HTC One (M8): SD card issues

[zjtom]

Unlock external SD Card writing for all apps in Android 4.4 KitKat | Winaero

I asked HTC USA at facebook. But no luck. I think HTC USA facebook person who control or whoever doesn't know what is problem..

I don't want root my phone just because of sd card copy and paste thing.

 

[Mooncatt]

Unlock external SD Card writing for all apps in Android 4.4 KitKat | Winaero

I asked HTC USA at facebook. But no luck. I think HTC USA facebook person who control or whoever doesn't know what is problem..

I don't want root my phone just because of sd card copy and paste thing.

If you read the article linked in the first reply to this thread, you'd see it's not an HTC thing, it's gullible pulling the strings on this issue.

 

[Scott Mathison]

I currently have a HTC One M8 with a 128 GB Class 10 card and it works fine except for the Kit Kat security 'feature' that prevents apps from modifying contents from folders they didn't create. It currently has 40 GB of video on it which run beautiful through the Plex app.

So far the only apps that can delete stuff from external SD cards are stock apps. Since the HTC One M8 does not have a file manager I had to use the Gallery app to delete pictures. I tried using the built in Polaris app to delete documents, but that doesn't seem to be a feature of the app. So I still have no way to delete anything that isn't a picture.

So far I have tried unsuccessfully to use the following apps to delete things from the external SD:
eStrongs
AirDroid
USB connection to PC
File Expert
Astro
Tomi File Manager

 

[Mooncatt]

Did you encounter any error messages when trying to delete via USB to the PC? Using that method, you should have full write access to the external card. The only other options I can think of are either use a dedicated card reader, a phone running Jellybean or earlier, or root this phone and apply one of the "fixes."

 

[icwhatudidthere]

Google could really make life easier for people if they just added a simple preference setting like "Allow universal access to SD Card". It's really no different than allowing advanced users to install apps from unknown sources or tapping 7 times to enable developer options.

As it is, there really is no way to manage your own files on an SD card other than plugging it in to a computer which is unfortunate since Android phones have always been less dependent on a computer than their iPhone competition but now we're being forced to revert to this dependency. Curse you Matias.

 

[icwhatudidthere]

Did you encounter any error messages when trying to delete via USB to the PC? Using that method, you should have full write access to the external card. The only other options I can think of are either use a dedicated card reader, a phone running Jellybean or earlier, or root this phone and apply one of the "fixes."

That does work, I've run into some problems with it though, with my M8 constantly disconnecting from my PC.

 

[monsieurms]

Google could really make life easier for people if they just added a simple preference setting like "Allow universal access to SD Card". It's really no different than allowing advanced users to install apps from unknown sources or tapping 7 times to enable developer options. .

Absolutely. What they've done is absurd. There are other less drastic options, too, like individual pop-ups (a la Microsoft Windows): you have Mx Player try to delete video on the card, warning pops up: "Do you want to allow MX Player to do this...?"

I suspect for many reasons that they are happier these days to make cards as hard to use as possible.

 

[Prapat Sumlee]

This problem was fixed.
I have OTA update version 2.22.707.3 Yesterday and this update bundle with Native File Manager which allow you to modified your SD card.

 

[Mooncatt]

This problem was fixed.
I have OTA update version 2.22.707.3 Yesterday and this update bundle with Native File Manager which allow you to modified your SD card.

Cool. So those of us on Verizon can expect it around, oh... January or February.

 

[Lok52]

Cool. So those of us on Verizon can expect it around, oh... January or February.

Optimist.

Posted via Android Central App

 

[wase4711]

This problem was fixed.
I have OTA update version 2.22.707.3 Yesterday and this update bundle with Native File Manager which allow you to modified your SD card.

any chance you could post the .apk of that "fixed" file manager?

thanks

 

[hazmatnz]

No point posting the apk. The file manager in 4.4.3 has the same permissions as anything on the Play Store when installed
standalone. The SD Card write permissions only come when installed as part of the firmware update.

 

[wase4711]

No point posting the apk. The file manager in 4.4.3 has the same permissions as anything on the Play Store when installed
standalone. The SD Card write permissions only come when installed as part of the firmware update.

How do you know that? Have you given the .apk to someone on 4.42 to try?

 

[icwhatudidthere]

Because that's the restriction that's causing this whole mess. Google restricted general SD card write access to system-level applications only.

 

[hazmatnz]

I downloaded the 4.4.3 update, extracted the file manager apk, and installed it on my then 4.4.2 stock M8.

Wouldn't write to the SD card at all.

Installed the 4.4.3 update when it rolled out to my device and it worked fine.

Posted via Android Central App

 

[Bubu_650]

Re: SD card issues

I was having the same problem with my HTC Desire 500 . simply unmount the SDcard , and mount it again . worked for me .. hope it will help u too

 

[toobert3000]

This the second phone I have had where different sd cards have STOPPED WORKING!! I have read the same remarks from others in different forums about this phone!! Any suggestions! the htc one v

Thank you

 

[Glenn Fowler]

Wow. I'm surprised at that. I feel for you guys.

their is a file manager on the M8 it's simply called file manager.