yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] tobymacfreak:
Here's the fix!

Follow these steps to fix...

1.) Open Preferences and choose backup folder location

2.) Select Detect and choose whole device

3.) Choose the option /storage/emulated/legacy

4.) Select Use the current folder

5.) Benefit ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Lw00d:
yes ex fat

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i try that. but it wouldnt show up. the only one that it gave me was my Sd card,

so what i did is set it manually. to the path you specified. it work. thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] nolsen311:
Which didn't work at all for me. :(

It had been working perfectly without setting the backup location until (probably) when I upgraded to CM10.2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Lw00d:
Did you try the other steps

I mist with?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] nolsen311:
SOLUTION: I must have missed the toast notification about restarting the app yesterday evening when I tried this. Once I restarted the app it works perfectly.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] robgee789:
legend :), i was having this problem on my nexus 7 and this fixed it cheers mate
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] layar:
I had the same problem, this fix works!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] CanuckinPA:
That worked for me and solved the problem :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] worthlessgenius:
Epic! Thank you, this works.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] chrispgibbs81:
Great, worked in my M7 too :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] einverne:
Thanks it works

after reboot, It works:)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] buu1152:
legacy still insufficient

Well this still doesnt work i had already been using /legacy and now when i try to use backup for modified data it says interrupted: insufficient free space. my exact directory is /storage/emulated/legacy/TitaniumBackup .. i have just downloaded 200mb of apps from play store to test my storage and i still have 2.9gb free. Someone please help thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] buu1152:
*UPDATE* *sep.21.13* Location back to emulated/0

If you have done like me, and tried deleting ODEX files, changing path of folder to /legacy and trying reinstall and still get insufficient free space, then try changing file location back to emulated/0 i told my friend about it and he said he found on a recent post so i cant credit that post right now, but changing file location back to emulated/0 should solve the problem.. thanks

OH BTW running PA 3.99 RC-2 with franco's r184.. so if your running earier versions of those you may need to stick with emulated/legacy
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] CeloCRF:
This fixed my issue on my GS3 running Carbon 4.3 rom. Thanks :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] land.apfel:
Thanks a lot for the legacy path fix, but it's very annoying how Google has created a mess with SD card folders just because they wanted to have one big data partition...

Who ever has made that decision should've been fired long ago.

That's about the only thing that destroys Android imho.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] nolsen311:
Y'know, I'm not sure I agree with you.

It's a total pain in the ass, and at first I hated it too. I've been using Android since before Cupcake and I lived through the first hacks to enable AppsToSD and running the "Hero" ROM on a G1. This solution is pretty good if you can give up worrying about it.

If you can emotionally get to a place where you can embrace the philosophy of do-i have-enough-space-to-stream/cache-whatever-i-want, the whole thing is less aggravating.

I'd be even happier if we could just actually interleave file systems and/or we could just buy 128GB Nexuses with 3GB RAM.

-Nate

" Me? I'm just a madman with a box." -The Doctor
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] GuyInDogSuit:
Didn't work for me even after reboot. I had thought this was the folder it was using before. Aren't /legacy and /0 the same location? Why did this storage convention have to get so f''ed up?

Thank you!! I tried switching to /legacy and it was a no-go, but /0 worked for me! Don't know why it stopped working all of a sudden, but it's backing up now. Thanks again, to both of you!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jgd56:
Titanium Backup insufficient memory error

