I can’t seem backup my configuration — when I go to “Lightning Settings” -> “All Settings” -> “Backup, restore or…
I can’t seem backup my configuration — when I go to “Lightning Settings” -> “All Settings” -> “Backup, restore or export template” and select Backup and OK to accept the default name, I get a “Backup error, please check that there is enough storage space on the sdcard”. If I try to specify a full path, such as /storage/sdcard1/download/BackupName to a place I know is writable (as tested using File Manager), I get the same error.
Anyone know what might cause this? What is the path where Lightning Launcher saves the backup files by default?
Thanks in advance! LL v12.0.1 (r2021)
D5 Creation
Did you try just exporting it 1st?
I get “Export error!” when I try that.
That’s crazy… I don’t know man, the file path on my phone is /sdcard/LightningLauncher/Template name
You may have to ask Pierre Hébert about this, never had this problem myself.
Android 4.X?
One of those versions doesn’t let applications write on the sd card. You need root for that.
If not, use the internal memory instead (then you can move to the sd)
Edit: I’m not sure if you can change the path… Pierre Hébert?
Android 5.0.2, rooted
It looks like my phone isn’t letting me write to a number of directories on the “internal sdcard”, including the /sdcard/LightningLauncher directory. I tried from Terminal, and I get “opendir failed, permission denied” even trying to get a directory listing, even as root. So looks like I’ve got something else going on. However, even when I specifc a path to save the backup to somewhere I definitely do have write rights to, it still fails with the same error.
** Solution found **
Okay, searching on the “opendir failed, permission denied”, I found:
http://androidforums.com/threads/android-5-0-x-fix-for-no-access-to-internal-sd-card.904966/
and the:
su
restorecon -FR /data/media/0
commands (from Terminal in my case, or using adb) fixed my woes (restorecon apparently restores default SElinux permissions, -FR is force and recursive); I could now access the /sdcard/LightningLauncher directory, see the contents (including an old backup that was previously hiding), and then create a new backup from Launcher. I think this will fix other miscellaneous problems I’ve also been having, like Gallery crashing (fixed), etc.
Thanks those of you who offered suggestions!