Question Recover an overwritten file or old file in Android 10

DaUser118

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I have a 3rd party journalling app. This app is on my phone and my tablet.
I occasionally copy the app's backup file from TABLET to PHONE.
In a sheer mindblanking moment I copied the file from PHONE to TABLET instead of from TABLET to PHONE!:cry: :cry::cry:
Can I somehow recover the old version (overwritten) of the file on my tablet?
Can I recover a previous version of a file in a folder on Android 10 (non-root)?
Thanks, everyone!🫣
 

DaUser118

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Thanks for feeling my pain! It means a lot.
Unfortunately, it's been a while since I backed it up to another device.
What if I go ahead and root my tablet? This particular file is fairly isolated in a folder by itself and is only accessed when making a local backup. What do you think?
What I'm really needing is a "Control+Z" option here.😝
 

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Just to be sure -- the file had the exact same name on both the tablet and the phone? Have you used a file manager app to look for that file? Maybe it created a duplicate file with a (1) at the end of the filename, leaving the original intact?
 
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