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SD card blank or has unsupported filesystem fix

4 posts about this and i think i found a way to fix this with windows. it did this to me and worked so thought id share so people dont format the sd card and lose all data.
i put the sd card from my sensation 4g into my computers card reader. in windows 7 i went to start > rightclick "computer" and click manage. i then clicked on "Disk Management" to see what type of condition the sd card was in. it said it was a RAW disk. i started to think and then decided to try a chkdsk to see if it fixes it. to do that i just clicked START > RUN (or START > type in RUN and click the run shortcut) and type in CMD in the box then click ok. now in the command prompt type in CHKDSK X: /R then press the enter key (NOTE: X represents the drive letter). wait for it to do its thing and it should fix this problem.
i am not sure if it will fix it for all cases but atleast it worked for me.

I had this problem only after installing Swift Key X.
Uninstalled Swift Key X , Unchecked fast boot in power options
Powered down phone removed battery for 20 seconds put battery back in
turn on was fixed
If happens again i will try ur method in an attempt to confirm though

yea another thing that has happened was i had to restart the phone a few times and it worked but the first post was a common issue and fixed it when other methods didnt work

Comes up with the SD card is RAW so it can't be done or something :/..
Really don't want to lose the data :/

Hey, it works for me.

and for me..

sd card
does not work?
Even if i format it, the disk keeps going to RAW format.

D200P13 said:
yea another thing that has happened was i had to restart the phone a few times and it worked but the first post was a common issue and fixed it when other methods didnt work
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If you have a rooted phone and your sd is readable by your computer there is no need to format it. Just go to recovery and mount/sdcard.
This problem seems to be a flaw although.
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I do not know why there is no proper feature which causes this problem
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I think the problem is caused by root access to the sd card or kernel compatibility.
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ri123 said:
I think the problem is caused by root access to the sd card or kernel compatibility.
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No its actually caused by recovery. Install stock recovery and the sdcard blank or unsupported filesystem error might not appear.:thumbup::beer:
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Stock recovery might be the fix, clockworkmod compatibility might be the problem.

ri123 said:
If you have a rooted phone and your sd is readable by your computer there is no need to format it. Just go to recovery and mount/sdcard.
This problem seems to be a flaw although.
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This dint work for me.
Nor did the kernel version did.. I am using siyah kernel and i updated it to the latest for SGS2 but it dint work out for me...
D200P13 said:
4 posts about this and i think i found a way to fix this with windows. it did this to me and worked so thought id share so people dont format the sd card and lose all data.
i put the sd card from my sensation 4g into my computers card reader. in windows 7 i went to start > rightclick "computer" and click manage. i then clicked on "Disk Management" to see what type of condition the sd card was in. it said it was a RAW disk. i started to think and then decided to try a chkdsk to see if it fixes it. to do that i just clicked START > RUN (or START > type in RUN and click the run shortcut) and type in CMD in the box then click ok. now in the command prompt type in CHKDSK X: /R then press the enter key (NOTE: X represents the drive letter). wait for it to do its thing and it should fix this problem.
i am not sure if it will fix it for all cases but atleast it worked for me.
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Now plannin to do the post #1 method. I think this is the last option for me.
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ri123 said:
No its actually caused by recovery. Install stock recovery and the sdcard blank or unsupported filesystem error might not appear.:thumbup::beer:
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can you please provide me SGS2 stock recovery IMG link?
I am using NEAT rom which is said to be the stock samsung ROM then y is this problem?

dspPunk said:
This dint work for me.
Nor did the kernel version did.. I am using siyah kernel and i updated it to the latest for SGS2 but it dint work out for me...
Now plannin to do the post #1 method. I think this is the last option for me.
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can you please provide me SGS2 stock recovery IMG link?
I am using NEAT rom which is said to be the stock samsung ROM then y is this problem?
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Do you have a partitioned sdcard? The CHKDSK command should detect this.
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dspPunk said:
This dint work for me.
Nor did the kernel version did.. I am using siyah kernel and i updated it to the latest for SGS2 but it dint work out for me...
Now plannin to do the post #1 method. I think this is the last option for me.
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can you please provide me SGS2 stock recovery IMG link?
I am using NEAT rom which is said to be the stock samsung ROM then y is this problem?
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If you can't mount the sdcard using recovery, such as clockworkmod etc, I don't know whether changing to stock recovery will help.

