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[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] P4ULM4C:
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
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wase4711:
root it..
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] calinormy:
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"
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeathmonkeyGTX:
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.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rouz.:
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?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bentez2003:
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.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stuart0001:
Stock and rooted here and sdfix worked fine. Titanium and all other apps write to SD fine.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] charly-whiskey:
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!
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bentez2003:
Didn't work for me, were you s-off?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stuart0001:
I am. I've no idea if that effects this though.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DJKiiDz:
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 However, once restarted the phone, changes have been revoked.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.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dehypnotizer:
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.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RAM_1994:
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??
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dehypnotizer:
Hey!

Nope, it's not HTC's fault :( It's the "security feature" that Google introduced with KitKat.

If you're lucky and have M8 from Verizon there's an app which uses exploit to give you temporary root, so you can change "permissions.xml".

Otherwise, like me (M8 from T-Mobile), you have to fully root the phone to add these RW permissions to all apps, cause app written for Verizon's HTC One simply crashes on my device.

Still though, if you are using 3rd party file explorer you can write to SD, but only to this particular file explorer's directory (please refer to my previous post).

I know that's crazy, but what can we do... I'm connecting my M8 to the PC to move files around.

Peace!
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NikosPx:
I have the same issue with Titanium Backup and Solid Explorer. SDfix didn't fix it as it did before on my SGS4 (4.4.2 stock, rooted)

So I think maybe it's not only a problem caused by KK but also with some of the M8s
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Black Antitoon:
First of all, Fx File Explorer (from NextApp) has an experimental option "KitKat SD workaround". I never tried it, as I rooted the phone and don't need this anymore. Other file managers might implement this workaround as well.

EDIT: I just tried undoing the "fix" and then using this workaround and it doesn't seem to work.

Anyway, if you want to fix this, you first need to root the phone, and then you must disable the system write protection enforced by the kernel, otherwise the changes to the system file which is changed to fix this are restored on every reboot. You either need a custom kernel or just install this module to the stock kernel: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2701816

I am not sure whether S-OFF disables the write protection, but I am sure that it couldn't fix this until I installed the kernel module I linked.

Good luck! :good:
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Andrewtst:
SDFix is working only if your M8 is S-Off

Without S-Off, a lot root apps not working in proper, means in general S-Off is required.

I notice this as at first I also not S-Off and some root apps not working. So I decide S-Off it.

As for custom kernel is not required, I am running stock kernel. Only S-Off, everything is work.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Black Antitoon:
Sorry, this is incorrect.

The following is enough for making it work:

I also assume that most of the other root apps you say were not working were actually not working for this reason.

You are not the first person reporting that S-OFF solved this problem without installing any extra modules, but it is not necessary to be S-OFF in order to disable the system write protection.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Andrewtst:
I rather S-Off than custom kernel. Why need custom kernel since S-Off given complete root without any issue. As for that kernel module may not work in future new kernel as mention by creator "This module will probably need to be updated to load with future kernels when they are released." So why need all this trouble instead S-Off did everything.

Before S-Off, I can't use Unicon Xposed Module as well. I never like custom kernel, means the better and easier way just use Firewater S-Off it.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Black Antitoon:
I didn't say that S-OFFing is a bad idea, I only made it clear that it is not the only way of achieving this, which wasn't clear from your post. This is important, as many people cannot even get S-OFF on their phone right now (Firewater doesn't work on some phones).
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashyx:
Same here, just S-off, and root and that's it, full access to SD card. No fiddling about modifying system files and can still do OTA's no prob
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Black Antitoon:
Wait, can you repeat that? Did you install and run SDFix? Otherwise you should still be unable to write to the SD card with a file manager app, regardless of S-ON/OFF.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashyx:
Unlocked BL, TWRP recovery(makes no difference though) S-off and rooted and that's it, stock sense 6 Rom.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Black Antitoon:
Very, very interesting.

If you have a minute, would you mind checking the content of the file /system/etc/permissions/platform.xml?

