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By m the m king - 06/01/2010 17:32:05

ive pmed the url to you

but i would like to know how to save it to the root of the sdhc 16gb gold r4i card

By m the m king - 07/01/2010 18:04:59

ok all that i ever get is the rar files and i do not know how to decompress them and when ever i get the zip file from your website it dosent work on the dsi or ds

oh and you are thinking the same thing i was thinking it dosent have any mention of the R4I GOLD and that is why i rurned to this website to find the proper software

By cozisaidso - 12/01/2010 22:23:16

I have 2 cards. The first had a red box packaging and is an R4i upgrade revolution for ds with the website www.R4i-sdhc.com at the bottom. This card has a red interface with r4i sdhc 3 printed on it. The second card, white box packaging (both bought from the same company) has R4i sdhc revolution for ds ndsi ndsl nds with no website address. The back of the card has a yellow interface with r4_8_V1_X6_02 2009.07.14. I cannot find a kernel that is compatible for the card with the yellow interface? I hope that this infor helps.

By supernova - 16/01/2010 21:47:36

I'm using the R4i Ultra with a 4 gig SDHC memory card purchased from ebuygame. Firmware is at 1.55. I'm having issues with many games that show up on the menu but do not play.

By pf75 - 17/01/2010 04:23:20

I'm using the R4i-II with a 4 GB kingston Micro SD.
URL:
www.r4i-sdhc.com.hk
I used the kernel from the official website(above), but when I start it up(tap the icon) it stays white as if it cant load i'll get pictures up to see what im doing wrong but could you at least tell me if I DONT need any of these files?:
moonshl2(folder)
Skin(folder)
SYSTEM(folder)
_DS_MENU
_DS_MSHL.DS
R4i.HK
TTMENU.SYS

By Steeler - 01/02/2010 05:22:18

I have the R4i-II card with the URL: http://www.r4i-sdhc.com.hk also

I used the kernel from the official website, doing everything as instruction said but when I turn on the ds it shows the main screen as there was a regular game in but says "no game inserted" but has a Star Wars game??

Any idea why my card isn't working??

By fongdingo - 28/07/2010 04:34:59

what kind of sd card do you have? whats the number in the circle read? does the sd card get read by the computer? did you take note to what the front of the r4 card looks like cause there are 2 flashcarts for download on the page, you have to make sure you have the right one. i run this card on my dslite and it works amazingly.

By estellelennon - 13/06/2010 13:08:04

Hi there, wondering if you can help.. I stupidly enough bought an r4i gold card for nintendo ds with preloaded games on it from Asia... The card is faulty, and they won't offer a refund. So to cut a long story short i tried to format it and start again.. I have done this several times, but some of the files the company had on it are still there??? I'm completely lost.. How do you remove all these files completely? They are not showing on the computer when you finish formatting, just when you put into ds? Please help!

Thanks estelle

By estellelennon - 15/06/2010 16:09:20

Hi there, thanks for getting back to me so quick!! False alarm, it was the wrong software i was using, lol.

Thanks anyway

By plchat - 14/06/2010 03:46:23

Hi,

I have R4 Upgrade revolution for DS www.r4i-sdhc.com version

AND I have problem right now!! I have another SYSTEM DATE ERROR!! My country date right is 14 June!! I already download latest firmware from website. It's worked fine yesterday but today.... again!! can someone do something about it??

By danaleigh2000 - 28/07/2010 04:15:12

Hi,

I bought the red box, R4i-SDHC Upgrade Revolution for DS V1.4 w/ Wi-Fi. My URL is www.R4I-SDHC.COM

I can't tell you how many times I have tried to download the latest kernal, install certain things on the sd card, etc. and failed. One time it worked and I downloaded three games, I thought I had it until the next morning when I went to install more games. I turned the DS lite system on and there was nothing on the sd card; I about died.

I bought my son a DSi for X-Mas is why I bought this kind of red box; was I wrong?

PLEASE HELP....

I'm ready to throw away 5 of these things!!!

