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Adding own ringtone to a NAND

Hi,
Could someone please tell me where I put my mp3 file so that 'sound settings' detects it as a ringtone. I used to put it in the media folder for SD roms but obviously that's all changed.
Thanks.

Hi,
I found the folder in NAND but putting the file in there didn't work. I'm not sure but all the ringtones were using .ogg format so it didn't see the mp3 file. Even tried converting to ogg but didn't work either!
I managed to get the ringtone applied by using "music" app, finding the mp3 on my sd card, hit the menu button and select "set as ringtone".
This was the only way I found
If you find a better method, let me know as the stock gingerbread ringtones are cr*ap.

I just have the media folder on my SD card, and it still picks up all my custom ringtones and notifications in every nand build I've tried.
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Gushfevah said:
I just have the media folder on my SD card, and it still picks up all my custom ringtones and notifications in every nand build I've tried.
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I used this method but during connection to pc as mass storage mode, the ringtone and and notifications will revert back to default internal ringtone as the sdcard is not seen by the system.

It's a strange one. I'm sure someone out there knows the answer.
With winmo you just navigated to the sounds folder on the device.
Anyone?

Just dropped an MP3 in ringtone folder and it's working fine...
You'll need a file manager with root access. I use "Super Manager" and the following instructions are specific to that application but will be similar in any other file manager.
Note: Before you begin make sure you have enabled the root function in the system settings.
1. Select the file you want to move...longpress on the file and select copy from the menu that pops up.
2. Navigate to /system/media/audio/ringtones
3. Press the windows hardbutton and select "Switch System R/W" to enable writing to the system directories.
4. Longpress the screen, when the menu pops up select paste.
5. Exit and reboot (ringtone won't appear until you reboot)

bdkinney said:
Just dropped an MP3 in ringtone folder and it's working fine...
You'll need a file manager with root access. I use "Super Manager" and the following instructions are specific to that application but will be similar in any other file manager.
Note: Before you begin make sure you have enabled the root function in the system settings.
1. Select the file you want to move...longpress on the file and select copy from the menu that pops up.
2. Navigate to /system/media/audio/ringtones
3. Press the windows hardbutton and select "Switch System R/W" to enable writing to the system directories.
4. Longpress the screen, when the menu pops up select paste.
5. Exit and reboot (ringtone won't appear until you reboot)
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Perfect. Thank you.

Incidentally, if you don't want to go through that hassle, you can also put the ringtones in.
/sdcard/media/audio/ringtones

LiFE1688 said:
Incidentally, if you don't want to go through that hassle, you can also put the ringtones in.
/sdcard/media/audio/ringtones
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Problem with that is that when connected to the PC nothing on the SD card can be read.

jamesbond_28_007 said:
Problem with that is that when connected to the PC nothing on the SD card can be read.
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Serious? When you say connected to PC, you mean connect phone to pc with android running? Well, depending on which build. Desire/DesireHD, you will need to unmount the sd card in settings->storage in order to use the phone as a usb mass storage device. If you are using Gingerbread build, you will have to use Multi-mount.
Unless you are my hero, and you went full ext2/ext3/ext4 partition for the whole sd card without fat32.
Then it would be almost useless in a card reader with a windows 7 pc.

LiFE1688 said:
Serious? When you say connected to PC, you mean connect phone to pc with android running? Well, depending on which build. Desire/DesireHD, you will need to unmount the sd card in settings->storage in order to use the phone as a usb mass storage device. If you are using Gingerbread build, you will have to use Multi-mount.
Unless you are my hero, and you went full ext2/ext3/ext4 partition for the whole sd card without fat32.
Then it would be almost useless in a card reader with a windows 7 pc.
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I think he is referring to this problem posted above:
"I used this method but during connection to pc as mass storage mode, the ringtone and and notifications will revert back to default internal ringtone as the sdcard is not seen by the system." -nghockcheng

