How to access data data folder in Android device

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I am developing an app and I know my database   db will appear in data data com          I can access this file from AVD in Eclipse with help of sqlite manager But I can t access this file in my Android phone  I googled it and it says I need to root my phone to do it  but I don t want to do that  How can I access my data data       directory in my Android phone  quot without rooting it quot   Can I change user permissions for the directory data data      without rooting it

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On a rooted device  the correct solution is this   Open cmd Change your directory and go into  Platform tools  Type  adb shell  su Press  Allow  on device chmod 777  data  data data  data data   Open DDMS view in Eclipse IntelliJ and from there open  FileExplorer  to get your desired file   The original solution worked  but the chmod would return unknown directory  Changing the chmod command to  data data   gave access to all subfolders in the data directory from DDMS in Intellij  I assume the same solution is true for Eclipse DDMS   UPDATE So  what I ve found is strange  I m running a Nexus 6 using DDMS in IntelliJ  Android Device Monitor   I have built a little starter app  Said app saves data to a  csv file in data data com example myapp files  When I first started to try to access this file on my Nexus 6  I found that I have to root the device   I could see the data folder  but trying to open it would not work  As mentioned online in other places  the expand   would vanish then reappear shortly thereafter  note  there are solutions on the web that claim to allow access to these folders without rooting  I didn t find them till too late  and I m not sure if I prefer not to root anyway   I d rather be able to do it manually than rely on an app or command prompt to give me my solutions     I rooted my 6 and tried DDMS again    At this point  it showed me the data folder and I could expand the folder and see the com  directories  but I could not open any of them  That is when I discovered the above solution  The initial instructions would not work on this part   chmod 777  data  data data  data data com application pacakage  data data com application pacakage     That is when I tried the solution I posted   chmod 777  data  data data  data data     That solution seemed to work  but only on certain folders  I now could expand my myapp folder  but could not expand the files directory in it   At this point  I played around for a while then figured why not just try it on the directory I need rather than trying these wildcard entries   chmod 777  data  data data  data data com example myapp     Followed by   chmod 777  data  data data  data data com example myapp files   These commands allowed me to expand and view the files in my app s directory to confirm that the  csv was being saved correctly   Hope this helps someone  I struggled with this for hours    to compound on this a tad further  oddly enough  the permissions did not pass to the  csv file that passed to the files directory  my files directory permissions read drwxrwxrwx and my log csv file permissions read -rw-rw----    just fyi

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adb backup didn t work for me  so here s what I did  Xiaomi Redmi Note 4X  Android 6 0   1  Go to Settings   Additional Settings   Backup  amp  reset   Local backups  2  Tap  Back up  on the bottom of the screen  3  Uncheck  System  and  Apps  checkmarks  4  Tap detail disclosure button on the right of the  Apps  cell to navigate to app selection screen  5  Select the desired app and tap OK  6  After the backup was completed  the actual file need to be located somehow  Mine could be found at  MIUI backup AllBackup  FOLDER NAMED AFTER BACKUP CREATION DATE   7  Then I followed the steps from this answer by RonTLV to actually convert the backup file   bak in my case  to tar  duplicating from the original answer     a  Go here and download  https   sourceforge net projects adbextractor  b  Extract the downloaded file and navigate to folder where you extracted  c  run this with your own file names  java -jar abe jar unpack c  Intel xxx ab c  Intel xxx tar

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Accessing the files directly on your phone is difficult  but you may be able to copy them to your computer where you can do anything you want with it  Without rooting you have 2 options    If the application is debuggable you can use the run-as command in adb shell  adb shell run-as com your packagename  cp  data data com your packagename   Alternatively you can use Android s backup function   adb backup -noapk com your packagename   You will now be prompted to  unlock your device and confirm the backup operation   It s best NOT to provide a password  otherwise it becomes more difficult to read the data  Just click on  backup my data   The resulting  backup ab  file on your computer contains all application data in android backup format  Basically it s a compressed tar file  This page explains how you can use OpenSSL s zlib command to uncompress it   You can use the  adb restore backup db command to restore the backup

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The easiest way  just one simple step  to pull a file from your debuggable application folder  let s say  data data package name databases file  on an unrooted Android 5 0  device is by using this command   adb exec-out run-as package name cat databases file  gt  file

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To backup from Android to Desktop  Open command line cmd and run this  adb backup -f C  Intel xxx ab -noapk your app package  Do not enter password and click on Backup my data  Make sure not to save on drive C root  You may be denied  This is why I saved on C  Intel   To extract the   ab file   Go here and download  https   sourceforge net projects adbextractor  Extract the downloaded file and navigate to folder where you extracted  run this with your own file names  java -jar abe jar unpack c  Intel xxx ab c  Intel xxx tar

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SQLlite database is store on user s Phone and it s hidding under path    Data Data com companyname AppName File    you have 2 options here    you can root your phone so that you get access to view your hidding db3 file this is not a solution but a work around  Why not just create test page that display your database table in it using  select  statment

