I have a strange problem and I haven't been able to find a resolution online. I'm hoping someone smarter than me can offer a solution.
I have an AT&T LG G3 (LG-D850). When I got it, it had stock KK. I rooted it with Bump and everything was cool. I stayed with stock.
Last night I upgraded it to Lollipop using the stock, bump'd LG-D850 20F Lollipop 5.0.1 ROM from autoprime. I didn't run into any problems with the install. The phone appeared to be working fine.
However, today I'm having trouble with the internal storage. When I try to download a file from the internet, it's failing. In the stock browser, it just fails. Downloads says "<Unknown> Failed." In Firefox, it tells me "Cannot download file because SD card is in use." In Chrome, it tells me "No SD card."
I'm also not able to move files to or from internal storage. I can cut, copy, and paste files from one folder on my external card to another on my external. However, I can't cut, copy, or paste files from one folder in my internal storage to another folder in my internal or external storage. I've tried both the stock file explorer as well as FX.
I tried the SDFix app from NewApp on the off chance that it would help (I read somewhere it would also work on L), but it had no effect.
I can still download apps from the Play store and install them. However, if I create a new file in QuickOffice, I can't save it ("Failed to save document.") I can navigate to root and copy/cut/paste files from the data/app folder to my external card and other folders. I think the issue is the system/sdcard folder. The owner/group on the folder is root and read, write, and exec are all checked.
Does anyone know what the permissions on that folder should be? Or if that's really my problem at all?
Thanks.
kragar00 said:
I have a strange problem and I haven't been able to find a resolution online. I'm hoping someone smarter than me can offer a solution.
I have an AT&T LG G3 (LG-D850). When I got it, it had stock KK. I rooted it with Bump and everything was cool. I stayed with stock.
Last night I upgraded it to Lollipop using the stock, bump'd LG-D850 20F Lollipop 5.0.1 ROM from autoprime. I didn't run into any problems with the install. The phone appeared to be working fine.
However, today I'm having trouble with the internal storage. When I try to download a file from the internet, it's failing. In the stock browser, it just fails. Downloads says "<Unknown> Failed." In Firefox, it tells me "Cannot download file because SD card is in use." In Chrome, it tells me "No SD card."
I'm also not able to move files to or from internal storage. I can cut, copy, and paste files from one folder on my external card to another on my external. However, I can't cut, copy, or paste files from one folder in my internal storage to another folder in my internal or external storage. I've tried both the stock file explorer as well as FX.
I tried the SDFix app from NewApp on the off chance that it would help (I read somewhere it would also work on L), but it had no effect.
I can still download apps from the Play store and install them. However, if I create a new file in QuickOffice, I can't save it ("Failed to save document.") I can navigate to root and copy/cut/paste files from the data/app folder to my external card and other folders. I think the issue is the system/sdcard folder. The owner/group on the folder is root and read, write, and exec are all checked.
Does anyone know what the permissions on that folder should be? Or if that's really my problem at all?
Thanks.
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set up adb then typ this commands
Code:
adb shell
su
restorecon -v -R /data/media
@suljo94 Awesome! That fixed it! :good:
Googleing restorecon brought up a whole bunch of hits about this problem along with this solution. Too bad I couldn't find the answer unless I already knew the answer
this should be added to the autoprime thread or on the q&a for all variants.
Is there anyway to fix internal sdcard? i get bricket on a F460K and cant install .zip files in recovery philz, when i choose zip from/sdcard resolves "Couldn't open directory" and "ni files found" but i can put files in "sdcard" via adb =/, anyone know a way to fix it?. thanks!.
@bolillo It's in the main thread now, first post. It looks like it was added on 3/19.
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@bolillo It's in the main thread now, first post. It looks like it was added on 3/19.
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Ooooo well sorry jajaja first thing that popped up in google was this lol
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@mafury did you try the solution @Sulijo94 posted? That fixed my problem.
Can you install via adb?
kragar00 said:
@mafury did you try the solution @Sulijo94 posted? That fixed my problem.