LiFE1688 said:
Incidentally, if you don't want to go through that hassle, you can also put the ringtones in.
/sdcard/media/audio/ringtones
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i did this but remain the same problem
when the phone rings .it ring with the old ringtone from system-->media-->>audio-->>ringtons!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

a dual mount sd app would help if you don't want the usb to kick your sd card every time that you use mass storage

SD Card File Disappearing

My application has a backup/restore feature that writes a csv file to a directory named after the app, in the root of the sd card. I have a user trying to move from one tablet to another. The backup feature appears to properly be creating the backup file on her SD card. When she places the SD card in her new tablet, the backup file and the directory it's stored in do not appear to be on the SD card at all. Apparently she was successful in having other data from other apps move over.
I've walked her through everything I can think, including writing a test app to verify the issue. Without a doubt, the files exist on the old device, but don't exist when installed in the new device.
I'm unsure what the original device is, but the new device is a Dell Streak 7.
Anyone seen this before? I'm leaning towards corrupt SD card, but it seems it's my burden to prove as my app is the only app she's having issues with.

The root of /sdcard is not necesarrily the SDCARD you can remove and take out.
/sdcard is usually part of the build in memory which can be accessed and used by the user.
The SDCARD you can remove is usually found at /sdcard/external_sd on Android 2.2 devices and /sdcard/sd on Android 2.1 devices.
Yes the naming is a bit confusing .

Dark3n said:
The root of /sdcard is not necesarrily the SDCARD you can remove and take out.
/sdcard is usually part of the build in memory which can be accessed and used by the user.
The SDCARD you can remove is usually found at /sdcard/external_sd on Android 2.2 devices and /sdcard/sd on Android 2.1 devices.
Yes the naming is a bit confusing .
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That would certainly explain some things, especially if a user is moving a SD card from one device to the next.
My app creates a folder under the path returned by the Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() function, where it creates and reads a backup file.
My documentation asks users to connect their device to a computer, mount as USB, and copy the backup file into that directory. This user is simply moving the SD card between devices. I'm wondering if there is a better method than using the getExternalStorageDirectory that I can use, so that I can have a common location on all SD cards to facilitate users moving cards between devices.

wct097 said:
My documentation asks users to connect their device to a computer, mount as USB, and copy the backup file into that directory. This user is simply moving the SD card between devices. I'm wondering if there is a better method than using the getExternalStorageDirectory that I can use, so that I can have a common location on all SD cards to facilitate users moving cards between devices.
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Well it depends on the device what happens if they mount as usb,
if they get the internal sdcard or the external sdcard or both.
On my galaxy i9000, both the internal(/sdcard/) and external (/sdcard/external_sd) are shown when pluging it into my computer and mounting it as usb.
Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() will always return the path of the users storage enviroment which is in usually /sdcard . Thats fine so far.
The problem is there is no function to get the external storage (/sdcard/external_sd or /sdcard/sd).
The only option i know atm, would be to probe manually if such a directory exists. You can use Build.VERSION.SDK_INT to see which android the user has and check the right directory.
Build.VERSION.SDK_INT <= 7 would mean if he has plugged in an external sdcard it would be mounted under
Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath() + "/sd/"
Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >=8 would be
Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath() + "/external_sd/"
You could use that and maybe a "import backup" function to check for the file on an external sdcard?

[Q] External SD carc

OK Ive looked and tried but no luck. Is there a way to move or install user apps on the external SD card. I can store pictures , movies and other files on to it but cant move the apps using Titanium or any other Apps 2 sd program. IM RUNNING OUT OF ROOM!!!!!!!

scubabear1 said:
OK Ive looked and tried but no luck. Is there a way to move or install user apps on the external SD card. I can store pictures , movies and other files on to it but cant move the apps using Titanium or any other Apps 2 sd program. IM RUNNING OUT OF ROOM!!!!!!!
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Couldn't you repartition with CWM and make the partition 4GB instead of 2? Not sure on this particular tablet though.

