R4 DS (Revolution for DS), YushenDS Card (YDC) and M3DS Simply are critically the same hardware product. Precisely the same strategy is utilized to distinguish between Chinese, English and Japanese (and German with the YDC) versions in the cards. The firmware for the various brand and language versions could be readily patched to operate on other language or brand versions in the hardware. The original R4 card was updated in early 2007 towards the "R4 version 2" or "R4v2". In late 2007, the R4v2 was revised, reducing the spring system for inserting and releasing the Micro-SD card.
Instead, it simply had a slot within the back when a user could manually slot a Micro-SD card in. This eliminated the problems with the original R4 Revolution DS Card the location where the spring mechanism reportedly malfunctioned after prolonged use. Further confusion have been added by the arrival of various poor-quality clones on the YDC(R4,M3) hardware - selling within the brands including N5, E7, ND1, NPlayer, U2DS, MARS and numerous variations about the Nintendo ds R4 name, such as "R4DS Upgrade-II", New R4, R4 Deluxe, R4 Advance, R4 DS III, R4 SDHC, R4 Pro, and R4 Ultra. The firmware for legitimate YDC(R4) cards is encrypted, even though the encryption scheme was broken in 2007 and several utilities exist for encrypting, modifying and decrypting YDC(R4) firmware.
The Ugg outlet and most other clones use a decrypted version of the firmware; decrypted YDC(R4) firmware can be utilized within the N5 and many other clone cards, and encrypted clone firmware work extremely well for the R4. Some clone manufacturers have released modified versions from the firmware to guide additional games; others have inked away while using R4 firmware entirely and replaced it with homebrew loaders such as YSMenu or other alternatives. Most of these is one-card (Slot-1) solutions designed to use MicroSD cards for storage, and everything the ultimate official firmware versions include Action Replay cheats, auto-DLDI patching and support for Nintendo Wi-Fi connection and Download Play. Additionally they incorporate a hardware-specific version from the Moonshell media player, variety of and that is integrated with all the main menu. Around August 2007, the R4 team also revised the hardware to train on a springless memory slot as there had been significant complaints regarding the failure in the slot. The R4 has since been discontinued. The past official firmware was 1.18, released on April 23, 2008, but clone manufacturer R4Li continued unofficial updates for your original R4 card.
The R4 has become suspended from sale in Japan, because promotion of illegal software piracy. Nintendo filed and won case against an Australia-based distributor over selling the R4 card, but the technology itself remains unbanned. These cards have also been banned from sale or import in the uk after a high court ruling. Unlike newer cards, the R4 cannot read SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity) cards as a result of hardware limitations, although certain clones add this functionality. There exist several clones with the R4 card that are prepared for using SDHC cards, however, many numerous studies have suggested that some kinds of these cards have high failure rates. One clone, named the "R4 SDHC", is reported being reliable. R4DS is now considered to be outdated, as much other flashcarts are known to be better and cheaper (Acekard 2, M3 Real Supercard One, and Edge), and a genuine R4DS is difficult to get. The N5 Revolution for DS (simply categorised as 'N5' from here on) is a new flashcart that is only a direct clone from the R4DS. Not a whole lot information continues to be released relating to this cart to date, however this cart 's almost identical to the R4DS. The N5 uses an unencrypted version on the R4's OS. The OS is perhaps same apart from two characters on the main menu screen that were changed from 'R4' to N5'. Even the version numbers are identical. The cart contains the same compatibility as the R4.
The N5 has automatic DLDI patching much like the R4 for homebrew games and applications. Reported complications with the N5 included the MicroSD reader corrupting MicroSD cards, as well as the usual problems involving R4s and their variants, which include spring breakages. Addititionally there is no MicroSDHC compatibility (freezes on loading screen) and initial reports of high failure rates. Many people have reported their DS being damaged from this cart. N5 Team in addition has released the N5i for (NDSL/NDSi only) but no more information can be acquired at this time.
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