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[Q] need help to make apk read data from external sdcard

i installed uptodate.apk but it reads data only from internal memory...the data is quite large so i want it to read data from external sd card where i have kept its data..i tried to edit apk by zip archive, by editing content_0.html...but after the edit the apk doest install.... please help me to edit the apk so that it reads data from external sd card. please i have attached the apk file....this is my first post, hope frens in xda show their kindness

rujjwal said:
i installed uptodate.apk but it reads data only from internal memory...the data is quite large so i want it to read data from external sd card where i have kept its data..i tried to edit apk by zip archive, by editing content_0.html...but after the edit the apk doest install.... please help me to edit the apk so that it reads data from external sd card. please i have attached the apk file....this is my first post, hope frens in xda show their kindness
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I modify two versions of UPTODATE.apk for "internal storage" & "sd card" usage. 100% tested & OK in "HTC one SV"

rujjwal said:
i installed uptodate.apk but it reads data only from internal memory...the data is quite large so i want it to read data from external sd card where i have kept its data..i tried to edit apk by zip archive, by editing content_0.html...but after the edit the apk doest install.... please help me to edit the apk so that it reads data from external sd card. please i have attached the apk file....this is my first post, hope frens in xda show their kindness
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If you have rooted device... Use folder mount ..
Or lucky latcher
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series 2 my modification "Uptodate" APKs
You can also try series 2 my modification "Uptodate" APKs
in these series omitted adress "/mnt/" at the sources for reading by some phone

not working
my cellphone is a Moto G (2014) and none of these apks work with me.
I tried to edit myself the loading path to "file:///storage/sdcard1/UpToDate/UpToDate.html" (assuming that this was the way to make it function properly) but i can't install the new apk (I get some error).
Since it's my first time editing any apk, I suppose I've made some mistake along the way... can someone with more experience do this job for me? Thanks a lot

I couldn't get it to work on my Galaxy Note 3 - it just showed "net::ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND". I've copied my UpToDate folder into internal storage. However I've found the solution, and I hope it helps others here who is facing a similar issue.
The key to fix this is by adding permission to access external storage (regardless if it is internal or external memory):
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
Just replace the wallpaper permission with it.
It worked finally on my Note 3 and Note 5.
I've attached a file that points to the location "file:///sdcard/UpToDate/UpToDate.html". You will have to edit the APK if your location is different from mine.
Hope it helps.

i need to replace sdcard by sdcard1. can i edit that in the apk from my phone with some app?

UPTODATE
none of the apk worked
error message while opening the app was
"the webpage at file:///mnt/sdcard/ext_sd/UpToDate/UpToDate.html couldnt be loaded because:
net::ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND

[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

[Q] Bloody hell, is there no way to copy back stuff to the SD Card?!

Why hallo there peeps!
I have rooted my Z3 and before that I copied everyting from the internal and SD card to my Macbook through Droid Nas and it worked flawlessy. The problem is to get it back... Is there no easy way to do it??? The infernal horror way of blocking writing to the SD card after Kitkat 4.4 is just pain in the ass :/
I have been searching and trying but havent found any easy way... Sofar the only way Ive found is to copy files to the internal and then copy it manually back to the SD card..
There has got to be a better way than this?

Install xposed and download the module kitkat sd card full access to fix

hobs0n said:
Why hallo there peeps!
I have rooted my Z3 and before that I copied everyting from the internal and SD card to my Macbook through Droid Nas and it worked flawlessy. The problem is to get it back... Is there no easy way to do it??? The infernal horror way of blocking writing to the SD card after Kitkat 4.4 is just pain in the ass :/
I have been searching and trying but havent found any easy way... Sofar the only way Ive found is to copy files to the internal and then copy it manually back to the SD card..
There has got to be a better way than this?
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Have you tried just browsing a network share from File Commander and using that to copy directly to the SD card?
I haven't tried this yet myself, I just use USB to copy stuff as its faster but I think File Commander has better access to storage being the system file manager.

why not use a card reader for the sd card? the issue with kitkat was applications/data writing to the sd card unless the fix was applied, from what you are saying you are having issues copying from the computer to the sd card when its in the phone

serophia said:
Install xposed and download the module kitkat sd card full access to fix
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Tried the regular xposed but it didn't work. Got a tips om one that does work?
ozzy lion said:
Have you tried just browsing a network share from File Commander and using that to copy directly to the SD card?
I haven't tried this yet myself, I just use USB to copy stuff as its faster but I think File Commander has better access to storage being the system file manager.
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I tired that, failed tho but I need to check out what to type exactly before I give up. I know how it works between a mac and a pc tho.
Richy99 said:
why not use a card reader for the sd card? the issue with kitkat was applications/data writing to the sd card unless the fix was applied, from what you are saying you are having issues copying from the computer to the sd card when its in the phone
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Well I know that works but I want to get it working to copy directly to the phone the freedom and access ya know.

