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You can use a file browser with an backup function, for example the ES File Explorer Long tap a item and select create backup | You can use a file browser with an backup function, for example the ES File Explorer Long tap a item and select create backup | ||
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| + | == stock, non-rooted Android OS == | ||
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| + | If the application, whose data you wish to access, is debuggable, its read-protected folder can be accessed with the help of the run-as command. In essence, we pretend to be the application in question and copy file(s) stored inside the application's data folder into user readable folder. | ||
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| + | adb shell | ||
| + | run-as app.package.name \ | ||
| + | cp /data/data/package.name/databases/application.sqlite /sdcard/ | ||
| + | exit | ||
| + | adb pull /sdcard/application.sqlite ~/ | ||
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| + | This only works if the application is debuggable. If the application was not debuggable, so the method above did not work either. | ||
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| + | Starting with Android v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Google has provided a way to backup data and applications from Android devices without root via adb. | ||
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| + | adb backup -f ~/data.ab -noapk app.package.name | ||
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| + | This will prompt you to "unlock your device and confirm the backup operation". To keep things simple do not provide a password, otherwise you will have to jump through the hoops to decrypt it later. Just click on "Back up my data" button. The screen will display the name of the package you're backing up, then close by itself upon successful completion. | ||
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| + | The resulting ".ab" file contains application data in android backup format. It's a tar archive that has been run through deflate and optionally encrypted (in a somewhat peculiar way) by AES-256-CRC cypher. To quickly extract a simple non-encrypted backup... | ||
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| + | dd if=data.ab bs=1 skip=24 | openssl zlib -d | tar -xvf - | ||
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| + | If that doesn't work, try this alternative using Python | ||
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| + | dd if=data.ab bs=1 skip=24 | python -c "import zlib,sys;sys.stdout.write(zlib.decompress(sys.stdin.read()))" | tar -xvf - | ||
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| + | The result is the apps/app.package.name/ folder containing application data. | ||
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| + | source: http://blog.shvetsov.com/2013/02/access-android-app-data-without-root.html | ||
Revision as of 16:28, 4 February 2014
Contents
using a "media" intermediary directory
Some people are using a "media" intermediary directory between the standard public directory and the storage root. See below
- /sdcard/media/alarms OR /sdcard/Alarms
- /sdcard/media/notifications OR /sdcard/notifications
- /sdcard/media/ringtones OR /sdcard/ringtones
- /sdcard/media/ui OR /sdcard/ui
Warning: This may be incorrect.
adb
adb is part of Android SDK
Someone claims a workaround to view the filenames in the /data/app folder without having root exists using "adb".
adb shell pm list packages
to get a list of packages installed
However, you need to root the Android device to install Android SDK.
what?
list contents of /data/app without root
To do this from the command line, use adb shell pm list packages to get the list of installed packages, pick the desired package, append -1.apk to it, and pull it from /data/app. Example: If the package name is org.mozilla.firefox, use adb pull /data/app/org.mozilla.firefox-1.apk.
need to root first
You need to root your phone first. Then install Android SDK. run adb or ddms->file explorer, look for your interested-in APK in /system/app
backup then view
You can use a file browser with an backup function, for example the ES File Explorer Long tap a item and select create backup
stock, non-rooted Android OS
If the application, whose data you wish to access, is debuggable, its read-protected folder can be accessed with the help of the run-as command. In essence, we pretend to be the application in question and copy file(s) stored inside the application's data folder into user readable folder.
adb shell run-as app.package.name \ cp /data/data/package.name/databases/application.sqlite /sdcard/ exit adb pull /sdcard/application.sqlite ~/
This only works if the application is debuggable. If the application was not debuggable, so the method above did not work either.
Starting with Android v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Google has provided a way to backup data and applications from Android devices without root via adb.
adb backup -f ~/data.ab -noapk app.package.name
This will prompt you to "unlock your device and confirm the backup operation". To keep things simple do not provide a password, otherwise you will have to jump through the hoops to decrypt it later. Just click on "Back up my data" button. The screen will display the name of the package you're backing up, then close by itself upon successful completion.
The resulting ".ab" file contains application data in android backup format. It's a tar archive that has been run through deflate and optionally encrypted (in a somewhat peculiar way) by AES-256-CRC cypher. To quickly extract a simple non-encrypted backup...
dd if=data.ab bs=1 skip=24 | openssl zlib -d | tar -xvf -
If that doesn't work, try this alternative using Python
dd if=data.ab bs=1 skip=24 | python -c "import zlib,sys;sys.stdout.write(zlib.decompress(sys.stdin.read()))" | tar -xvf -
The result is the apps/app.package.name/ folder containing application data.
source: http://blog.shvetsov.com/2013/02/access-android-app-data-without-root.html
