Salvage corrupted ORAS save data?

[sora8]

On 12/29/2023 at 12:36 AM, Kaphotics said:

Here you go -- was missing the final block (0x200) of data which contains all the checksums. I truncated your save data to the correct size, then copied another OR/AS save file's last 0x200 bytes to the end of your save file, then opened & exported it with PKHeX to fix the checksums.

 

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please i running through the same error can u do the same for me very very thankful in advance

 

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[KinRaven]

Hi @Kaphotics, good day! I'm been playing may OR in awhile now. Then, suddenly my savefile is corrupted, Can you help me please? Also have this error in pkhex after opening my savefile. Thank you so much 

 

 

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[Kaphotics]

13 hours ago, KinRaven said:

Hi @Kaphotics, good day! I'm been playing may OR in awhile now. Then, suddenly my savefile is corrupted, Can you help me please? Also have this error in pkhex after opening my savefile. Thank you so much 

 

 

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your save file has a ton of stuff missing, so I just dumped the box data.

your party is empty.

boxdump.zip

[KinRaven]

9 hours ago, Kaphotics said:

your save file has a ton of stuff missing, so I just dumped the box data.

your party is empty.

boxdump.zip 124.54 kB · 1 download

Thank you so much @Kaphotics, will try to use this file  

[deffyboi]

Hey @Kaphotics, I accidentally deleted my OR save on my 3ds, but able to get it from the PKSM editor when I injected it back into the game. It said my data was corrupted. I've already tried fixing it myself, but it hasn't changed. Any chance you could try and fix it?.  The OG file is below.

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[Kaphotics]

2 hours ago, deffyboi said:

Hey @Kaphotics, I accidentally deleted my OR save on my 3ds, but able to get it from the PKSM editor when I injected it back into the game. It said my data was corrupted. I've already tried fixing it myself, but it hasn't changed. Any chance you could try and fix it?.  The OG file is below.

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Opens just fine in PKHeX. Fix the checksums (the Pokepuffs section of the save file has an invalid checksum) by exporting your save file from the program. Then restore your `main` file.

[deffyboi]

@Kaphotics I've been trying as hard as I can to get it to work, but OR still tells me my save is corrupted. Any chance you could fix it?

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[Kaphotics]

19 minutes ago, deffyboi said:

@Kaphotics I've been trying as hard as I can to get it to work, but OR still tells me my save is corrupted. Any chance you could fix it?

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Delete the save data on the console, then start a new game, then import your `main` file to replace it.

[YamiZer0]

@Kaphotics Heya, I see you've been helping people, and I was wondering if you could have a look at my OR save file that corrupted almost 10 years ago. I've had a little look and compared it to other issue files here, and I do think it might actually be too scrambled to save, but I thought it would be worth asking at least as this save held 13 years worth of pokemon at the time 

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[Scolax]

@Kaphotics Hi everyone, my ultramoon savefile is corrupted and tools like pkhex doesn't work because the file is too big, I know much people manage to get they're files fixed thanks to you guys so I hope you can help me as well! here the file (from lime3ds emulator by the way)

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[Alexprio]

Hello @Kaphotics i am trying for days to get this to work also i sent you a message.. can you help?

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[piergy]

Hi @Kaphotics!
I wondered if you can help me with my old Pokemon Alpha Sapphire save file.
My cartridge stopped working years ago (the console does not recognize the cart), but I'm still able to move my Pokemon throgh Pokemon bank.
Today I tried to backup the .sav through godmode9 and move that file to a digital copy; I got no luck: everytime I open the game it says something like "your save data is damagede".
I also tried using PKHex but it says that my file is either too big or damaged. I don't know how to just backup the 'main', since Checkpoint doesn't recognize my gamecard, so does the Home menu itself. So this one is 1MB. Is it fine?

Thank you so much.

000400000011C500_v02.sav

Edited 4 hours ago by piergy

[Kaphotics]

4 minutes ago, piergy said:

Hi @Kaphotics!
I wondered if you can help me with my old Pokemon Alpha Sapphire save file.
My cartridge stopped working years ago, but I'm still able to move my Pokemon throgh Pokemon bank.
Today I tried to backup the .sav through godmode9 and move that file to a digital copy; I got no luck.
I also tried using PKHex but it says that my file is either too big or damaged (I don't know how to just backup the main since Checkpoint doesn't recognize my gamecard, so does the Home menu itself. So this one is 1MB. Is it fine?)

Thank you so much.

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Not a valid dump; console-encrypted files are impossible to read unless you decrypt them first. You cannot simply copy the file off the SD card and have external programs read that.

[piergy]

1 hour ago, Kaphotics said:

Not a valid dump; console-encrypted files are impossible to read unless you decrypt them first. You cannot simply copy the file off the SD card and have external programs read that.

You're right.
How about this one?
Thank you so much.

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[Kaphotics]

10 minutes ago, piergy said:

You're right.
How about this one?
Thank you so much.

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It's an uninitialized save file (game not started). Nothing to recover.

[piergy]

1 hour ago, Kaphotics said:

It's an uninitialized save file (game not started). Nothing to recover.

Alright, so I've been able to recover my save file through FBI & Checkpoint.
If this helps someone, here's a tip: I first browsed into saved data , then I moved the 'main' to my SD card, then I opened the file on PKHex, exported it and restored it on my digital copy with Checkpoint.
@Kaphotics sorry for wasting your time. Thanks anyway for your help. Also, I really appreciate your work.