How do I transfer saving files from one SD to another SD | /r/3DS | Page 1

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 9:19 AM

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I need to transfer mi game save from one SD card with no modding programs in it to another one that does have modding programs in it but I don’t know how

autumn otter Jul 16, 2025, 9:20 AM

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hasty glacier I need to transfer mi game save from one SD card with no modding programs in it ...

but like, why are you doing this?

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 9:21 AM

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Because I had my save files on both sd cards and on the one with mods I tried to mod the save to have unlimited money and all of that but now it says the save file is corrupted

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And when I opened the game again it said no save files found creating new ones

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And now I have the save files on the other sd card with no mods

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 9:28 AM

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Let's call the sd card with your saves your old sd card and the sd card you want to move your files to your new sd card

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First, send a picture of the root of your old sd card

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 9:40 AM

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Okay

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And btw thanks for helping

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 9:41 AM

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You're welcome

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 9:42 AM

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This?

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 9:42 AM

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Yes

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 9:42 AM

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my pc is in spanish bc im from spain but i can tranlate if you need something

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 9:43 AM

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Download the luma zip file from here and put the contents on the root of your sd card https://github.com/LumaTeam/Luma3DS/releases/latest

GitHub

Release v13.3.3 · LumaTeam/Luma3DS

Fix screen-flickering and burn-in issues sometimes happening on IPS screens (usually after using the splash screen feature)

This was caused by the very old code we were using disabling PWM and sig...

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 9:45 AM

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are we going to mod the 3ds again

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 9:45 AM

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No

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 9:45 AM

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oh im sorry

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 9:46 AM

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It's already hacked, just putting necessary files on the sd card

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 9:46 AM

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hasty glacier oh im sorry

It's fine dw

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 9:46 AM

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so i unzip the folder and add it to the old sd?

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 9:46 AM

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Unzip the folder and out the contents on the old sd

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 9:47 AM

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like this?

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 9:47 AM

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Open the luma folder and move everything inside of it to the root of your sd card

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 9:48 AM

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sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 9:48 AM

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Yes

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 9:49 AM

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i ahve a back up of the entire card

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 9:49 AM

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Make a folder called 3ds

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 9:49 AM

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okay

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 9:50 AM

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Download checkpoint.3dsx and put it inside the 3ds folder https://github.com/BernardoGiordano/Checkpoint/releases

GitHub

Releases · BernardoGiordano/Checkpoint

Fast and simple homebrew save manager for 3DS and Switch. - BernardoGiordano/Checkpoint

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 9:50 AM

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wich one

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 9:51 AM

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The first one

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 9:52 AM

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i dont have space on the card

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it wont let me add it

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 9:52 AM

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What size is it

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 9:52 AM

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4gb

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the new one is 64gb

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but the old is 4gb

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can i delete domething

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 9:52 AM

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How long have you been using the new one for

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 9:52 AM

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yesterday

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im new

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 9:53 AM

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hasty glacier can i delete domething

No, most of the space is taken up by the folder with your saves

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 9:53 AM

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hasty glacier yesterday

Have you made any important saves on the new sd card

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Any games you've made progress in since you switched cards

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 9:53 AM

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no

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i have to delete all the new card

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 9:54 AM

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No

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 9:54 AM

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thank god

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 9:54 AM

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On the new sd card copy the Nintendo 3DS folder to your pc then delete it from your new sd card

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 9:55 AM

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i dont have space in the old one

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 9:55 AM

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You're not using the old one right now

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You can eject it

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 9:55 AM

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form my pc?

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from

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 9:55 AM

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Yes

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And put the new sd card into your pc

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 9:56 AM

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okay now

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 9:56 AM

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Copy the Nintendo 3DS folder to your pc

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 9:57 AM

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hasty glacier i ahve a back up of the entire card

Is this a backup of the old sd card?

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 9:57 AM

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it says that one thing cant be copied

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i selected skip

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 9:57 AM

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sour epoch Is this a backup of the old sd card?

yes

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 9:57 AM

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That's fine

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Delete the Nintendo 3DS folder from your new sd card

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 9:58 AM

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many files could be copied

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is that okay?

