1

I have an old Alcatel Pixi 4 with Android 6.0 from which I'd like to back up my files. I've already copied all files from the internal storage except those inside the "Downloads" folder, which actually appears to be an app rather than a folder...and it's an utter mess: One can only open downloaded files, but there are absolutely no options to copy, move, rename or even delete anything, so this toxic app basically acts as a trap accumulating any file that has ever been downloaded while completely shutting the owner out.

How can I extract my downloaded files?

Note: The device is not rooted, but I have it hooked up with ADB.

Andrew T.
  • 15,988
  • 10
  • 74
  • 123
srhslvmn
  • 289
  • 1
  • 11
  • you probably mean Download History app, should not actually contain any files. nevertheless try ABE extractor. also please check your chipset is qualcomm or MediaTek, should be possible to get root access – alecxs Jun 28 '22 at 04:58
  • Not sure, I think it's a download manager app that comes with the stock config. I've looked up ABE (https://github.com/nelenkov/android-backup-extractor), but I'm not sure how it relates to the problem as I never created a backup file. Chipset is indeed MediaTek...so MTKSU? But does rooting solve the problem? If possible, I'd prefer not to root this device – srhslvmn Jun 29 '22 at 00:47
  • your assumtion was the files are stored within the app itself? figure out pkgname and have a look into app data. mtk-su is just a temporary exploit it does not root device (not sure if 32 bit arm supported, though). another option to get app data is adb backup (no root required) – alecxs Jun 29 '22 at 03:04
  • Does this answer your question? Where Android apps store data? – alecxs Jun 29 '22 at 03:09

1 Answers1

0
adb pull /storage/emulated/0/Download C:\platform-tools
karthik nair
  • 1,373
  • 2
  • 12