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Asked: 2026-05-10T22:31:10+00:00

I am building application that required some data from iPhone’s Call log(read only). The

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I am building application that required some data from iPhone’s Call log(read only). The call log is a sqlite db located at ‘/User/Library/CallHistory/call_history.db‘. I used a jailbroken device to extract the log. However trying to open this location using the sqlite_open3() command I get a SQLITE_ERROR error, which according to the library documentation means ‘SQL error or missing database’. In an attempt to debug the error I’ve used NSFileManager to enumerate the folder(‘/User/Library/’). It would appear as if it’s returning a ‘filtered’ set of results, that exclude the ‘CallHistory’ folder along with several of the other folders.

The File system uses a series of alias to give the illusion of tradition OS X file structure, and I don’t know if these are having an effect on my results.

The call log is only present on a device, and not the simulator. I’ve been unable to get it to work on a 1st gen iPhone running fireware 2.1.

This is some code I used to test the output

NSDirectoryEnumerator *dirnum = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] enumeratorAtPath: @'/private/var/mobile/Library/'];  while( bar = [dirnum nextObject]) {     //Uncomment if you don't want to log sub folders     //[dirnum skipDescendents];      NSLog(bar); }

I have a suspicion that Apple is blocking access to the directory as part of its sandboxing strategy, however I have no proof at this stage. However, I can access the address book without any issues, so I’m a little confused.

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  1. There is no access to the call log from Cocoa Touch or other iPhone APIs.

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