Getting R4 to Work

If the official
R4 directions
ignited your
frustration and
rage, you're not
alone.

At the end of
this unofficial
guide, your
microSD card
should have at
the very least:

-moonshl (folder)

-moonShell_R4TF_M
3Si...

-DSOrganize
(folder)

-DSOrganize.nds

-_DS_MENU.DAT

-_System_

-_DS_MSHL.NDS

-ReadMore.nds

-/data/fonts
(folder)

-DSReader.nds

-arial

-gara

-ebooks (folder)

Directions
1. Ignore the CD
that came in the
R4 box. It's out
of date.

2. Insert a
microSD card into
the USB converter
and plug this
into a USB port
on your computer.
(Your computer
will think it's a
flash drive.)

3. Download the
latest R4 kernel
in English.

4. Instead of
zip, they used
rar to compress
the folder. If
your computer
doesn't know what
to do with it,
download this to
un-rar the
kernel.

5. Open the newly
uncompressed
folder and open
up a window to
your new "flash
drive's"
contents. (The
"flash drive's"
microSD card
should have no
files, yet.)

6. Drag the
following items
into your flash
drive: _system_
(folder),
_DS_MENU.DAT, and
_DS_MSHL.nds.

7. Close
English-1.whateve
rversion folder
but leave the
flash drive
window open.

8. Download the
latest version of
moonshell

9. Unzip it and
open the folder.

10. Double-click
"Setup"

11. Choose
English. When it
asks for what
drive to install
on, choose the
letter of the
"flash drive".

12. Choose only
the following
options from the
menu that pops
up: "moonshl.ini
(full) is
copied",
everything in the
second
configuration
box, "the setting
is updated and
copied" -the
clock image of
your choice
(clk_bluemoon4 is
my fav), "The
setting is
updated and
copied" - "MS100
(UTF-8) Unicode
Windows CharSet",
"AUTOPATCH
default (no
interface)",
"DLMS3 DSlink
(microSD Card)",
and "GSFL G6 Lite
DLDI V0.19".

13. Click the
Setup button at
the buttom of the
menu. You now
have a functional
DS operating
system; now you
need fun stuff.

14. Download some
movies and
trailers to show
off.

15. Download my
favorite ebook
reader software
-ReadMore Alpha.

16. Unzip the
folder and open
it.

17. Drag
ReadMore.nds into
your flash drive.

18. Create a new
folder in your
flash drive and
name the new
folder - data

19. From the
ReadMore Alpha
window, drag the
"fonts" folder
into the newly
created "data"
folder on the
flash drive.

20. Create a new
folder on the
flash drive and
name the new
folder - ebooks.

21. Download
whatever ebooks
you want or
excerpts and drag
them into your
new "ebooks"
folder on your
flash drive. You
now are ready to
read ebooks and
e-excerpts on
your Nintendo DS,
but there's more
fun stuff to
download.

22. Download my
other favorite
e-reader program,
DSReader, which
allows you to
adjust the
background color.

23. Unzip the
folder.

24. Drag the
following items
from the DSReader
folder and into
your Flash drive:
DSReader.nds,
ariel, and gara.
You can now use
DSReader to read
ebooks and
e-excerpts on
your Nintendo DS,
but you have one
more program to
download.

25. Download
DSOrganize, the
essential day
planner for the
DS.

26. Unzip and
open it.

27. From the
DSOrganize_3_1
folder, drag the
following items
into the flash
drive: DSOrganize
(folder),
DSOrganize.nds.
Now you can plan
what you'll read
next.

28. Stop the
flash drive and
remove the
microSD card.

29. Put the
microSD card into
the R4 slot-1
cartridge.

30. Pop the R4
cartridge into
the slot-1 of
your Nintendo DS
Lite and power
on.

31. To read an
ebook, click on
the left (games)
icon, then select
either
ReadMore.nds or
DSReader.nds.
After the ereader
software opens
up, select which
ebook or
e-excerpt you'd
like to read.
Both programs
also have
bookmark
functions to hold
your place.

32. To watch a
movie or book
trailer, restart
the DS and select
the media
(middle) icon.
Then select a
movie or trailer.

33. Is your ebook
library in the
wrong format for
your DS? Click
here to learn how
to convert
ebooks.

34. Browse
through the gamer
links for more
applications for
your DS.