I own the same phone and at one point in time me have told it to format the SD card as internal storage. Maybe this could be an alternative for you: as on android every phone vendor basically rolls his own OS including the security concepts etc. it is surprisingly hard for an app to determine what it will have access to.
On Sat, 26 Jan 2019, 16:47 Andy Figueroa <[email protected] wrote: > This has devolved into whining. You didn't pay for K9. Stop demanding > feature changes. Most apps will no longer write to external SD card storage > because of changes in the Android API v7 and up. > -- > Andy > > On January 26, 2019 9:08:45 AM EST, Hans-Peter Korn <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> In https://k9mail.github.io/documentation/storage.html I read: >> >> "...and most users don’t want their e-mailaccount being removed when they >> take out an SD card which has been designated as external storage ..." >> >> So: >> >> The mail-DB is also stored internal only for Android 7 and higher. >> >> AND: >> >> Yes, mail attachments now (with Android 7 and higher) also can be stored >> internal only. In contrast to the possibility, that still in the settings >> a directory in the external storage can be defined ... >> >> The same mess as with the mail-db ... >> >> SO: k-9 has the same limitations concerning the storage as whatsapp.... >> >> >> Uwe Deutscher schrieb am 26.01.2019 um 14:50: >> >> This excerpt deals with a different topic! >> >> It is about moving the K-9 program to SD. >> >> I was writing about the disability of K-9 to store attachments on my >> external SD. >> >> Most of my other apps can store data on my external SD, only K-9 cannot, >> although it pretends to have this abilty! >> >> >> -------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -------- >> Von: Hans-Peter Korn <[email protected]> <[email protected]> >> Gesendet: 26. Januar 2019 14:36:51 MEZ >> An: [email protected] >> Betreff: Re: [k-9-mail] Re: K9 doesn't write to sd card >> >> So, please: the k-9 developers should solve this issue instead of >> writing this in https://k9mail.github.io/documentation/storage.html : >> >> "External storage however has to be considered potientially removable. >> But large APKs can be stored on external storage by request. K-9 doesn’t >> do this - our APK is not large and most users don’t want their e-mail >> account being removed when they take out an SD card which has been >> designated as external storage. ....... the number of devices with SD >> cards is still quite small, the way they are detected by the API varies >> heavily with each version of Android and the amount of normal storage is >> normally considerable. ....Hence we don’t see strong demand and ability >> for specifically supporting SD cards on versions where it is actually >> possible without fragile code. ... This may change in the future, but is >> dependent on developers having phones with SD card support to develop >> against (as well as no higher priority issues)." >> >> I doubt, that this will be done in the nearer future. >> >> So, please: Write In the k-9 settings for "account / storage" something >> like "external storage (SD card; NOT working for Android 7 and higher)" >> >> ((( is some developer reading this thread??? ))) >> >> >> Uwe Deutscher schrieb am 26.01.2019 um 14:22: >> >> I use Android 7.1. >> >> All my other apps are able to write on my external SD card, except K-9! >> >> So, if they can do, why can't K-9? >> >> >> -------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -------- >> Von: Hans-Peter Korn <[email protected]> <[email protected]> >> Gesendet: 26. Januar 2019 10:52:47 MEZ >> An: [email protected] >> Betreff: Re: [k-9-mail] Re: K9 doesn't write to sd card >> >> So: It would be useful to write In the k-9 settings for "account / >> storage" something like >> >> "external storage (SD card; NOT working for Android 7 and higher)" >> >> >> Andy Figueroa schrieb am 26.01.2019 um 02:08: >> >> For Android 7 and higher, K9 can't write to the external SD card. Not >> K9's fault. >> -- >> Andy >> >> On January 25, 2019 7:18:17 PM EST, Hans-Peter Korn <[email protected]> >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Well, >> >> In the k-9 settings for "account" I can set the storage to >> "external storage (SD card)" >> >> BUT: Everything still is saved in the internal storage. >> >> Several times I changed the settings from "external" to "internal" >> and then back again. With no effect. Only the internal storage is >> used. >> >> This is my phone: >> >> >> Motorola >> Moto G (5) >> >> HARDWARE >> Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 430 >> >> RAM >> RAM Größe: 2.0 GB >> >> INTERNAL STORAGE >> 16 GB >> EXTERNAL SD CARD >> 124 GB >> >> SYSTEM >> Android Version: 8.1.0 (Oreo) >> Version: OPPS28.85-13-4 >> Reading some text about "storage" in >> https://k9mail.github.io/documentation.html ist seems, that it IS >> the INTENTION of k-9 NOT to use an "external" storage (SD card) OK >> ... there might be some reasons for that. 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