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How can I extract contacts from Android files ?

If I saved all my Android files on my computer from a previous build, can I somehow get the contacts out of them files ? perhaps there's a file that contains all contacts ?

log into your gmail and extract them that way

That's the weird part, for some reason the number I'm looking for wasn't logged by Gmail, and that's why with the current build I didn't have his number imported as the rest.

The contacts are stored in a SQLite3 database file so the file format is ".db"
The development tool Android Debug Bridge (ADB) can be used to extract the file from an EMULATOR
ADB can also extract the file from a phone but it must be rooted first AND the ADB drivers must be installed on your machibe as well
(Rooting is NOT for beginners though)
The contacts.db file is stored in the protected system memory, the file path is:
data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/contacts.db

itsme_4ucz said:
The contacts are stored in a SQLite3 database file so the file format is ".db"
The development tool Android Debug Bridge (ADB) can be used to extract the file from an EMULATOR
ADB can also extract the file from a phone but it must be rooted first AND the ADB drivers must be installed on your machibe as well
(Rooting is NOT for beginners though)
The contacts.db file is stored in the protected system memory, the file path is:
data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/contacts.db
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If I understood correctly this file should be in the SD card, but I cannot find one, nor the directory /com.android.providers.contacts/ .

Your phone doesnt think its on the sdcard. It thinks its on the phone itself.
For my adb uses I use a program called android commander. It will allow you to navigate to that file.

Try using root explorer app, it will get you there...

My issue is not with the contacts on my working phone system, but on the files I copied before I've change to a new build. I thought there may be a chance it's on one of those files, but it sound much complicated then that.

If you don't want to try itsme_4ucz's solution, why not copy the files back to your phone and sync again with Gmail?

Because for some reason the build didn't load, that was the reason why I switched builds in the first place.
I don't want to root my phone for that, I'm pretty noob

I could be wrong, but...
Wouldn't that file be in the data.img file system image? If so, you can mount that file in Linux, or most likely Windows, then browse to the location mentioned above.
That'll at least get you there, but you still have to get the data out. Perhaps copy that one to the phone's current file system. If not, I'm sure someone will come up with something if the above posts don't work.

[Q] Problems restoring nandroid via CWM or TWRP

I hope some of you guys can help me, didn't find any similar to my problem.
I am not able to restore a TWRP nandroid via TWRP and a CWM nandroid via CWM anymore.
The backup finishes correctly in both of the recovery systems, but when I want to restore it they don't show up.
I can't access the folders sdcard/clockworkmod/ or sdcard/twrp/backup to copy these nandroids to my pc.
I tried it via MTP: sdcard shows up but the directories aren't listed in my structure. A reboot doesn't solve it(either PC nor cellphone).
In Root Explorer the folders also don't show up.
I tried clicking through every folder I found when I was browsing my file structure on my cellphone.
Then I found a folder /mnt/shell/emulated/TWRP/ and /mnt/shell/emulated/clockworkmod/ where I finally found my missing files.
I can't see these folders via MTP, only via Root Explorer. So I tried to copy them to the root of my sdcard.
That took some time, no errors when copying etc.
The folders are not there. They just appear in the /mnt/shell/ folders mentioned above.
What do I need to do to restore my nandroids? What did I do wrong?

Need to recover files from a TWRP backup

Hey all, like the title said, I need to recover some files from a TWRP backup. But I do not want to flash the backup. I changed the extension to .tar and was able to browse just fine, but am unable to find the home folder which is where the files I need were stored. Specifically Storage\Emulated\0\ProgramData but of course this path doesn't exist since it's essentially little more than a link to the real path, so where would I find the correct path in a twrp backup? Thank you for any advice or help!

[Q] TWRP backup folder visibility in Lollipop

Recently updated my Nexus 10 to 5.01 stock. Installed TWRP 2.8.0.1 and rooted. I did a TWRP backup and in the TWRP file manager I can see the TWRP backup folder and the backup.
When I boot into the system and use either root file manager or ES File manager there is no TWRP folder visible. All I see is what looks like a file named TWRP. It has a question mark as the file type and the size is NA.
On my KitKat phone, I can see the actual folder and backup file(s) using ES File Manager.
Is this normal for Lollipop?.

See this post fit the easy fix
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56985526&postcount=567
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Thanks. That did it.
Can't say I'm loving Lollipop though.

Thanks, easy fix.

Corrupt framework file in the system folder, please help

So I rooted my device, hten followed a guide, that Instructed me to replace two files in the system/framework folder, services.jar and services.odex, i backed them up, but like a fool i backed them up in the same folder, which i can't access, I can restore from CWM and i was actually hoping someone had a system recovery that i could borrow, since i can't seem to figure out how to change the files back within my cwm backup.

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So I rooted my device, hten followed a guide, that Instructed me to replace two files in the system/framework folder, services.jar and services.odex, i backed them up, but like a fool i backed them up in the same folder, which i can't access, I can restore from CWM and i was actually hoping someone had a system recovery that i could borrow, since i can't seem to figure out how to change the files back within my cwm backup.
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Okay, slow down. You can fix this. There are only a few steps:
1. Download the stock odexed rom. You can find it here: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23622183712466565
2. Extract the stock rom.
3. Navigate to the system/framework folder
4. Copy services.jar and services.odex to your phone (download folder or anywhere on your sdcard is fine)
5. Since you are rooted, you can use a root file explorer to copy those files to your system/framework folder on your phone. Locate the two files you copied from the stock odex rom on your computer. Paste these into system framework, and overwrite the two existing files (you can use ES file manager or other root browser to accomplish this)
That's it! There are many other ways to do this, but this is probably the simplest.
I'd just flash a custom rom with hotspot though