so I've never run into this before and I've been modding smart phones since they were invented, so I'm sure someone else will run into the same issue, thought I'd share the answer:
Edit the file at:
system/etc/permissions/platform.xml
to add <group gid="media_rw" /> in the following location like so:
<permission name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" >
<group gid="sdcard_r" />
<group gid="sdcard_rw" />
<group gid="media_rw" /> </permission>
Save the file or copy it back to the original location overwriting the original and reboot the phone, TiBu will now show folders on the external SD card as writable.
This is a general problem for all kitkat devices on 4.4.2 as Google butchered sd permissions. I had this same issue with my S4.
If you're rooted running xposed, you can download the module "Kitkat SD card full access". This will fix writing to the SD card. (For titanium, camera, etc.)
4ndroid99 said:
This is a general problem for all kitkat devices on 4.4.2 as Google butchered sd permissions. I had this same issue with my S4.
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I suppose all my roms already had the fix
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Try this:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jrummy.sdfix
Or this:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.sdfix&hl=en
Yeah, there are several to choose from
I just came over to an LG G3 from a Note 3, which I had upgraded to KitKat. Nothing on the Note 3 (Titanium Backup, Root Explorer, etc) would write to the external SD card. On my G3, they all write to the SD card without any problem whatsoever; I can use Root Explorer to rename files, for example. and I couldn't do that on my Note 3. I did nothing to the G3 except root it, and install/change my system font (oh, I installed G3 TweaksBox too, but had write access to the SD card prior to that).
Anyone know why I have write access to the external SD card on the G3, when I didn't on my Note 3? I thought this was a problem across all KitKat devices.
I'm just curious as to why this might be, that's all.
Thanks,
Dennis
dmw_4814 said:
I just came over to an LG G3 from a Note 3, which I had upgraded to KitKat. Nothing on the Note 3 (Titanium Backup, Root Explorer, etc) would write to the external SD card. On my G3, they all write to the SD card without any problem whatsoever; I can use Root Explorer to rename files, for example. and I couldn't do that on my Note 3. I did nothing to the G3 except root it, and install/change my system font (oh, I installed G3 TweaksBox too, but had write access to the SD card prior to that).
Anyone know why I have write access to the external SD card on the G3, when I didn't on my Note 3? I thought this was a problem across all KitKat devices.
I'm just curious as to why this might be, that's all.
Thanks,
Dennis
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Weird. I had to install sdcard fix from the play store to get access from third party apps.
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xraytedjim said:
If you're rooted running xposed, you can download the module "Kitkat SD card full access". This will fix writing to the SD card. (For titanium, camera, etc.)
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It does not do it for me. I have tried
a) SDfix from the store
b) This module
c) Another Xposed module (Handle SD storage)
So far they all fix the SD card access for things like camera but TiBu stubbornly refuses to budge.
GroovyGeek said:
It does not do it for me. I have tried
a) SDfix from the store
b) This module
c) Another Xposed module (Handle SD storage)
So far they all fix the SD card access for things like camera but TiBu stubbornly refuses to budge.
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I don't mean to grave dig but I'm having the exact same issue as you. I've tried the manual fix where you edit platform.xml via a root explorer and the SDfix apps from the store. Still no luck. TiBu still says insufficient storage and no folder write permisssions.
tcdos said:
I don't mean to grave dig but I'm having the exact same issue as you. I've tried the manual fix where you edit platform.xml via a root explorer and the SDfix apps from the store. Still no luck. TiBu still says insufficient storage and no folder write permisssions.
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Go to Settings/Apps/Titanium Backup and clear cache. Open TB, select menu/preferences/backup folder location and press detect!. With the manual fix or apps, TB should now detect the external SD card.
hwong96 said:
Go to Settings/Apps/Titanium Backup and clear cache. Open TB, select menu/preferences/backup folder location and press detect!. With the manual fix or apps, TB should now detect the external SD card.
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It can detect the external SD card, it just can't write to it. Since it can't write to it, whenever I try to perform any batch action, an "insufficient storage" error comes up. I've attached a screenshot.
tcdos said:
It can detect the external SD card, it just can't write to it. Since it can't write to it, whenever I try to perform any batch action, an "insufficient storage" comes up. I've attached a screenshot.
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Use the back key to jump to external SD card. See pic below. You want sdcard1. Press on sdcard1 to select. Storage/emulate is internal sdcard.
hwong96 said:
Use the back key to jump to external SD card. See pic below. You want sdcard1. Press on sdcard1 to select. Storage/emulate is internal sdcard.
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Ok, I think you must be confused with what I'm trying to say; TiBu recognizes the external SD card, but cannot write to it because of the lack of the permission. This is an issue in KitKat, as I've said I've tried the manual & app fix but TiBu won't recognize the fix. Since it cannot write to the SD card, it returns on a "insufficient storage" error on any batch action that I perform...
