Questions tagged [file-permissions]
Use this tag if your issue is with permissions in the file system (files & directories). For app permissions, use the 'permissions' tag instead.
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how to transfer files to new external sdcard
I have an old 64 GB sdcard and a new 128 GB sdcard, how do I copy over all files from my old card to my new in a way that makes android treat the new card just as the old card.
I tried simply copy-...
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Downloads not possible after root
I rooted my Samsung Galaxy S5 (Android 5.0, SM G900F) recently with Odin. While I rooted it, I had Kingroot installed. Since Kingroot took over the root management, I'm not able to download files with ...
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Build.prop modifies okay. But not updates in system (e.g. About Tablet in settings)
I am running Android-x86 4.4 on VirtualBox. Everything works fine.
But when I am modifying build.prop (with ES File Explorer or BuildProp Editor) with other manufacturer or model and save it. After ...
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ES File Explorer unable to access `/storage/emulated/legacy` which it did earlier
I suddenly have a weird problem with the Android phone running version Android 4.2.2. I never rooted the phone but suddenly the app ES File Explorer is not able to access /storage/emulated/legacy ...
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Android Photo/Media/File Permission
I've downloaded an android application, then the application asked about this permission:
I've searched for it but there isn't any efficient answer. Does it mean that the application is able to send ...
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Internal and external SD storage inaccessible as root
I'm having a bizarre issue where apps, adb, etc. can properly access my internal and external SD storage without issue unless they are running as root, in which case they are completely inaccessible. ...
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/storage/emulated/legacy is read only
For some reason, no apps on my phone (including adb, after running su) can modify any files in any subdirectory of /storage. I also can't use my file manager on my computer to edit, create, or delete ...
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adb push ... Permission denied
I am trying to push a file to a directory on a physical android device, but I am running into the following error.
>adb push data.db /data/data/com.me.app/databases
failed to copy 'data.db' to '/...
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my phone, Galaxy S4, was hacked. and now I think it's affected my app permissions by adding files to them?
My partner and I had our phones hacked recently. He was able to prevent any real damage from happening. But he reset his just in case. I wanted to go through my phone first, to see what had been ...
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Setting IncognitoModeAvailability policy for Google Chrome on an Android tablet?
Google Chrome supports an “IncognitoModeAvailability” policy that I want to set on my Android (Jelly Bean) tablet.
I tried to set up the policies as described here: http://www.chromium.org/...
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Cannot access hidden files on Nexus 5 after root
I'm making some apps for android and wanted to change files in the data/data/com.myapp/ folder, so I decided to root my Nexus 5.
This did the opposite of what I wanted. I used to be able to VIEW ...
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Photos/Media/Files and Full Network Access
Does anything stop an application with Photos/Media/Files and Other ("full network access" and "run at startup") permissions from simply uploading ALL of your photos and videos to some stupid server ...
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Is it possible to find the full SELinux ruleset for OEM's stock ROMs?
I'm writing a root app following Chainfire's documentation, but I found I've to run some command in another SELinux context.
Using that context on my device (OnePlus One with CM12 nightly), I've no ...
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how to give airdroid root permissions on kitkat?
i have a rooted S4 Mini on kitkat 4.4.2
now they have changed the permission so normal applications cannot write expect a given location on the external sd card. (which is not bad as security).
but ...
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File permission os SD card (FAT32)
Android uses FUSE for SD cards. Does FUSE support file permissions for SD card? If no - how do I install some apps on SD card? Cause there is no support for symlinks, execution permission etc.
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Permission denied when accessing file pushed using boot insecure into my Nexus 4 with Android 5.0.1
I have a Nexus 4 with Android 5.0.1. I copy a file doing the following:
I reboot to bootloader
Boot using insecure boot.img: fastboot boot boot.img
Pushed a file: adb push IMG_20140710_105128.jpg /...
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How to fix file permissions on Android 5 so that a certain app can access certain files?
Background: I had a rooted Nexus 4 with Android 4.4.4 that was working well. Then I got the notification to update to Android 5. To this end, I flashed the stock recovery for Android 4.4.4 from Google ...
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Can I disable an Android app to read write some folders in SD card? (CLOSED)
So many Chinese Android apps always creates garbage in SD card, like there is their's home. Some apps auto downloads binding apps to SD card, when I deleted them, they come up next time! So is there ...
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Receiving an EACCESS Permission denied error when copying files to ExtSDCard
My ExtSDCard has begun to act funny over the past few days. I have downloaded and used a few file managers in the past, and my current favorite is ES File Manager. However, over the past few days, I ...
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How can I add the user of an application to the group of another application?
I'd like to add the user of one application to the group of another so that I can read the other applications private content without doing a su every time.
I can't find the adduser or the useradd ...
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How to make symlinks work inside /storage/emulated in 4.4.4
I created a symlink from /storage/sdcard1/somefolder to /data/media/0/somefolder, but apps treat the symlink as a file and not a folder (and crash because they are hardcoded to look for files inside a ...
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Trying FTP file located in /data/data
I'm trying to use WinSCP to FTP a file out of /data/data (well, it's directory is contained in the /data/data directory, which is the important part). But I get a "Code: 5" error from WinSCP, access ...
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Editing files with Linux Deploy
I have a 2013 Nexus 7 that I'm trying to use to replace my laptop. I recently installed Linux Deploy and am running the testing distribution of Debian on the device. I've installed all my productivity ...
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Cannot write files to sd card
A few days ago, my sd card became unusable. I tried to copy a few mp3's from my laptop (win 7) to my phone (Samsung S2 plus, running android 4.2.2) and the load bar didn't even move an inch. ...
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Can't set date via shell
I've tried
date -u 1407697765
output:
time 1407697765 -> 1407697765.0
settimeofday failed Bad file number
and
busybox date -s @1407697765
output:
date: can't set date: Operation not ...
