The R4i Gold Pro follows in the same footsteps as the R4 3DS Dual Core and the R4 3DS RTS (real time save) card. Installing the firmware works exactly as it does on all other R4 Cards. The big difference between any of the R4 3DS Firmware files are the files and folders that you have to copy over to your micro SD card. It is much like any other card when it comes to setting up the firmware kernel.
Updated January 10th, 2024 with full support for the newesr 11.17 3DS Update and 1.4.5 for the DSi
Just as you would with the firmware for the other R4 cards, you need to make sure that you put all of your files into the ROOT directory of your card.
All of our firmware files are compressed either in ZIP format or RAR format. You can download and use the shareware version of WinRar for Windows to uncompress the firmware. You may also use the freeware 7-Zip (which you can find in our downloads section) to decompress the archive as well. If you are a MAC OS X user, the built-in archive utility will uncompress all fo the files for you on your MAC.
Once you have uncompressed the archive, it may be in a folder with the same name as the firmware file archive itself. It is in that folder that you will find the files below. And these are the only files that should be copied over to your micro SD card, into the root of the card itself.
By root, we mean the micro SD card when you first click on the removable disk letter on your Windows or MAC PC. There should be no other file or folder in the main directory. Your uncompressed firmware may be in a folder of its own, but you want to go into that folder and copy over only the files and folders you see in the screenshot. These are the only files that you require for the firmware, and if they are NOT on the root of your micro SD card, you may very well be greeted with an ERROR message, asking you to turn of your 3DS or DSi console.
Every one of our R4 cards comes with a USB Micro SD Card reader/writer. If you have purchased one of our combo packages, you also received a micro SD card with your order. If you purchased your micro SD card elsewhere, please get it ready now.
That's all there is to it. A simple quick and easy drag and drop/copy and paste is all you need to do it install the firmware kernel. Now all you have to do is enjoy your new R4 3DS Gold PRO Card!