After being inspired by a topic I read yesterday, I felt I needed to create something for users of the R4i Ultra flashcart so they could get some better support for new games. After trying a lot of different stuff and nearly killing my own R4i Ultra in the process, I manages to create a file that will load any .nds file as soon as you boot the cart...
Basically, those of you who use the R4i Ultra (from www.r4ultra.com) can now say goodbye to that horrible UI we were stuck with and Moonshell that won't work correctly! Download the archive from the link below and follow the instructions in the 'READ.txt' file and you'll be good to go. So far I've had the wonderful 'HBMenu' start as soon as I turn my DS on as well as AKAIO v1.5.1 (naughty, I know. But I did it to test stuff). In time, I will use this bootstrap to load a firmware all of my own so users of the R4i Ultra can enjoy decent compatibility again...
Gotta love DevKitPro!
Download link here. That is the HBMenu setup. Follow the included instructions and you'll have HBMenu as your default menu. For those who don't know about HBMenu, it's basically a menu that'll only load homebrew and NO commercial ROMs. It's officially supported by DevKitPro themselves who want to see a special flashcart designed exclusively for homebrew to help take the piracy/legal trouble out of the flashcart scene! Good stuff if you ask me!
Anyway, this is the result of a day or so of reading, research and coding so I hope you R4i Ultra users enjoy it! I've got some youtube vids of it working too. The first is my R4i Ultra booting straight into HBMenu and the second is the same cart booting into AKAIO 1.5.1. AKAIO files aren't included in the download archive!
Enjoy, and any problems are either caused by your cart being a clone of a clone or your incompetance. Neither is my fault.
EDIT: OMG I can't believe I neglected to mention a dude I got some inspiration from, a developer called 'Fincs' who did a similar project for another cloned cart. He basically gave me the idea for this and for that, I think him!
EDIT2: It seems this is yet to be working on the R4 Ultra, (not R4i Ultra). The cart will boot past the loading screen, but hangs at the red top-screen afterwards... It seems to be a problem with the ARM7 Binary but I'm still working on it...
Basically, those of you who use the R4i Ultra (from www.r4ultra.com) can now say goodbye to that horrible UI we were stuck with and Moonshell that won't work correctly! Download the archive from the link below and follow the instructions in the 'READ.txt' file and you'll be good to go. So far I've had the wonderful 'HBMenu' start as soon as I turn my DS on as well as AKAIO v1.5.1 (naughty, I know. But I did it to test stuff). In time, I will use this bootstrap to load a firmware all of my own so users of the R4i Ultra can enjoy decent compatibility again...
Gotta love DevKitPro!
Download link here. That is the HBMenu setup. Follow the included instructions and you'll have HBMenu as your default menu. For those who don't know about HBMenu, it's basically a menu that'll only load homebrew and NO commercial ROMs. It's officially supported by DevKitPro themselves who want to see a special flashcart designed exclusively for homebrew to help take the piracy/legal trouble out of the flashcart scene! Good stuff if you ask me!
Anyway, this is the result of a day or so of reading, research and coding so I hope you R4i Ultra users enjoy it! I've got some youtube vids of it working too. The first is my R4i Ultra booting straight into HBMenu and the second is the same cart booting into AKAIO 1.5.1. AKAIO files aren't included in the download archive!
Enjoy, and any problems are either caused by your cart being a clone of a clone or your incompetance. Neither is my fault.
EDIT: OMG I can't believe I neglected to mention a dude I got some inspiration from, a developer called 'Fincs' who did a similar project for another cloned cart. He basically gave me the idea for this and for that, I think him!
EDIT2: It seems this is yet to be working on the R4 Ultra, (not R4i Ultra). The cart will boot past the loading screen, but hangs at the red top-screen afterwards... It seems to be a problem with the ARM7 Binary but I'm still working on it...