Thankx, Dana

By kaymapp - 22/08/2010 14:42:32

The details on the R4 card I own are:

R4
Upgrade ge Games Engine
Revolution for DS
(NDSL/NDS)
www.R4I-SDHC.COM

By R4er - 16/09/2010 02:46:14

R4 has been very popular, so R4 cards types are also many, this is a site http://www.volumerates.com/category/r4, I have seen some categories:

http://www.r4dscards.co.uk/Forum/Uploads/Images/7a47d6f4-0f3d-4515-ad25-e2b4.png

http://www.r4dscards.co.uk/Forum/Uploads/Images/72d1c56d-e307-4b75-9abb-3f4d.png

By lovecats - 27/09/2010 06:34:10

R4DSCards Tech (06/01/2010)

Hi All,

If you own and R4 or an R4i DS card would you be able to reply to this post and let us know the full name of the r4 card and also the URL that is printed on most cards these days? We are trying to find out how many different types there are out there so that we can provide the best help possible.

Also if possible would you be able to take a photo of your DS card and post it as an attachment?

thank you very much. useful

By innuendo - 11/11/2010 16:09:12

I have a Nintendo ds XL and use the R4i gold card this was working perfectly but yesterday i connected my ds to my wifi for the first time.

it asked me to do a software update which i did.

now i cant use my r4 as i get the message

an error has occured.
press and hold the power button to turn the system off
please refer to the nintendo dsi operations manual for details.

any help please

regards peter

By Newtothis - 12/11/2010 09:16:59

Hello. I recently upgraded my firmware on my NDSiXL to V1.4.1U (not realising the possible implications). I purchased a WiFi R4i Upgrade Revolution for DS V1.4 with the console. I have tried using the kernal V1.27b, but to no avail. Do I need to purchase I new R4i card that is compatible with V1.4.1?

However on the R4i-SDHC.com website (http://www.r4i-sdhc.com/downloade.asp) say that products labelled V1.4 do not currently support NDSI V1.4.1 temporarily. Does this mean that they may come up with a kernal to overcome this?

Thanks in advance

By UniversalBunny - 15/12/2010 05:08:30

Hi,

Mine is a R4i gold v 1.5

www.r4igold.cn

By Tristan84 - 15/12/2010 01:11:39

i have a green R4i v1.6

the site is www.ndsiLL.net

downloaded the new kernel but it doesnt work...

By bird - 28/12/2010 14:02:50

i have the same problem did you get a cure?

By Nodie2 - 19/02/2011 03:31:18

I have a DSi XL, V1.4U and bought an R4i card. (box says: R4I - SDHC upgrade revolution for DS, WWW. R4I - SDHC. com. TW with a WiFi engine. I found the right download with the dash. Downloaded and extracted it and copy and pasted the files to my 8GB MicroSD / Micro SDHC. Put it in my R4i and when I tap the game Icon my screens are blank. I don't understand what I am doing wrong. Can someone help please!!!!

By jacharlie - 06/05/2011 19:49:55

I've just got a R4i revolution for DS card says on front www.r4ultra.com I have tried downloading a menu on it (the moonshell etc etc) but it's not a r4 gold or the r4 sdhc so I'm very confused what thing I whould be downloading. I've formatted the micro sd card and I've tried some software but it just stays on the loading screen ... please help I've spent hours looking.

Many Thanks

By aiso - 20/05/2011 07:54:30

Please help me I bought an r4i v1.4.1 card and it keeps telling me to "Please upgrade hardware to support firmware". My brother had the same porblem and He changed the date to makeit work. Can you please help me with the date or ny advice on how to fix it.

By aiso - 20/05/2011 07:57:48

By ggess1 - 22/05/2011 16:50:18

Hi

I have an

R4i

Upgrade

Revolution for DS

(NDSI/ndsl/nds)

r4i-sdhc.com

I updated the software in my DSI to Ver 1.4.2E

I now cannot get the R4I to work

I have the following message

An error has occurred.

Press and hold the POWER

Button to turn the system off.

Please refer to the Nintendo DSI Opperations manual for details.

Will this ever work?

By Wally - 25/05/2011 19:54:51

Hi

I am new to this forum so forgive me if i have posted in the wrong area but here goes. I have owned a few R4 cards in my time and have replaced them when they have broken for whatever reason.

This time i bought two for the two DS Lites we own from a reputable seller. The version we have are R4i SDHC V1.4.1. I also bought two new SD cards at the same time.

