How To Use Bin Files Amiibo On Phone

Nintendo's NFC figures line is a neat accessory that tin can unlock a multitude of bonuses in sure games. Still, with over 100 released and so far (and more than coming), it tin can be frustrating for collectors to have to grab a pile of them anytime they want to utilise them. Fortunately, there is a way to backup amiibo figures and clone them to a more than compact and easy-to-use format.

We'll walk users through the process of bankroll up amiibo data using an iOS or Android smartphone. We'll also cover how to copy amiibo to an NFC card, coin, button, or tag.

Note: Game Revolution doesn't endorse using this method with any amiibo figures a user hasn't purchased.

How to fill-in amiibo using iOS or Android

backup and copy amiibo iOS android

Any smartphone with NFC capabilities can read and backup amiibo data. This is the showtime footstep to making a copy of an existing amiibo figure.

Earlier making a copy of any amiibo, a user must first obtain 2 files:

unfixed-info.bin
locked-secret.bin

These two files are used to decrypt amiibo data. Yet, users will need to find out how to dump these on their own as we can't provide them here.

One time a user has located the two keyfiles, we can begin the process of bankroll up an amiibo.

Android

TagMo save amiibo data

The best program to use for managing amiibo on an Android phone is TagMo. This app isn't on the Google Play Store. Instead, users must sideload information technology from the project GitHub.

Once TagMo is installed, users must get to settings and tap the Import Keys section at the top of the menu. From hither, users tin select the folder where the two files nosotros mentioned earlier are kept.

When the encryption keys are installed, users tin can return to the initial screen to showtime backing upward amiibo.

To back upwardly amiibo data on TagMo:

Select "Browse Tag."
Agree the amiibo base of operations against the phone'south NFC reader.
When the amiibo is scanned, its info will announced at the peak of the screen.
Tap "Save Tag" to fill-in the amiibo data.

After the terminal step, the amiibo is saved to the user's phone. Now information technology'due south ready to be copied.

iOS

Backing up amiibo data on iOS is only equally easy. However, the apps we're using require a one-time purchase, unlike TagMo, which is free.

To backup amiibo using an iPhone or other iOS device, download AmiiBot for $three.99. After that, users have to caput into settings and point the app to the 2 keyfiles.

Afterwards the keyfiles are set, backing up amiibo data with AmiiBot is easy. Just go to the My Collection tab and tap on the icon in the screen's upper right office. Scan the amiibo when prompted, and it'll be saved!

How to re-create amiibo data to an NFC card or tag with iOS or Android

amiibo NFC cards

A user'due south backup amiibo data can be written to an NFC carte du jour, tag, coin, button, etc., using an Android or iOS smartphone with an NFC reader.

In that location is only one type of NFC tag that works with amiibo data: NTAG215. There are many variations when it comes to NFC tags, and so users must be conscientious when purchasing them or they'll end up with a lot of useless items.

Any NTAG215-uniform item should work, just here are our recommendations:

Purchase 30x NTAG215 NFC Cards on Amazon.
Buy 50x NTAG215 NFC Coins on Amazon.
Buy 35x NTAG215 NFC Stickers on Amazon.

Exist careful when writing to these NFC blanks. Amiibo data is not rewritable. Once it's copied, users are stuck with it.

Android

Writing amiibo data is just as easy as saving it with TagMo:

Tap "Load Tag."
Select the amiibo data to be copied.
When it loads, tap "Write Tag."
Place the blank NFC tag nearly the phone'due south NFC reader.

The NFC blank should now contain the amiibo date. It'll now scan on the Switch just as if it were a figure.

iOS

The process to write amiibo information to an NFC tag on iOS is similar:

Open up AmiiBot.
Select the amiibo to be copied from the My Drove screen.
Tap the third icon from the peak at the tiptop correct of the screen.
Place the blank NFC tag almost the device's NFC reader.

If the copy is successful, the NFC tag will now browse only like a figure.