Sorry, I've never done that. I hold Y while veryfing the cartridge?Try to run the tool while holding Y, and post the logs from /gm9/out.
Sorry, I've never done that. I hold Y while veryfing the cartridge?Try to run the tool while holding Y, and post the logs from /gm9/out.
Going for theoretically rewritable storage instead of MASK-ROM wasn't the smartest idea. Probably two things:Nin should've provided us with such a useful tool at least, after flooding the market with such lousy game carts.
Yet? 3DS is not what I would call old and already has a significant amount of problematic game carts. Yes, anything out of production and older than 3 days [sic!] is considered to be outdated, ancient junk nowadays. But comparing 3DS to previous carts is disillusioning.The overwhelmingly vast majority of cartridges have no problems.
Good to know. Will probably run the checking function on my games.Playing the game for a a few hours definitely would wear the cart out more than running the tool. Of course, I still wouldn't do it "frequently" or anything - but I think if you have a 3DS collection, running it through the tool once a couple of years is a good idea.
I got it. Here's the log:Hold Y while selecting the "Fix corruption" option. That turns on logging.
CORRUPTION FIX LOG ON C:/0004000000055E00_v00.3ds
Unfixable: 3b030000
Unfixable: 3b031000
Unfixable: 3b033000
Unfixable: 3b034000
Unfixable: 3b035000
Unfixable: 3b036000
Unfixable: 3b037000
Unfixable: 3b038000
Unfixable: 3b03c000
Unfixable: 3b03d000
Unfixable: 3b03e000
Unfixable: 3b03f000
Unfixable: 3b040000
Unfixable: 3b042000
Unfixable: 3b043000
Unfixable: 3b044000
Unfixable: 3b045000
Unfixable: 3b046000
Unfixable: 3b047000
Unfixable: 3b04b000
Unfixable: 3b04c000
"Unfixable" chunks are ones where the hash gets stuck on the same value more than 20 consecutive times.
One last thing you COULD try would be running the corruption fixer while holding SELECT - 'ts gonna spam the cartridge with refresh requests, and those could maybe budge.
CORRUPTION FIX LOG ON C:/0004000000055E00_v00.3ds
Unfixable: 3b030000
Unfixable: 3b031000
Unfixable: 3b033000
Unfixable: 3b034000
Unfixable: 3b035000
Unfixable: 3b036000
Unfixable: 3b037000
Unfixable: 3b038000
Unfixable: 3b03c000
Unfixable: 3b03d000
Unfixable: 3b03e000
Unfixable: 3b03f000
Unfixable: 3b040000
Unfixable: 3b042000
Unfixable: 3b043000
Unfixable: 3b044000
Unfixable: 3b045000
Unfixable: 3b046000
Unfixable: 3b047000
Unfixable: 3b049000
Unfixable: 3b04b000
Unfixable: 3b04c000
And a lot of the cartridges that DID get damaged wasn't because the cartridge was defective. It was because of players who wanted to cheat, so they used 3rd party piracy hardware that ran the risk of causing corruption.The overwhelmingly vast majority of cartridges have no problems. You can hardly say they "flooded the market".
And besides, doesn't this tool have the potential to wear out a cartridge faster if one uses it too frequently?
That strikes me as quite unlikely. I don't think "3rd party piracy hardware" was ever very popular. What hardware are you thinking of, anyway? The Powersaves?And a lot of the cartridges that DID get damaged wasn't because the cartridge was defective. It was because of players who wanted to cheat, so they used 3rd party piracy hardware that ran the risk of causing corruption.
If checkpoint can't access the save, then there's probably no way to - the save is stored on a separate chip from the game itself, which the corruption fixer doesn't touch.Hi, I'm wondering if this program would be able to fix my Smash Bros cartridge, which is detected by GM9 when it's inserted, and is also detected by Checkpoint when I tried to back up my Smash Bros save, but doesn't show on the 3DS home menu. Checkpoint displays the cartridge with a solid black icon, while GM9 correctly detects the Smash Bros icon but displays the game title as "Supe??????????????" or something similar. I tried dumping the game once and it had the same solid black icon and could not boot. I just want to export the save from my cartridge to the digital file I have, so if there's a way to do that without needing to fix the whole game that would also be nice.
Yep that's the one. Perhaps pirating wasn't the correct word (wrote that while tired). I meant to say 3rd party cheating hardware.That strikes me as quite unlikely. I don't think "3rd party piracy hardware" was ever very popular. What hardware are you thinking of, anyway? The Powersaves?
Doesn't Checkpoint still have to access other data on the cartridge before it can access the save data?If checkpoint can't access the save, then there's probably no way to - the save is stored on a separate chip from the game itself, which the corruption fixer doesn't touch.
This is the first time I'm hearing about it. My understanding is that it is largely useless since homebrew became readily available.Well it doesn't take much searching online to find the countless "powersave bricked my game" comments.
As has been noted, Pokemon ORAS, Persona Q, and Smash Bros. seem to be far more likely to fail than other cartridges. My failing Smash Bros cart certainly never got anywhere near a Powersaves. (I suppose one could say that people would be more likely to use a Powersaves with Pokemon ORAS compared to other games, but then you'd expect to be seeing a lot of failing Pokemon XY/SM/USUM carts as well.)I am 100% convinced that this device is responsible for the majority of broken 3ds games.
Regardless, does M. Frostflame have anything to lose at this point?
Funny you should mention Checkpoint. I have a copy of omega ruby that is pretty much dead. It recognizes the game, but it refuses to load. The fixer doesn't progress at all.Doesn't Checkpoint still have to access other data on the cartridge before it can access the save data?
I suppose the best way to be sure would be to try to dump the save data directly using Godmode9 – but of course, unlike Checkpoint, save data dumped with Godmode9 is not decrypted, so that would be largely useless except as a test.
Regardless, does M. Frostflame have anything to lose at this point?
This is the first time I'm hearing about it. My understanding is that it is largely useless since homebrew became readily available.
As has been noted, Pokemon ORAS, Persona Q, and Smash Bros. seem to be far more likely to fail than other cartridges. My failing Smash Bros cart certainly never got anywhere near a Powersaves. (I suppose one could say that people would be more likely to use a Powersaves with Pokemon ORAS compared to other games, but then you'd expect to be seeing a lot of failing Pokemon XY/SM/USUM carts as well.)