I downloaded the software as per the link provided with my purchases and when i switched it on i went about upgrading the software to V1.4.2.

Unfortunately my 18 months old son got hold of the console and turned it off during the upgrade (ok it was me but lets blame him eh. Honestly it was an accident!!!) Now the damn card wont work at all. I have tried formatting it and reloading the software but it doesn't recognise the card and i get the "touch the touch screen to continue" flashing message on the opening screen (the one before the default clock / Picochat screen).

I read a warning before i tried to download the upgrade that if you powered the console off before the upgrade had finished it might permanently damage the R4 card.

Do you think it is really damaged or is there something i can do to rescue the situation??????? PLEASE HELP!!!!!

By ruirolin - 07/07/2011 07:25:39

if you want to more thing about R4 and 3DS you can log in this link.

By Tracker - 14/07/2011 03:35:26

hi,l just registered.

l've got 3 different R4's R4i Revolution for DS www.r4ultra.com

R4i v1.4 Upgrade www.R4I-SDHC.COM

R4i v1.4.1 Upgrade www.R4I-SDHC.COM

l use 2G as the the 4G would destroy themselves from within.

By scobouk - 16/07/2011 09:45:44

I have just purchased the R4i V1.4.2 card from R4i shopper (and downloaded the latest software from their site as they suggested), but i'm still getting the error below:

error has occured, press and hold the power button to turn the system off

I brought thid card as their site said it would work with the latest update from nintendo (as my old card does'nt work after my daughter did the dreaded update)

Can you help or have i just wasted £18 on a card that wont ever work??

thanks

scott

ps..the card i have is v1..4.2,

url = www.r4i-sdhc.com

software on ds = 1.4.3E

By scobouk - 18/07/2011 16:54:21

software on ds = 1.4.3E , from what i can gather i will have to wait until an update has been released for this version....

By mcmadjock - 22/07/2011 11:52:48

Heres my card www.r4i-sdhc.com

Its with a 4gb micro sd . Its a red interface with r41 sdhc 7 on the back.

But i cant reflash the card as it says its for the r4i-sdhc 3ds

By Windyboy - 25/07/2011 19:57:12

Hi folks,can anyone help,this may have been covered before,also dont forget i am a novice at this.My son has a DSi and my neice has a DS.I recently bought two R4i cards with 4gb micro sd cards.They had software preinstalled on them by site.I downloaded games onto both cards and they were working fine but now the DS says "please upgrade the hardware for support latest firmware".The DSi is still working fine,any ideas???

By ashily - 04/08/2011 03:46:59

I can provide you some web buy cards,wish you happy shopping.

By jstev21 - 04/08/2011 20:06:16

Ok this is driving me up the wall.... my daughters dsi is 1.4.3e so i used an older dsi-XL on 1.4.1 to flash my daughters r4i 3ds from r4i-sdhc.com all was well in the 1.4.3e dsi went into the games engine and it downloaded an update now after a reboot it comes up with "upgrade hardware to support firmware" tried 3 different sd cards with the software on it both 3ds and sdhc vertions... same message same message now on the 1.4.1 dsi xl now, as far as i am aware i followed the instructions right lol help!

By jstev21 - 15/08/2011 03:21:46

yupp.. it works fine on 1.4.3e.. that is until it logs into the games engine, it says its downloading a new kernel and then after the reboot i get the upgrade hardware message, format the sd card and load the files from r4ishopper.com and its sorted i have the card working i just cant use the games engine. as when i do it updates the kernel and that update stops the card. so now using a clean copy of the kernel(driver files) from the retailer i bought the card from and that works.. but the games engine one and the r4i-sdhc.com one doesnt, also.. when the card is working.. the update says "current" working firmware is 1.4.3 and the "new" firmware is 1.4.2 ?

By Leo Lo - 19/08/2011 10:58:02

Recently, I have updated my DSI XL firmware to V1.4.3a. Then, I can't play all my games on my R4i V1.4.1 SDHC card.