ri123 said:
Do you have a partitioned sdcard? The CHKDSK command should detect this.
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If you can't mount the sdcard using recovery, such as clockworkmod etc, I don't know whether changing to stock recovery will help.
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Then whats the possible solution.. I observed one thing which is i flashed stock rom from sammobile and the sdcard used to work sometimes and sometimes it dint.. So i think its nit the sdcard which is corrupted or dead.. Is it coz of rom?
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This problem is not caused by CWM or any modded recovery, I know because this is happening to me on my LG Optimus L9 and I have the stock recovery on my phone. Although it is rooted, but that shouldn't be the cause. It's probably a faulty SD card, I have a 32 gb SDHC and my phone seems to hate it, half the time it tells me the card is blank or unsupported filesystem and wants to format it, the other half of the time it sits for an hour or two just scanning the darn thing. Either it actually is a faulty card, or my phone isn't good at reading large SD cards. So much for 'smart phone'...

D200P13 said:
4 posts about this and i think i found a way to fix this with windows. it did this to me and worked so thought id share so people dont format the sd card and lose all data.
i put the sd card from my sensation 4g into my computers card reader. in windows 7 i went to start > rightclick "computer" and click manage. i then clicked on "Disk Management" to see what type of condition the sd card was in. it said it was a RAW disk. i started to think and then decided to try a chkdsk to see if it fixes it. to do that i just clicked START > RUN (or START > type in RUN and click the run shortcut) and type in CMD in the box then click ok. now in the command prompt type in CHKDSK X: /R then press the enter key (NOTE: X represents the drive letter). wait for it to do its thing and it should fix this problem.
i am not sure if it will fix it for all cases but atleast it worked for me.
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Just logged in to say Thanks
ur idea worked
i was gonna lose alot of data if i had to format the damn card

sd card formating
if still not working, trying format sdcard using software from sdcard.org
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godfate said:
This problem is not caused by CWM or any modded recovery, I know because this is happening to me on my LG Optimus L9 and I have the stock recovery on my phone. Although it is rooted, but that shouldn't be the cause. It's probably a faulty SD card, I have a 32 gb SDHC and my phone seems to hate it, half the time it tells me the card is blank or unsupported filesystem and wants to format it, the other half of the time it sits for an hour or two just scanning the darn thing. Either it actually is a faulty card, or my phone isn't good at reading large SD cards. So much for 'smart phone'...
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Definitely the phone. My computer always manages to read the sd card, so of course, whatever happened to my phone is causing the problem. For me, the problem started immediately when I flashed a Rom after root. I didn't wipe my phone before, is that a fix???
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ri123 said:
Definitely the phone. My computer always manages to read the sd card, so of course, whatever happened to my phone is causing the problem. For me, the problem started immediately when I flashed a Rom after root. I didn't wipe my phone before, is that a fix???
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It likely to be something in the /system directory.

App2SD now working on S3!

I just received an e-mail from Zeedomax over at GalaxyS3Root.com with a fix for the App2SD problem on the Galaxy S3!
This will allow you to install apps to your SD card on your GS3.
I just picked up a 64gb SD card and will be enjoying all the extra space for my apps!
Here is the link: http://galaxys3root.com/galaxy-s3-t...-external-microsd-for-u-s-canadian-galaxy-s3/
Much credit goes out to Max for his awesome help on Android!
*Note, this does not use the "App2SD" app, it is just a mod that will swap where your phone stores data

Should we wipe and reinstall apps in order to take advantage?

I think that you can uninstall and then restore with Titanium Backup.

How's the performance with using the SD as the main memory?
I'm planning on using my 32gb class 10 sandisk.
feedbacks?

I didn't use it for very long because I still have room with the 16 gb that came on my phone. But when I did, it worked fine for me. I have a class 10 sdxd. If you don't like it though, it's super simple to switch back.

