Hi, was hoping someone here can help me with this. I have a Note 3, (N900T), it's rooted, running stock 4.4.2.
I was messing around in the root permissions, and I messed something up... and I don't have a backup.
I am connected to the internet, but I cannot access it. I also am unable to access my internal storage, nor my SD card.
I am only able to access my files through the root directory while using FX File Explorer.
When I connect my phone to the computer to see if I can extract data, access is denied.
A lot of my apps now force close, especially anything Google related.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
Flash stock rom through Odin .
JJEgan said:
Flash stock rom through Odin .
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Just did that. Lost root access while logged into the OS, and everything else is the same.
Yes you wiped root.
Are you sure its the correct firmware for your phone .
Take sd card out and format it .
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Yep, correct firmware. I've formatted the SD card. Still the same.
The T-mobile forum is here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/note-3-tmobile
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I have a problemwith my stock recovery, it only reads external sd card, not the internal memory, is it normal or something wrong happened
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Factory reset .
Still a problem return under warranty its a Samsung problem .
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Factory reset .
Still a problem return under warranty its a Samsung problem .
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do you mean that you can acess internal sd card from recovery mode ? , I have done factory reset and when I boot into recovery and chose apply update from external sd card , I only see files on my sd card not on the internal memory , but from the tab itself I can normally read files on the internal memory , the problem is only with the recovery mode
If im reading this right, you are selecting to install from ext sd which is telling the recovery to open the path to the ext sd card....IF you want to install from internal sd card select install from internal sd card in the recovery menu.
Or do you not have the option to access internal?
Edit; Just checked my device, and there is NO option to install from internal on stock recovery. Only external and cache. So I guess the tab is fine. Maybe, like me your just used to custom recoveries
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If im reading this right, you are selecting to install from ext sd which is telling the recovery to open the path to the ext sd card....IF you want to install from internal sd card select install from internal sd card in the recovery menu.
Or do you not have the option to access internal?
Edit; Just checked my device, and there is NO option to install from internal on stock recovery. Only external and cache. So I guess the tab is fine. Maybe, like me your just used to custom recoveries
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thanks , i think i need custom recovery now
hoss_n2 said:
thanks , i think i need custom recovery now
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I can understand why Sammy have prevented the install to and from internal sd. They don't want people accidentally deleting an important file or overwriting something then complaing that Samsung have created a dodgy product.
I'm so used to working with custom recoveries and have access all areas to the inner workings it feels odd to suddenly have only a few options available I unrooted my device to reinstall the latest jb update. Not sure I want to root again just yet, for the first time I have found a device that actually doesn't need rooted and custom roms to make it better. This device is almost perfect as is. Plus, touchwiz is actually turning out to be pretty fabtastic on these newer devices. NEVER thought I'd hear myself say that lol.
Riki1kenobi said:
I can understand why Sammy have prevented the install to and from internal sd. They don't want people accidentally deleting an important file or overwriting something then complaing that Samsung have created a dodgy product.
I'm so used to working with custom recoveries and have access all areas to the inner workings it feels odd to suddenly have only a few options available I unrooted my device to reinstall the latest jb update. Not sure I want to root again just yet, for the first time I have found a device that actually doesn't need rooted and custom roms to make it better. This device is almost perfect as is. Plus, touchwiz is actually turning out to be pretty fabtastic on these newer devices. NEVER thought I'd hear myself say that lol.
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You are right the note 10.1 is the first device to be highly finished in terms of software, same with note II and s3 , I only rooted my device to use market enabler as I want to buy some apps and my country doesn't support that
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Hello,
I'm sure you are all aware of the very less storage space on the samsung galaxy s4!!
I was wondering if any of you tried apps like DirectoryBind or FolderMount to mount big folders (games, pics etc.) to the external sd card.
I myself tried both apps and none worked for me..
DirectoryBind use to work perfectly on my SG Note II, but on my i9500, it didn't work at all and I got reboots when trying to mount!
