Help with Refurbished NDSi (supposedly)!

Francesca

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So I noticed aliexpress had Nintendo DS models for sale pretty cheaply and after some research landed on this one:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005075386850.html

I'd had no idea what to expect until it came in today. Here are the questions I had, having never owned a Nintendo DS and therefore never used a R4 DS card, one of which was attached to the console. Snoopy / Plus / Revolution.

1. The system is in Japanese, and though multiple online webpages and YouTube videos give (unfollowable) instructions on how to change the system language to English, it doesn't work. There's no way to change the system language, unless I'm mistaken.

2. There are some games already on the system, as promised, though I can't make out where they are exactly - on the R4 card? On the SD Card? They are all in Japanese and Chinese, as stated in the folders ('foreign game' folders are all filled with Japanese games), so I'm going to have to replace all the files inside with my own collection of DS games. Question is, how? I did a few google searched and couldn't understand how an R4 card works exactly. Do the ROMs go on the R4 card or the SD Card?

Funnier still, I opened the SD card slot on the console and found it... completely empty. Or is it stuck really deep inside?

3. I have absolutely no idea why a flash drive is attached to it? How is that going to help me transfer files exactly?

Would appreciate some help, thanks in advance!
 

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1. https://dsi.cfw.guide/faq.html#can-i-change-my-nintendo-dsi-s-region

2. DS games (foreign games folder etc) are stored on a micro SD card inside the R4 card itself.

You can manage the contents on your computer (using a micro sd card adaptor) e.g replace the foreign games folder with your backups and put the micro sd card back into the R4.

Sounds like your DSi’s SD card (used for photos, music and DSi software etc) slot is empty.

3. R4 firmware/menu files?

(more info): https://gbatemp.net/threads/ds-i-noob-paradise-ask-questions-here.528133/
 
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