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 9:58 AM

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Could not be copied?

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 9:58 AM

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no

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they couldnt

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 9:58 AM

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Skip

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 9:58 AM

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okay

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why do i delete the folder from d¡the new sd

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?

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 9:59 AM

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You're going to replace it with the one from your old sd card

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 9:59 AM

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ooooo

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 9:59 AM

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Because that's where the saves are located

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 9:59 AM

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i have another question

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 9:59 AM

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Yes

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 10:00 AM

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before when i inserted the old sd i could play my game but with the new one it said that the save file was corrupted

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then i clicked the checkponit restore thin with a emty file and now i cant play on any sd crad

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it says new game

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will that work?

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 10:01 AM

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It should, when did you make the backup of your old sd card?

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 10:01 AM

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yesterday

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 10:01 AM

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Before the save wasn't working?

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 10:01 AM

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yeah

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 10:02 AM

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Yeah it should work then

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 10:02 AM

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before i starting doing anything eith the console

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oka now i delete the nintendo 3ds folder on the new sd card right?4

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 10:02 AM

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Yes

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 10:03 AM

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its deleted

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now

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 10:03 AM

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Copy the backup of your Nintendo 3DS folder from your old sd card to the new one

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 10:04 AM

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OKAY

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im sorry for the caps

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 10:04 AM

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It's fine

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 10:04 AM

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its 400+ things

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 10:05 AM

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Yeah it may take a bit

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 10:05 AM

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it says 3 minutes

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again im so grateful

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i dont know why i didnt do a back up on checkpoint

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im so dub

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dumb

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 10:06 AM

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Nah I forget all the time

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 10:06 AM

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its my first time doing this kind of stuff

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how much gb is your sd card

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 10:06 AM

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4gb

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I'll be buying 128gb soon though

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 10:07 AM

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is 64gb enough

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 10:07 AM

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Yes

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 10:07 AM

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okay

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2 minutes

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done

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what should i do now

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 10:09 AM

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Eject the sd card and put it into your 3ds, see if the save is there

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 10:09 AM

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sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 10:09 AM

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Yeah that looks right

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By the way you've got a zip file on there

wispy umbra Jul 16, 2025, 10:10 AM

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if you have an new sd card you should first it format to fat32

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 10:10 AM

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yeah i did

wispy umbra Jul 16, 2025, 10:10 AM

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hasty glacier yeah i did

okay

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 10:10 AM

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Unrelated to this but if you downloaded twilight menu and it didn't work that's why

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 10:11 AM

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all my modding apps are gone

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 10:11 AM

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hasty glacier all my modding apps are gone

For now just check the game save file

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 10:11 AM

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it tells me to start a new game

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im shaking

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did i break my ds

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?

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 10:12 AM

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No, the save just didn't restore

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What game is this?

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 10:12 AM

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yokai watch 2

wispy umbra Jul 16, 2025, 10:13 AM

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hasty glacier yokai watch 2

im playing it rn lol

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 10:13 AM

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For now do finalising setup to restore the other apps https://3ds.hacks.guide/finalizing-setup.html

Finalizing Setup | 3DS Hacks Guide

A complete guide to 3DS custom firmware

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 10:16 AM

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those files are already in the sd

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do i put them again

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 10:16 AM

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Yes

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Replace the old ones

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 10:16 AM

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oh

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this is inside payloads

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do i still add the x finalizer file

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 10:18 AM

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That's fine, leave it there

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Yes

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 10:19 AM

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and now

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 10:20 AM

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hasty glacier

When you put your sd card back into your 3ds can you turn it on normally then go to system settings -> data management -> Nintendo 3DS -> Software and tell me what's there

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 10:20 AM

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are we going to mod again

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 10:20 AM

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hasty glacier and now

Did you finish section I?

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 10:21 AM

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hasty glacier are we going to mod again

No finalising setup is just for installing apps

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 10:21 AM

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i think so

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with the new sd inside i turn on my 3ds?

