From: NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com   
      
   In comp.mobile.android, on 17 Jan 2026 18:49:58 GMT, 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   
   >   
   >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.   
      
      
   It sure helps me.  thanks.   P&M   
      
      
   >   
   >>		     The same files are offered on the phone itself when I   
   >> try to attach it to an email.   
   >>   
   >> Am I missing something here? Or is it perhaps somewhere in the hierarchy   
   >> of files displayed?   
   >>   
   >> Please don't tell me to use DropBox or Google Drive or any other Cloud   
   >> service. I know about those.   
      
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