ROM Hack Dumping RAM directly from nds?

[o0ghost0o]

I was trying to find out if there is a way tu dump nds memory into a file using flashcarts.
Thanks for advantage.

 

[evandixon]

The RTS feature of some carts might suffice.

 

[Krestent]

So you want to basically get a dump of the DS's RAM at a given point while some app is running?

 

[Destructobot]

An emulator would probably work a lot better for this.

 

[o0ghost0o]

So you want to basically get a dump of the DS's RAM at a given point while some app is running?

Yes, that's it. But i want it directly from nds not from emulator.

 

[Crass]

To get any useful info you'd have to do a hardware mod I believe, and dump the RAM directly via the RAM, like the Tweezer attack.

 

[KidIce]

I believe the NDS Trainer Toolkit from Datel/Code Junkies can do this. You'll need an Action Replay along w/ it too, IIRC.

Edit: Need to read better... Said device works w/ real games only, AFAIK. I don't know of any tools to do this w/ a flash cart. :-/

 

[FAST6191]

There are such applications (it is one of the ways flash cart companies borrow the AP fixes of their competitors- this generally precludes a public release of such tools though) but if RTS does not cut it then you are probably left on your own. Similarly this is about the only reason you might need such a thing- desmume has a decent debugger these days and works with pretty much all the latest releases unlike no$gba. Note that AP checks do come in overlays so fixes may not be immediately apparent.

On the other hand I seem to recall there was a patch checking application a few years back (made to test how clean various clean modes were) but I have forgotten the name. While it would not do what you want outright it might be able to be perverted to your ends.

Option 2 is you use the flash cart against itself and hijack the saving routines (which are essentially memory dumps) to try and grab things that way.

After this you are probably onto hardware methods.

 

[elixirdream]

I believe the NDS Trainer Toolkit from Datel/Code Junkies can do this. You'll need an Action Replay along w/ it too, IIRC.

Edit: Need to read better... Said device works w/ real games only, AFAIK. I don't know of any tools to do this w/ a flash cart. :-/

not really..with proper programs and it also works on a flash cart