I found a workaround how to export/import Card1 Savegames (no retail support)

First you know we had the problem of " CTR - BROKEN ", but there is a little trick to it.

!MT-Card USER can do this without Workaround because the save gets loaded on ROM mounting!

To fetch your Cartridge Savegames, you can use this method: NTR Savegame Manager Plugin

We need:

- Red Gateway Card
- The Exploit
- Launcher.dat (tested with 3.0.3 Ultra)
- SaveDataFiler
- The .3ds/.3dz/.cia Game you want to export/import
- A working Savegame (Dumped Savegames from Retail might not work)
- A PC/MAC (any Device capeable to rename Files)

!MAKE ALWAYS BACKUPS FROM YOUR SAVEGAMES!

A. EXPORT .3ds/.3dz to eShop:

Savegame example: Super Mario 3D Land (0004000000053F00) > http://3ds.essh.co/

1. Connect the SD Card to your PC
2. Copy your Savegame and save it as 000400000FF40A00.sav
3. Put SD Card back into your 3DS
4. Turn it on and execute Exploit
5. Mount your .3ds/.3dz Game
6. Start SaveDataFiler (CTR Card is no longer broken!) and highlight CTR Card
7. Press Y and then A to export the Savegame

SaveDataFiler stores in SDCARD:\filer\UserSaveData\20150131010203\0000053f
YEAR-MONTH-DAY-HOUR-MINUTE-SECONDS \ TitleID low

8. Switch to SD and highlight your TitleID
9. Press R+A and then A to import your Savegame
10. Press Home, select the cia game and press two times A to start

B. EXPORT eShop to .3ds/.3dz:


Savegame example: Super Mario 3D Land (0004000000053F00) > http://3ds.essh.co/

1. Start your 3DS and execute Exploit
2. Mount your Game
3. Start SaveDataFiler and highlight your TitleID low
4. Press Y and then A to export the Savegame
5. Switch over to SD and highlight TitleID low
6. Press L + A and then A to create 000400000FF40A00.sav (CTR Card is no longer broken!)
7. Turn your 3DS off and connect the SD CARD with your PC
8. Copy 000400000FF40A00.sav to your TitleID (0004000000053F00.sav)
9. Put your SD Card back into your 3DS
10. Turn your 3DS on and execute Exploit
11. Mount your Game and start it

Export Retail Card with CFW and SDF:

Note: As for CFW works only with FW4.5, 6.x encryption will fail.

1. You need CFW and installed SafeDataFiler on a spare SD Card
2. Start your CFW and insert your Cartridge
3. Start SafeDataFiler and highlight CTR Card
4. Press Y and then A to export the Savegame
5. Turn off your 3DS and move the 'filer' folder to your PC
6. Switch over to your Gateway (emuNAND) SD Card and add the 'filer' folder from PC
7. Insert your Gateway (emuNAND) SD Card into your 3DS
8. Start your 3DS, execute Exploit and start SaveDataFiler
9. Now you can follow A8 for eShop or B5 for .3ds/.3dz

(Be patient with CFW, sometimes it takes 10 tries to get it working)

Thx queno138 : original Post

Info:

"Nintendo 3DS\ID1\ID2\" = eShop , "000400000000XXXXXXX.sav" = Card 1

If your ID1\ID2 does not match after downgrade or formating 3DS,
your Save is LOST if there is no NAND Backup using that ID1\ID2!!!

If you have the NAND Backup matching ID1\ID2,
you can import it as emuNAND with emuNANDTool!

It is impossible to use NAND Backups or encrypted eShop saves
from another 3DS! You need to decrypt the saves first before you
can transfer them!

EXPORT / IMPORT from Original Cartridge is now possible
with Cubic Ninja + PASTA CFW + SaveData Filer!!!

 

[Skeet1983]

I don't know. I don't have a PowerSaves device so I can't test it,

I thought you said it is possible to take a downloaded GW save and re-import back to retail cart. Did I hear wrong?

 

[DragonSky]

No, after you import the save, you need to rename 000400000FF40A00 to whatever your second game's titleid is. The one you find from http://3ds.essh.co

Sorry can't do it. Can somebody convert this save?
https://www.mediafire.com/?5ct83782mlwmp2c

Game is Heroes of Ruin is not a big game.

 

[Pedeadstrian]

I thought you said it is possible to take a downloaded GW save and re-import back to retail cart. Did I hear wrong?

I misspoke. I know you can backup and restore saves using Powersaves, but as to whether or not you can convert a Powersaves backup to GW, or vice versa, I don't know.

 

[Skeet1983]

Can a GW save be imported to Cart without Powersaves?

 

[Biala]

Hey can someone help me with this issue I've got?
I wanted to move the save from my Omega Ruby 3dz to a CIA that I installed but I can't seem to get it working with SaveDataFiler
I can export the first one but can't import back into the CIA
Does anyone know how to do it?

