How to grant FULL sd card access for apps on Android 5.0 Lollipop [IN PICTURES] topic

Hi,

Earlier this morning,I received the Android 5.0.1 "Lollipop" OTA update for my HTC One M8 here in the UK.

Android 4.4 Kit Kat was the first Android release to place a strict restriction on not allowing any third-arty application (app) to be able to write anywhere to the sd card if it was not to the apps own designated folder on the sd card. This became a frustration to many Android users and developers alike in who found this newly imposed restriction a torment.

Thankfully Android 5.0 Lollipop yielded to the crowds displeasure by providing a security driven method to once again allow third-party apps (on the users choosing) to be able to write/edit files anywhere on the sd card. It was for the very same reason of security in why Android 4.4 Kit Kat went ahead and implemented this restriction in the first place.
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Ok this guide works for ALL Android 5.0 Lollipop devices but I am using screenshots from the HTC lollipop update for example purposes only.

This 4 step guide is depicted in the images below:

Step 1


Step 2


Step 3


Step 4


imgur album of this - http://imgur.com/a/3nyCB

There is also a YouTube video made by a reviewer which demonstrates this same procedure

SU prompt for app doesn't allow me to press "Grant" topic

Hi -

I'm a new T700 user. Got it home and immediately rooted it via instructions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gala...-t700-t2960171

That seemed to have worked fine. I booted to recovery, and the only issue then was it was erroring when trying to load 2 different ROMs I was trying. See here for my post showing the error message if that matters:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gala...image-t3010758

Someone recommended using TWRP, so I installed that, and my ROM load worked like a charm.

So now I have the Cyanogenmod 11 for SM-T700 ROM loaded, and everything appeared to work fine until I went to install an app that needed root. It would prompt Deny/Grant, but would not let me press the Grant button, only the Deny. I then looked for SU in my app drawer, and I found none. I tried installing one of them from the playstore (not sure exactly which, but it was the blue "#"), but that didn't do the trick. I then figured I'd try rerooting (took nandroid backup first) this ROM. It took, but when I rebooted there was still no SU. I tried an app that triggers the SU prompt, and found a dialog box in the background telling me to update SU. I did, and finally I could see SU in my app drawer. I loaded the app that triggers the SU prompt and got a different looking SU prompt, but still would not let me hit the grant button.

I'm not sure what my next step should be here, but I don't know if I've lost root or if something else is going on, anyone have any advice?

Thanks in advance!!!