[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IHateDolphin:
Hi guys, probably posting this in the wrong place, but could someone try and help me?

I'll try and go through this step by step

The file extension of the backup file is .file, which is obviously a generic file, which is no help.

1. A couple of days ago, Dolphin Browser (I don't know the version, sorry) started glitching a bit. So I backed up my bookmarks, and uninstalled Dolphin, hoping to reinstall it. It has glitched in a similar way in the past, backing it up, and restoring it worked.

2. After reinstalling it, Dolphin refused to restore my bookmarks using Settings > Privacy and Personal Data > Backup and restore. When I did this, it said it was restoring, and then Dolphin restarted (As it said it would) and none of my bookmarks were there.

3. I then got an updated version which I had on my computer (Again, no idea what version) and tried installing that, and restoring my bookmarks using the same method as above. Again, it said it was restoring, and restarted with no bookmarks. Each time it did this, it said it was restoring for maybe 10-20 seconds.

4.So, next, I backed up a copy of my bookmark backup to my computer, just in case. I then did a factory reset of my Kindle Fire. Dolphin's backup feature backs up to the Kindle's SD card, so the backup stayed where it should be.

5. I then reinstalled Dolphin Browser, and attempted to get my bookmarks back using Settings > Privacy and Personal Data > Backup and restore. Obviously, this didn't work.

6. I tried using an app called Bookmarks to SD to get my bookmarks back. Didn't work.

7. Posted my issue on several forums, got in touch with Amazon, got in touch with Dolphin, and made several reddit posts. No joy.

8. Got an updated version of Dolphin (an official version, but again, not too sure what the version is) from the Dolphin website. I then tried restoring my newer backup.file. Didn't work, but it did restore my download history, strangely. I then tried restoring an older version of my backup.file, from a few months ago. Initially, it did the same thing the newer backup did, and only restored the download history.

I tried restoring both of the backups with several different versions of Dolphin, and no luck.

With regard to the older backup.file from a few months ago I got working, I've no idea how. After I downloaded an official version from the Dolphin website, I tried restoring both the older and newer backup file several times using Settings > Privacy and Personal Data > Backup and restore. The same restore, restart, nothing, again. I left my Kindle for a few hours because it was pissing me off. Before going to bed, I tried restoring the older file again, on the off chance. This time, instead of saying it was restoring for 10-20 seconds like before, restarting, and nothing, it now kept going. It did this for about 3 hours before I got sick of it, and turned off my Kindle.

When I restarted my Kindle, I tried restoring the old file again with the usual method. This time, my old backup loaded my bookmarks. I did this before I got the emulator. (See below)

I’ve tried:

•	Opening the file in notepad

•	Opening the file in notepad++

•	Opening the file in Wordpad

•	Opening the file in internet explorer

All of these methods resulted in either freezing or a file of unreadable text.

Next, I downloaded a Hex Editor, hoping to find out what file extension it was, but I was unable to do this, because I’ve no idea how to. I did quickly look up a guide, and it said the way to work out what file extension you have is to read the first line. I’ll include a link to some screen shots on Imgur.

In addition to this, I also tried downloading a program called TrID to work out what the extension was. It didn’t seem to recognise the extension, so no help there.

I also tried:

•	Changing the file extension to HTM and importing it to Chrome on my computer

•	Changing the file extension to HTML and importing it to Chrome on my computer

This did nothing. Chrome said it imported the bookmarks, but actually didn't. I tried this with a copy of both my newer file and older file, and nothing.

I've also tried renaming the file extension to dbk, which got the same result as the normal backup. It said it was restoring for a few seconds, then nothing.

Next, I tried downloading Dolphin to my phone, and restoring the backups this way. Same result, said it was restoring, restarted, and nothing. This happened with both an older and newer file.

Finally, I tried getting an android emulator (BlueStacks) and installing dolphin to it, and using Settings > Privacy and Personal Data > Backup and restore, for my newer file. Again, said it was restoring, restart, nothing.

And that's where I am now. I'm open to any suggestions. If there's any way of opening this file so I can get it readable, and copying my bookmarks, that would be brilliant.

Thanks, and I’m sorry for wasting your time and annoying you, but I’m seriously desperate.