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andreas-mausch / whatsapp-viewer

Small tool to display chats from the Android msgstore.db database (crypt12)
https://andreas-mausch.de/whatsapp-viewer/
MIT License
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Possibility to put this on README for "non root" users to getting the data files? #134

Open willnode opened 2 years ago

willnode commented 2 years ago

Hi, this is not a question, but I recently noticed that I can get /data/data/com.whatsapp on my non-rooted phone using its built-in backup feature. I know this app is manufacturer specific so maybe it's not supported on all (usually newer) phones.

Anyway, if it's possible I want to open a PR to update the first time on README:

1. You need [root access](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooting_%28Android%29) to your phone. 
  - If you don't have one, the alternative is your phone built-in backup system, which may already periodically backup Whatsapp data files in your phone's internal storage.
2. Download your WhatsApp database and key files:
....

This may help to guide non-root users, or maybe creates more confusion (because it varies between phones)?

andreas-mausch commented 2 years ago

Interesting. I know it was possible to create a backup via adb, including the key. But that's not possible anymore.

So sure, if your vendor provides a way to backup the data, please feel free to add instructions. I'd just suggest to be specific: name the vendor and/or model name, and the Software version, and the file directory location of the backup.

Edit: Oops, I didn't mean to close the issue (fat fingers).

willnode commented 2 years ago

Those specific instructions must be quite long to be put on README. I might suggest a separate .md file. Anyway, my phone is Oppo A37f, it's an old lollipop device. I might need to find more (newer) devices that support this method first before adding those instructions to this repo.