How to restore previous android id from titanium backup?

Question

My line apps doesn't work because it counts on android id.

I want to restore my android id then. However, out of so many back up files in titanium back up, which one contains my old id?

Answer 1

Android ID can be found in the database settings.db of Settings Storage/Providers app. It is located under /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases.

There are multiple ways of restoring Android ID.

Through Titanium Backup

In Titanium Backup (TiBu), go to Menu → Manage Android ID → Restore Android ID from a backup. If one or multiple backups of Settings Storage/Providers app exists then TiBu would list the ID. You can then select the ID and begin restoration of it.

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However, if no such backup of that app exists, then you would get this dialog:

Using command-line

If you already know which ID has to be restored then you can do this:

Setup adb in PC and execute:

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You can also edit settings.db using an SQLite database manager such as sqlite3, but why bother this much?

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Interestingly, the hostname of your device would be nothing more than android-ANDROID_ID where ANDROID_ID is the Android ID. You can check it using:

adb shell getprop net.hostname

Note: the whole solution is tested on Android 4.2.1 and 6.0.1.