SD Card Storage Still an Issue

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SD Card Storage Still an Issue

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Hi Harry,

I am still struggling with the inability to access videos saved to my external SD card in Android\Data\com.harrys.laptimerpro\files\movies because several years ago Android has decided that is protected storage and user's can't access with a USB connection from a PC. This makes it very cumbersome to have to process video, requiring users to turn the phone off, remove the SD card, plug the SD card into a reader, then access the files from my PC, then insert the SD card back in the phone, reboot, etc. Stupid.

We aren't going to change Android's practice, so please, can you change the location where videos are saved to \Movies. This is unprotected storage and can be accessed from a PC without all the gymnastics above.

Galaxy A50, GoPro Hero 7 Black.

Thanks much!

Doug
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Thanks for the feedback. Actually Android removed access to non-app specific / public SD card folders some version ago... I will check if /Movies is open (again) and consider this.

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Thanks for considering this!

Doug
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