Hacking An Error Occurred/Error type: generic on Physical Pokemon Y

[Paperweight]

Hey, I am trying to figure out what went wrong with my physical copy of Pokemon Y after using Luma to patch and randomize it. (I have made sure all of my CFW is up to date before asking this)

I have a CFW Old 3DS which I used to patch a randomizer onto Pokemon Y. After playing it for a short while, it would crash and give me the "An error occurred (ErrDisp) Error type: generic" screen which I have learned basically just is the "An Error has occurred. Hold down the POWER button....." error. I thought it had something to do with the randomizer so I got rid of it, and reset the save file so I could play it normally. However, I kept on getting the same error around the catching tutorial or so. I put the game cart into my bud's non-CFW old 3DS and I got the Nintendo "An Error has occurred......" message.

I have dug through many forum posts and have not been able to answer my own question. I've probably overlooked something or maybe, as one article I read suggested, this is normal after you use hacks and now my cart is an expensive decoration.

Thanks

 

[zxr750j]

I don't think CFW can corrupt a legit card. Maybe you can clean the contacts?

 

[Paperweight]

I don't think CFW can corrupt a legit card. Maybe you can clean the contacts?

Damn man i forgot about that. Thanks for bringing that to my attention, I'll try that out. Thanks man.

 

[Lacius]

Things I would try:

1. Delete the save file by pressing Up + X + B at the same time on the title screen.
2. Clean the contacts

 

[Paperweight]

Things I would try:

1. Delete the save file by pressing Up + X + B at the same time on the title screen.
2. Clean the contacts

Yeah I've tried deleting the save file multiple times and every time i get to Route 2, it crashes at some point. I am currently cleaning the contacts now, and that's probably the right move but I overlooked that when I was "troubleshooting."

 

[lone_wolf323]

The first thing I would look at is disabling the patch and loading the game. See if it errors out on ya. Theres been a ton of these types of things that happen with randomizers.

 

[Paperweight]

The first thing I would look at is disabling the patch and loading the game. See if it errors out on ya. Theres been a ton of these types of things that happen with randomizers.

I disabled the randomizer a long while ago. It has kept crashing since. Thank you for the recommendation though.

 

[lone_wolf323]

I disabled the randomizer a long while ago. It has kept crashing since. Thank you for the recommendation though.

Hmmm. Did you by chance have a save made from before patching?

 

[Paperweight]

Hmmm. Did you by chance have a save made from before patching?

I don't believe so. I might have one saved with checkpoint, but I doubt it. I will check regardless. I also just tried to clean the contacts to help it, but as I typed that last sentence, I got the error again.

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I do not seem to have a checkpoint save of the game, which is something I should have done before randomizing. If this means the card is screwed, I'll accept that. Thanks for the help.

(update)

well i just managed to go 30 minutes or so into the game before crashing, which is the longest it has gone. I dont know if that's helpful info though.

(update)

cleaned again, crashed after 4m 56s...
and again- 3m 48s.

 

[zxr750j]

Hmm, running out of options. But it's to light to serve as paperweight.
Try this: Dump the rom with godmode, convert and install it as a a CIA...

 

[Paperweight]

I have the .3DS file saved already so I’ll do that. Thanks for the help from everyone in this thread.