My next phone will be a linux phone, my current one would be if I didn’t get it for free
this post was submitted on 13 Feb 2024
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Most (all?) Iapps save images in /Pictures/[appname]
Photos taken with the camera are stored in a subfolder under/DCIM/ for example /DCMI/camera.
All my downloaded files end up in /Downloads/
The path to downloads is technically /storage/emulated/0/Downloads
But that doesn't really ever matter because /storage/emulated/0/ is treated as root in at least the two file explorers I have.
If I mount another storage device it will probably be mounted in some weird path, but too don't matter since file browsers will hide that.
The only time it matters for me is when using termux. The home directory has some weird ass path (/data/data/com.termux/files/home) when using termux which can make it annoying to transfer files. BUT Android storage gets mounted as ~/storage/emulated/0/. So transferring files from downloads to termux home, is as simple as cp ~/storage/emulated/0/downloads/file.txt ~/
Accessing the files from an app is very annoying and complicated, and that's if not completely restricted.
Accessing the dirs you often need is very easy
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Would anyone know where wallpapers are stored? I took a picture with an older phone (Oneplus 6) and used it as such. I upgraded to Nothing Phone 1 and I am using it as wallpaper because it copied when migrating but I cannot find anywhere for the life of me!
If it was using a version of android, photos are usually stored in DCIM folders either on your phone's internal storage or more likely on the SD card.
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It's pretty relatable. A lot of apps like to use their own folders, like my lemmy app.
If I download files from my banking app they get saved to root (sdcard), most others save to my Download folder. Then there is DCIM where I have photos, but Telegram does not care, for Signal I have to export each file to the file system seperately.
The worst thing though is that the files in Downloads/ are ordered A-Z by default. No idea if this is a LineageOS thing, but it drives me crazy.
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Still an issue for me. I've switched to Voyager for visiting Lemmy but I still haven't found the pictures I've saved.
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On an unencrypted sd card that is removable.
android is actually such a fucking mess, dont even get me started.
WHO THE FUCK THOUGHT .nomedia FILES WERE A GOOD IDEA? WHO, WHICH ONE OF YOU WAS IT?
i would genuinely rather use linux on my phone, and im not even joking, android is just the worst.
.nomedia files are fairly standard across applications on Android and Linux. Nextcloud and other applications will use them to know not to scan that forlder with automation, thumbnail creation, ml, etc. Its a simple and standard signal. It follows the .file convention so it should be hidden when not browsing with hidden files on.
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What's so bad about it? I use it to keep my mangá folder out of the gallery app.
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You can usually see this as a notification - and tapping on that notification should open the file, wherever it is. As for the specific location, I'd expect it to be /storage/emulated/0/Download most of the times.
In the Downloads or Pictures folder , under the name of the application. I am shocked that this isn't common knowledge.