'Samsungs private mode' sometimes failed on me
Posted: 2018-06-19, 12:02 UTC
I am using a Samsung Galaxy S7 with Android Oreo.
Samsung has a "private mode" that gives access to a hidden partition after providing a password, a PIN or a gesture.
In Total Commander this mode shows as an additional drive:
• Interner Speicher (/storage/emulated/0)
• SD-Karte (/storage/<identifier>)
• privatemode (///_privatemode)
I am using this mode with Total Commander since Android 7 and now with Android 8.
In Android 7 this sometimes worked, sometimes not. I found that it sometimes failed when TC is already opened when I mount this private partition. Then TC gave me a message like "Do you want to give TC access to privatemode, including photo and video?" with "Deny" and "Allow". Klicking "Allow" gives me the same popup again and again. Checking "Don't ask anymore" leads to a greyed out "Allow"-button (Deny keeps being available).
Since using Android 8 this happens every time, so I can't get access to the privatemode with Total Commander anymore, I always have to use the Android file manager.
Any ideas how to regain access with TC in Android 8?
Samsung has a "private mode" that gives access to a hidden partition after providing a password, a PIN or a gesture.
In Total Commander this mode shows as an additional drive:
• Interner Speicher (/storage/emulated/0)
• SD-Karte (/storage/<identifier>)
• privatemode (///_privatemode)
I am using this mode with Total Commander since Android 7 and now with Android 8.
In Android 7 this sometimes worked, sometimes not. I found that it sometimes failed when TC is already opened when I mount this private partition. Then TC gave me a message like "Do you want to give TC access to privatemode, including photo and video?" with "Deny" and "Allow". Klicking "Allow" gives me the same popup again and again. Checking "Don't ask anymore" leads to a greyed out "Allow"-button (Deny keeps being available).
Since using Android 8 this happens every time, so I can't get access to the privatemode with Total Commander anymore, I always have to use the Android file manager.
Any ideas how to regain access with TC in Android 8?