From: mills37.fslife@gmail.com
On 18/01/2026 10:54, Roger Mills wrote:
> On 18/01/2026 09:32, Ed Cryer wrote:
>> Roger Mills wrote:
>>> 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!
>>
>> As you say, the file in question isn't visible in either a USB
>> connection nor an email attachment dialogue. I wonder why not. I think
>> Huawei must have set it that way.
>> Ah well, I'll have to live without it.
>>
>> Thanks for your reply and comments,
>>
>> Ed
> I asked ChatGPT where your data is likely to be, and this is what it said:
> https://chatgpt.com/share/696cbabf-ea28-8007-a40a-52ce78697b44
>
> Do you have details of the precise "Notebook" app which you're using?
I've had another go at ChatGPT, and it's come back with a lot more
information - but it ain't going to be easy!
See: https://chatgpt.com/share/696cbabf-ea28-8007-a40a-52ce78697b44
I'm afraid that the first part is the same as before, but the new staff
is after that. I couldn't find a way of separating it.
--
Cheers,
Roger
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