There thread in s3 development already??
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Thanks op this works well
from a galaxy, far, far away.

iomega311 said:
I just received an e-mail from Zeedomax over at GalaxyS3Root.com with a fix for the App2SD problem on the Galaxy S3!
This will allow you to install apps to your SD card on your GS3.
I just picked up a 64gb SD card and will be enjoying all the extra space for my apps!
Here is the link: http://galaxys3root.com/galaxy-s3-t...-external-microsd-for-u-s-canadian-galaxy-s3/
Much credit goes out to Max for his awesome help on Android!
*Note, this does not use the "App2SD" app, it is just a mod that will swap where your phone stores data
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if i recall this is old news now i believe bout 2 or 3 weeks now......that theyve had this already, under android developement section i believe in the second page, but this is still good for people that dont kow and still wanna find it.....only problem bout this is that their is a issue with some phones that when u install this it will swap the storage but ure internal desappears thus leaving u with just the external as a new internal, so u cant access ure real internal anymore due to the lack of support.
there is a way to fix this just follow the instructions here: give thanks to android94301 for figuring out how to do it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849861&page=5
As Promised, Solved: another way to do it using Script Manager
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I didn't invent this, Zedomax adapted in from mattiadj. But most people haven't been able to get it fully working, probably due to variations in the init.d function of various ROMS. They'd be able to see the External SD card as the internal SD, but the internal SD would disappear. This method avoids using init.d, and instead uses the app Script Manager to load the script on boot.
After much fooling around, I figured out how to do it so the External SD card and the internal cards are swapped, but you can see both with any file Explorer. I got it working on CleanROM 2.0, but it should work on Beans 10 as well.
Here's how to do it: Warning, if you do not understand the following instructions, or don’t have experience doing these things, you probably don’t want to do this hack. I am not responsible if you a) brick your phone, b) delete your data, or c) get very frustrated. That being said, the most likely failure will be that you only see the one card (the External card).
Back everything up that you care about first!!!!
1. First, I'd recommend making a Nandroid backup of your phone.
2. Next, just to be extra safe, I would backup your internal SD card to your PC. While you are doing that, if you have data on the external SD card, back that up too.
3. Next, I would format your external SD card to fat 32. (You could probably use Ext format too, but I didn’t test that.)If you already have it in that format, and have content on it, this won't affect the content, but back it up just to be safe. It’s probably better to have the Ext SD blank to begin with, you can always copy back its content from your pc.
4. Next copy the contents of the internal SD to the External SD card. This is to avoid confusion about apps and such.
5. Next install script manager free from the play store:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...51bGwsMSwyLDNd
It will show up on your phone as S manager ads.
6. Download the mod from here: http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/G...EDOMAXv0.2.zip
7. You’ll see a folder called: 11extsd2internalsd_gs3_fat32orextfat_US_ZEDOMAXv0. 2.zip
You need to unzip the folder, then go to System/etc/init.d and copy the 11extsd2internalsd file from there to your phone. Put it into the /data directory. Use Root Explorer, and your phone will need to be rooted.
(https://dl.dropbox.com/u/6305/SD C...0directory.png)
Or you can get just the 11extsd2internalsd file here: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/6305/SD C...tsd2internalsd
8. Using Root Explorer, navigate to that file in the /data directory. Press and hold the file name until the menu pops up, and click on permissions.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/6305/SD C...ermissions.png
(Unix geeks set them to 777, and everyone else copy the picture below. Click OK.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/6305/SD C...ings 777.png
9. Open the script manager app, and select Browse as Root in the config screen. Tell it to remember this setting.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/6305/SD C...and save.png
10. Navigate to the /data directory and choose the 11extsd2internalsd file that is located in /data and click on it. Click on the “Is script” button.
11. Now tap on the buttons that say Su, Boot, and Save. The file name will come up in yellow after the save.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/6305/SD C...ter save.png
12. Reboot your phone and you should see the swap working and be able to access both internal and external SD cards. The external card will show up as sdcard, and the internal card will show up as extSDCard. Your apps should now install to the external card, since your phone will think it's the internal card. Is that confusing? It was to me too!
Good luck and please share your experiences specifying which ROM you used, so that others can avoid frustration.
Thank you’s always appreciated.

