Where do I find emails sent from the Samsung Mail App using a POP3 Mail Account?

Question

I have a Samsung Smartphone with a POP3 Mail Account on the Samsung Standard Mail App. I need the Emails I've sent with this account in my new Exchange Account on another device? I think I may be able to transfer them if I find where they are stored on my phone.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

Maybe you can just move messages from POP3 Profile to IMAP Profile from your favorite email app.

If not, emails are stored in /data/data/com.android.email/databases/EmailProviderBody.db .

The non-rooting method

1. You can get these files with adb when usb-debugging is enabled in developer settings, then run from cmd.exe:

   adb backup com.android.email
   

2. Convert backup.ab with android-backup-extractor after java is installed:

   java.exe -jar abe.jar unpack backup.ab backup.tar
   

3. Extract EmailProviderBody.db from backup.tar with 7-zip.

4. Convert emails to *.eml with AndroidEmailExtractor after Groovy is installed.

5. Import the *.eml files in outlook express, move the messages to imap Sent folder, sync imap with new device.

The root method: (If POP3 on your new device is ok for you)

1. View the ownership and file permissions from adb shell (new device)

   adb shell
   su
   ls -lnZ /data/data/com.android.email/databases
   

2. Copy all EmailProvider.db* EmailProviderBody.db* to the new device (or folder database) from cmd

   exit
   exit
   adb push C:\Android\Backup\email\databases /data/data/com.android.email/
   

3. Restore ownership and file permissions from adb shell, where 100xx is the uid from above

   adb shell
   su
   chown -hR 100xx.100xx /data/data/com.android.email/databases
   chmod 0660 /data/data/com.android.email/databases/*
   chcon -hR u:object_r:app_data_file:s0 /data/data/com.android.email/databases
   

4. Reboot the device. Old emails should be restored to the new device.