Help Re - folder for contacts storage

[jimleong]

Hi,

I'm using Android on a small media player as some sort of 'tablet' PC - i.e., with a screen, keyboard, speakers and a mouse.

I'm currently trying to locate the directory in which all my contacts and their details are stored - does anyone have any indication as to where it could be? I looked in other sources and couldn't find any such
data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/contacts.db

Any insight / help will be appreciated!

Thanks.

 

[Hadron]

The contacts database file is in /data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/. You need to be rooted in order to see this directory, which is probably why you can't find it.

If you want a copy, the simplest way is to go view the contacts list in your contacts app, open the app's settings and select import/export, then export the contacts. This will write them out to a vcard file on your /sdcard, which you can then import into any contact management program written in the last 20 years or so. Or if you have them synced with Google, go to gmail.com, log in and view them from there.

 

[jimleong]

Hello Hadron, thank you very much for your reply.

Yes, I have already exported the contacts per your advice. Thank you very much for that. Just to confirm, but if the file is exported in .vcf format, it will be able to be re-imported back into the same machine right?

Also, may you please explain what being 'rooted' means?

Thank you.

 

[Hadron]

Yes, you can re-import the vcf into the contacts app.

"Rooted" means that you have hacked the device software to gain administrator access (Android is based on a variant of Linux, and "root" is the linux administrator account).