Hacking Game Backup file not working

[Bongert]

I had a couple games crashing with (DispErr) and read that just reinstalling the game should do the trick most of the time. So i tried, but i was smart enough to do a backup of the save file. But i wasnt smart enough to copy the save file onto my computer and instead used the Savefile Backup feature of the 3DS found in the Data Management menu. So i deinstalled and reinstalled the software, it ran without problems but i couldnt load in my savefile backup because the 3DS couldnt recognize a software associated with that backup file. I tried manually putting the backup file in the save file folder over the PC but i only got a corrupt save file error message.
now tell me, did i kill my save file or is there a way to still get this to work?

 

[lone_wolf323]

I had a couple games crashing with (DispErr) and read that just reinstalling the game should do the trick most of the time. So i tried, but i was smart enough to do a backup of the save file. But i wasnt smart enough to copy the save file onto my computer and instead used the Savefile Backup feature of the 3DS found in the Data Management menu. So i deinstalled and reinstalled the software, it ran without problems but i couldnt load in my savefile backup because the 3DS couldnt recognize a software associated with that backup file. I tried manually putting the backup file in the save file folder over the PC but i only got a corrupt save file error message.
now tell me, did i kill my save file or is there a way to still get this to work?

You will need to create a savefile for the game you reinstalled. Once thats in place, you can use jksm or checkpoint to overwrite that save with the one you had

 

[Bongert]

never used checkpoint before. how do i overwrite the new savefile with my old one?

 

[lone_wolf323]

never used checkpoint before. how do i overwrite the new savefile with my old one?

You will load up the app and select to restore your save file for the game you have.

 

[Bongert]

Dont know if i did it right. I still get the corrupted safe file error. I created a folder in the right place and put my old file in and after reloading the save in checkpoint it said it was successful but the game says otherwise

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Dont know if i did it right. I still get the corrupted safe file error. I created a folder in the right place and put my old file in and after reloading the save in checkpoint it said it was successful but the game says otherwise

im just now seeing that in the activity log i have two entries for that particular game, one with the right play time and dates and a new one with only a couple of minutes. dont know if its anything noteworthy but doesnt that mean there are two safes the system is reading?

 

[lone_wolf323]

Dont know if i did it right. I still get the corrupted safe file error. I created a folder in the right place and put my old file in and after reloading the save in checkpoint it said it was successful but the game says otherwise

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im just now seeing that in the activity log i have two entries for that particular game, one with the right play time and dates and a new one with only a couple of minutes. dont know if its anything noteworthy but doesnt that mean there are two safes the system is reading?

game carts and digital titles will read as separate in the logs. What game are you trying to load anyways.

 

[Bongert]

game carts and digital titles will read as separate in the logs. What game are you trying to load anyways.

Picross 3D round 2. Its not a legitimate copy, maybe i shouldve mentioned that earlier.

 

[Bongert]

i guess there is nothing i can do then...

 

[TurdPooCharger]

Check if your SD card is fake, faulty, or dying.

1. Copy everything off the SD card to a computer.
2. Quadruple reformat.
3. Full Write + Verify the empty card in H2testw. Do not skip.

 

[Bongert]

Check if your SD card is fake, faulty, or dying.

1. Copy everything off the SD card to a computer.
2. Quadruple reformat.
3. Full Write + Verify the empty card in H2testw. Do not skip.

should i do full format or quick format for each step?

 

[TurdPooCharger]

should i do full format or quick format for each step?

Click on the image to see an expanded view. It's quick for all four (4) programs.

 

[Bongert]

Click on the image to see an expanded view. It's quick for all four (4) programs.

would it be bad if i did overwrite anyways? im already done with the first two ^^

 

[TurdPooCharger]

would it be bad if i did overwrite anyways? im already done with the first two ^^

It's fine if you already ran the first two (2) under Full Format instead of Quick Format. Just continue with the last two programs in Quick. The reason why Full Format is not done is because it takes too long and the step 3's H2testw basically does a Full Format when it fills ups the SD card during its Write phase.

 

[Bongert]

It's fine if you already ran the first two (2) under Full Format instead of Quick Format. Just continue with the last two programs in Quick. The reason why Full Format is not done is because it takes too long and the step 3's H2testw basically does a Full Format when it fills ups the SD card during its Write phase.

im done now. The H2Testw showed no errors with my sd card, and after putting all my stuff back on the save file would still show as corrupt when using Checkpoint and wont load at all through the Data Management menu. Though i dont know how this whole reformatting thing wouldve helped with that anyway.

 

[TurdPooCharger]

im done now. The H2Testw showed no errors with my sd card, and after putting all my stuff back on the save file would still show as corrupt when using Checkpoint and wont load at all through the Data Management menu. Though i dont know how this whole reformatting thing wouldve helped with that anyway.

Keep a copy of everything from the SD card on the computer. Salvage the games, dlcs, updates, saves, and extdata in the Nintendo 3DS folder like in these examples. I recommend following Path (B) when rebuilding the folder.

• Corrupted Data [post #2]

 

[Bongert]

Keep a copy of everything from the SD card on the computer. Salvage the games, dlcs, updates, saves, and extdata in the Nintendo 3DS folder like in these examples. I recommend following Path (B) when rebuilding the folder.

• Corrupted Data [post #2]

im at the sysnand backup part and ive tried both options and both failed. I have enough space on my SD card, so this shouldnt be the issue. Should i just proceed without the backup?

 

[TurdPooCharger]

im at the sysnand backup part and ive tried both options and both failed. I have enough space on my SD card, so this shouldnt be the issue. Should i just proceed without the backup?

When using the CTRTransfer (Type D9) script, you are not to follow the Instructions for the CTRTransfer option. That's used to repair the 3DS firmware + custom firmware.

Please read those example threads in that link in how to go about repairing the Nintendo 3DS folder with the script's Rebuild 3DS Database → (B) Full as described in Path (B); ignore the fact that your SD card technically passed H2testw.

EDIT - As for why your attempts to backup the SysNAND *.bin image have failed despite having enough free space, your SD card may be going bad like this.

• MicroSD data corrupts on the 3DS, but h2testw comes out fine [post #8]

 

[Bongert]

ive done the full rebuild 3ds Database and got a message with insertion failed something something. when opening FBI i only found a single .cia game file in gm9/out folder.

 

[TurdPooCharger]

ive done the full rebuild 3ds Database and got a message with insertion failed something something. when opening FBI i only found a single .cia game file in gm9/out folder.

Take a look in the sdmc:/gm9/out/cias (proper)_<ID0>/missing_titles.txt, and find/download/collect replacement CIAs by their TitleIDs.

• https://hax0kartik.github.io/3dsdb/
• 3dsdb.com
  
• ADVANsCEne
• DAT-o-MATIC
• Renascene

Once you have all the CIAs, finish the rest of steps 7B–10B.

At this point, you should be able to restore the saves without crashing.

• HOME Menu → System Settings → Data Management → Nintendo 3DS → Save-Data Backup → Restore → etc.

If restoring the saves is not coming up, make sure the SD card has those backups like this.

• sdmc:/Nintendo 3DS/<ID0>/<ID1>/backup/000/
  • 00040000<TID_LOW>/00000001.sav
  • .
  • .
    
  • 00040000<TID_LOW>/00000001.sav

 

[Bongert]

i tried doing 1b again without doing anything different than my last attempt and now i get "Detected 'title_<ID0>' folder. Resolve previous run with '(1b) Backup CIAs & Saves'.

also, the missing_titles.txt was empty.