This is not working for me but thanks anyways

the dropbox links are not working... can someone specify what the setting is?
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gotnoypi said:
the dropbox links are not working... can someone specify what the setting is?
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never mind, clicking the other link above contains the working Dropbox link

So, would this also work for note2? I can't see any reason why it shouldn't.

manuarh said:
So, would this also work for note2? I can't see any reason why it shouldn't.
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Note 2 dont have init.d folder and etc is read only can create foldr or paste script

I can't set default storage!
I deleted the mode but when I want to dowload something from play store it said there isn't enough space!!
How can I bakc it???
An can I use this mod with Omega custom rom?

Anyone experiencing their s3 taking long time to charge after using this mod? Before this mod, my phone charge normally. Now it will take forever to go up 1 percent. It has been at 59% for 15min

I a made a Nandroid backup before teying anything. Then I flashed the file using recovery but now I get yhe error that I have insufficient space on my phone and O cant install anything. I restote the Nandroid backup but it is still giving me the ertot. please help!

Looks good to me!

Not working on virgin mobile galaxy s3.

[Q] HTC One M8 SD card

Hi All,
I went and looked at the HTC One M8 today and was very very impressed. Looking to uograde from an s4 to the M8.
The salesmen said something interesting though and after a little research I am concerned.
He said that 3rd party apps will not be able to access the sd card at all. I know there have been conplaints about this in regards to KitKat.
As I live in Australia all the plans have horribly low data so cloud really isnt an option here, especially to store music and video.
I was just wondering if this were true? Are they able to be installed on the sd? are they able to write to sd?
Thanks for any advice

Spoorman88 said:
Hi All,
I went and looked at the HTC One M8 today and was very very impressed. Looking to uograde from an s4 to the M8.
The salesmen said something interesting though and after a little research I am concerned.
He said that 3rd party apps will not be able to access the sd card at all. I know there have been conplaints about this in regards to KitKat.
As I live in Australia all the plans have horribly low data so cloud really isnt an option here, especially to store music and video.
I was just wondering if this were true? Are they able to be installed on the sd? are they able to write to sd?
Thanks for any advice
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Just tried and yes you can but I am rooted don't know if that's why it moved

I'm not rooted. Using solid file explorer, I'm not able to write to the card. Very frustrating.
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It's a new security feature of Kit Kat, stops apps from having full read/write access to the whole sd card. The developers just need to update there apps to resolve the issue. I had the same problem moving files across but came across the answer in another thread on here.
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What about the camera? Can you change the default storage for that?

Spoorman88 said:
What about the camera? Can you change the default storage for that?
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Yes you can

Is there anyway to restore write on SD Card capabilities? Did anyone proove it?

I have just got a HTC one m8 it's not rooted(yet) I can save photos to the sd card but cant copy from internal to it. I can't even create a folder in the ext sd card where is the stock file manager I can only see Polaris if that's what it's called If I try to copy a file in that app it will not even show the ext sd card. Help any one

P4ULM4C said:
I have just got a HTC one m8 it's not rooted(yet) I can save photos to the sd card but cant copy from internal to it. I can't even create a folder in the ext sd card where is the stock file manager I can only see Polaris if that's what it's called If I try to copy a file in that app it will not even show the ext sd card. Help any one
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root it..

This is a feature of google kitkat 4.4.2. Anyway is supposed to work with default file manager. If not, you need to root and instal Sdfix from play store.
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"Feature"
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Root and install SDFix from playstore or root it and flash a custom ROM. AFAIK all the custom roms have that fixed by default now without having to install an app.

DeathmonkeyGTX said:
Root and install SDFix from playstore or root it and flash a custom ROM. AFAIK all the custom roms have that fixed by default now without having to install an app.
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I tried the SDFix on stock rooted rom, but titanium backup still cant write on SD card. (It says: this folder is not writable) i even tried modifying system/etc/permissions/platform.xml manually but still no luck.
Is it an issue with titanium backup, or am i doing something wrong?
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You need to flash a custom kernel with system write protection turned off then you can use something like SDfix or foldermount to enable writing to the external SD for all apps
Try Elemental kernel, it worked for me.

Stock and rooted here and sdfix worked fine. Titanium and all other apps write to SD fine.
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bentez2003 said:
You need to flash a custom kernel with system write protection turned off then you can use something like SDfix or foldermount to enable writing to the external SD for all apps
Try Elemental kernel, it worked for me.
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No, not true! I am on stock rom / kernel, just rooted and SDFix installed, and Titanium and all other apps read /write on extSD. No custom kernel requied!

