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[Q] How does one open S-note files directly from Google Drive?

Hi,
I'm wondering if anyone can get S-note to automatically open when you tap on an .snb file in google drive. Essentially, I want to create a file using S-Note (on my Note II), sync it to Google drive, then open drive on my Note 10.1, find the file, click and have it open in S-note. I had this working at one point, but I think when I installed Gmail downloader, this app became the default for .snb files in Google drive. Now every time I click a file, Gmail downloader opens. Gmail downloader isn't set as a default. I uninstalled Gmail downloader. No change. I uninstalled drive. No change.
The note 10.1 is still on ICS so S-Note cloud sync through Samsung account is not yet an option, despite being available on the Note II.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
thank you kindly

I write SNotes on Note2 and Note 8.0 and sync between the two using DropSync ... works perfectly (you don't need to use Google Drive)
- On Note 2 Phone : two way Dropsync from phone's SNotes folder to my SNotes folder in DropBox
- On Note 8.0 Tablet : two way Dropsync from tablet's SNotes folder to my SNotes folder in DropBox
What would be perfect would be to find an SNotes viewer that worked on Windows (not Windows 8) .... anyone ????
rekil goth said:
Hi,
I'm wondering if anyone can get S-note to automatically open when you tap on an .snb file in google drive. Essentially, I want to create a file using S-Note (on my Note II), sync it to Google drive, then open drive on my Note 10.1, find the file, click and have it open in S-note. I had this working at one point, but I think when I installed Gmail downloader, this app became the default for .snb files in Google drive. Now every time I click a file, Gmail downloader opens. Gmail downloader isn't set as a default. I uninstalled Gmail downloader. No change. I uninstalled drive. No change.
The note 10.1 is still on ICS so S-Note cloud sync through Samsung account is not yet an option, despite being available on the Note II.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
thank you kindly
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[Q] Transfering old s note files to the new s note.

Is there a way to transfer the old s note files into the new one? I tried moving them over, but s note crashes when it tries to convert the notes. At one point it restarted without me even realizing until I found myself staring at the boot up logo.
I really don't want to have to export the notes one by one as pdf's and then import in my new 2014... I have too many notes for that to be a good idea. there must be a better way.
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I've been working with the trial verision of lecture notes and I'm really liking it. So I'm hoping there might be a way to export multiple snb files to pdf?

Old S Note Files transfer horribly to new S Note App
gina$zanboti said:
Is there a way to transfer the old s note files into the new one? I tried moving them over, but s note crashes when it tries to convert the notes. At one point it restarted without me even realizing until I found myself staring at the boot up logo.
I really don't want to have to export the notes one by one as pdf's and then import in my new 2014... I have too many notes for that to be a good idea. there must be a better way.
EDIT:
I've been working with the trial verision of lecture notes and I'm really liking it. So I'm hoping there might be a way to export multiple snb files to pdf?
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I am very frustrated as well. I brought in my latest snb file to continue my meeting notes after purchasing the Note 2014, and the conversion was horrible. I mix my notes up with handwritten text, text input, and sketches, and the snb file converted is not even usable. I tried copying the old S Note app to the Note 2014, but to no avail. Does that mean going forward, my years worth of snb files are crap if I want to continue using the New 2014 tablet? Thank god I have the Note 2 to use for my old snb files for now. I had to export my latest snb file to PDF on my Note 2, then insert it as a new note in 2014, then add a new page, and it was ok, BUT, why should we have to do that for every file? I guess we will have to wait for root. Not happy right now!

samsung account?
What worked for me was to set my Samsung account to sync snotes on my note2. Then from the menu of the 10.1 2014, import from that account. After they were there, open each one individually to convert them to the new snote. Worked fine. Got the note3 the next day, and they were already synced no issues. You could try ever note from the note2 as well. Then the 10.1 2014. Hope that helps. Great feature to not have work.

[Q] Why is it so hard to export lecture note notebooks and import into Lecture notes?