In particular, you should search for the block starting with:

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

If in that block you have the following line:

<group gid="media_rw" />

then somehow you applied the fix (maybe some app or tool did it for you, no clue). If not... well that's strange, because I am also on the stock ROM, rooted, S-OFF and stock kernel, but if I remove that line and reboot, I cannot write to the SD card, tried yesterday.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashyx:
It seems you are correct, but to my knowledge have not run any tool to accomplish it

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

<group gid="sdcard_r" />

<group gid="sdcard_rw" /

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

<group gid="media_rw" />
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Black Antitoon:
You didn't paste it all, you say I am correct, but you didn't paste the line I mentioned. :p It must be in the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE block as well, not just WRITE_MEDIA_STORAGE.

I assume you also have the media_rw line in WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, correct?

I don't really know what it could be, but it can only have been an app with root access (or, theoretically, SuperSU itself or TWRP, but I don't believe they will do this change for you). :confused:
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashyx:
No that line doesn't exist except for what I posted above.

It gives writable access under the line WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE with

<group gid="sdcard_r" />

<group gid="sdcard_rw" /

That should be enough.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Black Antitoon:
Your assumption that it is enough is totally sensible, but actually it isn't. What they call sdcard is, believe or not, the internal storage. You can see this if you navigate to "/sdcard", you will actually find the files you have in the internal storage. I believe the reason for this is that once upon a time *all* Android phones had an SD card, which was crucial for storing all the user data. The phone internal storage was only available for application data. So "/sdcard" basically meant "the user data area". Now that we have phones with two storage areas, the internal storage is considered the primary storage, and is thus mapped to /sdcard. The SD card is the external storage, secondary storage or whatever, and in this permission file is referred to as the "media" storage.

So if your file looks like this, I can't really explain how you can write to the SD card. If I roll back my modified file so that it looks like yours, i get an error message whenever I try to write to the SD card with a non-system app, although I am rooted and S-OFF. Weird... :eek:
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashyx:
Yep I know that sd card refers to internal and gets mounted under data. My actual sd card is listed as ext_sd.

It even states RW with root explorer.

Mnt/media/media_RW contains a folder ext_sd and usb so somehow it's getting mounted RW.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NikosPx:
I installed the module wp_mod.ko as you advised and all apps I tested so far (TB, Solid Explorer etc.) can now write on the extSD.

But in plattform.xml the particular permission <group gid="media_rw" /> is still missing.

I tried to write it by myself with three deferent root explorers but after rebooting my changes were gone.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HtcOneJon:
All this is null and void as the real problem is the fact that with only around 10gb storage interally for apps, with enough large games, we will run out of storage.

The original 32GB configuration would of solved that.

This is the only problem with this phone really.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] derekdauzat:
Is this flashable through twrp?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djluisbento:
flash through twrp recovery the zip file

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4sLrKlVs0CPNkVCdUpzeDQ2aVk/edit?usp=sharing
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nilanjan.gm:
HTC has provided their native file manager with 4.4.3 update, and the problem is resolved.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pridaalya:
Anyone know when android 4.5 will come out and it was called?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] QualQuek:
Lollipop, but no one know if it will be 4.5 or 5.0
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] down4life:
It will be announced this summer at Googles IO. There are online reservations for event.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mohamed_Aly:
well, it's not yet known whether it's 4.5 or 5.0 .. and it's most likely called lollipop, following Google's custom to name their android versions in names of desserts alphabetically and it's the turn of "L" letter .. but yet again, it's not confirmed, as the last version was supposed to be called key lime bay but now it's called kitkat .. so .. yeah :D
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jay794:
I'm going to go with Liquorice
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eclyptos:
Maybe not a 4.5 but for sure a new FW for 4.4 directed to fix all the issues.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ramonleeyj:
I've heard it's "Key Lime Pie", something like that
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregbradley:
??????

NO!

The "K" version is KitKat and is 4.4

the next new version will begin with an L (Lollipop) is what I have heard.

It could be 4.5 or 5.0... or 4.8 or anything
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] QualQuek:
Android 1.0 Alpha

Android 1.1 Beta

Actually API(Application level programming interface) starts from Android 1.5 i.e., from cupcake to lollipop.

