for anyone interested of doing what the title says just download the file attached and adb push it to syste/etc and reboot or copy into sd and the copy it using root explorer (or any root explorer app) into system/etc and reboot
now your microsd will be /sdcard and your internal storage sd will be sdcard2
While the external sd card file write limitation is still there for non file manager type app like say a youtube downloader like tubemate, it seems ES file explorer and Rhythm software File manager app are now free to do whatever they want with the external sd card. That includes creating folders, moving files to folder that they did not create like the DCIM system folder, etc. File managers type of apps now are free to do whatever they want with the sd card once again. I'm not sure but I read that this was a big problem with kitkat and non native file manager(MY FILES is Samsung native file manager). So I think Google realized that this was a pretty dumb thing to do to third party file manager type app and somehow allowed it to function fully again while maintaining restriction on other apps like tubemate which is still restricted to it's own directory on the external sd card.
I am not rooted on on stock Kitkat.
I'm having problems with the new sd card kitkat permissions, I have rooted my phone for that reason,I have applied the fix but nothing seems to make it work.
The sd card is readable, I am simply unable to write anything on it from my phone.
1. I am using a rooted device, no need to tell me a need a rooted phone.
2. I have used 2 different apps to modify the permissions file
3. platform.xml as been correctly modified
4. I am unable to copy files to the sd card from my computer when its in my Z1.
What is wrong with my phone and as this happened to anyone else ?
If you have 2 apps they may be causing conflicts
Please post a copy of your platform.xml
Here's a copy of my platform file.
That seems correct.
Try to create a file on your SD card using any explorer app that is not installed in system (i.e one you download from the play store)
If that works then the fix is working, it may be something to do with your PC
I can't create any files or any folder from ES file esplorer. I can't even create one fom file commander.
BustedHead said:
I can't create any files or any folder from ES file esplorer. I can't even create one fom file commander.
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Try putting your sd card into your PC and seeing if you can create a file directly onto it that way
I'm able to create a file from a computer but only from an adapter, not directly in my phone.
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I take it you mean that if you put your sdcard into a card reader or sdcard slot in our PC it works, but not when you are connectint the phone via usb cable
If so, what error does it give? Can you copy things off the card?
gregbradley said:
I take it you mean that if you put your sdcard into a card reader or sdcard slot in our PC it works, but not when you are connectint the phone via usb cable
If so, what error does it give? Can you copy things off the card?
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Yes I can copy things to my computer.
If I try to delete something off of it, it will act as if its deleted but when I remove it and plug it back its still there.
This is the exact same problem I have! Something happens to the cards as 1 out of 3 cards is perfectly fine but something you do with the phone ****s them up permanently I think.
I tried to copy around 2GB of files from my internal Memory to the External SD Card and a dialogue box appeared saying I need to root and use SDcard Fix to be able to move files using the file manager[Solid Explorer]
Suddenly I regret buying this phone because why would I need to unlock bootloader and root just to be able to move files from Internal Memory to External sdcard?:crying:
I don't have such problem accessing (copy move delete) sd card. I'm using X-plore file manager
while some apps like Nexus otg file manager have problem copying files to sd card, don't know why
Try ES File Explorer. No problems here with no root.
bhavin192 said:
I don't have such problem accessing (copy move delete) sd card. I'm using X-plore file manager
while some apps like Nexus otg file manager have problem copying files to sd card, don't know why
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xbs said:
Try ES File Explorer. No problems here with no root.
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Thanks it worked.
Hello. Did someone encounter a problem, when copying titanium backup files from inbuilt memory to SD card with es file Explorer? The file format like .gz and .properties are automatically changed to .zip format and all TB files become unusable and unrewertable to the original format. If doing the same operation with inbuilt file Explorer, all is OK. Any thoughts??
Use a better file explorer like ROOT EXPLORER