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Wizard as storage device

Guys I saw somewhere on the forum or somewhere online that the wizard can be used like a removable drive but i lost the link. I tried searching the forums, but to no avail, can someone point me in the right direction once again?
Thanks
Anthony

[email protected] said:
Guys I saw somewhere on the forum or somewhere online that the wizard can be used like a removable drive but i lost the link. I tried searching the forums, but to no avail, can someone point me in the right direction once again?
Thanks
Anthony
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Hi
regards

Thanks
Thanks for the fast reply and file, last question though... how do I install it? do I just copy it to my storage card?

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Thanks for the fast reply and file, last question though... how do I install it? do I just copy it to my storage card?
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HI
Yes... Simple..
Regards

It doesnt work, it says something about not being able to find the indicated storage card. How do i use this with my mini sd inside my G3 wizard? with WM6 "the real thing" flashed to it,

Its not working for me either... I copied the files from the compressed folder and into the root of my mini SD card and with the default settings I clicked "Activate" and I got the following error: "can't open the selected card/disk device". What am I missing?

try other version of wm5storage then... one of them must work.
and make SR after install to be sure, if its not working...
cannot check, but theres version, that works...1.73 works, i think:
http://www.pocketpcfreewares.com/en/index.php?soft=1543

[email protected] said:
Its not working for me either... I copied the files from the compressed folder and into the root of my mini SD card and with the default settings I clicked "Activate" and I got the following error: "can't open the selected card/disk device". What am I missing?
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Are you copying WM5torage to your SD Card? Try and copy into My Device\Prgram Files\WM5torage and then try and activate it... If I'm not mistaken access to the SD card is lost on the Wizard if you enable WM5torage.. Thus having the application installed on the SD card cannot grant access to the SD Card because WM5torage itself (or perhaps other apps) are currently hogging access to the SDCard

Tip-Ex said:
Are you copying WM5torage to your SD Card? Try and copy into My Device\Prgram Files\WM5torage and then try and activate it... If I'm not mistaken access to the SD card is lost on the Wizard if you enable WM5torage.. Thus having the application installed on the SD card cannot grant access to the SD Card because WM5torage itself (or perhaps other apps) are currently hogging access to the SDCard
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Yes, this is correct and that simple...

I copied it to program files on the storage memory and it still doesn't work. Same error comes up, and its version 1.73

killerkhatiby009 said:
I copied it to program files on the storage memory and it still doesn't work. Same error comes up, and its version 1.73
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--cant remove, sorry--
i h8 lack of typical forum feature LIKE REMOVE double pressed posts.!

killerkhatiby009 said:
I copied it to program files on the storage memory and it still doesn't work. Same error comes up, and its version 1.73
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...removed...
as far, i remember it MUST work,...anyway...

You've got both the WM5torage.exe AND the DLL and you installed from CAB and restarted as it demanded right?

yes I have both the .exe and .dll but I don't have a cab to install it and I did not restart.

killerkhatiby009 said:
yes I have both the .exe and .dll but I don't have a cab to install it and I did not restart.
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Install it on the device. Not the storage card.
Like what was said by TipEx "Try and copy into My Device\Prgram Files\WM5torage and then try and activate it..."

i don't have cab to install it, i just copy it from the zip file to my device but it still doesnt work. do i start this before i connect a usb cable or while its connected?

Both order should not have problem.
However despite I can run wm5torage and connect to desktop successfully (Built into WM6 Underground), the connection is very slow (<20kb/s) and unstable (displaying I/O error while copying), I don't know what the problem is.

