Hi
I have installed Resurrection Remix 7.1.2 ROM recently on Samsung Galaxy S4 I9500. Now some of my applications cannot write to sd card anymore. I have looked all over to find a piece of software that can enable writing to sd card but so far none for Android 7 (Nougat). I have tried to use Root Explorer to change the owner and permission but it did not work. I have also used Material Terminal to run "ln -s" as root but also failed. Is there any other way I can solve this?
I can see that some applications will ask user permission to write to the sd card. Is it possible to make other applications also do the same i.e. asking for permission to write to sd card?
Regards
The developer of the app has to update it.
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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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What about sd card ? issue on lollipop firmware
In Lollipop, a new way for apps to write on the SD card has been implemented. If the developer of the app has added the new API, the first time the app tries to write on the SD card, it will ask you to grant permission. After that all should work fine. If you don't get the option, or you get error messages, you need to contact the app's developer and let them know.
Hello folks, I just got new SD Card 64GB because the official rom from samsung systems takes about 7GB from the internal storage [Notice: My internal storage 16GB].
So, I want to move almost all of my apps + files to the SD card (not all of them mostly the high size files).
For e.x: I've Mortal Kombat X from the play store when I move it to the SD card only the app is moved but the data stay in the internal storage Phone/Android/obb/xxxx also I tried other apps the same thing!
also I've tried moving the file by my self to SD/Android/obb/xxxx same problem and on launching the game it required an file installation (dowloading)!
My device info:
Model: GT-i9505 LTE
Android Ver: Official Samsung Lollipop 5.0.1
Internal Storage: 16GB
SD Card: 64GB
Root: NOT ROOTED Device
So, is there any solution ?
Thanks for your time guys...
You can try this. However, there is no guarantee it will work, and you assume any and all risks in trying it, including but not limited to bootloops or soft bricks. The app requires root as it needs to be able to pull data files from the /data partition, and you'll need to make a second partition on your MicroSD for the storage space. Certain features require a purchase to unlock.
I will give it a try!
I have just downloaded it from the play store but I think it required a root access!
Is there other way to move files to SD card without rooting my phone?
And what is the easiest way to root my phone
I mentioned that root was needed in my first post on this thread and why it was needed. There's no way to do what you want to do without rooting, so search for CF-AutoRoot on the forums for the easiest way to root.
Okay strephon thanks dude ☺I really appreciate that...
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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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
Same here
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 .
Hi guys. I was wondering if there's a way to install apps on SDCARD without root? I've already changed the default storage in settings but it doesn't seem to work.
mine it's working.
I think normal apps aren't normally allowed to use sdcard in Lollipop(or maybe from Kit Kat onward). They don't even have permission to see the sdcard...But why would you want that? Do you have that many apps installed that internal is full?
@andrei80 yup. Some of my games are 1gb above. @ItalianWolf when you install an app, does it directly go to the SDCARD? I wonder why that's not my case.
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yes (memory usage tells )
Maybe sd card isn't fast enought? It's, at least, a class 10 card?
Some apps can't be installed on sd card and can't be moved to sd card from app manager.
@ItalianWolf Yes, I believe this is a class 10 card. If you don't mind can you give me an example of an app that you were able to install successfully on your SDCARD? Thanks!
Also, Link2SD/Mounts2SD/Apps2SD doesn't work for me. Anybody else got a different experience? Games are taking a lot of space on my internal SD. Specifically talking about linking/binding obb files.
@Rookert I believe link2sd requires root to work.
Yup, all I have read indicate that root is needed for achieving what you want