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hi can anyone help i have got ez5+3in1 the ez5 works fine the 3in1 works fine until i re-write another gba game over the first game ie i played zelda a link to the past for 2hours saved it then i wrote over it with super mario advance 2 played it for 1 hour saved it but when i re-wrote zelda the game started from begining with no save same happened when i tried mario what is the problem or do i need a patch if so where can i get it......please help

did you remember to backup your save after playing the game and loading it back after?

Just to backup Cobalt's suggestion, click here to learn about backing up/loading savegames to the Triple-pack

thanks i have sorted it out but for some reason it still has a problem with zelda minishcap and link to the past it saves but wont load got any idea's please help if you can cos i cant get enough of zelda and am waiting for zelda ds phantom hourglass to come out do you have any idea when its due or has it been put back again.

1.) load your Zelda game to your 3-in-1
2.) load your save to your 3-in-1

if that doesnt work i dont know what to do xD

thanks i have tried that but no joy i will try it again

You might be having the same problem I'm having with the 3-in-1, you can't send a save file from your MicroSD card over to the 3-in-1.

you guys sure you have 1.36 firmware?

How do you know it is saving?

I have tried the 1.36 and the 1.37 firmware. Same issue. Everything works except for copying a GBA.sav file to the expansion pack. It just doesn't happen.

hi guys i have downloaded the latest shell and uploader and now all gba games save . all you do is highlite game you want to load press a it backs up then writes you can then turn off then on again and highlite a new game it backs up then writes you can go back to first game useing same routine and it backs up and you can play from where you were...

i'm having trouble saving with pocketnes and especially goomba. pocketnes saves some things but loses some as well, and goomba just crashes when you try and load saved data. i think that it's because they need 64kB save files. it sucks because those were the main reason i wanted the 3 in 1 since my ez2 is dead.

Well the only thing that doesn't work well is the naming process when ezV backup gbasave to microSD.
Some games doesn't have .sav extension at the end and i'm not sure but i think i have found why ...
To give a name to save file, EzV look at the header of the rom and grab internal + serial information. Then the save file look like : internal + serial.sav

With MK it's MARIO KART AMKP01, in hex with one before and one after :
07 4D 41 52 49 4F 20 4B 41 52 54 00 00 41 4D 4B 50 30 31 96
This one have the problem with no extension sav at the end when backuped to microSD and i think the hex 00 value beetwen internal name and serial is why it's not working well.
The save name created by ezV is MARIO KART and need to be renamed in MARIO KART.sav
In fact it sould be MARIO KART  AMKP01.sav

With HNK it's AGB KIRBY DXA7KP01, in hex :
07 41 47 42 20 4B 49 52 42 59 20 44 58 41 37 4B 50 30 31 96
The save name created by ezV is AGB KIRBY DXA7KP01.sav and there's no problem with this one.
See, there is no 00 hex value but 20 to separate internal name and serial.

I'm right ?

Kernel v1.37 and shell 070328

PS : sorry for my bad english

It's me again.
Well Mbmax you're right !

Hum sorry ...

So the last test i've done is change the 00 value into 20 value in header of gba rom and now the save got the right name (MARIO KART AMKP01.sav)

I'm 100% sure that's why some gba save does not have .sav extension.

PS : i use hedit to modify hex value and gbata to recalculate crc rom. Than ez4 client to patch save size.
Yep, it's not a easy way to fix the problem but while waiting for a kernel upgrade ...

Hum i wonder if ez flash team know about this bug and what i have found ?

Is there a way to tell them ?

This save problem is really annoying and people complain on different forum about that.

My solution works but it's not very simple to put it in action for newbies