Well, first and foremost this is a self-cooked guide mainly aimed for devices with little storage and/or anyone interested for the sake of it.
A couple months ago I sent an email to WhatsApp customer support complaining about the huge size of the WhatsApp/Databases folder, and why the FLICK there was a remote need for 7 friggin' copies of the chat databases.
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After dodgeing the automatic answering bot, I re-sent my question (how to prevent WhatsApp from keeping the last 7 days of database backups) over a request number email address I was submitted.
Suffice to say, as I admitted to be a rooted user, this is all the moron at the other side had to say:
Hi,
Thanks for your message.
It appears that your device is rooted. We are sorry, but we don’t support rooted devices and do not answer tickets from rooted devices. We understand the reasons behind rooting a device, but please be aware that any new configuration that is a result of rooting may conflict with WhatsApp.
To add to this, rooted devices do not allow the WhatsApp security model to function as intended and your messages will not be protected by end-to-end encryption.
If you wish to…
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0K fellows, this is as easy as it gets. Besides slimming down your WhatsApp/Media folders as you may wish, this is my trick to prevent WhatsApp from using a fμckload of storage on its WhatsApp/Databases folder:
Delete the WhatsApp/Databases folder. :good:
Now, create a file named Databases in the WhatsApp folder. This prevents WhatsApp from being able to re-create such folder again.
See the attached thumbnail.
My WhatsApp folder is now very slim, and I miss nothing. :fingers-crossed:
Cheers my dears
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Hello!
I recently installed from the Market the Super Email application on my phone.
Out of pure curiosity, I opened the apk on my computer.
Oddly, I found a folder in there named "com".
Inside it there were other folders, paypal/android/utils/data
and inside the data folder 2 .bin files, locale.bin and data.bin.
So, what is this all about? I know a little to nothing about programming,
but since there is not even a Paypal donation option within the application,
what are those folders and files stand for anyway?
Could that be indication of malware?
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Since it's a free application, I am posting the apk here,
if someone want to look into it a bit further.
UPDATE: Probably a false alarm, I contacted the developer and told me that in the beginning they planned to seel it through Paypal, but then decided to go free and they forgot the paypal sdk inside the app.
UPDATE: Probably a false alarm, I contacted the developer and told me that in the beginning they planned to seel it through Paypal, but then decided to go free and they forgot the paypal sdk inside the app.
Well...that got me baffled too... as there was the "donate with paypal" line in one of the bin file.... Thanks for the update and the info... hopefully he corrects the flaw in his next revision... BTW it is rated 4.7 (20 ratings)
do mark the thread as solved and also delete or edit your other post in the dev section.... so that its not misleading...
Thanks for replying, I'm sorry for the double thread issue, I was only trying to help the community.
It is indeed a good application for sending mails with attachment from a fake address. Really cool for some innocent pranks to your friends! :-D
So please mods, delete the other thread and again sorry for any confusion!
Hello, today I needed to download zip file from my gmail inbox. I had only Omnia W with me and no Android phone. After that I wanted to delete downloaded zip... but can it be done? On image below is what I mean... how can I delete once downloaded file?
In this cas it is only 90KB file, but what if I download 10MB zip for example, then it would take 10MB from small device's memmory forever? (or until factory reset). This is unacceptable behavior.
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So please, if this problem has any solution, post it for me. Thank you
Delete the email?
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Delete the email?
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and that will also delete temporary file on device? and what if I want to keep mail on server?
Downloaded files are saved toa Temp location, and it appears that the OS cleans them out periodically. I could write a fairly simple app (wouldn't even need interop-unlock) that lets you view and clean them out, if you want, though.
Note, however, that I'm pretty crazy-busy right now, so I can't promise *when* it would be available.
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Downloaded files are saved toa Temp location, and it appears that the OS cleans them out periodically. I could write a fairly simple app (wouldn't even need interop-unlock) that lets you view and clean them out, if you want, though.
