Stock 4.4.2 update makes z1 unable to read microSD

digiknowzone · Apr 1, 2014

Hi guys, ever since I updated to kitkat, my Z1 could not read the micro SD. Anybody experiencing this?

Any fixes? Thanks in advance!

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chunlianghere · Apr 1, 2014

the fix below is for write to sd card. not sure u encounter is cannot write?

u need to root it. than download a app call NextApp SDFix.

another manual way is to add a line(below in BOLD) in platform.xml under /system/etc/permissions

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

<group gid="sdcard_r"/>

<group gid="sdcard_rw"/>

<group gid="media_rw"/></permission>

anuragcool · Apr 2, 2014

I am havng the same problem. Any explorer app is not able to read memory card

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gregbradley · Apr 2, 2014

anuragcool said:
I am havng the same problem. Any explorer app is not able to read memory card

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OK, you read the first post to say you had the same problem. The fix is given in the VERY NEXT post. Please read it.

QualQuek · Apr 3, 2014

gregbradley said:
OK, you read the first post to say you had the same problem. The fix is given in the VERY NEXT post. Please read it.

Even with the fix that doesn't work correctly all the time.

I still have some problem with some apps like simply album or walkman that simply doesn't read the external SDCard, but that not all the time i have no idea why...
Reboot the phone doesn't solve it all the time and unmount/remount the external SDCard doesn't change anything as well.

eclyptos · Apr 3, 2014

QualQuek said:
Even with the fix that doesn't work correctly all the time.

That is why I did not update to KK.

gregbradley · Apr 3, 2014

eclyptos said:
That is why I did not update to KK.

You seem to slam the update a lot considering you have never tried it.

The fix works for me perfectly and I have not heard of anyone else saying anything else.

slayer2333 · Apr 3, 2014

gregbradley said:
You seem to slam the update a lot considering you have never tried it.

The fix works for me perfectly and I have not heard of anyone else saying anything else.

The fix using that app somewhat works for me, with some other explorer apps such as ES explorer, rootexplorer or Solid explorer, moving these apps (after installing them) to system/app gave me the full access to the SD card (Read/write).

This solution however did not work for me with Dolphin Browser (so that i can set my download folder to SDCard), it simply says that it has no access.

eclyptos · Apr 3, 2014

gregbradley said:
You seem to slam the update a lot considering you have never tried it.

The fix works for me perfectly and I have not heard of anyone else saying anything else.

Yes, I do, in fact for many reasons like SD restrictions, even if there is a fix, and more reported issues which in % they are a lot, more from complaining about 4.2 or 4.3. From day 1 I search to get full access and data on my SD, because to me is a bid deal have data on SD "Natively". This really blow my mind as we want more control on our devices, instead we get more restrictions and we have to fight with all of them. All this at the moment stopping me from update.

gregbradley · Apr 3, 2014

Try the update and see for for yourself. It's a bit hard to give advice when you have not done it yourself.

I will try it with dolphin browser tomorrow and report back

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chunlianghere · Apr 4, 2014

gregbradley said:
Try the update and see for for yourself. It's a bit hard to give advice when you have not done it yourself.

I will try it with dolphin browser tomorrow and report back

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anyway i also using dolphin browser. n was shock tat it cant read sdcard too. so it shld be the dolphin browser itself is havin the problem. its beta version also cannot access sdcard.

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eclyptos said:
That is why I did not update to KK.

why? jus try it. else u wil nv learn something new.

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QualQuek · Apr 4, 2014

gregbradley said:
You seem to slam the update a lot considering you have never tried it.

The fix works for me perfectly and I have not heard of anyone else saying anything else.

No it's not, i need to unmount/remount the external SDCard and reboot the phone sometimes because some apps like Album or Walkman don't see anymore files on it.

ishengard · Apr 4, 2014

You may want to do (some people suggestion):
1. Insert your SD card to your PC
2. Backup your SD card
3. Format your SD card
4. Copy 5 good picture/music/video to your SD card
5. Insert SD card to your device and check
6. If all good, copy your file to original but bit by bit and check if your SD card can still be read or no.

QualQuek · Apr 4, 2014

ishengard said:
You may want to do (some people suggestion):
1. Insert your SD card to your PC
2. Backup your SD card
3. Format your SD card
4. Copy 5 good picture/music/video to your SD card
5. Insert SD card to your device and check
6. If all good, copy your file to original but bit by bit and check if your SD card can still be read or no.

You got the point, when i remove the SDCard i haven't any trouble...maybe my SDCard become a little buggy, sad it's a XC cat10 64Go SDCard :/

xneo70 · Apr 4, 2014

I have a problem: if i cancel some pics with album app. THEN în Next boot they are back again. The fixsd app says i have no problem. But filecommander says It has only Read access to sd kard. What's going on?

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The problem is Bad. If i shot a picture with camera saving in sd card the Photo is gone if i reboot.

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QualQuek · Apr 4, 2014

xneo70 said:
I have a problem: if i cancel some pics with album app. THEN în Next boot they are back again. The fixsd app says i have no problem. But filecommander says It has only Read access to sd kard. What's going on?

Yeah this KK update totally ruined the SDCard access, i've simply returned to 4.3 and that works perfectly.

Flashben · Apr 5, 2014

Fyi, currently the only file manager that is able to write sd card is the native file commander which comes with Xperia phone... ES and Astro both cannot...

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eclyptos · Apr 5, 2014

Flashben said:
ES and Astro both cannot...

ES File Explorer is one of the best, how it cannot write to SD?

Flashben · Apr 5, 2014

On 4.4.2 without root...

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slayer2333 · Apr 5, 2014

Flashben said:
Fyi, currently the only file manager that is able to write sd card is the native file commander which comes with Xperia phone... ES and Astro both cannot...

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Simply move your explorer app into system/app then reboot to get r/w access to sd card

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