Android SD Card Permissions

[Makhaira]

Right, setup in question is a Tab S,running Lollipop with a microSD installed.

I'm aware of the SD Card restrictions added in Kitkat,and have completed the popup to identify the root location. I can now create folders on the card. What I can't do though is copy files to the folder,it immediately fails with no error message (creates an empty file). Any ideas what might be going on? I'm trying to copy files from an OTG device to the SD Card. It works fine copying to internal storage rather than the SD Card.

Thanks for any help.

 

[Philyaris]

Hi,
this worked for me:

Make sure your phone is rooted. After that perform the following steps:

Using a root-enabled file manager (like ES file explorer), navigate to /system/etc/permissions
Edit platform.xml and find the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission.
Add an additional group definition for this permission: <group gid=”media_rw” />
Save the changes to the file.
Restart the phone.

 

[Makhaira]

Thanks. I realise I can do this via rooting,UK my understanding is that I shouldn't need to on lollipop, if I didn't have this issue!