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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

My next phone will be a linux phone, my current one would be if I didn’t get it for free

I know where my saved files go.

It's not that hard to figure out actually.

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!

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.

Still an issue for me. I've switched to Voyager for visiting Lemmy but I still haven't found the pictures I've saved.

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.

On an unencrypted sd card that is removable.

Isnt that the fault of some apps which doesn't show where the file is? Or does android itself doesnt show it when you save it using system app??

In the Downloads or Pictures folder , under the name of the application. I am shocked that this isn't common knowledge.

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.