I've been trying to export a notebook I was working with in the old 10.1 with lecture notes so that I can import it into my 2014. For some reason my 2014 Lecture notes can't see the notebook. If I browse to the directory with my files I see an Xml file and all the pages of the notebook in .png format. Why the he'll is it so hard to share notebooks between two Lectures notes??? :rage:
Oh and I've already exported and imported as a pdf but I set the background to black and used white to write. It exported with a white background.

gina$zanboti said:
I've been trying to export a notebook I was working with in the old 10.1 with lecture notes so that I can import it into my 2014. For some reason my 2014 Lecture notes can't see the notebook. If I browse to the directory with my files I see an Xml file and all the pages of the notebook in .png format. Why the he'll is it so hard to share notebooks between two Lectures notes??? :rage:
Oh and I've already exported and imported as a pdf but I set the background to black and used white to write. It exported with a white background.
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I think someone said to sync it with your samsung account and then sync it back again.

gina$zanboti said:
I've been trying to export a notebook I was working with in the old 10.1 with lecture notes so that I can import it into my 2014. For some reason my 2014 Lecture notes can't see the notebook. If I browse to the directory with my files I see an Xml file and all the pages of the notebook in .png format. Why the he'll is it so hard to share notebooks between two Lectures notes??? :rage:
Oh and I've already exported and imported as a pdf but I set the background to black and used white to write. It exported with a white background.
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It's easier exporting via zip than pdf since it preserves the file format. 1) First back up your files on the notebooks board by going to the menu then choosing "backup note books board" This may take a minute or two depending on how many notebooks you have..... it compresses your notebooks to a zip file 2) Go to the file directory for lecture notes and you should see the zip file saved usually "LectureNotesNotesbooksboard.zip" Copy this and transfer via sd card or dropbox to new note. Run Lecturenotes on the new note and go to menu and press "import notebook or folder" May take a few minutes to import all your files depending on how much you have.

@gina$zanboti: I am not entirely sure whether I understand what you wish to achieve.
If you wish to transfer your notebooks board from the old note to the new note and retire the old note, backup the notebooks board on the old note, transfer the file `LectureNotesNotebooksBoard.zip´ (the actual file name might contain a date stamp if you enabled that option) to the new note, and restore the notebooks board from that file.
If you wish to transfer your notebooks board from the old note to the new note and use both devices for note-taking, the best is to setup synchronization via a cloud service.

[Q] Action Memos Note 3 to Note 4

Ended up getting blocked out of my Action Memos by Samsung on my Note 4. I have all the notes, just can't get them to show up on my Note 4. Here's where the help part begins.
1. Need someone who uses AM and doesn't export to S Note or through Evernote to look and tell me where the Action Memos normally live on the Note 4 - where on the internal SD. You can even just do a test note, then open the memo app, not S Note. Then confirm location on internal SD. Need the path/name.
2. If this can't be resolved any other way, my thinking is that if I do a factory reset I'd have to setup my Sammy account again and the Memos will show that way. Thoughts? It's buggered because of an Evernote prompt.
Any ideas or help always appreciated. Still working on it here. If I find a fix other than FR I'll post it.

toenail_flicker said:
Ended up getting blocked out of my Action Memos by Samsung on my Note 4. I have all the notes, just can't get them to show up on my Note 4. Here's where the help part begins.
1. Need someone who uses AM and doesn't export to S Note or through Evernote to look and tell me where the Action Memos normally live on the Note 4 - where on the internal SD. You can even just do a test note, then open the memo app, not S Note. Then confirm location on internal SD. Need the path/name.
2. If this can't be resolved any other way, my thinking is that if I do a factory reset I'd have to setup my Sammy account again and the Memos will show that way. Thoughts? It's buggered because of an Evernote prompt.
Any ideas or help always appreciated. Still working on it here. If I find a fix other than FR I'll post it.
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I didnt choose export to Snote when saving and when i set up the account, i didnt choose evernote, i chose samsung, not evernote(the only two options) and it still saves them to MainStorage/SNoteData/ActionMemo
And to get them to show up i still had to long press the home screen for widgets, scroll down to SNote and choose the second one with the previous saved notes. Id just move the notes from their location to Internal/SNoteData/ActionMemo and theyll be accessible via the SNote widget.
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I tried using the MyFiles instead of my File Explorer, and If youre on Internal, theyll show up the Documents section and its the same one thats in the ActionMemo folder and i was able to view it without needing the SNote widget.
You might have to go that route to manually put them in the ActionMemo folder and use the MyFiles default explorer, open up documents and the memos will open on your home screen. Hope that helps.

