Bash 1 2 3 4 5 $ APP_NAME = com.example.android $ adb shell run-as $APP_NAME cp databases/content.db /sdcard/content.db && $ adb pull /sdcard/content.db content.db && $ adb shell rm /sdcard/content.db ... If you copy just the .db file; you might get an old copy of the database, the right way to copy is to copy all the four files, so that, the SQLite on the laptop displays the combined result. Bash 1 2 3 4 $ sudo pip3 install adb-enhanced # One-time install # -a copies all the ancillary files $ adbe pull -a /data/data/com.example.android/databases/content.db ...