R4 Firmware Update 1.23

[DiddyDave]

Here is the latest firmware update for the R4 DS Card.

There are some improvments and a few bug fixes in this release.

Enjoy.....

[rickets]

eh? *looks around*:pcguru:

[DiddyDave]

eh? *looks around*:pcguru:

It's in the downloads section sorry forgot to mention that

[rickets]

Cheers - this for the shdc version ? Have you tested it yourself ?

[DiddyDave]

Yes it works great

[billy2]

this is not for genuine R4 cards

[thegoat]

Tested this on my genuin R4 card and it just gets stuck at the loading screen!!!

[yobbo]

Well i dont know why but im getting the stuck on loading screen with every version i use. Including this 1.

[jjbull]

i tried this and my loading screen comes up with "this is a fake" :flute: guess this is meant for original cards then

[joecool]

Would of thought this is a fake upgrade. i thought the original r4 would be version 1.18 or 1.19!

[DiddyDave]

Bummer..!!!!!!! I have unknowingly bought a fake r4ds card thus the update firmware to 1.23 SORRY guys thought I was doing everyone a favore uploading this firmware.

[J4M13UK]

where bouts is the download sorry?

[darthclem]

Okay, newbie here, but I'm a bit confused by this post. Is it the consensus that this firmware is not for true "original" R4 cards? If so, what is the latest version for true R4 cards? 1.19?

[trevor1969]

any 1 know what is the latest fimmware for r4 ds card please i have version 18 on mine but proffessor layton and canival games do not work with this is there a newer version please ,thanks for help

[billy2]

i have a original r4 cardwith 1.18 and proffessor layton is working ok canival games needed to be patched and is working ok now

[mickydibble]

1.23 or whatever is for cloned r4 cards,still on 1.18 for original r4 or an unofficial 1.19 on gba.temp. you can tell original from copy by the front of cart there is a bump/ridge(ie. not smooth) on a copy.....blah blah.... micky

[crisps247]

1.8 just shows loading page on, so will try this versio. I must have a fake!

[mickydibble]

1.8 just shows loading page on, so will try this versio. I must have a fake!

yeh you must have a clone,unless there is a problem with the files.no harm in trying or just go to gba.temp and get the original firmwares...m

[nikchris]

i just bought the r4 card, i will try the firmware update and i hope it will works. I'm not so familiar with this kind of stuff:s:

[jarri]

Everything works with this on r4
RapidShare: Easy Filehosting (http://rapidshare.com/files/181887796/SChinese__1.19.rar.html)

[billy2]

1.19 isn't the official firmware anyway.
You can get 1.18 from the official site here

http://r4ds.cn/download/r4_v1.18_kernel.html

[trevor1969]

but that 119 version is chinese we are english

[jarri]

It will load in English.

[trevor1969]

ok ,so we dont have to patch games now then like layton and carnival games

[mickydibble]

ok ,so we dont have to patch games now then like layton and carnival games

some you do some you dont,also depends on where you get them from...m

[trevor1969]

ah ok ,where is best place to get the roms from i only use frozen roms .com .any more sites would help

[jarri]

http://www.rom-freaks.net/nds-roms-0-desc-name-.html is good with lots of download options
and Deviants Board (http://www.thedeviants.net/forums/showthread.php?t=201556) has the all in rapidshare.

[trevor1969]

great thanks mate great help .just nice to have other sites to choose from once again thanks

[imdrunk]

Hi guys...

I read on internet that latest games do not work properly on R4.

I see on this post and in the download section, that there are a lot of CLONED firmware...can you explain me better, please?

thanks

f.

[mickydibble]

Hi guys...

I read on internet that latest games do not work properly on R4.

I see on this post and in the download section, that there are a lot of CLONED firmware...can you explain me better, please?

thanks

f.

depends whether you have a cloned/original r4 .original r4 work of 1.18 firmware.cloned is 1.22? etc... some games dont work because you need to patch them with arm7.bin file...micky

[pbenz]

hi all if any one could help me pls . i want to dload games to my ds . just got a card for it and some other shit but i want to add somes to it is this poss

[pbenz]

were is the best place to download games from

[shady77]

torrent sites such as mininova , pirate bay etc

[tronxa]

This is a very good download beacuese i buy an r4 flashcard with out know and i try to install the original kernel and it doesn work:elefant::withstupid:

[ijackoff2]

does this work for a fake r4?

