I want to publish a new version of application, but I dont remember my passwords to keyStore.
I have my keyStore file and I try to retrieve password by java scripts for brute attack, but my password is too strong and had a lot of chars, that this is wrong way how to retrieve it..
I have my application in eclipse too.
Is some good way, how to easy get key Store password from old .apk file, or key store, or eclipse?
Thx a lot.
No, You can't do Anything,
simple You have to Resubmit Your App , i.e new APK Signed with new Keystore.
**Backup all your keystore and KeyStore-Passwords
but their is way as suggested in this post, but i never tried.
please check it
https://code.google.com/p/android-keystore-password-recover/
No, if there were a simple way to bypass the keystore's password that would be a big security bug.
Also you can not retrieve the private key used to sign an apk, nor the keystore password from the apk itself as it does not include them.
If you have lost your keystore or password, then there is no chance of getting it back. The best option is to resubmit the app.
Always store your keystore safely .Mail it to yourself thats the best way you can get back your keystore or its password.
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I'm trying to publish an update to an Android app that was originally published to the store back in 2014. I still have the Keystore file, but none of the development environment (e.g. Eclipse).
I originally thought I forgot the Keystore password, but then remembered that that password was empty. But yet, Android Studio won't let me use a Keystore with an empty password. So I needed to do a good bit of research to find information on how I could change this... I finally came across https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/blogs/forgot-keystore-passwordjks-file-you-can-still-recover-it which gave an example of changing from a blank password.
Once I changed this password, I was then able to get past the 'Password verification failed' message I was receiving when generating a signed app bundle through Android Studio.
The problem is now that I received the 'Cannot recover key' message when generating a signed app bundle. Doing research, this seems to be when the alias key password has been input incorrectly. I was nearly positive that I was using the correct password (the same one that I changed the Keystore password above to) but yet it won't let me. Is there any way to overcome this? As I said above, I don't have access to the gradle or logs from the development environment... and I really don't want to have to upload a new app to the store.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I would suggest you try opening both keystore files you have (the one with empty password and the one with the password) with Keystore Explorer.
Note that there are two sets of passwords usually with a '*.jks' file format keystore, one for the keystore having your keys or aliases, and another for unlocking a key or an alias inside the keystore, they can be different and you need to have both when signing. So also try unlocking the key or the alias in the keystore by right clicking on it and selecting "unlock" inside Keystore Expolrer.
Getting the right passwords will then let you make amends such as re-setting the password of the keystore, re-setting the password of a key or alias, or even create a new keystore completely and copy the key or alias into it, just make sure to save a copy with backups every step of the way so not to lose your key(s).
due to a disk failure I have lost the signing key of my app.
But I know exactly the alias and password I used.
Two things :
- Can I create a new file with the exact same info and use it to sign my app again?
- If not if there a tool to get the file from the apk (I know the password and alias, no need to crack it)
Many thanks
Can I create a new file with the exact same info and use it to sign my app again?
If not if there a tool to get the file from the apk (I know the password and alias, no need to crack it)
No and no, sorry. You will have to create a new key and deploy the app to Google Play as a new app. Then, make sure you have multiple backups of your signing key.
How to reset Keystore password for android. I can't update application on play store.
How to resolve this problem?
When I tried to update the application with the new key then play store rejected it.
I have the old Keystore file but the password is not accepting.
Faced the same problem
You can create a new keystore, but the Android Market wont allow you
to upload the APK as an update - worse still, if you try uploading the
apk as a new app it will not allow it either as it knows there is a
'different' version of the same apk already in the market even if you
delete your previous version from the play store.
Generally, the only advise that exists on keystores: "always back it up!"
Or you may try this.
One trick is here you can get your password from android studio.I windows go to
C:\Users\yourUser\.Android2.2\system\log\idea.log.1
where Android2.2 is the studio version , you have to go to your version name folder. The password is shown just below the first ***** part . Search in file **** or android.injected.signing.store word. you will find your password.
Hope it helps to you.
I use this one for bruteforce at the moment: Android keystore password recover
There are 3 Methods to recover your keystore password:
- Simply Bruteforce
- Dictionary Attack
- Smart Wordlist Attack
https://code.google.com/archive/p/android-keystore-password-recover/
Useful links:
http://www.icaninfotech.com/android-keystore-password-recovery/
https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/forgot-android-alias-key-password/1873
https://www.codeproject.com/Questions/1094759/Reset-keystore-password-without-entering-old-passw
Hope this works.
I recently had a hard drive crash and I lost many files
I have android app on google play which I used to sign using a keystore file which was generated using eclipse.
I have managed to recover the keystore file and I remember one password that relates to it.
I do not remember what what alias, OU etc values were used.
So the question is
1: Is the keystore file alone with one password enough to sign updates to the existing apps or is there something else that I should try to retrieve from my dying hard disk ?
2: How can I know if my password that I remember is valid for the keystore ?
Please advise.
I have signed my android application with my generated keystore certificate is it possible inside my java code to check the unique information of keystore certificate using which i have generated or exported my apk file.
I'm assuming you're trying to figure out which keystore you originally signed your app with. There's no way I know of that you can extract the information.
However, if you have multiple keystores that you likely signed it with around, you can sign the app again with each and try to install it over the top of the existing one. The right key will let you install it, the wrong one will give you an error. I don't recall if you have to increment the version number or not, though.