Then I purchased FolderMount, in hopes that it would work too.. But nope! That didn't work as well
I currently use a Class 10 Sandisk 64GB microSD card and I got it from amazon! And i've had no problems with it when I used it for my Note 2... I don't know why all of a sudden its not working.. Or is it the app itself.. Maybe they're not optimized for the galaxy s4 yet!!
Even for the folder mount app, I get the message, "Error: extSdCard permission - FolderMount couldn't fix the external sdcard permission and ownership. This could lead to read/write issues for apps that try to access your mounter internal sd card folders. Please try to remount all pairs after a while manually."
I have no idea what to do..
I don't know if this is a kernel issue...or a rom issue etc etc...
I was on WanamLite ROM v1.0 and I flashed the updated kernel that supported exfat cards!!
My card detects fine and I also have some out quite some stuff on it! Its only I cannot use any of the apps.
I really need to find a way, as the 8.5GB internal storage is just not enough!
Please help guys!!
Thanks in advance!
Directory Bind doesn't work anymore, only Folder Mount for Android 4.2.2
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even folder mount is giving me error. something related to extSd card permissions...
i dont know how to fix it!!
maybe you need to format it, exFat is supported.
i did format it as well!! i have no idea why its not working..
i even tried genuine 16GB samsung microSD Card!!!
STILL THE SAME... Arghhh! this is getting annoying...
i cannot install most of the games i want... if i can, it has to be 1 or 2!!
I'm using AMDL build and AMDK kernel, not sure if this any help.
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I'm using AMDL build and AMDK kernel, not sure if this any help.
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Is it a rom or just a stock firmware.. how did you root it??
If I cannot figure it out, I might give it a shot!
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I'm using AMDL build and AMDK kernel, not sure if this any help.
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I have the same problem like roni2915, and I'm currently using AMDL build and AMDK baseband.
May I know which method did you use to root your S4?
i use the steps given here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2258571
Event after root, under Device Status it shows Official
1) flash with I9500XXUAMDL_I9500OLBAMDK_I9500DXUAMDK_HOME.tar.md5
2) flash with Kernel_XXUADMK
3) flash with cofface_I9500_cwm_recovery_en and root it
4) flash with Kernel_XXUADMK
not sure if those were steps taken, but yeah finally it work. rooted with su 1.25 and did update and move all updated app to system.
did factory reboot and setup my S4 again - all went ok.
roni2915 said:
even folder mount is giving me error. something related to extSd card permissions...
i dont know how to fix it!!
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Have you already installed busybox ?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=stericson.busybox&hl=en
FolderMount requires rooted and busybox installed.
FIXED!!!
Dr.Love said:
Have you already installed busybox ?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=stericson.busybox&hl=en
FolderMount requires rooted and busybox installed.
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Yes.. That was the issue... I realized I don't have BusyBox.. I thot it was included with my ROM!!! After checking, I downloaded it and it worked fine...
Thanks :good:
Safar_Ibrahim said:
i use the steps given here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2258571
Event after root, under Device Status it shows Official
1) flash with I9500XXUAMDL_I9500OLBAMDK_I9500DXUAMDK_HOME.tar.md5
2) flash with Kernel_XXUADMK
3) flash with cofface_I9500_cwm_recovery_en and root it
4) flash with Kernel_XXUADMK
not sure if those were steps taken, but yeah finally it work. rooted with su 1.25 and did update and move all updated app to system.
did factory reboot and setup my S4 again - all went ok.
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Yes, finally got it working following the steps above. Thanks!
roni2915 said:
Hello,
Even for the folder mount app, I get the message, "Error: extSdCard permission - FolderMount couldn't fix the external sdcard permission and ownership. This could lead to read/write issues for apps that try to access your mounter internal sd card folders. Please try to remount all pairs after a while manually."
Thanks in advance!
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I have the same problem and I installed busybox from here>> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrummy.busybox.installer&hl=tr
But nothing has changed. I got the same error.
