What is the unable to write to sdcard issue?

[hajime_android]

Hello, there are several threads on this topic. I am confused. I read that it is a problem with KK. What is this issue anyway? Does that mean if I buy a SCANDISK sdcard and insert into the device (be it 10.1 2014 LTE or PRO 12.2, both under KK), the device cannot write files to it? I

 

[REHolt218]

Hello, there are several threads on this topic. I am confused. I read that it is a problem with KK. What is this issue anyway? Does that mean if I buy a SCANDISK sdcard and insert into the device (be it 10.1 2014 LTE or PRO 12.2, both under KK), the device cannot write files to it? I

It depends on the application. I am able to copy music and picture files to it using EXFile Explorer but Aquamail will not save attachments to it.

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[Redsandro]

Android apps can only write to the specific folder that Android created for that specific app on the SD card.
Google argues that this is more secure because this way rogue apps can only mess up the files in their own directory.

This is annoying because you cannot save a file that was not created by the same app, for example if you inserted an SD card straight from your camera.

However, this highly annoying problem is not a bug, it's a feature. Google was never really a big fan of SD cards, hence the lack of an SD card slot on their hardware. Other manufacturers however implemented SD card slots, forcing Google to deal with this "security problem".

There are apps to fix this, however that requires root a tablet. rooting this tablet is not yet possible without breaking Samsung secure (KNOX) support permanently.

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[hajime_android]

So, if I don't want to root nor have this problem, I go for the Note 10.1 2014 and use Jelly Beans until Google does something to remove this feature? How likely are they going to do it?