3DS GBA Save Backup and Restore with GodMode9

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  1. InsaneNutter

    InsaneNutter Resident Nutter Staff Member

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    Could be several reasons, is your rom hack setup to correctly use 128k saves on the 3DS? if you have used this save on an emulator on the PC was it set to save 128k saves and not 64k?

    You also might have actually corrupted the save when editing it, did you test on an emulator first?
     
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    Hello!
    Thank you for the tuto!
    I tryed with some CIA version of pokemon RFLG and it worked but with my emerald version i cannot restore my save. I mean i did all you said but it's still the same save from before. I tried many things but i couldn't find why it doesn't work.
    Could you help me please?

    Regards
     
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    Thank you for this!
     
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    Sorry the necroposting, but i had a huge trouble.
    I had 2 pokemon games in my console: Pokemon Ruby and Pokemon Emerald. Who i inyect the Emerald save without that save affects my Ruby save?
    I try to inyect the save between the Godmode9 method but when i start the Ruby game i got "save deleted" error and when i inyect the Ruby save to fix that, the Emerald save screw complete.
     
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    InsaneNutter Resident Nutter Staff Member

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    Keep in mind you can only backup the save of the last GBA game you played, so launch the GBA game you wish to backup, for example Emerald and save it. You can then backup / restore that save.

    If you wish to then do the same for Ruby launch Ruby and save the game, you can then backup / restore that save instead and it will not affect the Emerald save.

    Ensure you are using 128k saves and GBA VC Pokemon games which have been setup for 128k saves.
     
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    OH THANKS, MAN!
     
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    hi I try to inject my mgba .sav file to my 3ds using godmode 9 and it says injection failed.
    I looked at my .sav file properties and it shows the size is 128kb but the size on disk is 132kb
    Is that why I can't inject my sav file to my 3ds? and if it does how to rectify this problem
     
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    How would you load the rom onto an emulator to use the save? Could I just get a rom and rename it to the title ID?
     
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    Generally you name the save the same as the rom, ensure they are in the same folder and the emulator will load the save
     
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    Halfway through exporting/injecting save files for Pokemon Emerald I've been getting errors injecting the save files back in.
    Here's some info:
    - I modded my 3DS 2 days ago with the latest resources (gm9 and others)
    - It worked at the start (had it exported on PC and added Old Sea Map back on the 3DS save file)
    - If I try injecting a save file that I just dumped it'll tell me the injection failed
    - I new game'd and tried again
    - PKHeX with the WC3 plugin can still load/edit the file, but it's seen as invalid by WC3Tool.0.1e
    - File size is 129KB (128KB on gm9)
    - File name is: 0004000000017E00.gbavc.sav
    - SD card is stock 4GB
     
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    Try loading the save in VBA-M and saving (ensure VBA-M is set to use 128kb saves and not 64kb) then restore that save to the 3DS.
     
    InsaneNutter, Mar 30, 2023
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    So it won't let me continue from the save even though I get the message at the start saying it loads the battery from it (set it for 128kb saves).
    I can play from the save on mGBA though so I saved and tried to restore that, still failed.
     
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