Note, however, that I'm pretty crazy-busy right now, so I can't promise *when* it would be available.
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Is it possible to access from code files outside the isolated storage of particular application?
An app with ID_CAP_FILEVIEWER can read the temp folder (using either native APIs or GetResourceStream).
Hi All,
I'd like to present to you my new app. It's a message crytping app, which you can use to encrytp/decrypt all kinds of text communication you use (text messages, emails, messengers, private notes and whatever else you want). Safety was my biggest goal, while creating this app and I think I succeded. The app is using unique crypting algorithm, based on the characters from the password you enter. Each password will generate different crypting algorithm. The password is not limited and you can use as many passwords, as you like to encrypt one message. This solution creates infinite number of crypting possibilities and makes the crypted message quite impossible to decrypt. Please feel free to comment.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.drivenbyobsession.pocketenigma
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Does the person receiving message also need to have this app to read it?
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Does the person receiving message also need to have this app to read it?
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Hi,
Yes both persons (encrypting and decrypting) need to have the app installed.
Hi, i have another question;
Is the application storing messages or passwords somewhere (on server or locally on device)? If yes, for how long?
cnstrctr said:
Hi, i have another question;
Is the application storing messages or passwords somewhere (on server or locally on device)? If yes, for how long?
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Hi,
No, the application doesn't store any data. No servers are in use, it can work completely offline.
Let's face it, we all have contacts that nobody seems to care to stick your friend's picture on. Then, what's the point of having these (reserved empty space for profile photo)?
It's definitely not cool to have a list of Alphabets.
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Now, the solution to this is to rip their photos from......where? Of course, it has to be the most active users messenger app - WhatsApp. Truth to be told, it is and statistics don't lie (ehhh).
Well, the biggest issue with WhatsApp is it's tremendously "secured" that it offers ZERO API to the public. Hence, it was quite tricky and difficult to figure out a solution to rip the photos from the app.
Although, I'd manage to be able to collect the photos from the platform automatically, it definitely wasn't the best experience out there. Technically none, until someone else decides to do something about it, which I hope the company will.
Let's take a quick glance at the review and description of the current apps that offers "Contact photo sync" features.
"* WhatsApp (semi-automatically: contact pictures have to be downloaded in WhatsApp manually, the rest is done by the app)"
- Source: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.michaelflisar.socialcontactphotosync
That suck. Big time.
I know it may not be a huge deal to some of you, but every time I look at my dialer I knew something has to done.
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Anyway, I need a few of community members to test out the extension (Chrome only) that I've created before it's ever going to be released.
You will need to have a computer, a cable, Chrome browser and to install an extra app that aid the process to sync the photo to the contact.
Also, to throw in an extra question, can root technique solves the problem by intruding WhatsApp, the app itself? Will there be a miracle?
Hi . I have a major issue. Whatsapp has stopped backing up locally and the last backup was a month ago and drive backups do not work. It keeps saying unable to create backup.It keeps saying unable to create backup. Please find screenshot attached there is no new crypt file other than old outdated ones and also whatsapp is taking way more storage than it should be. It should only consume 12gb including those two files in databases but it is taking over 50gb so my plan was to uninstall and reinstall but backups are not working which is risky. Please find all the screenshots attached.
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Why not contact WhatApp?
Contact WhatsApp
WhatsApp Messenger: More than 2 billion people in over 180 countries use WhatsApp to stay in touch with friends and family, anytime and anywhere. WhatsApp is free and offers simple, secure, reliable messaging and calling, available on phones all over the world.
www.whatsapp.com
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Why not contact WhatApp?
Contact WhatsApp
WhatsApp Messenger: More than 2 billion people in over 180 countries use WhatsApp to stay in touch with friends and family, anytime and anywhere. WhatsApp is free and offers simple, secure, reliable messaging and calling, available on phones all over the world.
www.whatsapp.com
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I did actually try the chat and email, but they are not responding unfortunately.