Can you install via adb?
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Can't run this command on adb shell =(.
mafury said:
Can't run this command on adb shell =(.
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Did you try from a terminal emulator on phone?
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No, the phone bricked, i recover delete all user data and use kdz with LG Flash tools2014.
I'm failing at this error
suljo94 said:
set up adb then typ this commands
Code:
adb shell
su
restorecon -v -R /data/media
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I get this error. Please can somebody help?
tauseefalik said:
I get this error. Please can somebody help?
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format your internal sd (you will lose everything not on externl sd card,apps data)
suljo94 said:
format your internal sd (you will lose everything not on externl sd card,apps data)
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I tried using this command instead an it worked for me.
"adb shell
su
restorecon -FR /data/media/0"
P.S i'm using no SD Card
Would this work for media (ie. mp3)?
I can't seem to find a fix.. All my music doesn't show in any music app and can't find a solution.. Already checked for .nomedia files, cleared media storage and forced a rescan for media and and formatted internal and external SD cards... No luck.
Thanks
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Very good!!!
suljo94 said:
set up adb then typ this commands
Code:
adb shell
su
restorecon -v -R /data/media
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Fantastic!! I had the same problem with my LG G3 D850. I installed the stock rom from the TWRP recovery and was with this same problem. After performing this process my problem was solved !! But the pictures of the Camera application are not saved in the internal memory. What should I do to fix this??
kragar00 said:
I have a strange problem and I haven't been able to find a resolution online. I'm hoping someone smarter than me can offer a solution.
I have an AT&T LG G3 (LG-D850). When I got it, it had stock KK. I rooted it with Bump and everything was cool. I stayed with stock.
Last night I upgraded it to Lollipop using the stock, bump'd LG-D850 20F Lollipop 5.0.1 ROM from autoprime. I didn't run into any problems with the install. The phone appeared to be working fine.
However, today I'm having trouble with the internal storage. When I try to download a file from the internet, it's failing. In the stock browser, it just fails. Downloads says "<Unknown> Failed." In Firefox, it tells me "Cannot download file because SD card is in use." In Chrome, it tells me "No SD card."
I'm also not able to move files to or from internal storage. I can cut, copy, and paste files from one folder on my external card to another on my external. However, I can't cut, copy, or paste files from one folder in my internal storage to another folder in my internal or external storage. I've tried both the stock file explorer as well as FX.
I tried the SDFix app from NewApp on the off chance that it would help (I read somewhere it would also work on L), but it had no effect.
I can still download apps from the Play store and install them. However, if I create a new file in QuickOffice, I can't save it ("Failed to save document.") I can navigate to root and copy/cut/paste files from the data/app folder to my external card and other folders. I think the issue is the system/sdcard folder. The owner/group on the folder is root and read, write, and exec are all checked.
Does anyone know what the permissions on that folder should be? Or if that's really my problem at all?
Thanks.
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Not working. I connected my phone,they can't find it in when i type adb devices. + can't download anything from internet,only from google play.
P760x said:
Not working. I connected my phone,they can't find it in when i type adb devices. + can't download anything from internet,only from google play.
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@P760x when you type adb devices, what do you get? If it doesn't list any devices you probably need to reinstall the phone drivers on your computer. If it does list your phone, then there's something else wrong.
kragar00 said:
@P760x when you type adb devices, what do you get? If it doesn't list any devices you probably need to reinstall the phone drivers on your computer. If it does list your phone, then there's something else wrong.
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(i'm getting nothing)That's the whole point. My pc searches and founds my device. It perfectly worked on 4.1x JB, it founds instantly.
For some reason,when i connect my phone into mtp (Files transfer to pc) mode my pc can't find any items in phone,so does extraction applications in my phone,it's just all empty, even though i have gApps,custom kdz.
I tried with terminal emulator (android version) - it says permission denied,so i think that requires root? I would get instantly but i can't transfer or download anything to my phone...?
