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[Q] Permissions broken

Hi!
I have S4 I9505 with KitKat 4.4.2
I tried to fix writing to external storage for all apps as described here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2687734
I modified the file, restarted phone.. and now I have no internet, no wireless, no bluetooh, I cannot see my storage (neither internal or sd card), mz pc wont recognize the storages... I cannot make any backup, because I cannot write to any storage..
And, no, I haven"t done any backup of that file...
I tried to reedit but no succes...
Maybe someone can upload the original file?
Or do you have any suggestions?

eltigre4jc said:
Hi!
I have S4 I9505 with KitKat 4.4.2
I tried to fix writing to external storage for all apps as described here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2687734
I modified the file, restarted phone.. and now I have no internet, no wireless, no bluetooh, I cannot see my storage (neither internal or sd card), mz pc wont recognize the storages... I cannot make any backup, because I cannot write to any storage..
And, no, I haven"t done any backup of that file...
I tried to reedit but no succes...
Maybe someone can upload the original file?
Or do you have any suggestions?
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you need to set permission to rw-/r--/-r--
make sure you only edit
<permission
name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"
>
<group gid="sdcard_r" />
<group gid="sdcard_rw" />
<group gid="media_rw" />
add only <group gid="media_rw" /> as above and save
if you only done this edit to your platform.xml then proceed to set permission as below
1. open root explorer
2. goto system>etc>permisson and mount folder as R/W
3. long press on platform.xml click permission
4. check
owner read and write
group read
others read
and click ok and reboot your phone

Root and SD Card Access

Does applying root to an AT&T S5 allow you to use apps like es file Explorer to move files from the phone storage to an SD card without write errors? Thanks.
-NVE

U need to go to /system/etc/permissions, find platform.xml and add
<group gid="media_rw" />
to WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission.
Then save and reboot.

Awesome! This is great news, thanks for the info.
-NVE
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ngl_ro said:
U need to go to /system/etc/permissions, find platform.xml and add
<group gid="media_rw" />
to WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission.
Then save and reboot.
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I tried to add the line you mentioned, but when I tried to save it and continue to reboot I got an error that the file couldn't be saved. I'm using ES File Explorer trying to edit the file. Any ideas?
-NVE
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk

You need to mount /system as read / write ( click on Root Explorer in the navigation drawer of Es Explorer ).

ngl_ro said:
U need to go to /system/etc/permissions, find platform.xml and add
<group gid="media_rw" />
to WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission.
Then save and reboot.
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Where do I put it exactly or does it not matter? This is what I see :
<permission name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE">
<group gid="sdcard_r"/>
<group gid="sdcard_rw"/>
<group gid="media_rw"/></permission>
thanks.

[Q] System Permissions seemed to be messed up

Hey guys, I recently found out that my external SD card was not writable so I looked up how to fix this.
I found instructions to go into my platform.xml file in my system/etc/permissions folder
and added this line where instructed:
<permission name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" >
<group gid="sdcard_r" />
<group gid="sdcard_rw" />
<group gid="media_rw" />
</permission>
I was doing this using ES File explorer and when I tried to save it, it said "Save Failed!". I closed the app and reopened the platform.xml file and my previous edit seemed to be still there.
This is where the issue begins:
After rebooting my phone, a bunch of popups start coming up on startup with the following "Unfortunately, [app] has stopped."
I figure that this might be a permissions screw up on my part. I am now unable to access many apps and when I open ES File Explorer again, it gives me the error: "Cannot Start Streaming Server" and it shows an empty folder for almost every directory.
Any suggestions or help would be appreciated. I have tried flashing CWM onto my phone as well but when I try to go into recovery mode, I get stuck on the screen where is displays Samsung Galaxy S5. As I was getting desperate, I was trying to factory reset but it doesn't seem like this is an option anymore seeing as I can't get into recovery mode. I am currently downloading the stock firmware and planning to flash that using Odin but I am hoping it doesn't come to that as well.
Model: S-G900H
EDIT: Just tried flashing stock firmware using odin and it is still no good. Desperate for any suggestions.
EDIT2: Factory Reset and its working now

Same problem with SGS4
Hello,
I faced the same problem with my Samsung Galaxy S4. Factory reset solved the problem. However, it would be better if this could be avoided/solved without doing a reset.

any other solution?
have anyone found any other solution to this?
I don't wanna factory reset cuz all my apps, data, settings in internal sd and now i can't back it up cuz can't read it from my phone

[Q] KK4.4.4 External SDcard Fix. WTH?

In order to give permission to access my SDcard I followed the below instructions.
Using a root-enabled file manager navigate to, "/system/etc/permissions"
Edit "platform.xml" and find the "WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission."
Add an additional group definition for this permission: <group gid=”media_rw” />
Save the changes to the file.
Restart the phone.
It worked. The problem I'm having now is my Bluetooth will not load. It starts dark green then goes gray.
To try and fix this I simply re-edited the platform.xml and deleted,
<group gid=”media_rw” /> and did a cold restart. Bluetooth still will not working. Any ideas as to
why this happened and how to fix without re-installing.

Will rooting allow writing to external SD card?

If I root my S4 - only root, no custom ROM -, will it allow me to write to the external SD card? Or is a custom ROM required for that?

Yes.
The steps:
1. Make sure that you have root access
2. Perform a NANDROID backup to be completely safe
3. Use a root-enabled file manager and navigate to /system/etc/permissions
4. Edit platform.xml and find “WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE“
5. Add an additional group definition for this permission: <group gid=”media_rw” />
6. Save the changes and restart your device
You are now able to write on your external SD card again

Is step 5 put on a separate line? Until I root the phone, I can't see what you are saying to do. Maybe you can cut/paste the specific bit of code?

4. Edit platform.xml and find “WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE“
5. Add an additional group definition for this permission: <group gid=”media_rw” />
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You need to modify the file /platform.xml
Find the code "WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE".
Then add an additional "Group Definition" for this permission ("write_external_storage"):
-->> <group gid="media_rew" />
.