R4DS Firmware?

[StuKeeler]

The official 1.18 firmware running on an official R4 does not allow the themes to be put straight into the system folder.

Incorrect, I have a first generation official R4 and up until recently was using official 1.18 firmware.
I have always used a single theme and placed the 4 files in the 'system' folder.

 

[Splych]

I got a fake R4... Wonder if it will work

 

[Canonbeat234]

It sounds to me that this firmware is getting positive and negative reviews

 

[elixirdream]

It sounds to me that this firmware is getting positive and negative reviews

yes, you are right

this firmware is still a work in progress
i just hope the team will continue work on the firmware and improve the overall performance of it

 

[DigitalSquirrel]

Yeah! Finally, some love to the R4. Will this be for the R4i too?

 

[elixirdream]

Yeah! Finally, some love to the R4. Will this be for the R4i too?

apparently, from what i heard it doesn't work on clones *AHEM*

 

[Another World]

you are starting to get annoying because everyone has a problem and you still babling about this and you always said its SAME from Official FW...

Granting without fully accepting its the SAME on V1.18, so what's with the update? this is not upgrade, this is downgrade because some working games before now has Amazingly has a white screen of death

By the way, stop quoting my message because I don't use or put this FW on my sd card.

Your always defending this FW, don't tell me your the only one is right and all the people who are complaining here are wrong

firstly i never said it was the same. i said it acts like, looks like, behaves like the old firmwares. it is a completely new firmware based off different code. it isn't, in any way, what-so-ever, a fork of the old code. the only thing slow here is your ability to fully test something and get true results.

and honestly, i could care less. i know it works, i've been using it for the past week. a few games might not load but 95% of what i've tested does load. thats pretty good for a dead cart that was collecting dust on my shelf.

finally, i'll quote you all i want, where i want, as much as i want... and have fun doing it =)

-another world

 

[linkenski]

>delete this post< i pull my words back

 

[linkenski]

This unofficial firmware is slow, uglyer and just straight out horrible. I'd stick to 1.18. This freezes almost everytime i try to enable cheats. Almost freezes when i just enter the cheats menu. also the fontstyle looks like ass.

i don't cheat. anyways i find it loads roms in 1-2 seconds, the same speed as the old official r4 firmwares. after the save is made, it loads faster. do you really need to complain about a few seconds of loading? perhaps you should consider the fact that you are loading roms for free?

i fail to understand how it is "uglyer" when it is the same skin, responds the same way, looks the same way, works the same way? your grip is over font style? wow -- people will find the most trivial crap to point a finger at.

Well it is just grim looking. I was just very surprised to see this update, but then very dissapointed when i tested it

But yeah it starts the games themselves pretty fast. Overall i'd just stick to 1.18 and YSMenu since the cheat support is better. And i like moonjumping

About the "Consider the fact" i do get your point and agree. I should be happy enough with the opportunity to just be able to load Roms free.

 

[Anakir]

The R4 was good while I had it. But I've already sold it. Good news to know that there's somewhat of a hope for the flashcart.

 

[bobrules]

Yes, finally R4 lives again. Thanks for heads up.

 

[tangyi]

well, quite old news appeared one weeks ago.
this R4 kernel works well with both original R4 and M3DS, then what's the relationship between r4 and M3 team?

 

[Another World]

anyone have any suggestions for 'did ya' know firdays' please PM them to me. i had hoped that the community would come forward and give me more ideas. it has been almost a week and no one has. =(

-another world

 

[Uzumakijl]

you are starting to get annoying because everyone has a problem and you still babling about this and you always said its SAME from Official FW...

Granting without fully accepting its the SAME on V1.18, so what's with the update? this is not upgrade, this is downgrade because some working games before now has Amazingly has a white screen of death

By the way, stop quoting my message because I don't use or put this FW on my sd card.

