If anyone has tried to use an OTG to back up with Titanium Backup you know that if you select a folder on your OTG drive Titanium Backup will say it's not writable even if you can write to it using other methods.
I was looking into this last night because I wanted to back up everything to my 64GB sd card using the meenova OTG adapter (http://www.meenova.com)
Anyway to be able to have TiBU write to it all you have to do is add a lne in an xml file.
YOU MUST BE ROOTED:
Go to /system/etc/permissions
open up platform.xml
look for the line
Code:
<permission name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" >
<group gid="sdcard_rw" />
and add the line
Code:
<group gid="media_rw" />
So now it will look like this:
Code:
<permission name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" >
<group gid="sdcard_rw" />
<group gid="media_rw" />
</permission>
Save the file, reboot and then fire up TiBu and navigate to the folder on your OTG drive and it will now work and the message saying it's not writable will be gone.
Anyone tried this?
I'm always a bit wary of unaccredited websites that ask for my credit card details and address... Did not purchase... If there were a PayPal option, that'd be different.
Jade Eyed Wolf said:
I'm always a bit wary of unaccredited websites that ask for my credit card details and address... Did not purchase... If there were a PayPal option, that'd be different.
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You don't have to buy it. This process will work with any otg. But they are reputable. They had a huge kickstarter campaign and was reported on by a few of the sites (that's how I first found out about it)
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GoClifGo05 said:
Anyone tried this?
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Yes, I did and it works perfectly. But hey if you don't feel like I'm creditable and need a 2nd opinion then be my guest.. I don't really have the reputation of posting nonsense
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I'm not calling you out at all! Lol don't get defensive. I just got my x today, DE and just reading around. Please don't take offense.
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GoClifGo05 said:
I'm not calling you out at all! Lol don't get defensive. I just got my x today, DE and just reading around. Please don't take offense.
Sent from my DE Moto X
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I'm not offended. I'm just saying.. If it didn't work I wouldn't have posted it. On Nexus devices using stick mount you don't need to do this but with the native otg with the moto x Titanium backup will say the folder on the otg drive is not writable.
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Have an N7, got you. Well.... thanks for the tip.
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Jade Eyed Wolf said:
I'm always a bit wary of unaccredited websites that ask for my credit card details and address... Did not purchase... If there were a PayPal option, that'd be different.
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Wouldn't take my money. Hitting add to cart didn't do nothing.
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graffixnyc said:
If anyone has tried to use an OTG to back up with Titanium Backup you know that if you select a folder on your OTG drive Titanium Backup will say it's not writable even if you can write to it using other methods.
I was looking into this last night because I wanted to back up everything to my 64GB sd card using the meenova OTG adapter (http://www.meenova.com)
Anyway to be able to have TiBU write to it all you have to do is add a lne in an xml file.
YOU MUST BE ROOTED:
Go to /system/etc/permissions
open up platform.xml
look for the line
Code:
<permission name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" >
<group gid="sdcard_rw" />
and add the line
Code:
<group gid="media_rw" />
So now it will look like this:
Code:
<permission name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" >
<group gid="sdcard_rw" />
<group gid="media_rw" />
</permission>
Save the file, reboot and then fire up TiBu and navigate to the folder on your OTG drive and it will now work and the message saying it's not writable will be gone.
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If rooted and do like you described, then the apps like ES file manager can write file into SD card? Thanks.
Permission Denied
So I have root access and gave root permission to es file manager but whenever I try to save the file I'm unable to. What could be going on? What's going on?
Whenever I try this my whole system goes to hell. I end up having to reinstall system, not even deleting the line off the file and rebooting works.
On my Nexus 6 I have a Flash Drive connected via OTG, I am using StickMount to mount it in the file system, I can use it without any problem from TWRP, RootExplorer, Media Players, etc. The Flash drive is formatted using FAT32. When I try to configure Titanium Backup to use it as the destination folder for backup, I can get to the folder where the drive is mounted but the option "Use the current folder" is dimmed and I cannot press it to select the folder, please any help or guidance will be appreciated, thanks
<permission name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" > <group gid="sdcard_rw" /> <group gid="media_rw" /> </permission>
this line is unavailable but i found this one :
<permission name="android.permission.WRITE_MEDIA_STORAGE" > <group gid="sdcard_rw" /> <group gid="media_rw" /> </permission>
is it the same thing ???
falciatrice10 said:
<permission name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" > <group gid="sdcard_rw" /> <group gid="media_rw" /> </permission>
this line is unavailable but i found this one :
<permission name="android.permission.WRITE_MEDIA_STORAGE" > <group gid="sdcard_rw" /> <group gid="media_rw" /> </permission>
is it the same thing ???
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I have the same case. WRITE_MEDIA_STORAGE is in place as well as both permissions, and it doesn't solve the problem. Added WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE tag, didn't help either.
I found a correct solution on ( SURPRIIISE! ) Titanium Backup Troubleshooting FAQ
31. External SD Card problems (This Folder is NOT Writeable)
Since Android 4.4 and above, the SDCard permissions have been changed on how it is granted to an application. A quick way to fix this is by using SDFix application.
There is an elegant way of giving TitaniumBackup write access to the external sdcard, without having to forfeit security (as in method 3 below). Since the time of Android 4.3, Google uses a very clean security-solution by giving apps that request write access to external SD, permission only to their own folder – not to the entire card! In order to get TitaniumBackup to work without compromising security, you can simply create a folder on the external sdcard,using the following folder-structure: /storage/extSdCard/Android/data/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup/
If you already have existing backups, move them with a file-explorer from their current place to: /storage/extSdCard/Android/data/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup/ Lastly, go to the preferences of TitaniumBackup, choose “Backup folder location” and choose the above specified folder.
Finish.
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It works!
ShurV said:
I found a correct solution on ( SURPRIIISE! ) Titanium Backup Troubleshooting FAQ
It works!
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Thank you! It works for me.:good:
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
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
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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.
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
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" />
.