Hi GBAtemp. User @shutterbug2000 has found a way to merge two badge datas to essentially give yourself the badges of another player that has made their files publicly available. In this tutorial, we'll be using @Februarysn0w's badges (he/she has collected over 900 badges).

Februarysn0w's badge data: https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=b6305612e3c95fbd&id=B6305612E3C95FBD!694&authkey=!ANwz34EVEYjGARc

1. Open the target's BadgeMngFile.dat and yours in a hex editor of your choice. (HxD is preferred)

2. Copy from 0x0 to 0xc (ctrl+g "C"; hex checked) from the target and then pastewrite the strings onto your file.

3. CTRL+G to "3E8" and select everything starting from there to the end of the file and pastewrite it to yours once again. (Alternatively, you can copy from 0x1C to 0x20 from your file and then pastewrite the strings onto the target. Using this method, you can skip step 2 and 3. Then simply copy the target file to your 3DS)

4. Save the edited BadgeMngFile.dat.

5. Copy the modified BadgeMngFile.dat and the target's BadgeData.dat onto your SD card and import them.

Please reply to this thread if this worked for you!

Great videos by @Ericzander:
CFW users:
Homebrew users:

EDIT: A lot of people don't know what to use. If you're a CFW user, use SaveDataFiler. If you're a *hax user, use ext_data dump tool or Sunshell by Rinnegatamante.

 

[swaggon]

It's because the app...err game, actually creates the exdata needed.

Okay, thanks. But isn't the 3DS's extdata fully editable, could something like importing the extdata instead of having to depend on the game to create it be possible in the future?

hmm you're in a unique situation i guess. I'm guessing HANS won't let you on eshop on 9.9 anymore? I don't have a 9.9 3ds to test Only 9.0 and 10.3.

Nope, and updating isn't an option because it would break Themehax, my only entrypoint. It's either no Badge Arcade or no Homebrew at all.

 

[Shadowtrance]

Okay, thanks. But isn't the 3DS's extdata fully editable, could something like importing the extdata instead of having to depend on the game to create it be possible in the future?

Nope, and updating isn't an option because it would break Themehax, my only entrypoint. It's either no Badge Arcade or no Homebrew at all.

First point I'm not totally sure on. I guess it would be possible, i suppose you could try importing it and see what happens.
And that really sucks. Nintendo must be loving this cat n mouse game atm. haha And yeah if i had those choices I'd go with no badge arcade over no homebrew at all to be honest.

 

[dimmidice]

If you're editing YOUR file correctly it should work. So copy from the downloaded one, paste into yours, restore your modified one.
You also need the badgedata.dat that was linked earlier too, that's how i got it to work properly.

yeah that's what i'm doing exactly. edit my BadgeMngFile with the data from february's file. then replace my badgedata file with february's badgedata file. then import.

i'm doing it all over now with all three of those folders i mentioned.
if it doesn't work now i'l just wait for some more information :/

edit: haha it worked now. guess i had to do all of the folders at once.

 

[Deleted member 373223]

It's because the app...err game, actually creates the exdata needed.

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hmm you're in a unique situation i guess. I'm guessing HANS won't let you on eshop on 9.9 anymore? I don't have a 9.9 3ds to test Only 9.0 and 10.3.

nope fm spoof does not work anymore.

 

[dimmidice]

so happy it finally worked, now here's to hoping someone shares their save with pokemon badges soon ^^ i'm really salty about the fact that EU hasn't gotten em yet :/

 

[Shadowtrance]

so happy it finally worked, now here's to hoping someone shares their save with pokemon badges soon ^^ i'm really salty about the fact that EU hasn't gotten em yet :/

It's always the same though... Japan gets everything, USA gets nearly everything....rest of the world is forgotten. haha

 

[dimmidice]

It's always the same though... Japan gets everything, USA gets nearly everything....rest of the world is forgotten. haha

so true. but the EU is really getting the shaft this time. we have less free plays AND less content. its frustrating

 

[ImCarlosGG]

Emm... How much time does this take? 1 hour? Now I think it crashed.

 

[Shadowtrance]

so true. but the EU is really getting the shaft this time. we have less free plays AND less content. its frustrating

Yep it sucks. We always get the shaft (well we do down here in Aus )... So i feel your pain, we're in the "EUR" region for games n stuff too.

 

[Deleted member 373223]

Emm... How much time does this take? 1 hour? Now I think it crashed.

it shold ake about 25 second... try re-installing sunshell and re-installing boot.3dsx

 

[dimmidice]

Emm... How much time does this take? 1 hour? Now I think it crashed.

what crashed exactly? 1 hour seems ridiculous

 

[Deleted member 373223]

what crashed exactly? 1 hour seems ridiculous

he is speaking about sunshell.

 

[aos10]

Hi GBAtemp. User @shutterbug2000 has found a way to merge two badge datas to essentially give yourself the badges of another player that has made their files publicly available. In this tutorial, we'll be using @Februarysn0w's badges (he/she has collected over 900 badges).

Februarysn0w's badge data: https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=b6305612e3c95fbd&id=B6305612E3C95FBD!694&authkey=!ANwz34EVEYjGARc

1. Open the target's BadgeMngFile.dat and yours in a hex editor of your choice. (HxD is preferred)
2. Copy from 0x0 to 0xc (ctrl+g "C"; hex checked) from target to yours, using pastewrite.
3. CTRL+G to "3E8" and select everything starting from there to the end of the file and copy it to yours, using pastewrite once again.
4. Save the BadgeMngFile.dat.
5. Copy the modified BadgeMngFile.dat and the target's BadgeData.dat onto your SD card and import them.

Please reply to this thread if this worked for you!

excuse me , but which file should o download , there is over 20 files here
and it's loading for ever

 

[Shadowtrance]

Emm... How much time does this take? 1 hour? Now I think it crashed.

Don't use sunshell, problem solved.
Use this instead. https://gbatemp.net/threads/3ds-extdata-dump-and-restore-tool-extra-data-editing.378492/

 

[ImCarlosGG]

what crashed exactly? 1 hour seems ridiculous

Sunshell. I select BadgeData.dat, I press A and then X, but nothing happens...

 

[Deleted member 373223]

Don't use sunshell, problem solved.
Use this instead. https://gbatemp.net/threads/3ds-extdata-dump-and-restore-tool-extra-data-editing.378492/

no don't use it if it failed once before! at me still fail and fail!

 

[Shadowtrance]

excuse me , but which file should o download , there is over 20 files here
and it's loading for ever

You want Badge2File.dat and Badge2Data11.22.2015.rar

 

[dimmidice]

Sunshell. I select BadgeData.dat, I press A and then X, but nothing happens...

ah i hear sunshell is slow, but one hour is still ridiculous haha.

 

[Deleted member 373223]

Sunshell. I select BadgeData.dat, I press A and then X, but nothing happens...

for dumping is y, and the file must be in the root of sdcard named 14D1_Badgewhateveryoudumped.dat

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ah i hear sunshell is slow, but one hour is still ridiculous haha.

thas because OR the name is wrong OR wrong sunshell installation. at me is 25 sec.

 

[SomeGamer]

Sorry for being a bit off topic, but what should I do if I only want to import Februarysn0w 's badge data?