Are CyanogenMod 11 M4 and M5 on the G Pad 8.3 able to write to external SD card?

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bradavon

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Mar 22, 2009
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I understand stock Android 4.4.2 is unable to write to an external SD card.

Are CyanogenMod 11 Milestone 4 (and hopefully soon to be released Milestone 5) on the G Pad 8.3 able to write to external SD card?

That is directly from the G Pad not using a computer. I'm not interested if I cannot move apps to SD card, just move files around.

Thanks
 

letschky

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I understand stock Android 4.4.2 is unable to write to an external SD card.

Are CyanogenMod 11 Milestone 4 (and hopefully soon to be released Milestone 5) on the G Pad 8.3 able to write to external SD card?

That is directly from the G Pad not using a computer. I'm not interested if I cannot move apps to SD card, just move files around.

Thanks
CyanogenMod,i don't know,but use a Mod,you can make self.
In System/etc/permissions
is a file names Platform.xml.
<permission name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" >
<group gid="sdcard_r" />
<group gid="sdcard_rw" />
<group gid="media_rw" />
</permission>
Add this red line and if it works
 
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robotapocalypse

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CyanogenMod,i don't know,but use a Mod,you can make self.
In System/etc/permissions
is a file names Platform.xml.
<permission name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" >
<group gid="sdcard_r" />
<group gid="sdcard_rw" />
<group gid="media_rw" />
</permission>
Add this red line and if it works

So this will allow Titanium Backup to store the backups to the sd card? If so, thanks!
 

bradavon

Senior Member
Mar 22, 2009
303
7
South West, England
CyanogenMod,i don't know,but use a Mod,you can make self.
In System/etc/permissions
is a file names Platform.xml.
<permission name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" >
<group gid="sdcard_r" />
<group gid="sdcard_rw" />
<group gid="media_rw" />
</permission>
Add this red line and if it works
Thanks letschky. Nice to hear if CM11 doesn't support this out the box it's easy to do yourself.

I presume any text editor will suffice?
 

mug2k

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Jul 11, 2010
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CyanogenMod,i don't know,but use a Mod,you can make self.
In System/etc/permissions
is a file names Platform.xml.
<permission name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" >
<group gid="sdcard_r" />
<group gid="sdcard_rw" />
<group gid="media_rw" />
</permission>
Add this red line and if it works

Do you need root to do this?
 

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    I understand stock Android 4.4.2 is unable to write to an external SD card.

    Are CyanogenMod 11 Milestone 4 (and hopefully soon to be released Milestone 5) on the G Pad 8.3 able to write to external SD card?

    That is directly from the G Pad not using a computer. I'm not interested if I cannot move apps to SD card, just move files around.

    Thanks
    CyanogenMod,i don't know,but use a Mod,you can make self.
    In System/etc/permissions
    is a file names Platform.xml.
    <permission name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" >
    <group gid="sdcard_r" />
    <group gid="sdcard_rw" />
    <group gid="media_rw" />
    </permission>
    Add this red line and if it works