Help needed: pysqlcipher.dbapi2.DatabaseError: database disk image is malformed about wechat-dump HOT 5 CLOSED

when i use a IMEI sv code, the corresponding is :
pysqlcipher.dbapi2.DatabaseError: file is encrypted or is not a database.

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This message indicates a wrong key due to unknown reasons. I've added your phone to the wiki.
You can try different methods to obtain IMEI/UIN to see if they agree. Or if that still doesn't work, you can try the password cracker

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thanks,and at the top update indicate: i CAN decrypt correctly

here's another problem:
[14:51:39 [email protected]:wechat.parser] Your username is: wxid_***
[14:51:39 [email protected]:wechat.parser] Found 11127 contacts.
[14:51:39 [email protected]:wechat.msg] Unhandled message type: 285212721
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./dump-msg.py", line 23, in
parser = WeChatDBParser(db_file)
File "/home/leo/wechat-dump/wechat/parser.py", line 39, in init
self._parse()
File "/home/leo/wechat-dump/wechat/parser.py", line 120, in _parse
self._parse_msg()
File "/home/leo/wechat-dump/wechat/parser.py", line 63, in _parse_msg
values = self._parse_msg_row(row)
File "/home/leo/wechat-dump/wechat/parser.py", line 152, in _parse_msg_row
logger.warn("Unknown contact, probably deleted: {}".format(tk_id))
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'tk_id' referenced before assignment

remark:

1. i have NOT 11127 contacts.
   2.*** stands for 14 charaters

FYI:
1.the decrypted.db size is less than EnMicroMsg.db, 480MB vs 500MB
2. i cannot show databases under Sqlite3's CLI,only .dbinfo worked, .databases and .tables...cannot

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The bug should get fixed in latest commit now.
It means 11127 names in the contact table in the database, which contain all the names in wechat groups.

Do you mean "sqlite3" instead of "sqlcipher"? The original database is encrypted and cannot be opened in sqlite3, but the decrypted one should work under sqlite3.

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thank you..finally i get the database and decrypt it..

i think the above problem is mainly caused by bad cable and virtualbox connection with phone, when i switch to a physical ubuntu, i can see the phone storage listed persistently, instead of occasionally (i cannot remember exactly).

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