xxSTARBUCKSxx said:
I didnt choose export to Snote when saving and when i set up the account, i didnt choose evernote, i chose samsung, not evernote(the only two options) and it still saves them to MainStorage/SNoteData/ActionMemo
And to get them to show up i still had to long press the home screen for widgets, scroll down to SNote and choose the second one with the previous saved notes. Id just move the notes from their location to Internal/SNoteData/ActionMemo and theyll be accessible via the SNote widget.
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I tried using the MyFiles instead of my File Explorer, and If youre on Internal, theyll show up the Documents section and its the same one thats in the ActionMemo folder and i was able to view it without needing the SNote widget.
You might have to go that route to manually put them in the ActionMemo folder and use the MyFiles default explorer, open up documents and the memos will open on your home screen. Hope that helps.
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Thanks. Here's what I know and what I've done.
1. I put them in the S Note folder for Actionmemo but they still won't show.
2. I put them in the Actionmemo folder on the main and same as above **Are you saying it should be ActionMemo and not Actionmemo?
3. What I'm trying to accomplish is have them open through the Action Memo app so that technically they are still editable, but they aren't showing either place.
4. Tried to setup the widget and can't. I'm using Apex Launcher. **What launcher do you use?
5. I can see the jpgs on dropbox, internal SD and anywhere else I have them, just can't "use" them with S pen.
6. The fix for the update worked great until I hooked up to Smart Switch to get the Action Memos onto my Note 4. It saw I was without the update and tried to slam me. Won't be doing that again. Nag is still gone on phone. I think it tried to slam me with 5.1.1 because the 5.0 nag was gone. Learning experience.
Off topic - downloaded the modem file tonight. Thanks.

xxSTARBUCKSxx said:
I tried using the MyFiles instead of my File Explorer, and If youre on Internal, theyll show up the Documents section and its the same one thats in the ActionMemo folder and i was able to view it without needing the SNote widget.
You might have to go that route to manually put them in the ActionMemo folder and use the MyFiles default explorer, open up documents and the memos will open on your home screen. Hope that helps.
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When you look at the files in MyFiles, are the extensions .spd?

toenail_flicker said:
Thanks. Here's what I know and what I've done.
1. I put them in the S Note folder for Actionmemo but they still won't show.
2. I put them in the Actionmemo folder on the main and same as above **Are you saying it should be ActionMemo and not Actionmemo?
3. What I'm trying to accomplish is have them open through the Action Memo app so that technically they are still editable, but they aren't showing either place.
4. Tried to setup the widget and can't. I'm using Apex Launcher. **What launcher do you use?
5. I can see the jpgs on dropbox, internal SD and anywhere else I have them, just can't "use" them with S pen.
6. The fix for the update worked great until I hooked up to Smart Switch to get the Action Memos onto my Note 4. It saw I was without the update and tried to slam me. Won't be doing that again. Nag is still gone on phone. I think it tried to slam me with 5.1.1 because the 5.0 nag was gone. Learning experience.
Off topic - downloaded the modem file tonight. Thanks.
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Always have and always will use Holo Launcher. It works the best for me and my preferred 387 dpi settings with 0.5 animation scale.
It allows all permissions when using any widget and works well with shortcuts too(which i never use)
If you saw a 0/100 at the end of the download progress on the far right, that was just samsung app updating, not the android system. lol
Ive never used action memo, and when i clicked save(didnt click export to Snote at the bottom right), it still saves them to InternalStorage/SnoteData/ActionMemo(Done with a 3rd party File Explorer, which you need if you dont already have one). Youll see the files there but you cant open them within the FileExplorer you donwloaded to see path locations and later use root priveleges when you decide to root.
After moving your old notes to InternalStorage/SnoteData/ActionMemo... Then go to the default File Explorer(MyFiles) Go to Documents, and youll see all your notes/memos and be able to open them up and have them appear on the home screen as if you just got done making them and were about to save them for the first time.
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toenail_flicker said:
When you look at the files in MyFiles, are the extensions .spd?
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Yes, and theyre able to be opened as well, no SNote involved.

