sd card permissions

[Guest mjb152]

I formatted an sd card with Fat32, stuck loads of stuff on it and then inserted it into the phone.  Now I can't use ES explorer to copy files onto it, as the permissions don't allow.

Am I forced to root the phone, or is there another way to get write permissions on the external card ?

[Guest LiNe171]

Use the original explorer app

[Guest lunario]

you need root yes to write to permissions.xml you can use this  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.sdfix&hl=en  easy

[Guest mjb152]

Use the original explorer app

this,   I used the File Manager and it worked fine.  thanks for pointing it out.

Still trying to decide whether I need to root my daughters phone or not, can't see any obvious reason so far.

Super impressed with the phone, can't argue with the value for money.

[Guest Frankish]

I do find the behaviour rather strange with ES file Explorer etc. But it sort of works for what I need just with it's quirks.

[Guest brackehill_mob]

Did you provide a label for the partition when you formatted it? Without a label Lollipop will behave like this. I use Total Commander as my file manager which leads you through the hoops we now need to jump through.

[Guest neilmasters]

Did you provide a label for the partition when you formatted it? Without a label Lollipop will behave like this. I use Total Commander as my file manager which leads you through the hoops we now need to jump through.

This.

I use Solid Explorer and have no issues copying to and from a FAT32 SD card. It used to crash until it was given a volume label though.

[Guest ohyesman]

Didn't know about the SD card labeling issue so will give that a bash. Hopefully that will sort the issue on ES explorer. Thanks

[Guest Frankish]

Can you give a volume label using android?

[Guest brackehill_mob]

I couldn't find an app that would do this after a quick search. It might be possible using adb shell but you would need to be rooted. As I was transferring my sd card from my old phone, I popped it into my PC.

[Guest BigD18t]

So not having a label is what's preventing me from coping music from my internal to the SD card !!

[Guest brackehill_mob]

Hopefully yes :)