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Posted 17 June 2009 - 11:10 AM

Wheres the safest place to buy an R4. I checked amazon but it didn't seem right, it said they were one cent...
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Posted 18 June 2009 - 12:41 AM

I buy my stuff from Deal Extreme. They have fair prices and I've bought stuff multiple times without issues.
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Posted 21 June 2009 - 01:00 AM

I'm having an issue I'm hoping I can get some help from. I got an R4 III upgrade and I set it up with english firmware. The problem is that when I try to use an Action Replay database to load up my cheats it will not register the cheat file. When I upload the cheat database that comes with the firmware though it works, but it looks like it's all in chinese. I'm not sure if I need to bridge the R4 or if this is an issue that I should be able to work around. Can you help?
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Posted 26 June 2009 - 04:38 PM

Ok, i bought another R4SDHC card for a friend, and i can't get it to work. Formatted the memory card, Downloaded the 2.0 firmware and put it on the card and it won't go past "Loading...".Help is appreciated.

Ok, i bought another R4SDHC card for a friend, and i can't get it to work. Formatted the memory card, Downloaded the 2.0 firmware and put it on the card and it won't go past "Loading...".Help is appreciated.

http://www.gbatemp.n...howtopic=116065Helped me. :P for anyone who has that problem.
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Posted 27 June 2009 - 10:30 PM

Im looking to buy an R4 and this link on dealextreme is listed as $13, is that right or is it a bad model?http://www.dealextre...ls.dx/sku.22325
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Posted 27 June 2009 - 11:28 PM

That's the brand new model, so nobody knows too much about it. But also given such, it should work better then the current R4 series. Plus if you upgrade to the DSi, you're set for it. Plus it supports SDHC cards, so you can store a lot on there.
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Posted 16 July 2009 - 01:39 PM

I heard something about downloading viruses on your DS via the R4. My question is , is the R4 a safe choice, or should I stick to an M3 instead?

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Posted 12 September 2009 - 10:22 PM

erm how do i convert rar files as they do not play on my R4 card and i dont reli know why lol cant sum1 get back too me please as i really need some help thanks my email address is don't publicly post your email address
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Posted 13 September 2009 - 02:18 AM

You need to extract the .nds files from the RARs, using a program like WinRAR or 7-Zip.
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Posted 13 September 2009 - 08:17 PM

Can i play GBA games on an R4? If so, how would i go about it?
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Posted 13 September 2009 - 09:26 PM

If the R4 has built in functions for loading GBA games onto an expansion pack, then you can...with that expansion pack. But with just the R4 alone, you can't. Given that it's similar to the M3 series which those can, the R4 should be able to.
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Posted 16 September 2009 - 10:06 AM

Why when i play pokemon Platinum and some other game in my R4 , when i save the game, and next time i turned on it act as if i never save my file.And my friend use DS Link he can play pokemon Platinum and save it.If you know the solution , please tell me.Thank you very much.
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Posted 16 September 2009 - 09:18 PM

where are you buying your R4 from here is a great deal.$43 dollars for a R4 and it comes with free shipping and a 1 gb kingston micro sd.http://www.dealextre...ils.dx/sku.1459probably one of the best deals out there on the R4, and i have ordered about 3 of them from this site and it took about 2 weeks (10 days), for them to deliver it to me, which with free shipping is understandable.

I bought mine at gamebygame.com, they are out of cali so fast shipping and i got my r4 w/ 2G micro SD and case and screen protector for less then $30.00. The only thing was w/ the updated firmware already on there, the moonshell was un Japanese
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Posted 16 September 2009 - 10:50 PM

I was wondering if anybody knew whether there are or will be any patches for a couple of roms that won't work with the R4, namely the FF:CC games, soniccles and the new M&L3
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Posted 20 September 2009 - 03:39 AM

http://www.ishopvide...es-cid-158.htmlWhich of the models would you suggest?My main concern is compatibility for ROMS and stability.R4 still seems a better choice from Cyclo or Acecard(unless I missed something).My DS-Xtreme cannot handle the newer games, so it's imperative I get one with good compatibility, and R4 seems to be working the best with patched ROMs.
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Posted 10 October 2009 - 06:42 PM

Hmm I still cant figure it out. First I had firmware 1.09, I thought everything worked fine, but the games wouldnt be saved even though it said it saved. And then I formated the card and downloaded firmware 1.18 but now when I turn the ds on, the screen is white and it says "menu?".
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Posted 12 October 2009 - 04:27 PM

To update, you need to leave all the system files you had for your R4 and copy and move the update files to the root of you Micro SD. If you do this widows will ask you to overwrite any data that is named the same, do this and your firmware will be updated. So you need to place the firmware from your mini-cd which came with your R4 on your micro SD once again, and then you have to move the update files to your Micro SD. It's as easy as that.
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Posted 12 October 2009 - 06:52 PM

I am interested in getting one of these... I have a dsi, so I need the r4i right? And also, I am probably going to put a lot of stuff on it, so I want a 8gb sd card. I was wondering if anyone knew if this was a good site to buy it from? http://www.r4-ds-car...intendo_dsi/r4i
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Posted 13 October 2009 - 06:53 AM

If you live in the US or Canada, get stuff from NewEgg. They have some great deals on flash memory.
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Posted 13 October 2009 - 08:33 AM

does anyone know how to get pass the anti-piracy in Battle of giants:dragons?I'm using an R4i (R4 ultra)I figured out what i did wrong with Soma Bringer.

Edited by Hope Rides Alone, 15 October 2009 - 12:25 AM.

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Posted 19 October 2009 - 03:55 AM

I have done all of this but when i put my R4 in to my ds it said loading, so i left it to load for the whole night and when i woke up it was still loading! what doi i do?
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Posted 21 October 2009 - 05:31 AM

I got my r4 about a month or two ago, it worked perfectly but lately my ds doesnt recognized my r4, sometimes it does but sometimes it doesnt read the r4 I checked and i got the lastest firmware i tried it on another ds and i got the same problemCan someone help me pleasethanks and sorry for my bad english ;)
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#1248 billybobfred

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Posted 21 October 2009 - 06:42 PM

I was told to post here, so if this seems horribly off-topic, well, don't blame me.Luminous Arc (U) is crashing during one of the story sequences of Chapter 4. Some guard dude says something and his voice sample stutters endlessly, leaving me unable to continue. You'd think turning voices off would help, but it doesn't. I was about to upload my .sav file but then I noticed that my microSD card reader was missing. I tried booting it with YSmenu, but it didn't help.Anyone have any idea what's going on?
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Posted 23 October 2009 - 09:42 AM

I just installed YSmenu on my R4 and whenever I load at DS game it starts loading and it stops about 80% through and I've left it for about 20 minutes and it hasn't moved.Thanks in advance.
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Posted 28 October 2009 - 08:28 PM

If anything doesn't load fully in less than a minute, it's not going to.Usually I'd suggest replacing the ROM that doesn't load, but since you just installed YSmenu, try replacing that first.
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