Hacking What flashcard to get?

[WeedZ]

A friend of mine wants to buy an oldschool dsi. I never got into the old ds's, can anyone tell me what flashcard he should get and recommend where to order it from? Many thanks.

 

[Boogieboo6]

I use this thing. Currently playing Chrono Trigger on it.

 

[Zero-Cool]

Get a R4i Gold (r4ids.cn). Click on the "Where to Buy" tab for trusted resellers. I've always used http://www.dsflashcart.com/ and have no issues.

 

[WeedZ]

What's the difference between the two?

 

[Zero-Cool]

The first one linked is a clone of the gold.

 

[gnmmarechal]

The r4isdhc.com carts are crap. Don't go with them, they include a time bomb that'll make the cart stop working unless you set the date back in a few years.

I use an R4i-SDHC 3DS RTS from r4i-sdhc.com, btw. Works fine, R4i-SDHC.com are cool.

 

[WeedZ]

"they include a time bomb that'll make the cart stop working unless you set the date back in a few years."

What?! Please elaborate on that

 

[xtheman]

The card will detect the system date and stop working after a certain time after the last firmware update.

 

[WeedZ]

I get that. What I'm asking is why?

 

[xtheman]

To make you buy new hardware the next year

 

[WeedZ]

So they actually wrote this code in. I'm glad I actually asked first instead of just having him order one.

 

[Sleet]

It doesn't do permanent damage, if the year on your DS is set to 2019 or later the r4isdhc.com cart won't boot. You can just set the year back when it happens.

 

[Mikemk]

I actually just made a flowchart tutorial for this.

https://gbatemp.net/threads/the-real-guide-to-buying-ds-dsi-and-3ds-flashcarts-flowchart.452963/

 

[WeedZ]

Oh, nice

 

[slaphappygamer]

R4i gold RTS (r4ids.cn) is the best.

 

[DiscostewSM]

I've had a DS-Two since before I ever got a 3DS, and while it is great, I hate that it drains the battery so long as it is inserted in the slot fully, including when in sleep mode. I simply want a card where I can put it in, use my 8GB microSD, and forget about it while being able to play all (or most) DS games.

 

[WeedZ]

Hey guys, what about this one?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01N...ywords=r4i&dpPl=1&dpID=21lvi8oBlSL&ref=plSrch

 

[Technicmaster0]

It got discussed earlier. Just get a card from r4ids.cn.

 

[gnmmarechal]

Either the R4i-SDHC 3DS RTS from r4i-sdhc.com or the R4ids.cn Gold one. Just pick one.

 

[Technicmaster0]

The r4i gold 3ds rts (r4ids.cn) is far better than the r4i sdhc 3ds rts (r4i-sdhc.com).