How to update the R4 SDHC Kernel?
You can just follow below steps or our Detail R4 SDHC Kernel Install Guide
- Download the archive (mentioned at below) to your computer.
- Insert the MicroSD card into your MicroSD card reader.
- Insert the MicroSD card reader into your computer.
- Open the file explorer of your computer and open your MicroSD card drive.
- Extract all the files from the downloaded archive to the root of the MicroSD card.
R4i-SDHC Firmware Download
The Lasted R4 SDHC (r4i-sdhc.com) V1.44 is Released on 01-09-2011,Download Below:
R4 SDHC (r4i-sdhc.com) Software V1.44b Update to slove the following issuer games:
- R4i SDHC Firmware upgrade to support NDSi 1.43 (for products R4i SDHC 1.41,R4i SDHC 1.42, R4i SDHC 3DS)
- Integrate firmware upgrade features. Goto config menu for firmware upgrading.
- Increase maximum number of support skins from 8 to 64.
- Redefine 12 new defaults skins.
- Unique skin customize features. Through the user interface, user can easily modify skin.
a. Color setting of the skins. b. Changeable button style. Maximum support 8 button styles.
c. Allow to use NDS games icon as a source of skin icon.
d. Adjustable skin display style.
- Support UTF-8 decoding for usrcheat.dat file.
- Solved games:
5818 - Paws & Claws: Pampered Pets 2 (US)
5811 - All Kamen Rider: Rider Generation (JP)
5806 - Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension (US)
5805 - Atsumete! Kirby (JP)
4951 - Jam with the Band (E) *Please delete old save file to make it work.
Hot to update AR cheat data base?
Upload the newest AR cheat data base, then copy the "usrcheat.dat" file to"R4iMenu" file.

The R4 SDHC V1.38b Firmware is also compatible with R4 SDHC Card without "i" Mark from www.r4i-sdhc.com