Corrupted Cartridge Fixer Release

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3DS cartridges are technically flash storage - so not read only. It should in theory be possible to rewrite them with special equipment - but they're not wired up to be rewritten with arbitrary data using a 3DS.

We're just telling the chip to trigger an internal function that works with the data that's already there.
 
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I mean when fixing, the cardridge is basically rewrriting chunks of itself, no? That means its not "read only". Unless i dont understand something
No, fixing the cartdriges is a process where the chip «it self heals» bad sector that type of flash memory losses data because need electricity on each sector to keep it alive, the process read all sectors to try to read the data fading. but if the data is going bad there is no recovery, is like a hole on a dvd.
 

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how do I install it? I don't have the absolute idea how to do it, I'm 100% new to all this and I need a tutorial please :CC
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how do I install it? I don't have the absolute idea how to do it, I'm 100% new to all this and I need a tutorial please :CC
 

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Can I delete the log of bad blocks from the sd card or will it cause any issues? Besides is it automatically a lost cause if the programm runs through romfs?
 
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The log is just for your own information. Feel free to delete.

And, no. Through normal operation it first goes through EXEFS and then ROMFS.
 

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I just went through my entire 3ds collection and my copy of Disney Magical World 2 was throwing the arm 11 exception. A pass through your program, and 56,000 refreshes later, the game is bootable again! Thank you!
 
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Thanks for making the tool.

I bought my copy of Ruby at the same time I bought my cousin a copy of Sapphire. They both wouldn't work but his copy passed through the tool with flying colors (though the verification rejects it each time). My copy gets stuck often and I see "500 refresh" all the time . I am ready to give up and realize that every time I skip a block it remains broke. Is there anyway to tell the tool to skip without opening the 3ds and pressing Y?
 

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Thing is, it's not going to get better if you just auto-skip those blocks. It only refreshes the data that was last read - skipping the block will just make it move past that chunk and it won't get any refreshes anymore.
 

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