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This works for android5.x. Very simple fix, no root needed. Google has apparently backed off and will allow write to external sd, but only using the file manager which came with the phone/tablet. Maybe other file managers can, but not nexus media importer as far as I've been able to tell. What's...

Haven't tried ESFileExplorer, but have tried NexusMediaImporter. Had it for a while with the other phone, but trying on the TabS to copy from usb stick to inserted SD, it read usb ok, but all it could do with the SD card was report that it is read only. Can't see that other file managers will...

Hi again Gergy, thanks for your posts. I've had a couple of OTG cables for a while, this is what you suggest. What I tried to do was connect a usb stick with an OTG cable, and from there copy files to the sd card in its slot. No way, the sd card in its slot is read only. I also substituted the...

Thanks Gergy. The sd card is read only when it's in its slot. I'm aware of other ways of writing to an sd card, but a tablet should be a stand alone computer. It would be ridiculous to have to pull the thing out of its slot, put it in a card reader to write and then put it back in its slot to...

Galaxy Tab S. Trying to move a file from usb stick to external sd card. There seem no options