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YuvrajRaghuvanshiS / WhatsApp-Key-Database-Extractor

The most advanced and complete solution for extracting WhatsApp key/DB from package directory (/data/data/com.whatsapp) without root access.
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wa_contacts in wa.db empty #67

Closed biejay closed 3 years ago

biejay commented 3 years ago

I got the wa.db but from there, the wa_contacts table in wa.db is empty, so I can't match the contact Names. To be more precise: It only has the header but no entries.

Is this an known issue?

Desktop: Windows 10 using Anaconda -> python3

Phone: Galaxy S10+ with Android 11

YuvrajRaghuvanshiS commented 3 years ago

Hey. No that is not a known issue also I am very sure this is not related to this repo. May be your WhatsApp has stored it that way only however the case is I will see it tomorrow. It's pas 2:30 in the night here.😴

biejay commented 3 years ago

No Problem, have a rest 👍 I already checked all tables in wa.db and msgstore.db but couldn't find the contact names, only the jid. Its strange, as the correct wa_table is exported with correct headers, but its empty.

YuvrajRaghuvanshiS commented 3 years ago

Try revoking and allowing contact permission to whatsapp, reboot and then extract again. Also this time try it with --tar-only flag this way you can check each file of extract yourself.

biejay commented 3 years ago

This worked, thank you very much! Don't know if --tar-only or --allow-reboot did the trick, as i used both this time.

Edit: The re-installation of whatsapp also worked this time. I had to manually download from playstore before, but this works like a charm. Good work!

YuvrajRaghuvanshiS commented 3 years ago

Hah, that's the thing about programming and all this nerdy stuff, sometimes it just works God knows how😂 Closing this, be well.