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.
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.
Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> 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\<app-id>, or \Android\obb\<app-id> or
\Android\media\<app-id>, where <app-id> is the app's 'id=...' name as
listed in the app's entry on Google Play. For example the <app-id> of
the Google Maps app is 'com.google.android.apps.maps' as shown
on <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?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 <app-id> for installed apps, i.e.
for your Notepad app, but normally, Android does not show that info.
If you can not find the <app-id> 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.
Ed Cryer wrote:
Please don't tell me to use DropBox or Google Drive or any other Cloud
service. I know about those.
Do you know about non-cloud services, such as <https://localsend.org> ?
Andy Burns wrote:
Ed Cryer wrote:
Please don't tell me to use DropBox or Google Drive or any other Cloud
service. I know about those.
Do you know about non-cloud services, such as <https://localsend.org> ?
All that app does is flash a message at me saying Tidy Pear #65, and
when I click Receive nothing happens. I suppose I have to somehow send
from the phone, but how?
On Sat, 17 Jan 2026 19:21:41 +0000, Ed Cryer wrote:
Andy Burns wrote:
Ed Cryer wrote:
Please don't tell me to use DropBox or Google Drive or any other Cloud >>>> service. I know about those.
Do you know about non-cloud services, such as <https://localsend.org> ?
All that app does is flash a message at me saying Tidy Pear #65, and
when I click Receive nothing happens. I suppose I have to somehow send
from the phone, but how?
How else? Put the app on your phone. (It's in the Google Play Store.)
The phone copy and PC copy know how to talk to each other.
Your steps:
1. On the sending device, press Send and identify the receiving
device.
2. On the receiving device, you should get a message that {sending
device name} is sending you a file. _That's_ when you should tap or
click Receive.
Frank Slootweg wrote:
Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> 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.
ÿÿ 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.
ÿÿ 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.
ÿÿ However app-private storage is not in the 'normal' folders, but in
\Android\data\<app-id>, or \Android\obb\<app-id> or
\Android\media\<app-id>, where <app-id> is the app's 'id=...' name as
listed in the app's entry on Google Play. For example the <app-id> of
the Google Maps app is 'com.google.android.apps.maps' as shown
on
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?
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
ÿÿ There are apps which can show the <app-id> for installed apps, i.e.
for your Notepad app, but normally, Android does not show that info.
ÿÿ If you can not find the <app-id> 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.
ÿÿ 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
On 17/01/2026 19:18, Ed Cryer wrote:
Frank Slootweg wrote:
Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> 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.
ÿÿ 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.
ÿÿ 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.
ÿÿ However app-private storage is not in the 'normal' folders, but in
\Android\data\<app-id>, or \Android\obb\<app-id> or
\Android\media\<app-id>, where <app-id> is the app's 'id=...' name as
listed in the app's entry on Google Play. For example the <app-id> of
the Google Maps app is 'com.google.android.apps.maps' as shown
on
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?
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
ÿÿ There are apps which can show the <app-id> for installed apps, i.e.
for your Notepad app, but normally, Android does not show that info.
ÿÿ If you can not find the <app-id> 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.
ÿÿ 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!
Roger Mills wrote: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
On 17/01/2026 19:18, Ed Cryer wrote:
Frank Slootweg wrote:
Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> 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.
ÿÿ 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.
ÿÿ 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.
ÿÿ However app-private storage is not in the 'normal' folders, but in
\Android\data\<app-id>, or \Android\obb\<app-id> or
\Android\media\<app-id>, where <app-id> is the app's 'id=...' name as
listed in the app's entry on Google Play. For example the <app-id> of
the Google Maps app is 'com.google.android.apps.maps' as shown
on
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?
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
ÿÿ There are apps which can show the <app-id> for installed apps, i.e. >>>> for your Notepad app, but normally, Android does not show that info.
ÿÿ If you can not find the <app-id> 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.
ÿÿ 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
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,
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.
I have an old android phone, running under system version 9. It has anCan you export them from the program?
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. 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.
Ed
Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> 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.
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. 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.
Frank Slootweg, 2026-01-17 19:49:
Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> 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:
- 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).
Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> 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\<app-id>, or \Android\obb\<app-id> or
\Android\media\<app-id>, where <app-id> is the app's 'id=...' name as
listed in the app's entry on Google Play. For example the <app-id> of
the Google Maps app is 'com.google.android.apps.maps' as shown
on <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?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 <app-id> for installed apps, i.e.
for your Notepad app, but normally, Android does not show that info.
If you can not find the <app-id> 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.
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.
Ed Cryer, 2026-01-17 19:04:
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. 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?
No, apps usually only use private storage which is not accessible for
other apps at all for security reasons.
Please don't tell me to use DropBox or Google Drive or any other Cloud
service. I know about those.