Do i need doing something after installing busybox?
Finally!
I went through hell cuz busybox wasnt fully installed lol....formatted my 64gb sd card in so many weird ways its rediculous! :silly:
I have the Developers Edition of S5 and I successfully flashed recovery TWRP and root last night. I tried backing up apps to ext sd card in Titanium Backup but it keeps saying insufficent storage available error. However i can install play store apps without problems. I have over 5GB of data free. And my sd cards wont show via usb over computer on Mac. The option is grey out and android transfer doesnt work displaying an error message to restart device but it doesnt work either. USB debugging is enabled. I installed and uninstalled kies3 for Mac which also wont work. Any suggestions on these problems that can fix them? I'm pretty frusterated at the moment. I didnt have this problem with my HTC Rezound before.
Droid9684 said:
I have the Developers Edition of S5 and I successfully flashed recovery TWRP and root last night. I tried backing up apps to ext sd card in Titanium Backup but it keeps saying insufficent storage available error. However i can install play store apps without problems. I have over 5GB of data free. And my sd cards wont show via usb over computer on Mac. The option is grey out and android transfer doesnt work displaying an error message to restart device but it doesnt work either. USB debugging is enabled. I installed and uninstalled kies3 for Mac which also wont work. Any suggestions on these problems that can fix them? I'm pretty frusterated at the moment. I didnt have this problem with my HTC Rezound before.
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1) you need to have sdcard access via root to write to it. Blame kitkat. Use this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.sdfix
2) I can all but guarantee your backup exceeds your available 5gbs free, that's why it's failing. Backup one or two apps and I bet they go through.
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Fixed!
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1) you need to have sdcard access via root to write to it. Blame kitkat. Use this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.sdfix
2) I can all but guarantee your backup exceeds your available 5gbs free, that's why it's failing. Backup one or two apps and I bet they go through.
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Last night I was able to fix it using a different method. Following this fourm. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2572354 Thanks for your help by the way. :good:
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1) you need to have sdcard access via root to write to it. Blame kitkat. Use this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.sdfix
2) I can all but guarantee your backup exceeds your available 5gbs free, that's why it's failing. Backup one or two apps and I bet they go through.
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Thanks, this will save me from having to make the config changes myself to fix the stupid broken app permission setting when I root my new dev edition =)
So I updated to Lollipop via the root method in this forum. My apps are having problems accessing the SD Card. For example, in PowerAmp, I can't delete music on my sd card. Titanium backup will not create backups because it can't access the SD Card. BitTorrent Sync is another app that doesn't have access to the SD Card.
I thought that Lollipop allowed apps to have access to the Sd Card now unlike Kit Kat. I believe the App has to be written to take advantage of this in Lollipop. Is the issue that my apps don't support this? Is there some fix i can do like in kit kat? Is anyone else having this problem?
You're correct. It depends on the app. For instance, es file explorer will prompt for it and have you select the bottom level of the sd card ( I know, it's the root directory, but didn't want to use that term because it has nothing to do with the phone being rooted and wanted to avoid confusion)...anyway, after that selection you can do things as expected through that app and the sdcard. btw, I'm completely stock.
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When I upgraded to lollipop I couldn't write or delete from my sd card. Even with es file explorer. I had to go to the play store and find an app to fix it. Just search SD Fix and choose one with good ratings (I can't remember the one I used)
are you both rooted/custom Rom? for stock and me at least, I just updated to lollipop then updated the es file explorer app and that was it.
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are you both rooted/custom Rom? for stock and me at least, I just updated to lollipop then updated the es file explorer app and that was it.
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I am rooted, no custom ROM. I just installed ES File Explorer (didn't have it installed before) and I was able to navigate to the SD Card and delete files. So I'm wondering if PowerAmp, TBU and BitTorrent Sync don't have the functionality yet? I'm going to try and un-install and re-install each one and see if that helps. When I upgraded from KK to LP, I did a data restore for apps. Not sure if that might have messed anything up.
