I found a workaround how to export/import Card1 Savegames (no retail support)

First you know we had the problem of " CTR - BROKEN ", but there is a little trick to it.

!MT-Card USER can do this without Workaround because the save gets loaded on ROM mounting!

To fetch your Cartridge Savegames, you can use this method: NTR Savegame Manager Plugin

We need:

- Red Gateway Card
- The Exploit
- Launcher.dat (tested with 3.0.3 Ultra)
- SaveDataFiler
- The .3ds/.3dz/.cia Game you want to export/import
- A working Savegame (Dumped Savegames from Retail might not work)
- A PC/MAC (any Device capeable to rename Files)

!MAKE ALWAYS BACKUPS FROM YOUR SAVEGAMES!

A. EXPORT .3ds/.3dz to eShop:

Savegame example: Super Mario 3D Land (0004000000053F00) > http://3ds.essh.co/

1. Connect the SD Card to your PC
2. Copy your Savegame and save it as 000400000FF40A00.sav
3. Put SD Card back into your 3DS
4. Turn it on and execute Exploit
5. Mount your .3ds/.3dz Game
6. Start SaveDataFiler (CTR Card is no longer broken!) and highlight CTR Card
7. Press Y and then A to export the Savegame

SaveDataFiler stores in SDCARD:\filer\UserSaveData\20150131010203\0000053f
YEAR-MONTH-DAY-HOUR-MINUTE-SECONDS \ TitleID low

8. Switch to SD and highlight your TitleID
9. Press R+A and then A to import your Savegame
10. Press Home, select the cia game and press two times A to start

B. EXPORT eShop to .3ds/.3dz:


Savegame example: Super Mario 3D Land (0004000000053F00) > http://3ds.essh.co/

1. Start your 3DS and execute Exploit
2. Mount your Game
3. Start SaveDataFiler and highlight your TitleID low
4. Press Y and then A to export the Savegame
5. Switch over to SD and highlight TitleID low
6. Press L + A and then A to create 000400000FF40A00.sav (CTR Card is no longer broken!)
7. Turn your 3DS off and connect the SD CARD with your PC
8. Copy 000400000FF40A00.sav to your TitleID (0004000000053F00.sav)
9. Put your SD Card back into your 3DS
10. Turn your 3DS on and execute Exploit
11. Mount your Game and start it

Export Retail Card with CFW and SDF:

Note: As for CFW works only with FW4.5, 6.x encryption will fail.

1. You need CFW and installed SafeDataFiler on a spare SD Card
2. Start your CFW and insert your Cartridge
3. Start SafeDataFiler and highlight CTR Card
4. Press Y and then A to export the Savegame
5. Turn off your 3DS and move the 'filer' folder to your PC
6. Switch over to your Gateway (emuNAND) SD Card and add the 'filer' folder from PC
7. Insert your Gateway (emuNAND) SD Card into your 3DS
8. Start your 3DS, execute Exploit and start SaveDataFiler
9. Now you can follow A8 for eShop or B5 for .3ds/.3dz

(Be patient with CFW, sometimes it takes 10 tries to get it working)

Thx queno138 : original Post

Info:

"Nintendo 3DS\ID1\ID2\" = eShop , "000400000000XXXXXXX.sav" = Card 1

If your ID1\ID2 does not match after downgrade or formating 3DS,
your Save is LOST if there is no NAND Backup using that ID1\ID2!!!

If you have the NAND Backup matching ID1\ID2,
you can import it as emuNAND with emuNANDTool!

It is impossible to use NAND Backups or encrypted eShop saves
from another 3DS! You need to decrypt the saves first before you
can transfer them!

EXPORT / IMPORT from Original Cartridge is now possible
with Cubic Ninja + PASTA CFW + SaveData Filer!!!

 

[SpaceJump]

Can I use this method to get the save of my retail MH4 cart to load with the CIA version of MH4?

 

[2Hack]

Can I use this method to get the save of my retail MH4 cart to load with the CIA version of MH4?

No.

 

[Valmi]

hi

is possible restore savegame
from mh4u.3dz rom (from old 3ds emunand 9.5)
to
retail cartridge mh4u (to new 3ds 9.0)
??

