Problem with R4i SDHC Upgrade Revolution card for DSi - 1.4.3E firmware

**anydottha** · 2nd September, 2011, 12:34 PM

Hi,

I recently bought R4i SDHC Upgrade Revolution for DSi, red. It is this famous small red box with big R4 on the front side with small i next to it.
I downloaded kernel from R4i SDHC Revolution for NDSi/NDSL/NDS (file name is R4i V1.43b German.zip) - my card is exactly the same as the one on the picture under the title
R4i-SDHC V1.4.2 kernel download(withorormark***65289;

the one with WiFi on the animated image - just the yellow mark is not V1.4.1, but V1.4.2.
I formatted the micro sd card, unzipped the kernel and copied the files to the micro sd card. There are 3 directories - moonmemo, moonshl2, R4iMenu and one file R4.dat .
Unfortunately the card was not recognized by the NDSi. I got the message 'An error has occurred. Press and hold the POWER Button to turn the system off. ...'
NDSi Firmware is 1.4.3E. I read a lot of articles and in some of them was mentioned, that there is no kernel for 1.4.3E.
Is this right? Should I wait for new kernel update which supports 1.4.3E or just my card is defect?

Thanks

**barrowmanandrew** · 2nd September, 2011, 01:06 PM

well looking at your cards site, it would appear that you can upgrade card to work on 1.4.3 dsi.
you will need an older dsi or dslite to run upgrade.

instructions on cards site.

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i've never upgraded one of these cards, but worth a try.

**anydottha** · 2nd September, 2011, 01:48 PM

Originally Posted by barrowmanandrew

well looking at your cards site, it would appear that you can upgrade card to work on 1.4.3 dsi.
you will need an older dsi or dslite to run upgrade.

instructions on cards site.

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i've never upgraded one of these cards, but worth a try.

The screenshot in the picture is not as the one I have on my nds. Is it for 1.4.3 firmware?
Well, I am a bit confused with right order of the steps. I would appreciate if anyone type step by step what to do.
I have to download 1.43b kernel for the card and out it on th ecard and then stick the card in nds with firmware 1.4.3 in order to follow the steps shown at the picture?
Thanks

**barrowmanandrew** · 2nd September, 2011, 01:58 PM

what i would do is.

1.download this firmware/extract and put on sd card.
r4.JPG

2. put card in dsi 1.4.2 or earlier and follow these instructions.
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and hopefully your card will update.
like i say its not a card i'm familier with...

**simond67** · 16th September, 2011, 10:52 PM

I'm having the exact same problem.

Did this have an happy ending?

Edit:

Just tried upgrading the r4i-sdhc upgrade revolution v1.4.1 by running it an DSI with older firmware. The r4i card loads and plays games but there appears to no upgrade button in the settings.

I also have a r4i-3ds card which works on both DSI's (one running 1.4E and the problem one running 1.4.3E

Tried formatting the SD card on the r4i-sdhc upgrade revolution v1.4.1 and re-installing the r4i software but I still get the "An error has occured, please press the power button etc etc etc...."

Does'nt sound like the r4i card is goosed as it still works on the DSI running 1.4E

Any ideas please?

**simond67** · 18th September, 2011, 10:03 AM

No one got any ideas?

**simond67** · 18th September, 2011, 10:59 PM

Gave up trying to update the card.

Put it down to it being a fake card and went out and bought a r4i-3ds as a replacement.

All working fine again.

**superaaa** · 21st September, 2011, 03:22 AM

Originally Posted by anydottha

Hi,

I recently bought R4i SDHC Upgrade Revolution for DSi, red. It is this famous small red box with big R4 on the front side with small i next to it.
I downloaded kernel from R4i SDHC Revolution for NDSi/NDSL/NDS (file name is R4i V1.43b German.zip) - my card is exactly the same as the one on the picture under the title
R4i-SDHC V1.4.2 kernel download(withorormark***65289;

the one with WiFi on the animated image - just the yellow mark is not V1.4.1, but V1.4.2.
I formatted the micro sd card, unzipped the kernel and copied the files to the micro sd card. There are 3 directories - moonmemo, moonshl2, R4iMenu and one file R4.dat .
Unfortunately the card was not recognized by the NDSi. I got the message 'An error has occurred. Press and hold the POWER Button to turn the system off. ...'
NDSi Firmware is 1.4.3E. I read a lot of articles and in some of them was mentioned, that there is no kernel for 1.4.3E.
Is this right? Should I wait for new kernel update which supports 1.4.3E or just my card is defect?

