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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andray750:
Titanium Backup write on sdcard

Hi there.

I also tried your's and many other steps.

In the end it was a simple thing for me.

Went: >Settings>Storage>standard storage>choose "sdcard"

That's it.

After a restart, it was not even necessary to choose sdcard in TB.

Changed to it itself.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clumsywob:
So I made the change and rebooted. Now most of my apps are crashing. I opened root explorer and restore the platform.xml file and rebooted but am still having issues. Also if I plug my phone into my PC, I see both my internal and external cards, however, if I try to browse to them they both do not display anything. It's almost as if I can't read from the internal card. Can anyone help?!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andray750:
Did you change anything else before?

I had no crashing apps. The easiest way should be, to switch back to "internal storage" as standard.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D3Seeker:
Ditto!!!

Rooted. Titanium Backup IS the only app having issues, and the line existed under the aforementioned place as well on my VZW GS4. Tried the Xposed Framework fix 2 of then actually, as well as the app mentioned earlier. I'm stumped :confused:

Someone mentioned using "all". I may try that.....

Edit: That didn't work. Just made the homescreen freak out! :crying: Fixing now
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vandevandel:
Better solution

Hi !

All these solutions are not very "clean". They give the right to all apps that asked for sd write access to write to the root of external SD, and thus allow them to intefere with other apps..

With Android 4.3, Google used a very clean solution :

Apps that request write access to external SD, will have access to thier own folder in sd card !

So to have Titanium Backup to work without compromising security and having to install another app that request root access, you can simply move files that are inside /storage/extSdCard/TitaniumBackup/ to /storage/extSdCard/Android/data/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup/

Now say in TB preference that this is your new saving folder.

Works like a charm, and it's better for security.

:good:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vankog:
This is indeed the best solution I have seen so far!

No dirty hacks and titanium can really write to such a folder.

And even Google play music already created such a folder structure on my USB drive. So there wasn't much I had to add myself.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Parinibbana:
Thank, vandevandel. That´s the best solution so far. Especially in terms of security.

If it´s OK with you, I´ll implement this solution into my original posting on page one of this thread.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vandevandel:
OK, no problem. Knowledge is here to be shared.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jcsy:
step 3 worked for me as well
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Daxorp:
That's a good solution, the folder is accessible but... when I select it, Titanium B crashes. :( It seems to work for other, why not me?! :confused:

I try via a "ContentProvider" but it crashes too. It works with another directory via ContentProvider but I need to set it each time I start.

PS: Why not « group gid="root" » in solution 3 instead of « ="media_rw" » because Titanium B is root?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Edihasaj:
Thanks man for me works the option 2. Thank ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lenster45:
Never had a problem with TIBU pro and sdcard until I upgraded to Android MM 6.01. I set up the SDcard as portable storage

Now I get "Insufficient Storage". If I create a folder on my internal Storage and set the default backup location there it works fine.

There is no name=”android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE” > in the Platform.xml

only a name="android.permission.WRITE_MEDIA_STORAGE"

and it has

<group gid="media_rw" />

<group gid="sdcard_rw" />

under it.

Not sure Marshmallow even recognizes something called External Storage anymore.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lbcoach3347:
Did you ever fighter out the answer. I'm having the same issues

Sent from my Big A$$ Note 4 running cmremix
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lenster45:
Nope, I just set the backup location to the internal storage and after TIBU completes I copy the entire folder to my external sdcard using a file manager
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saltsagexda:
It works!!!

Works on Lollipop 5.1 as well!! Thank you very much.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chacham:
I created /storage/extSdCard/Android/data/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup/ but it still says "This folder is not writable." :( There is no folder /storage/extSdCard/TitaniumBackup/, maybe that's because i just installed TB.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vankog:
Just to be sure as I don't know your proficiency level: What exactly did you do? (exact folder locations on what medium)

You just need

/Android/data/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup/

on your SDcard directly. Just in case you might have created literally

/storage/extSdCard/Android/data/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup/

The base path in the front is different from system to system and your path to the SD card might be another.

However, what Android version are you on?

Because on 5 and 6 this isn't much of an issue any more, because Titanium guides you into granting the permissions via the Documents Provider with any folder:

->Titanium

-> Preferences

-> Backup Folder Location

-> click on the "Storage Provider" text (text, not the button below)

-> DocumentProvider storage

-> in the top right menu, make sure "Show SD card" is enabled

-> open the drawer on the left

-> pick your SD card

-> directly on the root directory (

not

in any subfolder) pick "select"

-> now choose whatever folder you want inside of Titanium, as it now has writing permission on the whoöe SD card
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chacham:
You can assume i am an idiot. Otherwise, i might miss something. :)

To be accurate, i just now connected the phone to this Win7 box and (after deleting what i had created) created a new folder in Galaxy S5/Card/Android/data. The folder is named com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup, which i copied and pasted from the post (and Windows stripped the solidus).

I then went to the app listing screen and killed TB, restarted TB, went to preferences and changed the backup directory to the new folder.

5. It's a rooted t-mobile stock rom.

I've been using "Filesystem storage - Ext. SD card" Those instructions work, however. Thank you!

Perhaps "option 2" should reflect these instructions? It seems to say to choose the folder right now. Also, 'make sure "Show SD card" is enabled', perhaps, should be change to 'If "Show SD card" is displaying, click it. (When this option is enabled, it will show "Hide SD card".)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chacham:
This works until i exit TB. On the next run, it needs to be redone, or it says the source it filesystem and complains it cannot write to it.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vankog:
Did you remove your SD card in the meantime?

I think up to Lollipop I had to re-grant permission every time I re-inserted the (very same) SD card.

If I am not mistaken, then this isn't a problem with Marshmallow any more, because every SD card has a unique identifier now.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chacham:
No, i did not take it out. I just ran the app later.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vankog:
well, in this case I don't know. Sry.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chacham:
Don't be sorry. :) That's good info for someone else who might have the same issue. Thank you for reporting it.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meracl:
Method 2 worked for me thanks a lot.

GT-i9060i DS Kitkat 4.4.4
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soundman001:
Thanks bro... I got my fixed! ...from Samsung Galaxy S5 Active

Thanks bro... I got my fixed! ...from Samsung Galaxy S5 Active
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wongfeihung1984:
Hi, I'm trying to follow your instructions but I can't find the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission, only the WRITE_MEDIA_STORAGE permission.

Are they the same?

Thx.

Btw, when I use SD card fix I get an error message.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pokémon Dingoo:
Well, I chose the method 2, created folder in external SD, have root access but TB still says "This folder is not writable". I need SD because my internal storage is insufficient.

If the solution don't be found, I will try option 3, since I will flash my phone (Lollipop) with CM 11.

Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ing.andreacossu:
Hi Guys,

i have the same issue on my note 3 with resurrection remix 5.7.2 rom (cm13 MM). I created a folder in the external sd but titanium backup is unable to write in it as it's seen as not writable.

This issue is not present in custom rom based on stock with MM.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pokémon Dingoo:
I tried the 3rd method and it worked
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ing.andreacossu:
I added this to my platform.xml

<permission name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" >
<group gid="sdcard_r" />
<group gid="sdcard_rw" />
<group gid="sdcard_all" />
</permission>

<permission name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" >
<group gid="sdcard_r" />
<group gid="sdcard_rw" />
<group gid="media_rw" />
</permission>

<permission name="android.permission.ACCESS_ALL_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" >
<group gid="sdcard_r" />
<group gid="sdcard_rw" />
<group gid="sdcard_all" />
</permission>

but nothing changed
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alphalz:
Hi

I found the following from here: https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/917126/write-to-external-sd-restriction-in-marshmallow/

thanks to tonymontana, I think thats a elegant solution

Some Apps like ES File Explorer asks you for granting rights for the SD Card.