I have a 32gb micro sd installed i want to move all the installed apps to it
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You could try manually moving them over and making a symbolic link where they were originally. A pain but if its a proof of concept then an app can be made to do it.
From what I've surmized Acer (and perhaps all tablet makers) changed the name and/or file structure from that of normal android phones. App2sd expects to have the old file system. I'm not sure how app2sd works internally but the sym link thing would be a guess of top of my head.
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yes your right but i dont have the skills to do it ill have to wait for the app if one ever is developed
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AWTrost said:
You could try manually moving them over and making a symbolic link where they were originally. A pain but if its a proof of concept then an app can be made to do it.
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for different reasons, I'd like to learn how to create symbolic links to folders. I'd like to place one in my /sdcard folder in order to point to /external_sd, this way I'll see the external sd directly when I browse the tablet with my PC, like it's possible with the virtuous_galaxy rom..
can U help?
TIA

You might try using this simple method which I first posted in another thread and regarding a different subject. It might do what you want.
For anyone who wants to see the contents of their sd card on their PC and be able to copy/transfer files from one to the other, why not give this a try, it is very simple and works for my A500.
Before you start you need your A500 to be rooted and you need "USB Mount All version 1.3" from the Market cost $1.99
(1) Have your PC switched on, don't connect your A500 yet but switch the A500 on.
(2) Run USB Mount All and you will see your sd card as a "Device" named "ext_sdcard".
(3) Press the tab "Mount" next to your ext_sdcard. You will see two messages "Mount has been granted Superuser permission" and "Device successfully mounted".
(4) Press the "Menu" tab in the top Right hand corner of the screen, this opens a small box entitled "Settings". Press on "Settings" and you get 3 options, make certain all 3 options are ticked, ticking them if they are not. (The important thing is to have "Mount on Bootup" ticked"). Press the Back Arrow twice to get back to Home Page or where ever you started from.
(5) Re-boot the A500 and after it is back running connect it to your PC using mini usb connector.
(6) Now check your PC and open Windows Explorer, you will find under your A500 Device most of the folder/directories that are in /mnt/sdcard (which isn't all that relevent to this) BUT importantly you will find a folder/directory entitled "ext_sdcard" which for those of you who noticed is the exact name that "USB Mount All" called your sd card.
(7) Now use Windows Explorer to copy and paste whatever you want into the "ext_sdcard" folder.
(8) Please note that when you start to copy files you will get up a warning box stating "Do you want to copy XXXXX to your device?". You are given 2 choices (1) No skip this file or (2) Yes.
(9) Put a tick in the box at the bottom Left and click on "Yes".
(10) When finished safely disconnect your A500 from your PC and re-boot your A500.
(11) After re-boot go back into "USB Mount All", chose top Right menu and settings box and remove the tick from the 3rd option "Mount on Bootup". Each time you are going to copy, move or delete files first of all put the tick back in the 3rd box and when you're done take it out.
Your Done. If you use any File Explorer to look at /mnt/external_sd you will see all the files residing on your sd card including those you've just copied.

Moved as not development, please read the rules and post in the correct section ONLY.

