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A while ago, r4isdhc.com stopped paying for their domain so the site went down. This meant, however, that their kernel downloads ceased to exist.

r4i-sdhc.com (who I believe are probably the same company) started hosting a "new" version of the r4isdhc.com kernel for 2014+ carts, version 4.1b.

Good thing is that the kernel no longer has a timebomb! Bad thing is that it cannot launch games or homebrew...

This doesn't apply to any other cart previously sold by r4isdhc.com, only the 2014+ carts. Older carts do not use the same kernel.

If you have a 2014+ cart from r4isdhc.com and need the kernel for it, you have two options:

  1. Download and install YSMenu from retrogamefan: https://gbatemp.net/threads/retrogamefan-updates-releases.267243/ - Unlike the stock kernel, YSMenu does not have a timebomb!
  2. Download the old timebomb kernel, this will expire sometime in September 2024 so keep that in mind: flashcard-archive GitHub

Will this be fixed in the future, probably not, though it's something to be aware of :p

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It does, but the official kernel has a better UI and more features like rts (Real Time Save). It also has better support for ROM hacks, something YSMenu sometimes has issues with.

Basically, it would be better to have an untimebombed stock kernel than YSMenu.