Path: ...!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Frank Slootweg 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: References: <63j03lxtqh.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <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 wrote: > Frank Slootweg 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: