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I seem to have a problem accessing Kodi Home folder: /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi on my Odroid N2 running Kodi Nexus on Android ATV 11 OS, with Kodi File manager.
Everything within /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/ is not accessible with Kodi file manager, although it can be accessed with X-Plore.app . I understand that it's Android's security feature. What I don't understand is why a phone security feature should be enforced on media player devices running Android ATV OS.
So, is there a way to bypass this phone feature on Odroid N2?
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Have you enabled Show hidden files and directories
in Kodi?
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2022-04-13, 22:19
(This post was last modified: 2022-04-13, 22:20 by Sholander.)
Yes, of course. I'm a long time Kodi user and know how to go about it. The same Kodi version on the same Odroid N2 work OK on Android 9 ATV and Android 10 ATV. But not on Android 11 ATV.
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Hello,
I am having the same issue. If I try to browse beyond /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/ the Kodi file browser will not let me. I reverted back to the latest Leia release and it works as expected and I can see all the files and folders. I also have the "show hidden files..." option enabled in Kodi's settings. I am using the latest Matrix release on a Shield 2017.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Ken
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It's the same for me, the Kodi file manager will not let me browse past /storage/emulated/0/Android/data. This is on a Shield Pro 2019 with SE 9.0.2.
However, the Kodi file manager should also have an entry called "Profile directory" which points to a source called "special://profile" and that will get you where you want.
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Yet....how programs do update or write into those data and obb folders ?
There are needs that may be not circumvented without direct access to data folder unless....
may I ask kodi to install to a specific folder so data folder is installed in an unprotected path ?
Thank you
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some really good ideas here, but I am trying to tell kodi where my movies and tv shows are located through the media item in settings. I guess I could move them to a usb drive and access it that way, but I don't own one to test if this is viable or not. So unless there is a xml file I can edit to "force" the location then android 11 killed kodi for me.
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This worked for me after agonizing over different ways that people were claiming would work. Not even the Kodi file manager would work. I have a BuzzTV X5 64AI Media player with Android 11 installed. I finally downloaded Solid Explorer and you can click on FTP in this file browser which connected me to my Desktop PC. When I went into Network places the X5 64AI was there and I clicked on it and it showed a folder named internal. After clicking on this I could click on android and all the way through to the Kodi Userdata file. It let me paste a Playercorefactory.xml file in there so I can now use MX Player Pro. It has let me modify files and delete files also. I have complete control over all of the Kodi folders. Took a long time to figure it out but it worked great! Good Luck!
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This may not work either, because if the application itself cannot access the folder on the device, setting up an FTP server will not help either.
One of the user on another forum suggested using the File Manager built into KODI - you need to add the path "special://home" as the source, which will correspond to "/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files /.kodi/". This will work because KODI needs to have access to its folder, and you don't have to go through "/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/".
I tried it on my phone, so I confirm it works.