that's it. Android apps can't write to /sdcard unless that preference is off.
and to avoid corruption from the other side, always cleanly unmount the SD card on your Mac/PC before unchecking that option. >You've mentioned turning off "act as USB disk" on G1. Did you mean >"use for USB storage" under Settings->SD card or something else? > > >On Oct 27, 6:27 pm, Jason Proctor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> writing to /sdcardon myG1failed until i turned off "act as USB >> disk" in theG1preferences. >> >> >On Oct 25, 12:03 pm, blindfold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Have others encountered problems writing to theSDcardof aG1? >> >I've tried a small application that opens and writes text file into sd >> >card (using plain Java File & FileWriter) and it works on emulator but >> >fails onG1probably due to permission problem (query file.canWrite() >> >returns false). And how about you? Which API do you use towritedata >> >on SD? > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
