Games Won’t Save on EZ Flash Omega? Try These Ways!

How to Save Games on EZ Flash Omega

Have you heard of game flashcards? It is a rewritable cartridge that can store the game ROM files and the game consoles can load the games from it like from a genuine game cartridge.

Due to the development of emulators, the game flash cards have basically withdrawn from the stage of history. Most flashcards are suitable for Nintendo DS, GBA, or Nintendo 3DS consoles.

EZ-Flash Omega is a game flash card for the GBA console. It has a standard edition and a definitive edition.

Compared to the standard edition, the definitive edition adds MODE B that allows the cart to work as a DS expansion cart, and rumble in supported GBA games. It also has a larger NOR flash area for up to 64MB games and replaces SRAM with FRAM to allow for traditional “EverDrive-like” saving.

How to save games on EZ Flash Omega? To save GBA games, you need to save normally in-game, wait 5 seconds, and then you can turn it off.

However, saving GB or GBC games is a little different because they are using the Goomba emulator. You must save normally in-game (no need to wait 5 seconds), press L+R, wait 5 seconds, and then click Exit. Then you can turn it off.

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Fix the EZ Flash Omega Not Saving Issue

Some people report that they have encountered the EZ Flash Omega not saving issue or the save data is corrupt for unknown reasons. Then, the following methods may be helpful.

Way 1. Make Sure You Have Formatted the SD Card Correctly

EZ Flash Omega has requirements on the SD card file systems and cluster size. If the SD card is not more than 2GB, you should format it to FAT/FAT16 with a 32KB cluster size. If the SD card is not more than 32GB, format it to FAT32 with a 32KB cluster size. If the SD card is not more than 128GB, format it to exFAT with a 32KB or larger cluster size.

In addition, some users report that the FAT format will let the games load, but won’t allow them to save. It needs to be FAT32. Therefore, if you encounter the EZ Flash Omega not saving issue, you can try reformatting the SD card to FAT32 with the 32KB cluster size.

In this case, I recommend you use MiniTool Partition Wizard, this software can even format SD cards larger than 32GB to FAT32. Here is the guide:

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1. Connect the SD card to your PC via an SD card reader and then launch MiniTool Partition Wizard.
2. Right-click the partition on the SD card and choose Format from the context menu.
3. On the pop-up window, choose the FAT32 file system and the 32KB cluster size, and then click OK.
4. Click the Apply button to carry out the formatting operation.

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Way 2. Make Sure the Firmware Is Correct

As mentioned above, the EZ Flash Omega has two editions. If you have the EZ Flash Omega Definitive Edition, but install the firmware of the normal EZ Flash Omega edition, then you will encounter the EZ Flash Omega not saving on the definitive edition. To solve this issue, you just need to install the correct firmware.

Way 3. Switch the SD Card

If you encounter the “save data is corrupt” error, the reason may be the SD card damage. You may need to buy a new SD card.

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Bottom Line

Have you encountered the EZ Flash Omega not saving issue? Don’t worry. This post shows you how to solve it in 3 ways. You can have a try.