Nice Thinks you can do with a rooted A500 #1

Hi,
After I rooted my A500 via this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1307539 (read it ALL) I started making my A500 a tool for my business. As this is happening I will post thinks that you may find interesting and useful.
So this is my #1 think that I did with my A500
I make it a samba server
For those who don't know what samba is read here http://www.samba.org/. In short samba is a way to copy / move files between your A500 and your PC via the WiFi local network you may have. That is no cables, no sync problems, no extra software in your PC!
Steps
1. Download and install this excellent free tool https://market.android.com/details?id=com.funkyfresh.samba on your A500.
2. Run it and Accept the first screens.
3. Goto "Menu" --> Settings.
4. Click "Password" and set one (max 8 chars).
5. Click "Username" and set one.
6. Click "Workgroup Name" ans set it the same with your PC's workgroup name. Here is How you can find it http://maximumpcguides.com/windows-7/find-the-workgroup-name/.
7. Click "NETBIOS Name" and type a unique name for your network. For example "MYA500". It is better not to use spaces.
8. Exit the Settings and restart the program.
9. Wait until the message "Disabled - Not Running" appears right under the samba logo.
10. Now click the samba logo (the word "samba" at the top) and wait until a window appears that informs you about the service status.
11. If the message "Enabled - Running" appears then you are ready to go.
12. Open the run command on your pc (WIN KEY + R) and type \\<NETBIOS name> (for example \\MYA500) and press enter.
13. Enter the username and password that you set earlier and click OK.
Voila! Your A500 Internal's memory files at your disposal...
UPDATE:
ICONIA A500 SAMBA SERVER DELIVERED!!!
Make your A500 a Samba Server with the ability to share both Internal and External memory and even the root File System
Finally I made it happen. You can read a nice How to I prepared (It's a little bit long) here: http://www.chdcomputers.gr/en/mnu-kb-en/mnu-kb-android-en/mnu-kb-android-devices-en/mnu-kb-android-a500-en/258-art-kb000006-en
If you are an Advanced user who knows what he/she is doing then the trick is to replace the /data/data/com.funkyfresh.samba/files/samba-rc with the attached one and change its rights to rwxrwxr-x finally copy the 2nd attached file to the same directory and you are ready.
If you are not understand this then read the how to above it is very detailed and relatively easy to follow...
Thanks,
Christos
http://www.chdcomputers.gr

Nice!
Ty

works fine....nice to have this option...,.....cant access external sd though

Nice, thanks

@ bytemehard - you can see your external_sd card if you first use the market app "USB Mount All". When the mount all screen comes up just "mount" your external_sd card. Then you can see it on your PC through Samba.

bytemehard said:
works fine....nice to have this option...,.....cant access external sd though
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Because this cames from the original samba project it is possible to see every partition on your device (including external sd) from your pc. The developer has enabled only the internal storage for safety reasons. You have to enable the other partitions from the configuration files of the app but this is an advanced task with security risks. However I am preparing a how to for this because I need to access my external_sd as well, when the tests are done I will post it here...

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metpolds said:
@ bytemehard - you can see your external_sd card if you first use the market app "USB Mount All". When the mount all screen comes up just "mount" your external_sd card. Then you can see it on your PC through Samba.
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Hmmmmm......Why would I have to mount a card with 'usb mount all', when its already mounted? Anyone else with usbmountall tried this?

@ bytemehard - with respect - your external_sd does not become "mounted" by default (this is just the way Acer chose to implement the sd card). If you use the app "USB Mount All" you will see that your card is not "mounted" so you have to click the "mount" button alongside your external_sd card which (along with any USB hard drives that you have attached) is displayed.
The fact that your external card is not "mounted" in the true sense of the word does not stop you seeing it's contents when viewed normally through your A500.

chrishohl said:
Because this cames from the original samba project it is possible to see every partition on your device (including external sd) from your pc. The developer has enabled only the internal storage for safety reasons. You have to enable the other partitions from the configuration files of the app but this is an advanced task with security risks. However I am preparing a how to for this because I need to access my external_sd as well, when the tests are done I will post it here...
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I dont know if it is for safety reasons as you suggest or just unfinished business....I see a media scan tab but it does nothing that i can see.
Still a nice app....Good luck with your project
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@metpolds
If I hear what your saying, shouldn't drive mount or ntfs mount do the same. I did experiment with those with no luck.

