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Where whats app storeddoes WhatsApp store thumbnails of media in androidAndroid phone?

Today, I was observing WhatsApp app behavior.

By using a camera, I took a photo. That photo got stored in the camera directory of my cell phone (obviously that is normal behavior). And after that, I shared the same photo to one of my contacts using WhatsApp. After sharing, I deleted that photo from the camera directory and checked my WhatsApp contact (to whom I shared the photo) it was still in the list of messages.

Then I found over theon Google that WhatsApp also stores sent images in the internal directory as well. Then I deleted the same photo from WhatsAppWhatsApp's internal memory and checked the WhatsApp contact (to whom I shared the photo), I found that there was notno real photo but a blurry image of the same photo was there (that is called thumbnail).

I tried to find out from where it was getting that thumbnail?. I searched my whole cell phone directory or even WhatsApp media directory as well, but could not find the thumbnail. 

My question is, what is the location in the cell where WhatsApp stores the thumbnails? I am assuming that WhatsApp keeps the thumbnail urlURL and downloaddownloads on demand. Is that right? Any help?

Where whats app stored thumbnails of media in android phone?

Today I was observing WhatsApp app behavior.

By using camera I took a photo. That photo got stored in camera directory of my cell phone (obviously that is normal behavior). And after that I shared the same photo to one of my contacts using WhatsApp. After sharing, I deleted that photo from camera directory and checked my WhatsApp contact (to whom I shared the photo) it was still in the list of messages.

Then I found over the Google that WhatsApp also stores sent images in internal directory as well. Then I deleted the same photo from WhatsApp internal memory and checked WhatsApp contact (to whom I shared photo), I found that there was not real photo but blurry image of the same photo was there (that is called thumbnail).

I tried to find out from where it was getting that thumbnail? I searched my whole cell phone directory or even WhatsApp media directory as well but could not find the thumbnail. My question is what is the location in cell where WhatsApp stores the thumbnails? I am assuming that WhatsApp keeps thumbnail url and download on demand. Is that right? Any help?

Where does WhatsApp store thumbnails of media in Android phone?

Today, I was observing WhatsApp app behavior.

By using a camera, I took a photo. That photo got stored in the camera directory of my cell phone (obviously that is normal behavior). And after that, I shared the same photo to one of my contacts using WhatsApp. After sharing, I deleted that photo from the camera directory and checked my WhatsApp contact (to whom I shared the photo) it was still in the list of messages.

Then I found on Google that WhatsApp also stores sent images in the internal directory as well. Then I deleted the same photo from WhatsApp's internal memory and checked the WhatsApp contact (to whom I shared the photo), I found that there was no real photo but a blurry image of the same photo was there (that is called thumbnail).

I tried to find out where it was getting that thumbnail. I searched my whole cell phone directory or even WhatsApp media directory as well, but could not find the thumbnail. 

My question is, what is the location in the cell where WhatsApp stores the thumbnails? I am assuming that WhatsApp keeps the thumbnail URL and downloads on demand. Is that right? Any help?

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Today I was observing whatsappWhatsApp app behavior. 

By using camera I took a photo. That photo got stored in camera directory of my cell phone  (obviously that is normal behavior). And after that I shared the same photo to one of my contacts using whats appWhatsApp. After sharing, I deleted that photo from camera directory and checked my whatsappWhatsApp contact  (to whom I shared the photo) it was still in the list of messages. 

Then I found over the googleGoogle that whatsappWhatsApp also stores sent images in internal directory as well. Then I deleted the same photo from whats appWhatsApp internal memory and checked whats appWhatsApp contact  (to whom I shared photo), iI found that there was not real photo but blurry image of the same photo was there (that is called thumbnail). 

I tried to find out from where it was getting that thumbnail? I searched my whole cell phone directory or even whatappWhatsApp media directory as well but could not find the thumbnail. My question is what is the location in cell where whatsppWhatsApp stores the thumbnails? I am assuming that whats app keepWhatsApp keeps thumbnail url and download on demand.Is Is that right? Any help?

Today I was observing whatsapp app behavior. By using camera I took a photo. That photo got stored in camera directory of my cell phone(obviously that is normal behavior). And after that I shared the same photo to one of my contacts using whats app. After sharing, I deleted that photo from camera directory and checked my whatsapp contact(to whom I shared the photo) it was still in the list of messages. Then I found over the google that whatsapp also stores sent images in internal directory as well. Then I deleted the same photo from whats app internal memory and checked whats app contact(to whom I shared photo), i found that there was not real photo but blurry image of the same photo was there (that is called thumbnail). I tried to find out from where it was getting that thumbnail? I searched my whole cell phone directory or even whatapp media directory as well but could not find the thumbnail. My question is what is the location in cell where whatspp stores the thumbnails? I am assuming that whats app keep thumbnail url and download on demand.Is that right? Any help?

Today I was observing WhatsApp app behavior. 

By using camera I took a photo. That photo got stored in camera directory of my cell phone  (obviously that is normal behavior). And after that I shared the same photo to one of my contacts using WhatsApp. After sharing, I deleted that photo from camera directory and checked my WhatsApp contact  (to whom I shared the photo) it was still in the list of messages. 

Then I found over the Google that WhatsApp also stores sent images in internal directory as well. Then I deleted the same photo from WhatsApp internal memory and checked WhatsApp contact  (to whom I shared photo), I found that there was not real photo but blurry image of the same photo was there (that is called thumbnail). 

I tried to find out from where it was getting that thumbnail? I searched my whole cell phone directory or even WhatsApp media directory as well but could not find the thumbnail. My question is what is the location in cell where WhatsApp stores the thumbnails? I am assuming that WhatsApp keeps thumbnail url and download on demand. Is that right? Any help?

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Where whats app stored thumbnails of media in android phone?

Today I was observing whatsapp app behavior. By using camera I took a photo. That photo got stored in camera directory of my cell phone(obviously that is normal behavior). And after that I shared the same photo to one of my contacts using whats app. After sharing, I deleted that photo from camera directory and checked my whatsapp contact(to whom I shared the photo) it was still in the list of messages. Then I found over the google that whatsapp also stores sent images in internal directory as well. Then I deleted the same photo from whats app internal memory and checked whats app contact(to whom I shared photo), i found that there was not real photo but blurry image of the same photo was there (that is called thumbnail). I tried to find out from where it was getting that thumbnail? I searched my whole cell phone directory or even whatapp media directory as well but could not find the thumbnail. My question is what is the location in cell where whatspp stores the thumbnails? I am assuming that whats app keep thumbnail url and download on demand.Is that right? Any help?