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Android 4.4 Disables SD Card Access for Apps

posted by Dopefish on Wednesday February 19 2014, @08:00AM   Printer-friendly
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.]

 
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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Jerry Smith on Wednesday February 19 2014, @10:16AM

    by Jerry Smith (379) on Wednesday February 19 2014, @10:16AM (#2465) Journal

    Okay, I get the part where an app gets a dedicated area to work with. But how would that work out if I mount my phone as a volume, for instance to quickly move a few gigs of pdf's to the other side?
    (I like reading)

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  • (Score: 1) by GeminiDomino on Wednesday February 19 2014, @02:39PM

    by GeminiDomino (661) on Wednesday February 19 2014, @02:39PM (#2714)

    Don't worry, you can't do that anymore (they removed USB Mass Storage support a while back). If you've got a rom or an OEM install that put it back (I think some Samsungs do, i.e.), then they'll probably work around this limitation too.

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    • (Score: 1) by GeminiDomino on Wednesday February 19 2014, @02:44PM

      by GeminiDomino (661) on Wednesday February 19 2014, @02:44PM (#2723)

      * Pedantry fix: Brain fart. I actually deleted and replaced e.g. with i.e. Not sure why. I blame the brewing migraine.

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    • (Score: 1) by Jerry Smith on Wednesday February 19 2014, @04:35PM

      by Jerry Smith (379) on Wednesday February 19 2014, @04:35PM (#2825) Journal

      Don't worry, you can't do that anymore (they removed USB Mass Storage support a while back). If you've got a rom or an OEM install that put it back (I think some Samsungs do, i.e.), then they'll probably work around this limitation too.

      Well, not exactly the answer I hoped for :(

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      • (Score: 1) by GeminiDomino on Wednesday February 19 2014, @05:55PM

        by GeminiDomino (661) on Wednesday February 19 2014, @05:55PM (#2898)

        Yeah, that sentiment seems to be a recurring theme, the more I look into current and ongoing android development. Sorry to be the messenger. :P

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