From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   Arno Welzel  wrote:   
   > Frank Slootweg, 2026-01-17 19:49:   
   >   
   > > 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.   
   >   
   > App-private storage is usually also not accessible via MTP/PTP or direct   
   > file transfer via USB. Without having root access there are some other   
   > options, depending on what "Notepad" supports:   
      
     Well, yes and no. If I use the Samsung 'My Files' app on my phone, the   
   folder 'Internal storage\Android\data' is indeed not accessible and My   
   Files says "Due to Android restrictions, the contents of this folder can   
   only be shown on a computer.".   
      
     And indeed, if I connect my phone via a MTP USB connection to my   
   Windows laptop, I *can* see that folder and its subfolders, including   
   the 'Internal storage\Android\data\com.google.android.apps.maps' Google   
   Maps folder which I mentioned (and its contents).   
      
     So I *can* access app-private storage via a MTP USB connection.   
      
     OTOH, you are probably partly right, because some app-private   
   Android\data folders seem to be  empty, while I would expect there to be   
   at least some data in them (and the corresponding obb and media folders   
   are also empty or non-existing). I wonder what determines which   
   app-private storage areas are accessible via MT/USB and which not.   
      
   > - export the data to the internal shared storage   
   >   
   > - share the data with an app which allows to send it somewhere else (for   
   > example with Nextcloud you can upload shared data to your Nextcloud   
   > server, which can also be self-hosted within your own network).   
      
     Yes, as I mentioned, if Ed can not find or access the app-private   
   storage of the Huawei Notepad app, save/share/export from the app are   
   the next best alternatives.   
      
     In the meantime in another response, I mentioned that according to   
   Huawei their 'Notepad' their app indeed has Share functionality.   
      
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