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TamaSma Card Flashing Guide

What You Need

• TamaSma Card (must be the same size as the BIN you want to flash)

• Card-Flashing Hardware:

  • Tama Spa's Patch-i Box
  • Bazjo's SD-Stick Programmer and Blank Cards
  • MrBlinky's DIY hardware (ignore the bits about DIMcard Tool)
• AsProgrammer (Windows) or FlashROM (MacOS, Linux)

What To Do

1. Connect your TamaSma Card to your computer using your choice of card-flashing harware.

2. Dump your card's binary data (BIN file) using AsProgrammer or FlashROM.

   • AsProgrammer: Follow the instructions in the Patch-i Box Guide. Use the right IC for the size of the card.
   • FlashROM: flashrom -p ch341a_spi -r tamasmacard_backup.bin

3. Make a backup copy of the BIN file for safekeeping.

4. Edit the BIN file with SmartyPants or Studded's tool. Skip this step if you have a custom or translated BIN file already.

5. Flash your card with your new BIN file using AsProgrammer or FlashROM.

   • AsProgrammer: Follow the instructions in the Patch-i Box Guide. Use the right IC for the size of the card.
   • FlashROM: flashrom -p ch341a_spi -w new_tamasmacard.bin

Card Sizes

• 1MB Cards (IC KH25L8005)

  • 1996 Friends
  • Cosmetic Friends
  • Gourmet Friends
  • Melody Friends
  • Pastel Friends
  • Rainbow Friends
  • Sweet Friends

• 2MB Cards (IC GD25Q16)

  • Anniversary Party Friends
  • En-Tama Friends
  • Kei-Tama Friends
  • Magical Change
  • Marine Change
  • Nizoo Friends
  • One Piece Friends
  • Pixar Friends
  • PUI PUI Molcar Friends
  • Sanrio Characters
• 4MB Digimon DIM Cards (IC GPR25L3203F)