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