R4 loads blank screen on newer games?!?

[smythja2]

:ciao:Hi All

Im using an official R4 card with firmware 1.18. with newer games i just get a blank screen. has anyone any ideas? Thanks for any ideas!

[barrowmanandrew]

hi mj8 and welcome to D.K.

that firmware is years out of date.
if you install wood firmware on it all your games will play...

Digital Kaos - Downloads - woods 1.24 (http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/downloads/ds/21/woods-1-24-1537/)

backup your card then delete your old firmware

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

every game will work.. :)

[brewerman]

hi , I have the same problem with clone R4 card and 1.18, the newer games just give a white screen and dont play, will the woods 1.23 help with the clone card? thanks

[barrowmanandrew]

m8, if your card is runing 1.18 firmware then it is either an original or a 1:1 clone
either way it will work...

follow advice on post 2

what makes you think it is a clone?

[brewerman]

followed instructions and yep it all works , good job. I thought I heard the original R4's finished years ago and they have a 'bump' on one of the sides and that most R4's are now clones , however all the games seem to work. Thanks for your advise and help.

[barrowmanandrew]

they did m8, but still alot of them around...

all r4i cards and sdhc capable cards are clones

[bouncer09]

hi have same problem with card i downloaded woods 1.24 but still have loading on screen can anyone advise me what to dohttp://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/images/styles/digital/editor/smilie.gif

[liam1884]

Will the new woods allow me to play the new pokemon games and will my card still work and support 3d games on the 3ds? thanks for any help!

[barrowmanandrew]

if you have an original r4, it will play almost all games on nds.
it wont work on the 3d models or even the dsi model

[Kandy93]

heyy i have the same problem, but when i click on the link you gave us barrowmanandrew, it says that i don't have the permission to download the files..how should i download them? is there another way?

[Kandy93]

ohh right..now i found out! sorry i didn't know..anyways thank youuu for the liink :)

[sipknock]

Any reason not to use the latest version of woods, currently at 1.27?

[Ladari]

having the same issue with white screen going to try to do what it says in the second post...hope it works!

[dazcox5181]

I cant get my old R4 to work at all now. Only wanna play Pokemon - Will try the woods file thanks

[helljoker001]

I had the same problem thanks so much for the information!

[goldenbender]

If the R4 is discontinued, is this update the only one that still works? I've tried ysmenu, and my games still freeze up on that.

[yusheel]

i have a R4i gold R4i,,R4i Revolution For -R4i (http://www.r4ids.com) my ds xl is ver 1.4E ive played heart gold etc but i get a white screen for pokemon black help please

[five0]

Hi, My DS only seems to play certain games newer ones I only get a white creen. I done the above and it seems to be stuck loading from the start any ideas? Thanks

[zorro10]

Hi, My DS only seems to play certain games newer ones I only get a white creen. I done the above and it seems to be stuck loading from the start any ideas? Thanks

More info is needed, tell us the url on the packaging then we can help.

[five0]

I no longer have the packaging as it was destroyed by the kids, the only other info I can give is what it says on the R4 card if that is any good. Thanks for your reply

[five0]

Welcom R4SDHC.COM -Revolution for NDSi/NDSL/NDS (http://www.r4sdhc.com/r4sdhc.asp) this is my exact card trying a download from here, hope it works I will let you know. Thanks

[five0]

nope didn't work not sure what else to do.

[barrowmanandrew]

does the card say ssdhc on it?
what size microsd card you using?

[mtv1]

lo m8 mine says error contact nintendo.com lol as you know ;)

[barrowmanandrew]

yours cant play on on a dsi 1.4.2 lol

[mtv1]

Welcom R4SDHC.COM -Revolution for NDSi/NDSL/NDS (http://www.r4sdhc.com/r4sdhc.asp) but thats my one too :mad:

[barrowmanandrew]

yours is the bottom one in this list?

Welcom R4SDHC.COM -Revolution for NDSi/NDSL/NDS (http://www.r4sdhc.com/down.asp)

you talking about the card from monday?

[mtv1]

no second from bottom lol story of me life :roflmao:

[barrowmanandrew]

no second from bottom lol story of me life :roflmao:


are ya talking about the card from tuesday?

if so, that is not it...lol

it might look like it, but it is diffrent.. ;)

[five0]

[QUOTE=barrowmanandrew;1150820]does the card say ssdhc on it?
what size microsd card you using?

Hi, it says SDHC on the card and i have a 2gb and 4gb card both work with the old games. Cheers

[barrowmanandrew]

then the woods firmware wont work on it,

woods is for original r4 cards, if you it says sdhc on it, then it is a clone.....
do you know which firmware your using now?

[five0]

on the original firmware that came it just says v1.33, sorry about this I really don't have a clue about ds's.

[barrowmanandrew]

try this one.
68748

1. backup then format your sd card.

2. download the firmware

3. extract the files

4. open the sdhc folder then copy the various files / folders to root of your sd card

5. add a couple of games.

make sure you dont put anything into folders..
the files on your sd card should look like this...

68749

[five0]

no joy i'll just get a new card i think, thanks for all your help its much appreciated.

[Digolino]

I'll try it now.

[hbk33]

i will try wood 1.24

[sethfarrow]

Not quite sure how to tell what version I have.
I have just been given one full of games. Only one of them works.

[huawe]

Have the same problem. Hope tis helps

[huawe]

And it seems to help! Great!

[jjyy]

I think there may be some file damage in the TF card. You can format the TF card and install the wood r4 kernel for try.

[superaaa]

clone r4 can't work with wood r4 kernel,i recommend you get a r4 sdhc or acekard 2

[jhonybravo]

Sorry fo hijacking.. but I have R4 advance written card.. What firmware it will support.