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(i'm getting nothing)That's the whole point. My pc searches and founds my device. It perfectly worked on 4.1x JB, it founds instantly.
For some reason,when i connect my phone into mtp (Files transfer to pc) mode my pc can't find any items in phone,so does extraction applications in my phone,it's just all empty, even though i have gApps,custom kdz.
I tried with terminal emulator (android version) - it says permission denied,so i think that requires root? I would get instantly but i can't transfer or download anything to my phone...?
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@P760x I noticed that I can't connect my phone in MTP mode unless developer options are on and USB debugging is on. I didn't have that problem on KK, only Lollipop.
If adb devices still doesn't list your phone after that, manually download and reinstall the phone drivers from LG. I've had multiple occasions when Windows eats those drivers, so that's the first place to start.
Hopefully that helps.
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This is driving me crazy. I want to copy the TitaniumBackup folder from my GNEX to my Win7 PC.
Looking at the folder through Root Explorer on the GNEX all appears normal. When I look at the folder through my computer the folder is showing but the contents are backups that are almost a month older than are on the GNEX. If I delete everything in that folder FROM THE PC it still exists on the GNEX.
It is like it is looking at a different folder entirely however looking and searching through ROOT EXPLORER there are no other TITANIUM BACKUP folders.
This happens with a lot of apps. Example: I created a ZIP file using ROOT EXPLORER. The zip, viewing through ROOT EXPLORER is located in the /SDCARD/SPEEDSOFTWARE/ZIP folder however when I look at the SPEEDSOFTWARE folder via my PC the folder is empty.
I have tried both MTP and PHOTO mode. This happens with a lot of folders when trying to view them from my PC connection. Some stuff is there and a lot is not.
Hmmm, there is a /MNT/SDCARD and a /SDCARD folder (I don't know much about Linux) and the files I am NOT seeing on my PC are in /MNT/SDCARD and the files I am seeing are in /SDCARD. Why are there 2 different "SDCARD" folders? I changed the TitaniumBackup to save to /SDCARD instead of /MNT/SDCARD but the backups are still not viewable (or copyable) from my computer. I just don't get it.
So the question is, how do you "backup" the contents of the "SDCARD" directory if you can't see the files when plugged into the PC?
Well, after comparing all the "visible" files on my computer when I access the GNEX via MTP vs what I see using ROOT EXPLORER the ONLY 2 folders NOT visible from my PC are TITANIUMBACKUP and SPEEDSOFTWARE (thus is the ROOTEXPLORER app data). Why would they be hidden?
It's due to how the Android MTP service works. It hasn't scanned your internal storage for the new files/directory to present to your PC yet.
Download and run an app called SDrecan from the Market. This will force the media services on your phone to rescan the device.
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Absolutely amazing! Thank you so much! I have been pulling out my hair for days!
thank you! I had the same problem!worked flawlessly!
silow said:
Download and run an app called SDrecan from the Market. This will force the media services on your phone to rescan the device.
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Thanks! This was really driving me crazy...
is there one for phones on android kitkat 4.4 and up
silow said:
It's due to how the Android MTP service works. It hasn't scanned your internal storage for the new files/directory to present to your PC yet.
Download and run an app called SDrecan from the Market. This will force the media services on your phone to rescan the device.
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this app is force closing. i cant even run it . do you have any idea? just today was working fine , i installed a custom rom and now when i try to put another roms on my sd card , i get this message that it's empty
trickster mod also has a media rescan option in bottom of tools section if this is helpful to you, I have to use it after using the "a better camera app" in order for pics to show in gallery without reboot
How the hell can i delete a folder that can't be seen via PC connection but i can see it using es file explorer?
I can't delete it using ES even with root enabled....
zerozoneice said:
How the hell can i delete a folder that can't be seen via PC connection but i can see it using es file explorer?
I can't delete it using ES even with root enabled....
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Depending on where it is you need to mount it first. Which folder are you trying to delete?
