Nintendo DS - Introduction
notorious Chinese marketers have come out with low-quality R4 cards that are not secured by warranty and irresponsible use could damage your system severely.
The R4 ds build is fairly durable with the exception of a fragile cart. Complaints have been received about the size of microSD slot being way too large for a perfect fit. The older models of the R4 card contain a tiny spring that can break very easily. Overall, sliding in the microSD card and taking it out is a painful process.
The best tool provided with the R4 card is the memory card reader. The memory card reader looks just like a pen drive, but transparent. The memory card reader is having a slot inside the cover to place the microSD card. Once the card is installed perfectly, the device is to be operated just like normal removable disk like pen drive. The reader is automatically interpreted as a removable disk by the Windows OS. Transferring data between the R4DS card and your PC is very simple.
The software CD that comes with the R4 card is always outdated. As R4 revolution website releases critical updates and kernels monthly, there is no sense in updating from the CD, as it suggests. The fact that 90% of the Nintendo DS gamers have access to internet makes it even more confusing about the inclusion of the CD in the R4 ds card shipment.
The functions of the R4 ds are quite easy to understand, but some users have reported the operating system controls to be clunky. But, to solve this problem, official appealing skins can be downloaded from the original R4 website.