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Using the Toosheh app: from raw file to library

The drive is recorded; now the app has to open it. A step-by-step guide to extraction and the five sections — with a real screenshot for each step.

Published: 2026-07-13

The Satellite section of the Toosheh app with numbered controls — The real Toosheh app interface; the numbers are the official guide's own callouts.

The Toosheh app is installed and a recorded file sits on your drive. Now comes the real step: turning raw satellite data into news, films and books. This page walks you through the app itself, step by step — on Windows and on Android. If you haven't recorded a drive yet, start with Setup and satellite reception.

The interface: five sections

The slide-out menu (the ☰ button at the top) splits the app into five sections:

Satellite: opens and extracts the recording — this is the heart of it.
Files: shows the extracted content sorted — news, video, books.
Backpack: offline copies of whole websites (BBC Persian, Radio Farda …), browsable with no internet.
Local Network: shares files wirelessly between devices.
Settings: paths and app behaviour.

The Satellite section of the Toosheh app on Windows with numbered controls — The 'Satellite' section on Windows; the numbers match the steps below.

Extraction on Windows, step by step

Open the Satellite section. The numbers on the image above map to these steps:

Tick "find the recording automatically" so the app detects the drive itself.
The address of the detected drive appears here.
If auto-detection fails, click "…" and set the Toosheh file's path by hand.
To delete the raw recording after extraction, tick "delete automatically".
This is the default destination folder for the extracted files.
Click the "…" beside it to change that destination.
Now click the green "Start extraction" button and wait.

Extraction progress bar with a live packet report — During extraction: the count and size of new files, plus a live report.

When it finishes, the results screen opens:

"Open output folder" opens the folder in Windows.
"Copy report" builds a technical report; send exactly this if you need support.
"Back" returns you to the home screen.

Extraction finished screen with Back, Copy report and Open folder buttons — The finish screen: count and size of new files, with the full packet report.

Extraction on Android

On the phone, the app first asks you to set the destination; until you do, the extract button stays inactive (the orange warning, number 1).

First launch of the Toosheh app on Android prompting for the path — First launch: with no destination set, extraction will not begin.

Use "…" to choose the output destination (an SD card is best).
Use "…" to set the Toosheh file's path on the drive (via an OTG cable).
Optionally tick auto-delete of the raw file, then "Start extraction".

Extraction finished screen on Android with Send report and Back — When done: 'Send report' sends the log to support via Telegram or email.

At the end, "Send report" (6) sends the log to support and "Back" (7) returns home. The slide-out menu (8) is reachable on every screen.

Files, Backpack and Local Network

After extraction, Files shows the content sorted. Backpack holds offline websites — the thing that replaces the browser when the internet is cut. Local Network hands that same content wirelessly to the phone next to you: received once, shared many times. It is exactly this pass-it-on chain that makes Toosheh resilient to a shutdown — unpacked in the Prisonbreak file.

When something jams

"Extraction abandoned": the recording was incomplete; send the report to support@toosheh.org and record the drive again.
File extension "li.!": part of the file is missing; put the drive back in the receiver and record the rest.
The app won't read the file: the recording format must be TS, TSV, M2TS or TP0; if not, go back to Setup and reception.

If the app isn't installed yet, begin at Installing Toosheh. The full overview and official links live in the Toosheh main file. Learn it today; on shutdown day there is only time to use it, not to learn it.