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Extracting bookmarks from Android mozilla profile backup

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padraic
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Hi,

I had Firefox and Firefox Beta installed on my Android phone. This prevented me syncing bookmarks with my desktop Firefox.

I decided to remove all Android versions and reinstall.

First I backed up the Beta profile since this contained the bookmarks I want.


I cannot find the bookmarks within this profile. AFAIK there is no places.sqlite. Has the filename changed? My version was beta Firefox 19

Hi, I had Firefox and Firefox Beta installed on my Android phone. This prevented me syncing bookmarks with my desktop Firefox. I decided to remove all Android versions and reinstall. First I backed up the Beta profile since this contained the bookmarks I want. I cannot find the bookmarks within this profile. AFAIK there is no places.sqlite. Has the filename changed? My version was beta Firefox 19

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Thanks for the info KBrosnan.

The browser.db file was not easy to find, but after installing the ES File Explorer v. 3 app I was finally able to find it in:

"/ Device / data / data / org.mozilla.firefox / files / mozilla / xxxxxxxx.default" profile folder.

LaurentZG

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iamjayakumars
iamjayakumars
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Check whether your device is connected or not

padraic
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Hi, I have reinstated Firefox and now synced it. However I wish to access the bookmarks from the backup old profile.

iamjayakumars
iamjayakumars
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Mobile/Desktop?

padraic
padraic Question owner
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Android, so mobile.

Kevin
Kevin
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browser.db file contains the bookmarks and history

LaurentZG
LaurentZG
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Thanks for the info KBrosnan.

The browser.db file was not easy to find, but after installing the ES File Explorer v. 3 app I was finally able to find it in:

"/ Device / data / data / org.mozilla.firefox / files / mozilla / xxxxxxxx.default" profile folder.

LaurentZG

Modified by LaurentZG