Cant import edits from PkHex into my emulated game

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I recently accidentally overwrote my original emerald save where i had almost completed the pokedex. I just downloaded PkHex and individually added almost every pokemon (all legal) i had to my box in a new save, where im at the elite four. Upon importing the changes into my VBA-save (import>battery file>.sav file) it said "loaded..." but nothing changed. I have now upon suggestion removed savestate, saved ingame, and tried again, but it still doesnt work.

Anyone know how i can fix it, as it took way too much time to add them all individually the way they were in my initial save...

Thanks in advance