GBA rewriteable cartridge Flash Merrory ERROR!

[AlexDiablo90]

Hello guys.. I tried to upload the pokemon emerald legacy rom hack to a rewriteable gba cartridge and I got "flash memory not detected" error.. any ideas on why and how to solve it?? Thanks

[theSLAYER]

Whether is it a flash cart or repro cart, these carts may have a different flash chip or store the saves differently.

And this ROM hack is not finding the physical location to make a save.

One of the ways is to patch the location of the save or hex edit to redirect to the location of the save. Not sure how many people knows how to do that.

If you know the model of the cart you’re using, could use that name as part of the search term, to see if you can find anything.

[AlexDiablo90]

Hey theSlayer, thanks.. i am not sure sure what all of these mean but I'll look into it.. and if anyone else is interested or can offer any advice, I' post the the repro cart below.. 

[theSLAYER]

Yeah looks like a bootleg.

For regular ROMs patched for bootlegs, you can use patches from an existing dumped batteryless patch or try to see if it can work with an overall batteryless patcher.

Principle for these, is that bootleg carts don't save into the regular location for saves, but instead saves the data within the ROM (a telltale sign would be the cart you showed not having a battery). These patchers attempt to hack the ROM to change the location of where the game saves to.

Use the patchers at your own risk. Also, multiple rewrites may be bad for your repro cart in the long run, keep that in mind too.