All the research I've done told me it's located at Internal Memory > data > user_de > 0 > com.android > providers.telephony > databases > mmssms.db
Best I could find was Internal Storage > Android > data > com.android.providers.telephony > Files
Which is empty. But my Textra app has to be restoring these files from somewhere because when I got this phone the messaged were successfully restored from my old phone.
I ask because on convo was deleted, also when I switched to the default messaging app I could briefly see the old messages in that convo, then they disappeared, why?
Thank you in advance
mmssms.dbis only accessible on rooted devices as users can not access app private internal storage. – Robert Oct 15 '23 at 21:18mmssms.dbbecause it can't? And therefore looks in Google Cloud backup? Or are you saying thatmmssms.dbis only restricted to users? – Amon Oct 15 '23 at 23:46mmssms.dbis part of the SMS content provider that can be manipulated using content provider API, but the file cannot be accessed directly either by the apps or the user. "because when I got this phone the messaged were successfully restored from my old phone" this looks like the case of Google Cloud backup and restore. – Andrew T. Oct 16 '23 at 03:16