xxSTARBUCKSxx said:
Always have and always will use Holo Launcher. It works the best for me and my preferred 387 dpi settings with 0.5 animation scale.
It allows all permissions when using any widget and works well with shortcuts too(which i never use)
If you saw a 0/100 at the end of the download progress on the far right, that was just samsung app updating, not the android system. lol
Ive never used action memo, and when i clicked save(didnt click export to Snote at the bottom right), it still saves them to InternalStorage/SnoteData/ActionMemo(Done with a 3rd party File Explorer, which you need if you dont already have one). Youll see the files there but you cant open them within the FileExplorer you donwloaded to see path locations and later use root priveleges when you decide to root.
After moving your old notes to InternalStorage/SnoteData/ActionMemo... Then go to the default File Explorer(MyFiles) Go to Documents, and youll see all your notes/memos and be able to open them up and have them appear on the home screen as if you just got done making them and were about to save them for the first time.
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Yes, and theyre able to be opened as well, no SNote involved.
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Because of what Sammy did to me with the Evernote thing, when I go to File Explorer(MyFiles), Go to Documents, I see everything spd, but it's only the files I manually sent to SNote from Action Memo. I have over 130 memos and no way I want to manually export those puppies. But the extension is spd. That was a big help. Thanks.
I wonder if it's possible to take a backup of the files - already done - and then change the jpg to spd (via a batch file or something like that)? Then they would all show properly. They're in the right place, but Sammy locked me out of them in favor of Evernote. I don't use Evernote because they're not editable.

toenail_flicker said:
Because of what Sammy did to me with the Evernote thing, when I go to File Explorer(MyFiles), Go to Documents, I see everything spd, but it's only the files I manually sent to SNote from Action Memo. I have over 130 memos and no way I want to manually export those puppies. But the extension is spd. That was a big help. Thanks.
I wonder if it's possible to take a backup of the files - already done - and then change the jpg to spd (via a batch file or something like that)? Then they would all show properly. They're in the right place, but Sammy locked me out of them in favor of Evernote. I don't use Evernote because they're not editable.
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So using the info you gave me about MyFiles on Note 4, I did a search for spd and found all of the files, not jpgs but qspd, on my Note 3. I'm going to try exporting those tomorrow and see if I can lick this situation short term.
Thanks once again, my friend. :good: Off to let my brain mull this one over.

toenail_flicker said:
So using the info you gave me about MyFiles on Note 4, I did a search for spd and found all of the files, not jpgs but qspd, on my Note 3. I'm going to try exporting those tomorrow and see if I can lick this situation short term.
Thanks once again, my friend. :good: Off to let my brain mull this one over.
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de nada, mi amigo. If that doesnt work, you can always try putting your SPen in Backwards and see if that gives you backwards compatibility to the note 3 files. LMAO.

xxSTARBUCKSxx said:
de nada, mi amigo. If that doesnt work, you can always try putting your SPen in Backwards and see if that gives you backwards compatibility to the note 3 files. LMAO.
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This was the first post I saw this morning and almost spit my coffee all over my laptop. LMAO Good start for a Monday. Should keep the week light.

toenail_flicker said:
This was the first post I saw this morning and almost spit my coffee all over my laptop. LMAO Good start for a Monday. Should keep the week light.
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Holy #%$& it worked! I did a batch rename on my laptop from cmd promt. Uploaded the files to my N4 and they still didn't show (could be too impatient). Renamed file title to format of early test notes only on N4 and refreshed. It showed up in Action memo! I'm going to give it a wait to see if the rest show up, or in fact have to be renamed to "Action memo" instead of "_QuickMemo".
:victory::victory::victory::victory:
Once again persistence and determination pays off.

toenail_flicker said:
Holy #%$& it worked! I did a batch rename on my laptop from cmd promt. Uploaded the files to my N4 and they still didn't show (could be too impatient). Renamed file title to format of early test notes only on N4 and refreshed. It showed up in Action memo! I'm going to give it a wait to see if the rest show up, or in fact have to be renamed to "Action memo" instead of "_QuickMemo".
:victory::victory::victory::victory:
Once again persistence and determination pays off.
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You do need to change name from "Action memo" instead of "_QuickMemo", that along with the extension rename from "qspd" to "spd" are key. They will load without the first change, but still won't show. And don't forget to include the jpg for each file when you put them in Primary/SnoteData/Action memo.
This will make it possible to copy my notes from my Note 10.1 now. :good:

