XPost: comp.mobile.android
From: this@ddress.is.invalid
Herbert Kleebauer wrote:
> On 1/26/2026 10:27 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> > On 2026-01-26 22:07, Herbert Kleebauer wrote:
>
> >> A few days ago I exported a >500 MByte chat. I saved it locally on the
> >> phone and then transferred the zip file to the PC with ftp (using
> >> "primitive ftpd" on the phone and "Windows Explorer" on the PC) . I
>
> > What format has the chat?
>
> 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.
I did a test for one Chat/person. I got the .txt file with the text of
the messages (with the smileys, etc.), pictures (.jpg), audio (.opus),
videos (.mp4), but did *not* get PDFs (there should be two).
For a PDF, the ,txt file says
8/27/25, 20:30 - Frank Slootweg: DOC-20250827-WA0004. (file attached)
but the file is not included in the .zip file. N.B. in the above line it
looks like the file does not have an extension (which would be a
problem), but the file in the original chat *is* a PDF and is opened by
for example the (Google) 'Drive PDF Viewer. But also in that viewer, the
name is shown without an extension: "DOC-20250827-WA0004." (note the dot
at the end). So something is fishy.
Also that PDF was attached to a small message and that message
("Huisregels Dutch GP") is not in the .txt file. Very strange!
Other than these two missing PDFs, the .zip file seems to contain
everything.
BUT, as I think Carlos hinted at, if a message contains a quote of an
earlier message (as we do on Usenet), the quote is not in the .txt file,
only the response is. So something like
"Yes"
and then you have to guess to what the "Yes" applies. This particular
chat had two of these missing quotes.
Bottom line: Somewhat useful, but not very much.
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