The url on my card is www.r4i-sdhc.com

I have tried following

1. Go to www.r4i-sdhc.com, downloaded the kernel version V1.43b

2. Unzipped the file, copy all the files to the micro-sd card

3. Insert the card to the DSI XL slot

The error is still the same,

"An error has occurred. Press and hold the power button to turn the system off. Please refer to the Nintendo DSI operations manual for details."

Please help

Thanks

By a.k.dublin - 28/08/2011 22:28:39

I purchased a R41 upgrade SDHC card. I have not been able to download games onto it. Any games i do download either show error code 4 or say to run firmware, even after these steps i have nothing,

Can you please help...many thanks.

By MYMO - 18/09/2011 14:46:43

I have an R4i gold card v1.4.1 (www.R4I-GOLD.COM), and a NDS lite and NDSi XL, can't get the card working on either. Just getting a white screen with a red card icon with menu? inside the icon.

Have formatted the card to FAT32, downloaded the correct kernal from the website on the card, still nothing.

I tried this several times, and different kernal, won't work in either NDS.

NDSi XL is version 1.4.1

By angusbull82 - 08/10/2011 17:42:01

i have a r4sdhc card i am running v1.34 from r4sdhc when i try load old games it works fine mario kart ect but when i try load new gamew call of duty it wont work please help

By angusbull82 - 08/10/2011 17:42:57

i am running v1.34 and old games will work mario kart but new games call of duty wont can someone help make my sons day!!

By jwk123 - 11/12/2011 00:08:26

I have 2 DSi XL's I upgraded one to the 1.4.3 Firmware and have upgraded my SDHC software to the 1.50b and attempted to Flash the card on my other DSi XL which has the 1.4 Firmware on it. When I Select upgrade from the configuration menu I see:Current version and a back Button. I do not see the New New Version /Info sections or the Start button. Any help would be appriciated. I.

**Update**I went and found an older Kernal that I had Downloaded....1.47b and it has the upgrade button. However I get the following message when I try to upgrade, " Verifying Fail! Please change or re-format the SD card." I re-formated the card per the instructions in this site but I still get that error.....The site that I got the Kernal from and is on my card is www.R4I-SDHC.COM

By sofy2097 - 18/10/2010 20:10:47

hello or I have a brand r4 gei (www.ge.ndsi.in) and when I got another game my ds did not read more and connect to the computer and went out that the folder is empty you can help me. thank you very much

By emzer - 11/12/2010 18:26:12

Hi im using an R4 card from www.R41-SDHC.com

By andy123 - 21/12/2010 07:53:10

ahahha ,i got my r4 ds and some other like ps3 controllers ,ps3 breaks and ps3 jailbreaks from the r4king ,where you can buy these .......

By andy123 - 21/12/2010 08:04:14

R4DSCards Tech (06/01/2010)

Hi All,

If you own and R4 or an R4i DS card would you be able to reply to this post and let us know the full name of the R4 card and also the URL that is printed on most cards these days? We are trying to find out how many different types there are out there so that we can provide the best help possible.

Also if possible would you be able to take a photo of your DS card and post it as an attachment?

well ,i got the r4 and r4i ds cards from r4king ..you may go there to have to look.....worthing your eyes .........

By andy123 - 21/12/2010 08:05:26

well i got my r4 and r4 ds from r4king where a place worth to have a look...........

By Zoogy - 25/02/2011 17:11:18

hey on my ds the r4 wont even come up and i dont know what i have to add to it for it to work, ive downloaded the kernel but then i dont know what to do please help

I have the R4i DSi LL v1.45 blue and the website for it is http://www.ndsiLL.net

Please help.

By evansim - 11/01/2012 00:20:48

hi, I currently have a r4i ultra card. I have upgraded my dsi version to 1.4.3u. Now the card is not readable, I have updated to the latest kernel version that r4ultra.com has to offer. I have been reading about how to make the card readable again using akaio 1.8.6. When I load this kernel onto the card it is readable on a dsl. I was told to upgrade the card using the dsl but there are no upgrade files on the card. Any suggestions to how to get the dsi to read the card again?

