GBA FRAM bootleg save injection [HOW?]

[KRoman47]

Hello, just got Mother 3 bootleg with 32 MB ROM and 512 Kb FRAM for saving.

Managed to dump a save file with GodMode9i and GBA Backup Tool.

My question is, how to inject a save file back to the GBA bootleg card's FRAM?

GodMode9i can only dump the save, GBA Backup Tool can restore the save but when I use that, no save is uploaded to the bootleg's FRAM. Tried DS Savegame Manager but that app doesn't even run for me, just black screen.

Is there any other way to do it?

 

[KRoman47]

Nobody? Found out all the apps I've tried dumped some nonsense that is always the same. It seems like there's no app able to backup and restore FRAM save on Mother 3 bootleg.

 

[Jayro]

Hello, just got Mother 3 bootleg with 32 MB ROM and 512 Kb FRAM for saving.

Managed to dump a save file with GodMode9i and GBA Backup Tool.

My question is, how to inject a save file back to the GBA bootleg card's FRAM?

GodMode9i can only dump the save, GBA Backup Tool can restore the save but when I use that, no save is uploaded to the bootleg's FRAM. Tried DS Savegame Manager but that app doesn't even run for me, just black screen.

Is there any other way to do it?

The Mother 3 cartridge doesn't use FRAM, it uses Flash memory. you can read and write save files to this cartridge using a flasher like the GBxCart RW by InsideGadgets.

Another option, is to patch the ROM to use SRAM instead of Flash, and get a 32MB cart that has a save battery. At the moment, the YuGiOh dual-pack (yellow label) is one such bootleg with 512K SRAM, battery, and 32MB ROM space.

 

[KRoman47]

Oh ok, any option on NDS Lite R4 would be nice.

I have YuGiOh 2006 on its way so I hope it's the same as Dual Pack as I've read somewhere.

 

[Jayro]

Oh ok, any option on NDS Lite R4 would be nice.

It's not possible, or I would have offered it as a solution.

 

[KRoman47]

It's not possible, or I would have offered it as a solution.

I hope someone might eventually do it since there are tools to dump/flash ROMs (GBABF, Burn2Slot) and dump/restore saves (GBA backup tool) but don't work with this one bootleg, at least not for me but I might do something wrong.