Yeah, where I've got a shit load of files that, the first time, automatically download with their default name which is usually a bunch of random letters.pdf, it's quicker to just download it again than to find it!

[–] Delta_V@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Yes, that's exactly how the two android phones I've used have worked, and why this post is getting upvoted is a mystery to me.

There are also folders called "Camera" and "Screenshots", and I'll give you three guesses where photos and screenshots go.

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

DCIM probably. While my stuff is in Media, because pictures and videos are always a mixed bag anyway. OpenCamera allows changing the save path, luckily; Media/Camera

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Everything does not go there, different file types seem to go to different places. Successful downloads don't ever appear sometimes.

[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

idk man, sounds like a skill issue

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Do I press download differently? There shouldn't be skill in the default download location.

[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 months ago

yes you gotta press it on the right spot...

[–] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago

I don't know what setting you've accidentally turned on, but all my browser downloads go to my Downloads folder by default. I'll admit in-app downloads can end up in a few different spots, though. Most in-app picture downloads end up either in Downloads or in a subfolder inside the Pictures folder, though.

[–] TheFinn@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 9 months ago

Each application can have its own default download location. Reddit apps were particularly bad about that and it may have carried over into lemmy as well. But learning the settings for the software you want to use isn't a terrible ask.

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Some apps save to their internal storage; /data/data/funny.app.name or /storage/emulated/0/Android/funny.appp.name. It would be funny if not for wanting to cry.

Btw, why not just mount internal storage to /Internal, user home /storage/emulated/0 to /home/ and external to /sdcard1 /sdcard2 /otg, @google?