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HTH HAND (if not let me know)
Flar

New to 4.4.2

First kit kat device. Just bought the Shield portable not too long ago too. I am wondering how exactly do I manage files on my SD card. For one, I know you can move basic stuff from your PC like music and pictures with no problems. However, what if I wanted to create folders, push roms, move data and actually use the SD card as pre Kit Kat? My bootloader is unlocked and my Shield is rooted. I also applied the SD card fix from NextApp.
So far from what I see, the most painless way is to take it out. Lets say I want to start playing PSP games on my new device. To be neat, I would create a filepath like Emulators>PSP>Games. Then I would put the ISO in the games folder. Again this has to be all done externally from the device.
Internally however, I have not found anything. I tried creating folders with ES Explorer with no luck. From my understanding with Foldermount, I would have to create folders first (and have whatever files) on the internal storage then create a folder pairing. However, thats still a little annoying.
Is there another way that I happen to have missed?

f3liC said:
First kit kat device. Just bought the Shield portable not too long ago too. I am wondering how exactly do I manage files on my SD card. For one, I know you can move basic stuff from your PC like music and pictures with no problems. However, what if I wanted to create folders, push roms, move data and actually use the SD card as pre Kit Kat? My bootloader is unlocked and my Shield is rooted. I also applied the SD card fix from NextApp.
So far from what I see, the most painless way is to take it out. Lets say I want to start playing PSP games on my new device. To be neat, I would create a filepath like Emulators>PSP>Games. Then I would put the ISO in the games folder. Again this has to be all done externally from the device.
Internally however, I have not found anything. I tried creating folders with ES Explorer with no luck. From my understanding with Foldermount, I would have to create folders first (and have whatever files) on the internal storage then create a folder pairing. However, thats still a little annoying.
Is there another way that I happen to have missed?
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Try Root Explorer. While I don't have a Shield Tab yet, kitkat is kitkat. Hardware shouldn't matter.

cam30era said:
Try Root Explorer. While I don't have a Shield Tab yet, kitkat is kitkat. Hardware shouldn't matter.
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No good. Still can't create folders. I guess my only choice is to remove the SD card and do everything externally?

f3liC said:
No good. Still can't create folders. I guess my only choice is to remove the SD card and do everything externally?
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Try running an sdcard fix app for kitkat. Look for nextapp sdfix in the playstore, I normally run that.
Sent from my One M8

Keithn said:
Try running an sdcard fix app for kitkat. Look for nextapp sdfix in the playstore, I normally run that.
Sent from my One M8
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.sdfix&hl=en
Make sure your rooted first.

[Q] Lollipop: SD Card Write for Legacy Apps

Hey Guys -
Amongst other devices, I have a rooted Nvidia Shield Tablet which I primarily use for gaming (of course) and love. Recently, I upgraded to Lollipop and soon after even completely reset the tablet by reapplying the recovery image, then upgrading to Lollipop via OTA (since recovery files still haven't yet been updated.)
There's just one main issue I cannot find a solution for: I have many legacy apps / games and for some of them need to have SD Card write access. Take for instance "Star Wars - Jedi Academy." It's a paid app and when downloaded installs a small APK as well as a folder with the Demo version of the PC game's files. The app says if you copy the retail version files to a folder and point it to them, it will play the full game and does - however - these files are 3.5gb therefore I copied to a folder on my SD. When I open the app/game and point it to the SD Card folder (which it sees), it says the target isn't writable.
When Lollipop first came out, I know many apps needed to be upgrade to be able to write to the SD card - due to Storage Access Framework I believe. They must know that some legacy apps probably may never get updated. How are we to use these? I'd think the fix would come in one of the following forms:
- Xposed Add-on (Installer/Framework still not compatible with Lollipop, though )
- Play Store App - Non-official workaround like ones offered for KitKat
- Lucky Patcher modification?
- Some other method which may require root
- A base Android setting I've overlooked
So... does anyone know a method which is currently out and working? Thanks!

I recently wrote a post about this. Tl;dr you need to reformat your card as ntfs to get it to work, and then do some craziness with the Google Storage Access Framework on command.

