Game card could not be read after using Checkpoint

[romanfuntime]

I wanted to use checkpoint to save the file of my Pokemon Y game so i could wipe it and restart with the old save still available to restore later, but after backing up using checkpoint the game would no longer open and instead a popup saying ‘this game card could not be read’ popped up. Restoring did nothing. Did I do something wrong? How do I fix this?

 

[Hayato213]

Clean your cart

 

[romanfuntime]

Didn’t work unfortunately

 

[a_username_that_isnt_cool]

@skawo's cartridge fixer could also work, though that's for more cartridge-nand things.

 

[skawo]

Once the cart gets to the "Can't be read" stage, I think that usually indicates some physical fault.

 

[romanfuntime]

I didn’t do anything physically to it though, just backed up the save to Checkpoint, and then tnis started popping up. Didn’t happen with my X version

Post automatically merged: Jul 22, 2023

Its also saying it needs to update (though it can’t sice I can’t start the game), any chance that has to do with the problem

 

[skawo]

Did you check that it still worked before running Checkpoint?

 

[romanfuntime]

Did you check that it still worked before running Checkpoint?

Yes, it was working just before i did the backup

 

[skawo]

Well, not sure. It's possible that one of the legs the chip desoldered itself by chance while Checkpoint was running, or something.

 

[romanfuntime]

Is there a way to check for this or will i destroy the cart

 

[skawo]

It is possible to carefully open the cart, resolder the legs and then superglue it back together, but it requires past experience, especially for the actual resoldering.

Some more questions, though;
Do other gamecards still work?
Can you try this card in another 3DS?

If other gamecards work, and you can't try another 3DS, I guess try running my tool, maybe it'll help, although I've never seen a cart get recovered from this state. Shouldn't hurt, though.

 

[romanfuntime]

Other games do work, and i don’t have another 3ds to test it with unfortunately. I’ll try running the tool in a lil bit.

 

[romanfuntime]

It is possible to carefully open the cart, resolder the legs and then superglue it back together, but it requires past experience, especially for the actual resoldering.

Some more questions, though;
Do other gamecards still work?
Can you try this card in another 3DS?

If other gamecards work, and you can't try another 3DS, I guess try running my tool, maybe it'll help, although I've never seen a cart get recovered from this state. Shouldn't hurt, though.

I tried running the verify option before I started, and it failed, then when I start the fixing, the screen doesn't change for a while, and when it does the hash only changes every like 20 secs

 

[skawo]

Yeah, I think that's typical behaviour when there's a physical fault of some sort

 

[romanfuntime]

Yeah, I think that's typical behaviour when there's a physical fault of some sort

I ran it again and it was beginning to fix things (it seemed) though the progress bar and the ETA weren’t changing. Had to stop it because it ran out of battery tho, should try running it again plugged in