Android_storage permissions

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#21

a) Wait for the update, or
b) Try the following:

cd /home/defaultuser/android_storage
ls -al

If the file .storage_migration_done is missing then what follows should help to eliminate the problem and correct access rights. Run the following command in android_storage:

devel-su touch -d '2022-01-01' .storage_migration_done

Then, using the Settings app:

  • stop Android AppSupport
  • start Android AppSupport

This should be it.
In folder /home/defaultuser/android_storage , the flag file .storage_migration_done should exist now and have the current date. The subfolders should have access rights similar to those of DCIM below (except for the Android folder).

-rw-rwxr--    1 root     root             0 Sep 11 10:33 .storage_migration_done
drwxrwx---    3 510036   510036        4096 Aug 19 17:45 DCIM
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Android does not have permissions/access to memory anymore
#22

Soo nice, you made my day!!!

Many thanks

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#23

That finally fixed my issue and stopped from needing a script which did a recursive chmod 666 / 777, great! Thank you so much

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#24

Wow, thank you so much

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#25

Thank you so much @jovirkku ! It worked at the first try! (had the same problem after fresh installing 4.6.0.13 on 2 devices)

#26

Good that it helped you out. But I am just the messenger. It was @direc85 who investigated the issue and developed the solution.

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#27

It is fixed in 4.6.0.15.

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#28

I had to do the workaround today the first time after update to .15. I always notice it when the WhatsApp images are blurrie and you cannot tap on them to enlarge them. I guess it is due to the fact that my WhatsApp folder is huge - around 12Gb.