Wait a second. Can't you write a simple app like SD fix to repair the way the SD card is accessed?

bzowk said:
Hey Guys -
Amongst other devices, I have a rooted Nvidia Shield Tablet which I primarily use for gaming (of course) and love. Recently, I upgraded to Lollipop and soon after even completely reset the tablet by reapplying the recovery image, then upgrading to Lollipop via OTA (since recovery files still haven't yet been updated.)
There's just one main issue I cannot find a solution for: I have many legacy apps / games and for some of them need to have SD Card write access. Take for instance "Star Wars - Jedi Academy." It's a paid app and when downloaded installs a small APK as well as a folder with the Demo version of the PC game's files. The app says if you copy the retail version files to a folder and point it to them, it will play the full game and does - however - these files are 3.5gb therefore I copied to a folder on my SD. When I open the app/game and point it to the SD Card folder (which it sees), it says the target isn't writable.
So... does anyone know a method which is currently out and working? Thanks!
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Not sure it will solve your problem, but when I first upgraded to Lollipop I could not write anything to my sd card. Someone else mentioned that if you install Folder Mount, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devasque.fmount, upon first launch it would recognize the issue and offer to fix it. I tried it (used Folder Mount on my old Hisense Sero Pro 7 for a long time so I trust it), and sure enough it works great. Then just uninstall it once you've rebooted. End of problem for me...

Easy fix. If you have root use SD Card Fix by NextApp
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.sdfix
Gives you read write back to your ex SD.
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this fix did it for me without installing any app:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44370296#post44370296

Wow - Thanks for all the replies guys! I got it to work!
After reading each, I decided to first try w.0.o.t's suggestion which is a direct but simple edit of a system file instead of installing an app for which I don't know what it does exactly. The example in the link he sent was a bit different as it was for 4.3, so here's what I ended up doing to make it work for 5.0:
1. Opened Root Explorer Pro on my tablet
2. Browsed to the file "/etc/permissions/platform.xml"
3. Copied it to the root of my internal storage (sdcard0) for backup
4. Held down touch on it and choose to Edit in Text Editor. It asked if I wanted to mount volume as RW to which I replied yes
5. Located the section "WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" and made the edits listed in the "EDITS" section below these steps
6. Saved file, held touch on filename again, went to permissions, and verified that it was set to "644" - it was
7. Restarted tablet
EDITS
Original Data in permissions.xml
Code:
<permission name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" >
<group gid="sdcard_r" />
<group gid="sdcard_rw" />
</permission>
Edited Data in permissions.xml What I changed the above values to...
Code:
<permission name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" >
<group gid="sdcard_rw" />
<group gid="sdcard_rw" />
<group gid="media_rw" />
</permission>
Notes when editing:
- Make sure that you change "r" to "rw" on the first listed group - may easily be missed when coming above two
- When typing extra line, my tablet auto-corrected the word "gid" and changed it to "god" without me noticing. After rebooting and it not working, I went back and saw the error, fixed it, rebooted, then it worked
To test, I opened FX File Editor and browsed to a file on my SDCard which I previously could not delete. This time, I was able to delete it without issue
Thanks again guys!

glad you sorted it out.

primetechv2 said:
I recently wrote a post about this. Tl;dr you need to reformat your card as ntfs to get it to work, and then do some craziness with the Google Storage Access Framework on command.
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Do you have a link to some instructions for that method? And does it require root?

KingDestruct said:
Do you have a link to some instructions for that method? And does it require root?
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No root is needed.
It requires a computer, and probably for you to eject your SD card from your shield and insert it into the computer in a different way, so it's recognized by Windows Explorer.
So you plug in the SD card as mentioned.
Open it up in Windows Explorer. (This usually comes up when you insert the card, but if it doesn't you can usually open the Start Menu or Start Screen and type Explorer to find it.)
Copy everything you want to save out of the card.
Right click in an empty space, then choose Format...
Format the thing as NTFS. Turning off Quick Format probably won't hurt. Don't bother with any other options.
Cross fingers. Try the card again.

