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"Reclaiming" data from google

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  • 50Twuncle
    50Twuncle Posts: 10,763 Forumite
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    edited 21 February 2015 at 9:43AM
    OK I have managed to connect my phone to my laptop and have the directory structure showing ...
    Where, in the structure is the contact list held ?
    I have searched on "contacts" and found nothing...
    I am assuming that it is in the ANDROID directory - but I can't see it.....
    it is NOT in data - that simply contains Ancestry data !!
  • JJ_Egan
    JJ_Egan Posts: 20,281 Forumite
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    System Root >>>data/data/>>>>com.android.providers.contacts/>>>>databases>>>/contacts.db
  • 50Twuncle
    50Twuncle Posts: 10,763 Forumite
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    JJ_Egan wrote: »
    System Root >>>data/data/>>>>com.android.providers.contacts/>>>>databases>>>/contacts.db

    It doesn't appear to be there - the only folder in DATA is ancestry - could it be "hidden" ?
  • 50Twuncle
    50Twuncle Posts: 10,763 Forumite
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    I am going to try using Kies - which I hate but may show what I am looking for..........
  • JJ_Egan
    JJ_Egan Posts: 20,281 Forumite
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    50Twuncle wrote: »
    It doesn't appear to be there - the only folder in DATA is ancestry - could it be "hidden" ?


    Requires rooted phone at that system root level .
  • 50Twuncle
    50Twuncle Posts: 10,763 Forumite
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    is the db held on the SIM as well ?
  • 50Twuncle
    50Twuncle Posts: 10,763 Forumite
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    OK - I have used KIES and successfully recover my contact list - which must have been "hidden" - because I was unable to see it using explorer !!
    I am also trying to recover a few txt files that I had - but KIES doesn't show them...only media and contacts ..
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