R4i – sdhc problem

August 11th, 2010 Filed Under R4i-SDHC

UPDATE: syntax1981’s advice worked and now the card does as well. Basically, I needed to get the unofficial dstt kernal, instead of whatever crap i was trying to use. I got a nice R4i sdhc card so that I could play MP3 on a nintendo DS…. unfortunately the damn card doesn’t work. Dammit. It appears it is a copy of the card and hence is a fake. So be warned.


  1. daniel11111112
    August 11th, 2010 at 20:50
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    you need the kernal mate you can get them from r4i-sdhc.com thats where the official one is my one has a thurthore problem its a official r4i-sdhc but gives me a blank screen if loading and with no card gives me a no card error and with no menu files gives me no menu but it worked before i got mario and luigi bowsers inside story (U)

  2. wishvant111
    August 11th, 2010 at 21:48
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    First you have the menu download SDHC something and if you downloaded, you should download a game and then out and then I can play but of the mine geblokeert because all R4i’s geblokeert and then you have a R4i Gold buy XD

    Sorry for my bad English i mnot English

  3. animielover2010
    August 11th, 2010 at 22:13
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    you must put each folder individual on the card. Thi smena the folder must not be in a folder such as music. It needs to be the in the root area. Also another thing you need to is format the sd card to fat 32 then you must DOWNLOAD THE CORRECT drivers when going to the site which would be in the left

  4. NicendFF
    August 11th, 2010 at 23:11
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    @Prozank
    hmm, well I guess I can’t really help. if you want I can PM you directly a link to the two files I used….if I still have them

  5. Prozank
    August 11th, 2010 at 23:27
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    @NicendFF same as u

  6. NicendFF
    August 11th, 2010 at 23:53
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    @Prozank
    Hmm, well I have no idea. What does your card look like, or what is the name on it? Maybe it is a different brand.

  7. Prozank
    August 12th, 2010 at 00:34
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    @NicendFF I tried that and got the unofficial dstt software now, but it looks really crack and the game cant start, it freezes at the loading menu. Can you help please?

  8. NicendFF
    August 12th, 2010 at 01:24
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    @Prozank
    If you want your card to work, try DSTT software with the unofficial DSTT kernel. (Make sure you don’t use the real kernal).

    I can PM you links to the files if you need them. If you need the links PM/reply and tell me so and I will PM you the links.

    Oh and ignore the fact that my username has changes slightly. I have 2 youtube accounts and can’t be bothered changing my login.

  9. Prozank
    August 12th, 2010 at 01:36
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    @NicendYT i also got a fake card with the same problem help please how can i fix this

  10. proeysborther
    August 12th, 2010 at 02:22

    thanx so much syntax1981 man i felt so happy when i could play my fav game :D D

  11. marcman17
    August 12th, 2010 at 03:05

    dude are you stupid you have ds lite than you have to use a r4 but u use a r4i

  12. SketchyZephyr
    August 12th, 2010 at 03:07

    Me has that issue!!

  13. NicendFF
    August 12th, 2010 at 03:32

    I PM’ed you the urls

  14. NicendFF
    August 12th, 2010 at 04:21

    Sure. I’ll go track down where I got it from, and if I can’t work it out, I’ll just upload it myself and send you a link

  15. reesepuffs81
    August 12th, 2010 at 04:57

    yea i did, i typed in “dstt unofficial firmware”
    and downloaded it,
    if you dont mind, can you send me a link of the exact firmware that you download, like, the exact download page
    if you could do that it would be great :)

  16. NicendFF
    August 12th, 2010 at 05:19

    Did you make sure it was the unofficial version, and not the official one. Since the card is probably fake, you need to use the unofficial software.

  17. reesepuffs81
    August 12th, 2010 at 05:51

    I clicked “download selected version” and sure enough, it downloaded into a winrar file. I copy and pasted that into the r4’s file, and it nothing happened, i still get the star wars icon. I also tried extracting the file into the r4’s file space, and got the same results. srry im being naggy, but if you can tell me what im doing wrong it would be a great help

  18. NicendFF
    August 12th, 2010 at 06:26

    I got the unofficial DSTT version and simply copy-pasted it onto the card.

  19. reesepuffs81
    August 12th, 2010 at 07:24

    I have the exact same problem as you (with the star wars logo and everything) and i need desperate help. What kernal did you download? and once downloaded, how to i add it to the fake r4sdhc?

  20. laurencefrazer
    August 12th, 2010 at 08:15

    its because its fake, r4 discontinued a while back now, they never made r4i or r4 sdhc, they are just ttds clones rebranded to r4 for a cheaper price, and never work like the original

  21. NicendYT
    August 12th, 2010 at 08:49

    Thanks for the help. The card seems to work perfectly fine now.

  22. syntax1981
    August 12th, 2010 at 08:51

    Oh I forgot to mention the starwars game icon is there because the new nintendo firmware 1.4 blocks custom icons, so flash cards now use real game icons for the carts as a bypass.

  23. syntax1981
    August 12th, 2010 at 09:04

    All R4 SDHC cards are clones, the clone you have is using modified DSTT software. I can tell this by the red menu icon. You could try a unofficial and only unofficial dstt kernal over at filetrip . net. The real dstt kernal will destroy the cards bootstrap since the dstt team added anti clone code to the official software.

  24. JarikCoDWaW
    August 12th, 2010 at 09:12

    i got another problem r4 sdhc upgrade card the games load so slow that i can wait then min. for pokemon diamand

  25. pjwithbread8
    August 12th, 2010 at 09:26

    r u sure ur on the rite site? :/ make sure ur downloading the right one too