Hacking R4i-B9S flashcart: tested and impression

[The Catboy]

probably made new ones but without an sd card slot to make em cheaper

Ok, but I am trying to get a solid answer from the OP. I am happy you are trying to help, but for these aren't solid answers.

 

[jimmyj]

what a shit of "flascard".

Exactly it's basically not a flash cart

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Ok, but I am trying to get a solid answer from the OP. I am happy you are trying to help, but for these aren't solid answers.

OK sorry

 

[Technicmaster0]

Exactly it's basically not a flash cart

It is. It is a card and it probably contains flash memory.

 

[RY0M43CH1Z3N]

Exactly it's basically not a flash cart

For that i use double quotes in "flashcard"

 

[jimmyj]

It is. It is a card and it probably contains flash memory.

You are right but it's not a proper "ds flashcart" as it does not play games. They called them "ds flash carts" because they had an sd slot and could play games

 

[The Catboy]

OK sorry

I do greatly appreciate the enthusiasm, so don't take this personally.
I just kind of waited since they announced this to see if they kept the microSD slot. If they have the microSD slot that would speak volumes about this team.

 

[jimmyj]

I do greatly appreciate the enthusiasm, so don't take this personally.
I just kind of waited since they announced this to see if they kept the microSD slot. If they have the microSD slot that would speak volumes about this team.

nah I don't take anything personally on the internet so don't worry

 

[Technicmaster0]

It would be interesting to dump the card and see if they simply used https://www.dropbox.com/sh/s0s42cypvpqv18r/AADy_bSUOFdfF3dSPxFq3hhla?dl=0.

 

[some1ne]

It would be interesting to dump the card and see if they simply used https://www.dropbox.com/sh/s0s42cypvpqv18r/AADy_bSUOFdfF3dSPxFq3hhla?dl=0.

I also won their contest and I'm waiting for the cart to arrive. I'm almost sure they flashed that image to it. If we manage to get dump/flash functionality working on this cart, we can restore the original image to play NDS games.

I do greatly appreciate the enthusiasm, so don't take this personally.
I just kind of waited since they announced this to see if they kept the microSD slot. If they have the microSD slot that would speak volumes about this team.

Yes, it does have an SD card slot. You can see pictures of the cart here:
https://www.digitopz.com/r4ib9s-preflashed-ntrboot-supporting-b9sluma-3ds-cfw-p-1679.html

 

[The Catboy]

Yes, it does have an SD card slot. You can see pictures of the cart here:
https://www.digitopz.com/r4ib9s-preflashed-ntrboot-supporting-b9sluma-3ds-cfw-p-1679.html

That's all I wanted to know, thank you!
Now I can officially call this cart and the team behind a piece of shit.

 

[some1ne]

That's all I wanted to know, thank you!
Now I can officially call this cart and the team behind a piece of shit.

It would be worse if they removed the SD slot because with the SD card slot included you can just restore a flash image to be able to play DS games.

 

[jimmyj]

That's all I wanted to know, thank you!
Now I can officially call this cart and the team behind a piece of shit.

so is that basically just confermation that it is just another cart that has been flashed? So does that mean that if we had a backup of the flash of whatever cart this is a clone of we can make this be a real ds flashcart?

 

[some1ne]

so is that basically just confermation that it is just another cart that has been flashed? So does that mean that if we had a backup of the flash of whatever cart this is a clone of we can make this be a real ds flashcart?

Yup, we just need ntrboot_flasher to support it.

 

[The Catboy]

It would be worse if they removed the SD slot because with the SD card slot included you can just restore a flash image to be able to play DS games.

As true as that is, it does show that they spent little to no time working on this cart. If they were aiming to have a single purpose cart, then there's no reason to have a microSD card slot. It just shows that instead of either making the cart work like the ak2i or releasing their own patch for their carts, they literally just flashed a few of their carts to make a quick buck. I know it's all about money, but they could have put more effort into ripping people off.
Basically this just reaffirms my previous statement that the cart is a complete ripoff.

 

[Technicmaster0]

Yup, we just need ntrboot_flasher to support it.

I think that you can't write to the flash chip from the DS. That's why there is no ntrboot_flasher support. You have to unsolder the chip and write to it via hardware (which you can see in the image in the dropbox).

As true as that is, it does show that they spent little to no time working on this cart. If they were aiming to have a single purpose cart, then there's no reason to have a microSD card slot. It just shows that instead of either making the cart work like the ak2i or releasing their own patch for their carts, they literally just flashed a few of their carts to make a quick buck. I know it's all about money, but they could have put more effort into ripping people off.
Basically this just reaffirms my previous statement that the cart is a complete ripoff.

The market probably isn't big enough. These cards have to be mass manufactured in order to be competetive.

 

[The Catboy]

The market probably isn't big enough. These cards have to be mass manufactured in order to be competetive.

I mean, they could have just kept the same cart and blocked the microSD card slot with some plastic. I know it's just as lazy, but at least it gives the illusion of effort.

 

[some1ne]

I think that you can't write to the flash chip from the DS. That's why there is no ntrboot_flasher support. You have to unsolder the chip and write to it via hardware (which you can see in the image in the dropbox).

It has an "official" updater. You have to use their "kernel" to update the cart's flash.

 

[Technicmaster0]

I mean, they could have just kept the same cart and blocked the microSD card slot with some plastic. I know it's just as lazy, but at least it gives the illusion of effort.

Maybe we'll see that in a future version

It has an "official" updater. You have to use their "kernel" to update the cart's flash.

Are you sure that there are firmware updates avaible for the latest hardware version?

 

[Ryccardo]

then there's no reason to have a microSD card slot

Probably cheaper to waste 10 cents for each card ("waste", it's not like they're rare or not getting back 5x of the cost) than retool a factory for what after all is a side product

 

[The Catboy]

Probably cheaper to waste 10 cents for each card ("waste", it's not like they're rare or not getting back 5x of the cost) than retool a factory for what after all is a side product

This is one of those rare moments where I just want to be mad about this. I see that microSD slot and it's like, "Why?" It's like having a USB port on your toaster.