Bhavin Patel

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Android SMemo : How to open .snb file ?

8.4.2013

Once you root your android phone & install custom rom, you will loose all Touchwiz launcher (i.e samsung’s original) apps like smemo, sNote etc…

Now How will you open those files which you wrote ? You will get .snb files from android system & to get them you can use File Explorer or File Manager apps.

Once you have .snb file , do as follows –

rename files from .snb to .zip then open in explorer

that will solve your issue. go into the snote folder in the zip file and then the media. the .jpg files will be images of your notes.

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33 responses to “Android SMemo : How to open .snb file ?”

Ranieri – Porto Alegre / BRASIL

2015.09.04

Very, very Thank you so !!!. Saved an entire working day!!

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1. Bhavin Patel
  
  2015.09.04
  
  Glad to help… Happy coding…!!!
  
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Rajat Chaturvedi

2015.10.21

THANK YOU SO MUCH!! Your blog helped me a lot.

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1. Bhavin Patel
  
  2015.10.22
  
  Glad to help Rajat. Appreciate your comment…!!! Happy Coding.
  
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Elizabeth

2015.12.30

Thank you so much Bhavin…been struggling with this issue for ages! Worked like a treat! You’re a genius 🙂

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1. Bhavin Patel
  
  2015.12.30
  
  Glad that it worked. Appreciate your comment Elizabeth. Thank you..!!
  
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Sajjad Ali

2016.01.27

Thank you so so so much …………..
Buddy you rock…..

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Sue Giblin

2016.03.29

Don’t know if this will help anyone . It’s a bit simplistic….but I changed Galaxy phones and exchanged data via Smart Switch but I then found that my Snote files had become .snb files and I couldn’t open them SO I downloaded the new Snote app and I can now see my old Snote entries>

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1. JS TRADING
  
  2016.09.23
  
  Hello how are you ? Please tell me which S note app are you using to open .snb file? Is that app from play store ? Please can you send that app link to salesjstl@gmail.com.
  
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Jean

2016.05.20

The trick doesn’t work for me for some reason. Any idea? I’m running Windows 10 and trying to open some .SNB files.

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1. Bhavin Patel
  
  2016.05.20
  
  I have to find test .snb since now i don’t use it and then i have to check. But other user just tried this trick on win 10 few weeks ago and worked so it might be your .snb.
  
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Carolina

2016.06.03

THANK YOUUUUUUUU!!! I had been looking to achieve this for HOURS till I found you post!!!!!! THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH, MATE!

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Laura Brew

2016.06.15

I needed to get mine SMemo files off an old phone too. I was hoping I could install a similar app on my new phone that could read the old .snb files but not having any luck.
Thank you, at least with your method I do have the info. Just a pain to have to type in again. I loved my SMemo app! So frustrating when apps change so quickly from phone to phone!

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Jean

2016.07.21

Nothing is working for me. I went into the root of my old phone, saved the .snb files as .zip files and can’t see or open any of them. S*cks !!

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Tushar Chowhan

2016.08.29

Thanks man…It really helped a lot 🙂

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Tushar Chowhan

2016.08.29

Thank you so much. It helped a lot 🙂

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isthatmejrny

2016.09.06

Doesn’t work for me.
On my PC extracted the .zip, in media de .jpeg’s are 2 blank jpegs with pale yellow (backgroud color) and one jpeg with no text.
This is for all the .snb files 😦

Any help would be much appreciated!

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1. Bhavin Patel
  
  2016.09.23
  
  Which o.s and whats the phone? Samsung recently changed their snb file structure and so if you have that updated one, it wont work with this way friend.
  
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sheldyn warwick-hart

2016.12.07

Hi,

This works for me but only shows the first part of the text. I have files which were long and would need to scroll and they are cut off. Please help!

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1. Bhavin Patel
  
  2016.12.09
  
  Which android os version you have? Some new latest samsung phones doesn’t support this method i think fully
  
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adi

2016.12.10

thank you so much brother.really help! love from malaysia 🙂

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1. Bhavin Patel
  
  2016.12.10
  
  Glad to help Adi. Thanks for the comment 🙂
  
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zara

2017.01.17

Hi ,

I have the same problem with the .snb files. My samsung galaxy s broke and I have a copy of the files in GoogleDRIve. But my Mac will not open them and my new phone a Huawei either. What can I do?

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1. Bhavin Patel
  
  2017.02.01
  
  Hey zara sorry to hear abt your phone but honestly i dont have a way to check this on a mac. I would suggest to use some windows 7/8 machine.
  
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Johnny

2017.03.13

Man, I get inside of the snote folder from the zip folder and all I get there is only 3 photos. The photos just have nothing of my tipped things.
The photos just have the color and stile of the paper where you tipping (in s-memo app).
Please, help me.

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Bhavin Patel

2017.03.13

Copy the .snb file to PC, extract it with 7 Zip, navigate to the snote folder, and open the snote.xml in Word. It gives all the text and is very readable.

It wont, however, give the photos and videos you have embedded in the file.

Or if you are running Windows 8, you can install the S-Note application
S Note app for Windows in the Windows Store

P.S. Your device needs to be a Samsung Manufactured Win8 device for the app to work.

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1. Johnny
  
  2017.03.13
  
  I think so..
  The snb note belong to a samsung galaxy s4, now I m runing an alcatel one touch pop and I can’t do much more. I need a pc and then will see what is happening.
  Thx for your time Patel
  
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praveen

2017.08.13

It is not showing complete memo in .jpg file, any reason for that ?

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1. Bhavin Patel
  
  2017.08.13
  
  Praveen, samsung changed snote and smemo file format for new android os lately and so this method can’t be sure to work for all types of note.
  
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bishnu

2017.08.30

i renamed the .snb to .zip but my not not imaged in .jpg file. any other idea plz

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Valérie Benelli

2017.10.22

Thank you so so much! I’m always fighting with electronic stuff, even when there are quite obvious explanations.. But your advice worked for me immediately and “rescued” so many documents! THANK YOU!!

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1. Bhavin Patel
  
  2017.10.23
  
  Thank you Valerie and i am glad that article helped you and you posted a nice words.
  
  Thanks
  
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Gulab

2024.02.25

Thanks a lot. God bless you 🙏😊

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