On basic concept in Android is to share data with other apps using the "share" feature of the app. The target can by *any* other apps which registered itself as target for sharing actions.
Cx File Explorer can also be used for that (<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cxinventor.file.explorer>).
1) Open "Notepad"
2) See if "Notepad" has a "share" feature - if yes, continue
3) Install Cx File Explorer
4) In "Notepad" use "share" to share a file with another app
5) Select "Cx File Explorer" as target for the share action
6) In "Cx File Explorer" save the shared data as file in the shared storage
When exported everything as needed, you can then use USB to copy the
files from the internal storage to your PC.
Cx File Explorer also supports direct access to Windows shares, so if
you create a shared folder on your PC you can access this with Cx File Explorer as well when the phone is connected to the same network via WiFi.
Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote:
[...]
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,
I already mentioned to look for a sharing facility in the app, because that is how Android apps make content available to other apps.
So I did another Google search on 'huawei android notepad app' and
that came up with this document which indicates that there *is* a
sharing facility in the Huawei Notepad app:
'Manage Your Notepad' <https://consumer.huawei.com/uk/support/content/en-gb15867516/#:~:text=You%20can%20view%20saved%20notes,and%20share%20them%20as%20prompted.>
See the 'Share Notepad Items' for details.
So you should be able to share content to other apps like mail apps,
etc..
Frank Slootweg wrote:
Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote:
[...]
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,
ÿÿ I already mentioned to look for a sharing facility in the app, because
that is how Android apps make content available to other apps.
ÿÿ So I did another Google search on 'huawei android notepad app' and
that came up with this document which indicates that there *is* a
sharing facility in the Huawei Notepad app:
'Manage Your Notepad'
<https://consumer.huawei.com/uk/support/content/en-gb15867516/
#:~:text=You%20can%20view%20saved%20notes,and%20share%20them%20as%20prompted.>
ÿÿ See the 'Share Notepad Items' for details.
ÿÿ So you should be able to share content to other apps like mail apps,
etc..
Many of those functions mentioned are not available in my android 9
version of Notepad (9.1.7.326); certainly not the export many together,
nor export as Document.
Ed
On 01/18/2026 11:13 AM, Ed Cryer wrote:
Frank Slootweg wrote:Can you download the most recent version to your phone and find export
Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote:
[...]
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,
ÿÿ I already mentioned to look for a sharing facility in the app,
because
that is how Android apps make content available to other apps.
ÿÿ So I did another Google search on 'huawei android notepad app' and
that came up with this document which indicates that there *is* a
sharing facility in the Huawei Notepad app:
'Manage Your Notepad'
<https://consumer.huawei.com/uk/support/content/en-gb15867516/
#:~:text=You%20can%20view%20saved%20notes,and%20share%20them%20as%20prompted.>
ÿÿ See the 'Share Notepad Items' for details.
ÿÿ So you should be able to share content to other apps like mail apps,
etc..
Many of those functions mentioned are not available in my android 9
version of Notepad (9.1.7.326); certainly not the export many
together, nor export as Document.
Ed
in that version?
Frank Slootweg wrote:
Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote:
[...]
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,
I already mentioned to look for a sharing facility in the app, because that is how Android apps make content available to other apps.
So I did another Google search on 'huawei android notepad app' and
that came up with this document which indicates that there *is* a
sharing facility in the Huawei Notepad app:
'Manage Your Notepad' <https://consumer.huawei.com/uk/support/content/en-gb15867516/#:~:text=You%20can%20view%20saved%20notes,and%20share%20them%20as%20prompted.>
See the 'Share Notepad Items' for details.
So you should be able to share content to other apps like mail apps, etc..
Many of those functions mentioned are not available in my android 9
version of Notepad (9.1.7.326); certainly not the export many together,
nor export as Document.
Thanks for that, Frank.
Individual items in Notepad give you the Share option, but there are so
many items in there; hundreds. The Notepad options are just To-Dos,
Camera and New Note.
I want the whole caboodle.
On 18/01/2026 09:32, Ed Cryer wrote:
Roger Mills wrote: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
On 17/01/2026 19:18, Ed Cryer wrote:
Frank Slootweg wrote:
Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> 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.
ÿÿ 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.
ÿÿ 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.
ÿÿ However app-private storage is not in the 'normal' folders, but in >>>>> \Android\data\<app-id>, or \Android\obb\<app-id> or
\Android\media\<app-id>, where <app-id> is the app's 'id=...' name as >>>>> listed in the app's entry on Google Play. For example the <app-id> of >>>>> the Google Maps app is 'com.google.android.apps.maps' as shown
on
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?
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
ÿÿ There are apps which can show the <app-id> for installed apps, i.e. >>>>> for your Notepad app, but normally, Android does not show that info. >>>>>
ÿÿ If you can not find the <app-id> 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.
