Please don’t just close the thread before I get a chance to reply. That’s not ok. So, apparently, FP2 cannot write to th SD card? I don’t at all understand. What’s the deal? I very much want to put my data on the SD card (music, photos, etc.)…not on the phone itself. What can I do? Can you point …

The restricted writing access is the fault of Android 5. Security reasons :confused:. However, some apps can ask for writing access to the sd card, like Open Camera and the file managers Amaze and ES File Explorer. So you could change the default apps or copy/move your files with a file manager. For…

That’s horrible. So, if I root my FairPhone2 - will I be able to make the camera save its images on SD card instead? And how?

A much easier alternative is using a different camera app. Did you find this thread when checking whether your question was already asnwered?: [image] How do I choose SD card as default storage for photos (stock camera app) Fairphone 2 Thanks Irina. It did work I could now…

Yes, I found that thread. However, I was looking for a way to make the default apps on my phone work with my SD card. It seems crazy to me to make a phone that cannot use the SD card. Crazy crazy! I mean - if apps can use the SD card in spite of the new Android security models, why on earth didn’t …

You can vote for the relevant feature request here: https://forum.fairphone.com/t/fp-os-os-feature-requests-vote-for-your-favorites/12303?u=johannes Fairphone aims to be as open as possible in what they are doing (but there are some limitations). Being open does entail breaking the security model …

They just don’t deliver the phone with too many preinstalled apps, so everbody can install his/her favourite apps and doesn’t need to uninstall unwanted stuff. I use Open Camera and Camera ZOOM Fx (paid version) for example

@ Irina: It’s not about including many apps. It’s about making that one app (for instance the default camera app) work with SD cards.

@ Johannes: Voting, ok…and voting = liking?

But that’s the Google/Android default app. And Google have decided to restrict the access.

Yes, and then Fairphone should have chosen to make another default app…the new FP2 feels like a Google phone to me…

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