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[zirk]

Have in front of me an cheapo 7" Tablet, Intel quad core 64 bit running the latest Lollipop 5.1.1, nice little fast toy if I'm honest with good HD resolution, downside is I can't get the SD Card to work properly in particular Apps writing / saving files to external stooge.

Having had a quick Google it would appear Android messed about with SD Card permissions (why??) in Kitkat 4 upwards (didn't know that) but then retro fixed it in Lollipop 5 upwards, but still can't get my head around it, not interested in Rooting or Bricking it at this stage, so any experts out there that no of a easy fix?

Ta.

[Mr Gav]

Have you tried the XDA forums, might get more info there 

[zirk]

Have you tried the XDA forums, might get more info there 

Nope, I give them a whirl, was hoping some clever sod on here would have put me out of my misery.

[tunnie]

Formatted the SD card to fat32?

[zirk]

Formatted the SD card to fat32?

yea I checked that, even did a quick format on the pc in fat32. Then again on the tablet, which it lets me do.

I can read and play files from the SD card, just can't write to it.

[tunnie]

Is it micro sd, not full size with a lock button?

[zirk]

Is it micro sd, not full size with a lock button?

yea micro SD.

[zirk]

Is it micro sd, not full size with a lock button?

yea micro SD.

just checked the slot is marked as a TF slot on the device, assuming its the same thing, card is a Kingston Memory 64gb MicroSD (a real one).

[tunnie]

Using a file explorer app, can you see the SD card? Create/delete folders etc?

Do the apps you are using have permissions to write to the SD card?

[zirk]

Using a file explorer app, can you see the SD card? Create/delete folders etc?

Do the apps you are using have permissions to write to the SD card?

On the FM that came with it yes and no, lets me create a folder but cannot copy drop a file in there.

Downloading Astra FM now, which I'm more familiar with.

What do you mean by does the app have permissions, where would I check that.

[tunnie]

In settings

https://www.androidpit.com/how-to-view-and-manage-app-permissions

[zirk]

In settings

https://www.androidpit.com/how-to-view-and-manage-app-permissions

Ok, thanks I'll have a read, I thought permissions were set when you installed the app in question, bloody battery has just gone now so its on charge.

Not really an Android user as such, been using a Nokia X2 for the last year, which is a Microsoft windows boot theme with Android 4 something, runs faultlessly for everything I need, just got too use to that.

[TheBoy]

Is it micro sd, not full size with a lock button?

yea micro SD.

just checked the slot is marked as a TF slot on the device, assuming its the same thing, card is a Kingston Memory 64gb MicroSD (a real one).

Trans Flash (TF) now goes by the name of micro SD.

[zirk]

Is it micro sd, not full size with a lock button?

yea micro SD.

just checked the slot is marked as a TF slot on the device, assuming its the same thing, card is a Kingston Memory 64gb MicroSD (a real one).

Trans Flash (TF) now goes by the name of micro SD.

ok, Ta.

[zirk]

Using a file explorer app, can you see the SD card? Create/delete folders etc?

Do the apps you are using have permissions to write to the SD card?

ok downloaded Astro FM and checked permissions, permissions are -

This app can access the following on your tablet, modify or delete the contents of your SD Card, read the contents of your SD Card.

However when I go to Storage I get, emulated and SDcard 0 (internal) and USBDisk (think the USB disk is for OTGO lead, ie you can plug a otgo into the micro USB charger port and add external USB devices)
Can't write to USBcard anyway as guessing its not there.

What I'm not seeing is SDCard 1, which on my Nokia X is the SDcard slot?