After using the official update from the settings, to get the newest update. It would appear as though i cannot move or copy any movie file. NOT EVEN A COPY INTO THE SAME DIRECTORY.
What the hell is going on.
SSSSOOOO regreting not rooting and leaving good alone.
If you are on KitKat and trying to move files on external SD Card, then you may not have the permissions for that, due to new security feature in KitKat.
Someguyfromhell said:
If you are on KitKat and trying to move files on external SD Card, then you may not have the permissions for that, due to new security feature in KitKat.
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I cannot even seem to copy a video file from the device to the actual device. It seems like a COMPLETE video block
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Could someone tell me how do I upgrade to newer versions of IcecreamTostidroid without losing the existing apps / settings. Which folders do I have to retain and what needs to be copied.
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Could someone tell me how do I upgrade to newer versions of IcecreamTostidroid without losing the existing apps / settings. Which folders do I have to retain and what needs to be copied.
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This is an SD build, right? Just copy the old data.img into the new build's folder then boot, everything should stay the same (apart from what's updated in the new build obviously).
I do not see a data.img file for this build. Instead I see data.ext4, system.ext4, zImage etc. So do you think I need to retain data.ext4?
I'd guess so but make sure to keep a copy of your SD card contents on your PC in case this isn't it. It should work though.
Hi all:
this time I see Google insist that any new smartphone should be ships with the latest Android version.
What Google is looking for in KitKat ?
For me I will not update to KitKat !
Because of the following:
"The WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission must only grant write access to the primary external storage on a device. Apps must not be allowed to write to secondary external storage devices, except in their package-specific directories as allowed by synthesized permissions."
That means your microSD card is secondary storage and apps will not be allowed to use it, Google has screwed up the KitKat API as they think there is a big security problem with external SD cards !!!!!
Oh... your SD Card is completely useless, applications will no longer be able to create, modify or remove files and folders on your external SD card. As a for-instance, you can no longer use a file manager to copy files from your computer to the SD card over a network.
in short Google want you to use their cloud services instead of your SD card, I feel like we are going back in time, and Samsung is involved in this game.
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Hi all:
this time I see Google insist that any new smartphone should be ships with the latest Android version.
What Google is looking for in KitKat ?
For me I will not update to KitKat !
Because of the following:
"The WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission must only grant write access to the primary external storage on a device. Apps must not be allowed to write to secondary external storage devices, except in their package-specific directories as allowed by synthesized permissions."
That means your microSD card is secondary storage and apps will not be allowed to use it, Google has screwed up the KitKat API as they think there is a big security problem with external SD cards !!!!!
Oh... your SD Card is completely useless, applications will no longer be able to create, modify or remove files and folders on your external SD card. As a for-instance, you can no longer use a file manager to copy files from your computer to the SD card over a network.
in short Google want you to use their cloud services instead of your SD card, I feel like we are going back in time, and Samsung is involved in this game.
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There is already a fix for that
I'm using KitKat and have no problem with ext.sd. everything is working good.
KK goes without saying!!!
KitKat!
Better kitkat :good:
KitKat. period. I flashed the stock firmware first before flashing custom formware. No issues.
yep, kit kat.
definitely kitkat.
Have a break (with jellybean). Have a KitKat.
cheers ~
Zoddex said:
There is already a fix for that
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Well, my S4 is not rooted , that fix also could miss your phone, I don't know what is the point in having a MicroSD slot, then Kitkat will make it useless !!!
as it is not enough that Touchwize rom taking much of the phone storage, but Kitkat will make things even more hard !!!!
Guys just be aware of what you are going to do with your S4
Zoddex said:
There is already a fix for that
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Link PLS ...
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Link PLS ...
