sd card is empty when using su

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I have strange issue.

I've just installed Supersu.

With regular user (not su ) the sdcard shows all contents as usual,

But on doing su , I see (with "ls") that /sdcard is empty (though it is not) !, on going back to regular user, I see files again....

Any idea what's wrong ?

Thanks,

magnificent, thank you so much. I will write is as a solution — ransh, Dec 29 '16 at 11:48

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:18

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It is likely due to mount namespace separation being unchecked in SuperSU app settings

For an explanation of what it does and how it could possibly affect storage not being read see Mathew's answer here, also the link referred to therein

Aside, sometimes TiBu also asks you to do the same if SD is not recognised

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:18

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answered Dec 29 '16 at 11:52

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This is a very non-obvious UX bug, thanks for sharing the fix! – develCuy May 06 '18 at 22:15
@develCuy:Anytime. Glad it helped – beeshyams May 11 '18 at 03:58

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