See the external sd via Samba Server (Rough way)
A quick and rough way to "see" the external_sd in the samba shares is this:
1. Disable samba server and close the app
2. Open Terminal Emulator and type
su
mkdir /mnt/sdcard/externalsd
mount -o bind /mnt/external_sd /mnt/sdcard/externalsd
exit
3. Close Terminal Emulator
4. Open Samba Server and Enable it
Now you will be able to see your external's sd contents via the \\<your a500 NETBIOS name>\sdcard\externalsd directory in your pc.
This will not survive reboots and I don't think that is a good idea to put it in .rc files because if the external sd fails for some reason (or extracted by the user) it may have unexpected results...

bytemehard said:
I dont know if it is for safety reasons as you suggest or just unfinished business....I see a media scan tab but it does nothing that i can see.
Still a nice app....Good luck with your project
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@metpolds
If I hear what your saying, shouldn't drive mount or ntfs mount do the same. I did experiment with those with no luck.
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Maybe you are right. My first test indicates that the program may has unfinished parts but I 'll give it another shot when I have the time...
BTW MediaScan option works. What it does is to rescan media files in your sdcard to make them available in media programs in the device. For example if you copy some images from the pc to the device and you want to see them with the android image viewer you can use this option to make them available...

@ bytemehard - no argument with what you are saying - "USB mount all" was one of the first apps I installed after rooting my A500 and it does everything I want it to - "Drive Mount" does all these things as well - they both look after drives that are formatted other than Fat32 and basically there is not much to chose between them. I chose usb because I had aso installed a couple of other apps by the same developers and they were working fine and I suppose I thought "......why eat oranges when you have a case of apples" - lol. As for "ntfs" where's it gone? seems to have vanished from the market.
Anyway I can assure you USB works in Samba and shows the contents of the external card and I am certain Drive Mount will do the same.

on your pc are you seeing 2 seperate drives? one being the sdcard and the other externalsd.......or do you have a symbolic link in the directory sdcard of the externalsd?
also what are your settings in usb mount all.....?
Hey finally got 10 posts...

@ bytemehard
Using Win7 64 bit.
1. In Win Explorer you see the left hand pane and I see for example....... Computer >
Network> HENDON1(My PC name)>PETEA500(The netbios name I called my Tab in Samba)
2.If I open up "PETEA500" I get "sdcard" (not teaching you how to suck eggs but this is very
misleading due to Acer's weird setup and file naming convention because this is NOT your
external card.
3. If I open up "sdcard" I have a list of folders in the A500. Mine start off with - .dataviz -
eachscape_tmp - .FileExpert - .mobo - pfs - Alarms - Android ...... etc.etc. Obviously you will
have some folders different to me.
4. Go down the list until you see DCIM - documents - Download - ext_sdcard (this really
is your SD Card)
5. If you open up the folder ext_sdcard you will see all the folders and files on your
external card.
This is dependent on you having already used "USB Mount All" or "Drive Mount" to
"mount" your external card. There are no settings to set in "USB" you just run the app
and the screen is self explanatory.

I'm using Samba Filesharing app, and Drive mount.
My external SD card is mounted in Drive Mount.
I can access my internal files just fine over WIFI but can't see the external card.
Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong?
Thank You

I also cannot access my external sd card files, but that is because the Samba Filesharing only shows what is on /mnt/sdcard. And yes, my external sd card is mounted. In order to access that, you would need to be able to access /mnt/"your_ext_sd_card".
I'm thinking you can probably create a shortcut to /mnt/"your_ext_sd_card", and then move that shortcut to /mnt/sdcard, where it should be viewable from the Samba Filesharing.
I'll have to wait to get home from work and test this, though.

Nice. Thanks for sharing.