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 10:21 AM

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Okay yeah do what I said with system settings

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Yes

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 10:21 AM

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i hope this works

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have you don this before

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 10:22 AM

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Yes

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 10:22 AM

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theres nothing

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in sofware

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now i remove the sd card without touching anything rigt

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right*

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 10:23 AM

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No

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 10:23 AM

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oh

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 10:23 AM

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Continue the guide from section II

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 10:24 AM

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its updated already

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 10:24 AM

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Update it again

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 10:24 AM

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im on 11.17

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its updating

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why did i haave to update

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the screen is black now

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oh im on home menu now

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sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 10:26 AM

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hasty glacier why did i haave to update

To prevent a variety of potential (but unliekly) issues

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 10:26 AM

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hasty glacier next

Continue with the guide

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 10:26 AM

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okay

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but you said rosalina menu would work

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or something like that

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 10:27 AM

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Wdym

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Rosalina menu should work

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 10:27 AM

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you said somehing about something being zipped

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 10:27 AM

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Oh that's something else

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Twilight menu, not needed for this

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 10:27 AM

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ooo

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kk

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let me do the guide

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done

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what should i do next

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 10:29 AM

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The entire thing?

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 10:29 AM

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yes

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rtc and dsp set up

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section

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 10:29 AM

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Do every section

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 10:30 AM

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theres only one left

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set up cript

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 10:30 AM

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Yeah do that section

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 10:30 AM

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ok

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will i get my themes back

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my splash screen is still working

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 10:31 AM

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They should come back once you set a theme then open anemone

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 10:32 AM

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okay

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let me do this

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this is the scary part for me

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it says i need to wait 4 minutes

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im so scared

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 10:36 AM

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Nothing bad will happen to your console

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 10:37 AM

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okay

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2 minutes left

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when i finish this what should happen

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 10:39 AM

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Your 3ds will turn off

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 10:42 AM

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kk al the apps are here

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what should i do now

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 10:42 AM

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What's the full name of the game

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With the missing save

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 10:44 AM

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yokai watch 2 carnanimas in spanish or yokai watch 2 fleshy souls

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in english

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what now

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the themes are working

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hi?

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 10:48 AM

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I'm trying to find where the save should be located

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 10:48 AM

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oh im sorry

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 10:55 AM

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Go to your old sd card backup on your pc and go to /Nintendo 3DS/(long folder name)/(long folder name)/title/00040000/0019AC00/data/. Is there a .sav file there?

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 10:56 AM

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i dont find 0019AC00

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 10:57 AM

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Is this a digital game?

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 10:57 AM

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no

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 10:59 AM

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You won't be able to recover the save as yokai watch 2 stores it on the cartridge

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Some cartridges don't, was hoping this one didn't but unfortunately that isn't the case

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 10:59 AM

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whattttt

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omggg

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al of this and we cant do anything about it

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 11:00 AM

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Unfortunately

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 11:00 AM

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on checkpoint

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theres a save

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named

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0017eb01

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i restored it

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and thats what broke the game

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 11:01 AM

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Did you backup your save before restoring that one?

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 11:01 AM

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no

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only the card has it

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 11:02 AM

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Yeah it would've been overwritten when you restored that save

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 11:02 AM

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i wnat to cry

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i found something

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that could help

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on extra data

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on setting

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yokai watch 2 on old the old sd card is taking 4500 cubes

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or something of space

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could we recover that

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 11:08 AM

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Are you in system settings?

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 11:08 AM

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yes

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third option

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 11:09 AM

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Give me a minute

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 11:09 AM

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okay

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when i click on it

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it says upadte data

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so maybe it isnt my save

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 11:16 AM

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What happens if you open the game with the old sd card inserted

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 11:17 AM

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it says save files are corrupted

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erasing data

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now it sais

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creating save files

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and now it tells me to create a new game

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 11:17 AM

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That means the save is still corrupted, so transferring that extdata won't help

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 11:18 AM

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ok

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 11:19 AM

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Sorry about that, all I can say is to make frequent backups of your games, particularly after making significant progress and before restoring a different save.

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 11:20 AM

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ok...

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thanks

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and sorry for wasting your time

sour epoch Jul 16, 2025, 11:21 AM

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You didn't waste my time, it's fine

hasty glacier Jul 16, 2025, 11:22 AM

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bye 😦

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beforre you leave

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never mind

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