I'm trying to access the raw screentime data that Android tracks - located in
/data/data/com.google.android.apps.wellbeing/databases/app_usage
on my OnePlus 7 Pro.
My problem is that the database only goes back a month's worth of records - presumably old records are deleted regularly to conserve space.
I considered doing a full disk dump and attempting some type of data recovery, but I'm unsure of exactly what to do - given that it isn't full files that are deleted, just SQLite records, I don't know if conventional data recovery tools would easily find anything.
I also tried running [undark](https://github.com/witwall/undark) on a copy of the database to see if I could get anything out of it, but as I suspected nothing new was found.
Are there any known methods or tools for recovering the deleted SQL records (assuming they haven't been overwritten) from disk, preferably without doing a full-disk dump?
I can provide more information if necessary.
Asked by zedseven
(11 rep)
Mar 30, 2020, 05:46 AM