====== Nintendo Game Boy Advance e-Reader ======

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===== Introduction =====

Dumping e-Reader cards is reasonably easy if you already have an e-Reader cartridge and a way to read/write saves from GBA cartridges.

===== Methods =====

  - [[#e-Reader Cartridge (injecting program into save)]]

==== e-Reader Cartridge (injecting program into save) ====

You will need a method to read and write saves to the e-Reader cartridge, e.g. most of the dumping methods listed in the [[carts:nintendo:gba|GBA page]] also let you do this.

First, back up the save of your e-Reader cartridge.

Download [[https://mattiebee.io/files/flash_dumper_v6.zip|Flash Dumper v6]]* and extract it. Inside the ''flash_dumper_v6'' folder, navigate to the **jp** or **us** folder based on your e-Reader region and locate the corresponding ''.sav'' file:
  * ''e-reader-jp-save-inject-flash-dumper-v6.sav'' or
  * ''e-reader-us-save-inject-flash-dumper-v6.sav''

We need to inject the provided save file into your backed-up e-Reader save, by overwriting the data starting at offset 0x10000 with the data from the provided save.
  * Using HxD on Windows:
    - Open the provided .sav file in HxD, select everything (Ctrl+A), and Copy (Ctrl+C).
    - Open your backed-up cartridge save in HxD. Press Ctrl+G and type 10000 to jump to the correct offset.
    - Right-click at that location and select Paste Write (or Ctrl+B).
    - Save the file (Ctrl+S).
  * Linux:<code>cp save_backup.sav modified_backup.sav
dd if=e-reader-us-save-inject-flash-dumper-v6.sav of=modified_backup.sav bs=1 seek=65536 conv=notrunc</code>

Now, flash the modified e-Reader save back to the e-Reader cartridge.

Boot the console with the e-Reader inserted and launch the **Flash Dumper v6** program.

To scan a card, press A; the slot will change from an ''x'' to an ''o'' once the scan is complete. Move to an empty slot (marked with ''x'') and repeat this process for your remaining dot codes.

Once finished, you can power off the console. Back up your e-Reader's save file again.

Navigate to the ''pc_card_extraction_tool'' folder (from the extracted ''flash_dumper_v6.zip'') and drag your new save backup onto ''erdump.exe''. This will generate ''.raw'' files for each scanned dot code.
  * If you are on Linux, compile ''erdump.c'' and run ''./erdump save_backup.sav''.

* SHA256 5e179256ef395dfdd3cf8fe038ad46aae99ae941f9a5545fe8690f55fece6708
===== Gathering and Submitting Dump Info =====

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The "ROM file" is the ''.raw'' file.