Your always defending this FW, don't tell me your the only one is right and all the people who are complaining here are wrong*

firstly i never said it was the same. i said it acts like, looks like, behaves like the old firmwares. it is a completely new firmware based off different code. it isn't, in any way, what-so-ever, a fork of the old code. the only thing slow here is your ability to fully test something and get true results.

and honestly, i could care less. i know it works, i've been using it for the past week. a few games might not load but 95% of what i've tested does load. thats pretty good for a dead cart that was collecting dust on my shelf.

finally, i'll quote you all i want, where i want, as much as i want... and have fun doing it =)**

-another world


*@McDash: In any case, This + YSMenu makes a better compatibility for this (before) outdated card, Also i don't think he is defending this firmware, If you think that most people hate theyr old R4 this gaves another chanse to R4 so if it's slow or whatever everybody should consider what Another World sayd :

QUOTE(Another World @ Jul 19 2009, 08:28 PM)

[Replying to some dude]
i don't cheat. anyways i find it loads roms in 1-2 seconds, the same speed as the old official r4 firmwares. after the save is made, it loads faster. do you really need to complain about a few seconds of loading? perhaps you should consider the fact that you are loading roms for free?

i fail to understand how it is "uglyer" when it is the same skin, responds the same way, looks the same way, works the same way? your grip is over font style? wow -- people will find the most trivial crap to point a finger at.

Seriously nobody could had sayd that better, Just don't use it if you don't want let people love again theyr R4's just don't blame people for taking a lot of time to explain things and try to make this look decent...


**@Another World: Lmao

 

[Another World]

**@Another World: Lmao

here is how i see it.

people are looking at this from the wrong perspective. in their eyes, a firmware which they downloaded for free, not coded by them, which they use to run illegally obtained roms (most of the time anyways), should be perfect. if the firmware fails to load 1 popular game (GTA, POR, Poke-whatever, etc) they bash it, call it crap, say how stupid it is, etc.

so lets say that 200 of the most popular games don't work. of those 200 say 100 or so can work with ysmenu, arm7 patch, ips patch, or ar cheat. even if they couldn't, there are currently 4,000 (?) nds dumps. so go and play the other 3800. that is the point i'm trying to make. 3800 (or so) roms do work, without problems, they boot, they play, they soft-reset, and you didn't pay dime one for the firmware or the rom.

also you are running the firmware on your old ass legit r4ds. a card that has no support. finally a small group of coders is supporting it and people still manage to find fault. someone actually complained about the font style? i could understand if the font style was wingdings or something, but its legible so why are you complaining about it?

i'll never get why people complain over trivial and insignificant things. things like font style, font color, how long it takes a rom to boot (1 or 5 seconds). this new generation of slot1 users has it so easy. there was a time we didn't have a leg to stand on. you were lucky if you could afford a flash kit, and luckier if you had friends to help you run the latest hack.

hopefully the news post will get this firmware some attention. hopefully the team will continue to work on the cheat engine, soft-reset, and rom compatibility. hopefully all of the negative comments from people who like to complain won’t put them off from making future updates.

so my bottom line... the firmware works. i'm not so much defending the firmware but my remarks. people are calling me out, when the firmware is working fine for me. i've run about 40 of my favorite roms and a large amount of homebrew so far. i'm finally using my r4 again and i'm loving every second of it.

-another world

 

[Splych]

Second what Another said. God Damnit there are more than 3000 NDS Roms and almost at 4000. So what if one game doesn't work, that's why they released other games for you to enjoy. It never did hurt to try other games...

Like meh, I found a bunch of new games I thought were interesting after watching a few reviews and gameplay videos. They seem boring at first, but once you try it out, it is better than you expected (Phoenix Wright is an example for me),.

Oh and Another, would it be possible for this to run on a fake R4DS?

 

[Another World]

Oh and Another, would it be possible for this to run on a fake R4DS?

i don't know. i own two real gen2 r4ds kits, the black shells. i would give it a go, there is no information on the web (that i could find) when researching this firmware that mentioned any type of clone killer code. i think they are just honestly trying to support an old card with a new firmware coded from an opensource alternative.

-another world

 

[shado blackstar]

It's nice that the R4 is getting support, though it seems it has a ways to go to catch up with what the old firmware could run. The last R4 update in the discontinued line could run more or less everything with a fix or two.
Seems to be labeled internally as english M3 firmware? But it runs on chinese R4.

Hopefully this catches up and gets some new support. Also doesn't seem to run that well.

 

[raiderscrusade]

I was just wondering if this works with the M3 Simply?

 

[shado blackstar]

Most likely, seeing as it uses the same hardware, and is internally labeled as being meant for the M3.