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blog:2012:1007_recovering_contacts_from_dead_android_phone [2015/02/20 14:27] – Andreas Böhlerblog:2012:1007_recovering_contacts_from_dead_android_phone [2017/01/14 11:20] – Andreas Böhler
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 I remembered that I once installed ClockWorkMod recovery alongside with CyanogenMod on the device. Unfortunately, I left USB debugging disabled in Android, as I had hoped to be able to pull the database files via ADB on plugging the phone in. Luckily, CWM comes with ADB debugging enabled, so I booted straight into CWM (on the ZTE Blade by holding down the Vol- button while powering the phone on), attached the phone to the computer and logged in. First step: Mount the data partition with I remembered that I once installed ClockWorkMod recovery alongside with CyanogenMod on the device. Unfortunately, I left USB debugging disabled in Android, as I had hoped to be able to pull the database files via ADB on plugging the phone in. Luckily, CWM comes with ADB debugging enabled, so I booted straight into CWM (on the ZTE Blade by holding down the Vol- button while powering the phone on), attached the phone to the computer and logged in. First step: Mount the data partition with
  
-[sourcecode language="bash"]andy@x200t:~$ adb shell+<code>andy@x200t:~$ adb shell
 android:~$ mount /data android:~$ mount /data
-android:~$ exit[/sourcecode]+android:~$ exit</code>
  
  
 Then, pull the contacts file: Then, pull the contacts file:
  
-[sourcecode language="bash"]andy@x200t:~$ adb pull /data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/contacts2.db[/sourcecode]+<code>andy@x200t:~$ adb pull /data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/contacts2.db</code>
  
 This is actually a SQLite database containing all the contact's information. A short research on the internet revealed nothing of interest, so I had to dig myself into the format of the file. I came up with a simple Python converter script, that converts most of the information into a VCard file. Phone numbers are all trated as cell numbers and E-Mail addresses are all treated as home mail addresses. I put question marks on the fields where I suspect lies the relevant information to distinguish the type of phone number, but the information was not consistent in the file. This is actually a SQLite database containing all the contact's information. A short research on the internet revealed nothing of interest, so I had to dig myself into the format of the file. I came up with a simple Python converter script, that converts most of the information into a VCard file. Phone numbers are all trated as cell numbers and E-Mail addresses are all treated as home mail addresses. I put question marks on the fields where I suspect lies the relevant information to distinguish the type of phone number, but the information was not consistent in the file.
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