I am creating Database it runs perfectly. I can access database on simulator but can't on real device. Anybody can help me how can i get root rights to access data folder when running app on real device?
You don't provide enough detail about where you are writing your database files. It sounds like you are trying to write to an area you are not allowed. You shouldn't get root access. The easy thing to do is save in your app's private area. You can also try external storage.
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I'm working on an Android Forensic application to retrieve deleted text messages, email and call history from any Android device. I managed to extract several deleted records from sqlite database using my C++ app however to get the sqlite dbs I should be connected to a rooted Android device which is practically not possible as the people who will be using this app doesn't have much technical expertise and they won't be able to root the device.
To work around this problem, I'm thinking about carving sqlites from file system images and I'm very confident of doing the same once I get access to the image files. So I tried dd and nanddump but it seems like they both need write access to the partitions to dump the images.
So I'd like to know whether there is a way to dump the userdata partition without su / root permission on the device?
I am trying to access the sqlite file on my android phone running ICS, of an application that I have developed but the data directory is empty. Any ideas on where is it and how to access it? I would like to have a look on the tables and their values to ensure that everything works properly.
it is stored in \data\data\PACKAGENAME\databasefile
But unless your phone is rooted, you won't be able to access that directory
If you are running on a real device than it has to be rooted, but if you run it in the emulator you will have root access and can obtain the files you need.
I have created an android application for my Android device which stores records into sqlite databases and even the retrieval of the data from the database works correctly on my application. Now i want to access the database file located in the location as follows:
/data/data/org.project.compdroid.dash1/databases/data
where data is my database file.
This data file i want to export to my pc to keep a backup of all the records.
for this I first tried accessing it from the emulator by the command
adb pull /data/data/org.project.compdroid.dash1/databases/data [local address path]
this worked correctly for the emulator. but when i try to copy the same file from my Android phone it says permission denied. I think since I am not the root user for my phone I am not allowed to access it and I am allowed to achieve it in my emulator since I am already rooted there.
Now is there a way by which i will be able to copy the data file from my android phone without rooting it? or is rooting the only solution for my problem?
Please do suggest any other technique(if there are any) for copying the database files from an android phone to my computer.
Thanks in advance...
You can include code in your app that will copy the file from internal storage onto the sd card, since your App has full access to its own storage. See How to backup database to SD and Backing up your Android..
You could also spit out the Db as a text file which can then be imported into any DB.
i'm writing an application that needs to store some data,and picture. For example place's information. this information don't need to change very often. and
I have seen that databases are
stored under /data/data/package_name/databases
I decided to store my data under /data/data/package_name/files.
With the emulator i can see all these files (databases)
under the proposed directories but moving the application on a real
device and installing a file system browser i cannot see any file
under /data. i know that there are some security constrain in (not-rooted) device. However, are there any suggestion about the solution.. where can i store these data and how? because i'm quite new to android. Thanks so much for your help.
The reason you can't see it on the device is basically just as you said; the device isn't rooted, so other apps don't have access to the /data folder.
This is okay though, because you can still store your files there. Your app has access to anything under /data/data/package_name/, you just won't be able to see it in a file browser unless you root. This is normally a good thing, to keep average users from mucking around with your databases/files.
Read up more on storage methods here.
I am designing an app in android, for my app i created one database for data storage now i want to browse my app database from device so that i can monitor my tables and it's data. I am able to browse the database from AVD(using SQLite Database Browser) but it's not working for the device, so pls guide me.
Thanks,
Balaram.
Balaram , currently there is no way to browse database on the device (the way you want it) (without getting the root permission) similar to browsing on a SQLite Database Browser
While to browse the database on the device you need to follow programmatic steps given here at 'Using your own SQLite database in Android applications'.
Hope it is helpful.
You need to root the phone and get SuperUser permission to access app databases. The database will (after getting root) then be available in the "/data/data/com.your.application/databases" folder. Also, after getting root on your phone, you will a file browser capable of using the SU permission to display system files. For e.g. Root Explorer.
What works in the AVD works exactly the same on the device. Ideally, there is no need to grab your DB from the device. But if you must, be careful with the other system files.