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Android 4.4 Disables SD Card Access for Apps

posted by Dopefish on Wednesday February 19 2014, @08:00AM   
from the my-way-or-the-highway dept.

quadrox writes:

"It used to be possible for Android apps to access any kind of storage on an android device through the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission. Writing to the SD card is useful for many different kinds of apps, e.g. file managers or cloud storage synchronization. However, the latest version of Android will no longer allow apps to write anywhere on external storage media, instead apps will only be allowed to access app-specific folders on SD cards. Android Police has an excellent writeup of the changes and the implications for users."

[ED Note: This is bound to irritate power users that rely on their SD cards for additional device storage.]

• Re:Sounds dire... Re:Sounds dire... (Score: 1) by SGT CAPSLOCK on Wednesday February 19 2014, @09:04AM

  by SGT CAPSLOCK (118) on Wednesday February 19 2014, @09:04AM (#2404) Journal

  I'm with you on that! Well, I just wish there was a way we could have our cake and eat it too.

  I hate every mobile operating system I've come across so far. I mean, I really hate them - as technically minded as I am, I hate them enough that I don't even bother to research them to understand -why- they have the flaws that they have. I just accept that they're not what I want, and I keep hoping something better comes along.

  I've heard rumors of x86-based phones -- I wonder if those can run a real version of Linux that I can actually admin properly...

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• Re:Sounds dire... (Score: 1) by tangomargarine on Wednesday February 19 2014, @03:35PM

  by tangomargarine (667) on Wednesday February 19 2014, @03:35PM (#2764)

  I wonder if those can

  Because the reason these OSs are the way they are is totally because of technical limitations. Totally.

  --
  A Discordian is Prohibited of Believing what he reads.

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