Hacking Specific R4DS Firmware Help!

[nakedmoniker]

Here is my problem:

I have an R4 card, i am almost positive it is a clone considering i can run a 4G SD card on it and on the cart itself it says exactly the following: R4, SDHC, Revolution for DS, NDSL/NDS. I am sure this is a common card but as it was handed down to me by a friend I am not sure where it came from exactly. I am currently running the original R4 1.18 firmware but am having the notorious problem of being unable to run specific games on it (i.e. Korg DS-10, HP Deathly Hallows, Black Ops, etc.) so after looking and searching and stressing I decided that a firmware change may be in order.

I know Acekards work for most of these fallible games from research and by setting up my friend's Acekard and these games running fine. She is running AKAIO firmware and I know it is unlikely I can run that as well (or is it?).

So my questions are as follows...

1. What kind of R4 am I looking at?
2. What kind of firmware can/should I run? I looked into Wood but it seems very specific in its compatibility.
3. Where can I find information pertaining these questions plus more?

I apologize for these noob questions but any info that would confirm what my cart is or where I can obtain the correct, updated firmware would be greatly appreciated.


Thanks in advance,
Travis

 

[Rydian]

1 - A clone. There's like five or more that use the SDHC label.

2+3 - http://gbatemp.net/t277771-how-to-get-new-games-to-run

 

[nakedmoniker]

Thanks a ton for the help and the patience I know these types of inquires pop up a lot around here. No website on the cart but the link was extremely helpful. I'll update with some results.

Travis

 

[nakedmoniker]

Well...I tried 1.34 for R4DS HDSC and after getting everything set up as I knew how it said "Loading..." and then here was nothing. Just a black screen and nothing more.

I am returning to 1.18 at the moment. hopefully it will work as it did before but I am at a loss to explain why it didn't work for me. Is this a common reaction to using the wrong firmware? I thought I was using the right one and I just place all the files that came with the update and my games folder, as well a few tried and true homebrew apps.

I am hoping things will at least go back to normal once I see if my old firmware works. After that, I dunno.

Travis

 

[Rydian]

Yeah, sounds like it was the wrong firmware.

As I said there's many carts that use the SDHC label, so you may have to try a few from the linfoxdomain site.