primetechv2 said:
No root is needed.
It requires a computer, and probably for you to eject your SD card from your shield and insert it into the computer in a different way, so it's recognized by Windows Explorer.
So you plug in the SD card as mentioned.
Open it up in Windows Explorer. (This usually comes up when you insert the card, but if it doesn't you can usually open the Start Menu or Start Screen and type Explorer to find it.)
Copy everything you want to save out of the card.
Right click in an empty space, then choose Format...
Format the thing as NTFS. Turning off Quick Format probably won't hurt. Don't bother with any other options.
Cross fingers. Try the card again.
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I'm sorry I should have clarified, I know how to and have formatted the SD card, I was referring to the fiddling around with the Google Storage Access Framework on command. Sorry for the confusion.

KingDestruct said:
I'm sorry I should have clarified, I know how to and have formatted the SD card, I was referring to the fiddling around with the Google Storage Access Framework on command. Sorry for the confusion.
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The GSAF will only pop up on apps that have been wired to support it. Among others I know ES and FX file explorers are now capable. Any luck with those?

primetechv2 said:
The GSAF will only pop up on apps that have been wired to support it. Among others I know ES and FX file explorers are now capable. Any luck with those?
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No luck whatsoever. I'm getting the same issue as the original poster. I've tried with both ES File Explorer and FX and Documents crashes as soon as I select the SD Card. The SD card is in NTFS format, would exFAT format make a difference?
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primetechv2 said:
The GSAF will only pop up on apps that have been wired to support it. Among others I know ES and FX file explorers are now capable. Any luck with those?
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I have tried using ES File Explorer on my LG G3 running Android 5.0.1 and I was able to write to the SD card. So at this point its an issue with the tablet, which is immensely infuriating since I can't install games to the SD car properly, which is the main thing this tablet is for isn't it?! I really want to play some Hearthstone on it!

You know, at this point, any change in format might make a difference. I'm scratching my head as to why you need to explicitly provided Storage access to ES File Explorer, maybe it just no longer assumes it has the permissions (stock Samsung apps are okay with writing anywhere and preliminary documentation about OEM installed apps said the same thing).
The good news is that I've never destroyed an SD card by formatting formatting it. Go nuts. Try things other than what I suggested... At this point there's a good chance I'm missing something. And I'm sorry for botching my suggestions.
Here's an idea. Between switching formats and maybe allocation sizes (I'm leaning towards trying the smallest one), try formatting your SD card in the system's Storage settings.
Here's another: try the SD Formatter application available here. Raspberry Pi SD cards are sometimes as cranky as Shield ones.
http://www.raspberrypi.org/help/noobs-setup/

I got it to work! I used the SD Formatter you suggested, although it only let me format it to FAT32. I did see some other threads though that said something about renaming the SD card too, so I decided to rename the volume label to "Shield_SD", and I'm guessing that this is the problem, as I never named the SD card. I noticed also that on my LG G3 that the external SD card had a name that was a bunch of random characters, but I could write to it.

dgjenkins said:
Not sure it will solve your problem, but when I first upgraded to Lollipop I could not write anything to my sd card. Someone else mentioned that if you install Folder Mount, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devasque.fmount, upon first launch it would recognize the issue and offer to fix it. I tried it (used Folder Mount on my old Hisense Sero Pro 7 for a long time so I trust it), and sure enough it works great. Then just uninstall it once you've rebooted. End of problem for me...
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After upgrade to lollipop, then downgrade to KK 4.4.4, had a sd card write pb.
This one solved my problem.
Thanks for that, you made my day.
Best regards
Franck

FTP server app with SD card access on lollipop

As I understand, lollipop should bring back the write access to SD card for third party apps.
However, the app "Ftp server" still cannot write to the SD card.
I cannot root the device due to company restrictions.
Any ideas or suggestions?

Bump!

Yeah, no root no acces.

