Recent content by TeddyR42

Re: DON'T update if you value your SD card The issue is that this will not work for situations where apps should be sharing the data like for common music or photos. With kitkat as it is now, The app folder will also be removed when the app is uninstalled possibly leading to MUCH more...

Re: DON'T update if you value your SD card Yes..but rooting may void the warranty. Even if "it's a Google thing", tmobile and Samsung both have the option not to implement that particular feature in the firmware that they release. At the very least tmobile can apply appropriate pressure to...

Re: DON'T update if you value your SD card I say to call tmobile and lodge a complaint that the value of the device is less now that a major device feature has been taken away. One possible solution other than reverting back to the 4.3 behavior is to add a user option to "enable" the access for...

Without rooting the phone only the builtin/system/google/OEM/carrier music player and file manager have the correct permissions to modify the external SD card on KitKat (at least on the Galaxy note 3 from tmobile). All third party applications are no longer able to modify files In the root of...

Without rooting the phone only the builtin/system/google/OEM/carrier music player and file manager have the correct permissions to modify the external SD card on KitKat at least on the Galaxy note 3 from tmobile. All third party applications like file managers and music players are no longer...

Just received the OTA update from tmobile for my Galaxy Note 3 and it definitely breaks many apps. This issue is affecting MANY of the paid apps that I use that make use of the external storage, including doubletwist among others. Time to call the carriers to complain that this is a major...