I had this problem to and i never get IT to work
so Use method 1 i promises that your saves working IF you modify your games with crack tool to eeprom - no
I Have not get Any problems with eeprom - no games
But to make shure to not get the 0mb bug in diskwwriter (burn down the games you want after you modify the template with crack tool. And IF you want to add more games after you Have played Any 10+ games you had burned. you need to backup the 10+ games you had on the sd card)
Sorry for My bad English