Pokemon Silver Doesn't Save, Let's Fix That! | Tech Wave!

Spoke way too much 😴😴😴 apart from that, good video 👍

Thanks! I've got a Pokemon Gold experiencing the same issue. Now I can fix it!

Am I the only one who has tried this and it hasn't worked?

This is a problem I just discovered I had. Just ordered my new batteries.

Do you or anyone knows how to recover the save file after replacing the battery?

I wish that battery switching didnt involve Soldering its like, you gotta learn how to do one extra thing to replace the battery for your favorite Pokemon game.

so what is the name of the batteries because the link won't work

One day i saved my game and gameboy just turned off. so i re started and ten the save got deleted. Is that because of the battery?

My mom completed silver and I'm trying to do it too, I have an emulator so this isn't a problem but I wanna do challenges like dark mode silver aka all lights off and night time.

I didn’t know about this probably until I made my first save out of Elm’s lab, thankfully I found out about this before I got to far

I love loving in the future!
Thank you for this video! I literally have Pokemon Silver and found it while moving out of parents and loaded it EMPTY FILE and wouldnt save I was like noooo but this will make it playable again yay

Ideally, practice on something of low value. For example, one that has a damaged or missing label. ;-)

what size battery is required?

Can you recover your old save or is it lost forever?

Where'd you get the screwdriver?

I'm so glad you made this video, even 4 years later this is helping people so much!! I can finally get my GameBoy games working again!! Well I mean the saves working again. 😅

What is the name or kind of battery used to replace the old one? And are they easy to find?

I melted a plastic pen on a candle and pressed it against the screw and used that as a screwdriver.
Then I just taped on a new battery.
Budget, but it works 😄

bro say a radio shack! i don't live within a 50 mile radius of a radio shack

Hero

What if you replaced the battery while the game was running?
Like with one of those soldering free mods?

Would anyone know why my save dissapeared I got all the way to kanto and my save was erased I replaced the battery like 8 months ago but it still saves I'm so bummed out

I just found my Silver version. It was my very first video game ever & I’m excited to replace the battery & play it again. Thanks for the help.

Do u know anywhere to get batteries the link in description has expired

if it does not save it means dry battery

Fantastic video! Found my old Pokemon games (Blue, Silver and Crystal) and not a single one could save properly. Fixed all three with the help from this video :)
Thanks alot!

My Pokémon silver game saves right up until I beat lance and complete the first half of the game then only continues at my last save won’t ever let me pass even after going through the end credits…. Any tips or advice??

Hello, Spawn. I have all three of the gen 2 games (Gold, Silver and Crystal) and have replaced the battery in each of them. The results are that each of them save for a little while while playing through the game (either saving a set amount of times, or for a set amount of time), but end up wiping the saves automatically when playing long enough after turning the game off.

Any ideas on further fixes? I would be eager to hear your thoughts.

Thanks man

i love how you think oh this friendly fella is a bit over weight, then you realise that he is absolutely jacked

Defo gonna give this a go. Cheers dude 👍🏼

I still have the Pokémon Silver (Gameboy color) game, and at first, it was working good, but until as I tried to play it again on Nintendo 64, it doesn't allow me to play it, the file didn't cooperate, my saved files didn't even automatically stayed on Gameboy Advance after turning it off and back on again

Do I really gotta do all of this for my pokemon silver to save 😭

I got my copy of Pokémon Silver at DKOldies and my copy shows a blank screen after I set my clock.. Dose this mean I have to do this method too? I feel stupid spending almost $80 for a non working copy plus I can’t even get a refund with those guys..

Will this restore the pervious save ? The data that was lost ?

Gonna try this for fun even though you can easily emulate these games these days. Nothing quite beats the authentic feeling of having the little handheld in your hands, though. The resolution always looks wonky as well if it's not on a gameboy. Thanks for the little tutorial

sweet nice video, for some reason the way you did it helped a lot with getting over my bad soldering experiences hahaha

How long will a new battery last?

I just bought this one lmao, the JP version though.

Hello everyone, I recently found my childhood pokemon gameboy advance game cartridge and bought a ds lite to play it but it doesn't even show up on the ds. Can anyone direct me to someone that can bring back my saved files and replace the battery with a new one and put my old file back on the cartridge?!? Seeking help please

What kind of battery do these GBC games use? The link isn't working anymore.

Appreciate the video. This worked for my silver.. for almost a week 😭

Anyone here from 2024?

Awesome man! I'm waiting on the battery for mine then I'll be good to go! Clutch AF!!!

i bought a japenese copy of silver at a convention. discovered save doesnt work which Im cool with. wasnt going to play it as well. hard to play when you cant read japenese. heck at the time thought start button on my gameboy was broken. but i got the game for the collectors' standpoint. (I have a japenese copy of red and tcg video game as well). If i want to play the game in english and save. I have a digital copy of crystal on 3ds. but I can still just play for as much as I can

but if I truely want save file for whatever reason I have a damaged copy of silver (like cracked and will never work) I can just take battery out of it

I remember just lifting up the tabs and replacing the battery itself on my copy as a kid, put it back up with some tape lol and now I’m thinking on doing the same with this copy of Saphire I just got

Unfortunately I’m currently going through this 🤦🏽‍♂️. I purchased Silver & Gold and neither of them save. The seller Politely took my money without letting me know anything and to figure it out. So now I’m here 😂

Lowes or Home depot will cost you a lot for a soldering iron. I would recommend Walmart if you are on a budget.

Me and my brother got one from a yard sale in the early 2000's and it didn't save at all we just left our gameboy on untill it died

What are the batteries we need, and souder we need?