UnicodeEncodeError: 'charmap' codec can't encode character '\u043e' in position 37: character maps to <undefined>

[omhmega]

Python 3.6.3 and 3.8.3 on Windows 10. Unencrypted backup. -i, -o, -v, -t txt parameters
This Python Unicode issue was supposed to be fixed in versions 3.6+.

After deleting the kaitaistruct import line, now the script fails on Unicode character '\u043e' which is cyrillic small letter o

06-23 11:39 root DEBUG Found user's name from SINF: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
06-23 11:39 root DEBUG Found magic name in SINF
06-23 11:39 root DEBUG Found user's name from SINF: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
06-23 11:39 root DEBUG Data being interpreted for FRPD is of type: <class 'bytes'>
06-23 11:39 root DEBUG Found magic bytes in iTunes Prefs FRPD... Finding Usernames and Desktop names now
06-23 11:39 root DEBUG Starting output to I:\on-1\Device_YYYYYYYYYYY_Output.txt
06-23 11:39 root ERROR Could not write output to I:\on-1\Device_YYYYYYYYYYY_Output.txt Exception was: 'charmap' codec can't encode character '\u043e' in position 37: character maps to
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\temp\iTunes_Backup_Reader-4.0\helpers\writer.py", line 152, in startWrite
writeToTxt(backup_list, application_list, output_file, logger)
File "C:\temp\iTunes_Backup_Reader-4.0\helpers\writer.py", line 45, in writeToTxt
"iTunes Version: \t" + backup_list[17] + "\n\n")
File "C:\Program Files\Python36\lib\encodings\cp1252.py", line 19, in encode
return codecs.charmap_encode(input,self.errors,encoding_table)[0]
UnicodeEncodeError: 'charmap' codec can't encode character '\u043e' in position 37: character maps to
06-23 11:39 root INFO Program ended in: 1.6166751384735107 seconds

[Jack Farley]

Hello, looking at you rother comments, I assume this is no longer an issue? If so could you describe what you found the solution to be? If not let me know as well, thanks

[omhmega]

Hi, sorry for the late reply. I've deleted that file on my phone before doing a new backup. After that the Backup Reader worked. Not a perfect solution, but I was trying to reduce the size of my backups anyway. Thanks