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Rukbat; Another thought - I'm able to completely copy my phone contents to my PC. So, they can be worked on there instead of on the phone; would this help? Would it be an option to do something to the files on my PC instead of rooting the phone?

Galactic Zoo; I can install it on my PC (I did it once but then took it off - see above thread), but I'm not sure how I would install it on the phone through my PC (I also cannot unlock the phone remotely).

Rukbat; thanks for the info. I've never rooted a phone before so I don't know if I can get through that or not...but I really have nothing to lose. Do you have some suggested links for me to follow to get through the process, then once I've done it, how to get my desired data out of it?

Yes, you are correct...it's a painful lesson I'm learning.

Thanks; this whole process shouldn't be this difficult. I can access the phone and the data on it, but since I did not PREVIOUSLY have some other software installed (to use Samsung Account/Kies/Smart Switch/SideSync/etc.), I cannot get my contacts, memos, texts, etc. off the phone. If they...

Okay, it was too much hassle to get a list of folders from the phone, so I just copied them onto my computer and now I can work with them. Here are the folders under the "data" folder we were discussing: com.sec.android.app.clipvideo com.sec.android.app.DataCreate...

Well, this is embarrassing...I know generally how to do this but cannot easily do it. If I could just open a command window at the "data" folder I could do a DOS command to dump the list to a .txt file...but I can't set the cmd window to that folder. I'd have to find/install a third-party...

Huh. Do you think that your phone structure is different because it's newer, maybe..? I did find a folder that is called "com.samsung.android.contacts" and under it is a single folder called "files", but it is completely empty. I searched again and found no folder or file that has "notes"...

...and I should add that I'm looking in the "data" folder you mentioned...

Unfortunately, no; there is nothing with either "notes" or "memo" in the file name - I even searched using File Explorer for those items. There are 134 folders that all start with "com."

Yes - and several folders deep under that, as well.

Okay I created an account. I tried Smart Switch; it did not work, and it actually set me back... Prior to installing Smart Switch and Kies, I could plug my S7 into my computer and see all the files - this is how I got my music and videos/pictures. Then, after installing those (or one of...