Many Thanks

[jmccaig]

hi all, first post but was recommended this website for all things DS related, so i hope you can help.

My daughter acquired a R4i card from a family member, but i have found some of the newer games do not run (black/blank screen once you select it from the menu). I assumed it was a firmware issue or maybe the newer games have some sort of process that does not allow them to run on these cards, but some other games work fine. Not sure what the problem is here, so i thought i would ask.

the card itself says R4i and has the website www.r4ids.com (http://www.r4ids.com) printed on it. Not sure if this equates to a "Gold" card (all text is gold in color) or simply just an "R4i" card. Most of the games she already has on it work.

I've had a look at the posts and i've seen several mentions about this Woods firmware/software, but i'm just not 100% what i should do.

Any suggestions would be grateful, and would make a wee girl rather happy!

Thanks in advance,

J

[jmccaig]

hi all, first post but was recommended this website for all things DS related, so i hope you can help.

My daughter acquired a R4i card from a family member, but i have found some of the newer games do not run (black/blank screen once you select it from the menu). I assumed it was a firmware issue or maybe the newer games have some sort of process that does not allow them to run on these cards, but some other games work fine. Not sure what the problem is here, so i thought i would ask.

the card itself says R4i and has the website www.r4ids.com (http://www.r4ids.com) printed on it. Not sure if this equates to a "Gold" card (all text is gold in color) or simply just an "R4i" card. Most of the games she already has on it work.

I've had a look at the posts and i've seen several mentions about this Woods firmware/software, but i'm just not 100% what i should do.

Any suggestions would be grateful, and would make a wee girl rather happy!

Thanks in advance,

J

Also, as it stands, the R4i card has the software on it from the r4ids.com website. think its version 1.32, but still no joy.

Is the Woods firmware/software a variant or alternative to the software already loaded?

Thanks again,

J

[flyin]

Have you formatted the card with a decent formatting tool then went back for the newest software or kernel if not do this as a next step using the sd formatter find it on google it's never let me down not forgetting to store your files elsewhere before formatting this may get you back on track let us know how you get on

[mickydibble]

Format properly and search your card for firmware!, woods is really for original cards r4 etc. Check your card whether it is still supported for fw through web ?

[jmccaig]

a little patience and some reading works wonders...

installled Woods 1.36b and put the affected games on and all was well with the world again!

I'm assuming the orig R4 software is maybe just out of date. Will try further investigations/experiments over the next few days, but i appreciate the responses and the comments

[skydive80]

Hi Guys,

I am having the same problem.i have a R4i SDHC gold what can play N3DS but when i try and load the software all i have is spongebob icon and when i press it says error on one 3DS and on the other one it just says loading.

Any ideas

[Psycat]

thank you so much barrowmanandrew, my games work great now. This new firmware works great on my original R4 card.

I do have one minor problem tho.

With this new "wood firmware" I can choose the games I want to play but I cannot see any text in the beginning menu. I see little icon pictures for the games I have in my games folder but no text to tell me what game they are. Also when I press select or start I see little side menus that popup and i can highlight choices (i think) but the text for those choices is not there. It just highlights the box around where you would think text would be. Anyone have any solutions?

[tinman2712]

im having the same problem iv tried to play the game and a message saying no sav file would you like to create one. when i do just a blank screen im only trying to play black ops

[bthunt]

The r4 card i have is referenced R4SDHC revolution for DS NDSL/NDS. will the woods r1.24 download work for me.

[flyin]

Just to add, in my experience all firmware times out at six months and then requires latest firmware.

[phangyt]

heya, i believe my firmware has already been long outdated. I am using DSTT, firmware ver 1.17A i guess? I'm having the same problem when i play some of the games it goes two blank screen on my nds. What can i do to fix it? thx.

[phangyt]

heya, i believe my firmware has already been long outdated. I am using DSTT, firmware ver 1.17A i guess? I'm having the same problem when i play some of the games it goes two blank screen on my nds. What can i do to fix it? thx.

I've tried installing the newest version of firmware but the games still cant be played. Once i've clicke into the game, two blank screens just stucked there. Any idea how to fix this? Pls enlighten me. Thank you...

Additional info:
The games that cant be played are:

Hotel dusk: Room 215
Ghost Trick: The Phantom Detective
Proffesor Layton: The Curious Village

[barrowmanandrew]

I've tried installing the newest version of firmware but the games still cant be played. Once i've clicke into the game, two blank screens just stucked there. Any idea how to fix this? Pls enlighten me. Thank you...

Additional info:
The games that cant be played are:

Hotel dusk: Room 215
Ghost Trick: The Phantom Detective
Proffesor Layton: The Curious Village

Official support for the dstt card stopped years ago, that why newer games will not work.
There is good unofficial support available, google retrogame fan for more info. .;)

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[kingcrab]

No matter what I do, I keep getting a white screen on Pokemon Conquest

I've patched it, and replaced the old firmware with new

still can't get it to work!

[Rayzel]

So does this still work?

[jrreed58]

are we for sure this works cause ive been trying everything with nothing working

[shinoke]

is there a newer firmware?

[kr3n]

I think 1.54 is the newest firmware. Digital Kaos - Downloads - wood r4 1.54 (http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/downloads/ds/21/wood-r4-1-54-2386/)

[morritt]

ok if you download your firmware for the card you are using and the firmware say is dated the 25 dec and the game you are going to download to play is dated the 1st january the game will not play hence white screen etc problem with game the game will only play when the firmware is older than the game hope you understand that

[jgreenlaw1]

Thank you I will try this. Nothing else worked. Now to find newer games to load on.

[brett1]

have you updated the console?? have you reformatted the sd card with panasonic formatter??