Hacking Recover R4i Gold using ntrboot flasher

[Yerkz]

I have here a R4i Gold 3DS RTS bricked (it suddenly stopped working) and I'm trying to recover it using ntrboot_flasher, but none of the backups that I've downloaded are working. When I try to make a backup from it, I just get a backup.bin with 4 MB of 00 in hex. Is there a way to recover it? I'll leave here a picture of HxD with the backup I got and a picture of the R4.

Spoiler: HxD picture

Spoiler: R4 pciture

 

[210modz]

Board on my r4i 3ds rts is different. It has the component at U5 on the board.

 

[TheCheeze]

I have here a R4i Gold 3DS RTS bricked (it suddenly stopped working) and I'm trying to recover it using ntrboot_flasher, but none of the backups that I've downloaded are working. When I try to make a backup from it, I just get a backup.bin with 4 MB of 00 in hex. Is there a way to recover it? I'll leave here a picture of HxD with the backup I got and a picture of the R4.

Spoiler: HxD picture

Spoiler: R4 pciture

Am on my phone right now but did you check my firmware dump repository thread?

 

[Yerkz]

Am on my phone right now but did you check my firmware dump repository thread?

Yes, I tried all of the backups there, but none of them worked.

Board on my r4i 3ds rts is different. It has the component at U5 on the board.

Yes, all the pictures I've seen on internet has the U5 component, but my R4 used to work (I bought it some days ago, it worked for some hours and suddenly stopped)

 

[TheCheeze]

Yes, I tried all of the backups there, but none of them worked.


Yes, all the pictures I've seen on internet has the U5 component, but my R4 used to work (I bought it some days ago, it worked for some hours and suddenly stopped)

Is it time gated? Try rolling back the date on your system by like a year

 

[210modz]

My guess is that the backup.bin you are using wasn't for that board. I used the one TheCheeze posted but your board is different. Try to find a backup for the board you have. What does the front of the card look like?

 

[Yerkz]

Is it time gated? Try rolling back the date on your system by like a year

No, the 3DS does not recognize it, the japanese by Konami does not appear anymore. Only the ntrboot_flasher recognize it (and give me no error when I try to flash a backup)

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My guess is that the backup.bin you are using wasn't for that board. I used the one TheCheeze posted but your board is different. Try to find a backup for the board you have. What does the front of the card look like?

This is the label of my card:

 

[TheCheeze]

No, the 3DS does not recognize it, the japanese by Konami does not appear anymore. Only the ntrboot_flasher recognize it (and give me no error when I try to flash a backup)

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This is the label of my card:

I will dig around and see if I can source up more backups since people stopped posting them. Yours is a r4ids Rev D and I thought I saw one of those. Will check my hoard folder when I get home

 

[210modz]

No, the 3DS does not recognize it, the japanese by Konami does not appear anymore. Only the ntrboot_flasher recognize it (and give me no error when I try to flash a backup)

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This is the label of my card:

Does yours say www.r4ids.cn or something else?

 

[Yerkz]

Does yours say www.r4ids.cn or something else?

It says r4ids.cn, the same as the picture

 

[210modz]

Where did you order it?

 

[Yerkz]

Where did you order it?

In a small online store here in Brazil (a reliable store), since it was the only store here I've found selling this model

 

[proflayton123]

I want to ntrboot my 2DS XL but this is making me worry

 

[210modz]

I want to ntrboot my 2DS XL but this is making me worry

Use a real card and not a clone. You shouldn't run into issues them.

 

[proflayton123]

Use a real card and not a clone. You shouldn't run into issues them.

I have a real card I presume as it's bought from nds-card so it should be okay?


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[MrJason005]

Can you take this R4 apart so that we can compare its motherboard with the genuine carts?

 

[210modz]

I have a real card I presume as it's bought from nds-card so it should be okay?


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Yes, you should be good to go.

 

[Yerkz]

Can you take this R4 apart so that we can compare its motherboard with the genuine carts?

I'm sorry, I'm not fluent in English and I don't understand what you meant. Would you mind use another words? It could help me

EDIT: Do you want me to disassemble the flashcard?

 

[MrJason005]

I'm sorry, I'm not fluent in English and I don't understand what you meant. Would you mind use another words? It could help me

I mean disassemble the R4, so we can compare the motherboard inside to another genuine R4

Disassemble = Desmontado

 

[Yerkz]

I mean disassemble the R4, so we can compare the motherboard inside to another genuine R4

Yeah, I understood a little before you post, sorry about that. And yes, I'm gonna disassemble it and take pictures right now.