I found the only way I could get Titanium Backup to stop giving that error was to disable DropBox sync.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Raul:
Finally!! Thank you, worked for me too!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] wywerny:
Tibu didn't work with builtin superuser from PA. Install SuperSU and say hello to normal functioning TiBu :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] HKSpeed:
Thanks. That worked for me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lsebestyen:
wow, thank you, it's work nice!!:good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jkennebeck:
I began having this issue with TiBu about 3 days ago. When I try to follow the steps in the given solution after clicking detect>entire device my phone tends to freeze up at about 27% done and never completes. Waited more than 15 minutes. Any ideas why it won't scan everything and allow me to choose the folder path? Tried creating that folder path manually using Root Explorer but when I tried to manually set it to that in TiBu it said that folder wasnt accessible. Do i have a corrupted SD card?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] djrip:
Yo bro, many thanks for the fix.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jeffsf:
Another issue that may cause this symptom is that there are too many backup files in the folder, somewhere a bit over 5,000, in my experience. I'm not sure why that's an issue, but creating a new folder for the backups has resolved it for me each time, at least once I remembered that to be the problem!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] tomc99999:
I tried /storage/emulated/legacy and the TitaniumBackup folder has 104 backups but everytime I try to backup something I get the Titanium Backup interrupted or Titanium failed message with insufficient storage given as the reason. I have the "Pro" version and want to move to Kit Kat but it's a pain to recover apps by reinstalling from Play. I am on 4.3 (liquid_d2vzw .... LS v2.10 with CM 3.4.62 Kernel -- baseband ML1) . This error has been around for a long time but I didn't encounter it until recently--
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] levi_jm:
Writing to an External_SD card

If your problem was that Titanium was unable to write to an external SD card, like mine was (It will say "Folder is not writable"), then try the steps below:

1. Using a root-enabled file manager like root explorer, navigate to /system/etc/permissions

2. Edit platform.xml file and find the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission.

3. Add this group definition: <group gid="media_rw" />

4. Save changes.

5. Restart.

Press "Thanks" :D:D:D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gotenks22:
THANKS!!! had this problem on my nexus 5 and now it's solved !
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mharmon:
Did not work for me. Bleh.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Touch_Pete:
This was the correct solution to allow the use of the /mnt/ExtSdCard location on my GS4. Why this would be set the way it was baffles me. The external SDcard should always be world writeable it causes to may programs to fail if it isn't
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] GleDel:
Also fixed it for me. (4.4.2 Samsung Galaxy S4)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] kilbasakid:
followed what you said and I can now use my sd card for back ups. All other options in this thread did not work for me. I am on T-mo note 3, 4.4.2.

Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Ronin2009:
Cheers bud, this solved the issue on my SGN3. Many thanks :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] t4duzan:
This worked for me and my AT&T S4...4.4.2.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] rizoh66:
Worked for me. THANKS!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] supermanrj:
Thanks this really worked on me. :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] nutpn:
.

I thankyou Sir this fixed my tab pro 8.4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jdushey:
Can't Modify Platform.xml

I tried modifying my platform.xml file but when I try to save it I get an error.

I tried changing permissions on the file, but it would not let me.

any thoughts?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] nutpn:
Is root explorer itself in rw mode, should say Mount r/o
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jdushey:
Can't Modify Platform.xml

Yes - it says mounted as r/o -

How would you change that?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] nutpn:
Press it and it will change but you want it to show mount r/o, then go in System and go down to etc, find Platform.xml and click and hold and click open with text editor, find Write External Storage Permission and add in <group gid="media_rw" /> then close and it will ask to save it, click yes.

If this don't work I have it saved in my box.com folder and I think I can send you a link and you just add the. Xml in this folder and save it. And rename old.xml as .Bak instead of .Apk
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] invisiblewave:
Cheers! Titanium mis-reports the error as insufficient storage when it should report a permissions problem. For those using ES File Explorer, your next issue will likely be the same as mine, finding the root explorer setting in the horrible new version of the app, you need to set it on, then change the permissions on platform.xml (at least for me it opens it without root permissions in the editor) to allow group or public write. Once that's edited, Titanium works again.

