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Reputation: 1284

Unable to change file/folder Permissions (Tried Root Explorer Pro, ES File Explorer)

I am attempting to change permissions for the folder which is inside Data folder in Internal Storage. My Device is Unlocked and Flashed with a firmware & with Super SU for root.

Using Root Explorer (Pro), I allowed Root access. I also went to root of System partition and mounted it to RW.

However when I try to change the permissions of a file or folder inside internal storage or even SD Card, I get the following error. "Permissions change was not successful. Please note that some file systems do not allow permission changes."

Explored for a while with different file managers. Here's what I tried and observed. In these steps I am using ES File Explorer.

I next checked for which folders these options are available. Here is what I observed.

  1. Inside SD Card or Internal Storage, options to edit are NOT available . Checked multiple folders within them.
  2. I immediately navigate to /storage, and check the folder "emulated". These options ARE available.
  3. Within /storage, I check the folder which contains my sd card items. These options are NOT available.
  4. I then navigate inside /storage, and check folder "0", these options are NOT available.

What is the issue? How can I change the permissions for that folder?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 52757

Answers (1)

Dhanraj
Dhanraj

Reputation: 71

If you want to change the permission of file in your internal storage then just open root explorer (I assume it already rooted) and navigate to

/data/media/0/(yourfolder)/(yourfile)

Long press and change the permission... Voilà!

This is basically due to some of them having Fat32 Filesystem format while they are in storage/sdcard which are different than Linux/UNIX file system permissions! So if you go through /data/media/0/ then it's in ext3/ext4 format which is why you can change the permissions!!😄😃

For more info go through this.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/help/unable-to-change-file-permission-rooted-t2038107

Upvotes: 7

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