Path: ...!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!reader5.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: =?UTF-8?Q?J=C3=B6rg_Lorenz?= Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Where are MMS-messages stored in Android 15 ? Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2024 13:43:15 +0100 Organization: Camembert Normand aus Lait Cru Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2024 12:43:15 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: solani.org; logging-data="1323133"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@news.solani.org" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.15; rv:128.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/128.5.1 Cancel-Lock: sha1:7yfxWEW7wUtrnERulRbhP8j/Yc8= X-User-ID: eJwFwQERADEIAzBL8IzSyYHe41/Ckgw4VAeJk5tL02CmDX1/7UWznWFaTENBtQB6KT9m4QEy2BFn Content-Language: de-CH In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2603 Lines: 29 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. -- "Roma locuta, causa finita." (Augustinus)