Hacking "R4i 3DS Revolution for DS" Revision 7 outdated?

[Slynch]

Hey GBATemp!

I recently acquired a 3DS as well as a DS flashcart that supposedly supported 3DS. After some research, I found that the newest FW version of the 3DS does not support my flashcart revision (7).

So I did what any customer would do and emailed the website (r4ids.cn).

Might be, not sure, we are still working on it anyway....


support@r4ids

From:
Date: 2014-04-25 02:00
To: [email protected]
Subject: R4i Gold 3DS Revision 7 on 3DS 7.1.0
Hello,

Is there any possibility in the future of adding support on Revision 7 R4i Gold 3DS for 3DS version 7.1.0?

From that response I can establish that they have positively no intention of updating it.

I make this thread for two reasons:
1) To warn that "r4ids.cn" sucks complete donkeys, and avoid like the plague. Who knows if you buy a new version if they'll stop supporting that one quickly too?
2) To ask if I am well and truly screwed. I can use the cart on my fat DS, but that means I need two devices, when I'd really like to have an all-rounder.

Thanks.

 

[Deleted User]

Just two things:

1. If you're honestly buying a DS only card - get a SuperCardTwo. R4 cards are notorious for being blocked in almost every firmware update.
2. 3DS is still 4.1-4.5

Most of the info is in the stickies.

 

[gamesquest1]

i wouldn't set my expectations high on something that was already on revision 7

they are actually upto rev c now i think....that's 12 revisions lol, looking on their site i think the rev 7 only works up to 3.x or 4.2....something in that region

 

[Joe88]

1) To warn that "r4ids.cn" sucks complete donkeys, and avoid like the plague. Who knows if you buy a new version if they'll stop supporting that one quickly too?
2) To ask if I am well and truly screwed. I can use the cart on my fat DS, but that means I need two devices, when I'd really like to have an all-rounder.

Pretty much, you get what you pay for
They wont fork over an extra $20 for a dstwo and complain when their r4 clone in blocked and r4 teams says to buy the new hardware and then continue to buy clones

 

[Technicmaster0]

i wouldn't set my expectations high on something that was already on revision 7

they are actually upto rev c now i think....that's 12 revisions lol, looking on their site i think the rev 7 only works up to 3.x or 4.2....something in that region

They already have a Rev. D.

 

[Slynch]

Well I've cut my losses and bought a new flashcart that's compatible with 7.1.0-16. Thanks for the replies!

And yeah, they keep putting out more and more revisions :\