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JhnsSch

macrumors member
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Mar 27, 2019
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Germany
Hey there,

I'd like to obtain my login credentials to an app, which is installed and where I am logged in on an old iPhone of mine.

(6S Plus, there was this issue of unresponsive screens https://support.apple.com/iphone6plus-multitouch)
=> I cannot just turn it on and do it the easy way..

I have multiple complete backups on my mac and just checked out what for example iMazing might be able to do in this case. It allows me to explore the devices file system and export anything.

I found the app, however I personally have no idea where user credential would be stored.

I'd highly appreciate if someone can help me out here.
 

TiggrToo

macrumors 601
Aug 24, 2017
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Hey there,

I'd like to obtain my login credentials to an app, which is installed and where I am logged in on an old iPhone of mine.

(6S Plus, there was this issue of unresponsive screens https://support.apple.com/iphone6plus-multitouch)
=> I cannot just turn it on and do it the easy way..

I have multiple complete backups on my mac and just checked out what for example iMazing might be able to do in this case. It allows me to explore the devices file system and export anything.

I found the app, however I personally have no idea where user credential would be stored.

I'd highly appreciate if someone can help me out here.

Depending on the app, some don't even store credentials, preferring instead to keep an authorization token around instead.
 
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now i see it

macrumors G4
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There's no app I've ever seen that stores its login credential in a file that's readable even when you're using the phone.
 
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