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Can't get file to copy from /sys/ on rooted Android
I'm currently rooted on a Samsung S3 i9300 running a custom rom on Kitkat 4.4.2
I use es file explorer to perform root tasks on directories and files, I wanted to permanently turn off the led lights ...
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Write permission on certain paths, like the SD card (extSdCard)
In an attempt to transfer a file from a remote server to an Android device I ran into permission problems.
It turns out that I do not have a write permission at the location of the SD card (/mnt/...
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How can I set a directory permission so that all files, existing, and newly added are indelible?
I am tinkering with an app that I do not control. It creates files and then sometime later deletes them, I want to prevent it from being able to delete those files. Or if I could create a file system ...
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`adb pull /data` fails with "0 files pull 0 file skipped"
I have rooted my device HTC Evo Design 4G and I try to adb pull /data data and it says "0 files pull 0 file skipped"
I was able to pull /System/build.prop. How can I pull the root folder?
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Default permissions for new files and default umask
I mounted a NFS share on my rooted Android device using busybox mount.
I can read and create files, but when I create a file in any app, the file's permissions are set to 0600 (because the umask ...
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"/sdcard/Sounds" folder appears empty in Windows 7 for Samsung Galaxy S3
For some reason, the folder that once allowed me to access all my recordings using the default Sound Recorder app appears empty in windows even though the files are still there according to ES File ...
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External SD card no longer able to be read on CM11
I successfully installed CM11-M2 snapshot on my Razr Maxx (xt912, spyder). I was able to use my camera successfully on the device after install. However, now a few weeks in, I am experiencing a few ...
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Manually add UID to a system group
Let's say i create a custom group on Android (We will call it GID 5000) and i want to add users (apps) to this group, how can i manually add the app's UID to GID 5000 ? If possible, without touching ...
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ES file explorer has been denied permission for an interactive shell
I have a rooted Nexus 7. I've been using ES File Explorer along with it. I have been able to navigate through files, after having set Tools/Root Explorer and turning it on. But now, I can no longer do ...
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Sharing a directory tree problem from windows to android es explorer
There are several child folders in parent folder on windows 8.
Times ago I shared some child folders and accessed them from android es explorer without problems. Then I removed all child folders ...
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Unable to delete file on sdcard [closed]
Can anyone tell me what the file and folders are in the picture below? I can't do anything or delete these files and folders. They are coming into my external sd-card. If I format the sdcard they are ...
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Setting appropriate permissions on SU binary
I recently found a way to maintain root access on my android device using a dropbear SSH server that I modified to run at boot as root using init.d, a lil scripting magic & some config scripts I ...
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Change file permission in BlueStacks player qwerty.kl
I want to edit BlueStacks '/system/usr/keylayout/qwerty.kl' to add few more key map to this file, but I'm not able to edit this file due to permission issue. Any suggestions on how can I change file ...
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How can I make files available to a restricted profile?
For example I have an emulator and I want the restricted profile to have access to the ROM directory but it seems like the restricted profile has it's own directory structure separate from admin.
I ...
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How to associate a specific link with an app?
I'm trying to use imo messenger to access my facebook chat. I remember I've been able to do it in the past but now I can't do it anymore.
In the past, I loged on facebook through imo and then the ...
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Without Root, why can I pull a specific apk using adb, but not everything in /data/app. Android 4+?
Using: Droid Bionic 4.04 without Root.
I can use the adb to pull a specific apk file to my PC, for example,
adb pull /data/app/com.google.android.gm-1.apk C:\my-hacks
which pull gmail's apk ...
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Persisting permissions on /mnt/shell after reboot
CWM Nandroid backups are being stored in /mnt/shell/emulated/clockworkmod
I want to use DropSync (or something similar) to automatically upload the contents of this folder to Dropbox as a backup ...
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How can I make it so that any user can chmod in my fuse-mounted ext4-formatted /sdcard?
I have an ASUS Transformer Pad TF101. I finally got round to rooting it just now.
Important: /sdcard is not FAT32. It's a fuse filesystem based in ext4. So it is capable of using chmod.
So that I ...
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Change permission on file in /sys folder
I am trying to turn off the backlight on the soft keys (home, menu, back and search).
My phone is a HTC Evo 3D running Ice Cream Sandwich. Before, I had Gingerbread installed and I could use "Screen ...
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ADB 'su: permission denied' in recovery mode on rooted device
ADB 'su' command returns 'su: permission denied' on a fully rooted device in recovery mode. I can modify folders and files that require root access on phone (when it's booted). ADB also works when it'...
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adb "Permission denied" to run a "./configure" file
I need to run a configure file into my android phone so I think the best way to do this is to use the adb shell command.
I'm running an Android emulator onto a Windows-7 platform, and there I'm ...
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What does it mean by "Set permissions read, write / read, write / none for *.db file"?
I've come across a *.apk where permissions are needed to be set to the *.db file. But I don't know what's it meaning. Help?
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Can't delete any files in my download folder
asus sl101 slider running cyanogenmod 10
This problem actually started around when I upgraded to cm9.1 and I think I got an error that my android profile had changed or something. from that day ...
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Why can I not assign exec permissions to a file on the SD card?
shell@android:/sdcard/SW # ls -l
-rw-rw-r-- root sdcard_rw 128 2012-09-22 11:42 usb0config.sh
shell@android:/sdcard/SW # chmod 777 usb0config.sh
shell@android:/...
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Can't access my old files after switching ROM from AOKP to CM, even though they're still there
Initially I thought this was a problem with Google Play / Apollo, but I realize now that when I plug in my phone via USB, I can't see any of the many, many folders and files present on /sdcard that I ...
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