By R4DSCards Tech - 06/01/2010 15:38:03

By R4DSCards Tech - 07/01/2010 12:40:05

Hi - you have said that the url is www.r4ds.com but that site has no mention of GOLD cards so it is a little confusing. To save to the root of the micro sd card just extract the contents of the ZIP or RAR file that you have downloaded to your empty micro sd card. So if your memory card is on drive E: of your PC you should have something akin to this:

By R4DSCards Tech - 07/01/2010 18:44:11

Hi Again,

I found another possible Site for the software for your cards - I updated the R4 GOLD Software page earlier today with the new link: R4 Gold Software

That may be the one for your card as your card has www.r4ds.com written on it.

In any case to extract the ZIP and RAR files follow these instructions that I have just written:

How to extract RAR & ZIP Files

I hope that helps :-)

By R4DSCards Tech - 13/01/2010 10:30:45

Hi - Is there no website address on the white box? Can you contact the shop you made the purchase for the website URL?

By R4DSCards Tech - 18/01/2010 13:34:06

Hi PF - yeah I think you do need all of those files. I have not seen this one before to be honest - I have seen www.r4i-sdhc.com cards but not the .hk ones.

You seem to know what you are doing - maybe the card is faulty?

By R4DSCards Tech - 02/02/2010 09:36:37

Hi Steeler,

So you get "no game inserted" when you click the star wars logo?

By R4DSCards Tech - 13/10/2011 21:37:31

HI,

Can you confirm that you have unzipped the zip file and transferred all of the files and folders over to your micro SD card as they appear without making additional folders?

The problem you have is definitely linked to a issue with the kernel and how it is on your Micro SD card. You have formatted it so this is good.

Do you perhaps have an additional micro SD card you can try?

By R4DSCards Tech - 27/10/2011 16:35:53

Hi Dublin,

The error you are describing is linked to the software you have currently on your micro SD card either not being correct or not being correctly placed onto your micro SD card. It could also be that your micro SD card is not "fragmented" correctly to enable your R4i 3DS to read your micro SD card.

I would suggest you cleared your personal files from the micro SD card can formatted the card to FAT32 with the size allocation set to default. The SD association formatter is best for this and will ensure the fragments are correct. Please see the link for details -

http://www.r4dscards.co.uk/Forum/Topic84-4-1.aspx

Once you have formatted your micro SD card download the latest software kernel from the manufacturer of your card. This will download in a zip file. Unzip the file and transfer the files and folders as they appear one by one over to your micro SD card. Make sure the transfer has finished before removing the USB reader from your PC.

Hopefully your problem will now be resolved. If not then I would suggest you tried another micro SD card.

By R4DSCards Tech - 26/07/2011 09:49:29

Can you confirm if you have visited the manufacturers website to see if they have released a later version of the software? The URL (web address) should be clearly marked on your DS card.

By R4DSCards Tech - 10/08/2011 14:51:37

So you are trying ot use a R4i 3DS in a DSi console running the v1.4.3 software. I know that this manufacturer r4i-sdhc has released another update only a few days ago and the update file is now in the far right icon on the home screen of the R4i. Previously it was in the GAME directory. Please can you confirm this is the update you have tried? v1.43b. If not, then please try this and hopefully your problem will be solved.

By R4DSCards Tech - 15/08/2011 10:00:32

Can you confirm if you have now managed to get this working? Do you have a fwupdate file when you select the games icon on the R4i menu? If so, you can delete this file once the update has been completed to prevent it form trying to update again.

By R4DSCards Tech - 20/08/2011 12:15:40

Lets see if I can help :-)

The problem you have is you need to flash the R4i card to get it to resume compatibility.

So yo have the latest kernel on your micro SD card this is good. Now as your console has already been updated to the v1.4.3 software you cannot "flash" the R4i card in this console. You will need an earlier console running v1.4.1 software or earlier, for eg a DSlite is ideal.

R4ishopper.com have a great guide for this -

http://www.r4ishopper.com/blog/116/R4i-3DS-R4i-v141-or-v142-ALL-support-NEW-v143-/

I do hope this helps to get you up and running!

By R4DSCards Tech - 13/10/2011 17:04:46

Hi a.k.dublin,

Have you managed to get your R4 card working without any games on it? If so then great. The game files need to be added individually at the root directory of your micro SD card. Use only the .nds file also.