For apps who don´t, like Titanium Backup works this solution:

"There is an elegant way of giving TitaniumBackup write access to the external sdcard, without having to forfeit security (as in method 3 below). Since the time of Android 4.3, Google uses a very clean security-solution by giving apps that request write access to external SD, permission only to their own folder – not to the entire card! In order to get TitaniumBackup to work without compromising security, you can simply create a folder on the external sdcard,using the following folder-structure: /storage/extSdCard/Android/data/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup/

If you already have existing backups, move them with a file-explorer from their current place to: /storage/extSdCard/Android/data/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup/ Lastly, go to the preferences of TitaniumBackup, choose “Backup folder location” and choose the above specified folder."

In that folder I created another, called BackupData, which I selected in TitaniumBackup for the backup files.

For me, the folder is as follows (with 3466-3131 as the external SD card):

/storage/3466-3131/Android/data/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup/BackupData
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skubacb:
There is a solution in TiBU.

In Backup Folder Location: Click on Storage Provider. Then choose "Document Provider Storage". Choose the folder with all of your backups. TiBu will ask if it is ok to move all your backups to that folder. Once that is done you can write to the external SD card.

Now this does seem a little slower but at least you keep your permissions and don't have to grant every program out there permission to write to the extSD Card.

Would love to have someone give me a disadvantage beyond just speed. But I am working now.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dethfull:
com.android.defcontainer.apk

Anyone heard about this?

You will find in /system/app/DefaultContainer.apk

If today is amother name, you will need search the relative com.android.defcontainer apk's title

Titanium Backup, Package Installer, And simple copy_paste apk, won't install anything if mentioned package is disabled.

Open your eyes, i am now prevented.

Its posible on future, the gogle enables this package temporaryly before installing an apk, and disabling this apk after package installer ended the installation automatically

Doing this, they prevents, remote apk instalkations, and Backup apps, won't restore anything if com.android.defcontainer.apk is disabled.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cyberdimitri:
I realise that this is an old post but I found it very useful!

This worked for me, thanks!

I tried this as well, as I'm not too paranoid about security, but I couldn't find the line

<permission name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" >

Instead I have the line

<permission name="android.permission.WRITE_MEDIA_STORAGE" >

which underneath it has both the lines

<group gid="sdcard_rw" /> and

<group gid="media_rw" />

Any ideas?

BTW, I have a Ulepfone Power running on the official MM 6.0
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] speculatrix:
I reinstalled Ti Bk Root and told it to find the backup directory on my external SD card in the "approved" place to work with Lollipop, and it said the directory wasn't writable. After a reboot, it then said it was writable. So if you're pretty sure you have chosen the right directory, and it says not writable, try rebooting.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unibombz:
This WORKED perfect. Thank you I was having trouble with that. Much appreciated !
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] degaonkarab:
option 3 worked with Lenovo K4 Note MM

option 3 worked great thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neo3D:
Thank you [MENTION=5634301]Parinibbana[/MENTION]! #2 worked for me! #3 totally f'ed up my phone. Google Play services was constantly stopping. Keyboard would stop and not appear. My permissions.xml didn't have a WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission node so I added it. That's probably what broke my phone. But then, it was still broken after I reverted the change. Oh well, just heads up warning to others. Luckily, I have a Nandroid backup.

Thanks again! :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tsatomas:
I had this problem in my Huawei Y635-L21 with android 4.4.4 (my s4 is ok), Worked the third solution only (adding <group gid="media_rw" />in platform xml. Thank you
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raisercostin:
With Android 5.0+ there is a 5th option that I ignored too easily: DocumentProvider storage where you can select the entire External Sd Card or any other folder using your default system dialog views.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vankog:
Yes, already mentioned this in an earlier post. However, for whatever reason it doesn't work reliably with Titanium. It often happens that the granted permission via document provider vanishes for Titanium after a reboot or so.

