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On 2026-01-26 22:50, Herbert Kleebauer wrote:

On 1/26/2026 10:27 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2026-01-26 22:07, Herbert Kleebauer wrote:

A few days ago I exported a >500 MByte chat. I saved it locally on the
phone and then transferred the zip file to the PC with ftp (using
"primitive ftpd" on the phone and "Windows Explorer" on the PC) . I

What format has the chat?

The chat is exported as a zip file. It contains the chat as .txt
file (utf-8 including smileys.) and all pictures, videos, pdfs etc.
in the original format.

That is useless crap. Now I remember, I tried that one years ago.

The message part are the plain text messages, without the emoticons, and without the files inserted in the text in their context. Like a PDF file
would be.
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Herbert Kleebauer wrote:

F-Droid is an alternative app store for Google Playstore.
You don't have to install F-Droid to be able to install
apps hosted on F-Droid, but then there are no automatic
updates for the installed apps (but for me it is an advantage
when working apps are not automatically replaced by newer ones).

To further add to Herbert's kind explanation for Carlos on F-Droid (which
ties in perfectly with Windows since Windows saves all my F-Droid apps)...

It has been my assessment that most people simply do not understand F-Droid
so allow me to make some statements of fact that many people do not know.

First off, as Herbert mentioned, it's an alternative repo for Android,
where since there are many alternatives, the point is that it's trusted and that it contains mainly FOSS tools with no ads and it has HTML access.

Notice that since it has HTML access (which is why Herbert provided the
link to Carlos), you never need the F-Droid app installed on Android.

In fact, only people who don't know anything about F-Droid actually install that app since the app we're supposed to use is 'F-Droid Basic' instead.
<org.fdroid.basic>

Primitive ftpd is very easy to use because the
Windows explorer has a built-in ftp client and
therefore no extra software is needed on the PC.

I used to use FTP to mount Android onto Windows, so Herbert is correct:
<https://www.ferrobackup.com/map-ftp-as-disk.html>

But I prefer WebDav over FTP because it's just like sliced bread is.
<https://i.postimg.cc/4yKdxWS4/chart-ftpshare-vs-webdavdrive.jpg>

As with FTP, nothing needs to be installed on Windows for WebDav to mount
your entire Android file system (yes, root too!) as a Windows drive letter.
<https://i.postimg.cc/1zrmSmQc/davroot.jpg> Windows can see Android root!

All you need on Windows is to use the "net use" command to mount Android:

net use Z: \\102.168.1.2@8000\DavWWWRoot /USER:jim * /PERSISTENT:YES

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On 1/27/2026 3:28 PM, Maria Sophia wrote:

Primitive ftpd is very easy to use because the
Windows explorer has a built-in ftp client and
therefore no extra software is needed on the PC.

I used to use FTP to mount Android onto Windows, so Herbert is correct:
<https://www.ferrobackup.com/map-ftp-as-disk.html>

But I prefer WebDav over FTP because it's just like sliced bread is.
<https://i.postimg.cc/4yKdxWS4/chart-ftpshare-vs-webdavdrive.jpg>

You don't need an external program (ftpuse) to access the
Android file system. It's all built into Windows explorer.

As with FTP, nothing needs to be installed on Windows for WebDav to mount your entire Android file system (yes, root too!) as a Windows drive letter.
<https://i.postimg.cc/1zrmSmQc/davroot.jpg> Windows can see Android root!

Already the first line is a lie.

|| Native Windows Integration
|| FTP Server on Android/iOS: Requires a separate FTP client application
|| Windows Drive over WebDAV on Android/iOS: Integrated for drive mapping via Explorer

No separate FTP client is necessary!

All you need on Windows is to use the "net use" command to mount Android:
C:\> net use Z: \\102.168.1.2@8000\DavWWWRoot /USER:jim * /PERSISTENT:YES

The simpler solution is always the better solution. I start
Primitive ftpd on the phone (just a finger tip) and open
an explorer window on the pc. I put the cursor into the
address bar of explorer and use the QR-code scanner to
scan the QR-code on the phone. That's all. Now in the
explorer window I can access the Android file system (including
SD card) and use drag&drop like in a local explorer window.

After the file transfer I stop Primitive ftpd and then nothing
is running on the phone which could be used as entry point
for illegal accessing the phone from outside.








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On 1/31/2026 4:10 AM, micky wrote:

The chat is exported as a zip file. It contains the chat as .txt
file (utf-8 including smileys.) and all pictures, videos, pdfs etc.
in the original format.

That is useless crap. Now I remember, I tried that one years ago.

It certainly is disappointing. Whatsapp could have done a lot better.

I mentioned the one that would not export. Did i get around to telling
you all -- no I didn't; -- that I found you could forward the chat, but
you have to tap on each little piece individually.

The result has even a worse format, in that the time for every comment
is the time I did the fowarding and there is no date at all. What's app could have done better.

But what is the real problem with using "export chat" for archive
purpose? You get all attached pictures, videos and other files and
nearly all the text of the chat. If you also want to archive the
formatting done by Whatsapp, scroll to the beginning of the chat
(on the PC), press <Print> to start the snipping tool, select video
and start screen recording. Then in Whatsapp, press <Page down> every
second and when reaching the chat end, save the video. This video
is even more demonstrative than any other saved form because it is
much harder to fake than for example a simple text file.





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