When you set a wallpaper, where is the system copy of the file stored?

[katiepires]

When you set a wallpaper from a photo and then move the photo, the wallpaper still displays. This tells me there is a system copy created somewhere. I lost all the photos of my daughter recently, and would like to recover the photo I used as a wallpaper, but I don't know where the system copy is stored. I am using a Samsung Galaxy Core Prime with a non-functioning touch screen, so I only have access via the file explorer on my computer. Thank you!

 

[Rukbat]

There's a file created, but it's not a copy of the photo. The phone has to be rooted to get at it. and you can't do that without a screen.

In the future, keep backups of anything on the phone that's important - at least to a cloud account (Google Drive, Mega, etc.) and also to a PC if you have one.

 

[katiepires]

Thanks.

 

[SimonPr]

When you set a wallpaper from a photo and then move the photo, the wallpaper still displays. This tells me there is a system copy created somewhere. I lost all the photos of my daughter recently, and would like to recover the photo I used as a wallpaper, but I don't know where the system copy is stored. I am using a Samsung Galaxy Core Prime with a non-functioning touch screen, so I only have access via the file explorer on my computer. Thank you!

I realise that this is an old post, but if I lost all the photos of my daughter I'd be gutted.

If you still have the phone, connect it to wifi and download 'get current wallpaper' from appdictive - just used it to get the wallpaper my daughter drew for me in reception.

Good luck