you must download the original firmware (1.16, 1.17, 1.18(updated) )
than open it with winRar and extract to your sd usb,
you reformat it
You need to download a english/ japan, etc. version to make it work. It happened with mine, but I easily found out (You don't have to buy a new R4 card, at least.
Buy legal Nintendo DS games. (you won't get any other answers on wikianswers)
to fix the everlasting loading screen on the R4 DS, get an earlier version of the software. I found a file called English-1.12 which when loaded fixes the loading problem.
No, the R4 for the DS will not work on the DSi
What!? A DS R4??? Well i presume you meen 'how do you make the DS have an auto boot R4?' (not possible!) Just buy an R4, theres no way you can have a DS what runs roms without an R4 (or any other flash cards) You can buy them here: http://www.r4i.co.uk/ (for both DS and DSi)
r4
An R4 is basically a mod chip for the Nintendo DS console. You can download games from the internet and put them on your R4 card and play the games on your Nintendo DS.
Someone can buy a R4 DS from the Deal Extreme website. The Deal Extreme website offers a large variety of R4 DS's that can be purchased for any DS system.
Not natively, but you can get a flash card such as the R4 that will let you. Google R4 DS
you can use a r4 for ds lites but with dsi's there is a different type of r4 sorry i dont know the name of it
No, you do not need Wi-Fi to use an R4 card. The R4 card is primarily used for playing games and applications on Nintendo DS or DS Lite consoles by loading them directly from a microSD card. However, Wi-Fi may be required for online features or downloads, but the core functionality of playing games does not depend on an internet connection.