You don't have permissions for pulling out those files from a retail device. So, you just can't. Try setting up emulator with some contacts, calls etc. You can pull out the files from an emulator though.
Kumar Bibek http://techdroid.kbeanie.com http://www.kbeanie.com On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 4:25 AM, Jon Shemitz <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a need to examine the contacts and call log databases. My > development phone has no contacts; it also has no SIM card, and hence > no calls. I need realistic data, so I can't just add some random > garbage. The obvious answer is to copy the database from my personal > (2.1u1 retail build) phone to my development (2.2 debug build) phone. > > How? > > I can `adb pull` the databases from my development phone but (while I > can `adb shell` to my retail phone, once I turn on USB debugging) I > can't `adb pull` the databases from my retail phone. > > Is there a better way than writing an "export" utility that will dump > the retail databases to text files, and an "import" utility that will > append that data to the debug databases? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
