R4i card is a slot-1 flashcard, it can only play DS and DSi games.
M3i Zero is a multi-media flashcard, it not only can play DSi games, but also powerfull in multi-media play. M3i zero card can also play GBA games.
Both M3i Zero and R4i card can work on Nintendo DSi V1.4.3 console.
Nintendo 3DS release for some days now, and there are many flash cards can break 3DS well, such as M3i zero, acekard 2i , R4i 3DS, supercard dstwo,i will recommend you M3i zero, it is one of the old and best card, and it is updateable, and will never blocked by Nintendo.There are many 3DS card in the market currently. such as 3DS card, R4i 3DS, R4iTT 3DS, R4i SDHC 3DS, R4 3DS, Acekard 3, M3i Zero and so on. All of them can run DSi games on Nintendo 3DS.
The R4i Gold is a fake card released to try and take advantage of the R4i selling so well worldwide. R4i sdhc and r4i gold card are different flashcard. they are similar in functions. But different in package. they use difference kernel. Both of them are popular in Players currently.
Acekard 2i is better
All r4i cards work on 3DS. But you need to understand that the R4 cards does not work on the 3DS 3D games and only for DS games. For the first generation R4, it does not work on the cards, please refer to 'R4i cards' , 'Acekard 2i' , ' M3i zero'.
in system settings using the arrows scroll to the far right side of options and press factory reset note:this will not remove the v1.4 update if you are trying to get yr R4i or M3i etc to work it will not
Yes you need a sd card to download songs but i dont think you can download pictures ================== yes, you need a SD Card but you still need another device to read the songs and pictures from the DS card - Flash carts(such as R4i, m3i zero, acekard 2i or DSTTi),
of course, new r4i v1.6 kernel can work on all below version of r4i card, including r4i v1.4 kernel.
For r4i gold from r4ids.cn, the latest firmware is wood r4 V1.46; for r4i gold V2.0 from r4ids.com, it is the AKAIO V1.8.6 kernel; for r4i-gold card from r4i-gold.com, the latest software is r4i V1.71b.. Now it is already wood r4i v1.51b.
IF that is happening on your r4i there is something wrong with your r4i. It has nothing to do with the sd card its the r4i.
You can buy R4i cards online.
No. R4i and R4 are not illegal. R4i and R4 are only illegal if they have games on them.