[phil12]

can anyone help me with new firmware for my r4, the new game i download wont work, keep getting the same message,the save data could not be accessed.
Thanks Phil.

[McMav]

The orig R4 is stuck at Official Firmware 1.18 no new firware will be release afaik as they dont make the card now. Newer games will not work on this card even when patched eg. Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

For me the R4 is dead I'm gonna pick up a M3 real now. It plays all the latest games.

[kloeps]

where i need to klik to download XD help me please

[mincooper]

hi, were can i down load this version

[mickydibble]

new r4 is out, capable of upto 32gb sd card,should be newer firmware soon..or are these just typical r4 clone with a new look, probably..m

[dogsrus66]

Hi

I am having the same problem can anyone tell me where to get the latest r4 firmware from.

Thanks

Dogsr

[mickydibble]

gba.temp find firmwaress skins etc for all carts here

[TheAstroCreep]

So does this run all the newest and latest games?

[trevor1969]

So does this run all the newest and latest games?

no you need to patch the sw

[samman]

ok iam new at this but got r4 card to try dont know if they are originals or not it as a 2gb micro with it and i got the firmware but games on and some work and some dont so how do i patch the ones that dont
thanks Samman

[blackiesss]

So does this work for real R4s or not?

[gandufalo]

cool, is this firmware official??

[ricky_uk1]

ok iam new at this but got r4 card to try dont know if they are originals or not it as a 2gb micro with it and i got the firmware but games on and some work and some dont so how do i patch the ones that dont
thanks Samman

First of all for ALL nds firmware variants go here http://www.linfoxdomain.com/nintendo/ds/

and i hope this helps
but it all depends on what you mean they dont work




HOW TO PATCH GAMES THAT HAVE A "SAVE DATA CANNOT BE ACCESSED" SCREEN
We will be using the Max Crass Method to patch this rom..
First of all, a pack containing the following is needed
DSLazy
Max Overload 1.2
arm7.bin
README.rtf
MaxCrassMethod.zip (http://www.mediafire.com/?tcbcmilyjnw)
http://l33t.spod.org/ratx/DS/dslazy/dslazy.zip ( Requires the .NET runtime )
Next, we will extract this to a convenient place (Desktop for instance)
Open DSLazy which is in the DSLazy folder..
Click the ... button and browse for your Name Of Rom Here.nds file.. Click OK
Click on NDS UNPACK and that will bring up a folder..
Next, we have to copy the arm7.bin file into this folder that has popped up.. Replace the one that is already there..
Next, we will click on NDS PACKER and choose a place to re-pack that folder (desktop again for example)
Now, we will open up the Max Overload 1.2 folder and then open the Max Overload patcher
Click on OPEN and find your Name Of Rom Here.nds file that you just replaced the arm7.bin file with (make sure you do not get these confused)
It will come up with something like this for example
Arm9
Rom offset: 00001000
Entry addr: 02000700
Ram addr: 04000000
Rom size: 000CAS58
Card read end not found
That is basically it, close all of these programs and copy the newly patched Name of Rom Here.nds file onto you flash cart..
It should work but I only have an r4.. And I can tell you that most games work on that..
I hope this guide has helped you guys out

[mynoombies]

I am having serious problems with freezing with 1.18. I wonder if 1.25 will make a difference.

[creepyappie]

R4 Firmware Update 1.23
can we play then the new games:laugh:

This is greeeeeet :laugh::deal:

[darthclem]

So I'm still a little foggy. If I have a R4 Revolution card, is the latest firmware that will work with it still 1.18?

[russelloakey]

hi can anyone tell me the best way to find out what firmware i have alrady on my cart?