Here's the link to the ES Explorer thread, apparently nobody else can find that root setting either: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2279194&page=2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] woodjc01:
Problem writing to external SD card fixed

This worked for me on my Note 3 from Verizon. Thanks levi_jm. :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Count_Chockula:
Worked for me on the $print G3 4.4 (ND8)!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Kc0r8y:
This fixed it! Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] pedrolopes665:
If you are with Kitkat, try this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.sdfix

Abrcs
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ItkuPitku:
:good:. This works for my SGS4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] tekrhino:
Thanks

Worked on Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 5

Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] klect:
THANK YOU, couldn't find the culprit, this fixed it! Besides the "storage issue" my galaxy note 2 told me I couldn't write to the normal folder.. Which is pretty odd considering ES file explorer tells me I can..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] :
Still doesn't work on my device (4.4.2), my device doesn't have the /storage/emulated folder, and already has media_rw in the WRITE_ACCESS_STORAGE permission, any help? :crying:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] narflynn619:
Same here on 4.4.2. All recommended solutions do not work. :(:crying:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] :
I think the problem could be in the app, as my other apps all work with the SD card.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Raindog14:
I used the sdfix app posted here, it worked for me (globe 4.4.2)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jdushey:
Titanium Backup Insufficient Space Error

Well, after months of searching for a solution and reposting my message on this forum, I was finally able to solve my issue by downloading an app from the play store called: SDFix: KitKat Writable MicroSD by nextapp. This worked like a charm and now I can go back to using Titanium.

The manual modifications suggested on here did not work for me and I bricked my phone twice while trying them.This was a fool proof solution. Thanks to the person who discovered it and posted here.

Here is the link in the play store:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.sdfix
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] :
Any MTK users using 4.4+, check out this thread:

http://bbs.elephone.hk/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=298&extra=page=1#.U_drzmPwCk1

tl;dr: Use Superuser instead of SuperSU.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] s0c9:
Worked like a charm for me.. Would have been nice if Google had not "hidden" this little gem on kit kat.. LOL.

Titanium up and working again.. thanks for the info and links!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] kurrupt_1:
This worked perfectly for me on my TMO Note 3, it stopped working when I loaded Effortless rom 8.0. Now it works flawlessly.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] cedricpuchalski:
Thanks, this works for me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ericmtnbkr:
I don't want to hijack this thread, but I have another question.

Has anyone lost the option to move apps to the SD card? Under Batch Actions > Move / Integrate, the only option I have is 'Integrate updates of system apps into ROM'. TiBu has no problems writing to my SD card (that's where my backups are), but for some reason I can't move apps to the SD card. Anyone else have this issue?

I'm running rooted but stock NC5 and have TiBu Pro.

Thanks,

Eric
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] DesirableHTC:
This didn't work for me either, I tried to make a backup, but kept on getting the insufficient space message, so I deleted the TB folder from /storage/emulated/0 then when i go into TB settings>Backup folder location i get a message that says Current backup location (/storage/emulated/0/Titanium Backup) Cannot be accessed, if i select detect, no matter which i try SD card or Device i get "no backup location was fond" If I make a folder in said location and the navigate to it, it says This folder is not writable, and the permissions cannot be changed either....

Device: Galaxy S5 ROM: Alliance v5.3 4.4.2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jcwilliams:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.sdfix

I just ran into this. Try this app. Once you run the app reboot your phone.

And try again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FLAWLESSVW:
You are a genius bro.

I noticed my location said it wasn't writable before I found this thread.

I knew I didn't want to change my location since I had existing backups in my current location from previous phones and just needed to change permissions.

I rebooted, tried one backup of a single app (successfully) and had to come say Thanks!

Gotta go... Need to get my backups rolling since I have zero on my new phone

AT&T Samsung Galaxy S5 Active
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] DesirableHTC:
It's saying that my device is already set up to write to SD cards, but it's wrong as when i go into TB settings it says that this folder is not writable.....

Thank you
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jcwilliams:
Ok. Did you have titanium installed on a device prior to your s5? And did you back up to your sdcard?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] DesirableHTC:
Sorry mate for not replying, I ended up changing ROM and now all is working fine. Thanks for your assistance
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Steph_Tech:
After using nextapp.sdfix, reboot, uninstalled TiBU, reboot, reinstall TiBU - extSdCard now shows writable.

