Leif6174

5 hours ago, theSLAYER said:

It’s odd that it wouldn’t read it. You could try flashing back, and selecting the same options as what you see above, but it would certainly be a risk, as there’s a chance it can render your card unplayable.

It is at your own risk.

Will do, at this point, I'm trying to gift this to an old friend, if it fails, oh well, I try again next time. Will update with results

28 minutes ago, theSLAYER said:

Oh right, so it definitely can’t be read using GBAbf? Possible to get it to read with a different version?

Also Detect Flash, and take a photo of the option listed.

Probably shouldn’t try writing to it if it can’t be read..

That's fair. I was hoping it'd be that simple since I have already dumped the ROM through the other software.

13 minutes ago, theSLAYER said:

If you were able to extract the save from the ROM, means likely your save is stored in the ROM. Read everything in the very first post, regarding how to transfer saves back to your ROM, and your ROM back to your cart. Make sure you read everything!

I understand the step I need to do, but to be clear, I used the GBA Backup Tool to get the ROM off as it wouldn't read the ROM with gbabf.

Am I supposed to flash that ROM using gbabf?

6 hours ago, theSLAYER said:

just in case, send that over anyway.

sure, give that a try

Alright, I dumped the rom using the GBA Backup tool, it worked, and using the Bootleg GBA extractor I got the 2 save files out. Here is the save file dumped by the same program, and a screenshot of the memory refrences of the save file locations! Ill also attach the 2 that I managed to rip using the extractor tool.

TLDR, I dumped the rom using the GBA Backup Tool, I selected the save file to inject and injected it, however, I do not know how to/if I need to export the rom file.
Moreover, I don't know how to put the rom back on my GBA cart using the GBA Backup Tool. Any advice?

POKEMON_FIRE_BPRE01.sav save0-2024-05-06 11-56-32-0xFC0000-halfpatched.sav save1-2024-05-06 11-56-32-0x1FC0000-halfpatched.sav

On 5/5/2024 at 1:28 AM, theSLAYER said:

Yeah, repro ROMs are edited/modified to display that instead of the typical shtick about save files being corrupted and a backup being loaded and what not.

Have you tried backing up your save using
1. GBA backup tool (save dumping/backing up)
2. gbabf -> ROM extraction -> Run ROM in Extractor program

If so, lemme know which method you used, and show me the save

(FYI, don't upload ROMs here)

I did try backing up the save the non-bootleg way, if you will.

The result was that it had an incompatible file type. (Shows up as PKHeX can't read binary)

As for the other idea, whenever I try to dump the gbabf throws an error regarding not being able to open the file. I'll try again and if my findings change, I'll post them. I'll also grab a save from idea 1 as well for you.

I got no idea whats wrong with my repro, I can launch the game through gbabr, but I cannot dump the cart's data. When I boot into the game through any mean, I get a message that pops up at the start saying:
"The save file is ok"

Hey! Would you be able to upload this information with updates from the 2 DLCs?