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siborg69
Joined: 06 Nov 2007
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Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 7:41 pm Post subject: R4 problems |
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| bought an r4 chip with a 4gb micro sd card on saturday. the guy put on a load of games but i wanted to put some different ones on there. deleted the ones from the sd card that i didnt want but when i try to drag new ones over, it says that there's no more room on the disk. when i check the f drive, it says there's no space. but then when i open it up, highlight all the folders and see what size they are total, it says about 1.8gb.....any ideas???? cheers! |
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Slaps
Joined: 22 Jun 2007 Location: Sitting on top of the world
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Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 8:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Please correct me if I'm wrong but as far as I know, R4 cards can only support 2gb cards. |
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siborg69
Joined: 06 Nov 2007
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Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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the games worked fine, i was playing it yesterday but just wanted to get rid of some of the crap that the guy had put on there. so it still works as of now, but just wont let me add any more games because it says its full when as far as i can see, it isnt.
oh and i got a 4gb card because i read on other threads that there's an r4 SDHC chip which can handle 4gb sd cards |
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livinginkunsan

Joined: 02 Dec 2006
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Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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| siborg69 wrote: |
oh and i got a 4gb card because i read on other threads that there's an r4 SDHC chip which can handle 4gb sd cards |
That maybe so, but did he sell you the new R4 or did he sell you the old one.. if he sold you the old one, 2gb is all you are gonna see. |
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blackjack

Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Location: anyang
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Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 8:52 pm Post subject: |
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| did you empty the trash? |
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siborg69
Joined: 06 Nov 2007
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Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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| well it says sdhc on the chip. and surely if it didnt support the chip, it just wouldnt work at all. like i said, the games work. just that it wont let me add more games even when ive deleted them. i didnt empty the trash.....but ive just tried plugging it into my computer at school and it still says its almost full even when i deleted games from it!! surely its not a problem with the r4 chip then, but the micro sd card? is there something you think i need to do there?? |
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aphase
Joined: 27 Apr 2006
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Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 9:47 pm Post subject: |
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| siborg69 wrote: |
| well it says sdhc on the chip. and surely if it didnt support the chip, it just wouldnt work at all. like i said, the games work. just that it wont let me add more games even when ive deleted them. i didnt empty the trash.....but ive just tried plugging it into my computer at school and it still says its almost full even when i deleted games from it!! surely its not a problem with the r4 chip then, but the micro sd card? is there something you think i need to do there?? |
Is your card adapter (the thing that lets you connect the minisd to a card reader) have the write protect turned on? |
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siborg69
Joined: 06 Nov 2007
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Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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| aphase wrote: |
| Is your card adapter (the thing that lets you connect the minisd to a card reader) have the write protect turned on? |
gonna sound like an idiot here.....but how do i check if its turned on or not?? |
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aphase
Joined: 27 Apr 2006
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Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 10:24 pm Post subject: |
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| there should be a little sliding piece. and it should say locked on one side. make sure its not in the locked position. |
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Tommy

Joined: 24 Aug 2005
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Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 10:26 pm Post subject: |
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Try this:
Back up the contents of your memory chip by dumping all the files in a folder on your computer. Then format the 4GB chip.. completely wipe it clean. Download the newest kernel here: http://www.ndslr4.com/index-en.htm and then put whatever games you want on it. |
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siborg69
Joined: 06 Nov 2007
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Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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| there's nothing on it at all. just a slot to put the sdhc card into and then the usb connector. i just dont get this......it reads the card ok, and it will let me delete the files. when i open up the card on the computer, it shows me the games that are there and the ones i deleted are gone. but the memory is still being taken up.........the adaptor works because it reads the sd card. there's nothing on it for me to turn off write protection......any other ideas?? this is starting to get really annoying |
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aphase
Joined: 27 Apr 2006
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Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 10:47 pm Post subject: |
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| are you deleting the games or the save files? A way you can tell is that the games usually end in .nds. On my card ( i don't have an R4, mine is M3 real) the save files are listed with the .sav extension. The save files are really small, so deleting them won't free up much space. You need to delete the files that end with .nds if you want to free up space. |
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siborg69
Joined: 06 Nov 2007
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Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 10:50 pm Post subject: |
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| definitely deleting the games and not just the .sav files. gonna try formatting it now and hope that it works! |
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siborg69
Joined: 06 Nov 2007
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Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 2:03 am Post subject: |
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| ok, formatted it and downloaded the new kernel as suggested. it now works and i can add games. but i noticed that the latest english kernel seems to make the screen quite a bit darker than the korean stuff the guy had put onto the card for me......any particular reason why this would be?? |
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blackjack

Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Location: anyang
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Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 3:21 pm Post subject: |
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| siborg69 wrote: |
| there's nothing on it at all. just a slot to put the sdhc card into and then the usb connector. i just dont get this......it reads the card ok, and it will let me delete the files. when i open up the card on the computer, it shows me the games that are there and the ones i deleted are gone. but the memory is still being taken up.........the adaptor works because it reads the sd card. there's nothing on it for me to turn off write protection......any other ideas?? this is starting to get really annoying |
It is too late now but Did you empty the trash, often if you simply hit delete the file is gone, but the space is still allocated till you either empty the trash or try to write over it |
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