Android 1.5 C[upCake

Android 1.6 Donut

Android 2.0/2.1 Eclair

Android 2.2 Froyo

Android 2.3 Ginger Bread

Android 3.0/3.1/3.2 Honeycomb

Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich

Android 4.1 Jelly Bean

Android 4.4 Kit Kat

Android 5.0 Lollipop (Not released just announced which is not confirmed)

So certainly Lollipop, or maybe Ladoo
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DR3W5K1:
Lemon drop?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ramonleeyj:
Oops, my mistake.

That was the original codename for KitKat.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DR3W5K1:
No no it was never the code name. This was all speculation from the various android communities.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eclyptos:
And what when the alphabet end? Google go in crisis? ..hahah..:D
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] QualQuek:
I have no idea lol maybe they'll switch to another system
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jay794:
I highly doubt they'll be 26 versions of Android, they've evolve it into something else and rename it
[HTC Sensation] vinit91:
Will the Sense TV app of HTC One work in Sensation ???
[HTC Sensation] Mile_zdr:
i think NO , maybe if someone port it to work with wifi , because AFAIK works with infrared and our devices don't have infrared
[HTC Sensation] vinit91:
ohhk :) Thanks for the info :)
[Google Chromecast] d1ngotron:
I am using windows 8.1 laptop and when I drag a video on my desktop to play on chromecast, Instead of playing, it downloads. is there a way to resolve this issue. The video is an avi file.
[Google Chromecast] siratfus:
You need to drag MP4 files.
[Google Chromecast] Budius:
use CTRL+O to open the file, or even better use an extension developed specifically to cast videos like this: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/videostream-for-google-ch/cnciopoikihiagdjbjpnocolokfelagl
[Google Chromecast] omar300:
thanks! :D love this
[Sony Xperia ZL] karma123:
I have a xperia sp and now I want to sell it and buy a xperia zl... Then my question is if you recommend me to do it ..... Are there enough development here ???

Sorry for my bad English
[Sony Xperia ZL] alkesh95:
I think you are very busy so u did not check development threads
[Sony Xperia ZL] sid3091:
ZL all the way. SP has more ROM's, but ZL has enough.
[Sony Xperia ZL] detective zero:
Of course the ZL!

Better cpu and RAM. I don't want to work with less then 2 GB of RAM anymore.

In my opinion better and well thought design.

Just the front camera on the bottom really sucks!
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 2revup:
I am sure this topic has been raised before but I just cant find anything. Anyone that has had an iphone before may be aware of the VIP feature which is nicely intergrated with the mail app. If a contact is a VIP the email is presented as a popup on the lock and home screen. I have been looking high and low for something like this, either in a mail app that has exchange active sync capabilities or an secondary app, for example a great example of such an app is popup notifier (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nlucas.popupnotificationslite) but its filtering simply sucks. In other words its all or nothing you can not nominate contacts to see notifications from.

Does anyone know of such an app, free or otherwise its something that I live by.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 2revup:
for anyone looking for this enotify seems to do the job ok - does not work with active-sync (exchange) but has EWS and IMAP.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] panman1964:
I use Touchdown for my corporate mail. Not quite what you're looking for feature wise but it does have one neat trick up it's sleeve I find useful. You can create a client rule (based on subject, sender etc) that speaks who it's from & optionally the subject line.

I regularly do on call so find it useful to get an audible alert if mails arrive into a specific folder or from a specific set of users.

Also if I connect my phone to my motorycle helmet via my Garmin and put it in Car Mode I also get audible alerts if I'm on the road.
[LG Optimus G Pro] souleater11:
Hello everyone,

What is your opinion about buying a Generic Tempered Glass Screen Protector for LG Optimus G Pro ?

I found a Generic brand called 2.75 D but unlike the 30 bucks GlassView that is from South Korea, 2.75D is from China and it cost only 10 bucks but with a home button sticker instead of a glass material in GlassView.

ebay.com/itm/Premium-Tempered-Glass-Screen-Protector-for-LG-Optimus-G-Pro-0-33mm-9H-2-75D-/231172361477?pt=US_Cell_Phone_Screen_Protectors&hash=item35d2f24d05
[LG Optimus G Pro] shayneflashindaily:
I'm not sure if that the one I have but mine ia awesome ..simple install and makes me feel more comfortable about no sctratches
[LG Optimus G Pro] souleater11:
Hello,

1.Does your Tempered Glass protector comes with a free home button sticker or glass ?