UPDATE: wrote new folder to extSdCard, attempted backup and got error that there was not enough room. It does now appear to be working okay after successfully renaming new folder with Astro file mgr, then reopening TiBU . . .

SGS5A (G870A) , KK4.4.2, rooted only
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ShankaFB:
if still problems disable "Mount namesspace separation" from superSu settings
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] scotty1223:
I ran into the insufficient storage problem on my one max. Ran this app and now its working fine. Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Mediatech1:
Insufficient Free Storage Space

In TB, when I get to /storage/emulated/legacy

the "Use the current folder" button is greyed out. Whats up wit dat?

What is odd is that TB had been working, writing to my 64GB ext SD card, then all of a sudden I started getting that error message of "insufficient storage"

For the uninitiated, can someone splains me what emulated/legacy means. I know the internal storage [Note3 and presumably other Android devices] SD card is storage on the device as opposed to storage/extSD which is the actual SD card.

Somewhat confusing.

thanks

Note 3, rooted, stock ROM, 4.4.4

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That did nothing for me, i.e. Disabling Dropbox sync

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Hi,

I have a Sprint Note 3 running 4.4.4 and I'm getting "does not work on this device". Device is rooted and what is strange is that TB was working at one point then just started throwing up the "insufficient storage" error message one day.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Mediatech1:
Insufficient Storage

This had no effect on a rooted Note 3 running 4.4.4, nor did the SDFix app.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mustang2011:
Problem solved

In Kitkat third party apps are not allowed to write/delete on external SD card, but your solution removed that restriction and solved many problems. Thank you very much.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Mchael T.:
No Love Here ..........

1. Using a root-enabled file manager like root explorer, navigate to /system/etc/permissions

2. Edit platform.xml file and find the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission.

3. Add this group definition: <group gid="media_rw" />

4. Save changes.

5. Restart.

Worked good on my buddy's Huawei Ascend 3X G750 T00, (KK 4.4.2) R00T BROWSER didn't make a .bak file for some reason. Its even working well for his Google Drive BU.

Now the TB can go onto the internal storage as he's swapping out mSD's all the time. He's going to loose the BU if its not on/in the phone.

Me,,,,THL 5000, (KK4.4.2)

Did the "group gid="media_rw" thing,,,nope

Did the Legacy thing (mine's storage/0/TB),,,,nope

Did the storage/1/TB(phone storage),,,,nope

So I tried the mnt/sdcard0/TB,,,,nope

So I tried the mnt/sdcard1/TB,,,,nope

Dd the Google Play Store app fix,,,nope

No love here......:(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] suhridkhan:
The 'NextApp SDFix' app solved the issue for me. On Samsung Galaxy Note 3 with Kitkat.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] kevin1140:
Do you have a USB OTG cable? Try directing the backup folder to your usb
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Reppy07:
**EDIT**

Tried and copying and pasting my solution but it was all garbled. Editing the xml file was the solution that finally worked for me =)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] cnuis2cool:
Resolved

If still anyone getting the error after all tries, do this. Just uncheck the mount namespace separation option in SuperSu.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] wrapperNo1:
Problem solved! Thanks!!!

Galaxy Note 4 Android 5.0.1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] CanuckinPA:
Running stock ATT Lollipop. Getting the insufficient space error when trying to back up my apps to the external SD, which has more than enough available space.

Did both of these steps and still get the error message when trying to save the media_rw edit. :confused:

I want to back up my apps before flashing a new ROM.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] RussianBear:
Download nextapp sdfix and run it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] CanuckinPA:
That's the ticket!

Spaseeba :) :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] RussianBear:
No problem, eh? :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ejohn3288:
this worked for me on my samsung galaxy s4 running touchwiz 5.0.1. thank you!!!!!

