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Reading backup files in windows

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IneedaNap

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I have the private diary app. Its a diary/journal app. It allows you to backup to SD card. I now have a copy of this file in windows i copied from the card.

The filename is backup_db.backup

I have no way of reading this. The app is great but if in a year from now i need to move on from android im going to want to keep all the journal entries. Im going to need a way to make them at least readable.

Any suggestions? Thanks guys.
 
You tried to rename the file .backup to .txt at the PC?
Do you need a password for opening your diary? Then recovery from archiv/backup without the app would be difficult.

Harry
 
Well the whole point of the app encrypting the file is so that ONLY that app can open it. If any computer would be able to open the file and read it, there wouldnt be any point to that app.
 
Renaming it to txt did allow me to open it but it was just random numbers and letters. It is a password protected diary. I guess ill just need to find an app that lets me backup to email/textfile or something. As for only the app being able to open it, thats just ignorant. Phones get lost/wet/broken/outdated, there is no reason to only have one way (which is me having a google account and andriod phone) of getting this data.

Im using one of these because its what successful people do apparently:D. I want a fairly permanent way to keep ahold of this stuff, not a to do list. Ill keep looking and post back if i find one that does the job in the chance someone is having similar problems.
 
As for only the app being able to open it, thats just ignorant.
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No that's smart. It's called security.

Phones get lost/wet/broken/outdated, there is no reason to only have one way (which is me having a google account and andriod phone) of getting this data.
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You could always use someone else's android phone, or get another one, and download that app onto that phone to recover the data.
 
You could use a plain text editor for diary. Then put the text file in an encrypted zip archive (using a zip file manager).
So decrypting at the PC should be not a problem.

Harry
 
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