R4i 3DS WiFi does not show up in HOME Menu

[RepubblicaTech]

Hello, i have an R4i 3DS Wifi cart as described above.

I needed one to exploit my unmodded 2DS (on 11.17.0-50E) with ntrboot.

I formatted my microSD card as FAT32 GPT and these are the files in the microSD (downlaoded from r4i-sdhc).

The problem is that my R4I won't show up in the 2ds HOME menu (there is no game icon there).
I also tried to use the kernel from retrogramefan and that wouldn't even work.
I even tried to change the date of the system (as i discovered that some carts have a timebomb), but nothing.
I tried to search in the forum and the nearest thread that i found is this:

But i couldn't find the solution there.
And i don't think that ntrboot is already flashed because i tried the X, Start, Select and power keystroke while in sleep mode but there was no SafeB9SInstaller screen.

Any mistakes that i made? Thanks.

 

[petspeed]

Why did you format you SD card as GPT? Is it a very big one? Try with another smaller SD card

 

[RepubblicaTech]

Why did you format you SD card as GPT? Is it a very big one? Try with another smaller SD card

Ah yes, i forgot about that part.

It's a 8GB card.

It doesn't work even with MBR (or at least, with the original one from r4i-sdhc).

 

[lone_wolf323]

Ah yes, i forgot about that part.

It's a 8GB card.

It doesn't work even with MBR (or at least, with the original one from r4i-sdhc).

MBR is the format needed for the 3ds to recognize the card. Gpt format cards just wont work.

 

[RepubblicaTech]

MBR is the format needed for the 3ds to recognize the card. Gpt format cards just wont work.

OK, so now i will format it with MBR, then i'll try retrogamefan's kernel.

Post automatically merged: Jul 10, 2023

So i formatted the card as FAT32 MBR and i put the kernel files there.

And i think there is still something wrong that i did.

 

[SoraJr]

If it shows a blank icon on the 3DS home screen like that, then the flash card isn't seated correctly in the 3DS or the SD card isn't seated correctly in the flash card either. So just try taking it out and putting it back in to see if it pops up for you.

 

[SylverReZ]

You can also put a piece of card on the back side of the cartridge to get it in, as that's what I have to do sometimes.