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I had a folder that became corrupted (repeatedly interrupted game data downloads, I think). I was unable to delete it (even as root) and received an Access Denied error. I was able to rename the folder (so it wouldn't conflict anymore) and delete the majority of its contents (still received the Access Denied error on a file or two). I eventually had to do a full wipe via fastboot -w to get rid of the corrupted files.
had the same problem. had to reflash su.zip and it worked. can't explain it though. just reaching at straws
matt30 said:
Depending on where it is you need to mount it first. Which folder are you trying to delete?
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it's the folder created by the Photaf application.
i uninstalled the app and the folder is still there...permissions are writable, not hidden...
i can rename it, but can't delete it....and the subfolder within it as well...
i remember it happened once before and the only way to get rid of it was to reinstall the ROM (AOKP). Once installed, i could delete the folder.....
Try reinstalling the game and using settings/application/name of game clear data
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bwcorvus said:
Try reinstalling the game and using settings/application/name of game clear data
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no effect, still can't be removed
LE: WTF, i just plugged in the phone into USB for charging and i saw the folder?! It deleted just fine?
Damn weird didn't do anything different than yesterday when i couldn't even see the folder via PC...
Thank you!
My Asus Transformer (TF101) hasn't been able to download anything to the Download folder for months now. Even Opera (which I installed just to try and fix this) could only download to a different folder. I did what you said, plugged it into the computer and first renamed the folder with ADB but couldn't create a new Download folder. "File already exists." Lies. Windows Explorer said it was still there as Download so I deleted it in Explorer and created a new folder named Download. The create failed but Android said it was there and Voila! I can download again. Very weird, but not ready yet to reformat in fastboot. Thanks guys!
If you're rooted you may be able to delete the files from /data/media, which is the true location, instead of the visual SD that you are seeing.
Could also be a file ownership issue.
Using a terminal emulator, use the following command to list ownership and permissions:
ls -l
(Lower case letter L, not i or 1)
Most of the files and folders should show up as media_rw, but the problematic ones may show up as numbers. To fix them, boot into CWM recovery, plug in the USB cable, go into adb shell. Also make sure that /data is mounted in the CWM mounts menu. Then:
cd /data/media
chown -R media_rw.media_rw *
Okay, so I updated my GSM Galaxy Nexus to the newest nightly of CyanogenMod and it ****ed things up royally, and I neglected to make a backup this time unfortuneatly.
I've tried flashing new ROMs ontop of it, but it doesn't fix the issue.
Right now my device boots, but shows a the home screen without any icons. I also have no navigation bar (app drawer/task manager/back button). Also, Trechbucket FC repeatedly. I can't find any of my files on the phone, even through adb, but when I go into settings and look under STORAGE and click photos, it shows me a gallery of all my photos.
Somehow my SD card is separated into /sdcard/0/ and /sdcard/legacy/ and my photos/downloads/everything is in legacy.
I've tried pulling using adp to grab all of my files, but it says the directory doesn't exist, (maybe I'm doing it wrong). I begun to try to pull the entire /sdcard/ and it did pull close to 2GB of audiobooks I had on there, but it was taking forever and I wanted to selectively pull photos/documents instead. I'm not even sure if I had let it continue if it'd have pulled my photos.
I type in adb pull /sdcard/DCIM /sdcard/ and it tells me that '/sdcard/DCIM' does not exist. I also tried /sdcard/DCIM/ and same thing.
Yet I can find it easily while in shell....
I think it's possible some of my files are hidden? I can use file explorer (by using Settings>Storage>audio>Explorer to see that all my files are under SDCARD/Legacy but I try to adb pull from that and it doesn't exist.
I'm really confused....
Any help either fixing my phone or pulling my data (which is on here) so I can erase/start clean?
I'd much appreciate your help.
Thanks.
A quick search in this forum of 'sdcard 4.2' will explain why this happens.
