Exception in unpacking whatsapp.ab in Termux

[YuvrajRaghuvanshiS]

java -jar abe.jar unpack whatsapp.ab whatsapp.tar <pass> on termux results in

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.jarinjarloader.JarRsrcLoader.main(JarRsrcLoader.java:58) Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.util.zip.ZipException: invalid block type at org.nick.abe.AndroidBackup.extractAsTar(AndroidBackup.java:516) at org.nick.abe.Main.main(Main.java:142) ... 5 more Caused by: java.util.zip.ZipException: invalid block type at java.util.zip.InflaterInputStream.read(InflaterInputStream.java:164) at java.io.FilterInputStream.read(FilterInputStream.java:107) at org.nick.abe.AndroidBackup.extractAsTar(AndroidBackup.java:474) ... 6 more

• Java : https://github.com/Hax4us/java
• java.security in $PREFIX/share/jdk8/jre/lib/security, line 823 crypto.policy=unlimited
• default abe.jar

[Blocked]

No need for Java. ab2tar by IzzySoft seems to work. Also install qpdf(which is available) for zlib-flate.

[YuvrajRaghuvanshiS]

ab2tar won't work with encrypted backups.

[Blocked]

Does the backup need to be encrypted? What if we just use a empty password?

[YuvrajRaghuvanshiS]

You could continue without providing password however on newer versions of android even if you don't provide password it'll be encrypted by default to prevent data theft.

@YuvrajRaghuvanshiS maybe you want to reopen this?
I mean its not solved yet, but seems solvable.