R4 card

HiyaIm relatively new to all this but have done some reading on r4 cards, software and games etc. I think its common knowledge that not all games can play on certain software on the r4 without being patched but what i wanted to know is if there is a way to bypass patching by installing new software? I have read on various forums about ysmenu software, would installing this bypass the need for patching? My daughter, brother and sister have R4 cards and it can get a bit tedius testing all the games and patching the ones that wont work!Sorry if this has already been answered and if it has where can i find the link??Many thanks!Niki ;D

What type of R4 is yours?
I know for a fact YSMenu works on the Original R4,but I'm not too sure about the other clones.There's a download link in this topic if you want to try it.
https://www.romulation.org/forum/index.php?topic=27617.0

Thanks for the reply, im not sure what sort of R4 it is?? (only just discovered there were such things just before christmas! haha) How do i find out?Just to add i brought myself a R4 SDHD card and have had no problems with games so far, even the ones that wont play on my daughters R4 card?

R4 SDHC is a clone then,dunno if YSMenu will work.
The original R4's name is just R4,the official firmware is stuck at 1.18.

Mine is the R4 SDHD but as i said i have had no problems with any games as of yet. My daughters, brothers and sisters are all just R4, i will have a look at the link you posted, thanks for the help ;D ;)

it is possible there is a tutorial in the tutorial section hope i helped

Ooh thanks! I'll have a look when the kids are in bed then i can concentrate haha ;)

Ysmenu will not work on the R4 SDHC , But will however YSMenu will work on your R4 originalR4 Kernal v1.18 + DSTT v1.17a12 will be best, just run ysmenu.nds like a game for the use of ysmenu, then run your game afterGames fixed list for Ysmenuhttp://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=195808&st=0&start=0

I have an original r4, and and r4 Ultra -sigh-
The YS menu.. for me at least, is setup as the main firmware, and is booted right into it, the only thing is I wish it had a little better engrish, If I knew a way to change all the text in the firmware menus, I totally would, and i'de share it with everyone, if anybody does know how, then PM me : D