kobackupdec/CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

[GUI_v1.1] — 2026-05-08

Added

• Drag-and-Drop: Added tkinterdnd2 support allowing users to drag backup folders directly into the application.
• Settings Persistence: Created config.json integration to save and automatically load user preferences and selected directories across sessions.
• Log Exporting: Added an "Export Log" button to save the current terminal output to a text file for auditing.
• Output Folder Quick Access: Added an "Open Output" button that becomes clickable after a successful decryption to instantly view the extracted files.

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[GUI_v1.0] — 2026-05-08

Added

• Full GUI application (kobackupdec_gui.py) with modern dark theme
• Password verification — validates password against backup before decryption starts
• Selective folder decryption — scan backup and choose specific folders (pictures, video, audios, etc.)
• Pause / Resume button to temporarily halt decryption
• Stop button to cancel decryption mid-process
• Real-time log output with color-coded levels (INFO=green, WARNING=yellow, ERROR=red, DEBUG=gray)
• Responsive layout — resizes from 600×500 to fullscreen with auto-reflowing folder checkboxes
• Progress status — shows current phase and folder being processed
• Browse dialogs for backup and destination folders
• Show/hide password toggle
• Select All / Deselect All for folder selection
• Auto-scan — folder list auto-populates when backup path is set

Unchanged

• Core decryption engine (kobackupdec.py) — no modifications to original code
• CLI interface — fully preserved and backward-compatible

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[20200705] — 2020-07-05

Fixed

• decrypt_large_package now correctly reads input in chunks

[20200611] — 2020-06-11

Added

• --expandtar option to control automatic TAR expansion
• --writable option to skip setting read-only permissions on decrypted files
• Large TAR files are managed in chunks but not expanded

[20200607] — 2020-06-07

Fixed

• Merged empty CheckMsg handling
• Updated folder_to_media_type mapping (by @realSnoopy)

[20200406] — 2020-04-06

Fixed

• Merged file and folder permissions fix (by @lp4n6)

[20200405] — 2020-04-05

Added

• Python minor version check with informative note (thanks @lp4n6)

[2020test] — 2020

Changed

• Complete rewrite to handle v9 and v10 KoBackup structures

[20200107] — 2020-01-07

Fixed

• Merged pull by @lp4n6, fixed current version handling

[20191113] — 2019-11-13

Fixed

• Double folder creation error

[20190729] — 2019-07-29

Added

• First public release
• Huawei KoBackup / HiSuite backup decryption
• Automatic output folder restructuring to mimic Android filesystem
• Support for APK, DB, TAR, and media file decryption