 

[Grymnir]

I've been trying to export my MH4U save game to cia without any success. CTR card is always broken.
I've renamed it's save to "000400000FF40A00.sav" over twenty times, mounted and umounted the game to no avail, could it be a problem with my rom(it's the same one since the first try)?

 

[DarklyKnight]

For some reason, I got this working on my Mario Kart 7 (.3ds to 3dz), but it doesn't work on Fantasy Life. I backed up all of my .sav and only kept 3DS folder, launcher.dat and the 000400000FF40A00.sav(of Fantasy Life's), but the CTR Card is always broken. Anyone got it working for Fantasy Life?

EDIT: Ah nvm, managed to get it to work. Followed the guide here, https://gbatemp.net/threads/release-fantasy-life-save-viewer-editor.374495/ and credits to mvmiranda

 

[Herobroski]

Why does it still say ctr card- broken even after I renamed my Save file that Im transferring from to 000400000FF40A00.sav?
Ignore this entire post.

 

[MrJason005]

i don't know what happended, but when i tried to export my pokemon y save to my cia, it did not import it, it also did not say "CTR-CARD broken", but using the eShop tool worked fine?

 

[MichiS97]

i don't know what happended, but when i tried to export my pokemon y save to my cia, it did not import it, it also did not say "CTR-CARD broken", but using the eShop tool worked fine?

The Pokemon games aren't Card1 but Card2 games, so the save file can be exported by SDF right away, no need to rename the .sav file. So that is why the CTR card did not show up as broken.

 

[Herobroski]

Hello. This is a question to everyone, or really a favor. For a whole damn week, I was working on something related to Fire emblem awakening. I tried to import a Japanese save to a US rom. At this time, I had both the Jap version, US version, Jap save, and US save in the respected microSD and SD cards. But the reason why Im asking you guys why it seems a tad more complicated, or maye even simpler for me, is because theres this extra folder called "filer". Here. Ill show you where I got the Jap save file from. http://filetrip.net/3ds-downloads/g...ning-jpn-perfect-initial-save-1-2-f33009.html. On this page, theres a description that says something about using its own "filer folder" or whatev. I need helpz. I really dont understand. Ivw been in the dark. I dont kven know what to import or export.

 

[MrJason005]

The Pokemon games aren't Card1 but Card2 games, so the save file can be exported by SDF right away, no need to rename the .sav file. So that is why the CTR card did not show up as broken.

hmm, didn't know that

 

[MichiS97]

hmm, didn't know that

You should by able to export the save file and import it to your CIA though, don't know why that was an issue for you

 

[Herobroski]

Strange, it should work. Can you send me your save, so I try transfer it myself?

Hey redunda, Can you help me out as well? Theres a bit of comlication to mine because it requires a 3rd party "filer" folder... http://filetrip.net/3ds-downloads/g...ning-jpn-perfect-initial-save-1-2-f33009.html
The description reads that I have to use their "Filer folder" or something

 

[redunka]

Hey redunda, Can you help me out as well? Theres a bit of comlication to mine because it requires a 3rd party "filer" folder... http://filetrip.net/3ds-downloads/g...ning-jpn-perfect-initial-save-1-2-f33009.html
The description reads that I have to use their "Filer folder" or something

My name is redunka, not redunda. :-)
What exactly you want to do with this save? Do you want transfer it to cia or to 3ds?

 

[Herobroski]

My name is redunka, not redunda. :-)
What exactly you want to do with this save? Do you want transfer it to cia or to 3ds?

Oh wow.. sorry man. I didnt meant o misspell your name..
I want to transfer to it to... 3ds, I believe? 3ds is just another game in .3ds file right?

 

[redunka]

Oh wow.. sorry man. I didnt meant o misspell your name..
I want to transfer to it to... 3ds, I believe? 3ds is just another game in .3ds file right?

It's okay. So, there is 0004000000072000.SAV file inside rar. If you copy this file to SD card and launch .3ds game it should work. But if you have game with header then you need savedatafiler. Try first method and tell me if it works or not.

 

[Herobroski]

It's okay. So, there is 0004000000072000.SAV file inside rar. If you copy this file to SD card and launch .3ds game it should work. But if you have game with header then you need savedatafiler. Try first method and tell me if it works or not.

I am trying to transfer the Jap save file to a US rom. thats why i need to use savedatafiler..
So in other words, no it didnt work. Sorry, do you have any other ideas?
I have a feeling this is REALLY easy because the "filer" folder probably takes care of everything.

 

[redunka]

I am trying to transfer the Jap save file to a US rom. thats why i need to use savedatafiler..

Oh, sorry, my fault. Ok, I will try to transfer it.

 

[Herobroski]

Oh, sorry, my fault. Ok, I will try to transfer it.

Thank you Savior-san. :v