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Help Has note 3 got the sdcard fix?
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dynomot
Android Expert
Short and sweet
There is no fix, and what is more there won't be one.
Applications that need access to mass memory now can only do that in the folders they themselves create. Permissions to access the whole memory are not allowed anymore. Until developers alter the way their applications do things 4.4.X (X>=2) KitKat and above will make out as though some things are "broken".
Really it is down to bad/lazy coding. The KitKat update patched a serious security flaw. I am not up for another discussion/debate on to the why's, what fors and whether Google/Android/who ever could have done it differently or better. This is the way it is, we have to live with it.
Mtdewd
Lurker
Short and sweet
There is no fix, and what is more there won't be one.
Applications that need access to mass memory now can only do that in the folders they themselves create. Permissions to access the whole memory are not allowed anymore. Until developers alter the way their applications do things 4.4.X (X>=2) KitKat and above will make out as though some things are "broken".
Really it is down to bad/lazy coding. The KitKat update patched a serious security flaw. I am not up for another discussion/debate on to the why's, what fors and whether Google/Android/who ever could have done it differently or better. This is the way it is, we have to live with it.
JIMZROMZ
Member
I am rooted KitKat 4.4.2 NC5 with a 32Gb class 10 SDcard here is the fix so apps can write to card [APP][4.4][ROOT] SDFix: Modify device permissions to allow apps to write to MicroSD - xda-developers you can download from the site or get the app from the Google Pay Store under sdfix. Enjoy
dynomot
Android Expert
Yes that works, but only for rooted users. It basically removes the restrictions and takes it back to how the mass memory /memory card was used by the OS pre 4.4.2, Jellybean. For the vast majority who don't root for one reason or another there will not be a fix, official or otherwise.