Path: ...!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail
From: Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android
Subject: Re: Where are MMS-messages stored in Android 15 ?
Date: 16 Dec 2024 18:38:25 GMT
Organization: NOYB
Lines: 42
Message-ID: <vjpvih.7r8.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net>
References: <vjhfdv$3ekh1$1@dont-email.me> <ls57f5FlbrfU1@mid.individual.net> <63j03lxtqh.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <ls93n7Fa2heU1@mid.individual.net> <vjpi5g.29g.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net> <54ms52zsmlt0$.dlg@v.nguard.lh>
X-Trace: individual.net SCwEEa/usVH51oeT/ltYLQVJIOA1xQvKGXu5kKW7XBtM1DnC9E
X-Orig-Path: not-for-mail
Cancel-Lock: sha1:p5hVUvZYW+3tCx5Eys1ebK6SReQ= sha256:ki1OpvNAIfYIE/AXAseWlj4Tkii2vI7mWGgYILmQosc=
User-Agent: tin/1.6.2-20030910 ("Pabbay") (UNIX) (CYGWIN_NT-10.0-WOW/2.8.0(0.309/5/3) (i686)) Hamster/2.0.2.2
Bytes: 2967

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!

[1] Message-ID: <vjph76.pt8.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net>