(have old 3ds xl with gateway emunand 9.5)

 

[2Hack]

hi

is possible restore savegame
from mh4u.3dz rom (from old 3ds emunand 9.5)
to
retail cartridge mh4u (to new 3ds 9.0)
??

(have old 3ds xl with gateway emunand 9.5)

Are you planning on using gw on the n3ds? You could simply copy the save file from the o3ds SD card to the n3ds mSD card, to transfer the save to work on the n3ds emuNAND via .3Dz

I haven't tried a 7.x encrypted .3Dz to cart before. I know though, that cart to .3dz is impossible. So keep that in mind

I may try .3dz to cart later on, but I'm tired and want to sleep now

 

[Localhorst86]

How can I use this with cart2 type games? I am trying to move over my Omega Ruby and Y savegames from 3dz to cia. I can - obviously - not find the matching .sav files on the SD so I apparently have to skip the step of renaming the save file. If I do, however, export the CTR save using SDF and import it by pressing R+A, Pokemon Y complains that the save data is corrupt. What am I doint wrong?

 

[Valmi]

Are you planning on using gw on the n3ds? You could simply copy the save file from the o3ds SD card to the n3ds mSD card, to transfer the save to work on the n3ds emuNAND via .3Dz

I haven't tried a 7.x encrypted .3Dz to cart before. I know though, that cart to .3dz is impossible. So keep that in mind

I may try .3dz to cart later on, but I'm tired and want to sleep now

hi

you tested? (I may try .3dz to cart later on, but I'm tired and want to sleep now)


...
Edit 25/03/2015

Resolved!

How to:

1 - retail cartridge "Game Backup" (http://www.maxconsole.com/maxcon_forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=37340&d=1423510302)

2 - if need, join two files into one (in cmd "copy /b romname.3d0 + romname.3d1 romname.3dz" (https://gbatemp.net/threads/3d0-and-3d1.381366/)

3 - rename file .3ds to .3dz and hold it in pc

4 - in 3DS do this with game and save who are running
..... A. EXPORT .3ds/.3dz save to decrypted save: (https://gbatemp.net/threads/tutoria...with-savedatafiler.380246/page-5#post-5334985)

..... Savegame example: Super Mario 3D Land (0004000000053F00) > http://3ds.essh.co/

..... 1. Connect the SD Card to your PC
..... 2. Copy your Savegame and save it as 000400000FF40A00.sav
..... 3. Put SD Card back into your 3DS
..... 4. Turn it on and execute Exploit
..... 5. Mount your .3ds/.3dz Game (Warning: The rom mounted must be the exact rom that has
..... the same header as the save you want to decrypt)
..... 6. Start SaveDataFiler (CTR Card is no longer broken!) and highlight CTR Card
..... 7. Press Y and then A to export the Savegame (It will now be in the SD tab, decrypted).

5 - Savegame example: Super Mario 3D Land (0004000000053F00) > http://3ds.essh.co/

..... 1. Put Rom (that you left on pc) you want to export the save to in your microSD
..... (If transferring a save from a header-less .3ds to a .3dz, this is the time you replace said .3ds
..... with said .3dz)
..... 2. Run exploit
..... 3. Mount the game
..... 4. Start SaveDataFiler
..... 5. Switch over to SD and highlight TitleID low
..... 6. Press L + A and then A to create 000400000FF40A00.sav (CTR Card is no longer broken!)
..... 7. Turn your 3DS off and connect the SD CARD with your PC
..... 8. Rename 000400000FF40A00.sav to your TitleID (0004000000053F00.sav)
..... 9. Put your SD Card back into your 3DS
..... 10. Turn your 3DS on and execute Exploit
..... 11. Mount your Game and start it

6 - Restore savegame to retail cartridge

.....Savegame example: Super Mario 3D Land (0004000000053F00) > http://3ds.essh.co/

..... 1. in SD 3ds, rename your Save to AREP.sav
..... 2. Open the gateway menu with “L” , and press “Restore Savegame”.

it's over

The Save restored to Retail Cartridge only work in Gateway Classic Mode.