My preferred method is the one with the app data folder on SD.

The only downside is that you really have to be careful not to uninstall Titanium on any time, because this will wipe this folder...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fellow_:
No2 rules!

Thank you [MENTION=5634301]Parinibbana[/MENTION]! :good: #2 worked for me too, on Samsung S7 running Marshmallow.

Just one remark, folder names are case sensitive, so you must type folder name exactly:

com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup

not

Com.KERAMIDAS.TitaNiumBaCkup or so...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sufoc:
got a samsung gt-i9190i, after adding the "<group gid="media_rw" />" my phone went crazy, I factory reset it and I keep getting pop ups saying "google services/youtube/Setup Wizard stopped working", plus samsung blocked my phone due to a faulty factory reset...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Parinibbana:
You can go to www.sammobile.com and find the current firmware for your phone. Download and install via ODIN.

Once your system is running again, try method no. 2 of my earlier post by telling Titanium to use the following folder-structure for backups: /storage/extSdCard/Android/data/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup

That should work also on your samsung gt-i9190i.

Good luck,

Parinibbana
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dpbaril:
This fixed it for me

Thanks!

From a grateful newbie.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZLRider:
Your suggested method of creating a working for TB to use worked perfectly. Thank you for helping me out of a real jam. :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shaloha:
6 years later :): The fastest way(for Rooted dev) is to get the Apps2CDpro apk(free) at the Google Play store. I post ithis only because needed to solve similar problem with Titanium, and could not find fast solution for someone who is not comp literate, as myself. However, I learn from the previous posts quate a bit. Thank you for your posts, I learned quite a bit!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] and_b:
Thank you very much.

Even so many years later, still a very helpful post: using Titanium Backup now on a Galaxy Note 10+ with Android 10. :o
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ToddBonzalez:
Just want to point out that I arrived here via Google, and nearly made the same platform.xml file change. I hesitated because my platform.xml was not as clearly structured, and I didn't want to break anything. Instead, I used the advice from TitaniumBackup, itself:

Titanium Backup Troubleshooting | Titanium Track

www.titaniumtrack.com

Essentially, I just created a folder called "com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup" at /storage/extSdCard/Android/data/ and the write error banner disappeared when I selected this as the backup location. Running a backup now to test, but I don't think it will fail.
[Moto X Q&A] tonyguy2000:
Is the Moto X capable of programming NFC tags besides the skip tag that Motorola promotes. I have downloaded a few apps to do this but when I try to program a task to a skip tag the default Motorola skip tag app comes up and only allows me to do the "unlock" feature. I hope I am explaining this correctly.
[Moto X Q&A] mandrsn1:
Yes it works. However the software is programmed to treat "skip" tags differently. It will intercept NFC from interacting with the "skip" tags beyond locking/unlocking. If you buy some generic (i.e. non-Motorola Skip), you will be able to program them fine.
[Moto X Q&A] tonyguy2000:
Thank you, thank you!
[Moto X Q&A] zenrubble:
I bought some TagsForDroid NFC tags from Amazon and programmed them using Trigger. They are a snap to program.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] Taling:
Hi,

please, i need a stable rom for this device, i use a Galaxy S2 i9100 n idk so much about the Roms Galaxy S Blaze 4G (the Galaxy S Blazy its not mine)

i install a CM 4.x and the camera have a problem when i take a picture the phone rebot.

i want whatever rom 4.x STABLE :)

please, somebody give me link :fingers-crossed:

PD: sorry for my english
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] Somcom3X:
Wrong section.

And it appears to be a hardware issue.