Anyway, fix is to use adb to pull /data/media (instead of /sdcard)
FriedSushi87 said:
Okay, so I updated my GSM Galaxy Nexus to the newest nightly of CyanogenMod and it ****ed things up royally, and I neglected to make a backup this time unfortuneatly.
I've tried flashing new ROMs ontop of it, but it doesn't fix the issue.
Right now my device boots, but shows a the home screen without any icons. I also have no navigation bar (app drawer/task manager/back button). Also, Trechbucket FC repeatedly. I can't find any of my files on the phone, even through adb, but when I go into settings and look under STORAGE and click photos, it shows me a gallery of all my photos.
Somehow my SD card is separated into /sdcard/0/ and /sdcard/legacy/ and my photos/downloads/everything is in legacy.
I've tried pulling using adp to grab all of my files, but it says the directory doesn't exist, (maybe I'm doing it wrong). I begun to try to pull the entire /sdcard/ and it did pull close to 2GB of audiobooks I had on there, but it was taking forever and I wanted to selectively pull photos/documents instead. I'm not even sure if I had let it continue if it'd have pulled my photos.
I type in adb pull /sdcard/DCIM /sdcard/ and it tells me that '/sdcard/DCIM' does not exist. I also tried /sdcard/DCIM/ and same thing.
Yet I can find it easily while in shell....
I think it's possible some of my files are hidden? I can use file explorer (by using Settings>Storage>audio>Explorer to see that all my files are under SDCARD/Legacy but I try to adb pull from that and it doesn't exist.
I'm really confused....
Any help either fixing my phone or pulling my data (which is on here) so I can erase/start clean?
I'd much appreciate your help.
Thanks.
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i had this problem and thought I broke my SD card. But after a little exploring I found that Android 4.2 uses a new mounting point for SD card. My old SD card content was in /data/media, new sdcard content is in /data/media/0
I would recommend you either use adb or use terminal emulator to move your old files back to the new location. If you choose to use a file manager to do this, most likely it will be quite slow. I am assuming terminal emulator only does a low level dir path change while a file manager does an actual copy/move
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DZYR said:
A quick search in this forum of 'sdcard 4.2' will explain why this happens.
Anyway, fix is to use adb to pull /data/media (instead of /sdcard)
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Thanks so much. That did the job. Now I've just got a weird /0/ directory with everything in it.
coferjinelong said:
i had this problem and thought I broke my SD card. But after a little exploring I found that Android 4.2 uses a new mounting point for SD card. My old SD card content was in /data/media, new sdcard content is in /data/media/0
I would recommend you either use adb or use terminal emulator to move your old files back to the new location. If you choose to use a file manager to do this, most likely it will be quite slow. I am assuming terminal emulator only does a low level dir path change while a file manager does an actual copy/move
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I used ADB because I couldn't access terminal emulator because the phone had a botched update and wasn't working properly.
All's good now except for the fact that I've lost all my text messages..... and stuff...
Hello!
I have some files on the internal storage, from the downlad folder, that i want to copy to my sdcard, but theres no file explorer that will let me do it. I've tried both Root Browser and Root File Manager. They just give me an error saying 'Operation Failed!".
If i plug it into my PC through MTP and tries to copy the files, either to the SDcard or my own computer, windows 8 gives me an "Unspecified error" or saying "The device is off, or file not found" (or similar).
What is wrong? Why cant i move the files from the internal storage? Hope you can help me.
I9195 / Cyanogenmod 10.2
Sounds like an sdcard issue
Try copying files within the sdcard and within the internal storage. If it fails only when copying within the sdcard, remove it and try on a card reader on your PC.
Whosat said:
Sounds like an sdcard issue
Try copying files within the sdcard and within the internal storage. If it fails only when copying within the sdcard, remove it and try on a card reader on your PC.
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I can without problems copy files onto or from the SDcard(from PC), but not the _internal storage_, thats the problem. The SDcard (partition?) works fine.
Linkdk said:
Hello!