Didn't work for me, were you s-off?
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bentez2003 said:
Didn't work for me, were you s-off?
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I am. I've no idea if that effects this though.
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Tried using the SDFix. Checked the permission.xml file. The changes has been made. However, once restarted the phone, changes have been revoked.
Using stock rom/kernel, rooted. Still no luck...seriously wtf.

Workaround for storing/modifying files on SD card
Hey guys,
I'm myself in shock what Google did in KitKat - that's just pure stupidity.
However, I'd like to share with you a simple hint on how to actually make use of SD card, using tTorrent as an example.
As you know, it is no longer possible to select a directory on SD card to store downloaded data - apps no longer have permissions, including file browser in Polaris Office. Well... it is not entirely true.
Let's say you want to select a directory on SD card, so tTorrent has as much space as big your SD card is.
All you have to do is to select a directory which your app has an access to.
What's the directory? It's the directory of particular app:
/storage/ext_sd/Android/>>your app's directory<<
In particular case of tTorrent that would be:
/storage/ext_sd/Android/hu.tagsoft.ttorrent.lite/
That's all. If you select above path in tTorrent, tTorrent will have a full access within it, so it can create/modify/delete files in this directory.
The same rule applies to any other apps - all you have to do is to select your app's directory/put files in it and your app will be able to fiddle with these files, inside its directory on SD card.
I know it is not as elegant solution as rooting device and modifying /system/etc/permissions/platform.xml file, but at least it's something.
Have fun, folks, and let's wait for an update from crazy Google - I heard that they are receiving tons of complaints about this "security feature" which I personally call simply a bug.

So that's the problem with KitKat?? For example I couldn't unpack zip on sd card, I had to unpack it to the internal memory. Since m8 hasn't default explorer, is there any explorer that doesn't have this issue, or I strictly have to root it??

[Q] EX SD card not writable for Titanium backup on 5.0

Hey guys
Im running low on space in my phone so i decided to move my titanium backup folder to the external sd card. However, its says the folder is not writable. Any way I can solve this ? Im running 5.0 and have xposed installed
Solved: I flashed the ex sd card fix zip and it worked like a charm

Think you have to use the stock File Manager as Android doesn't allow direct writing to an external memory source

EddyOS said:
Think you have to use the stock File Manager as Android doesn't allow direct writing to an external memory source
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Yes I am aware but I was wondering are there any root solutions currently available to fix this ?

Just root then apply the sd card fix. Job done.
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It says that the system partition on stockhtc kernel is protected and hence the method will not work

You likely need S-OFF in that case?

Wait... Did you actually root the phone yet?

Darth said:
Wait... Did you actually root the phone yet?
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Yup phones rooted. Its been checked with root checker and I am running titanium backup, xposed alpha, and automagic premium with it

Then I'm not sure, sorry.

Darth said:
Then I'm not sure, sorry.
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Is there a way to manually remove the protection for the system partition and make it writable ? I have twrp recovery

xdaaccount123 said:
Is there a way to manually remove the protection for the system partition and make it writable ? I have twrp recovery
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You're already rooted... That's not the issue.
But I'm not sure what is unfortunately.

Darth said:
You're already rooted... That's not the issue.
But I'm not sure what is unfortunately.
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should I maybe run through the root process again ? Like reflash supersu ?

Sounds like you have root.
I think you're barking up the wrong tree here. Lol

Here's some things to try,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/help/lollipop-titanium-backup-extsd-error-t3009584
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/help/lollipop-grant-access-to-sdcard-t3015672 (same as above I think)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/help/lollipop-blocking-writes-to-external-t2969254
See if anything there helps.

