Snarkanine

I never did find a solution unfortunately. I ended up getting another copy and saving this cart for display purposes.

Hi! I was using Dsemume and exported a .sav file, yeah. I'm definitely leaning towards an issue with the cartridge itself unfortunately. I cross-posted on a couple of subreddits, and they said it seems like the flash chip isn't writing correctly anymore. No matter what I do, I always have to save twice, and the previous owner's information still shows on PKSM like I didn't do anything at all to the cart. I opened it up and cleaned the connectors without any plastic barring my way just in case - no luck. Everything on the board still looks to be in great shape, so I'm extra bummed about it. I suppose my biggest worry is getting several hours into the game and having it stop saving entirely.

Should I post this someplace else? Q _ Q Or is it a lost cause?

Hi! I made an account to post here, so please bear with me. I am but a humble, Millennial fool. (人◕ω◕) I bought an authentic, used Pokemon Platinum cartridge, and the only issue it has is that I have to save twice for it to "stick." The first save attempt happens very quickly, even if it's "saving a lot of data," and doesn't actually register. The second save is appropriately paced, and will load up the next time I boot up the game. However: every time I boot up, it tells me that my save file is corrupted, and a previous save will be loaded. I was trying to troubleshoot and fiddle around to solve the problem. When I loaded the Game Save File via the PKSM software on my 3DS, it shows someone else's information. They have a bunch of boxes full of eggs holding items, and a couple of mons that PKSM couldn't verify. Has anyone had any experience with this? Is there a way to totally wipe the game and make it like a fresh cart, or did their hacks/cheats ruin the cart itself somehow? Up + Select + B, erasing the save file via TWLSaveTool, and trying to flash an emulator save to the cart didn't help. I've spent all day trying to problem-solve, but this seems well above me, if it's fixable at all. I tried looking at the hex things, too, but I'm very dumb, and couldn't wrap my head around any of that. I've attached the save file that I dumped from the cart using GodMode9. If there's something else I should do, or any other files I can grab for y'all, please let me know! POKEMON_PL_CPUE01_01.sav