Raccoon Posted March 13, 2014 Report Share Posted March 13, 2014 I upgraded to Android 4.4.2 and tried to setup a new folder to be synced and got the error in the title.I'm trying to save it on the memory card.Infact the folder selector of btsync can't even create new folders, so it doesn't have permissions for the whole card.It works for the internal memory though. Quite odd? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted March 13, 2014 Report Share Posted March 13, 2014 Kitkat prevents applications from writing to the external SD card. This is an Android OS limitation. A future update will enable writing to a specific folder on the SD card, but it won't be able to write to arbitrary folders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raccoon Posted March 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2014 ah that's so bad update of bt sync or android? Do we know when to expect it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted March 13, 2014 Report Share Posted March 13, 2014 Sync will have an update later to provide limited SD card support. Android limits what all applications can do with SD cards as of 4.4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyTheSaint Posted March 14, 2014 Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 ah that's so bad update of bt sync or android? Do we know when to expect it?I plan to flash an alternative ROM on my phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanZ Posted March 14, 2014 Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 Raccoon, You can try to write to ExtSD to folder "/Android/data/com.bittorrent.sync". It should be working in 1.2, this is the only folder allowed by Android OS for RW access for BTSync starting 4.4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itcrowd Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 same problem.My Samsung mobile was updated to 4.4.2 (KitKat) and now I cannot write to external SD card, I get an error saying "Don't have permission to write to selected folder" Can it be fixed with BTsync upgrading or do I have to downgrade my Android? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanZ Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 itcrowd Seem my post above. BTSync still have ability to write to particular folder, so you can add all subfolders to BTSync. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itcrowd Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 Hi RomanZ, Can you give me more detailed information about it. I tried to add a folder which is on the extSDCard: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raccoon Posted March 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 works perfect, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyTheSaint Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 There is a new Xposed module for Android that will allow any app to write to external storage called HandleExternalStorage: http://repo.xposed.info/module/de.defim.apk.handleexternalstorage If you're new to Xposed, your phone needs to be rooted. I use lots of Xposed modules. Information on the Xposed framework is at: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1574401 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanZ Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 itcrowd You've chosen a wrong folder, Android won't let BTSync to write data there. Please make "/Android/data/com.bittorrent.sync" folder on your SD card. BTSync is going to work just fine if you select the folders inside it to Sync. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itcrowd Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 itcrowd You've chosen a wrong folder, Android won't let BTSync to write data there. Please make "/Android/data/com.bittorrent.sync" folder on your SD card. BTSync is going to work just fine if you select the folders inside it to Sync. Hi, I know that the syncing is working well on the SDcard, but the the external card is bigger than sdcard and there are lot of data which should be stored and synced. otherwise my phone is not rooted and I don't want it.I just want to use my external SD on and on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanZ Posted March 26, 2014 Report Share Posted March 26, 2014 Itcrowd, Sorry, I was not precise. Please try to make this folder on your external SD card, it should start working. Android 4.4 should let BTSync read/write data to "/Android/data/com.bittorrent.sync" on ExtSD with no issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itcrowd Posted March 26, 2014 Report Share Posted March 26, 2014 thank you RomanZ, it is working well, but there are other issues for me. Let me think what kind of problem there is.* I have to organize my folders => all of them should be moved into BTSync folder* my folders will be deeper in the tree structure on external SD => I cannot easily manage them on Android* I have to change some parameters of Android program (e.g. Quickpic - default picture folders, Keypass password database) after all it is my problem, it is not yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesignMongrel Posted March 26, 2014 Report Share Posted March 26, 2014 The SDCard and External Card should essentially be the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itcrowd Posted March 26, 2014 Report Share Posted March 26, 2014 The SDCard and External Card should essentially be the same thing.I don't think so. SDcard is a internal storage and it is integrated into mobile, The external can be removed and changed.I read a lot about it and I can see that basically Google doesn't want you to use externalSD. Basically all apps on KitKat are prohibited from writing on External SD except onto one designated directory (i.e., "/Android/data/com.apppackage.name"). no 3rd party apps are allowed to write anywhere else on external SD.The BTSync is a 3rd party apps. I'm so mad at Google! I would like to use nasty words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanZ Posted March 27, 2014 Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 Itcrowd, * I have to organize my folders => all of them should be moved into BTSync folder* my folders will be deeper in the tree structure on external SD => I cannot easily manage them on Android* I have to change some parameters of Android program (e.g. Quickpic - default picture folders, Keypass password database)That's right. However, if an app wants to write data to a folder - it is restricted to its "home" folder on SD card now by the very OS. And BTSync must write some service data to sync folder, even if this is a RO folder.We'll see if it would be possible to change it and make at least RO folders possible on any location on Android 4.4. ExtSD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zucrapoc Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 I have been playing around with the Btsync folder on my SD card, it does work syncing folders I created, but the issue is that I can't seem to find a way to backup my phone Camera default folder automatically. Is the only solution to duplicate my pictures from the default camera folder on my SDcard to the btsync folder in order to have them backed up? Am I missing something here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanZ Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 zucrapoc, If you are using Android 4.4 - BTSync is forced to sync only its "home" folder by OS. If this is earlier version of Android - you can tell BTSync to sync your DCIM folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyTheSaint Posted April 12, 2014 Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 zucrapoc, If you are using Android 4.4 - BTSync is forced to sync only its "home" folder by OS.I've heard that when you remove an app on 4.4.2, its home folder gets deleted automatically. I can't test that, but will the BitTorrentSync app's home folder--and the user's data--get deleted if they uninstall? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suntear Posted April 12, 2014 Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 I don't know about the internal memory data directory but the data directory on Ext SD was deleted when I uninstalled BT Sync on my Note 3 running andriod 4.4.2. I only sync to an Ext SD card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparda79 Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 Itcrowd, Sorry, I was not precise. Please try to make this folder on your external SD card, it should start working. Android 4.4 should let BTSync read/write data to "/Android/data/com.bittorrent.sync" on ExtSD with no issues. Hi..Do you know how app like ES File Explorer can create/delete/rename/copy/paste files in any folder on the ExtSD? I'm using Galaxy S4; 4.4.2; unrooted. I can cut & paste files from "/Android/data/com.bittorrent.sync" to another "/Android/data/xxxxxxxxx" folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanZ Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 sparda79, These apps are subjects for same limitations as BTSync. Are you sure that you did not root the device? Once rooted - you can easily overcome the limitation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparda79 Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 sparda79, These apps are subjects for same limitations as BTSync. Are you sure that you did not root the device? Once rooted - you can easily overcome the limitation. My S4 is definitely not rooted. I'm fine so far without root.I've confirmed this using root checker. What I (ultimately) want to do is, sync my photos & raw files between a folder in my PC with my device, and using RawDroid to rate & tag these photos. Based on KitKat's limitation, this is impossible since both BTSync & RawDroid can only write in their own 'allowed' folders on the ExtSD. However, what I can do is transfer these .CR2, .JPG & .XMP files (and folders) between BTSync & RawDroid 'allowed' folders using ES File Explorer.How is that possible since ES is also subject for the same limitations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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