asked 2015-05-28 19:37:21 +0200
I gave my jolla phone to my sister when her android phone gave up the ghost (after making a complete backup and then resetting it). Before I can get a new jolla I do need my contacts vcf file from the extracted backup.tar file but which file could it be? People is referenced in .git/logs/HEAD by a string of numbers. I can see photos and videos in the blobs folder thanks to the thumbnails.
answered 2015-05-28 20:24:11 +0200
The file is called all.vcf the original path is \home\nemo\.vault\People\data\all.vcf as the Backup.tar is the actual git export. You may use gitg (linux) to open the .vault.state file -> select branch master -> file tab has the same structure as the .vault folder.
That's what it looks like on the phone itself - backup.tar contains the files without names just checksums?
NicePics13 ( 2015-05-28 20:27:31 +0200 )editI really should've tarballed .vault manually as backup.tar is almost useless on a computer
NicePics13 ( 2015-05-28 20:29:17 +0200 )editthere are gui's for several OS e.g. at https://git-scm.com/downloads/guis.
it's not easy, but possible to get all.vcf from the backup.tar
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