Signal-android: [Feature Request] Save encrypted media to SD-Card

Created on 24 Oct 2015 · 6Comments · Source: signalapp/Signal-Android

I have a phone with very limited internal memory for Apps. With the great feature of large attachment support my limited memory space gets overwhelmed so I have to store these media files decrypted and delete them.

It would be great if TextSecure would save received media files on the SD-Card like WhatsApp does.

Maybe related: #4065

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Wasseranomalie

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Yes, please do this! Signal quickly becomes the biggest app on my phone since I use it a lot and then I have to decide if i keep the messages or delete other apps.

GnafGnaf on 7 Sep 2017

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Sounds wonderful to me. My 32 gig SD-card is really empty at the moment, while my phone is really full.

Dyras on 24 Oct 2015

Threema also does this

piratenpanda on 24 Oct 2015

I wasn't aware that WhatsApp did this (at least I haven't found out how). But cheap phones on the market still don't have a lot of storage and all of the google stuff is taking up lots of space. Offloading the data to an SD card would be highly appreciated.

LoveIsGrief on 20 May 2017

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Yes, please do this! Signal quickly becomes the biggest app on my phone since I use it a lot and then I have to decide if i keep the messages or delete other apps.

GnafGnaf on 7 Sep 2017

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Can the devs comment on this "problem"? I totally agree, using Signal actively (photos, vids), the data storage accumulates 4GB easily. It would be no problem if the data could be stored on SD card instead of phone root memory.