2. Does dust gets inside on the original screen surface after 1 to 3 months of use ?
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmc_hitran:
The New Desire 816w is quite good a device and I have successfully flashed CWM Recovery & SuperSU. It looks SuperSU is running well and root access have been achieved. I also "successfully" deleted apps shipped with the device and installed google apps by coping files into /system/app and /system/pri-app. But after reboot all apps deleted were reinstated while newly added google apps disappeared. The interesting thing is Superuser.apk is lying in /system/app which I think it's due to flash instalation through recovery. I searched online and found wp_mod.ko might be the problem but I can't find it in /system/lib/modules in my device.

Please help and advise....
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xpirt:
Write protection is enabled on all HTC devices by default.

To disable it you have to flash wp_mod.ko module by flar2 that defeats it or flash a custom kernel.

As there isn't available wp_mod for this device nor custom kernels you might ask [MENTION=4684315]flar2[/MENTION] to look into it and help you or wait for kernel source code.

xpirt
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kinghunki:
Would you please cut the screenshot of the kernel version？
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xpirt:
I think the Desire 816 is like to new one, I don't think hex-editing the kernel version will work..

xpirt
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmc_hitran:
Thanks!:o
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmc_hitran:
View attachment 2665705
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigxie:
Flar released a write protection module in original development, but I haven't tried it yet.

I flashed PA's full 4.4.2 gapps over the stock ROM in recovery and it's all good. Have the Play store and services and everything works. Any changes you make in recovery will stick.

Of course, make a backup before attempting this.
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kinghunki:
disable system write protection：

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2707378
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gopal08:
what is the price ??

how much you have paid for htc desire 816 ?
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmc_hitran:
RMB 1899 which is about USD 300
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmc_hitran:
Thanks but can not download....:(
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmc_hitran:
Yes I flashed gapps instalation zip downloaded via HTC app store and it's working very well:o
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] jimmylamhk:
Is it normal to have a yello light on when the pda is in standby mode?
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Rudegar:
if it's being charged then yes
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] jimmylamhk:
It always on even the phone is not charging. Why is that? Is it a fault???
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SSJ3Rob:
I recently purchased a SM-N900W8. Love this device, just retired my S2 which i messed around with for a few years and never had issues...

I neglected to do research on XDA (Big mistake) before rooting it and had no idea about the repercussions of this KNOX issue.

I used this method to root it (http://galaxynote3root.com/galaxy-note-3-root/how-to-root-galaxy-note-3/)

I successfully installed CWM recovery and SuperSu and the phone is rooted. I had no intentions of installing Custom Roms just yet just wanted to be able to use some of my favorite apps that require rooting. The phones Current Binary and Phone status have both been tagged custom but my KNOX Warranty Void is still tagged at 0X0. Needless to say maybe I got lucky?

I was hoping to Revert to Stock and Unroot so I could follow this method instead (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2498850)

Is there anyways to Accomplish this without tripping the KNOX counter? I've been scouring the forums for several hours trying to find a concrete answer but cannot.

I have downloaded my stock firmware (http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=26653)

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I have included a screenshot of my device info. I apologize in advance if this issue has already been addressed.

Thanks,

-Rob
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vndnguyen:
For device info and Knox warranty status, you can use my app Phone INFO ★Samsung★ to get more detailed info.

Download link in my signature.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK0079:
Why did you even install CWM if you didn't need it ?

Why do you want to remove it ? Don't fix it if it ain't broken. De la vega will trip Knox in 4.4, so leave it as it is.

Sent from my N9005
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SSJ3Rob:
Will do. Was just worried about official updates and warranty if phone still says custom but knox is not tripped. But bell outsources another company for repairs and doesn't send back to Samsung directly so I probably don't need to worry to much..

I used CWM because I've used it for a couple years with my S2 and enjoyed the features so when I saw cwm was avaliable for note 3 I jumped on it.

But there is no way to revert to stock without tripping count?

Thanks.