Poke3; neoreader, where are the annotations stored?

zink · 03-11-2021, 07:38 AM

Hi all, so I've found how to export annotations for a specific book, from within the neoreader.

But what I am looking for is how/where the annotations are stored . Like a folder or database?

[[my goal is to convert my previous kobo annotations to boox format and import them]]

I can't seem to find it when connected via usb. Is this because the device is not rooted?

yokos · 03-11-2021, 08:09 AM

Code:

/data/data/com.onyx.android.note/databases

If you do not have root, you can make a backup of sqlite db as zip file somewhere in boox neoreader menu.

zink · 03-11-2021, 09:49 AM

The closest path I could find is:

Code:

This PC\Poke3\Internal shared storage\Android\data

which does NOT contain

Code:

com.onyx.android.note

but does contain other (mostly empty) folders with this structure

Code:

com.onyx

A search via file explorer does not reveal any database file.
(exporting a backup db via the app is not what I'm looking for - though I can't find that either)

rantanplan · 03-11-2021, 11:20 AM

You won't be able to access this folder via MTP connection. You'll have to use the adb shell or install something like root explorer on the Boox device and copy it the file to the regularly accessible part of the SD.

zink · 02-14-2022, 08:32 AM

it's been a while,

I've installed root explorer, and have access to /data/data/, but sadly there is no folder called com.onyx.android.note or similar. there are onyx folders, but I dont see a database.

{{I've made notes / hightlights on epub and pdf's, and am able to export them individually to txt files. However there is no import function, so this mechanism is a dead end. hence the search for the database.}}

Renate · 02-14-2022, 08:52 AM

/data/data/com.onyx.android.note is for the "Notes" application which is only on Onyx things with styluses.

/data/data/com.onyx.kreader/databases is where the "NeoReader" a/k/a kreader stores the annotations.
I haven't looked into it closer (because I don't use it) but it seems it uses a database for each annotated book.
Also, it doesn't look like the Poke3 includes sqlite3 so you'll have to do your database poking on your desktop or install sqlite3 on your Poke3.

03-11-2021, 07:38 AM	#1
zink Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2021 Device: boox poke 3	Poke3; neoreader, where are the annotations stored? Hi all, so I've found how to export annotations for a specific book, from within the neoreader. But what I am looking for is how/where the annotations are stored . Like a folder or database? [[my goal is to convert my previous kobo annotations to boox format and import them]] I can't seem to find it when connected via usb. Is this because the device is not rooted?

03-11-2021, 08:09 AM	#2
yokos Pac-Man caught my iLiad. Posts: 807 Karma: 3595 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Germany; next to Baltic Sea Device: Boox Max Lumi, iRex iLiad (RIP)	Code: /data/data/com.onyx.android.note/databases If you do not have root, you can make a backup of sqlite db as zip file somewhere in boox neoreader menu. Last edited by yokos; 03-11-2021 at 08:18 AM.

03-11-2021, 09:49 AM	#3
zink Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2021 Device: boox poke 3	The closest path I could find is: Code: This PC\Poke3\Internal shared storage\Android\data which does NOT contain Code: com.onyx.android.note but does contain other (mostly empty) folders with this structure Code: com.onyx A search via file explorer does not reveal any database file. (exporting a backup db via the app is not what I'm looking for - though I can't find that either)

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rantanplan Weirdo Posts: 947 Karma: 11941602 Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: Wuppertal, Germany Device: Kobo Sage, Kobo Libra 2, Kindle Paperwhite 2021, Kindle Scribe 2022	You won't be able to access this folder via MTP connection. You'll have to use the adb shell or install something like root explorer on the Boox device and copy it the file to the regularly accessible part of the SD.

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zink Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2021 Device: boox poke 3	it's been a while, I've installed root explorer, and have access to /data/data/, but sadly there is no folder called com.onyx.android.note or similar. there are onyx folders, but I dont see a database. {{I've made notes / hightlights on epub and pdf's, and am able to export them individually to txt files. However there is no import function, so this mechanism is a dead end. hence the search for the database.}}

02-14-2022, 08:52 AM	#6
Renate Onyx-maniac Posts: 4,157 Karma: 19000001 Join Date: Feb 2012 Device: Nook NST, Glow2, 3, 4, '21, Kobo Aura2, Poke3, Poke5, Go6	/data/data/com.onyx.android.note is for the "Notes" application which is only on Onyx things with styluses. /data/data/com.onyx.kreader/databases is where the "NeoReader" a/k/a kreader stores the annotations. I haven't looked into it closer (because I don't use it) but it seems it uses a database for each annotated book. Also, it doesn't look like the Poke3 includes sqlite3 so you'll have to do your database poking on your desktop or install sqlite3 on your Poke3.

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