[mickydibble]

hi can anyone tell me the best way to find out what firmware i have alrady on my cart?

it tells you on screen when it boots up on the ds

[mickydibble]

So I'm still a little foggy. If I have a R4 Revolution card, is the latest firmware that will work with it still 1.18?

check the site for firmwares for your card if not then try gbatemp.net for all card firmwares thnx m

[acoplest]

How do i know if my R4 is a clone, always get stuck at the loading screen? Tried firmware v1.18.

Thanks

[paulob]

Pulling my hair out, what little I have left. I got a R4 Card back before Christmas 08. Worked grand and still does.
In Feb 09 brother got one for his son - An R4 Upgrade for DS (ndsl/nds). At the time I assume I had a link to the relevant software, which I installed for hom and d/l'ed a number of ROMS. Gave it to the brother. Heard nothing more.
Earlier this week a Rom became available that I knew his son would be interested in. D/L'ed it. Brought it in on my R4 card and deleted some games on his card. Only then when I was talking to the young lad, did I find out that some of the original games I had given him weren't working.....so ........ I reformatted his R4, installed my R4 software + a game or 2 only to find out all I was getting was "loading" icon followed by a "red menu" icon. Both in the shape of a SD micro card.

Anyway the heel of the hunt I left my R4 with him and assumed all I had to do was reinstall the firmware that I thought I had at home, but it seems I have "misplaced/deleted" the file. I have d/l'ed the 1.18 kernel - no luck, have tried R4 III SDHC with no luck.

So hopefully someone here can point me in the right direction - possibly in the downloads there is something, but I'm running blind - don't even know what version was on his R4 to start with.

Paul

[aleandro]

Pulling my hair out, what little I have left. I got a R4 Card back before Christmas 08. Worked grand and still does.
In Feb 09 brother got one for his son - An R4 Upgrade for DS (ndsl/nds). At the time I assume I had a link to the relevant software, which I installed for hom and d/l'ed a number of ROMS. Gave it to the brother. Heard nothing more.
Earlier this week a Rom became available that I knew his son would be interested in. D/L'ed it. Brought it in on my R4 card and deleted some games on his card. Only then when I was talking to the young lad, did I find out that some of the original games I had given him weren't working.....so ........ I reformatted his R4, installed my R4 software + a game or 2 only to find out all I was getting was "loading" icon followed by a "red menu" icon. Both in the shape of a SD micro card.

Anyway the heel of the hunt I left my R4 with him and assumed all I had to do was reinstall the firmware that I thought I had at home, but it seems I have "misplaced/deleted" the file. I have d/l'ed the 1.18 kernel - no luck, have tried R4 III SDHC with no luck.

So hopefully someone here can point me in the right direction - possibly in the downloads there is something, but I'm running blind - don't even know what version was on his R4 to start with.

Paul


well i bought my r4 last summer...and it came with an link where i could download the firmware 1.21...games worked perfectly...with the exeption of those that had to be cracked first ^^

my friends also bought a r4 but they had a cd with firmware 1.18...i tried to install it and got stuck at the loading screen..so i think i got a fake r4 -.-
same with your bro i guess...so just try out firmware 1.24
or any other above 1.18...should work with his flashcard...atleast works with the mine

[bouncer22]

how do you download r4 update 1.23 from were do you down load it carnt find it plz help

[nextuszerodmd]

how do you know if you have a fake r4?

[SandraB]

Hello, this is all new to me, I've just bought my son a DS and now trying to load stuff onto a R4 SDHC upgrade revolution. I assumed it was genuine, how do I know if it isn't? Do I just keep trying different software until I find one that works?
Sandra

[smirnoff_rules]

http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/f64/r4-card-not-working-75345/ try here

[mel12]

Newbie here. I have just received a R4 SDHC upgrade card and a micro 2gb. Have formatted according to R4i.co.uk. same instructions as per R4i SDHC upgrade which so far has prompted start instruction on DSi but when R4 put in DS Lite it says no card inserted. Not sure if its a mistake.

Also stumped as to where to find downloads

[littlesmegger]

Hiya, I'm presuming that this update is unofficial to be used on the R4 cards after 1.18? If not then has there been one since 1.18's official release?

