Hello Everyone! I've got a question regarding Android 11 running on my TV (TCL 43p615). I've noticed that all permissions to access internal storage are denied or blocked and apps installed by me (from official Google Play store or side-loaded) can't have access granted to read/write anything there. I wanted to run Lemuroid or RetroArch - both apps can be installed but later can't access files (Games/Roms).
Is it normal in Android 11? Can it be somehow fixed or circumvented? Thanks!
Android 11 has a bug with the storage permission, however, you can manually switch the permission from "denied" to "allow" by select the first option in the permissions list, unfortunately it won't work with all apps and Lemuroid is one of those, this is an issue that I personally reported to the developer by sending an email and you can do the same or you can also report this by adding a comment to the bug report I just made:
Are you using latest RetroArch v1.10.3?
Fyi, the playstore version is currently outdated.
You can download/sideload the latest version from here:
https://buildbot.libretro.com/stable/1.10.3/android/
hi, anyone know of any file manager that can write in android folder, i m having similar issue with permission and wana paste kodi files in android folder but can't find any file manager that can do this on my tcl c725 tv
Android 11 made changes regarding access permission to external storage.
https://developer.android.com/about/versions/11/privacy/storage
IME, the requestlegacystorage modes do NOT work correctly. Apps need to be updated to use scoped storage or in some cases the "All files access".
If you use custom ROMs, they will often allow options for disabling these new requirements ("grant all permissions" modes)