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Here you have it (from Google Play): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.sdfix
kponto said:
Here you have it (from Google Play): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.sdfix
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Better late than never, but thanks anyway LOL
Found the same solution weeks ago :good:
I would suggest go for KitKat as it's awesome for performance and battery is beastly
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I did the KitKat upgrade to my Note 10.1 a couple of days ago. I'm now sorry I did that. Why? The external SD card changes make some of my apps, paid apps, unusable. One of those is AppMonsterPro. It backs up a copy of an APK just before the Play Store updates an app. This allows me to go back to a previous APK should the new version have bugs or create havoc. Unfortunately under KitKat applications can no longer create folders on external SD cards so AppMonsterPro can't do it's job.
Here's a quote from the developer: "Since Android 4.4 KitKat on dual-storage devices (internal / external) apps can no longer write files to external SD card. Some apps can, but only files, f.e. pics, but no folders. AppMonster must write folders in order to work. As long Google does not make SD card useful again, the only workaround is to use internal storage to store your backups."
Not only can't AppMasterPro create folders, I can't delete the folders that were there before KitKat using any file manager program. I have to take the SD card out and use a PC to delete them.
This is a screwed up mess and I would like to know if there's a method, via Odin, to go back to 4.3. Any help would be appreciated.
TabGuy said:
I did the KitKat upgrade to my Note 10.1 a couple of days ago. I'm now sorry I did that. Why? The external SD card changes make some of my apps, paid apps, unusable. One of those is AppMonsterPro. It backs up a copy of an APK just before the Play Store updates an app. This allows me to go back to a previous APK should the new version have bugs or create havoc. Unfortunately under KitKat applications can no longer create folders on external SD cards so AppMonsterPro can't do it's job.
Here's a quote from the developer: "Since Android 4.4 KitKat on dual-storage devices (internal / external) apps can no longer write files to external SD card. Some apps can, but only files, f.e. pics, but no folders. AppMonster must write folders in order to work. As long Google does not make SD card useful again, the only workaround is to use internal storage to store your backups."
Not only can't AppMasterPro create folders, I can't delete the folders that were there before KitKat using any file manager program. I have to take the SD card out and use a PC to delete them.
This is a screwed up mess and I would like to know if there's a method, via Odin, to go back to 4.3. Any help would be appreciated.
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It is an easy fix if you are willing to root. If not you can Odin flash a 4.3 image.
nrage23 said:
It is an easy fix if you are willing to root. If not you can Odin flash a 4.3 image.
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Thanks for the quick reply. Can you point me to the USA 4.3 image?
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Thanks for the quick reply. Can you point me to the USA 4.3 image?
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I am uploading MK1 to my Google Drive right now. I will PM you a link in a bit.
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Thanks for the quick reply. Can you point me to the USA 4.3 image?
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Check Sammobile. They have 4.3 ROMs for our devices.
Are you trying to brick this man's tablet? No don't listen to him if you try and downgrade to an older firmware via odin you will brick your note.
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Kit Kat Upgrade
I just did the upgrade and apps that I had installed on my sd card seem to still be working. Kit Kat version 4.4.2
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I am very sorry I upgraded to KitKat
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No offense, but if you're on XDA you should have seen this coming - the external SD issues have been discussed for months and there are even current threads in this forum that were started before 4.4 for the N10.1-14 was even released. You may as well suck it up and stay on 4.4. There are significant improvements, not just to the OS but Samsung's apps too. You're going to have to make the leap some time so you might as well just bite the bullet and figure out new ways to do what you used to do. Does your app that's broken support cloud storage? You might be able to have your backups saved in Dropbox.
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Are you trying to brick this man's tablet? No don't listen to him if you try and downgrade to an older firmware via odin you will brick your note.
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Does anyone know if the bootloader was updated in 4.4? That's what'll brick a device and also trip KNOX. I'm not saying there won't be issues (AKA: I'm not responsible if anyone bricks their device) going from 4.4<>4.3 but it may work if the bootloader's the same.
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No offense, but if you're on XDA you should have seen this coming - the external SD issues have been discussed for months and there are even current threads in this forum that were started before 4.4 for the N10.1-14 was even released. You may as well suck it up and stay on 4.4. There are significant improvements, not just to the OS but Samsung's apps too. You're going to have to make the leap some time so you might as well just bite the bullet and figure out new ways to do what you used to do. Does your app that's broken support cloud storage? You might be able to have your backups saved in Dropbox.