[marvo]

1.23 DOES NOT WORK in r4 ds original. I think its for sdhc.

[rockola71]

How can I post a new thread for NDS ?
Sorry for my low experience...

[jccooldudeuk]

I have seen a few posts asking how you can tell an original R4 from a clone - but no replysthere must be loads of us wiythg R4 cards all struggling as too which firmware is needed - it would be nice if someone could give us all a heads up on what and where the software needed is located etcthanks in advance

[navigator042]

Is this firmware for the SDHC R4i or just the R4

[chriss]

chelsea the firm ware is in downloads at the top of the forum not sure a bout version 1.23 i use version 1.18 and works fine let me know how you get on with it

[BRASS EAGLE]

HI ive got a NDS Lite and ive been trying to get my R$ card to work on it the card says that its Compatable with the DS,NDSI and the NDAL my pal done the card for me and it plays all the games on a DS but not the Light,is there any tutirols on how to do this from scratch

[gmb45]

NO ADVERTISING ON THIS SITE ! DKERS BEWARE 1 OF THE LINKS IS A REPORTED ATTACK SITE

[pangoan]

Hi all! i have an old r4 card, and i upgraded it withan download from the original r4 site, which worked for five minutes, then i got an error message.....
so i will format it and i hope it workes with one of the downloads i find here....

greets

[rolandostar]

should i make a backup of my old _system_ folder?

[Sheen512]

does it work on genuine r4 cartridge?

[delboy71]

Genuine R4 cards are no longer updated!! although some fake R4 cards are still updated.

[auldy66]

cheers diddy dave
do you know if this firmware runs avatar? I also seem to be having probs with sonic sega racing, and bowsers story.. can anyone shed any light on this.. I have not downloded any games for a while, I d/l a few the other night and the three mentioned above wont run.

bowsers story starts and hangs at the select a save game screen ?

any help would be appreciated
thanx in advance
Auldy

[bluewire]

I hope that this works as I have just added some games to my sons card which would not play so I updated the card from the r41.cn site and get stuck on the loading screen

[raytu]

i tried playing infinite space on v. 1.18 on my r4 and it hasnt been working... it works for everyone else, but hopefully this will work for me now >.<

[sds2413]

So how much did you spend on your r4 card or how do i know if mine is a clone?

[randall flagg]

There is a new R4 firmware for genuine r4 cards called Wood 1.04. It's meant as a replacement for firmware 1.18 and runs the new warioware DIY no probs

[cVVb]

I already heared about an alterative for the offecial firmware. Called, if I am not mistaken YSMenu.

Anyways, any idea why does the R4 get stuck at the loading screen?

I think because it is fake so it needs special firmware. Any other ideas?

[amp81]

cant seem to download this correctly. does it support games for 2010

[freck]

Look around in here (http://www.linfoxdomain.com/nintendo/ds/) for official and unofficial f/w.
Freck

[sinck2]

Thanks for the update.

Why in the R4 website is not available?

How do you get it?

[smithie46]

i used wood r4 firmware work great on new games.FileTrip - Wood R4 1.06 (http://filetrip.net/file.php?id=11040)

[GregAndy]

Hello good people.....need a wee bit of help here....I have a R4 upgrade card says revolution for DS with (ndsl/nds). I can`t get newer games to work so what is the best software to use?...thanks in advance!:banghead:

[mickydibble]

any problems with 1.23 firmwares try the 1.20b in downloads

[rodolfo]

Here is the latest firmware update for the R4 DS Card.

There are some improvments and a few bug fixes in this release.

Enjoy.....
when do you think they will make a v1.24? :rangers:

[barrowmanandrew]

when do you think they will make a v1.24? :rangers:
that is two year old firmware you are commenting on....
look on the bright side, at least you got your downloads.....

[touchgold]

whats the latest firmware version now?

[antnik]

whats the latest firmware version now?

R4i V1.27b English

[madelenevdwardt]

how can you downlaod this?

[antnik]

how can you downlaod this?

