From: mills37.fslife@gmail.com   
      
   On 17/01/2026 19:18, Ed Cryer wrote:   
   > Frank Slootweg wrote:   
   >> Ed Cryer  wrote:   
   >>> I have an old android phone, running under system version 9. It has an   
   >>> app in internal storage called "Notepad" which contains lots of useful   
   >>> stuff.   
   >>> I want that on my PC, but, when I connect it by USB I can't find it   
   >>> anywhere in the "internal storage" files that are displayed, and there   
   >>> are lots of those.   
   >>   
   >>    If you mean you can't find the *files* which are used/created by the   
   >> Notepad app, then it's probably that these files are kept in app-private   
   >> storage.   
   >>   
   >>    App-private storage is normally not visible/accessible, but should be   
   >> visible/accessible when the phone is (MTP) connected via USB to a   
   >> Windows system.   
   >>   
   >>    However app-private storage is not in the 'normal' folders, but in   
   >> \Android\data\, or \Android\obb\ or   
   >> \Android\media\, where  is the app's 'id=...' name as   
   >> listed in the app's entry on Google Play. For example the  of   
   >> the Google Maps app is 'com.google.android.apps.maps' as shown   
   >> on   
   >> > id=com.google.android.apps.maps>   
   >> So for Google Maps the relevant (top-level) folder is   
   >> Internal storage\Android\data\com.google.android.apps.maps   
   >>   
   >>    There are apps which can show the  for installed apps, i.e.   
   >> for your Notepad app, but normally, Android does not show that info.   
   >>   
   >>    If you can not find the  or can not find the needed files in   
   >> the \Android\... folders, you can check if the Notepad app can save,   
   >> share, export the needed 'useful stuff' to 'normal' folders which you   
   >> *can* access. Compare it to your e-mail client (Betterbird): Its   
   >> 'profile' folder is mostly useless gobbledegook, but you can save/export   
   >> the messages to normal files.   
   >>   
   >>    I hope this helps.   
   >>   
   >   
   >   
   > Thanks for that, Frank. I've searched the lot and I can't find it   
   > anywhere. Perhaps the app doesn't use .text format. I think it came with   
   > the Hawaii phone.   
   > BTW, nearly all the folders are empty; just a few .text files such as logs.   
   >   
   > ED   
      
   If I understand you correctly, in your first post you say that it is   
   possible to attach the desired files to a email. If all elso fails,   
   can't you do that and email them to yourself? I accept that it will be a   
   bit balls aching if there are a lot of them.   
      
   For sending files from my Anroid devices to my PC I always use ES File   
   Manager (which is no longer available in the Play Store because of some   
   alleged security risk - so you have to sideload it). That sets up an FTP   
   server on the Anroid device, and you need to install an FTP server on   
   the Windows system to connect to it. That does everything I need, but if   
   you can't see the files when using a USB connection, you may not be able   
   to see them in that either!   
   --   
   Cheers,   
   Roger   
      
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