XPost: comp.mobile.android   
   From: klee@unibwm.de   
      
   On 1/27/2026 9:43 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   > On 2026-01-26 22:50, Herbert Kleebauer wrote:   
      
   >> The chat is exported as a zip file. It contains the chat as .txt   
   >> file (utf-8 including smileys.) and all pictures, videos, pdfs etc.   
   >> in the original format.   
   >   
   > That is useless crap. Now I remember, I tried that one years ago.   
   >   
   > The message part are the plain text messages, without the emoticons, and   
   > without the files inserted in the text in their context. Like a PDF file   
   > would be.   
      
   It is for backup purpose. You most likely will never look at it. But   
   if, a few year later, you really need it, it all is there: the text   
   chat and all the pictures, videos and other files.   
      
   And as I already said:   
      
   || There is also software to convert the exported data to html, but   
   || I didn't try it:   
   ||   
   || https://github.com/mtln/chat-export   
      
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