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Whatsapp media and Android 11: media folder changed?

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After upgrading my OnePlus 6T from Android 9 to 11, all my images disappeared in WhatsApp, with typical error message: > "Sorry, this media file doesn't exist on your internal storage" The reason seems to be (see this link ) due to the fact that the location of the media folder changed, from WhatsApp/Media at the first level to Android/media/com.whatsapp/WhatsApp/Media. So I am now trying to migrate this folder, by connecting my phone to my (Linux ) computer and using rsync: rsync -avhz /path on computer/Internal\ shared\ storage/WhatsApp/Media/WhatsApp\ Images /path on computer/Internal\ shared\ storage/Android/media/com.whatsapp/WhatsApp/Media/WhatsApp\ Images. However, I am facing a few issues: - I am not sure which folder I should transfer? I see in particular some .Links folder, should I include it? - Some files fail to be transferred with rsync, with message: `rsync: mkstemp "/run/user/1000/gvfs/mtp:host=OnePlus_OnePlus_11e47384/Internal shared storage/Android/media/com.whatsapp/WhatsApp/Media/WhatsApp Images/WhatsApp Images/.IMG-20200210-WA0124.jpg.8YamlC" failed: Operation not supported (95) ` what are those files? - Lastly, I am not sure I am using the right parameters to rsync :-( Thanks!
Asked by Matifou (143 rep)
Aug 4, 2023, 07:33 AM