Digil said:
I also cannot access my external sd card files, but that is because the Samba Filesharing only shows what is on /mnt/sdcard. And yes, my external sd card is mounted. In order to access that, you would need to be able to access /mnt/"your_ext_sd_card".
I'm thinking you can probably create a shortcut to /mnt/"your_ext_sd_card", and then move that shortcut to /mnt/sdcard, where it should be viewable from the Samba Filesharing.
I'll have to wait to get home from work and test this, though.
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Since I mounted the card with Drive Mount I have two entries when I check using FileManager HD. One listed as External_sd and the second as is titled by DriveMount.
metpolds posted
3. If I open up "sdcard" I have a list of folders in the A500. Mine start off with - .dataviz -
eachscape_tmp - .FileExpert - .mobo - pfs - Alarms - Android ...... etc.etc. Obviously you will
have some folders different to me.
4. Go down the list until you see DCIM - documents - Download - ext_sdcard (this really
is your SD Card)
5. If you open up the folder ext_sdcard you will see all the folders and files on your
external card.
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If that is correct one of the two listings for my SD card should appear on the internal list.
( I just checked details for both listings and they claim creation was December 31 1969.)

@GullyFoyle - I'm sorry to say that I have no idea why you can't see your external card. I note that you are using "DriveMount" which I don't have (as I've said I use "USB Mount All") so I don't know whether there are settings that should be set. Like you guys I only came to Samba as a result of this post and I can only say that my method was to switch on my tab, set up Samba as per OP's instructions and when I had it running I also could not see my external card but a couple of months ago while working with other apps I found the same problem and eventually realised I had to "mount" the external card in "USB Mount All" so last night that is what I did - restarted Samba and there it was.
@Digil - What I've said above applies to your problem in part, although I really don't know why you've got to change settings to get there. The "sdcard" folder (which is your Internal memory) shows through /mnt/sdcard but this is not your external card. Your external card is in the folder /mnt i.e. /mnt/ext_sdcard. As said above I can only really talk about using "USB Mount All". Sorry no suggestions. Perhaps someone with greater knowledge than me can explain it better.
For both of you - don't know if this affects anything? - I have not changed to HC 3.2 still running HC 3.1 rooted with Iconia Root._

USB Mount All
Yea, seems as though Drive Mount wont create a link to external sd in the sdcard directory .......It will create a link on the root directory and /mnt,
both not accessible using Samba fileshare.....
So Looks like usbmountall may be the way to go.
Thanks for the info

External Storage path?

I'm trying to configure an app to save on my external storage card and it's asking for the path. Solid explorer gives the path as /storage/3434-3561/ but the app can't access it via that location. Does anyone know how the path to the external SD card is written?

You can try it without the trailing slash. As far as I can tell, the path is dependent on the card. I put in two different SD cards, and it was two different external paths. Which app are you having issues with?

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mrjeffery said:
I'm trying to configure an app to save on my external storage card and it's asking for the path. Solid explorer gives the path as /storage/3434-3561/ but the app can't access it via that location. Does anyone know how the path to the external SD card is written?
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wht is the app?
/sdcard/Folder-Name >> is internal (sometimes sdcard0)
/sdcard1/Folder-Name >> is External
there is different type of Path-Name all address to same location But different name so explain more about ur App and what it want.
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Geeks Empire said:
wht is the app?
/sdcard/Folder-Name >> is internal (sometimes sdcard0)
/sdcard1/Folder-Name >> is External
there is different type of Path-Name all address to same location But different name so explain more about ur App and what it want.
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The app is NZB Leech+
I'm trying to set the download directory to the external SD card instead of internal.
The default internal location is /storage/emulated/0/Download/nzbdownload
I can't get it to save to the external SD using the method you described.

I think I've found a solution from the apps play store comment section:
Was contacted by developer in relation to SD Card write issues on MM. The app will allow writing to Ext SD but only to the directory created by android for the application. If no path was created for you upon app installation then simply create a folder in Android/data on Ext Sd called sic.nzb.app.donate. Eg. - The path I wrire to on Ext SD card is /storage/17FC-2D20/Android/data/sic.nzb.app.donate/files App fully functional again and one of the best on the market. Thanks to the Developer for the tip.
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Edit: Works!