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!!!

 

[Eiseiryuoujin]

What did you do then? This tutorial does nothing at all with the nand.

It doesn't. But when I try to open the cia it froze my 3ds. Thought it was just some random error. Never ever i hate myself more for just one thought.

Mine goes black screen with blue light on quite often after trying to turn it off. I just hold the on/off button down until the blue light goes off then turn it back on and all is good. Have you tried that?

Those pic is what happened when i try to turn it on. I even left it on all day yesterday, still nothing. It can't boot to recovery mode either.

I'm using gateway 3.7.1, that might be the cause. I'm not here to blame anything or anyone. Just giving some information.

 

[Yil]

Sorry, I thought it has to do with version of SDF.

 

[Ohad1th]

I had legit eshop bought game and I switched to cia , but the save doesn't apply
both bought and pirated version use the same save files aren't they ?

 

[fenomeno0chris]

Hello Im using an old3DS with Gateway3DS and I want to transfer my MH4U save data to my new3DS with Luma3DS CFW. On my old3DS I have used a .3ds file and now Im using a .CIA file on the new3DS. How should I proceed?

EXTRA: I have insert the internal SD Card of the old3DS to my PC and there are a lot of files like this one: 0004000000126100.sav
Ive checked the ID of these .sav files and copied the most important ones to my PC just in case.

 

[LAA]

I'm confused...
I download a Pokemon Y .sav file I want to use it on a CIA installed version of the game...
How can I go about doing this?

Thanks

 

[CH1CK3NMAN]

I'm confused...
I download a Pokemon Y .sav file I want to use it on a CIA installed version of the game...
How can I go about doing this?

Thanks

I heard pokemon save files are much harder to do...

I have a question. If I don't mount the game when using savedatafiler, will it still work?

 

[Amapola62]

I had the US version of PMD as a cia, I replaced it with the Eur version. I backed up my Us region free save file with JKSM...how can i import it in the EUR cia so that i don't have to restart evrything?

 

[CyKoDeLiC]

5. Mount your .3ds/.3dz Game
6. Start SaveDataFiler (CTR Card is no longer broken!) and highlight CTR Card

I changed the name of my FE Awakening .sav from GW to 000400000FF40A00.sav, but it still says CTR Card is broken...

 

[gamesquest1]

5. Mount your .3ds/.3dz Game
6. Start SaveDataFiler (CTR Card is no longer broken!) and highlight CTR Card

I changed the name of my FE Awakening .sav from GW to 000400000FF40A00.sav, but it still says CTR Card is broken...

some versions of SDF use the title ID 000400000FF40A02.sav iirc

 

[CyKoDeLiC]

Ok it worked. I changed the save only in two values to change the difficulty. But when I try to import the save data back to the CTR card, it gives me the Failure! error.

 

[KY_79]

I need some help here. I have a gateway save that I got from someone that I want to use on a CIA I installed but I dont personally own a gateway.
So my question is how can I use a Gateway save on a CIA I have without a gateway card . Im using a CFW(Reinand) and I have all the needed tools installed(JK saves,savedatafiler,CTRXplorer)

 

[Mylink5]

Hello. I am a little lost when you mention 'the exploit' and mounting the 3ds rom. Could anyone help me.?

 

[masterzed]

hi all, i dont unterstand. i follow this guide to convert my gateway safegame with sadatafilter. but they says crt card broken - i cant export this to my cia games. any idea? thanks a lot

 

[lamende]

Okay. So, I have a .sav from back when I had Xenoblade and GW. I now have a N3DS with Luma3DS CFW on it. I want to convert my .sav to import into the .cia, but it seems like i need the cartridge in order to do it rn. Is there a better way or am i sol?

 

[keyra]

Okay. So, I have a .sav from back when I had Xenoblade and GW. I now have a N3DS with Luma3DS CFW on it. I want to convert my .sav to import into the .cia, but it seems like i need the cartridge in order to do it rn. Is there a better way or am i sol?

u actually need a gw or the official cartridge

 

[lamende]

u actually need a gw or the official cartridge

ah damn, strange that GW has something luma doesnt have for once. I still have my GW but idk if itll work with my luma correctly.

 

[keyra]

ah damn, strange that GW has something luma doesnt have for once. I still have my GW but idk if itll work with my luma correctly.

it does work, i'm using it on luma a9hl

 

[geckus]

im trying to get my save games from my gateway after i install A9hl. but i cant mount my gateway anymore after the luma cfw. or can i?

 

[evandixon]

im trying to get my save games from my gateway after i install A9hl. but i cant mount my gateway anymore after the luma cfw. or can i?

https://gbatemp.net/threads/tutorial-using-luma3ds-with-gateway-on-v2-a9lh.431691/