Thanks

You have to upgrade your R4i card in a DSi (Must lower than v1.4.3) or DS Lite.

**jjyy** · 21st September, 2011, 11:30 AM

The R4i SDHC V1.4.2 card should be upgraded to support DSi V1.4.3 console. Check below update method:
R4i SDHC Upgrade for DSi V1.4.3 and 3DS V2.1.0-4U console

If the R4i SDHC 3DS (or none 3DS) card is made before August 3rd, it has to be upgrade to support DSi V1.4.3 and latest 3DS V2.1.0-4U. You need a DS or DS lite or DSi console (below V1.4.3 version) to finish upgrade.

1. Download and install latest R4i-3DS V1.43b (R4i-V1.43b for r4i sdhc card) kernel to the TF card.
2. Insert the TF card to the R4i SDHC 3DS card, and put the R4i card to DS/DSi console.
3. Power on the console, enter the R4i SDHC main interface.
4. Choose and click the third button to enter the Config interface,
5. Press the "upgrade" button to enter the upgrade interface.
6. Press "start" button to start the upgrade process.
7. Wait about 2 minutes, the upgrade finish. More informations visit:
Warnning: While upgrading, please keep the power on. Power off will cause damage to the R4 card.

**jjyy** · 21st September, 2011, 11:36 AM

If still can't work, it means there are some problem of the card, you can contact the reseller for exchange.

**Ralliartmenace** · 6th November, 2011, 08:49 AM

Nothing is wrong with the card most likely

had same issue with one of mine exact same in reference to R4i sdhc from r4i-shdc website with slash in address...

Heres how i fixed it:

1:
reformat the micro sd

2:
go here and dl zip

http://filetrip.net/f25763-R4i-SDHC-V1-4-2-kernel-(English)-1-42b.html

drag the 3 folders and r4idat file that are in zip onto root of card put micro sd back into r4i and put into ds

click right hand side download tab not one above explanation of contents its for a download management prog no one needs its not for the file.

you should use a ds lite it is a sure fire way to gaurantee the card can be accessed (they are not hardware version updateable so no issues with version exist on ndsl)

3: on the bottom screen there is always three tabs
from left to right

The first/left hand tab will always be for running your back ups

the second/center tab is moonshell/homebrew app running access

the third/right hand button is the configuration settings

regardless of version and or skin they always are aligned as such

Click the third tab

click config

on the left hand side shut off the sleep option tab if it is on and system goes to sleep while updating firmware on r4i card it will corrupt and be useless just the same as if the ds shuts off and there is no fix for this its a brick after that point

it is important to plug in your ds even if it has full power and shut off sleep before going any further

Now click upgrade

click start this should start the 1.4.3 upgrade

if all goes well you should have updated the r4i card to work on your dsi 1.4.3

now to get the firmware for the down load function up to speed the card is built with a upgrade kernel feature just click the rolling wifi icon that appears when r4i menu loads and it will automatically update all kernel info and cheat files to working 1.47b

for some reason these card are tempermental and makes it as hard as it can be to update the cards internal firmware and kernel (sd) firmware

Hopefully this works for you and anyone else as it did for myself that may need the info

I know i trolled the interwebs for three days before figuring this method out by trial and error and destroying the first i did this to by not shutting off sleep mode

so again hope this helps any and all

**BRASS EAGLE** · 7th November, 2011, 01:05 AM

i have the same problem .the card works in my white DSi but not in the red one my message is the same
ive tried the download ,but i keep getting a message which reads 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, I have formatted my tf card ,,,My R4I-SDHC upgrade Revolution for DS (NDSi XL/NDSi/NDSL/NDS (V1.4.1)
can anyone tell me what iam doing wrong.i have 2 DSI's and the card works in one of them no problem but not in the other

**boobishabang** · 10th November, 2011, 11:26 AM

I have the same issue, i'll give this a shot 2nite and report my findings, thanks for this info

**boobishabang** · 11th November, 2011, 10:18 AM

I followed the steps and get to the part to do the upgrade, with the card plugged into a bog standard DS but there is not upgrade version shown, just the present firmware version, do i need to download this seperately? where can i get it from i dont see if on the official R4i SDHC site. Any help would be appriciated. thanks

**enzomj** · 25th November, 2011, 03:03 PM

help i have a dsi version 1.4.3e and really finding it hard to get a kernel version for this sorry if i sound stupid but i'm new to all of this. Please if anyone can help Thanks in advance.