Samsung notes app data folder

Hi
I have been using s note in note5. I used back up the "snotedata" folder that contains all the memos and notes to my pc. I don't like sync and all that stuff. I prefer doing manually.
I would like to do the same with the Samsung notes app. But I don't know where the data folder is. Can you please help.. Thanks

me too
infinitiwoods12 said:
Hi
I have been using s note in note5. I used back up the "snotedata" folder that contains all the memos and notes to my pc. I don't like sync and all that stuff. I prefer doing manually.
I would like to do the same with the Samsung notes app. But I don't know where the data folder is. Can you please help.. Thanks
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Same here, it's driving me insane.
I need to browser on my PC thru all of my notes and I just can't seem to be able to.
- No PC app for Samsung Notes (although there is one for S Notes...)
- No GUI for Samsung Cloud, meaning it's impossible to merely view what's on there.
- No connection to Evernote.
- No mass-share back from Samsung Notes to S Note (you can do it but only one by one, and worse, it's imported as a picture)
Haven't been able to find the folder or, in better words... I have found "a" folder in Phone\SamsungNotes\SNote3... But all of that is empty, so there must be another place.
If anybody has a clue... I would very grateful
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I just found 2 interesting folders under :
Code:
Phone\Android\data\com.samsung.android.app.notes\
One is "cache" and it's empty. The other is "files" and it has (??) a JPG copy of all of my notes.
It's a start. But I still cannot find where is the editable file.

LeRitz said:
Same here, it's driving me insane.
I need to browser on my PC thru all of my notes and I just can't seem to be able to.
- No PC app for Samsung Notes (although there is one for S Notes...)
- No GUI for Samsung Cloud, meaning it's impossible to merely view what's on there.
- No connection to Evernote.
- No mass-share back from Samsung Notes to S Note (you can do it but only one by one, and worse, it's imported as a picture)
Haven't been able to find the folder or, in better words... I have found "a" folder in Phone\SamsungNotes\SNote3... But all of that is empty, so there must be another place.
If anybody has a clue... I would very grateful
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I just found 2 interesting folders under :
Code:
Phone\Android\data\com.samsung.android.app.notes\
One is "cache" and it's empty. The other is "files" and it has (??) a JPG copy of all of my notes.
It's a start. But I still cannot find where is the editable file.
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samsung messed up notes app.. the only real advantage over snote is its lag free 90% of time.

Yeah I want to use S Note full-on, it is the best notes app no question and I have tried damn near every notes app in the Play Store, have had an Evernote premium account for years, etc. But to make it a proper notes solution they need to have a PC app and web app. I installed S Note on my Win7 PC, and I synced but nothing showed up. I tried live chat support and emailed Samsung, the response I got was this:
Thank you for contacting Samsung Customer Care.
From what you've written, we understand that you have installed S-Note software on your Windows PC and looking to view notes created on your Galaxy Note 7 phone.
We certainly understand your requirement by reviewing your email, however would like to inform you that there is no possible option available to accomplish that.
We can create notes and sync them on the software and restore them back, however there is no option of viewing them on the software on the device.
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Which makes me want to stick with Evernote even with their 2-device limit (I stopped premium a while back) I can at least add stuff while on my laptop then see it on the phone, of course, and vice versa. That's a basic necessity if they want the notes deal to be taken seriously.

You need to be rooted
The folder is that same name but under /data/data/.......

Smart switch
infinitiwoods12 said:
Hi
I have been using s note in note5. I used back up the "snotedata" folder that contains all the memos and notes to my pc. I don't like sync and all that stuff. I prefer doing manually.
I would like to do the same with the Samsung notes app. But I don't know where the data folder is. Can you please help.. Thanks
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Smart switch for samsung phones will let you put the notes from Samsung notes onto your sd card or pc etc.. the note in Samsung Notes are kept on the cloud not eithin the phones storage.

I think the "Samsung notes" are stored on the s8 internal storage and not elsewhere because when you run out of room on the internal storage the samsung note app won't save unless you delete sometging off the inturnal storage.
Where are they stored??

I also prefer to back up manually!
Does anyone know how to delete the cloud back ups of Samsung Notes? I've used smart switch to back them up and restore them, but, I cleaned up the 175 notes I've taken/made over the years down to 28. If you import from cloud you get all the ones that are there, including all 175! Samsung don't know how to either.
Thanks!

EASY!
all smsmsung note files are stored in 2 folders.:
data\data\com.samsung.android.app.notes\SDocData\
data\data\com.samsung.android.app.notes\app-attach\
just backup these 2 folders if you want to restore it (on a different phone with the same app)
sdoc data contain .sdoc files (container files, so if you rename to .zp you can extract mps3s(voice msgs) and text in raw data)
in app-attach are the drawings as .png
remember, when erasing a note in the app it is still in the 2 folders , just not visible any more in the app. very bad from a security and data savings perspective...
also with this regard i dont recommend (any) cloud backups - the (few) smasmsung apps i use dont have wifi/internet access anyway (AFWall+)