Colornote transfer to new phone

[Lerxt07]

I managed to grab the file of my notes from the Colornote app & email it to myself so that I can transfer them to my new phone (Galaxy s5)
I was SO close & ran into another dead end. When I opened it, it was all this crazy gibberish. I realized that it's in ".doc" format from Word 97-2003.
So I tried converting it online to .docx (Word 2010)
Nothing again.
What can I try from here??

* And just for the sake of info, I was easily able to transfer the app itself to the new phone via some fancy Smart Samsung app, just that none of the actual notes I made transferred with it. & there are many.

 

[B. Diddy]

Just to be clear--are you using the same version of Colornote on the S5 to open it?

Also, I moved this post to the S5 forum, since that's the phone you're trying to read it on.

 

[Lerxt07]

I'm thinking its doubtful since I've had the app since 2013 & I only just got the new phone in the last 3 weeks.

 

[B. Diddy]

Was the app updating on the old phone on a regular basis? If so, they should still be the same version. I was also checking to see if you were using Colornote to open the document, or some other app like Microsoft Word or Google Docs.

 

[Lerxt07]

I tried to use Word & Google Docs.
I can't recall for sure now if it'd been updating all along. So many of my apps do automatically, so its *possible*.
I'm not sure if CNote even gives you an option to open other documents though.

 

[B. Diddy]

What happens if you install ColorNote on the new phone and try to open the note file that way?