I tried last night with File Commander and it worked fine.
Set up a a share of the music folder on my HTPC.
I then used the Local Network function in File Commander with the following settings.
Domain: workgroup
Server: HTPC/Music/
User: (username)
Password: (password)
Server name is just the name of the network device and the name of the shared folder.
I was able to copy over folders of music from the HTPC to my phones SD card directly over wifi. It wasn't particularly fast though but both devices are on wifi.
File Commander could be a bit better at selecting multiple folders at a time though and whiles it's copying, you can't use the app for anything else.

hobs0n said:
Tried the regular xposed but it didn't work. Got a tips om one that does work?
I tired that, failed tho but I need to check out what to type exactly before I give up. I know how it works between a mac and a pc tho.
Well I know that works but I want to get it working to copy directly to the phone the freedom and access ya know.
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http://repo.xposed.info/module/de.robv.android.xposed.installer I used version 2.6.1 on mines for T-Mobile Z3 and it works flawlessly give that one a shot.

Gutdamnit, I cant get no xposed to work. I tried the latest , 2.6.1 and it says:
"Xposed is not (yet) compatible with Android SDK version 21 or your processor arcittexture (armeabi-v7a).
CANNOT LINK EXECUTABLE: could not load library "libdvm.so" needed by "/data/data/de.robv.android.xposed.installer/cache/app_process"; caused by library "libdvm.so" not found"
What to do?

hobs0n said:
Gutdamnit, I cant get no xposed to work. I tried the latest , 2.6.1 and it says:
"Xposed is not (yet) compatible with Android SDK version 21 or your processor arcittexture (armeabi-v7a).
What to do?
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Download FolderMount. Run it, grant it root access, and then let it patch the system to allow full write access to external storage. After the phone reboots and you've verified it works, you can uninstall FolderMount.

Finally got it working, checked out: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3034811 and installed the Alpha release and it worked
So know I got Xposed working and all the mods I want, finally!
Thanks for all the help peeps! :good:

HELP Obb and Data in SD !!!

Hello everyone, I need help to run OBB and DATA directly from the SD card, I tried to use the GL TO SD, it moves the data to the card, I usually charge, but at the time of opening it asks to download the data again or did not work.
I tried to use the directory bind, I did everything right and when it opens, it asks to download new data.
I tried to use Link2sd Plus to make the link on the card and it gave the same thing, it happens to ask to download again.
I tried to use the foldermount, I did the whole procedure to select the right folder, I activated the switch, I tried to open and asked again to download, it did not work
I installed xposed to try to use the obb to sd but when installing xposed it did not recognize the apps that were on the sd card, so I restored from my TWRP backup
Sorry if I'm wrong, I'm a Brazilian using google translate
Cell Phone: Samsumg J2
Android: 5.1.1 Lollipop

Modified LG E400-boot from external sd?

Hi guys! Sorry if I'm posting in the wrong place, I'm new here. So basically, i have an LG E400 (i know its a really old phone, i don't use it as my regular phone) which has been modified so it can not be used in the regular way (i wont go into the reasons its been modified, its complicated). The USB port has been modified so it cant be connected with a pc (it will only charge), the cell and wifi chips have been removed so it cant be connected to the internet and the system modified so i cant install new apps (if i try to install apks it says the application google play store (process com.android.vending has stopped unexpectedly. Also, its somehow made to boot and run off external sd, if i take out the sd the screen goes blank, if i try to switch on without sd it just shows the LG logo. Recently i installed linux file systems for windows by paragon software on my pc and using it when i put the sd card in my pc it shows 2 hidden linux volume partitions or whatever its called. in there is the entire system or root or whatever it is (sorry, if this doesn't make sense, I'm new to all this stuff).
So basically i have 3 questions.
1. How was it made to run from sd card?
2. Can install apps by putting the apks in the root or sd or whatever it is? i googled about it and it seems to be possible but i would have to change permissions, is it possible to do that on pc?
3. Can i fix the google verification thing so i can install apks in the regular way?
thanks in advance!

AFAIK it's not possible to boot Android from an external SD-card this because when the phone powers up the Boot ROM code starts executing from a predefined location on NAND which is hardwired in ROM, and you can't change that.

Are you saying that my phone is impossible? what about a custom rom? i don't know if it has a custom rom but if i go into about phone, it shows build number palmoid 2 which as far as i know doesn't exist so could it be a custom rom made the company that modified the phone?