R4i SDHC Revolution for NDSi/NDSL/NDS (http://www.r4i-sdhc.com/downloade.asp)
navigate to here m8

[plusnplus]

how to back-up the old firmware?
just incase after upgrade the new firmware, all game become no work ?

[barrowmanandrew]

copy your sd card on to your pc

[reddevil157]

copy your sd card on to your pc
Hey guy's, I've got a DSI, r4i with f/w 1.20, cant play movies with it, keep getting error. So I try my new acecard2i in the same dsi and movies work. If I update to this 1.27b, should I be sorted on the r4i ?

[barrowmanandrew]

hi m8,
can you post a screen shot of your r4i card and a list of your current firmware

[reddevil157]

hi m8,
can you post a screen shot of your r4i card and a list of your current firmwareIs this what you want bud. Sorry it's not great. F/W is 1.20b. It's on 1.4e. R4i card is V1.4 with the gold star on it.

[barrowmanandrew]

is it just movies you can't use?

40612

extract files and copy the 3 files/folders to your sd card, if prompted select replace.

remember to back up your sd card first... :)

[reddevil157]

is it just movies you can't use?

40612

extract files and copy the 3 files/folders to your sd card, if prompted select replace.

remember to back up your sd card first... :)Hey bud, thank's for the quick reply, I got it going, I was just looking in the wrong place. On the acecard, you open moonshell, on the r4i you open the movie folder, seemingly:hmmmm2:, it worked anyway and I updated the f/w to 1.28b so maybe that helped too, ya think?.

[barrowmanandrew]

yes on r4 cards work slightly diffrently.

upgrading the frimware shouldnt have made any diffrence......

as long as your sorted m8, thats the main thing.... :)
have you tried the games on it since updating?

[reddevil157]

Yeah just one or two, but I've backed up the f/w just incase he complains 2moro or the next day lollol, thank's again.

[barrowmanandrew]

Yeah just one or two, but I've backed up the f/w just incase he complains 2moro or the next day lollol, thank's again.

a wise man lol lol lol

[reddevil157]

a wise man lol lol lolOnly because you told me to do it m8 :wavey:

[antnik]

how to use NDS-Box Key Converter
anyone know ?

[swiri]

Just tested the woods 1.19 firmware on my R4 DS real cartridge and it works perfectly. The creator of this is a legend!

[molliedimarco]

is this software easy to use?

[becbec]

im using my sisters ds and so, her little cartridge says r4 for (NDSL/NDS) as a sticker thingy.. so im guessing this is real r4 in relation to everyone's problems with it not working for fake/real r4 etc etc? currently have v 1.18

[barrowmanandrew]

yes m8,
it sounds like you have a real r4.

first back up your card incase it isn't

then download the latest woods firmware.
Digital Kaos - Downloads - woods 1.25 (http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/downloads/ds/21/woods-1-25-1543/)

extract the files and copy the _rpg folder and dsmenu file to root of sd card.

if its a real r4 (which it almost certainly is) it will play anything.

if it doesnt work then copy your old files back from your back up

[alfie269828]

does this work for all genuine R4 cards? because i dont know if mine NEEDS updating, but i downloaded pokemon white and pokemon black, but when i put them on my R4 card and try playing them its just a white screen :/ can someone help please?

[barrowmanandrew]

if its genuine then use woods firmware....
Digital Kaos - Downloads - woods 1.26 (http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/downloads/ds/21/woods-1-26-1555/)

[AN25901]

Planning on switching if this doesn't work to a new card. What cards out there are worth taking a look at?

[minimanic]

Does this work on the orignal R4 Ds cards then coz im cofuzed:s::hmmmm:

[barrowmanandrew]

yes
woods firmware is unofficial update for original r4 cards and 1:1 clones.

[pandya]

Its not for genuine R4 cards,loool

[mickydibble]

Its not for genuine R4 cards,loool

YES it is !! Digital Kaos - Downloads - woods 1.29 (http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/downloads/ds/21/woods-1-29-1601/)

[bobs353]

so this works on the original R4 Card ??

[something2424]

Does this work for the upgrade revolution fake card?