Darth said:
Here's some things to try,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/help/lollipop-titanium-backup-extsd-error-t3009584
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/help/lollipop-grant-access-to-sdcard-t3015672 (same as above I think)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/help/lollipop-blocking-writes-to-external-t2969254
See if anything there helps.
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Unfortunately ive already tried all of those :S

Ive found a really interesting thing though I dont know if its pertinent. When I edit the xml file, it doesnt save after reboot

EddyOS said:
Think you have to use the stock File Manager as Android doesn't allow direct writing to an external memory source
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Sorry for the noob question, but could you explain that? With the stock File manager I can copy/move files to the external memory card. So is that file manager not part of Android or do you mean that apps are not allowed to write to the sd card? But the the stock camera can - all my photos are on sd card ...

xdaaccount123 said:
Ive found a really interesting thing though I dont know if its pertinent. When I edit the xml file, it doesnt save after reboot
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try a custom kernel; stock kernel usually has /system write protection enabled so it won't allow changes to stick to the system partition
EDIT: or change the file while booted into custom recovery (ie pull the file, edit it, push it back, make sure permissions are correct)
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unifex_ said:
Sorry for the noob question, but could you explain that? With the stock File manager I can copy/move files to the external memory card. So is that file manager not part of Android or do you mean that apps are not allowed to write to the sd card? But the the stock camera can - all my photos are on sd card ...
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IF (yes big if) i remember correctly, only system apps have [full] access to the sdcard, all user apps only have access to their respective directories.
feel free to correct me, havent been keeping up to date :angel:

nkk71 said:
try a custom kernel; stock kernel usually has /system write protection enabled so it won't allow changes to stick to the system partition
EDIT: or change the file while booted into custom recovery (ie pull the file, edit it, push it back, make sure permissions are correct)
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I think I am going to do that. Can you recommend a custom kernel for flashing ? And I have no idea how to change the file while booted into custom recovery, could you please walk me through it if its not too much trouble ?

xdaaccount123 said:
I think I am going to do that. Can you recommend a custom kernel for flashing ? And I have no idea how to change the file while booted into custom recovery, could you please walk me through it if its not too much trouble ?
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i'm still on KK, but have always used ElementalX (both on M7 and M8), but if you rather do it through TWRP, can you upload the xml for me, i'll change it and post instructions back on how to push it back in TWRP

Permissions to external sd card

Just got the h815 (cze with rom v10aEURxx) .
It seems that some apps cannot write to external sd (e.g. Solid Explorer) .
Since I am not rooted yet (did not even attempt to unlock bootloader) I cannot use apps to correct external sd permissions (such as SDfix which requires root) .
Meanwhile I manage external sd writes with MyFiles and with ES Explorer.
Can someone suggest how to enable Solid Explorer SD card access without root?
I still wait for an xda developed root method which is reversible.
Thanks

You can't, but root explorer will let you manage files on external card though.

smaberg said:
You can't, but root explorer will let you manage files on external card though.
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Thanks.
I'll wait for a reversible Root

root will be resolve, or ask the app developer to fix it.

zolom said:
Just got the h815 (cze with rom v10aEURxx) .
It seems that some apps cannot write to external sd (e.g. Solid Explorer) .
Since I am not rooted yet (did not even attempt to unlock bootloader) I cannot use apps to correct external sd permissions (such as SDfix which requires root) .
Meanwhile I manage external sd writes with MyFiles and with ES Explorer.
Can someone suggest how to enable Solid Explorer SD card access without root?
I still wait for an xda developed root method which is reversible.
Thanks
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Just did this on my H815:http://www.androidexplained.com/galaxy-note-4-fix-external-sd-card-write-access/
Now all my apps are working fine with the external SD.
Cheers

wadken1 said:
Just did this on my H815:http://www.androidexplained.com/galaxy-note-4-fix-external-sd-card-write-access/
Now all my apps are working fine with the external SD.
Cheers
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Even Google Photos?

polfrank said:
Even Google Photos?
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Fair point. G.Photos is certainly reading the external SD perfectly well but it can't delete things there. You need to use Gallery of a a suitable file explorer for that.
The stock camera does store photos to the SD now. It's just offered me that option.
For me the important thing was that my FX Explorer and TI Backup etc be able to write to the ExtSD and they now do.
Cheers

That fix will not work for him as he is NOT rooted mate.
And that fix came from one I did and submitted to cyanogen more then 2 years ago when we first got KitKat. Lol
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47393405
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A good idea for Photos is Xposed + XInternalSD.
I have a question. Does Cyanogen use the same motif as stock roms for r/w permissions ? What is the primary SDcard on CM, internal or external?

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