Why can you not write to external sd card with Android 5??

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why can you not write to external sdcard with android 5?

Life sux with out the use of this. If this is the way android is going to be from now on might as well get and iphone.

 

[B. Diddy]

Re: why can you not write to external sdcard with android 5?

Welcome to Android Central! SD card permissions became more restricted starting with KitKat in an effort to tighten up security. See this article for more information: KitKat and SD cards — what's fixed, what's broken and what's misunderstood | Android Central