Warning!-Fake R4 can Brick your DS!

Those 24 hour backup rules are bullshit though.

the only circumstance in which possessing a commercial rom is legal is when you own the original game AND you dumped the rom yourself. In any other circumstances, its illegal.

Crap! I'm getting an R4 Revolution for Christmas!!!Sorry for the necropost! Will they all have that sticker or not? The only other two differences I noticed in the card were the dip and color. Why must the internet ruin my Christmas!!!{EDIT}
I'm sorry, I didn't see how old this thread was... all I knew is that it was on the front page. Horrible necropost... sorry...{EDITEDIT}
While I'm at it, I might as well get it all out in one post. Mine was purchased at http://www.techsick.com/shop/R4-SDHC-Flash-Cartridge-R4SDHC-for-Nintendo-DS-DS-Lite-p-161238.htmlCan anyone confirm if it's real or not? It's looking to be too cheep to be real...

it is an R4 clone that compatible with microSDHC cards, and its rom compatibility is pretty good. It does not use the original R4 firmware, it has its own, and there are no reports of the R4 SDHC causing damage to my knowledge.

Ah *bows* thank you very much. You have put my mind at ease.... Sorry to have been so... winy sounding...^.^ This place makes everything better, you know that? (haha)

cjdoggerI think this is the right place to put this... Announcement from the R4 Team
Fake R4 Flashcarts To Brick DS SystemsThe R4 Team has recently made an announcement that future fake R4 DS flashcarts will brick your Nintendo DS or Nintendo DS Lite.
They'll be the programming of the fake R4 DS flashcarts that will brick your DS.
Original R4 DS flashcarts will work fine and won't damage your DS in any way.
How they're going to do this, we don't know...The plan is, if you order an R4 DS flashcart (and it turns out to be fake) it will brick your system.
You'll need to contact the shop/seller about your problems, and the R4 Team won't take any responsibility.
A smart move, on their part.QUOTE(R4 Team Announcement in English)
Important point:1. After 15 September, Team R4 will do something for the fake card, original program(firmware) with Fake R4 may damage your DS machine (brick), original R4 will have no problem with this program.
2. Make sure you have buy a original R4 (see photo below), if you brick your DS with fake R4, please go ask the selling shop and Team R4 will not admitted this liability.

How the fuck do I BRICK my DS?

First of all, mind your language. Second of all, there's even been homebrew that's been known to brick your DS. A flash cart messes with your DS to allow you to play downloaded ROMs, it's a very real possibility that a bad flash cart can make your DS unusable, luckily, it's only very few carts that does it but some clones are made with cheap materials which increase the chance of bricking.

As a rule for all forums, NEVER quote the first post. We all know what it says.
Seocndly, I'm guessing your statement is asking what bricking means and how it's done. Bricking your DS means, more or less, you screw up the firmware inside it to an unreparable state and make it as useless as a brick.
How to go about bricking your DS is much like how you'd brick your PSP, and that's by coruption of firmware, improperly installing firmware, or installing bad or malicious firmware. In the case of the DS it's almost always the third.

I have a friend who bought the fake even though he knew it it busted his new ds in like 1 month LOL

Replying to #69

If it didn't bust it straight away it's a possibility he downloaded the hentai viewer :P

DS apps can destroy your DS too?

cjdogger · #70If it didn't bust it straight away it's a possibility he downloaded the hentai viewer :P

Hentai apps? nope he had just plain old games

You sure? He probably deleted it after the brick...

um where can i find these hentai apps?

Well GBATemp had it but removed it... Try googling it...

didn't you just say that they could brick your DS?Oh, and for all courious, the R4 from Techsick.com works great. I have an 8GB SD card in there right now and am as happy as ever :D NOTE: The SD card reader that comes with the SDHC compatiable R4's is NOT SDHC compatiable itself.

Yes I said they could brick your DS but if people are too stupid to use them after my advice then i'll let them go to their own demise...
Personally I use the built-in moonshell for my hentai :P

The comic book viewer works fine for me, I like my harem manga.Oh, gosh, look how far we're going off topic.

Lolz, well people only need the first 3 pages XD
Comic book viewer aye? I'll look into that :P

shall i buy it from my local sunday market?
its for £15