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Ok, I think you must be confused with what I'm trying to say; TiBu recognizes the external SD card, but cannot write to it because of the lack of the permission. This is an issue in KitKat, as I've said I've tried the manual & app fix but TiBu won't recognize the fix. Since it cannot write to the SD card, it returns on a "insufficient storage" error on any batch action that I perform...
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I'm not confused, you are. I'll let someone else help you. Your screen print shows you are using the internal sdcard. Is your external sdcard write locked?
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I'm not confused, you are. I'll let someone else help you. Your screen print shows you are using the internal sdcard. Is your external sdcard write locked?
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Yes my external SDcard write permissions are locked. I've added the permission to platform.xml by doing this:
The simple solution, if you're rooted, is as follows:
1. Using a root-enabled file manager, navigate to /system/etc/permissions and make sure you have mounted the file system r/w.
2. Edit platform.xml and find the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission.
3. Add an additional group definition for this permission...<group gid="media_rw" />
4. Save the changes to the file.
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but it still doesn't work. I've also tried patch apps like the SD KitKat fixer which was successful BUT TiBu does not recognize the changes. My platform file has the permission present yet TiBu refuses to recognize it. Sorry for being so blatant, I'm just extremely frustrated.
tcdos said:
Yes my external SDcard write permissions are locked. I've added the permission to platform.xml by doing this:
but it still doesn't work. I've also tried patch apps like the SD KitKat fixer which was successful BUT TiBu does not recognize the changes. My platform file has the permission present yet TiBu refuses to recognize it. Sorry for being so blatant, I'm just extremely frustrated.
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Did you reboot the device after modifying platform.xml?
hwong96 said:
Did you reboot the device after modifying platform.xml?
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Yes, multiple times...
TiBu recognizes the external SD card
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in your picture it clearly does NOT recognize the external SD since 'external_SD' is not listed under /storage
the problem isn't the permissions fix, the problem is the phone doesn't see your sd card
Did the platform.xml fix to enable external sd write, but then got "not enough space.
Hello all. I couldn't post this as a reply to anything (not enough posts) so I put a new thread here to share my experience for the possible benefit of others with the same problem.
I have a rooted T-Mobile Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 edition (SM-P607T) running stock kitkat 4.4.2 (uvuane2 fw). I did the platform.xml manual fix to enable external sd card writing, but in every file manager in which I tried to move a file (root explorer, ES, even TW My Files) only a few MB would move and then I would get an insufficient space error. I knew this couldn't be right as I was using a 32gig sandisk with almost nothing on it. I had previously used this card in my Note 2 SGH-T889 also running 4.4.2, which had created the "Android" and "lost.dir" folders on the card. I wondered if something in those folders was interfering with write, or perhaps a filesystem issue. So I formatted the external sd from settings and bingo, the write suddenly worked! Anyone have any thoughts as to how and why?
Cheers...Kittie
(Correction: In ES and My Files, I got insufficient space error, but in Root Explorer, I got the "restricted write access 4.4.2 nothing we can do etc." popup.)
can you help me some files on my sd card keep on re appearing again and again i am using android 4.4 kitkat if i delete tthe files again it now aid that " no have permissions to delete"
XDA Visitor said:
can you help me some files on my sd card keep on re appearing again and again i am using android 4.4 kitkat if i delete tthe files again it now aid that " no have permissions to delete"
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Yes, kitkat has a "strange" access rights management. No write access for user installed apps for the external sd card.
You can read about it here: Fix Your SDCard Issue On KitKat.
If your device is rooted, you can "fix" it like described here: [APP][4.4][ROOT] SDFix: Modify device permissions to allow apps to write to MicroSD.
As long as your device is not rooted, it's a little bit more complex. You have to use a system app ... maybe the stock file explorer will work.
If this doesn't work either, check that the sd card is not "locked" accidentcially.
Can you unmount and remount the sd card in Settings > Storage > ... ?
I have problem that i can't find answer to anywhere.
I recently installed new 128GB sd card. I wanted to delete some mp3 file (i will be doing that quite often now) and Aimp asked for permission to do so, and popup from android came out, with internal storage. I switched to sd and clicked ”use this folder” on root directory of sd, but i still can't delete files as i don't have write permission. Aimp still asks for write permission but now root directory of sd has no 'use this folder button' it shows up after i go to any folder and then back up, but it changes nothing, i still can't write to sd.
I have identical situation with ttorrent.
What i can do to change that? It's extremely annoying.
I granted permissions in apk setting for writing in memory too.
Same issue for me. It was on Android 9, and it is on Android 10 also(