Hacking R4i-B9S flashcart: tested and impression

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The other 2 cards are supported. This one however is an Ace3DS.
Yeah sorry about that, I updated that post.
Ok, so r4isdhc.com is supported now.

3 cards show up under this category on nds-card.com
Which ones should be supported? Or more accurately, has anyone tested these cards yet with the new update?
http://www.nds-card.com/ProShow.asp?ProID=507
http://www.nds-card.com/ProShow.asp?ProID=490
http://www.nds-card.com/ProShow.asp?ProID=450
So the other two cards work, nice.
I guess the Dual Core really shouldn't be in that group.
 
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no code, it's just freeze the DS card and i have to press the home button to exit and return to DS mode.
For me it just works fine. Did you tried other games?
(I did a small error, its x + y + b + a + L + R)

Edit:
Dont turn SoftReset off. It disables the RTS Menu/ the reset.

But if you get a white screen turn off DMA and SoftReset.
 
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For me it just works fine. Did you tried other games?
(I did a small error, its x + y + b + a + L + R)

Edit:
Dont turn SoftReset off. It disables the RTS Menu/ the reset.

But if you get a white screen turn off DMA and SoftReset.
i tried other game, when i load it i see new window "Create save file" then it freeze.
 

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i tried other game, when i load it i see new window "Create save file" then it freeze.
Try to backup the sd and format it with the formater.

Edit:
If someone wants to know:
You can edit the language.dat with a hex editor and change everything.
Have fun :D

Edit2:
What is also interesting:
If you bring up the RTS Menu, there is a Guide option.
If you press it, it shows a pic and the line "Guide not found! Press "B" return to game." (It is really like this.)
I will try to find the file that it shows.

Edit3:
Uh nice...
Got this from the website: (http://www.r4i-sdhc.com/aboute.asp)
86ff5fc1fd.png


Edit4:
It is really that easy. Create a txt in the same folder where the game is, with the same name of the game.
It shows the Text with the "BottomScreen.bmp" as background at the top.
The bottom screen is white.

If you just add a .bmp in the same folder where the game is with the name of the game, it just shows the .bmp without text.
 
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Try to backup the sd and format it with the formater.

Edit:
If someone wants to know:
You can edit the language.dat with a hex editor and change everything.
Have fun :D

Edit2:
What is also interesting:
If you bring up the RTS Menu, there is a Guide option.
If you press it, it shows a pic and the line "Guide not found! Press "B" return to game." (It is really like this.)
I will try to find the file that it shows.

Edit3:
Uh nice...
Got this from the website: (http://www.r4i-sdhc.com/aboute.asp)
86ff5fc1fd.png


Edit4:
It is really that easy. Create a txt in the same folder where the game is, with the same name of the game.
It shows the Text with the "BottomScreen.bmp" as background at the top.
The bottom screen is white.

If you just add a .bmp in the same folder where the game is with the name of the game, it just shows the .bmp without text.
thanks for the help, i will try this tomorrow.
 
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Yeah i tried. Only FF with your ntrboot_flasher.

I tried with it with the new 0.3.1, there is the card (of course) unsupported, different chips.
Here the Log i got from the 0.3.1 flahser:
[DEBUG]: Sending cmd: 99 01 04 00 00 00 00 00
[DEBUG]: ROMCNT = 0xA7180000
[DEBUG]: Sending cmd: 68 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[DEBUG]: ROMCNT = 0xA7180000
[DEBUG]: Sending cmd: 99 01 04 00 00 00 00 00
[DEBUG]: ROMCNT = 0xA7180000
[DEBUG]: ** Card reset **
[DEBUG]: Sending cmd: 9F 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[DEBUG]: ROMCNT = 0xAD180000
[DEBUG]: Sending cmd: 90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[DEBUG]: ROMCNT = 0xAF180000
[DEBUG]: Read chipid = FFFFFFFF
[DEBUG]: Sending cmd: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[DEBUG]: ROMCNT = 0xAC180000
[DEBUG]: Read header; state = { game_code = 0xFFFFFFFF, hdr_key1_romcnt = 0xFFFFFFFF, hdr_key2_romcnt = 0xFFFFFFFF, key2_seed = 0xFF }

Is the cart itself working? It appears you have contact issues. Wipe the contacts and reinsert the cart, then try again.
 

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r4isdhc.com.cn and ace3ds+ are the same card pretty much, but seem to have a different key in their firmware, because the main kernel binary is tially different, though everything else in the kernels is the same.

They can PROBABLY be bs9ed the same way if there's enough flash space to do it.

From what i hear both r4isdhc.com and r4i-sdhc.com are now timebombing their kernels now. :( So seems their carts are only useful as bs9, so you should just get the cheapest.

I hope ace3ds+/r4isdhc.com.cn gets supported soon, as their hacked Wood kernels don't timebomb. These are the cheapest carts i've found that are reliable on ds and 3ds,though metroid prime pinball is sluggish.

speaign of ace3ds, looks liek they are takign my idea.

http://ace3ds.com/ace-3ds-x-product.html

Switch one way, it's a ds cart. switch other way it's ntr boot. :)
 
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https://mega.nz/#!Y4xmjBKT!6qO_sFLPnJW5fU-C_NGERrHRxLf_E_Ii0uV7QAaav5o
Someone with an r4isdhc try this
Supposed to flash b9s. Works on my R4i Gold.
About to test it, hope it works!

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It doesnt seem to work. When I select r4isdhc family and press a, it gives me a "flashcart setup failed" error on the bottom screen
Edit: I misread your comment I have a card from r4i-sdhc.com not r4isdhc.com. It's the r4i-sdhc 1.4.2 version.
 
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Unless you want to make a business about it, you really need NTRBoot a very few times (for example I have 3 3DS, two already had CFW, I've done the last one with my old R4i-SDHC thx to the files posted here) then you have two choices :
- Keep NTRBoot on you flashcard because you don't play NDS/SNES/GBA/NES games or just use emulators and forwarders on your 3DS.
- Restore your flashcard NDS mode and use it to play NDS/SNES/GBA/NES games.

A third choice, is you can afford it, is to buy another flashcard so you have one for NTRBoot and the other to play games.
 

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Unless you want to make a business about it, you really need NTRBoot a very few times (for example I have 3 3DS, two already had CFW, I've done the last one with my old R4i-SDHC thx to the files posted here) then you have two choices :
- Keep NTRBoot on you flashcard because you don't play NDS/SNES/GBA/NES games or just use emulators and forwarders on your 3DS.
- Restore your flashcard NDS mode and use it to play NDS/SNES/GBA/NES games.

A third choice, is you can afford it, is to buy another flashcard so you have one for NTRBoot and the other to play games.
Or you can flash NTRBoot when you need it and leave it at NDS mode for the main time.
 

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Of course, I was thinking about flashing the fewest possible times to keep but you're indeed right. I personally have 2 flashcard : my old R4i-SDHC (will stay in NTRBoot mode) and a Gateway Blue Card so I can do both without flashing again (for NDS games at least).
 

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I already have two super card ds2, but they are eating battery like crazy.
How the R4i gold rts? is it slim like the blue gw card?
The r4i-b9s is almost like super card ds2, hard to insert.
 

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