SUMMARY Under Android 11, the Storage Access Framework no longer allows exposing certain folders, for example primary: and the default downloads folder. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Go to Plugin Settings > File System Expose 2. Attempt to add primary: as a storage location OBSERVED RESULT The SAF file picker says "Can't use this folder. To protect your privacy, choose another folder" EXPECTED RESULT I should be able to access this folder remotely from my PC SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Android 11 (Security patches 2021-11-05) Kernel 4.14.186+ KDE Connect 1.18.1 (from F-Droid) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Possible workaround is requesting the MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (see https://developer.android.com/training/data-storage/manage-all-files) permission, resulting in the user getting a one time popup to allow the app access to all files, possibly in the syle of "The directory you want to select is not available? Click here to allow access to all directories"
I am seeing the same warning message here. My phone is in the December 1 security patch level. I still have access to the storage devices it seems, as I had set up KDE Connect on my phone just after it received A11, and had zero issues setting up KDE Connect when I wiped and refreshed after the OS upgrade some months back. I assume this is from a more recent Android security update?
I also have this problem. In permission settings, I found that I can only grant the limited storage permission "Allow access to media only" instead of "Allow management of all files". KDE Connect 1.18.1 installed from F-Droid Samsung One UI 3.1, Android 11, security patch level December 1, 2021
Also having this problem. Not my field of expertise, but it seems to be a permission problem. I've seen some of my mobile games with the option available to select "Allow Management of All Files", on KDE Connect there is only "Allow Access to Media Only".
Im having this on android 12 with my Galaxy S20 FE 5G running security patch 1 June 2022 and one UI 4.1
(In reply to Henrique Soares from comment #3) > Also having this problem. Not my field of expertise, but it seems to be a > permission problem. I've seen some of my mobile games with the option > available to select "Allow Management of All Files", on KDE Connect there is > only "Allow Access to Media Only".
Some other FOSS apps on F-Droid have the permission MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (see https://developer.android.com/training/data-storage/manage-all-files). For example, Nextcloud [https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.nextcloud.client/] and VLC [https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.videolan.vlc/] ask for the permission "Allow management of all files" as it should be the case for KDE Connect as well. A major feature is broken just for one limited permission, this should be easy to fix.
Any idea how to resolve this?
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 447636 ***