Re: Where are MMS-messages stored in Android 15 ?

On 16 Dec 2024 18:38:25 GMT, Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
wrote:

VanguardLH <V@nguard.lh> wrote:

Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote:
 

As Rudy mentioned, I don't think the OP (Jesper) said that the
information/file(s) should be accessible by a file manager *on the
(Android) device*. That's your restriction, not his.
 
Most, if not all, posters here have a computer. Jesper posted with
Mozilla Thunderbird, so he has a Windows or Linux (or mac?) computer
which he can use with a USB connection to his phone.
 
As to "not all apps allow to backup their data.": With the USB
connection, one can backup all app-private folders and files, so one
*can* backup the data of all apps. Unless there's some other kind of
restriction you're not divulging.

 
And shall we delve into encrypted files?  A file may get backed up, but
that doesn't mean you can get inside it.

>
 Yes, put this part of the thread *is* about backup, not about getting
inside the information/file(s).
>

    Also, just because you know
where is a file, and can access or copy it, doesn't mean you can
casually view it.  On Android, SMS messages are stored in an SQLite
database, so you need an SQLite viewer, editor, or extractor.  You need
to know which record to extract, and perhaps the structure of those
records.  Repetitive inspection might lead to which record and which
field.  There are SQLite apps for Android, but I haven't used any there.

>
 As I mentioned elsewhere [1] in the (sub-)thread, both backing up and
exporting SMS/MMS messages and contacts is *not* a problem on Android.
There are umpteen apps that do that kind of thing.
>

All of this is now somewhat moot as of 3 days ago after Jesper noted he
managed to get at the picture inside an MMS that he wanted to share.
However, that doesn't bar wandering off onto tangents discussing the
trials and tribulations of using an over-wresting OS.

>
 What!? Thread drift!? On *Usenet*!? Can't be!
>

There are spin-offs in thread-drifting, so it sure can be a good
thing. To sum up: I was hoping to dig a picture in a MMS-message out
as a separate file, but quite early in this thread I learnt from wise
people, that most apps in Android store their data in a restricted
restricted area you can only see if the phone is rooted (or something
like that).
Then in the part about getting access to the the phones storage from
windows I learnt something: All my prior phones popped up a message
asking why to do, as soon as a USB-connection to a PC was established.
Not with this new one. It did not cross my mind to drag down to see
the information area. But drag down and there it is, asking what to
do.
Anyway, it is easier to connect to PC via wifi and use a file explorer
on the phone.

Best regards
--
Jesper Kaas - jesperk@neindanke.online.no