Path: ...!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Chris Green Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Where are MMS-messages stored in Android 15 ? Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2024 14:57:23 +0000 Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net VY2rMphcPpmg9yYuXRlOXwelBpHjo3XJixfQrM0I02axD++fA= X-Orig-Path: not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:0y7MtPUyI0abJYSSGQGshB8eHeo= sha256:Ux/rLmxfyYZKzDfLATAepnBS/5Hk7vuEnHOPgSWhnHo= User-Agent: tin/2.6.2-20221225 ("Pittyvaich") (Linux/6.1.0-28-amd64 (x86_64)) Bytes: 2439 Jörg Lorenz wrote: > On 14.12.24 13:08, Chris Green wrote: > > Arno Welzel wrote: > >> Jesper, 2024-12-13 15:13: > >> > >>> I have now spent some time searching for ways to find where MMS-messages > >>> are stored on my OnePlus 12 mobile with Android 15. There is no end of > >>> suggestions on how to do this, but nothing I have tested works. > >>> Referring to menus or file structure not existing on my mobile. > >>> It can't be that difficult, can it? > >> > >> For security reasons *all* Apps store their data in their *private* > >> storage by default which is *not* accessible with file managers if you > >> don't have root access. If this would not be the case, *all* apps which > >> have the "read files" permission could read *all* your data, including > >> all your MMS, SMS, contacts and so on. > >> > > It's weird isn't it! It's only on mobile phones that this strange > > system is applied. On any computer system access is controlled for a > > **user** and programs run by that user can access any data that is > > readable by that user. The computer model for access seems much more > > reasonable to me. Surely if I have (say) an address list I want to be > > able to use that from other programs on my device, it's my data, why > > should I be prevented from using it from another program? > > Think about it. Even you can find that out. This system is smarter than > you think given the disaster prone Windows. > Windows? What's that? -- Chris Green ·