M3 MiniSD problems with REINr15

[nolimits88]

I can't backup my saves from Mario Kart, NFS:U2, NFS:MW, or Sonic Rush. I believe everything works in REIN but nothing is written to my MiniSD card. I have no other games to test this on.

I start REIN fine, then insert my DS Cart. Select backup either to save file or m3 then after it displays the save type (2) and Id's then it says file saved to here ... called something.sav then program freezes.

I don't believe that its takes more than 5min to dump a save. The Dump option in which you view the DS-save in hex works though.

Any suggestions???

Also has any one been able to dump their own DS carts with the M3 MiniSD? I get the dumper.nds to start but it says fail in the bottom left corner and no active date is shown on the bottom right just 2000-00-00 00:00:00.

I am running e22b on my M3 MiniSD Player with a Passcard 3

Thanks

[deadsoulz]

It works fine for me, but I did have problems with this at first. Turns out the filenames were to long for it to work and it would crash rein. So I renamed the save files to something with 8 characters newmario.dat and it works great, then I just renamed it back to whatever I had it before to match the rom name and it was good to go

[Epoxy]

I've been unable to pull savegames off my games using REIN, and I"ve read and searched and googled all day to no avail... anyone have any ideas?

DS Lite, latest FlashMe, M3 Perfect MiniSD e22, 2gig MiniSD card.

I can run .nds games just fine using the M3 Game Manager.

I need to pull savegames off of a couple games that I bought, but the latest RAIN/REIN 15 freezes up after I "hit A" to start the import.

Things that I've tried that didn't make any difference:
-booting REIN from Moonshell.
-ReinMoon didn't work.
-Different games. None work.
-Fat16/Fat32 format of the MiniSD card.
-REIN never gets to the part where it asks for a filename... so shortening the file names doesn't work here.

[iball]

Ok, so you went whole-hog and now have a nice DS-capable flashcart and either have FlashMe v7 installed or are using one of the many passkey devices.
But how to get those savegames you have on your carts down onto the flashcart for use with the ROM?
You've tried using the latest version of Rein but that's not working either!

Simple. Just download and install ReinMoon!
http://mdxonline.dyndns.org/archives/2006/07/reinmoon_ver04.shtml

It can seem daunting when you first run it because EVERYTHING will be in Japanese if you did NOT modify the config file that's in the Reinmoon directory on the root of your flashcart.
It comes with an easy-to-understand auto-installer as well...matter of fact, that's pretty much the ONLY way to install it.

Make sure the cart you want to backup the savegame from is in the DS Slot and boot from the flashcart in DS mode.
Run Reinmoon after configuring it to use English and then just press START + SELECT at the same time and it will ask you to press START when you want to begin backing up the savegame of the inserted slot. Most of the time the program will actually KNOW what cart is in there and name it, but sometimes it doesn't recognize the newer carts as the savegame data for those carts might not be in the Reinmoon cart list file just yet.
After pressing start, just wait. It will tell you when it's finished.
Once it's done you then have a flashcart-compatible savegame you can use with your ROM!

All you have to do now is rename the savegame to the same name as the cart. For us Supercard CF/SD/mini-SD users you will have to use the suffix ".nds.sav" and delete the original savegame file that was created when you patched the ROM using the Supercard software. You can either hook the card back up to your computer or use the DS Organizer homebrew to rename the file right on the DS itself as well as delete the old savegame.

I've tested this with Metroid Prime Hunters, Animal Crossing, New Super Mario Bros., Mario Kart DS, and the rest of my collection. Worked like a charm with no problems.

It's a hell of a lot easier than using that damnable DS Max Duo hunk-of-junk to backup the gamesave from the cart to your PC, then uncompress and then run it through a homebrew converter to turn it into a flashcart-compatible gamesave.
I found a slew of DS carts that didn't like that converter, so using Reinmoon is more reliable.
Have fun!

[Epoxy]

I've tried the latest ReinMoon, it didn't run at all for me. When I try to start it nothing happens, and yes I did use the installer.


Things that I've tried that didn't work:... ReinMoon.



Simple. Just download and install ReinMoon!
http://mdxonline.dyndns.org/archives/2006/07/reinmoon_ver04.shtml

[iball]

I've tried the latest ReinMoon, it didn't run at all for me. When I try to start it nothing happens, and yes I did use the installer.
Hmmm...it might not work with the M3 series.
DId you run it through any patching software?

[nolimits88]

Hey Epoxy

I still havent figured out whats wrong with my setup, as its exactly the same as yours. I'll be trying a different miniSD card this weekend so ill keep you posted. REIN locks up in the same place and reinmoon also wont load.

Have you had any luck using the nds ROM dumper from m3. i think its on the dualscene.net site, it allows you to copy your own games, to load it press start instead of 'a'.

When i start it up it just says fail in the bottom left corner and date wont move either.

Cheers

NoLimits88

[anc]

I've been unable to pull savegames off my games using REIN, and I"ve read and searched and googled all day to no avail... anyone have any ideas?

DS Lite, latest FlashMe, M3 Perfect MiniSD e22, 2gig MiniSD card.

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Absolutely the same configuration, same syptoms. Any1 have some tips?

I get this screen, then it freezes.

http://picasaweb.google.com/Ancuke/Whatever02/photo#4958957735241056274