How do I manipulate the filesystem of my Android smartphone from PC without restrictions? Can I do it on an non-rooted phone? I want to be able to copy/move/erase/modify files on my phone and transfer them back and forth on my Windows 10 PC. Without limitations hopefully.
My phone ( Meizu Note 8 ) is not rooted, and I'm not sure if I can root it. It doesn't seem to be very popular.
I got the vague impression that I need ADB drivers which I also couldn't get, and I don't know what software to use after. This is the best I found, but it's far from official and also doesn't work: no installer, and the .inf doesn't have the install option in the context menu, which usually means the driver is not compatible.
To access app data you must be rooted.
When rooted you can access the /data folder with adb. You do adb shell.
Then su to access superuser rights and then you can access /data.