Hope this helps

By R4DSCards Tech - 13/10/2011 18:00:24

the best thing to do in this case is to contact the manufacturer of the DS card you have. Kernels can be released quite frequently to resolve problems like this with new games.

By R4DSCards Tech - 25/05/2011 15:50:15

Hi there,

When you insert you card into your DS console does it appear that there is no DS card inserted?

If so remove the card and blow hard into the slot to remove any debris that may be present. Reinsert the DS card ensuring it is seated correctly.

Turn your console on. If it is still not registering then it may be advisable that you contacted the supplier of your card as it may be faulty.

By R4DSCards Tech - 25/05/2011 15:52:05

Hi there,

Please provide details of the console you are using it in the the software version currently running on the console?

Nintendo have recently released a software update to block these cards, please see the below advice for further information regarding this -

Please be aware that Nintendo have recently released a software upgrade for the DSi and DSi XL which WILL block your R4i v1.4.1 from working. The upgrade is v1.4.2.

If you have not yet upgraded to this version then I would advise you help back on doing so until it has been confirmed that all versions are upgradable.

To check to see what software is currently running on your console please do the following -

On your consoles home screen please select the "spanner" icon. The software version will be clearly shown on the top screen in the bottom right hand corner.

http://www.r4dscards.com/Forum/Uploads/Images/117a35ff-c3b2-482c-9875-2b65.JPG

You will see that this DSi XL is running on the v1.4.2 software.

I can confirm that I have been able to upgrade several R4i v1.4.1 cards to be compatible with the latest software v1.4.2, although you do require another console which has not been upgraded to "flash" your card.

R4ishopper.com have done a really good guide to help you through this, please see this link - Guide to Upgrade R4i v1.4.1 to v1.4.2

Here are the latest Software download links for your convenience -

R4i 3DS

R4i v1.4.1- v1.38b

Firmware Patch - fwup142c.nds

Alternatively please go to the manufacturers website for the downloads.

By R4DSCards Tech - 30/05/2011 21:33:29

The loading error that you are receiving is indicative of an error with the loading of your software onto the micro SD card. You are quite right to have tried 2 different micro SD cards, however it if important that they are formatted to FAT32 using the SD formatting association's formatter -

http://www.r4dscards.co.uk/Forum/Topic84-4-1.aspx

Another thing is to make sure you unzip the file and place all of the files and folders at the root directory of your micro SD card...do not use any sub folders.

By R4DSCards Tech - 18/07/2011 15:03:03

Please can you let me know what software is currently running on your console? I can confirm that Nintendo have recently released a software update to purposefully try to block these cards.

The software version can be found by selecting the spanner icon in the home screen. The version is clearly seen on the top screen in the bottom right hand corner.

By R4DSCards Tech - 19/07/2011 12:25:33

Unfortunately yes, you will need to wait for this update to be released. The best thing would be to suggest you contacted the manufacturer of your particular card to see if and when an update will be released.

By R4DSCards Tech - 25/07/2011 16:08:32

In my experience the cards with the number 7 on the reverse have not been successful during the flashing process. I would advise that you went back to where you purchased this from and asked them for further advice.

By R4DSCards Tech - 14/06/2010 09:53:51

Hi Estelle - Have you tried the SD formatter from the SD card association?

By R4DSCards Tech - 12/11/2010 12:38:16

I'm afraid you will need to purchase the 1.4.1 version of the R4i. The fact that these have been released is a clear indication that a software update alone will not resolve this error.

By R4DSCards Tech - 14/12/2010 11:49:35

does it have a 1.4 or a 1.4.1 on the label?

By R4DSCards Tech - 15/12/2010 11:08:09

I would always recommend using the software from the manufacturers site....what errors are you receiving? I have checked this site out and this card is compatible with the 1.4.1software version on the DSi/XL

By R4DSCards Tech - 21/02/2011 16:12:01

It sounds like you need to format your micro SD card, please do this in between every software load attempt.

See the link for the best way to do this -

http://www.r4dscards.co.uk/Forum/Topic84-4-1.aspx

Good luck

By R4DSCards Tech - 25/05/2011 15:24:33

Please be aware that Nintendo have recently released a software upgrade for the DSi and DSi XL which WILL block your R4i v1.4.1 from working. The upgrade is v1.4.2.