I think you're probably OK and didn't mess anything up...best bet is to check with the app dev directly to see if they've considered or are possibly working towards that. So far, I've only encountered one app that uses that functionality from my set of many that's installed...that one is es file explorer. I'm checking with the devs of a couple others I use.
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I think you're probably OK and didn't mess anything up...best bet is to check with the app dev directly to see if they've considered or are possibly working towards that. So far, I've only encountered one app that uses that functionality from my set of many that's installed...that one is es file explorer. I'm checking with the devs of a couple others I use.
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So I wonder if I should just use an SD Card Fix app in the meantime because I really need the ability for those 3 apps to edit files on my SD Card.
not sure, but sounds like it worked for briantacker. If it does work for you, please post what you did & which app you used so that others may profit from your success as well.
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not sure, but sounds like it worked for briantacker. If it does work for you, please post what you did & which app you used so that others may profit from your success as well.
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Ok, so I tried un-installing and re-installing BitTorrent Sync but I was still getting a message that it did not have permission to write to the SD Card. So I installed this, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.sdfix , even though it's for Kit Kat and it worked. I've only tested it with BitTorrent Sync but I'm sure it will work with the other two apps.
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So I wonder if I should just use an SD Card Fix app in the meantime because I really need the ability for those 3 apps to edit files on my SD Card.
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Sd card fixer for kit kat worked for me. Titanium works fine now and i can backup to the extsdcard.
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Yeah, looks like that fixed my issue with Titanium backup and Poweramp.
From what I can tell, even though I used the app you recommended, not all apps get access. The one that I found that didn't is didn't is Dolphin Browser. I was hoping to be able to save to card. Oh well. I know the fix worked because titanium backup will backup to card. I guess that I may have to email the developer.
As the title says, my phone can no longer write to any external source (Sd card or OTG USB drive.)
I'm on the BTU CSC firmware. My phone shipped with EGY. Not sure what to do. Any ideas?
Edit: Can't delete files either. It appears that any external memory source is read only. If I switch back to my original CSC it works though....
So it appears to be a system issue... I have FX file explorer (which was failing too) and I removed and re-added Sd card write access and it works. So if I could figure out how to make the system re-ask for external Sd card permission I'll be good. Anybody know which app controls those permissions?
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Rydah805 said:
As the title says, my phone can no longer write to any external source (Sd card or OTG USB drive.)
I'm on the BTU CSC firmware. My phone shipped with EGY. Not sure what to do. Any ideas?
Edit: Can't delete files either. It appears that any external memory source is read only. If I switch back to my original CSC it works though....
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- Go to the Development forum and download @TEKHD 's rom and grab 'etc/permissions/platform.xml' file from his rom (you'll have to download the rom .zip file and extract it).
- Back up your own and then replace it using a root explorer/file manager app (you will need root permissions).
- Give him a thanks for fixing that issue for us
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- Go to the Development forum and download @TEKHD 's rom and grab 'etc/permissions/platform.xml' file from his rom (you'll have to download the rom .zip file and extract it).
- Back up your own and then replace it using a root explorer/file manager app (you will need root permissions).
- Give him a thanks for fixing that issue for us
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I'm not rooted. I've found a lot of use of Samsung Pay. Thanks for the suggestion though. Any other ideas?
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Anybody? I can't be the only one who's faced this issue.....
Another observation, stock camera can't write to external sources either. Really need to find which app handles that permission.
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I had this with my SD card (no otg) and fixed it by formatting the SD card via the phone OS. Backed up photos first obv.
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Pottsy said:
I had this with my SD card (no otg) and fixed it by formatting the SD card via the phone OS. Backed up photos first obv.
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Ughhh, that's annoying, especially since the SD Card itself is fine. I flashed the original CSC my phone had before and it works fine. Guess I'll backup and wipe when I flash a new CSC.