I just bought my r4 a few days ago, it just arrived today. What i got was: (note i checked several online videos to confirm that the packaging and product matched that of what others had) The black r4 cartridge Silver Usb micro card reader (another note It didn't include the cd but i did download the 1.18 kernel from the offical r4 site and did use winrar.) It was a package deal and also came with a kingston 2gb micro card and sd adapter. first thing i did when i got it was put the 2 files and the 2 folder on it, then my roms and then i ejected it and put it my ds (classic silver) and guess what, when i turned it on it flashed the ds home screen for the second and then it went to the loading screen and it just stayed there. Loading... i reset it. Loading... I I formated the card on both FAT 32 and FAT 16. Loading... Idk what to do, or whats the problem plz help.
Hmm, try clearing the card and redownloading the software. If that doesn't work, try the 1.21 kernel. If THAT doesn't work, send it back as faulty.
Hi, Had the same problem, r4 card stuck on loading screen. What you need to do is to go to http://www.r4sdhc.com/soft/25-en.htm and download the software 1.19, create a folder on your desktop called R4 and then unzip this file you downloaded to your folder you created. Then open the folder where you we see 5 items, drag all 5 to your memory card. That's all you need to do. Please do let us know whether you still experience any problems.
You havent downloaded the right firmware. This is what you have to do... (if you havent already you will need to download winRAR to open the files) 1. Delete everything on your MicroSD Card. 2. Download this latest firmware (it has to be this particular one). http://www.ndslr4.com/soft/25-en.htm. Extract it and copy and paste the 5 files straight onto the microSD card through the computer. These 5 files are... 'moonshl' folder '_system_' folder '_DS_MSHL.NDS' file 'DS_MENU.INI' file '_DS_MENU.DAT' file 3. Then put microSD card into the R4 device and it should load up fine. If you want to put ROMS on there, just download them and copy and paste them straight to microSD card. This should work. .there is a Online manual at this address if you need to read it. http://www.ndslr4.com/product-en.htm i hope this helps this is what worked with mine.(mine was coming up with loading screen)
I've managed to get my r4 card to work by following what everyone has said, but they game is in zip, now my r4 card loads but the games won't, How do I get them to work?
Unzip them. The NDS ROM images need to be in .nds format on the flashcart. You will need Winzip, WinRAR or other decompression software to do this. Windows XP has decompression capabilities, but I don't use it unless I'm on a "naked" system.
i had the same problem, drove me crazy. i finally fixed it by going to r4ultra.com and downloading the 1.53 kernel on their site. note: this only works if you are having issues with the R4SDHC Card hope i helped.
