How to Make R4 Sdhc Work as Flashcart Again

1. Hey everyone,

   I just updated my DS to vii.ii.0-17 as I read that the R4i-SDHC 3DS works with this version. I have my R4 menu updated to the latest version (V1.79b), yet I am nonetheless receiving this message when trying to boot up my R4:
   "An mistake has occurred. Printing and hold the POWER push button to turn the organization off. Please refer to the operations transmission for details."

   I accept used my R4 before without any problems then I'm pretty sure it'southward not a clone card or anything. Any suggestions?

   Thanks in advance! ^.^

2. the r4 needs to have an update file run on it BEFORE you lot update the console, otherwise it gets blocked.

3. Unfortunately it's already blocked. He updated the 3DS to v.7.two thinking his R4 will work out of the box without pre-updating it ahead of his 3DS. He'll have to discover an older NDS/DSi console that still could be employ to run his R4 to perform the upgrading before getting to play on his 3DS again. If none is at his disposal, and then .......

4. Actually, I did update the card before updating the panel. It still didn't piece of work and then that'due south when I decided to update the console...

5. did yous run an update .nds file or just copy the kernel files to the microsd?

6. No, I just copied the files over. I didn't know I had to update anything.

7. Doing so didn't update the R4'due south firmware. You should take launch information technology through your 3DS.
   Information technology's like what you're suppose to do when you showtime bought the cartridge.
   Find an older console NDS/DSi/3DS running your previous version. Run the installation setup for the upgrade file already in the SD Card.
   You'll so get to use the R4 on your own 3DS again. On status at that place really is an upgrade for your R4 to run on 5.7.2.
   Else it'll even so exist blocked until an update is made available.

8. Ah I run into! I volition have admission to a DS Lite in a day or two and then I shall let you know then. Cheers for your assistance! :three

9. its a bit confusing (I blame poor choice of terminology in the early days of flashcarts), merely there are actually TWO different so-called 'firmwares' on a flashcart. One is stored on the microsd and is updated but past overwriting files with newer ones. This isn't really a firmware, it's more properly called a kernel, and it'due south what is responsible for the cart'south compatibility with roms.

   The other, actual, firmware is internal to the cart, and is updated past running a program (a special .nds file for example). This firmware is what controls the compatibility with consoles and bypasses the blocks imposed by the console firmware updates.

10. Re: R4i-SDHC 3DS card not working - "An error has occured."I'll add this to my Flashcard guide.

11. Ah I see! Thanks for clearing that upward. And then what'southward the .nds file I should run when I get my easily on another NDS console?

12. Yes. Brand sure y'all've added the correct file meant for your R4, since one make could release several production line. Do back up the originals earlier paw, and make sure the console battery been fully charged. You won't want it flat before the upgrading complete.

13. I've managed to get it running on a DS Lite and information technology'south working fine, however I'thou unsure what the file is that I'm supposed to run in gild to update it properly so it works in my 3DS. Could someone clear this upwards for me?

14. it needs to be downloaded from the manufacturer's site for your exact R4 cart. Using the wrong one will brick the cart.

15. I'thousand 100% sure I downloaded the right update from r4i-sdhc.com and the card has been tested and works with the new Nintendo 3DS update so I'm dislocated where I'chiliad going wrong.

16. Simply because information technology had been tested and running on NDS Lite doesn't hateful it volition run on 3DS v.7.2.0!
    NDS Lite don't block the utilise of flash cartridges, so naturally it will run merely fine, despite that same cart is blocked by the 3DS.
    When we told you lot to utilise an older NDS panel, it is to do the upgrading. Nosotros know it volition work on the NDS Lite, so what you did;
    test run on NDS Lite isn't the bespeak of running the cartridge at that place. Nosotros want you to utilise it to perform the upgrading procedure which
    you lot didn't do when information technology was still working on that now upgraded 3DS you can't utilise.

    Follow the installation/upgrade instructions provided by that website. And brand sure to back up the original files to your figurer!

    Co-ordinate to the website;
    You accept to choose the "GEAR" icon, and then choose "UPGRADE", and then press "First".
    Allow procedure to compete, which takes at least 5 minutes or longer. Don't switch off panel part manner.
    Make sure when you restart the R4 cartridge on the NDS Lite, the left bottom side shows "five.i.79b".

    The problem here is that v.i.79b is said to make the cart uniform/work with 3DS 5.7.one.0. I'k not even sure it will run on 3DS v.7.two.0. If it doesn't, you lot're out of luck.

17. I meant it has been tested on a 3DS to work. Obviously information technology would piece of work on an NDS Calorie-free
    I appreciate, however, that this may be for the 3DS DTS R4 and not mine. But should I install an earlier firmware to then perform the upgrade through the NDS Calorie-free? I've had an R4 for years now and have ever updated it in the aforementioned mode with no problems then I'm certain it'due south non a fault on my part whilst updating it via a calculator. The instructions have always been the same on the R4 website.

18. I'k not entirely sure if your cart is i that has firmware upgrade for it to run on v.vii.2.0 or not. What mentioned there is information technology can run on v.7.1.0. All I know is five.seven.2.0 doesn't block the use of flash cartridge that had been pre-installed with firmware for it to run on five.7.1.0. Whether its a mistake on your part or not, doesn't quite matter. The fact is the 3DS been upgraded to five.7.2.0, while the R4 hasn't been upgraded or at least checked if it will have no trouble running on it. Clearly it couldn't work, so you'll need to notice solution.

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Source: https://forum.romulation.org/threads/r4i-sdhc-3ds-card-not-working-an-error-has-occured.63049/

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