TheTeslaCoil said:
Yeah, no root no acces.
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I got this reply from the developer of FTP server pro:
"Basically I would need to use a new set of functions created by google (which are not standard); but I can not do that as I am using a standard implementation of ftp protocol."
So apparently there is a non standard implementation available?

waxxan said:
I got this reply from the developer of FTP server pro:
"Basically I would need to use a new set of functions created by google (which are not standard); but I can not do that as I am using a standard implementation of ftp protocol."
So apparently there is a non standard implementation available?
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This is exactly mine problem too. I have upgraded to Lollipop in hope to be able to write via FTP Server app to SD card again but it still doesn't work.
Is there another FTP app which can do it?
Also isn't there any other file browser app which can write to SD card (like pre-installed File Commander) ?

Yea, the preinstalled file commander can write to sd. It even have a ftp client.
But I want the other way around.
Have tried a few of the free most popular fpt server apps, but same problem on them all.

Probably/maybe if you make it a system app it'll work. (use Titanium backup for that)
Nvm that's only applicable if you have root, sorry i forgot you can't root...

For those who are interested. FTP server pro has now been updated, and support full access to SD card.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.theolivetree.ftpserverpro&hl=en

No dice, FTP server pro only writes to it's proprietary folder, not to SD card in general.

It is working on my Z3 at least. You might have to choose custom folder, then point the custom folder to the SDcard. That is how i have it configured.

That does the trick ! Thanks !!

Custom Folder
LG G4 - I set up the custom folder to be home but I'm still seeing the root (/). If I try to delete or transfer files -- no dice.
Non-rooted phone.

I'm on non-rooted too. Directly after selecting the sdcard as custom folder, I had the option to grant write access as described here:
https://metactrl.com/docs/sdcard-on-lollipop/

Wobstar said:
I'm on non-rooted too. Directly after selecting the sdcard as custom folder, I had the option to grant write access as described here:
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I didn't receive anything about write access or otherwise after the the window opened to let me select the SD Card.

You have set home folder to custom? And then opened the activated browser just below the home folder option? And select external SD card in that option?
If yes and it didn't work, I would suggest reinstalling the app...

Wobstar said:
You have set home folder to custom? And then opened the activated browser just below the home folder option? And select external SD card in that option?
If yes and it didn't work, I would suggest reinstalling the app...
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Well it helps to follow ALL the instructions... this is important:
"Don't navigate down into any subfolder. You must select the top-level root folder of the SD card. This is important."

This FTP-Server worked for me:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.theolivetree.ftpserver
In the settings you can select your root directory, don't select "ext. SDCard" it will only let you write in the apps own folder on the SDCard. Select personalized home directory than android asks you were your root directory should be, select your SDCard and confirm it, this should do the trick.
(Tested on LG G4 - Android 6.0)
Hope it works for everyone ;D .

CyanogenMod 13 + ROOT
Yes, writing to external card seems to work this way.
But deleting from the external card does not work. When trying to delete a file i get the error:
error 450: no permission to delete
Why?

Accessing the SD Card Outside of My Files

Some of you have likely figured this out, but after spending a few minutes poking around ES File Explorer Pro and being unable to locate my 64GB SD card, I finally found the location.
From the root of Device Storage, go to /storage/. Your name will likely vary, but mine was found as /storage/6D31-DA1D.
Having an SD card in my work S5, it was much easier and just required looking for ExtSDCard under /mnt/.

NotATreoFan said:
Some of you have likely figured this out, but after spending a few minutes poking around ES File Explorer Pro and being unable to locate my 64GB SD card, I finally found the location.
From the root of Device Storage, go to /storage/. Your name will likely vary, but mine was found as /storage/6D31-DA1D.
Having an SD card in my work S5, it was much easier and just required looking for ExtSDCard under /mnt/.
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Just to add, the same applies to a SD card attached using an OTG adapter as well. Not as much need to use OTG now except for those times when you just want to transfer something over quickly.

