospy]

I did read and didn't ignored. I tried the r4i-sdhc and other dstt clones firware but none worked til now.

I used the same microSD card in my flashcard and it works. I'm pretty sure that my friend's card is someway broken.

 

[matguitarist]

Hi guys

That's card is the cheapest one but work great with this Wood R4 1.36 this card doesn't support sdhc Work only with DS and DS lite not DSi

 

[pedrospy]

Hi, thanks for everybody

My friend found the box of the card, it points to www.r4sdhc.com. Wich is a lie, since the box is a copy of it but the card not.

I found out that the card is a R4v3 (i guess it is the same that R4-III). The others firmwares didnt work because the main file of the R4-III is called _r4__iii.dat instead of _ds_menu.dat or r4.tp like about every other card. But the R4-III firmware worked. And the Retrogamerfan YSMenu worked too (as a secundary firmware).

So, problem solved.
Thanks again