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this worked for me on my samsung galaxy s4 running touchwiz 5.0.1. thank you!!!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ptrickg7776:
OMG! Finally. Thanks levi_jm!! Still curious what caused this as the issue appeared from nowhere.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jelnlikeafelon@yahoo.com:
Worked on my Verizon LG G3. Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] duomham:
Just go to supersu setting tab

and

uncheck

"mount namespace separation"
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ramlesh:
in my phone rooted lenovo A7000 no option legacy...plz help me....my titanium backup show me batch backup interupted insuficient storage space...in my phone 3gb internal and 20gb external free space avilable....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] anujyadava:
It worked for me. Using custom rom on Lenovo p780. Just don't forget to reboot ur phone after this
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] loveerslane:
The solution is much simple then it seems. I had the same problem. But, I am using titanium backup now and it is working fine.

Go to Apps, wipe data and cache.

Restart The App.

It will work fine.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] iPAQ 6515a User:
Perfect !!!! Thank you :laugh:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Mediatech1:
Hi,

TB was just the first indication that I had a problem writing to the external sd card. Using root explorer I noticed that the aforementioned write permission already exists, probably due to running the "SD card fix" app. However no matter what application I use, even trying to move JPEG files from the phone to the external drive, I can't write to it. Samsung Note 3, rooted

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Hi,

Unchecked, but it didn't make a difference. Not only TB, but no writing to ext SD card can be performed. Lollipop 5.0, rooted Samsung Note 3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jagman96:
I had this problem for 3 days now. Tried everything and nothing worked. Just found this and it worked beautifully!

http://www.dorylabs.com/how-to-fix-titanium-backup-error-insufficient-storage-space/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Ramshu97:
It's working for me, Thanks man...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] artisan artificer:
DID IT. Samsung s6. Thank you
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] coolparty:
Thank you !
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] JHumBL3:
This doesn't work for me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrhamed:
It does not work for me, too
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] siphid:
That worked perfectly on CM11, thank you!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] DavDoc:
Needing to back up to extsd, this is the only thing that has worked.

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ildarion:
I LOVE YOU MAN ! <3

After so many HOURS of searching and try so many solutions that was suggest here.... SUCCES !
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] the_lonewolf:
It worked on my HTC One M7. Thank you! :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] tyagi2014:
Mount namespace uncheck does not work with cm13 on tb, tried it in su n rebooted as well. Issue persists
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] EdwardGamma:
Works for LG Optimus G F180 4.4.2 with Titanium Pro v7.2.4 and SuperSU v2.65
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ro33ck:
This worked for me on my opx running CM 12.1

Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] skeeter123:
Yup. Worked.

Ok. What is this namespace separation beast? Why do we need to change it now? What changed?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] cqdiep:
YES YES YES! Unchecking "mount namespace separation" and rebooting worked for me. Thanks.

4.4.4 Samsung Galaxy Alpha
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ctrotter456:
Can confirm unchecking "mount namespace separation" worked for me as well!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] RussianBear:
Anyone able to fix this on marshmallow? Looks like they've changed the way permissions are handled. Ran the usual fixes and still no dice.

Edit: Weird. Thought I tried it last night. Chose document provider in the backup interferences and it worked.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] donmega_icecube:
thank you my friend, this is the only thing that worked for me too, i tried a dozen of suggestions all over the place, nothing worked except your instructions.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Robin Son:
Work for me to:good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] arescool:
for one plus two.. nothing was working then I unchecked 'mount space separation' checkbox in Super SU'.

ant it worked all fine :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] 3r1clfbo:
Thank you very much levi_jm :good:

That did the trick for me on my sm-g7102. I had this issue after re-installing official 4.4.2 rom G7102DDUBNK1_G7102ODDBNK1_INS, rooting with CF-Auto-Root-ms013g-ms013gxx-smg7102 and installing twrp_3.1.0.0.tar.