NotATreoFan said:
Some of you have likely figured this out, but after spending a few minutes poking around ES File Explorer Pro and being unable to locate my 64GB SD card, I finally found the location.
From the root of Device Storage, go to /storage/. Your name will likely vary, but mine was found as /storage/6D31-DA1D.
Having an SD card in my work S5, it was much easier and just required looking for ExtSDCard under /mnt/.
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Or you can just hit the drop down list and choose it

king3opobn said:
Or you can just hit the drop down list and choose it
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That is an option too. However I got used to having all the side menus collapsed and didn't even think of that.

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That is an option too. However I got used to having all the side menus collapsed and didn't even think of that.
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This drop down is faster

6D31-DA1D looks like the assigned serial number after the card is formatted. If that is true, then everyone will have to look for a different hex number for their card.
BTW is ES File Explorer allowed write access the SD card without root?

KurrentUser said:
6D31-DA1D looks like the assigned serial number after the card is formatted. If that is true, then everyone will have to look for a different hex number for their card.
BTW is ES File Explorer allowed write access the SD card without root?
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First time you try to write to the SD card, you get prompted to follow some steps. From there on, it can write to the card without error. Created a test folder and file on the root to verify.

NotATreoFan said:
First time you try to write to the SD card, you get prompted to follow some steps. From there on, it can write to the card without error. Created a test folder and file on the root to verify.
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So I gather that Marshmallow didn't inherit the Lollipop "Apps can't write to SD card" rule. That's good news. I prefer to transfer files from my PC to the phone via WiFi. Never made sense to have to use two file managers to copy files to the SD card.

KurrentUser said:
So I gather that Marshmallow didn't inherit the Lollipop "Apps can't write to SD card" rule. That's good news. I prefer to transfer files from my PC to the phone via WiFi. Never made sense to have to use two file managers to copy files to the SD card.
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They are restricted by default, but you can grant them access if they've been updated to know how to properly request it. Google made that change awhile ago, but most apps or OEMs never implemented it.

Root Explorer force closes on me upon tapping "select" to write to my SD card. Any input on this would be greatly appreciated.

LuigiBull23 said:
Root Explorer force closes on me upon tapping "select" to write to my SD card. Any input on this would be greatly appreciated.
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Root Explorer might be looking for root access? Dunno. Try ES File Explorer maybe

glensta said:
Root Explorer might be looking for root access? Dunno. Try ES File Explorer maybe
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I don't believe it needs root to achieve this. I've done it before. It's just not working now for whatever reason.

LuigiBull23 said:
I don't believe it needs root to achieve this. I've done it before. It's just not working now for whatever reason.
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Have you used it on unrooted 6.0.1 yet?

NotATreoFan said:
Have you used it on unrooted 6.0.1 yet?
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We don't have root yet so yes I've tried it on stock 6.0.1

LuigiBull23 said:
Root Explorer force closes on me upon tapping "select" to write to my SD card. Any input on this would be greatly appreciated.
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This happened to me after running Package Disabler, also complete inability to write to SD card with ES, MI, or any other file explorer. Turns out Package Disabler flags External Storage(com.android.externalstorage) as bloatware and I had to make sure I unchecked and enabled it again.
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You can change storage location also

LuigiBull23 said:
We don't have root yet so yes I've tried it on stock 6.0.1
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I was referring to testing on another device with 6.0.1.

NotATreoFan said:
I was referring to testing on another device with 6.0.1.
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No since the S6 hasn't received the update yet.

LuigiBull23 said:
No since the S6 hasn't received the update yet.
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Just tested on my phone and got the same FC after tapping SD Card. Root Explorer likely needs an update to resolve it.

NotATreoFan said:
Just tested on my phone and got the same FC after tapping SD Card. Root Explorer likely needs an update to resolve it.
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I don't think Root Explorer is the issue because no file manager app I've tried allows me to write to the sd card.