Recover Gmail password on Andriod

[Guest jumastic]

I forgot my gmail account password on my racer and I was wondering is there a way to extract this password from gmail app on the phone. I can still log on in this account because the phone's app remembered password but I can't see what that password is.

[Guest rickywyatt]

youll need root or adb browse to data/system/accounts.db open it and click accounts there you should see your google password

[Guest gmhafiz]

youll need root or adb browse to data/system/accounts.db open it and click accounts there you should see your google password

Thanks, I got the access to the password field but it is encrypted. Any idea on how to decrypt it? It is on the following format:

1/XXXXXX-XXXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX_XXX-XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX-XXXXXX

Edited April 8, 2012 by gmhafiz

[Guest redhawkuk]

If there was a way to decrypt password files there wouldn't be much point having a password protected system.

You could try - https://accounts.google.com/RecoverAccount

Richard S.