So I've been using an Omega on a GBA-SP AGS101 (backlit) since May 14, 2018 .
There where issues at the beginning where things could not save in combination with an AGS101. But the devs fixed that issue after a while. So I was happy, didn't really use it in months. But now I thought why no play some more on it. But yeah you guessed it. Save issues arised again....
Nothing changed, the flashcard wasn't touched in months. So I thought why not update the firmware and kernal to the latest. But no dice, didn't help. Couldn't save a single game... Even after completely formatting the SD-card. This Omega card has given me more headaches than I had fun out of it.
I even tried deleting every single savefile and try from scratch. No dice....
Tried it on my old AGS001 same issue couldn't save games...
@EZ-Flash2
See my other topic in the past. So yeah I was at square one again:
https://gbatemp.net/threads/ez-flash-omega-doesnt-save-a-single-game-ags-101.503885/
EVENTUALLY I FOUND A SOLUTION:
In a desperate attempt I got clean backups of all the games on my card and put those back on there. I can save now, in the few games I tested, that didn't save anymore before. This means the only thing I can think of is that the EZ-flash Omega someway managed to corrupt the actual .gba files so they could still launch but not save. This might be due to the autopatcher of the firmware or whatever. The point is the EZ flash Omega succeeded in breaking perfectly working roms (including being able to save). And I needed to replace them all to fix the issue.
PS: I never turned the GBA SP off while saving and I always waited like 10 seconds before turning it off after saving. So no I did not corrupt the games by my own action. The SD card also was never removed in between sessions from the Flashcard, no games/saves where edited removed in between sessions. Also no mods/cheats options where used, ever!
MY OPINION ON THE EZ-FLASH OMEGA (after owning it for almost 2 year):
While I got everything working again I rather would get rid of this thing, nothing but issues and I'm not the only one if you see all the posts here and on reddit. The only thing I can advise people at this point is to avoid EZ-flash their quality isn't what it used to be before the Omega. So don't cheap out (like I did) and get an Everdrive. Especially if you want to play RPG's where you can loose hours upon hours of playtime.
Also don't expect to use it for GB and GBC games, because that is even more of a mess with the save not writing away immediately and having to count ingame and in the emulator menu. Even when people did that they still had issues that even lead to corrupting the SD-card itself. I luckily never had my SD card corrupt itself.
And completely forget about PKM romhacks, most of those won't save at all...
In short this Omega flashcard just loves to corrupt saves, games, the sd card itself when it feels like it. Some people might be luckier than others. But it is not a question about if it will happen, just when will it happen....
This is coming from someone who loved and used the "EZ-Flash Advance Realtime 256M" and the "EZ-FlashIV" a lot back in the days, with zero issues. This "EZ-Flash Omega" thing is just plain horrible. And from what I read the new "EZ-Flash JR" for Gameboy isn't doing much better....
Anyone want to buy an EZ-Flash Omega?
^not actually selling here, just a joke.
EDIT: I finally sold it! Good riddance!
There where issues at the beginning where things could not save in combination with an AGS101. But the devs fixed that issue after a while. So I was happy, didn't really use it in months. But now I thought why no play some more on it. But yeah you guessed it. Save issues arised again....
Nothing changed, the flashcard wasn't touched in months. So I thought why not update the firmware and kernal to the latest. But no dice, didn't help. Couldn't save a single game... Even after completely formatting the SD-card. This Omega card has given me more headaches than I had fun out of it.
I even tried deleting every single savefile and try from scratch. No dice....
Tried it on my old AGS001 same issue couldn't save games...
@EZ-Flash2
See my other topic in the past. So yeah I was at square one again:
https://gbatemp.net/threads/ez-flash-omega-doesnt-save-a-single-game-ags-101.503885/
EVENTUALLY I FOUND A SOLUTION:
In a desperate attempt I got clean backups of all the games on my card and put those back on there. I can save now, in the few games I tested, that didn't save anymore before. This means the only thing I can think of is that the EZ-flash Omega someway managed to corrupt the actual .gba files so they could still launch but not save. This might be due to the autopatcher of the firmware or whatever. The point is the EZ flash Omega succeeded in breaking perfectly working roms (including being able to save). And I needed to replace them all to fix the issue.
PS: I never turned the GBA SP off while saving and I always waited like 10 seconds before turning it off after saving. So no I did not corrupt the games by my own action. The SD card also was never removed in between sessions from the Flashcard, no games/saves where edited removed in between sessions. Also no mods/cheats options where used, ever!
MY OPINION ON THE EZ-FLASH OMEGA (after owning it for almost 2 year):
While I got everything working again I rather would get rid of this thing, nothing but issues and I'm not the only one if you see all the posts here and on reddit. The only thing I can advise people at this point is to avoid EZ-flash their quality isn't what it used to be before the Omega. So don't cheap out (like I did) and get an Everdrive. Especially if you want to play RPG's where you can loose hours upon hours of playtime.
Also don't expect to use it for GB and GBC games, because that is even more of a mess with the save not writing away immediately and having to count ingame and in the emulator menu. Even when people did that they still had issues that even lead to corrupting the SD-card itself. I luckily never had my SD card corrupt itself.
And completely forget about PKM romhacks, most of those won't save at all...
In short this Omega flashcard just loves to corrupt saves, games, the sd card itself when it feels like it. Some people might be luckier than others. But it is not a question about if it will happen, just when will it happen....
This is coming from someone who loved and used the "EZ-Flash Advance Realtime 256M" and the "EZ-FlashIV" a lot back in the days, with zero issues. This "EZ-Flash Omega" thing is just plain horrible. And from what I read the new "EZ-Flash JR" for Gameboy isn't doing much better....
Anyone want to buy an EZ-Flash Omega?
^not actually selling here, just a joke.
EDIT: I finally sold it! Good riddance!
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