How Do I Access Data on Android?

How Do I Access Data on Android?
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You can access the files from Android Studio GUI or via command line: GUI — In Android Studio, launch Android Device Monitor from the menu: Tools/Android/Android Device Monitor. Navigate to the File Explorer tab, then data/data//.

Where is the data folder on Android?

Please go to Android system settings, find storage section, click it. From the storage page, find “Files” item, and click it. If there are multiple file managers to open it, please make sure to choose “Open with Files” to open it, which is the system file manager app.

How can I access data on Android without root?

Without rooting you have 2 options:

  1. If the application is debuggable you can use the run-as command in adb shell adb shell run-as com.your.packagename cp /data/data/
  2. Alternatively you can use Android’s backup function. adb backup -noapk com.your.packagename.
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