Does anyone know if the bootloader was updated in 4.4? That's what'll brick a device and also trip KNOX. I'm not saying there won't be issues (AKA: I'm not responsible if anyone bricks their device) going from 4.44.3 but it may work if the bootloader's the same.
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TabGuy said:
I did the KitKat upgrade to my Note 10.1 a couple of days ago. I'm now sorry I did that. Why? The external SD card changes make some of my apps, paid apps, unusable. One of those is AppMonsterPro. It backs up a copy of an APK just before the Play Store updates an app. This allows me to go back to a previous APK should the new version have bugs or create havoc. Unfortunately under KitKat applications can no longer create folders on external SD cards so AppMonsterPro can't do it's job.
Here's a quote from the developer: "Since Android 4.4 KitKat on dual-storage devices (internal / external) apps can no longer write files to external SD card. Some apps can, but only files, f.e. pics, but no folders. AppMonster must write folders in order to work. As long Google does not make SD card useful again, the only workaround is to use internal storage to store your backups."
Not only can't AppMasterPro create folders, I can't delete the folders that were there before KitKat using any file manager program. I have to take the SD card out and use a PC to delete them.
This is a screwed up mess and I would like to know if there's a method, via Odin, to go back to 4.3. Any help would be appreciated.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=
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Here's a potential work-around. Samsung's My Files can create/edit/delete both files and folders on the external SD card. Have your app save the backups to internal storage and then set up a dual-window instance of My Files in multi view and just drag and drop them to a folder(s) you've created on the external SD. It's a pain in the ass but a way to keep more internal memory free.
Those of us with 32GB can probably live with more stuff having to be kept on internal SD but folks with 16GB have a tough road to hoe.
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It is an easy fix if you are willing to root. If not you can Odin flash a 4.3 image.
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Ok, help me. If I install the 4.4 USA image I have two questions. Is there a root for it? (If so can you point me to instructions.) What are the steps to negate the external SD card restrictions?
Yh, Google really messed up though they claim it's for security reasons. Apps can create folders but only the app that created the folder has access to the folder (for "security" reasons). Samsung apps have access to all folders, so the suggestion of using my files should work though it's a headache. My advice, root and be don't with it. The fact is going forward this is the new normal, don't mek sense get stuck on 4.3 as app support moves to 4.4 and beyond and you're there holding on like what happened with Mac OS 10.4, but that's just me. Re going back to 4.3 I did a nandroid backup before I went to 4.4 and did something that made me need to go back to 4.3 and redo the update. It went back using the nandroid backup without any issues, everything worked fine and I re updated and all was well too.
Hope you get it sorted.
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You can root your Kit Kat ROM. The procedure is simple and is same as 4.3. Once rooted the fix for your External SD problem is straight forward.
You can follow this or install this app and let it do its thing. You should be good to go.
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Does anyone know if the bootloader was updated in 4.4? That's what'll brick a device and also trip KNOX. I'm not saying there won't be issues (AKA: I'm not responsible if anyone bricks their device) going from 4.4<>4.3 but it may work if the bootloader's the same.
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No, its the same bootloader for 4.3 and 4.4
Srikar_NBK said:
You can root your Kit Kat ROM and it should be an easy fix for your problem.
You can follow this or install this app and let it do its thing. You should be good to go.
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No, its the same bootloader for 4.3 and 4.4
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Bootloader is the same so downgrading should not brick your device.
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Bootloader is the same so downgrading should not brick your device.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=
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BarryH_GEG said:
Here's a potential work-around. Samsung's My Files can create/edit/delete both files and folders on the external SD card. Have your app save the backups to internal storage and then set up a dual-window instance of My Files in multi view and just drag and drop them to a folder(s) you've created on the external SD. It's a pain in the ass but a way to keep more internal memory free.
Those of us with 32GB can probably live with more stuff having to be kept on internal SD but folks with 16GB have a tough road to hoe.
