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 14:49:13 GMT Organization: NOYB Lines: 42 Message-ID: References: <63j03lxtqh.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> X-Trace: individual.net fDK1wx56pRuUZADBLWL96AyM0fc5g7gi4e2yow1X+ZydluDS4o X-Orig-Path: not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:NB0lXver6PHXDgfvIJblMWKsqYM= sha256:cd60LqM0a3s7rYBLMRO3TZOVsLq88Z42D+L1JYZUwLw= 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: 2956 Arno Welzel wrote: > Carlos E.R., 2024-12-14 15:59: > > > On 2024-12-14 12:11, 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. > >> > >> Gaining root access usually also means you need to unlock the bootloader > >> of your device and install at least software like Magisk. This is often > >> not possible without wiping the whole device and even installing a > >> custom ROM. > > > > I am not sure this is fully true. I make backups from Linux via USB > > cable, and I get the WhatsApp store, the photos, many things. There are > > just a few directories from the system that are not readable. > > Yes - that's a *backup*. But *backup* is not "access files with a file > manager on the device" and not all apps allow to backup their data. 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.