Read database from Android phone

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I need to export an SQLite database from an Android phone to a computer.

I know you can do it with the pull command and shell, but it seems that this is only possible on rooted phones (or that's what I read). Is this true or is there another way to pull the db files?

At the moment I copy the whole database file to the external storage to be able to access it from a PC I don't know if this is good or bad practice.

What are my options here?

I don't think you need to have a rooted phone to use `adb pull`. — Aleks G, Apr 03 '12 at 12:13
@AleksG I faced the same problem and tried adb pull, but you cannot pull files from /data/data without rooting — Mohamed_AbdAllah, Apr 03 '12 at 12:20

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered May 06 '12 at 11:10

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My solution was to listen for a broadcast and copy the database to a place where I can pull the file. For me this was the external storage.

answered May 06 '12 at 11:10

Lucas Kauffman

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

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Well if you can't get it with adb pull, you could try to e-mail it to yourself or use dropbox or something?

Read: How to attach database file to an Email in android?

edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

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answered Apr 03 '12 at 12:33

Ferdau

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That's not really a good option, I want to be able to get it through USB. – Lucas Kauffman Apr 03 '12 at 12:36

Read database from Android phone

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