I have some files on the internal storage, from the downlad folder,
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To clarify, do you mean the /sdcard/download folder ? I use X-plore if that helps!
xbin said:
To clarify, do you mean the /sdcard/download folder ? I use X-plore if that helps!
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To clarify, i meant the download folder on the internal storage chrome etc., saves files in that folder..
Wow that seems like a nice file manager, and it does the trick! No errors what so ever. But how come it works, but other root file managers doesnt?
And how come it doesnt work in windows? :<
Something about permissions?
Linkdk said:
Wow that seems like a nice file manager, and it does the trick! No errors what so ever. But how come it works, but other root file managers doesnt?
And how come it doesnt work in windows? :<
Something about permissions?
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I must admit that I didn't think X-plore would work either but am pleased it did; it does do pretty much everything as far as files and folders go.
I've not had a similar problem and cannot see a reason why the other methods you have tried don't work.
I just uprgraded to the lollilop gpe OTA. Everything is working as normal, camera, Infrared, light, wifi, LTE radio, etc... I am also rooted.
However, ES File Explorer is still unable to modify the contents of the External-SDCard. I tried doing a simple copy operation from the internal-SDCard to the External-SDCard and there was a prompt that came up (looks like it is from android OS and not from the application) which asks me to select the "root folder" of the External-SDCard.
Following that prompt, I get to the screen where I should click on the "External SDCard" icon on the left of the screen, but the when I do that, the application named "Documents" reports that it has stopped and then it sends me back to the paused copy operation in ES File Explorer and then that operations fails...
Anyone have any clue if this is supposed to work straight out of the "box"? Or do I need to download kernel patches or go modify platform.xml again like in 4.4.4 GPE?
Thanks!
r2d-two said:
I just uprgraded to the lollilop gpe OTA. Everything is working as normal, camera, Infrared, light, wifi, LTE radio, etc... I am also rooted.
However, ES File Explorer is still unable to modify the contents of the External-SDCard. I tried doing a simple copy operation from the internal-SDCard to the External-SDCard and there was a prompt that came up (looks like it is from android OS and not from the application) which asks me to select the "root folder" of the External-SDCard.
Following that prompt, I get to the screen where I should click on the "External SDCard" icon on the left of the screen, but the when I do that, the application named "Documents" reports that it has stopped and then it sends me back to the paused copy operation in ES File Explorer and then that operations fails...
Anyone have any clue if this is supposed to work straight out of the "box"? Or do I need to download kernel patches or go modify platform.xml again like in 4.4.4 GPE?
Thanks!
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FAQ
Google Play Edition 5.0.1
SdCard
Q.)
The sdcard not being visible via PC is annoying.
Is there any fix for this yet?
A.)
Yes, here is a work-around
Install Terminal Emulator then type:
Code:
su
restorecon -FR /data/media/0
Some say the KK sdfix works also
clsA said:
Q.)
The sdcard not being visible via PC is annoying.
Is there any fix for this yet?
A.)
su
restorecon -FR /data/media/0
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Thanks. Although the above says it resolves an issue with "The PC" not being able to see the sdcard, and my issue is with an android application (ES File Explorer) not being able to write to the sdcard, I still went ahead and ran the suggested command and although the command succeeded, the android application still can't write to the sdcard...
although it won't solve all your problems with writing to external SD card on the HTC One Lollipop, you can fix the crashing of the "Documents" app you described by making sure your micro SD card has a label (name): put the sd card in a sdcard reader in your PC/Laptop and give it a name.
Hi. Yes, you are correct I found out about the label being blank causing the crash and adding a label to the external sdcard partition fixed the crash in ES File Explorer. With the crash now gone i was able to grant ESFile Explorer write access to the entire external SDCard, and the app is now working flawlessly.
I also found this thread: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=67570#c4444
So, based on that thread's discussion, it looks like the app developers of any app that needs/wants write access to the external sdcard just need to change their applications to start using the new API, just like the ESFile Explorer guys did.
adb commands
Try running these adb commands one after the other
adb shell
su
restorecon -FR /data/media/0
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