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I also discovered that Samsung's My Files can do the job, wonder if and when second party apps will figure out what Samsung my files is doing to achieve the transfers.
nrage23 said:
It is an easy fix if you are willing to root. If not you can Odin flash a 4.3 image.
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I'm rooted and wondering if this app remedies all the sdcard issues that everyone is talking about on 4.4 kitkat. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devasque.fmount
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Trying to find an answer before I buy this phone. Is there a non-rooting option that will let me download music/save photos/store movies straight to a microsd card? If not, which rom do you recommend?
I have never rooted before btw.
ajumbaje said:
Trying to find an answer before I buy this phone. Is there a non-rooting option that will let me download music/save photos/store movies straight to a microsd card? If not, which rom do you recommend?
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Everything works better with root. Root just means that you have permission to modify system settings and files.
Kitkat, the latest version of the OS tightened security and no longer allows third party apps to freely write files anywhere on your SD card. Now they have to stick to their own directory on the card. This breaks or at least restricts what older apps can do.
But you should be able to find a newer app that does the things you asked about.. as long as the app has been updated to the new method of keeping all of it's files in one directory tree.
If you have root, you could change or remove those SD card restrictions.
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I'm unable to grant access to external SD Card using ES File Explorer and Dropsync as external SD Card does not appear on the grant access file explorer. I have selected show SD and rename the external SD Card too and it does not work. Anyone facing the same problem and how to overcome this?
rahuldave said:
I'm unable to grant access to external SD Card using ES File Explorer and Dropsync as external SD Card does not appear on the grant access file explorer. I have selected show SD and rename the external SD Card too and it does not work. Anyone facing the same problem and how to overcome this?
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What are you trying exactly? Reading it? To write it you need root access. Do you have your phone rooted?
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What are you trying exactly? Reading it? To write it you need root access. Do you have your phone rooted?
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I don't think we have to root to obtain write access. In Android 5 (Lollipop) there is a new official way for apps to write to the external SD card whereby Apps must ask the user to grant write access to a folder on the SD card. They open a system folder chooser dialog. The user need to navigate into that specific folder and select it.
But in my case, the external SD does not shows when the system folder choose dialog box opens
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I don't think we have to root to obtain write access. In Android 5 (Lollipop) there is a new official way for apps to write to the external SD card whereby Apps must ask the user to grant write access to a folder on the SD card. They open a system folder chooser dialog. The user need to navigate into that specific folder and select it.
But in my case, the external SD does not shows when the system folder choose dialog box opens
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Same here, so I needed root access. But you're right that's a bug on HTC stock rom base, file manager doesn't show it
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Same here, so I needed root access. But you're right that's a bug on HTC stock rom base, file manager doesn't show it
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Oh. It's a known bug then. Thanks.
However, I don't think rooting is a good idea as it will void my warranty. I have experienced this before. My HTC one M8 warranty claim was rejected due to rooting
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Oh. It's a known bug then. Thanks.
However, I don't think rooting is a good idea as it will void my warranty. I have experienced this before. My HTC one M8 warranty claim was rejected due to rooting
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Well, It doesn't work as it supposed to. Maybe worth filling a bug on HTC support site too, I haven't got to that yet
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Same here , the granting was ok in the M9 , but after upgrading to M9+ ( or downgrading ) I face this problem , and no body in the Internet seems to solve it without root , waiting for the update , for sure it'll be solved in the marshmallows update , but when it will come , sure after the M8 ,and that's why I mention downgrading above , everything was OK in the M9 in term of performance , then they pushed out the M9+ to the market with some improvement ( the camera still ****ty without RAW support , the qhd is not a big deal , the fingerprint scanner is great, but the performance is bad , to be honest m it's bad even in the daily usage and no fast charging , which is supposed to be supported by the mediateck processor ) so it's another disappointment from HTC , , They had all the perfect elements but they didn't made the perfect device , I'm pretty sure that the M10 will be their last chance , let's wait and see
After all , not only HTC making a good build quality smartphone with premium design and awesome software, we can have a nexus now right .