How to export/import Gateway Card1 .sav to eShop/3ds/3dz with SaveDataFiler

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!!!
 

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Hi Guys :) I need open or convert a Gateway .sav file without Red Card. I need my save to continue with .cia games, but I dont have gateway :( Any options?
 

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Ok guys after 4 hours of trying to inject an eshop save to .3ds on MH4U I figured out the problem. It is caused by Gateway's latest firmware (3.6.1), maybe this version has a bug and it is incompatible with savedatafiler's injecting function. Just use 3.6.0 version it worked perfectly! If the author sees it he could post it in the first page so others won't lose their time as much as I did trying to figure this out!

You're a freaking lifesaver. Just tried this out myself after being on 3.6.2, and it worked perfectly. Thanks.
 

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You're a freaking lifesaver. Just tried this out myself after being on 3.6.2, and it worked perfectly. Thanks.
Glad to know it worked mate! It took 4 hours of my life to understand what was wrong, so I am glad I helped you! So 3.6.2 doesn't work? Same as 3.6.1?
 

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Glad to know it worked mate! It took 4 hours of my life to understand what was wrong, so I am glad I helped you! So 3.6.2 doesn't work? Same as 3.6.1?

Nope, not at all. I was actually wondering what happened because I was able to successfully inject a save about three days ago, then all of a sudden it just stopped working when I tried it the day after. Then when I saw your post I realized I updated my launcher. Turns out you were right.
 

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Nope, not at all. I was actually wondering what happened because I was able to successfully inject a save about three days ago, then all of a sudden it just stopped working when I tried it the day after. Then when I saw your post I realized I updated my launcher. Turns out you were right.
Yes that's exactly how I realised this was the problem...
 

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Anyway to import all Mii/Streetpass data? I tried just exporting all the extdata from sysnand and importing it to unlinked emunand, but no luck.

I don't care for those things myself, but it isn't my console :P
 

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Hello!
I read the topic, but still totally lost...
I have a CFW, with a backup of Smash Bros installed as .CIA
Opened savedatafiler, exported save data to SD, with a folder with two .bin files

Then, I downloaded a .sav file from internet. I wanna import it to the game but... how? X_X
Sorry, thanks in advance!
 

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SDF just never ever updates the save when I import, or creates a new SAV file if I delete all the old ones, but it doesn't give any errors either. :(

Does anyone have any ideas? Could this be an issue with the newer Gateway 3DS firmwares?

Answering my own question here, turns out my problem was the newer Gateway firmware, they've fixed the issue with 3.1.7, importing created a SAV file straight away with the new version, so I could just rename and it worked.
 

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I want to export my GW Smash bros save file to use with eshop version, I have exported both save and secure value data, imported both save and secure value data into eshop game but when I start the game, I have a message that says corrupted save, do you want to create a new save file...

How can I fix this?
 

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