[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] btyeh:
I have found a method of backing up the drawings / text from S-Memo exactly as they are (as in you are still able to draw and erase on them) but the backup process isn't exactly "easy".

NB: Now I am just going to assume that users who are reading this have never heard of Titanium Backup or are not familiar with the program.

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To backup S-Memo data:

1. Go into your app drawer and open the file explorer program My files (or any other file management program you have like Astro or ES etc).

2. Navigate to your external SD storage (/sdcard/External_SD) and create a folder there called Titanium (or any other name you desire). Once that's done you can exit.

3. Then you need to download the app Titanium Backup Free or Pro (Free version from Google Play here), Install.

4. Open Titanium Backup > click your phone's menu button > Preferences.

5. Select Backup folder location. Now, using your phone's back button to (suprise!) go back, navigate to the folder you created in step 1 of this guide (if you followed the guide it will be in /sdcard/External_SD/Titanium. After you are inside the folder you created, select Use the current folder. Now hit your phone's back button.

6. Still in Titanium Backup app, select the Backup / Restore tab from the top.

7. Scroll down and find the S-Memo app (screenshot 1 attached below). Single-tap it, then press the Backup ! button (screenshot 2).

8. Done!

p.s. Just a quick explanation of what we did, essentially we created a folder for Titanium Backup to store its backup files in a place that is not on the internal SD. Therefore if we decide to do a full system wipe which included the internal SD (whether deliberately or accidentally) our backup data would not be wiped with it (I think the default Titanium Backup location is /sdcard/TitaniumBackup i.e. on the internal SD for our phone).

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To restore S-Memo data:

1. Install Titanium Backup again (remember we wiped our phones, so the app is gone?).

2. Same process as steps 4 and 5 from above: Open Titanium Backup > phone's menu button > Preferences > Backup folder location > navigate to /sdcard/External_SD/Titanium (or wherever you saved it) > Use the current folder.

3. Now hit your phone's back button > then press the Backup / Restore tab.

4. Find the S-Memo app > select it > press Restore (screenshot 3). When you're done you can exit Titanium Backup.

Now here is where it gets interesting...

5. Open S-Memo... and you may notice the drawings / text you have created have been restored, but have one of the following problems:

- Image missing from the note preview.

- Only part of the image is visible in the note preview.

- The image preview is displaying something random.

This is what has happened: The drawings / text you have created from before have been restored, but the preview of the drawing / text has not been updated on your new system (I have no idea where S-Memo stores that). So if you select the drawing / text, it is an exact copy of the original, but you just can't see it in the S-Memo preview.

6. To get that preview back, do the following:

For drawings: Open the drawing > draw something (like a dot) > then you can erase it during the same drawing session > click Save.

For text: Open the text > type a letter or something > delete it during the same drawing session > click Save.

7. Now the preview of the note should accurately reflect the contents of the note!

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I'm not sure if there is another easier method than this, but I have been using this method successfully through multiple wipes (I should really stop messing around with system files :() to restore my S-Memos perfectly. A very long, but (I'm pretty sure!) a garuanteed method to work. If anyone else has another method do let us know.

Enjoy your restored notes :)