ÿÿ 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
Do you have details of the precise "Notebook" app which you're using?
Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote:
Frank Slootweg wrote:
Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote:
[...]
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,
I already mentioned to look for a sharing facility in the app, because >>> that is how Android apps make content available to other apps.
So I did another Google search on 'huawei android notepad app' and
that came up with this document which indicates that there *is* a
sharing facility in the Huawei Notepad app:
'Manage Your Notepad'
<https://consumer.huawei.com/uk/support/content/en-gb15867516/#:~:text=You%20can%20view%20saved%20notes,and%20share%20them%20as%20prompted.>
See the 'Share Notepad Items' for details.
So you should be able to share content to other apps like mail apps, >>> etc..
Many of those functions mentioned are not available in my android 9
version of Notepad (9.1.7.326); certainly not the export many together,
nor export as Document.
The function for multiple notes is not export, but share. Do you have
the mentioned 'All notes' screen or not?
If not, what about saving the APK of the Notepad version you have (so
you can go back) and then updating it to a newer version?
[And from your misplaced response:]
Thanks for that, Frank.
Individual items in Notepad give you the Share option, but there are so
many items in there; hundreds. The Notepad options are just To-Dos,
Camera and New Note.
I want the whole caboodle.
Did you find the
[Internal storage\]Android\[data|obb|media]\<app-id_of_the_Notepad_app> folders?
If not, why not?
And do a Google search like "Huawei Android Notepad (9.1.7.326)" and
read the 'AI Overview' and follow some of the references, for example
those about how to get old/new APKs, documentation, etc.. IOW, at least
try to do some of the work yourself, instead of depending on others who
don't have/use the app, nor have the problem.
Frank Slootweg wrote:
Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote:
Frank Slootweg wrote:
Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote:
[...]
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,
I already mentioned to look for a sharing facility in the app, because
that is how Android apps make content available to other apps.
So I did another Google search on 'huawei android notepad app' and >>> that came up with this document which indicates that there *is* a
sharing facility in the Huawei Notepad app:
'Manage Your Notepad'
<https://consumer.huawei.com/uk/support/content/en-gb15867516/#:~:text=You%20can%20view%20saved%20notes,and%20share%20them%20as%20prompted.>
See the 'Share Notepad Items' for details.
So you should be able to share content to other apps like mail apps, >>> etc..
Many of those functions mentioned are not available in my android 9
version of Notepad (9.1.7.326); certainly not the export many together,
nor export as Document.
The function for multiple notes is not export, but share. Do you have the mentioned 'All notes' screen or not?
If not, what about saving the APK of the Notepad version you have (so you can go back) and then updating it to a newer version?
[And from your misplaced response:]
Thanks for that, Frank.
Individual items in Notepad give you the Share option, but there are so
many items in there; hundreds. The Notepad options are just To-Dos,
Camera and New Note.
I want the whole caboodle.
Did you find the
[Internal storage\]Android\[data|obb|media]\<app-id_of_the_Notepad_app> folders?
If not, why not?
And do a Google search like "Huawei Android Notepad (9.1.7.326)" and read the 'AI Overview' and follow some of the references, for example
those about how to get old/new APKs, documentation, etc.. IOW, at least
try to do some of the work yourself, instead of depending on others who don't have/use the app, nor have the problem.
I have an "All Notes" screen, but no multi-share function with it.
Own up, Frank. You know you love sharing your knowledge and competence
in this group, and I'm giving you carte blanche here, where you're doing fine in my eyes. Thank you.
Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote:
Frank Slootweg wrote:
Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote:
Frank Slootweg wrote:
Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote:
[...]
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,
I already mentioned to look for a sharing facility in the app, because
that is how Android apps make content available to other apps.
So I did another Google search on 'huawei android notepad app' and >>>>> that came up with this document which indicates that there *is* a
sharing facility in the Huawei Notepad app:
'Manage Your Notepad'
<https://consumer.huawei.com/uk/support/content/en-gb15867516/#:~:text=You%20can%20view%20saved%20notes,and%20share%20them%20as%20prompted.>
See the 'Share Notepad Items' for details.
So you should be able to share content to other apps like mail apps, >>>>> etc..
Many of those functions mentioned are not available in my android 9
version of Notepad (9.1.7.326); certainly not the export many together, >>>> nor export as Document.
The function for multiple notes is not export, but share. Do you have >>> the mentioned 'All notes' screen or not?
If not, what about saving the APK of the Notepad version you have (so >>> you can go back) and then updating it to a newer version?
[And from your misplaced response:]
Thanks for that, Frank.
Individual items in Notepad give you the Share option, but there are so >>>> many items in there; hundreds. The Notepad options are just To-Dos,
Camera and New Note.
I want the whole caboodle.
Did you find the
[Internal storage\]Android\[data|obb|media]\<app-id_of_the_Notepad_app>
folders?
