Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your COD file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert COD to another file type
To convert COD data files to another format, you need BlackBerry Desktop or other Data software.
Convert a file to COD
To convert other file formats to the "Application and System Data" file type, you need software like BlackBerry Desktop or a similar tool.
About COD files
The .COD file extension is notoriously fragmented, serving entirely different purposes depending on where it originated. The most common variants include obsolete BlackBerry application modules, BMW engine control unit (ECU) coding data used by BimmerCode, encrypted tuning files from Alientech KESS3 tools, and Belgian electronic bank statements (CODA). It is also used as an XML-based deck file in the Cockatrice card game simulator. Because '.cod' is a generic extension meaning 'Code' or 'Coded', the main problem users face is simply identifying what the file actually is. BlackBerry .COD files are dead proprietary executables that no modern smartphone runs. ECU tuning files are often encrypted binary data locked to specific hardware. Opening these without the correct specialized software, like WinOLS for tuning files or Xcode for Apple binary plists, will usually result in unreadable gibberish. Conversion targets depend entirely on the file's true internal structure. For Cockatrice deck files, you can convert them to standard .XML or .TXT to edit your card lists. For Belgian CODA bank statements, convert to .PDF or .CSV for accounting software. For older BlackBerry apps, renaming or extracting them as .ZIP files might yield internal assets.
Convert.Guru analyzes your COD file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert COD file to BOD, TOC, PDF, JS, TS, PY, JAVA, CPP, C, CS, PHP or RB, you can use BlackBerry Desktop or similar software from the "Compiled Data or Executable Code" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert SH, PY, KT, PS1, SWIFT, LUA, PL, JAVA, SCALA, JS, VBS or TS files to COD, try BlackBerry Desktop or another comparable tool in the "Compiled Data or Executable Code" category.
The COD Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our COD converter.