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You can also try copying the file to the SD Card folder  which is a public folder  then you can copy the file to your PC where you can use sqlite to access it   Here is some code you can use to copy the file from data data to a public storage folder   private void copyFile final Context context        try           File sd   Environment getExternalStorageDirectory            File data   Environment getDataDirectory             if  sd canWrite                  String currentDBPath                       context getDatabasePath DATABASE NAME  getAbsolutePath                 String backupDBPath    data db                File currentDB   new File currentDBPath               File backupDB   new File sd  backupDBPath                if  currentDB exists                      FileChannel src   new FileInputStream currentDB  getChannel                    FileChannel dst   new FileOutputStream backupDB  getChannel                    dst transferFrom src  0  src size                     src close                    dst close                                  catch  Exception e            e printStackTrace              Manifest    lt uses-permission android name  android permission WRITE EXTERNAL STORAGE    gt   lt uses-permission android name  android permission READ EXTERNAL STORAGE    gt   lt uses-permission android name  android permission WRITE INTERNAL STORAGE    gt   lt uses-permission android name  android permission READ INTERNAL STORAGE    gt

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Open your command prompt Change directory to E  Android adt-bundle-windows-x86 64-20140702 adt-bundle-windows-x86 64-20140702 sdk platform-tools Enter below commands adb -d shell run-as com your packagename cat databases database db  gt   sdcard database db Change directory to cd  sdcard to make sure database db is there  adb pull  sdcard database db or simply you can copy database db from device

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To do any of the above  i e  access protected folders from within your phone itself   you still need root    That includes changing mount-permissions on the  data folder and accessing it   Without root  accessing the  data directly to read except from within your application via code isn t possible  So you could try copying that file to sdcard or somewhere accessible  and then  you should be able to access it normally   Rooting won t void your warranty if you have a developer device  I m sorry  there isn t any other way AFAIK

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you can copy this db file to somewhere in eclipse explorer  eg sdcard or PC  and you can use sqlite to access and update this db file

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You could also try fetching the db using root explorer app  And if that does not work then you can try this    Open cmd  Change your directory and go into  Platform tools  Type  adb shell  su Press  Allow  on device chmod 777  data  data data  data data com application package  data data com application package   Open DDMS view in Eclipse and from there open  FileExplorer  to get your desired file   After this you should be able to browse the files on the rooted device

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One of the simple way is to create your database on SD-Card  Because you cannot get access to your phone s data folder in internal memory  unless you root your phone  So why not simply create your database on SD-Card   Moreover  if you want  you may write some file copying-code to copy your existing database file  from internal memory  to external memory without requiring any root

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I had also the same problem once  There is no way to access directly the file within android devices except adb shell or rooting device   Beside here are 02 alternatives   1        public void exportDatabse String databaseName            try           File sd   Environment getExternalStorageDirectory            File data   Environment getDataDirectory             if  sd canWrite                  String currentDBPath      data    getPackageName      databases    databaseName                 String backupDBPath    backupname db               File currentDB   new File data  currentDBPath               File backupDB   new File sd  backupDBPath                if  currentDB exists                      FileChannel src   new FileInputStream currentDB  getChannel                    FileChannel dst   new FileOutputStream backupDB  getChannel                    dst transferFrom src  0  src size                     src close                    dst close                                  catch  Exception e               2  Try this  https   github com sanathp DatabaseManager For Android

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The question is  how-to-access-data-data-folder-in-android-device     If android-device is Bluestacks    Root Browser APK shows data data       Try to download Root Browser from https   apkpure com root-browser com jrummy root browserfree    If the file is a text file  you need to click on  Open as    Text file    Open as    RB Text Editor

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You can download a sigle file like that    adb exec-out run-as debuggable app package name cat files file mp4  gt  file mp4  Before you download you might wan t to have a look at the file structure in your App-Directory  For this do the following steps THelper noticed above   adb shell run-as com your packagename  cd files ls -als     The Android-Studio way Shahidul mentioned  https   stackoverflow com a 44089388 1256697  also work  For those who don t see the DeviceFile Explorer Option in the Menu  Be sure  to open the  android-Directory in Android Studio   E g  react-native users have this inside of their Project-Folder right on the same Level as the  ios-Directory

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may be to access this folder you need administrative rights   so you have two options -    root your device and than try to access this folder use emulator   p s    if you are using any of above two options you can access this folder by following these       steps     open DDMS perspective -  your device -  Select File Explorer from   right window options   select package -  data -  data -  package name   - files   and from there you can pull up your file

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Use File Explorer in eclipse  Select Windows    Show View    Other        File Explorer   An another way is pull the file via adb   adb pull  system data data  lt yourpackagename gt  databases  lt databasename gt   sdcard

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If you are using Android Studio 3 0 or later version then follow these steps        Click View   Tool Windows   Device File Explorer    Expand  data data  package-name  nodes        You can only expand packages which runs in debug mode on non-rooted device

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