If not, why not?
And do a Google search like "Huawei Android Notepad (9.1.7.326)" and >>> read the 'AI Overview' and follow some of the references, for example
those about how to get old/new APKs, documentation, etc.. IOW, at least
try to do some of the work yourself, instead of depending on others who
don't have/use the app, nor have the problem.
I have an "All Notes" screen, but no multi-share function with it.
Own up, Frank. You know you love sharing your knowledge and competence
in this group, and I'm giving you carte blanche here, where you're doing
fine in my eyes. Thank you.
I just checked and am quite sure that, while I might have all kinds of problems, Huawei's Notepad app on a Huawei phone isn't one of them.
Not answering my - rather essential - questionS (plural) (You know,
these things with a '?' at the end.), isn't making things any better/
easier to get *your* problem resolved.
So unless/until you answer these questions and followup on
suggestions. there's nothing more I can/want_to do.
Frank Slootweg wrote:[...]
Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote:
I have an "All Notes" screen, but no multi-share function with it.
Own up, Frank. You know you love sharing your knowledge and competence
in this group, and I'm giving you carte blanche here, where you're doing >> fine in my eyes. Thank you.
I just checked and am quite sure that, while I might have all kinds of problems, Huawei's Notepad app on a Huawei phone isn't one of them.
Not answering my - rather essential - questionS (plural) (You know, these things with a '?' at the end.), isn't making things any better/ easier to get *your* problem resolved.
So unless/until you answer these questions and followup on
suggestions. there's nothing more I can/want_to do.
OK Frank. I was a little harsh with you. You've been helpful in the past
and I've appreciated it.
The thing here is that people are offering suggestions that I've tried.
I used ChatGPT and Copilot before turning to you lot. And now people are just following the same routes that I went down on my own without
success; they've just picked up the info from AI bots and offered them without having actually verified them.
Everybody has their own individual approach to this problem, and they
love displaying it in all its glory.
But they've overwhelmed me with so
much tech detail.
I feel pleased that they're trying to help me, but frustrated at all the separate pathways. I don't have time or courage enough to try them all;
I can so easily screw up my computer trying out things I don't understand.
Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote:
Frank Slootweg wrote:[...]
Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote:
I have an "All Notes" screen, but no multi-share function with it.
Own up, Frank. You know you love sharing your knowledge and competence >>>> in this group, and I'm giving you carte blanche here, where you're doing >>>> fine in my eyes. Thank you.
I just checked and am quite sure that, while I might have all kinds of >>> problems, Huawei's Notepad app on a Huawei phone isn't one of them.
Not answering my - rather essential - questionS (plural) (You know,
these things with a '?' at the end.), isn't making things any better/
easier to get *your* problem resolved.
So unless/until you answer these questions and followup on
suggestions. there's nothing more I can/want_to do.
OK Frank. I was a little harsh with you. You've been helpful in the past
and I've appreciated it.
If someone asks for help, (s)he shouldn't be harsh at all. Usenet is
not a paid service subscription.
The thing here is that people are offering suggestions that I've tried.
I'm talking about my suggestions and your mostly non-response/non-action.
I used ChatGPT and Copilot before turning to you lot. And now people are
just following the same routes that I went down on my own without
success; they've just picked up the info from AI bots and offered them
without having actually verified them.
I'll let the others value your judgement on their efforts.
Everybody has their own individual approach to this problem, and they
love displaying it in all its glory.
There you go again, criticizing the people who are trying to help you. Yes, I sometimes (often? :-)) criticize other posters for what they
write, but not those who are trying to help me.
But they've overwhelmed me with so
much tech detail.
Fair nenough, but then just say so. Our crystal balls are in the shop.
I feel pleased that they're trying to help me, but frustrated at all the
separate pathways. I don't have time or courage enough to try them all;
I don't have the impression that you've spent all that much time
following up on suggestions, surely not on mine.
You want all the notes, but don't seem to want to spend time on it. So just say so and end the thread, so we can stop wasting *our* time.
I can so easily screw up my computer trying out things I don't understand.
Most of the advice given has nothing to do with your computer, only
the localsend stuff and that shouldn't screw up your computer, at worst
it (localsend) just doesn't work.
Bottom line: Just let us know whether you want to pursue this further
or not.
Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> 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\<app-id>, or \Android\obb\<app-id> or
\Android\media\<app-id>, where <app-id> is the app's 'id=...' name as
listed in the app's entry on Google Play. For example the <app-id> of
the Google Maps app is 'com.google.android.apps.maps' as shown
on ><https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?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 <app-id> for installed apps, i.e.
for your Notepad app, but normally, Android does not show that info.
If you can not find the <app-id> 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.
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.
That will only work for individual files. The app itself can export individual files. I want all of them, and there are lots and lots.
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