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Android 4.4 Disables SD Card Access for Apps

posted by Dopefish on Wednesday February 19 2014, @12:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the my-way-or-the-highway dept.
quadrox writes:

"It used to be possible for Android apps to access any kind of storage on an android device through the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission. Writing to the SD card is useful for many different kinds of apps, e.g. file managers or cloud storage synchronization. However, the latest version of Android will no longer allow apps to write anywhere on external storage media, instead apps will only be allowed to access app-specific folders on SD cards. Android Police has an excellent writeup of the changes and the implications for users."

[ED Note: This is bound to irritate power users that rely on their SD cards for additional device storage.]

 
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 19 2014, @01:51PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 19 2014, @01:51PM (#2443)

    The Nexus 5 is a total piece of crap. It's darn near impossible to do a simple thing like edit or delete a calendar event. And don't get me started with Hangouts or the dialer. If that's stock Kit Kat, you can have it. Even Windows Mobile 6 was better.

    The movement sensor for landscape/portrait view is WAY too sensitive too.
     

  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by thegothicguardian on Wednesday February 19 2014, @05:55PM

    by thegothicguardian (425) on Wednesday February 19 2014, @05:55PM (#2671)

    I heartily disagree, and find the Nexus 5 to be a high-quality device. Stock Android does not have the most desirable usability, but it is profoundly simple to use a more customizable ROM such as AOKP [aokp.co] and free app replacements for the dialer and calendar.

    The sensor in my Galaxy S2 was incredibly finicky, but this phone works every time, and never accidentally. You can even turn off automatic rotation.