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Whatsapp: Export pictures from certain conversations

I think there is no native way of doing that, and I have not seen any app that does it. From my experience, the best way is via WhatsappWeb. I used this quite a few times. Select the target ...
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Cannot find where Google Play Music stores downloaded files (different from similar posts)

In the settings of Google Play Music, if you have it set to cache on the external SD card, your cache location will be /external_sd/Android/data/com.google.android.music/files/music/. If you have it ...
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I don't want my Whatsapp Media to restore (Google Drive BackUp)!

So disconnecting the whatsapp from the google drive didnt exactly work out because my chats were also in that google drive backup. However, here is how I was successful in restoring only the chats. (...
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What media formats are supported in Android?

As Matthew Read noted, the list of supported media formats is device specific. More or less, it's actually specific to the default video player app your device has. I'm not aware of an app that can ...
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I don't want my Whatsapp Media to restore (Google Drive BackUp)!

I'm having the same problem. So far, the only working solution that I discovered is to disconnect WhatsApp from your Google Drive (during the restoration). In a browser, go to your Google Drive →...
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Whatsapp: Export pictures from certain conversations

Go to Whatsapp Settings. For me that the three dots button at the top right of "main" screen of whatsapp. From there go to chats, chat history, email chat, select contact, and it will prompt you to ...
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Whatsapp: Export pictures from certain conversations

WhatsApp doesn't want to give you this power (for legal reasons perhaps). The "export conversation" only exports most recent media. So I have elaborated a tidy 4-step solution to collect all ...
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How to make WhatsApp store media on external SD card (instead of device storage)?

Unfortunately, there is no way you can do this without root access. If you know what is rooting or if you have already rooted your mobile, then follow this answer. But if you don't know, please don't ...
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General difference in read/write speeds for internal memory vs SD card

I understand that read/write speeds are dependent on what the phone is, and what the SD card is, but since both are flash memory, I thought the read/write times would pretty much be around the same. ...
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Music stored on the External SD Card is removed from playlists at reboot

After more experimentation, I've made a breakthrough. Ultimately, this all happens cause Android's Media Scanner will scan the internal SD for media at startup. When it finds Playlist files it ...
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Cannot find where Google Play Music stores downloaded files (different from similar posts)

if it's downloaded on internal, it's locked in com.music but you'll just see Music.id file and you cannot access that database without password. And its not encrypted if it's being downloaded to sd ...
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How to send mp3 through whatsapp?

Go to file manager. Find the mp3 you want to send. Long press on it for 1 second. Then select "Share" option. Then select Whatsapp in the sharelist. That's it. You're done.
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Is it possible to have a media folder inside a .nomedia folder?

Oh I get him now. If the .nomedia file exists in a folder containing the folders you have it will hide files in all those directories. For example having a .nomedia on /sdcard will definitely hide the ...
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Reasoning behind built in songs made by the android device manufacturer

"Dream It Possible" is the official Huawei Consumer Brand Song. Therefore it can be considered as Huawei advertisement even if the song itself is not directly related to Huawei.
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Is it possible to play DVDs (or other "optical" media) from file images on Android?

VLC can According to the documentation, VLC can play DVD ISO files and display the relevant menus. Other players might also be able to play the files if you first unarchive the ISO (using ES File ...
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Media sync (MTP) not working on LG G2 LS980

Uninstall LGE Mobile USB Composite Driver (don't forget tick Delete driver software). Plugin your LG Phone via USB then click "scan check for hardware changes" Then,,,enjoy ;)
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Rename camera images from exif data using tasker

Use Tasker's native Java calls Java code Use ExifInterface.getAttribute to solve this problem. exif = new ExifInterface( %filename ) %datetime = exif.getAttribute(exif.TAG_DATETIME) Implementation ...
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Why can't Android Media Storage detect my new Ringtone file?

If you just copied over the file then it's permissions are like set at 600. chmod the file to 644 so it is WORLD READABLE. so, chmod 644 /sdcard/ringtones/blah.whatever also a filename with a space ...
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Media player doesn't show songs

Note this part in your description: ...The songs will not show up unless I restart the application several times... Every reboot or finished USB connection will broadcast a android.intent.action....
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I don't want my Whatsapp Media to restore (Google Drive BackUp)!

easy 1st, just restore your whatsapp as usual + the media restoring. 2ndly, use pc, go to gdrive>Backups> right click on selected whatsapp backup, choose "Turn off backup". Gdrive will prompt you ...
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How to create a file folder for use with Listen Audiobook player

Press the overflow menu button in the upper right. Select the show storage option. There will now be a new item below the Recent menu item in the slide out drawer for the devices storage.
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Whatsapp: Export pictures from certain conversations

Ok, this does not answer the question directly, but comments on a feature that might be helpful to the same audience. This does not work for past media but for any new media from the moment you set it ...
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Hide media on external sd card, lollipop and above

by renaming a file from filename.txt to .filename.txt (add a dot "." before the name) you will hide the file. I.e. it will not show up on any file explorer, (unless it is set to show hidden files.) ...
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How can I efficiently move 40+GByte of mp3 data to my phone?

The default path for music is typically /sdcard/Music. Don't be fooled by the sdcard in the path, that's a relic of the past from a time where devices didn't feature their own external storage. For ...
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Hide music from list of alarm, notifications, and ring tone files

I had the same problem on my OnePlus 7. It's irritating that the Oxygen OS pick menu doesn't have a search (🔎) option. To over come this I use Ring Tone Maker. You search for a tone, long press and ...
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WhatsApp video doesn't play and has a warning icon (Video format h264 not supported)

Assuming that the person that sent you the video has a Gmail account, ask to upload the video to Google Photos and send the link, that way you'll be able to see the video.
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Hide media on external sd card, lollipop and above

I believe SECRECY will do what you want; I haven't used it for a while, but from what I remember it encrypts files on the SD card and doesn't need root. Note: the app is no longer available on Play ...
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.nomedia file not hiding newly created images. Solution?

I'm having the same problem in android 6.0 but only in the pictures and movies folders and subfolders. My solution is to remove a recreate the .nomedia after each new download! However if the folder ...
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I don't want my Whatsapp Media to restore (Google Drive BackUp)!

It's very simple and 100% working click restore your messages and wait for loading all the messages after chats has loaded turn off internet connection. Restoring media will now pause go-to ...
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I don't want my Whatsapp Media to restore (Google Drive BackUp)!

Open Google drive on your phone. Gear button>> settings>>backups. There you'll find WhatsApp backup with date mentioned. Tap on it and it shows details of backup. Use gear button beside it and delete ...
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