 

[bnchander]

Hi guys,
could someone help me out.
I had a 3ds xl on gw 9.x and fantasy life 3ds rom. I sold the 3dsxl for the new 3ds xl now on gw 9.0.
I have a backup of the rom save file and also the "nintendo 3ds" folder.
On the new 3dsxl I am using the same rom for fantasy life. Can anyone explain to me what the right steps are to use the same save i had on older 3dsxl? I already have SDF installed.

 

[Pedeadstrian]

Hi guys,
could someone help me out.
I had a 3ds xl on gw 9.x and fantasy life 3ds rom. I sold the 3dsxl for the new 3ds xl now on gw 9.0.
I have a backup of the rom save file and also the "nintendo 3ds" folder.
On the new 3dsxl I am using the same rom for fantasy life. Can anyone explain to me what the right steps are to use the same save i had on older 3dsxl? I already have SDF installed.

Just use the same steps for whatever format the game is in. Here's a guide I wrote that takes you step by step for what you need to do: http://gbatemp.net/threads/tutorial...save-from-one-region-to-another-on-gw.381849/

In your case, you need two copies of the same ROM with different filenames.

 

[Skeet1983]

I am trying to transfer my retail MH4 save to .3ds game. I backed up save using GW and renamed it to title id. I booted into GW mode and loaded SaveDataFiler. It said CTR Card broken... How can I transfer save? Thoughts appreciated

 

[shideravan]

I loved the tutorial!
But i don't have savedatafiler installed nor I do know where I can find it...
So where I can download savedatafiler.cia?
Thank you

 

[2Hack]

I loved the tutorial!
But i don't have savedatafiler installed nor I do know where I can find it...
So where I can download savedatafiler.cia?
Thank you

You gotta search far and wide. No one can spoon feed you that. It is a leaked software.

 

[xdarkmario]

ok so blatantly after reading "(no retail support)" ill ask it anyway just do double check.

this is not a way that i can export my physical cartridges saves to a gateway save?
or export my retail carts save to a .cia save?

its only a way to export already made gateway saves to .cia correct?

and it still is impossible to use a retail cart save on my gateway/emunand yes?

 

[Pedeadstrian]

ok so blatantly after reading "(no retail support)" ill ask it anyway just do double check.

this is not a way that i can export my physical cartridges saves to a gateway save?
or export my retail carts save to a .cia save?

its only a way to export already made gateway saves to .cia correct?

and it still is impossible to use a retail cart save on my gateway/emunand yes?

It's not impossible. It just requires you to use more steps and tools in order for it to work, and since part of the process involves CFW, it's risky. Basically, you just install CFW and then follow the steps outlined here.

 

[xdarkmario]

It's not impossible. It just requires you to use more steps and tools in order for it to work, and since part of the process involves CFW, it's risky. Basically, you just install CFW and then follow the steps outlined here.

aha thats why i asked, i have been getting a lot of mixed reports saying that it was impossible to use my retail save on my gateway, i really want to dump the rest of my carts to my gateway so that i dont have to carry them all around and boot to classic mode. I have a N3ds is this still possible?

 

[Pedeadstrian]

aha thats why i asked, i have been getting a lot of mixed reports saying that it was impossible to use my retail save on my gateway, i really want to dump the rest of my carts to my gateway so that i dont have to carry them all around and boot to classic mode. I have a N3ds is this still possible?

No, CFW requires 4.5 or below.

 

[xdarkmario]

No, CFW requires 4.5 or below.

NTR CFW is a cfw for Us N3ds users.

 

[Pedeadstrian]

NTR CFW is a cfw for Us N3ds users.

Import Notice:
NTR CFW could be boot from the official N3DS system only. It can run genuine gamecards only. The unauthorized copy of software or clone hardware in any form will NEVER be supported in NTR Mode.
In short, no cia, no piracy.

No .cia, no SDF.

 

[xdarkmario]

whats SDF?

 

[Pedeadstrian]

whats SDF?

SaveDataFiler.

 

[xdarkmario]

SaveDataFiler.

oh ok, and theres no .3ds version of that app ether, and even if so theres no way to load that was well on that N3ds cfw right?