I had the same issue with my battery.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] tommyboy8125:
My recommendation is stock or cm 10 if you want more or less full function.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] OneBiggBoss:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1574556

SGH T-769 Galaxy S Blaze 4G Bible (Updated 5/22/13) Try here or here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php... Testament][4.3 and beyond]Updated 12/15/2013 Now so some research first, at least upwards of two to three hours worth. Be patient be diligent.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] Naddict:
Stability is really depending on what it is you are doing. Take the time to read the products provided in the development threads.

Thread moved as well, as this is not development. And, as xda is not a support site, thus thread is closed.
[HTC One X] WFSFTW:
I bought a case that charges the phone through the pins at the back, however it's not working on my one x and it works on my cousins

I think my contact pins aren't working

Any ideas? Would a factory reset help?
[HTC One X] and313:
Probably a hardware issue. Send it back
[HTC One X] WFSFTW:
Hmmm alright I'll get it checked out...
[HTC One X] cferns:
Had the same problem. Opened the phone and found it disconnected. Pushed the connector back in. Now it work fine. Definitely a hardware issue.
[HTC One X] WFSFTW:
How did you open the phone and how easy was it?? I dont wanna damage anything major but I don't mind doing it if I know how to do it
[HTC One X] parkentosh:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-vdrbiBePA

There is plenty of tutorials on youtube... It's not that hard but you do have to be very careful...
[HTC One X] WFSFTW:
Yeah I saw some tutorials but I wouldn't know which wire/connection to change
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] smilingokami:
So how messed up am I?

I was wiping my NT 16gb and thought hey, I'll start from scratch cause thats what it says to do. Sigh.

Went through and Formatted each individually (in CWM 6.0.4.5)

boot\

rom\

data\

cache\

And then wondered why after I flashed my ROM that the thing wouldn't boot into it and kept booting back to recovery

Partitions should be the same I didn't delete the whole thing (I hope), I followed the instructions @

http://raywaldo.com/2012/06/how-to-un-brick-a-nook-tablet-8gb-or-16gb/

I get the n on startup and at this point I get to the lady video but I can't get past that as the touch screen no longer functions.

I tried the instructions @

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2037368

Which got me to a recovery and into CM7 but once again my touchscreen didn't work

Now I'm back to the stock 1.4.2 (after following the un-brick site) looking at that lady looking at me with her cold dead unmoving eyes since I can't say play her video.

Is there any recourse? Can any point me to a thread or a website where I can attempt a fix. I'd like to say that I understand this stuff, but as an example I deleted the contents of all my partitions so I can't be that smart. The touchscreen worked fine before I caused the issue.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] smilingokami:
Okay so fixed it, just needed to make a CM10 boot rom, get into that and flash the touchscreen from there. Ah, good days.

Thanks to all the people who wrote all these threads that finally let me piece my fix together!
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] Woody_XDA:
I upgraded my brother in laws XDA IIs yesterday to the below ROM due to him getting echo issues while connected to the Nokia car kit.

But alas he is still getting echo issues and this is a brand new unit.

Any idea's or patches to remove this ??

Thanks

Robbie

New ROM : Xda IIs ROM v 1.40.237

Car Kit : Nokia Advanced Car Kit CK-7W
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] Weirdo:
Try 1.42 :lol: :lol: :lol:
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] brenty108:
This thing is on fire, not sure it it from the 4.4.2 update because o only used 4.3 for like 10mins and then upgraded.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] JustROLLIN:
Interesting, as I noticed mine was getting pretty warm as well. Seems the majority of the heat is from the same corner of the device as the camera is located. I cannot comment on 4.3 either as I had the device one day prior to the update, but I do not recall it getting that warm.

For the record, I am not rooted.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] mi7chy:
It gets warm if you run apps such as 3D games that max out all CPU and GPU cores (most mobile devices behave this way and not just the N7 2013). On top of that, if you're charging it at the same time it introduces more heat. As a workaround, don't do both at the same time or use a < 1A charger while 3D gaming. I've got a couple of older Samsung 0.7A chargers that are perfect since they keep the tablet from draining but don't introduce heat from charging.