Trying to edit save file of repo Emerald cartridge but .bin file doesn't have show saves on Bootleg GBA save Extractor and Injector

[sicnesses7]

I bought a fake copy of Emerald and I got a ds lite and followed the steps from the link shown but whenever I load the binary file in the Bootleg GBA save extractor and injection program it shows no saves found. I tried every file size and it hasn't worked. 

Edit: I tried putting the Binary file in a gba emulator and it shows no saves in it either, is there something im doing wrong?

 

 

 

[theSLAYER]

@sicnesses7 It is against our rules to upload ROMs to our site, please don’t do that. Have you managed to play on the cart, and save the game?

[sicnesses7]

@theSLAYERYes, I did save on the actual cart and save but nothing shows

Edited August 25, 2023 by sicnesses7

[theSLAYER]

  On 8/25/2023 at 8:03 AM, sicnesses7 said:

@theSLAYERYes, I did save on the actual cart and save but nothing shows

Expand  

Not every bootleg stores the save in the ROM. It should have appeared if it was that kind of cart. In the mean time, what’s your trainer name in-game. I’ll take a look at the file later.

Also, try extracting the save normally and see if you’re able to.

[sicnesses7]

@theSLAYER the trainer name is MAY and I used the GBA Backup Tool to extract the .sav data from my cartridge and it worked in pkhex but when injecting it, I booted up the game and it said the games data was corrupted and deleted itself

[theSLAYER]

  On 8/26/2023 at 7:33 AM, sicnesses7 said:

@theSLAYER the trainer name is MAY and I used the GBA Backup Tool to extract the .sav data from my cartridge and it worked in pkhex but when injecting it, I booted up the game and it said the games data was corrupted and deleted itself

Expand  

Mind uploading the unedited save?

[sicnesses7]

@theSLAYER heres the unedited .sav file

POKEMON_EMER_BPEE00.savFetching info...

[sicnesses7]

@theSLAYER did you see anything abnormal from the file?

[theSLAYER]

  On 8/28/2023 at 2:27 AM, sicnesses7 said:

@theSLAYER did you see anything abnormal from the file?

Expand  

Yup, there is something odd.

The sections ID should only range from 0x00FF8 to 0x1BFF8, but yours go all the way to 0x1FFF8..

I'm unsure if this even occurs normally. The save index of the blocks also doesn't appear consistent.

Try this file, lemme know if it works.
POKEMON_EMER_BPEE00-1.sav

 

[sicnesses7]

  On 8/28/2023 at 5:59 AM, theSLAYER said:

Yup, there is something odd.

The sections ID should only range from 0x00FF8 to 0x1BFF8, but yours go all the way to 0x1FFF8..

I'm unsure if this even occurs normally. The save index of the blocks also doesn't appear consistent.

Try this file, lemme know if it works.
POKEMON_EMER_BPEE00-1.sav

 

Expand  

I'm sorry if this sounds stupid or something but to inject the .sav file should I use the  GBA Backup Tool (being that it was the way I originally extracted the .sav file)? Only reason why I'm asking is because last time I used it to inject a save file the save file was corrupted and deleted itself

Edited August 28, 2023 by sicnesses7

[theSLAYER]

  On 8/28/2023 at 7:17 AM, sicnesses7 said:

I'm sorry if this sounds stupid or something but to inject the .sav file should I use the  GBA Backup Tool (being that it was the way I originally extracted the .sav file)? Only reason why I'm asking is because last time I used it to inject a save file the save file was corrupted and deleted itself

Expand  

The save you've uploaded for me was weird to begin with. Maybe trying to edit it made it worse. I just linked a copy that was fixed and works fine on my end.

Use the GBA backup tool to restore the save normally and let me know.

[theSLAYER]

@sicnesses7 does the file I submitted to you work?

[boxty]

I have the same problem with a pokemon emerald that when I want to use the program it tells me that games are not found, what can I do?

[theSLAYER]

  On 3/29/2025 at 2:31 AM, boxty said:

I have the same problem with a pokemon emerald that when I want to use the program it tells me that games are not found, what can I do?

Expand  

Sorry, not understanding the scenario.

Is the error from the program, tell you there’s no saves found, or that the NDS homebrew is unable to read and dump the data from the cart?

Try following this tutorial exactly, and let me know which step causes problems for you: