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

Jesper Kaas wrote on Mon, 16 Dec 2024 21:08:34 +0100 :

 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).

I want to clarify that statement above because, as I understand the
situation, originally you asked a completely *different* question than what
you found as your solution.
What you found as your solution is that every text messenger app seems to
have an option for automatically (or manually) saving incoming media to a
location on your Android file system that the file manager can access.
But what you originally asked, as I understand it, is where is the original
messaging data (including all the text messages) stored. Those are two completely different questions.
Therefore, the answers are completely different.
One is stored in a plaintext file out in the open for all to see.
The other is stored in an XML database only accessible to text messengers.
In summary, if all you wanted was a copy of the incoming media (not the
originals, mind you), then that is what you found was very easy to access.
Getting a hold of the original database is what is hard to do without
rooting.